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Usually, they have many treatment alternatives but they have no information about their choices. One example of effective alternatives is the reduction in blood pressure that meditation produces. Others are the dietary changes and exercise programs that lead to lowered cholesterol. Since the medical treatments for these two conditions are often more dangerous than the problems, it is worth seeking safer alternatives.
Dr. Dean Ornish has shown that patients with heart disease can often avoid surgery and reverse their heart disease with a combination of a low-fat diet, meditation, and exercise. Norman Cousins healed his ankylosing spondylitis (a form of arthritis of the spine) with laughter and high doses of vitamin C. He wrote about his experience in the New England Journal of Medicine, and followed this article with a book, The Anatomy of an Illness. Many patients have cured their digestive disturbances simply by avoiding certain foods.
Over and over, we are seeing the results of lifestyle changes in health care. A recent scientific medical conference put on by the American College for Advancement in Medicine was entitled: Lifestyle Medicine—Medicine for the Nineties. Researchers and physicians both attended and taught at this scientific meeting. Much of it related to the role of dietary supplements in medical therapy.
Dietary supplements are among the safest and most effective choices in health care. They are almost free of side effects, they are easy to take, they are relatively inexpensive, and they usually enhance many life functions besides the specific condition for which they are being given. Following is an example of how nutritionally oriented physicians might use supplements as part of the treatment for a specific health problem. This is a suggestion that is supported in the medical literature and in the experience of many physicians.
Remember this is an example, not a prescription for you, and the supplement list is in addition to many other health practices. Other supplements may be helpful, and you may not need all of these to get results. For more information on any one supplement, look for its description in Dietary Supplements. No one program is appropriate for everybody, but these suggestions are good starting points from which individual programs can be modified.
Some chronic everyday problems may also cause significant ongoing fatigue, such as stress, dietary imbalance, food allergy, nutritional deficiency, environmental toxicity, low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), and low-grade depression. Sometimes the problem is as simple as a lack of adequate exercise or boredom. There are some general principles for reducing fatigue after eliminating any of the serious medical conditions as the underlying cause.
Again, eating properly, exercising, and reducing emotional stressors can help increase your energy. Avoiding food allergens and environmental toxins helps reduce exposure to the chemical stressors. A general dietary supplement is often adequate to help fatigue due to nutritional imbalances or borderline deficiencies.
Do not ignore the need to find out if persistent fatigue is the result of a serious medical problem. Treatment may require medical management in addition to lifestyle change and dietary supplements. The following supplement program often helps with fatigue from many causes:


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Board approves tax credits for 100 job project
Iowa economic development officials have approved financial assistance to DuPont Pioneer for a $50 million expansion project.
The Iowa Economic Development Board on Friday agreed to provide the company up to $4.4 million in tax credits.
The project will move into Johnston some operations and 100 jobs now in Ankeny. Pioneer will also create 100 new jobs.
Pioneer, which is headquartered in Des Moines, is a subsidiary of chemical maker DuPont Co. of Wilmington, Del.
The economic development board also approved tax credits for two other companies.
Grain Millers in St. Ansgar received $550,000 in tax credits for a $24 million expansion. Sobatka Engineering in Diagonal, doing business as Excel Engineering, received nearly $86,000 in tax credits for a $1.6 million renovation.
The Des Moines Business Record reported that construction of a new building will begin in mid-next year and new employees would be added toward the end of the year.

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Godley's gem leads Tennessee to rare road series victory at Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Senior Zack Godley finished off Tennessee's series win against No. 14 Kentucky with an exclamation mark, firing his second complete-game shutout of the year as the Vols took the series finale from the Wildcats 5-0 on Sunday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
"Great effort by Zack Godley and great effort by our team," UT head coach Dave Serrano said. "I told them after the game that I could not be more proud of them. I promised them that whether we won or lost that game I was proud of them. We'll never [completely] figure it out, but we are starting to figure it out. I'm seeing a young team start to become a team, pull for all the right things and appreciate all the right things.
"We are still going to make our mistakes, everybody does, but, boy, as a head coach and a coaching staff we are really proud of what we accomplished. This is a baby step in the direction that I want this place to go."
Godley struck out eight, walked two, scattered six hits and stranded nine UK baserunners en route to improving to 3-4 on the year. The Bamberg, S.C., native retired the final eight Wildcats he faced, punching out three of them. His first shutout came at home against Missouri on March 22.
