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I have been preparing for the 2013-2014 school year all summer. I have been enjoying my summer, don't get me wrong, but I have also been slowly getting things ready for this year. I have been able to check some things off the list and that always makes me feel prepared (even if it is just an illusion).
This is my newest creation... I printed a free chevron template and traced the lines onto the 12 x 12 canvases. Then I used a foam brush to hand paint the colors. It was pretty quick and easy! I am really happy with how they turned out.
Then I went and found a few quotes I like from Pinterest. I typed them up and adjusted fonts and colors. I added a border, printed, and cut them out. I thought about using ModPodge to adhere the card stock, but I just hot glued them.
Click HERE to get the quotes if you are interested.
I have a plan for these. They are going to decorate the top shelf of my tall bookshelf.
I am going to repurpose this tall bookcase. The canvases are going to go on the top shelf. I am going to put this shelf behind my desk. It is going to hold all my instructional stuff, but I want it to look nice! Here are the things I have so far.
Most of these are from the Dollar Tree. I am going to go back this week and see what else they have. I am hoping they have restocked, because I would like to exchange the blue for purple.
I have these still in my room! I think I am almost set!
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Gene-expression Profiling in Cancer | A Brief Review July 24, 2007Posted by ramunas in breast cancer, cancer genetics, GeneSearch, MammaPrint, Oncotype DX, sporadic cancer, technology.
It seems I'm getting more and more interested in gene-expression profiling (GEP) oncotests. In the Internet the information about this topic is quite messy and dispersed, so here I will try to draw some focus on this emerging technology (what will be added to a Genetic testing section later).
So, if we want to make gene-expression profiling, or in the other words, to answer an important question – what genes are expressed in a particular cell type of an organism, at a particular time, under particular conditions? [ref.]- first we need to have a sample of a tumor tissue to analyze its RNA pattern (or more precisely, messenger RNA (mRNA)). Here, unlike in mutations search, we're not interested in DNA. RNA is quite instable molecule, so you need be quite cute and smart to manage preserve and analyse it.
A breast cancer is currently a holy grail for gene-expression profiling research to identify genes associated with breast cancer and to measure their activity in tumor cells, i.e. obtain its gene expression profiles.
Several techniques for measuring gene expression are available: a) a microarray based analysis and b) reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). To measure gene expressions with a microarray you need to have a "fresh" (or "unpreserved") tumor tissue samples. Tumor samples are frequently preserved in this way in Europe. Whereas in the United States tumor samples are more commonly preserved in formalin and embedded in paraffin blocks. Microarray analysis cannot be done on tissue that has been preserved in this way [ref.]. Since our pathologists are accredited by College of American Pathologists, they're using paraffin blocks as well. Instead, for formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue blocks RT-PCR can be used to measure gene expression.
Therefore its important to know, that because of this difference in common methods of tissue processing has led to the development of tests in Europe and the United States that are quite different from one another, and that are based on measurements of the activity of different sets of genes.
In Europe, using microarray analysis, researchers are studying the usefulness of at least two different groups, or "panels", of genes in studies on early stage tumors from node negative patients. One is a 70-gene panel, and another is a 76-gene panel. 1,2 Only three genes are common to both panels, while all the others are unique to one test or the otherB. In spite of this difference, both panels have yielded results that appear to be promising,3 and a commercial test based on the 70-gene panel is already available in the United States under the name MammaPrint®. (via)
Based on 76-gene panel Johnson&Jonson's companies Veridex research, a two genes expression The GeneSearch™ Breast Lymph Node (BLN) Assay test was recently approved dy FDA, and is based on RT-PCR (i.e. for analysis in FFPE).
Common use of FFPE and a need for gene expression profiling using RT-PCR has led researchers in the United States to investigate several other panels of genes that produce too much or too little protein in early stage, node-negative, and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells. A 21-gene panel commercial Oncotype DX test is one of example, which recently was approved by TEC to inform decision making about adjuvant chemotherapy only for a women with estrogen receptor-positive, node-negative, tamoxifen-treated breast cancer.
Let's have a closer look at these genes [ref.]:
Measurements of five of those 21 genes (Beta-actin, GAPDH, RPLPO, GUS, and TFRC ) are used as "controls" – that is, to verify that the test has not been contaminated or run improperly.
The other 16 genes, which produce their proteins at varying levels in different tumors, include:
- genes associated with cell proliferation (Ki-67, STK15, Survivin, Cyclin B1, and MYBL2);
- genes associated with cellular invasion (Stromolysin 3, and CathepsinL2);
- genes associated with HER2 activity (GRB7 and HER2);
- genes associated with estrogen activity (ER, PR, Bc12, and SCUBE2); and
- three other genes with distinctly different activity in cancer cells (GSTM1, BAG1, and CD68).
This Oncotype DX panel has only a single gene overlap with the 70-gene MammaPrint® panel. The reason for such diversity between gene panels under investigation are because of differences in tissue preparation, differences in laboratory methodologies, and differences in measurement techniques. At present, these gene-expression profile tests have only been validated on stored sample tissue.
Whether one of the existing panels will prove to be significantly superior to others, or whether newer panels will emerge that have better predictive power remains to be seen. It is clear that additional validation studies and more clinical experience are needed to establish the reliability of gene expression profiling for predicting tumor recurrence and response to specific treatments (ref.)
- 1. Keith Robison - July 25, 2007
Great post. It's worth noting a third gene-expression technology that is storming forward: sequence sampling. Illumina just announced a big push in the area & other companies (such as Helicos) seem to be headed that way as well.
Some of the lack of overlap between the gene sets may simply reflect that there is a great deal of correlation between individual genes, and so if you are drawing a minimalist set there are many possible sets one could draw. It is analogous to following a flock of geese by picking a single bird to track — different observers might pick different birds, but they are all tracking the same flock.
- 3. » This week in health and science - 7/27/07 - Women's Health Research News blog from IdeasForWomen.com - July 28, 2007
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Executive Vice President of State & National Group, AARP
Nancy LeaMond, executive vice president of AARP's State and National Group, leads government relations, advocacy and public education for AARP's social change agenda. LeaMond also has responsibility for AARP's state operation, which includes offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
During her time at AARP, LeaMond has led two of the Association's major campaigns: Health Action Now — AARP's effort to ensure that federal health care reform included important benefits for Americans 50 and older — and Divided We Fail — AARP's national initiative with the Business Roundtable, Service Employees International Union and National Federation of Independent Business to put health care and financial security at the top of the country's agenda. LeaMond began her tenure at AARP in 2001 as director of International Affairs.
During the Clinton administration, LeaMond served as the chief of staff and assistant U.S. trade representative for congressional affairs at the Office of the United States Trade Representative. In these capacities, she successfully managed legislative efforts that helped secure passage of major presidential legislative initiatives, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round (GATT) and China MFN. In addition, she oversaw public affairs for trade agreements with Jordan and China, as well as the 1999 negotiations of the World Trade Organization. She also worked as senior adviser to the Commerce secretary.
LeaMond worked extensively on health care and pension issues before entering the trade field, beginning her career in the Public Health Service, the Medicaid program and the Department of Commerce. She served in the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Education and later on Capitol Hill as chief of staff to a senior member of Congress in the Democratic leadership.
In addition, for five years LeaMond was president of the Congressional Economic Leadership Institute, a nonprofit and nonpartisan forum for education and dialogue with members of Congress on economic competitiveness and trade issues.
LeaMond holds a bachelor's degree from Smith College and a master's degree in public policy and urban planning from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is a former trustee of Smith College and serves on the Board of the International Women's Forum of Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Dean's Advisory Leadership Council at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Academy of Nursing's Raise the Voice Advisory Council and the KB Home National Advisory Board on home and community development.


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HAVING CAMPAIGNED on a platform of anti-Americanism, Vladimir Putin likely will be proclaimed the winner of Sunday's presidential election in Russia, giving him a new six-year mandate — and likely inaugurating an era of unrest in a nation whose rising middle class rejects him. The United States, which has focused on cutting deals with Mr. Putin while largely ignoring his autocratic domestic policies, now has a clear interest in encouraging the emerging mass movement demanding democratic reform.
It's therefore unfortunate that the Obama administration's first initiative after Mr. Putin's return to the presidency will be to lobby Congress to grant Russia permanent trade privileges. The problem is not the preferences, per se; it is the administration's resistance to replacing an outdated protocol for pressing Moscow on human rights with one suited to this moment.
The White House is seeking the repeal of a 1974 law known as Jackson-Vanik, which links the trade preferences for Russia to free emigration. Repeal is logical for a couple of reasons: Russia, unlike the former Soviet Union, does not restrict the exit of Jews and others; and if the law is not removed, U.S. companies will be penalized after Russia enters the World Trade Organization later this year.
But a bipartisan coalition in Congress is concerned about removing this legacy of U.S. human rights advocacy without addressing the abuses of the Putin regime. Led in part by Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), the group proposes to couple the Jackson-Vanik repeal with a measure that would require the administration to single out Russian officials responsible for gross human rights violations, ban them from traveling to the United States and freeze their assets.
This measure could be as effective in its own way as Jackson-Vanik was on the Brezhnev-era Kremlin. Unlike their Soviet predecessors, senior Russian officials crave contact with the West; they vacation in Europe, send their children to U.S. colleges and, not infrequently, transfer their money through U.S. banks. A visa ban and asset freeze would be severe punishment for those involved in persecuting liberal politicians and journalists, or extorting money from U.S. companies. That's why the Russian opposition strongly supports the measure.
The Obama administration, on the other hand, is doing its best to kill it. In part it objects to Congress mandating foreign-policy actions. (In an attempt to defuse the issue, the State Department last year banned visas for a few dozen officials involved in one notorious human rights case, the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, after whom the congressional legislation is named.) But the administration also worries excessively about provoking Mr. Putin. At a hearing Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Mr. Cardin that she agreed "we should send a message about our continuing concern about human rights in Russia." But the State Department proposes only a modest program of aid to Russian civil society groups.
Mr. Putin's imperious return to the presidency has destroyed his political legitimacy in Russia. The sensible U.S. response is to sanction those in his regime who are imprisoning and killing journalists, whistleblowers and advocates of democratic change. Trade preferences should go forward. But so should the Magnitsky bill.
Read more about U.S. relations with Russia from PostOpinions:
Vladimir Putin: My vision for a better Russia
The Post's View: The farce of Russian elections
The Post's View: Putin talks reform as a protest movement gains force
News story: In Russia, Putin allies sharpen anti-American attacks ahead of elections
Checkpoint Washington: FBI video, documents on Russian spy ring released


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Posted 4/24/13 (Wed)
By Neal A. Shipan
Farmer Editor
Under most normal conditions, I'm not a big fan of increasing the size of government and/or the hiring of additional government employees. But in the case of the North Dakota Supreme Court requesting two additional judges to serve the caseload in the state's Northwest Judicial District, I'm going to make an exception.
In fact, I would make a case that considering the dramatic increase in the number of cases that are being heard in this part of the state, the addition of two new judgeships may not be enough.
This week, the McKenzie County Farmer is carrying a front page story that clearly indicates that based on the tremendous increase in population that the oil boom has brought to this region of the state and the subsequent rapid increase in the number of cases being handled, having just two judges to serve McKenzie, Williams and Divide counties is no longer adequate.
Consider if you will, that since 2007, the entire Northwest Judicial District has seen its caseload increase nearly 82 percent from 23,272 cases in 2007 to 42,321 cases in 2012. During that same time period, the state's total caseload only increased 18 percent rising from 153,105 cases in 2007 to 185,982 cases in 2012. Following a much steeper climb was the caseload in McKenzie County, in which all cases are being handled one week a month. From 2007 where 2,281 cases were handled in McKenzie County, the number of cases has jumped over 300 percent to where last year there were 9,179 cases.
To carry the comparison one step further, those two judges see on average 1,700 more cases per judge than the Northwest Judicial District average and 2,292 more cases per judge than the statewide average.
While the workload on these judges and their court staff is overwhelming, this staggering caseload is also being felt on those individuals who are also waiting for their "day in court." As Judge Nelson noted, with the courts overwhelmed, people are sitting in jail way too long and the courts are forced to stack upward to 30 cases for the same time with 10 to 15 lawyers from across the state waiting to have their cases tried. And to make matters worse, if a case requires several hours or several days of proceedings, then it is common that it gets moved several months down the hearing calendar.
That is not the way that justice should be served. The people of northwest North Dakota deserve to have access to more judges and the right to a speedy trial.
The North Dakota Supreme Court has recognized the need for two additional judges to serve the Northwest Judicial District and has included that request in its budget.
Hopefully, the state Legislature will answer the call to improve the state's judicial system and fund these needed positions in the Northwest Judicial District.


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The Queen's Bath, Vijayanagara 1371
Photographer: Unknown
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1880
Photograph of the Queen's Bath at Vijayanagara, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections taken by an unknown photographer around 1880. Vijayanagara, the City of Victory, was the most powerful Hindu kingdom in Southern India from 1336 until the defeat by the Muslim armies in 1565. It was built on the bank of the Tungabhadra River surrounded by granite hills. The ruins of this vast royal city incorporate distinct zones and are divided into two main groups, the sacred centre and the royal centre. The royal centre was the residential area of the royal household and included zones associated with the ceremonial, administrative and military functions of the rulers. Baths were very popular in the royal centre. The Queen's Bath is a water pavilion from the 15th century, situated in the zone of the royal performance. It consists of elaborate balconies projected on corbels and vaulted corridors surrounding an interior tank. The pointed arches show the influence of Islamic architecture as well as the geometric ornamentation in carved stucco.


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Kodak has unveiled a new smartphone in CES 2015 dubbed as Kodak IM5.
The IM5 comes in black variant colours and features 3G connectivity, however till now there is no details about dual-SIM or single SIM. It sports a 5-inch (720 x 1280 pixels) HD IPS touchscreen display and is powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core processor, most probably MediaTek. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat OS and according to the company it will upgrdable to Android 5.0 Lollipop in future.
The Kodak IM5 comes with 1GB of RAM and also 8GB internal storage that is further expandable with up to 32GB of memory card. It houses a 13-megapixel Auto-focus rear camera with LED flash and also boasts a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfie and video calling. There is no details of battery is available till now.
Connectivity options included in the IM5 are FM Radio, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth V4.0, micro-USB, Mobile hotspot, GPS, A-GPS, and 3.5mm audio jack. It supports accelerometer, proximity, ambient light and compass sensors.
Key specifications of Kodak IM5 :
- 5-inch HD IPS touchscreen display
- 720 x 1280 pixels resolution
- 1.7GHz Octa-Core processor
- Android 4.4 KitKat OS, upgrdable to Android 5.0 Lollipop
- 13-megapixel Auto-focus rear camera with LED flash
- 5-megapixel front-facing camera
- FM Radio, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth V4.0, micro-USB
- Mobile hotspot, GPS, A-GPS, and 3.5mm audio jack