"That's why we call him `The Bull,'" Serrano said. "He is a bull. He went 130 pitches and he might have been better in the seventh, eighth and ninth than he was in the first, second and third. What he figured out was to just stay within himself, not try to overthrow, just flip that curveball in there and throw strike one. It was a really simple plan once we got the lead and he stuck to the plan. I could not be more proud of him and the whole team."
Helping out on the offensive side of things were Christin Stewart and Pierce Bily who each finished with a pair of hits and two RBIs. Ethan Bennett added a 2-for-4 effort, including one of four doubles the Vols pounded out off of Kentucky starter Corey Littrell (4-2) who yielded all five Tennessee runs in 7.1 innings of work.
The series win is UT's second in SEC play this year and first on the road since sweeping a doubleheader at Alabama on April 16, 2011. With Sunday's triumph, the Vols improve to 16-18 overall and 5-10 in league play. The 14th-ranked Wildcats drop to 24-11 on the season and 7-8 in SEC games.
After five scoreless innings to start the game, Tennessee was the first to crack the scoreboard, putting up a three-spot in the top of the sixth. Maddox took a pitch off the forearm to start the frame. While he would have to be removed from the game later on because of that pitch, he would stay in the game at the time and promptly moved to second on a balk.
A.J. Simcox followed with a perfect bunt down the third-base line that would go for an infield single and put runners on the corners for Stewart who brought them both home just three pitches later with an opposite-field double to left-center.
Tennessee added two important insurance runs in the top of the eighth to account for the game's final score. After a leadoff walk by Stewart, Bily crushed a 1-2 offering to left-center for an RBI double, scoring Stewart all the way from first. Bily then swiped third and Vincent Jackson drew a free pass to put runners on the corners with nobody out.
Some heads-up baserunning allowed UT to load the bases as Taylor Smart laid down an attempt at a safety squeeze. It was right back to the pitcher who flipped to the plate, but Bily retreated to third and everyone was safe. Zach Luther followed with a sacrifice fly to center to give the Big Orange a five-run advantage.
Godley, who seemed to get stronger as the game went on, then retired the Wildcats in order in the final two innings to seal the win and series victory.
Tennessee will next be in action on Tuesday when it revives the Hokie-Smokey Classic against Virginia Tech at Pioneer Park in Greeneville, Tenn.


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DAVE RABBIT HISTORY: Radio First Termer was a Pirate Radio Station which broadcasted nightly from January 1, 1971 to January 21, 1971 in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Radio Firsts Termer was hosted by on-air personality "Dave Rabbit", an anonymous United States Air Force sergeant. The two other members of the crew were known as "Pete Sadler" and "Nguyen". "Dave Rabbit", who is greatly considered as the Godfather of Pirate Radio according to Corey Deitz with About Radio, began his radio career in Vietnam working as a studio engineer for Radio Phan Rang. After three tours in Vietnam, "Dave Rabbit" and his friends launched Radio First Termer from a secret studio in a backroom of a Saigon brothel. The make-shift studio walls were lined with mattresses to deaden the sounds emanating from the brothel. The station broadcasted for a total of 63 hours over 21 nights between January 1, 1971 to January 21, 1971. "Dave Rabbit" later admitted in an interview, that he was forced to stop broadcasting because he was fearful that his friends, who were protecting him and the show, were in imminent danger of being arrested and imprisoned themselves by his base commander, who hated his show and suspected that someone was protecting him. The purpose of Radio First Termer, according to "Dave Rabbit", was to "bring rock and roll to the troops on the front lines." The station played "hard acid rock" such as Steppenwolf, Bloodrock, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Sugarloaf, the James Gang and Iron Butterfly, bands which were popular among the troops but largely ignored by the American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN). The music was mixed with antiwar commentary as well as skits poking fun at the U.S. Air Force, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, the Base Commander, just to name a few. Raunchy sex and drug oriented jokes were always a tremendous part of the nightly shows. "Dave Rabbit's" show also included a number of bits including "Tooth Picks In The Toilet", the "Dave Rabbit Official Sweatshirt" and reading GI comments off the latrine walls across Vietnam. Although the frequency was always announced as FM69, "Dave Rabbit" has said in several interviews, in reality the show was broadcast over numerous frequencies. In addition to 69 MHz FM as selected by "Dave Rabbit", the Radio Relay troops across Vietnam also broadcasted Radio First Termer over other frequencies, including 690 AM. In 1995, Will Snyder first posted sound clips from a Radio First Termer broadcast on the