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GR Parks Department Invites Grand Rapids Residents to Imagine Park Improvements
Members of the City of Grand Rapids Parks Department made big plans for the future of Grand Rapids' parks. But implementing their plans, they wanted to hear what the city's residents had to say.
On July 22, the Parks Department members hosted an open house at Ah-Nab-Awen Park, seeking feedback from the community about their Strategic Masterplan. The open house included booths with visuals highlighting recent park renovations and a timeline for further park development. A table covered with sticky notes was also available for people to write down their thoughts about Grand Rapids parks before catching the latest Movies in the Park feature film.
Property Millage Enables Park Expansion
The event was inspired by an annual property millage for park improvement, approved in 2013. Since its passage, the millage has generated $4 million annually. Officials allocated funds to five parks – $835,053 to Luther Park, $674,065 to Garfield Park, $601,168 to Roosevelt Park, $526,7770 to Wilcox Park, and $489,737 to Fuller Park, in order to upgrade outdated equipment and facilities.
With access to these new funds, the Parks Department started updating their Masterplan for 2017-2021. Once complete, the Masterplan will offer policy recommendations on how to use park funding for future land acquisitions, park improvements, and capital expenses.
Vision Planning Reveals New Development Focus Areas
From February to July, the Parks Department launched their campaign detailing the vision planning stage of their Masterplan. In order to gather ideas from Grand Rapids residents, the Parks Department set up workshops in each of Grand Rapids' nine neighborhoods. They also launched a statistical survey collecting data from 2,500 participants.
"We're taking this back to the community," said Catherine Zietze, who works in the Planning and Community Relations office of the Parks Department. "We wanted to make sure we heard from everyone – every neighborhood, every demographic. The parks belong to the community, not us."
The survey revealed many suggestions, which included expanding water recreation opportunities, adding new park amenities and renovating existing playground structures.
The Grand River featured heavily into residents' ideas for parks. Survey data revealed that Riverside Park remains Grand Rapids' most popular park, but also the park most in need of improvement. Surveyors called for educational programming and bike, kayak and canoe rentals.
Grand Rapids residents asked for the creation of signature parks as well. "Signature parks are big – the type of park you would drive all the way across the city to see," said Zietze. "We would equip them with unique play structures and higher levels of wide open space than usual. This year, we want to fund bigger, bolder ideas."
Accessibility, Natural Landscapes Pose Challenge
Survey data showed that park accessibility remains a major concern of Grand Rapids residents. Nearly 33% of Grand Rapids residents reported that they lack access to a park within a ten-minute walk from their home.
In addition, the Parks Department considered how to diversify the design of Grand Rapids' parks. The Parks Department brought in Siqi Zhu, a consultant with the urban planning firm Sasaki Associates, from Boston to analyze Grand Rapids' parks. Zhu found that Grand Rapids parks were often built with similar structures, despite being located in diverse environments.
"There are a range of geographical and ecological conditions that Grand Rapids' parks don't reflect," said Zhu.
Zhu expressed his hope that future park improvements will make better use of their natural surroundings. He started researching how to make use of Riverside and Ab-Nab-Awen Park's proximity to the Grand River. To promote greater awareness of sustainable practices, Zhu looked into the possibility of adding new walking paths, signage and interactive displays.
"The idea of experiential, environmental education is gaining currency. By interacting with nature, students can learn from it too," said Zhu.
Next Steps: Moving from Vision Planning to Action
The vision planning stage of their Masterplan ends in August. Upon completion of the vision planning stage, the Parks Department plans to compile feedback and survey data and create an initial proposal.
The Parks Department will give residents the chance to evaluate its initial proposal through upcoming workshops in September. Laura Cleypool, Business Manager with the Parks Department, would like people visiting ArtPrize to stop by and give their opinion.
"The idea is to say 'here's what the Parks Department thinks so far. What do you think?' We want to give the community one more opportunity to give us feedback," said Cleypool.
The Parks Department will present the final Masterplan to the Grand Rapids City Commission in November. "The big thinking phase is almost done," said Cleypool. "The pieces are falling into place."
All photos courtesy of the City of Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department.


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In the excerpt below, Sands argues for the importance of Native American women's narratives of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing in particular on Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins' Life among the Piutes (1883).
American Indian women are essential to America's record of historical development. Where would America be without Pocahontas' timely rescue of John Smith? What would have become of the Lewis and Clark expedition without the loyal guidance of Sacagawea? Yet from the beginning of colonization, Native American women have been accorded recognition only as symbols of a primitive nobility which contributed to the progress of the American enterprise. And even that symbology is ambivalent; the reverse of the Indian "princess" is the "squaw," an object of sexual abuse and...
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Thailand is on edge after news leaked this week that the government may pursue a royal pardon for Thaksin Shinawatra, the controversial former Prime Minister who was ousted in a military coup, convicted of corruption and fled the country rather than serve a two-year prison sentence. "This could cause a major confrontation," Panthep Pongpuapan, a spokesman for the anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), told TIME on Thursday. Several months of street demonstrations by the PAD preceded the coup that deposed Thaksin in 2006. Opposition politicians lambasted the government over the issue in parliament on Thursday, as social-media websites exploded with contentious debates between Thaksin loyalists and critics.
Beginning in 2005, Thailand was plagued by a series of mass protests by groups opposing and supporting Thaksin. Now based in Dubai, Thaksin remains a godlike figure to the rural poor for his populist programs that sought to narrow disparities in income and is the darling of certain business cliques that did well under his rule. He has also drawn support from some groups that are opposed to Thailand's constitutional monarchy. Thaksin is loathed by the urban middle class, business cliques that were out of favor, elements of the military and royalists who regarded Thaksin as corrupt, authoritarian and disrespectful to the monarchy an institution many Thais revere. The increasingly violent demonstrations by the PAD (also known as the Yellow Shirts) and the pro-Thaksin United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (also known as the Red Shirts) turned a country once regarded as an oasis of stability into a turbulent political cauldron, reeling from one crisis to the next. The civil strife came to a head in April and May 2010 when 91 people mostly Red Shirts were killed, and parts of Bangkok and other cities burned as the military cleared Thaksin loyalists who had occupied the capital's central business district.
A truce of sorts was reached in July of this year when elections ushered in a coalition government led by Yingluck Shinawatra, a younger sister of Thaksin who had never before held political office. Thaksin opponents accepted the result with the caveat that the new government not try to change laws to exonerate Thaksin or make other moves resulting in his return.
Yingluck's government has refused all comment on the pardon proposal. Constitutional monarch King Bhumibol Adulyadej must ultimately approve any decision. The King, who has been hospitalized since September 2009, turns 84 on Dec. 5, and customarily pardons thousands of prisoners on his birthday based on recommendations from the government and his advisers. But Thaksin is not a prisoner, having fled the country. Other conditions that traditionally must be met to receive a royal pardon are that the prisoner has acknowledged wrongdoing and not been convicted of either corruption or drug-related offenses. Thaksin would not appear to qualify under those terms.
The monarch is regarded as being above politics in Thailand, but the political conflicts of recent years have often been portrayed as a battle between Thaksin loyalists and royalists. If the pardon reaches the palace "it will put pressure on the King," Panthep said, drawing him into making a political decision. If the King refuses, or if his Privy Council chooses not to forward Thaksin's name for consideration, that could bring out Red Shirt protesters. "If they come out, so will we and other anti-Thaksin groups, and we will end up confronting each other," Panthep said. He added that the PAD was meeting to decide what course of action to take, including the possibility of renewed street protests.
An amnesty for Thaksin was raised Tuesday at the weekly Cabinet meeting. The Cabinet decided to expand the groups eligible for a pardon to include those over 60 years old whose sentence is for less than three years with no requirement of having served any time in prison. Critics have said this new category was designed specifically to include Thaksin, who boasted upon his sister's election in July that he would never serve a day in jail and would be back home in Thailand by December.
The government did not include any news of the change in pardon rules in its regular press release summarizing Cabinet proceedings, and local newspapers reported that government officials below the rank of minister were asked to leave the meeting before the issue was discussed. Prime Minister Yingluck did not attend the Cabinet meeting, claiming she could not return to Bangkok in time from visiting flood victims up-country because her helicopter was not equipped with radar and so could not fly at night. The military later said the helicopter is equipped with radar. News of the decision was leaked by a minister who attended the meeting, according to several local newspapers.
Thailand has been battling its worst floods in half a century and Yingluck's government has been strongly criticized for its uncoordinated response to the crisis. Senator Rosana Tositrakul of Bangkok, who defended Yingluck against calls for her resignation, said it was galling that the pardon was raised while the country is in the midst of a crisis. "People haven't gotten any assistance with the flood problems from this government. The one who's reaping the most benefit is the brother of the Prime Minister," she said.


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The website now includes a comprehensive set of easily accessible economic development information such as demographics, available properties, research reports, site selection data, incentives, partner agencies and community/quality of life amenities.
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"This site will significantly increase our ability to provide detailed and accurate information that is critical to decision makers."
Enhancements to the website include:
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• upgraded collateral such as new brochures and community summaries with updated brand elements and updated 2012 Census information.
For more information on doing business in Sugar Land, contact Morales at (281) 275-2229.


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The mobotour story
In a former life, our Chief Revenue Officer Jon Mitchell served as a sergeant for the Atlanta Police Department. He picked up some off-duty security officer jobs on the side, which had him spending nights patrolling neighborhoods, retail stores and other locations. He quickly discovered that a lack of proper technology left security details without the tools to effectively tour and report on the properties in their charge. At the time, legacy "wand and pipe" technology proved too expensive for many clients. You might say this was Jon's "aha" moment.
Jon approached one neighborhood association he was working with to consider a QR code scanning solution. The vision? A digital tool that worked on almost any mobile device, leveraged simple QR codes to register locations visited and a secure, flexible portal to share, search and report. Immediately, Brian, Dustin and Maheep were onboard and headlong into product development. Two weeks later, the first iteration of mobotour was born.
Today, mobotour mobile workforce reporting solutions support more than 250 customers across many industries, both in the U.S. and globally. With our eyes firmly set on world domination, mobotour is transforming the mobile workforce technology business model with a simple, highly effective reporting tool that's unmatched in its affordability and time to value.
It's time for the software paradigm to fundamentally shift. Organizations need to keep a standard price, simplicity, and continue increasing the value for customers with the technology they build. We were fortunate to prove out our revolutionizing business model in the security industry and are now seeing that same model prove successful in other industries as well. We will change the world and how organization consumers feel about technology. mobotour will be the only choice.Dustin Laun


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I've got my eye on you...
There's a number of upcoming cookbooks I've got my eye on at the moment.
For one Sat Bains, the iconoclastic two-star Nottingham chef, has his maiden effort out next month. I've been tracking this one for a while - it keeps on getting pushed back but judging by the list price it looks like he's going the culinary monolith route. It should be fun.
And speaking of culinary lunatics, Pierre Gagnaire has also got his 175 Home Recipes with a Twist coming out soon. I've got high hopes for this one; there seems to be a trend now for culinary mad hatters to tone down for the rest of us (although I still question how much the Modernist Cuisine at Home will really be for those of us without an immersion heat/blender/rotary shaver).
Also I'm hoping Pierre makes up for execrable Reflections on Culinary Artistry, which was basically collection of cod-psychological musings masquerading as a cookbook. At least with a title like "175 Home Recipes..." you know what you're paying for...
But for me, the real excitement is closer to home.
Pierre the Bear
And he's also quite well known for his stuffed pigs trotter. If imitation is the sincerest for of flattery then this is the daddy. Off the top of my head I can think of two other chefs who've published versions of this (Marco Pierre White White Heat, Jean-Christophe Novelli Your Place or Mine) and a third who's published a homage (Gordon Ramsay Three Star Chef).
|Pierre Koffmann, and piggy friend.
But that's by the by. More importantly he's back on our bookshelves this Autumn with a reprint of his first book, Memories of Gascony.
I first read this book at university. The great thing about Oxford (apart from the truncated 8 week terms) is that the Bodleian Library has a copy of every book ever published in the UK... Including cookbooks. A privilege I happily abused to summon up hard-to-find or out of print books, such as a wonderful collection of Joel Robuchon recipes and the novelisation of The Princess Bride (OK, not a cookbook but equally unrelated to my degree course).
Anyhow given its been off the market for so long (I was disappointed to find that even Koffmann's own restaurant didn't have a copy in its otherwise impressive display of cookbooks) its great news its coming back. Let's hope they also reprint La Tante Claire as well.
Squaring the Circle
That's a shame because in my mind he is one of the great chefs and great teachers of his generation. Its notable how many chefs & managers from this place have gone on to greater things, from Bruce Poole of Chez Bruce, to Brett Graham of The Ledbury through to David O'Connor, now presiding over Medlar.
Like Pierre's pig trotter, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In this case its his landmark Lasagne of Dorset Crab with a shellfish cappucino. If you ever had a dish of pasta layered together with a delicate chicken, shellfish or rabbit mousse then this is where it comes from. In London alone you can find direct copies at Galvin La Chapelle, rabbity riffs at The Ledbury and a slightly repackaged version at Medlar (where its by far the most popular dish [Edit: 17,162 sold so far according to =the restaurant!]).
Now along with managing to not appear on TV and not get into the papers he has so far also managed to not produce a cookbook. Thankfully this will change this month with the launch of The Square: The Bookbook (Volume 1: Savoury). If it's anything like Phil it'll be a quiet classic.
And if he doesn't include the recipe for Lasagne of Dorset Crab, I'm going to bloody kill him.


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An option's price can be influenced by a number of factors that can either help or hurt traders depending on the type of options positions they have established. Successful traders understand the factors that influence options pricing, which includes the "Greeks"—a set of risk measures that indicate how exposed an option is to time-value decay, implied volatility and pricing changes in an underlying security. This article explains the significance of four Greek risk measures—delta, theta, vega, and gamma—and explains their importance. We review option characteristics that will help you better understand the Greeks.
Influences on an Option's Price
Table 1 lists the major influences on both a call and put option's price. The plus or minus sign indicates an option's price direction resulting from a change in one of the listed variables. For example, when there is a rise in implied volatility, there is an increase in the price of an option as long as other variables remain static.
|Increase in Volatility
|Decrease in Volatility
|Increase in Time to Expiration
|Decrease in Time to Expiration
|Increase in the Underlying
|Decrease in the Underlying
Table 1: Major influences on an option's price
Bear in mind that results will differ depending on whether a trader is long or short. If a trader is long on a call option, a rise in implied volatility will be favorable because higher volatility is typically priced into the option premium. On the other hand, if a trader has established a short call option position, a rise in implied volatility will have an inverse (or negative effect). The writer of a naked option, whether a put or a call, would not benefit from a rise in volatility because writers want the price of the option to decline.
Tables 2 and 3 present the same variables but in terms of long and short call options (Table 2) and long and short put options (Table 3). Note that a decrease in implied volatility, reduced time to expiration, and a fall in the price of the underlying will benefit the short call holder. At the same time, an increase in volatility, a greater time remaining on the option, and a rise in the underlying will benefit the long call holder. A short put holder benefits from a decrease in implied volatility, a reduced time remaining until expiration, and a rise in the price of the underlying while a long put holder benefits from an increase in implied volatility, a greater time remaining until expiration, and a decrease in the price of the underlying.