Internet, renewing interest in "Dave Rabbit" and Radio First Termer. In February 2006, after finding out that the surviving show was posted on the Internet, "Dave Rabbit" came forward and told his story to several main stream media personalities including Corey Deitz with About Radio. Dave also did an interview with Director David Zeiger for a bonus feature on the DVD release of Sir! No Sir!, who had used some of his clips for his movie. Sir! No Sir!, was a Documentary Film dealing with G.I. counterculture and anti-war sentiment during the Vietnam era. On February 20, 2008, "Dave Rabbit" was interviewed on the Opie and Anthony Show from New York City. Opie and Anthony were long time Fans of "Dave Rabbit" and had come across their copy of the surviving 1971 show and tracked Dave down. Original clips from Dave's radio show were featured and continued the renewing interest in Radio First Termer and "Dave Rabbit". September 30, 2006, "Dave Rabbit", along with a new crew including "Charlie Cooper" and "Nadirah", broadcasted a 35th Anniversary Show for the troops in Iraq. The complete show is available FREE on Pod-O-Matic on MP3's as well as the original 1971 Saigon, Vietnam Show. On February 20, 2008 "Dave Rabbit" was interviewed on the Opie and Anthony Show from New York City. Opie and Anthony were long time Fans of "Dave Rabbit" and had come across their copy of the surviving 1971 show and tracked Dave down. Original clips from Dave's radio show were featured and continued the renewing interest in Radio First Termer and "Dave Rabbit". On January 1, 2011, "Dave Rabbit", "Charlie Cooper" and "Nadirah" will again join forces to broadcast the 40th Anniversary Show Radio First Termer Afghanistan. In a recent interview with Corey Deitz, "Dave Rabbit" was asked what has been his driving force and motivation since 2006. His reply was: "One of the biggest accomplishments is successfully making more and more people aware that "You Don't Have To Support A War, To Support The Troops". It has become my battle cry. As thousands of my brothers and sisters of the Vietnam War can attest, we were collateral damage when we came home and I have vowed never again to have another military man or woman be welcomed home the way we were".


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SANTA CRUZ -- A UC Santa Cruz professor President Barack Obama deemed "one of the world's foremost experts in the evolution of the universe" was honored Friday with one of the nation's highest science awards.
"Sandra Moore Faber had a passion for astronomy from the very beginning," Obama said at a ceremony held at the White House. "But when she visited one of our nation's top observatories as a grad student, they didn't have a dorm for female astronomers, so Sandra ended up sleeping on the sofa in the caretaker's cottage."
Luckily, that didn't stop her, he said, before shaking Faber's hand and hanging the medal around her neck.
Faber, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics, was honored for her contributions to scientific progress in understanding the history and structure of the universe. She was among 12 eminent researchers presented with the 2011 National Medal of Science Friday ceremony, along with 11 inventors honored with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
"Now this is the most collection of brain power we've had under this roof in a long time," Obama joked Friday as he handed out the awards.
The two awards are the highest honors the U.S. government bestows upon scientists, engineers and inventors.
Faber was one of four Californian professors honored, along with Solomon Golomb of the University of Southern California, Sidney Dell of Stanford University and Lucy Shapiro of the Stanford University of Medicine.
Obama thanked all of the recipients for "the sacrifices they made and the chances they've taken."
When it was announced last year that Faber would be receiving the award, she said it was "the thrill of a lifetime," and thanked UC Santa Cruz and the University of California observatories for "providing world-class telescopes and superb collaborators."
"Receiving the National Medal of Science is the thrill of a lifetime, but good science does not happen in isolation," Faber said last month. "Let me take this moment to express my gratitude to the University of California Observatories and UC Santa Cruz for providing both world-class telescopes and superb collaborators, without which the discoveries I've made would never have happened."
Faber, the interim director of UC Observatories, currently leads the CANDELS project, the largest project in the history of the Hubble Space Telescope, to extend the view of galaxy formation back nearly to the Big Bang.
"I am absolutely delighted that she has been selected to receive the National Medal of Science, an honor that Sandy richly deserves," Blumenthal said, praising her for achievements and innovation.
President John F. Kennedy awarded the first National Medal of Science in 1963 to Theodore Von Karman for his leadership in science and engineering in the fields of mechanics and aeronautics, among others.
"We are so grateful to all of you," Obama told Friday's recipients. "The contributions you've made have enhanced all of our lives."