|Increase in Volatility
|Decrease in Volatility
|Increase in Time to Expiration
|Decrease in Time to Expiration
|Increase in the Underlying
|Decrease in the Underlying
Table 2: Major influences on a short and long call option's price
|Increase in Volatility
|Decrease in Volatility
|Increase in Time to Expiration
|Decrease in Time to Expiration
|Increase in the Underlying
|Decrease in the Underlying
Table 3: Major influences on a short and long put option's price
Interest rates play a negligible role in a position during the life of most option trades, so we exclude this price variable from the discussion. However, it is worth noting that higher interest rates make call options more expensive and put options less expensive all other things being equal.
This summary of pricing influences provides context for an examination of the risk categories used to gauge the relative impact of these variables. The Greeks allow traders to project changes in an option's price.
The Greeks
Table 4 describes four primary risk measures—the Greeks—that a trader should consider before opening an option position.
Delta is a measure of the change in an option's price (premium of an option) resulting from a change in the underlying security. The value of delta ranges from -100 to 0 for puts and 0 to 100 for calls (multiplied by 100 to shift the decimal). Puts generate negative delta because they have a negative relationship with the underlying; that is, put premiums fall when the underlying rises and vice versa.
Conversely, call options have a positive relationship with the price of the underlying: if the underlying rises, so does the call premium provided there are no changes in other variables such as implied volatility or time remaining until expiration. If the price of the underlying falls, the call premium will also decline provided all other things remain constant.
An at-the-money option has a delta value of approximately 50 (0.5 without the decimal shift), which means the premium will rise or fall by half a point with a one-point move up or down in the underlying. For example, if an at-the-money wheat call option has a delta of 0.5 and wheat rises by 10 cents, the premium on the option will increase by approximately 5 cents (0.5 x 10 = 5) or $250 (each cent in a premium is worth $50).
|Measures Impact of a Change in Volatility
|Measures Impact of a Change in Time Remaining
|Measures Impact of a Change in the Price of Underlying
|Measures the Rate of Change of Delta
Table 4: The main Greeks
As the option gets further in the money, delta approaches 100 on a call and -100 on a put with the extremes eliciting a one-for-one relationship between changes in the option price and changes in the price of the underlying. In effect, at delta values of -100 and 100, the option behaves like the underlying in terms of price changes. This behavior occurs with little or no time value as most of the value of the option is intrinsic. We will come back to the concept of time value when we discuss theta.
Three things to keep in mind with delta:
1. Delta tends to increase closer to expiration for near or at-the-money options.
2. Delta is further evaluated by gamma, which is a measure of delta's rate of change.
3. Delta can also change in reaction to implied volatility changes.
Gamma, also known as the first derivative of delta, measures delta's rate of change. Table 5 shows how much delta changes following a one-point move in the price of the underlying. When call options are deep out of the money, they generally have a small delta because changes in the underlying generate tiny changes in pricing. However, the delta becomes larger as the call option gets closer to the money.
Table 5
In Table 5, delta is rising as we read the figures from left to right, and it is shown with values for gamma at different levels of the underlying. The column showing profit/loss (P/L) of -200 represents the at-the-money strike of 930, and each column represents a one-point change in the underlying. At-the-money gamma is -0.79, which means that for every one-point move of the underlying, delta will increase by exactly 0.79 (for both delta and gamma the decimal has been shifted two digits by multiplying by 100).
If you move right to the next column (which represents a one-point move higher to 931 from 930), you can see that delta is -53.13 (an increase of .79 from -52.34). Delta rises as this short call option gets into the money, and the negative sign means that the position is losing because it is a short position (in other words, the position delta is negative). Therefore, with a negative delta of -51.34, the position will lose 0.51 (rounded) points in premium with the next one-point rise in the underlying.
There are some additional points to keep in mind about gamma:
1. Gamma is smallest for deep out-of-the-money and deep in-the-money options.
2. Gamma is highest when the option gets near the money
3. Gamma is positive for long options and negative for short options.
Theta is not used much by traders, but it is an important conceptual dimension. Theta measures the rate of decline of time-premium resulting from the passage of time. In other words, an option premium that is not intrinsic value will decline at an increasing rate as expiration nears. Table 6 shows theta values at different time intervals for an S&P 500 Dec at-the-money call option. The strike price is 930. As you can see, theta increases as expiration gets closer (T+25 is expiration). At T+19, which is six days before expiration, theta has reached 93.3, which in this case tells us that the option is now losing $93.30 per day, up from $45.40 per day at T+0 when the trader hypothetically opened the position.
Table 6: Theta values for short S&P Dec 930 call option
Some additional points about theta to consider when trading:
1. Theta can be high for out-of-the-money options if they carry a lot of implied volatility.
2. Theta is typically highest for at-the-money options
3. Theta will increase sharply in the last few weeks before expiration and can severely undermine a long option holder's position, especially if implied volatility declines at the same time.
Vega, the fourth and final risk measure, quantifies risk exposure to implied volatility changes. Vega tells us approximately how much an option price will increase or decrease given an increase or decrease in the level of implied volatility. Option sellers benefit from a fall in implied volatility, but it is just the reverse for option buyers. In Table 5, the short call has a negative vega, which indicates the position will gain if implied volatility falls (hence the inverse relationship indicated by the negative sign). The value of vega indicates by how much the position will gain. Using at-the-money vega, which is -96.94, a short call position will gain $96.94.for each 1% drop in implied volatility. Conversely, the position would lose $96.94 in reaction to a 1% rise in implied volatility.
Additional points to keep in mind regarding vega:
1. Vega can increase or decrease without price changes of the underlying (due to changes in implied volatility).
2. Vega can increase in reaction to quick moves in the underlying.
3. Vega falls as the option gets closer to expiration.
The Bottom Line
The price of an option is influenced by changes in the underlying, the time to expiration, implied volatility, and the way that traders measure the impact of those variables.


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Our second feature of the month is …
a particularly powerful piece submitted by Robert Goulding called "Cherish". The film was helped created with LanParte's Shoulder Rig w/ A/B Hard Stops Follow Focus (DHR-01 & FF-02). The one minute film, "Cherish" was an obvious choice for the campaign as one watch through left us so moved. The message that Robert sends through the video reminds us all to take a look at our place in the world and to shed everything that unecessarily weighs us down.
Rightfully titled, "Cherish", Robert places the viewer into the shoes of a World War II soldier who is near his end. The soldier ruminates about his life, his place in the grand scheme and a final judgement of whether or not he lived a life that he would be proud of. The whole project is extremely impressive as Robert notes that the video was planned in one day and shot the next. The shot used only the available light due to no access of suitable lighting on the day.
We interviewed Robert Goulding to get an in more depth on his work as a filmmaker but also the steps he took to put together the film.
Robert, can you tell us a little about yourself and your experience in filmmaking?
I am a freelance Director of Photography based in the South of the UK. My primary field comprises mostly within narrative filmmaking, however I work frequently within the music industry as well as corporate/advertising. I began my journey as a filmmaker during college and have since recently graduated from university with a degree in Film Theory & Production. Now having had over 5 years experience in the art of Cinematography, Camera Operating & Colour Grading, I have been fortunate enough to have worked on broadcasted projects via channel ITV. As well as this I have successfully worked with many established clients here in the UK, including Southampton Airport.
Cherish is a short 1 minute film. This short span of time seems to add more power in its poignancy. Can you tell us your decision in keeping the film so short?
It's important to note the protagonist expresses emotions in their last moments of life; so giving the film duration only 1 minute was part of this decision. I believe this method helped to focus the audience's attention directly to the message itself, rather than that of creating an elongated story arc. This was also the case for the Cinematography as well, the aim was to keep it as simplistic as possible to not distract from the narration.
"Life becomes a bittersweet thing when surrounded by the tools of destruction we created ourselves."
Cherish is so powerful in its message of life and the fine balance between apathy and appreciation for it. What inspired you in creating this film?
I feel in our current society people get too caught up in minor insignificance in life, focusing on the negativities. In my opinion we should be grateful for what and who they have, not what we don't. In a world fascinated with consumerism, it's no surprise that we often forget that it's the people around us that we should focus on to make us happy in life. Hence the title: Cherish. I felt surrounding this idea around the theme of war helped channel its impact.
Regarding the quote you mentioned, co-writer Daniel Hargadon gave his take on the message:
"'Life becomes bittersweet' is a realisation, specifically for a soldier who like many have fallen victim to our own destructive behaviour as humans. It is in those last moments surrounded by destruction that we remember what was important to us in life and whether or not we spent enough of time to appreciate it."
The location and the use of colors all seems to help wrap everything together to create one message. Can you talk a little about how you were able to coordinate and ensure everything was consistent?
The colour palette for this film was particularly important to me; ensuring the colours were believable for the time period I was setting out to re-create. To create this palette I used a combination of colour DI techniques, along with Film Convert. This software emulates a desired film stock along with a use of believable film grain structure; this got me a lot of the way. I also used a bleach bypass method, most common in contemporary war films and felt it was a look that really sold the grittiness and horror of war. To enhance this look even further I de-saturated the colours quite heavily. Being a next to no budget production, the location was in actual fact the nearest forest we could travel too! I felt it worked well considering the restraints.
You consistently deal with the power of emotions which is highlighted by "Cherish" but also your other film, "Rosie". How do you consistently ensure that the execution of your films keep delivering such powerful messages?
Everyone will experience loss of a friend/loved one at some point in their life, therefore being such a relatable topic to many of us I feel it is a basis that makes for great stories. I believe that human relationships, or be it emotions in this case, are often the most powerful of messages.
To learn more about Robert you can visit him at the following:
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It seems many chief executives are better off golfing than working.
Indeed, CEOs who left their companies during 2002 and 2001 received an average golden parachute of—get this—$16.5 million.
The exit packages range from a potential high of more than $82,000,000 (if Robert Nardelli were to leave Home Depot) down to $1,426,021 (paid to Carl Yankowski when he left Palm).
But these figures actually underestimate the total cost of terminating a CEO's employment. The calculations were based on only the cash compensation, because companies rarely, if ever, place a figure on the value or cost of either benefits granted or the early vesting of equity awards that often accompany a termination.
These are some of the findings of a two-part study of termination policy and practice of the S&P 500 by Paul Hodgson, senior research associate at The Corporate Library.
The study also found that most employment contracts make it clear that failure to do the job is not grounds for termination "for cause." That means that unless CEOs commit crimes, they're still entitled to the full departure package, the study noted.
"Surely some of these CEOs could have been terminated for cause, but how many have been? When was the last time a CEO was terminated for cause? How poorly do they have to perform before this happens?" asked Hodgson.
Surprisingly, despite the recent hue and cry over exorbitant executive compensation, companies don't seem to be cutting back on go-away packages. Contracts signed at the end of the study period contain as generous provisions as those signed up to five years ago.
"With CEOs receiving an average $15 million to start (according to an earlier study), and $16.5 million to finish, they hardly need to make any money in between," said Hodgson.
Two of the interesting parts of the study are the level and makeup of severance benefits, and the length of employment terms contained in executive-employment contracts.
The most common severance package for CEOs is three years' salary, bonus, and benefits, with immediate vesting of all equity awards. Not surprisingly, that package is aligned with the typical three-year executive-employment contract.
In the study of 367 exit packages, 55.5 percent of the companies would pay their CEOs' total annual compensation for three or more years following termination "without cause." Many others, such as Clear Channel Communications and Comcast, would continue payments for even longer periods, the study indicated.
By contrast, fewer than 2 percent would continue to pay their CEOs for less than one year.
Those with one-year severance packages include CIGNA, Newell Rubbermaid, Moody's, and Nucor. Companies paying less than a year's severance benefits are Family Dollar Stores, Intuit, and Micron Technology.
A side study of compensation-committee membership also underscored the relationship between very generous separation agreements and the individuals who play a role in the decision-making process.
For example, one director—Roger S. Penske—sat on the compensation committees of both Home Depot and General Electric.
Even more significantly, three of the CEOs identified as having overgenerous separation arrangements sit on the compensation committee of another company that is also named in the study as having excessive termination payments.
For example, Charles Knight, whose exit package from Emerson Electric had very similar provisions to Jack Welch's, chairs IBM's compensation committee. Lou Gerstner's separation package also sounds just like Jack Welch's.
Ivan Seidenberg of Verizon serves on Honeywell's compensation committee. Seidenberg's parachute is cited by the study as one of the more excessive packages in the sample, while Michael Bonsignore, the former CEO of Honeywell, received severance in 2001 that was singled out for criticism.
Paul A. Allaire, formerly of Xerox, sits on Lucent's compensation committee. While Allaire retired, receiving only his pension, according to Xerox's proxy, Richard McGinn's settlement from Lucent worked out to more than $11 million.
"It's almost as if it's a case of you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours," asserted Hodgson.
In addition to salary and bonus payments, severance arrangements include a wide range of benefits, including secretarial support, office space and equipment, security, corporate transportation, health and other insurance, pension enhancements, financial- and tax-planning advice, access to apartments, and country club memberships.
In a number of cases, severance also included an agreement by the company to fund a relocation. This was the case at Palm, Tyco, and Corning.
"While it is an accepted part of compensation for new CEOs to receive relocation assistance," said Hodgson, "it is impossible to imagine a justification for companies to pay for CEOs to move back where they came from. Even harder to understand is the decision by Verizon and Home Depot to continue granting stock options, post-termination, to CEOs Ivan Seidenberg and Robert Nardelli, respectively."
What happens if a departing executive subsequently finds another job while he is still receiving his severance? Nothing, really.
Only 2 percent of companies in the S&P 500 would reduce any part of a CEO's severance package if he or she gained alternative employment, according to one of the studies.
In the second report's study of 588 of the largest U.S. corporations, only 13 companies mentioned the concept of mitigating or reducing all or part of their severance payments for their CEO. On the contrary, most companies indicated that not only are officers under no obligation to seek further employment during their termination period, but, even if they do, payment of their severance benefits will not be reduced.
"Because mitigation is applied in so few cases, most terminated executives who gain employment during the so-called severance or termination period—the time that severance payments are intended to cover—are effectively being paid twice," said the study.
Companies mitigating severance payments include McKesson, Charter One, and Unisys.
The first report ("Golden Parachutes and Cushion Landings") lays out actions that might be taken to reduce the excesses associated with severance. These include:
- Reduce the length of executives' contracts.
- Do not include incentive payments as part of severance benefits.
- Do not forgive retention or other loans.
- Vest retirement benefits based solely on actual service.
- Terminate unvested stock options and other restricted equity awards.
- Do not pay severance benefits to an executive at the same time as consultancy fees.
- Do not pay severance benefits to an executive at the same time as retirement benefits.
- Cease provision of office space, administrative support, corporate transportation, financial counseling, and subsidized club memberships at the termination date.
The Corporate Library was founded in 1999 by Nell Minow and Robert A.G. Monks.
Most Employees Don't Get Severance
While CEOs receive very lucrative separation packages, many of the rank and file don't get any severance pay. And most don't seem to care, either.
According to a survey by TrueCareers, nearly 72 percent of workers would accept a new job without a severance package. And nearly 80 percent of respondents said they would accept new jobs with companies offering a less-than-desirable severance agreement.
Even so, 64 percent of the 433 respondents said it is at least somewhat important to address the issue of severance compensation during an interview.
When asked what a good severance agreement should provide, 57 percent indicated the package should depend on an employee's level of experience and length of service with the company. Compare that with The Corporate Library study, which showed that some CEOs get three-year severance packages—regardless of length of service.
One third of the respondents in the TrueCareers study reported their companies do not offer severance agreements. Nearly 40 percent said their companies offer salary for a specified number of weeks as severance, while more than one-quarter reported their companies offer outplacement assistance and other forms of severance.
Interestingly, last year 92 percent of respondents had not turned down a job opportunity because of a less-than-desirable severance package, compared with 80 percent of respondents in this year's survey. "What's surprising is that 72 percent of individuals would take a new job with no severance agreement," said TrueCareers president Cecelia Dwyer.
Lucent Settles with SEC
Lucent Technologies said it reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission stemming from a number of revenue-recognition issues the company disclosed in November and December 2000.
Under the agreement, the company would pay no fines or penalties and would not be required to make any financial restatements. The settlement would also conclude the SEC's investigation of Lucent.
Without admitting or denying any wrongdoing, Lucent said it would consent to a settlement enjoining the company from future violations of the antifraud, reporting, books and records, and internal-control provisions of the federal securities laws.
At that time, Lucent discovered it had improperly booked revenue and brought the matter to the SEC's attention. It then revised downward its sales for the fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2000, by $679 million.
"We self reported certain revenue recognition issues to the SEC in November and December 2000 as soon as we discovered them and cooperated with the SEC," said Patricia Russo, chairman and CEO of Lucent, in a statement. "We are very pleased to be able to put this issue behind us in this manner and totally focus on moving our business forward."
The settlement is subject to final approval by the SEC.


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Training Dog To Stay
The Stay command is one of the first basic commands to teach your dog.
Puppy should already have learned how to sit and how to lay down on command before trying to teach him to stay.
Here are a few tips to train your dog to stay:
How To Train Your Dog To Stay
- Command puppy to sit
- Once puppy is sitting, give the 'Stay' command and also put your hand up (palm facing the dog)
- When puppy stays still for a few seconds, give him much praise and affection
- Do the 'Stay' command 6 times per training session, trying to hold off the praise a little longer each time
By practicing the Stay command a few times each session, your puppy will soon learn what he is to do each time you give that command. Remember to give lots of praise every time he stays and to try holding off the praise a little longer each time.


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Modeling Distributions of Rare Plants in the Great Basin, Western North AmericaWestern North American Naturalist
Document TypeArticle
PublisherBrigham Young University, Monte L Bean Life Science Museau
Publication Date1-1-2007
DOIdoi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[26:MDORPI]2.0.CO;2
AbstractIn this 2-phase study, we developed field-validated site and landscape-level predictive models for identifying potential rare and endemic plant habitat in the Great Basin of western North America. Four species were chosen to include a range of environmental variability and plant communities. Herbarium records of known occurrences were used to identify initial sample sites. The geographic coordinates, environmental attributes, and vegetation data collected at each site were used to develop 2 predictive models for each species: a field key and a probability-of-occurrence or predictor map. The field key was developed using only field data collected at the sites on environmental attributes and associated species. Predictive maps were developed with a geographic information system (GIS) containing slope, elevation, aspect, soils, and geologic data. Classification-tree (CT) software was used to generate dichotomous field keys and maps of occurrence probabilities. Predictions from both models were then field-validated during the 2nd phase of the study, and final models were developed through an iterative process, in which data collected during the field validation were incorporated into subsequent predictive models. Cross-validated models were >96% accurate and generally predicted presence with >60% accuracy. These models identified potential habitat by combining elevation, slope, aspect, rock type, and geologic process into habitat models for each species.
Citation InformationLeila M Shultz, M. Aitken and D. W. Roberts. "Modeling Distributions of Rare Plants in the Great Basin, Western North America" Western North American Naturalist Vol. 67 Iss. 1 (2007)
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Back discomfort could be a difficult condition for anyone to reside with. Everyone is left in great pain as they attempt to do normal everyday activities that happen to be required for survival. Back discomfort sufferers can rejoice, though prevent slouching and back pain relief, because there are some ways to ease back discomfort. These article features tips about back problems.
Utilize sources of heat for comfort against back pain. Generally, back discomfort is a result of some sort of inflammation and applying heat will reduce this inflammation, offering more comfort versus the pain. It is a very effective and safe means of relieving pack pain which is very inexpensive at the same time.
To prevent further injury to a healing back, avoid activities, which will add additional strain towards the back. Shoveling snow or lifting heavy bags or boxes, for example, are everyday activities you must not take part in until your back is healed. If not, you could possibly end up re-injuring the region before it has even had an opportunity to heal itself.
To obtain instant, lasting relief of pain for serious back injuries, you have to get a prescription from a doctor. Unfortunately, over-the-counter pain relief will not be built to treat chronic back discomfort brought on by serious injuries like ruptured discs. If you cannot arrive at your chiropractor immediately, then ask your regular doctor about getting a prescription for oxycodone or morphine.
When you hurt your back, usually hamstring stretching exercises can prove to be beneficial. In the event the muscles on the backs of the thighs are tight, they are able to usually cause your spine to enjoy a lot of unnecessary stress and pain. You should stretch your hamstring muscles twice every day for 45 seconds at any given time.
If you suffer from lower back pain and you also smoke, you have to quit as quickly as possible. One of the nasty adverse reactions of smoking is the consumption of nicotine. Nicotine reduces the flow of blood throughout your system, including to your spine, and this increases your chance of back problems.
Heat has been found to get a good way in order to alleviate back problems, especially lumbar pain. Heat therapy, such as heating pads, wraps or baths are inespensive and easy to perform. It's best to alternate forward and backward between ice and heat therapy for the best results.
Should you suffer from back problems, attempt to do whatever you can to reduce your tension. Feeling stressed or anxious will simply cause your own muscles to tense up more, worsening any muscle spasms you happen to be already having. You will probably find you feel way less tense when you make sure you are getting enough rest, avoid caffeine, tune in to soothing music and pray or meditate.
When you have back problems and also have the money because of it, consider purchasing a trip to the chiropractor. Chiropractors are trained in various approaches to help minimize pain in your body and a lot of concentrate on back discomfort. If it works out financially, a visit to the chiropractor could cure what ails your back.
Surgery will often remedy situations which result in paralysis, for the way severe the thing is. Other rare conditions may exist where surgery may be needed to take care of a physical deformity. The vast majority of time, these specific cases are degenerative in nature and were not situations of cause and effect.
According to the situation, lower back pain might be this kind of chronic issue those funds can even be an issue. Despite the very best of insurance, back problems can definitely take its toll. Therefore, it is actually best while attempting costly avenues to also make sure that you are accomplishing anything you can that may be cheaper and also still effective.
Those that smoke don't have excuse to complain about their back discomfort until they quit. Smoking could cause degeneration of your respective spinal discs by reduction of blood circulation.
There are many individuals who experience back discomfort in silence mainly because they feel like it is actually something to be embarrassed about. There is absolutely no shame in having pain and it also doesn't mean that you are currently old as there are plenty of causes that can bring about this concern.
Now you know you happen to be one of many and you will have seen several of the common strategies for working with this back ache problem, you must feel more at ease in finding out how to tolerate back discomfort and perhaps you may also take it out of your daily life completely. A number of other folks have done it, and so can you!


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The Senate Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee's measure for fiscal 2012 is also about $57 million less than the current-year budget for the programs. The full Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the proposal, which would provide about $1 billion more than corresponding legislation passed July 15 by the Republican-led House.
"Overall I believe we have developed a well-balanced and responsible bill," Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat and the subcommittee's chairman, said today before the measure was approved on a voice vote.
The Senate measure provides $200 million for alternative- energy loan guarantees that have come under scrutiny after a recipient, Solyndra Inc. of Fremont, California, said last week it would seek bankruptcy reorganization. The company filed today for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware.
Solyndra, which Obama visited in May 2010, borrowed $527.8 million against a $535 million Energy Department loan guarantee, according to court papers. Five U.S. companies have been awarded $1.56 billion in guarantees through the program.
The solar-panel manufacturer's financial troubles raise questions about the process for awarding guarantees, Feinstein told reporters after the hearing.
Solyndra's Failure
"Why isn't this figured out before you go to loan process, before you get the president of the United States out there?" Feinstein said. "Solyndra was a big blow, no question."
The senator described the amount the committee provided for loan guarantees as "de minimis" and said it was unlikely to increase.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, modeled after a Defense Department program that helped create the Internet, would receive $250 million under legislation, $300 million less than Obama sought.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu has described the program as a "swing for the fences" effort to help new technologies find a market. The House legislation included $180 million for it.
The panel's bill also reduced the president's budget request for energy-efficiency and renewable-energy programs. It provides about $1.8 billion, the same level as in fiscal 2011, for such efforts. Obama sought $3.2 billion. The House provided $1.3 billion.
No Modular Reactors
The House legislation provided $30.6 billion in funding for energy- and water-related programs, about $5.9 billion less than the amount requested by Obama, and about $1 billion less than the programs received for fiscal 2011.
Feinstein said $584 million that the measure would provide for the office of nuclear energy should be spent on safety in light of the meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant in Japan after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The allotment for the nuclear office is about $142 million less than it received for fiscal 2011, according to a subcommittee summary. The House gave the program about $734 million. Unlike the House version, the Senate bill wouldn't provide money to develop small, modular nuclear reactors.
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You should contact First Utility on their general enquiries telephone number 01926 320 700 for a quote on a gas and electricity tariff based off of your Lancashire postcode, for warm-home discounts and to install a new smart meter.
First Utility General Enquiries – 01926 320 700
You should phone First Utility on their general enquiries contact number 01926 320 700 whether you are a customer based in Lancashire or elsewhere in the UK. In addition, new customers will be able to receive quotes on the cost of a fixed energy plan depending on their particular post code. Alternatively, if you are a current customer who is moving home, then you may wish to contact First Utility to transfer your tariff to your new address prior to arrival. A representative from the energy provider can also answer questions regarding faulty gas heating, electricity outage or even respond to complaints if you believe you have been overcharged in your most recent bill. Moreover, you may wish to call the First Utility helpline to request over-the-phone assistance when taking a meter reading necessary to your flexible tariff plan. Smart Meter customers will also be able to call the above contact number if they are unable to login to their 'My Energy' online account on order to track their energy usage from their phone, tablet or laptop. Finally, energy customers may also wish to contact First Utility to register their interest in a discount under the government Warm Home Scheme, providing them £140 off of their winter energy bill.
You will also be able to call First Utility on their customer service number 01926 320 700 for any enquiries about their broadband service. For instance, you may wish to ask how to switch to First Utility if you are currently unhappy with your internet provider, asking how long the process will take. Alternatively, if you live in an area with access to fibre optic broadband, you may wish to ask about the cost of a SuperFirst or UltraFirst package respectively.
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The First Utility helpline uses a number with a '01' prefix meaning that all calls will be charged the standard per-minute rate of a local call from both a UK landlines and mobile phone. However, you can contact the energy provider for free if your mobile tariff comes with inclusive free minutes or if your landline package has free calls to local numbers. The First Utility call centre is open to take calls during the hours of 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and between 9am and 4pm on Saturday.
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However, if you have been unable to contact a First Utility representative on their customer service telephone number 01926 320 700 then you will still be able to discuss you tariff when writing to the broadcaster's viewer enquiries address as follows: email@example.com.
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Finally, if you would prefer to elevate a complaint further, then you can use the First Utility postal address to direct your written correspondence to: Customer Services, First Utility, PO Box 4360, Warwick, CV34 9DB, United Kingdom.


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The country's bestselling calculus-based physics text, recognized by over 700 schools for its currency, accuracy, and clarity, has received a carefully crafted revision. Its strong problem solving approach, incorporating new intermediate and challenging problems, innovative spreadsheet problems, and ground-breaking conceptual problems with reasoning statements teach students how to think through physical examples as opposed to plugging numbers into formulas. Complementing this unsurpassed textbook is an exceptional ancillary package, complete with interactive multimedia support. Features: * The Laws of Motion are discussed thoroughly in chapter 5 and serve as building blocks for the remainder of the course material. * Conceptual Examples with detailed reasoning statements help students build on cumulative knowledge of concepts and learn how to think through physical situations rather than simply plugging in numbers to formulas. * Additional beneficial pedagogy includes chapter previews, marginal notes, vivid illustrations, biographical sketches, problem-solving strategies, summaries, thought questions, conceptual problems, spreadsheet problems, and summaries. * Paired problems at the end of each chapter test the students' ability to understand the concept being asked of them and their ability to set up the initial equation, as well as testing their mathematical manipulation of the same problem. New to this edition: * A line-by-line edit has improved the currency, accuracy, and clarity that earned the text its superb reputation. * New spreadsheet problems appear at the end of most chapters, enhancing students' ability to use the tool and gain more practical knowledge of subject matter. A disk containing templates will be available to all students using the text. * Many new intermediate level problems appear at the end of each chapter and offer students more practical exercises covering chapter concepts. * New challenging problems at the end of each chapter, colour-coded for quick recognition, demand and inspire mastery of content. * Interactive Physics II(TM) software brings textbook simulations to life, keying specific figures and examples from the text, as well as representing material difficult to present in textbook format. This state-of-the-art program offers students greater understanding in an engaging format. * SD2000, a self-contained software package of physics simulations and demonstrations, has been customized to accompany Serway's text. Its capabilities span mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, E & M, optics, and some modern physics topics. Keyed to SD2000 Boxes in text.
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VW: Executives donate 10% personal income to charity
The top executives of Volkswagen will donate 10% of their personal income to charity.
Volkswagen has announced that CEO Martin Winterkorn along with four other members of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG will donate about 10 percent of their personal income from stock options to benefit the civic foundation Bürgerstiftung Wolfsburg.
Together the group of five made about $32 million in 2008 and will donate $3.2 million to the charity.
"Our goal is to support, encourage and educate children in Wolfsburg and the surrounding region," said Dr. Neumann, member of the Board of Management with responsibility for Human Resources.
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Any gadgetlovers out there ? For all you 'playas' with iPhones, we suggest you take a look at this video. If you want to play safe, just keep your condom inside this iPhone case and you will have one nearby at all times. You have to admit that it has more style than the condom that has been in your wallet for years.. And it is perfect if you want to keep your sexlife away from your parents, because we all know that they will never understand a cell phone. The name of this gadget however is a bit unfortunate, because seriously, who says 'playa' anymore? But hey, as they say: Don't hate the playa, hate the game!
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Pitman Names Dave Archer Branch Manager for Northern California
Tuesday, March 05, 2002
Press release from the issuing companyTOTOWA, NJ, March 4, 2002 – Pitman Company, the leading independent North American graphic arts supplier, has announced the appointment of Dave Archer as Branch Manager of its Hayward, California sales and distribution operations, serving customers in Northern California and Northern Nevada. Now marking his 26th year in the graphics arts industry, Mr. Archer had previously been with Litho Development and Research (LDR), one of the largest graphic arts suppliers in the western United States. Mr. Archer held various sales and management posts throughout the Pacific Northwest and Northern California during his 21 years with that company. In his first 15 years in sales with LDR, Mr. Archer was based in the Seattle market, moving in 1995 to the Bay Area. His most recent post, prior to joining the Pitman Company, was manager of LDR's San Francisco/Sacramento branch operations. Peter Grayer, Vice President/Western Region of Pitman Company, observed, "Dave has extensive experience in working closely with both large and small graphic arts operations throughout the growing Northern California market. His strong background in DTP workflows, electronic prepress and digital printing will be an important asset to Pitman customers in the region who rely on us for the best technology solutions in meeting their equipment and product needs." Originally from the Portland, Oregon area, Mr. Archer is an alumnus of Chemeketa College in Salem, Oregon where he earned a degree in printing technology.
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If you to watch videos online, you are not alone. We all love video streaming sites for watching trending videos. But now you can also download them easily from there. If you want to watch a particular video again and again then downloading that is the best option for you. Snaptube is the best app out there for downloading online videos from many streaming sites such as Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and lot more. It's easy to use and fast enough to operate without any lagging issue. You just need a single click to download a video and save it on your smartphone.
Showbox app is a better alternative which i recommend you all. Snaptube is nothing if you compare it with showbox.
Getting so popular is the big reason that there are a lot of spoof versions of Snaptube available online. So choosing the right one is a big deal especially when you are a newbie. But as you are here, we will provide you the official link for downloading Snaptube apk. The file we are giving is completely checked for malware protection and completely safe to install on your phone. So without further thinking just click on the provided link and download the file from there.
Why Snaptube Isn't Available on Play Store
For some terms and condition reason, Snaptube is not available in the play store. You have to manually download it by yourself. But do not worry it is the best video downloading app right now. It is hugely popular for its great features which are completely free to use. The developers are not charging anything for using the app right now, and there are no chances of that too on later period.
How to install Snaptube App On your Phone
After downloading the snaptube app, you have to install it in order to start using it. Just click on the file and it will get installed on your android devices. If the app doesn't get install on your phone just enable installation from unknown sources. You can do that from your phone's setting. It will then get installed and for the geeks out there 'by allowing unknown sources you will not be going to harm your phone by the way'.
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Snaptube is only available in apk file which means that only Android user can use it on their devices. If you want to use it on your PC which is great and can be done under blue stacks or another android emulator. In this case, you have to install an android emulator first and from there you will be able to install apk files on your PC. Thus will be able to use SnapTube for PC.
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If you are an iPhone user you have to wait for releasing Snaptube's ios version as there is none available right now. But you can use the alternative of Snaptube such as MxTube. MxTube is just like Snaptube and very useful for downloading purposes. You can download the app from given link below. So download and install it from Cydia App Store and enjoy. Check official Discussion About Snaptube for iPhone from the official website of snaptube app.
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When I hear someone use idioms my mind automatically falls back to my mom. She used idioms in every conversation that I remember, she knew them all. I don't think I could list as many as she said but there is a good chance that Google could help with that.
The idiom "give them an inch and they'll take a mile" is used to compare letting a person do someone once and they may take advantage of you for 3 or 4 times. An example of this would be letting your grand-daughter sit and eat at her little table once and each meal after she has to sit there or she just isn't hungry. Usually it is with adults who know better but this was also a good example.
Ok, so let me try and remember a few she said, and I'm sure my sister in law could come on board with more.
My dad had only one, maybe he needed only one it was:
Ya, those were the good old days. I guess mother was the one who taught us most of life's lessons.
From Nothing Becomes Something; I'm not sure about this but I think it is making something out of nothing.
A Dime a Dozen – this is in reference to plenty to be found. Sea glass is not plenty anymore.
How about you, do you use any idoms? Do you have a favourite that you use all the time?
I love reminiscing and the word. xo, cindy
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Tanzanian Royalty Announces Filing of Kigosi 43-101 Report on SEDAR
Tanzanian Royalty wishes to announce that the NI 43-101 compliant technical report for its Kigosi Gold Project in northern Tanzania has been filed on: www.sedar.com. The full report can be viewed on the Company's website at: http://www.tanzanianroyalty.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/KigosiNI-43-101ReportNov-5-2011-2.pdf
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Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors – The United States Securities and Exchange Commission limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms on this news release, such as "reserves", "resources", "geologic resources", "proven", "probable", "measured", "indicated", or "inferred" which may not be consistent with the reserve definitions established by the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our SEC filings. You can review and obtain copies of these filings from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
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Certain information presented in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including risks inherent in mineral exploration and development, which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any projected future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to our description of the risk factors affecting the Company, as contained in our SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 20-F and Registration Statement on Form F-10, as amended, for more information concerning these risks, uncertainties, and other factors.