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2011 National Medal of Science recipients
Allen Bard, University of Texas at Austin
Sallie Chisholm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sidney Drell, Stanford University
Sandra Faber, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sylvester James Gates, University of Maryland
Solomon Golomb, University of Southern California
John Goodenough, University of Texas at Austin
M. Frederick Hawthorne, University of Missouri
Leroy Hood, Institute for Systems Biology
Barry Mazur, Harvard University
Lucy Shapiro, Stanford University School of Medicine
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This topic, which includes video, shows you how to set up connected accounts. You can keep track of e-mail from other accounts by connecting to them from your Outlook Web App account. You can connect up to five other accounts, such as Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! Mail accounts. This lets you send, receive, and read mail from all the accounts in one place.
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This video shows you how to use Outlook Web App to connect to your Gmail account.
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Connected Accounts
Use Connected Accounts to create a new account connection or to modify an existing account connection. For more information, see New Account Connection.
Default Reply Address
After you set up a connected account, Default reply address will appear. Use this setting to choose the default reply address you want to use for messages that you send from Outlook Web App. You can also choose the reply address to use for individual messages. For more information, see Default Reply Address.
Use forwarding to automatically forward all e-mail sent to your Outlook Web App account to another account. Select the Keep a copy of forwarded messages in Outlook Web App check box if you expect to open and clear out your Outlook Web App mailbox regularly. If you select this check box and don't open your mailbox regularly, your mailbox may become full, which could prevent you from receiving new messages. For more information, see Forwarding.
What else do I need to know?
In most cases, you must be signed up for the Yahoo! Mail Plus service to download e-mail from a Yahoo! account.
You can only add a Hotmail, IMAP-enabled, or a POP-enabled e-mail account. To receive mail from an account other than these types of accounts, set up e-mail forwarding from that account.
When you first add a connected account, e-mail is downloaded immediately. After the initial download, e-mail is downloaded from your connected accounts every hour when you're not signed in to Outlook Web App. When you are signed in to Outlook Web App, e-mail is downloaded more frequently. To download e-mail from your connected accounts at any time, click the Check Messages button at the top of the message list view.
If you don't see the content you expect from a connected account, you may have set up two accounts using the same user name and password. See "I set up a connection for a non-Hotmail account, but Outlook Web App connected to a Hotmail account instead" in FAQs: Downloading E-Mail from Connected Accounts.
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By Ruairidh Villar
TOKYO (Reuters) - Top U.S. security officials meet their Japanese counterparts on Thursday as concerns are growing that the hosts cannot protect themselves from malicious internet hackers.
Cyber security is on the agenda when the military and diplomatic chiefs of the two countries hold their first joint meeting in Japan. But even Japanese officials acknowledge they cannot keep up with the proliferating threat of attacks on computer networks from private or state-sponsored hackers.
"Cyber attacks are getting more and more sophisticated, and sometimes we cannot defend against them using the systems we currently have in place," said Kazunori Kimura, the Defense Ministry's director of cyber-defense planning.
"I don't have enough people, equipment or money to do the job," Kimura told Reuters TV. "Attacks using viruses have become increasingly difficult to detect."
Attacks so far appear mostly to have allowed intruders to snoop and steal files, experts say. But the attacks could become more dangerous, paralyzing essential computer or communications systems.
Japan's lack of effective cyber defense overhangs Thursday's meeting of Secretary of State John Kerry and Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel with their counterparts, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera.
The "2+2" meeting aims to set a framework for revising the treaty allies' security guidelines to "update and renovate them" in line with "new challenges" that have arisen in the more than 15 years since the Cold War-era agreement was first revised, said a senior State Department official.
This includes co-operation in space and cyberspace, where the two sides are seeking agreement on "enhanced information security," the official told reporters en route to Tokyo.
The Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee Meeting comes at a delicate time for both countries' relations with China, a country often accused of being a leading proponent of internet hacking.
U.S. relations with China have been strained by Washington's accusations that Beijing engages in cyber theft of trade secrets. China rejects the accusations and is itself angered by revelations by fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden of U.S. electronic surveillance activities in China and Hong Kong.
At the same time, relations between Japan and China are at their lowest ebb in years over disputed islands in the East China Sea controlled by Japan.
Japan suffered well publicized cyber attacks in the past, such as breaches of parliament and military contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd in 2011.
In fact, attacks on the Japanese government are continuing constantly. Government networks were hit by some 3,000 potential attacks a day in 2012, more than double the number of previous year, says the Cabinet Secretariat, which staffs a small, 24-hour cyber-surveillance team.
"The Defense Ministry gets hacked every day, but all they do is watch and then after the fact simply report that there has been an attack," said an outside contractor for the ministry, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of discussing the issue.
Partly this is a result of Japanese laws that do not allow victims to "hack back" at cyber-attackers.
"We can't even investigate who is doing the hacking," said Itsuro Nishimoto, chief technical officer at LAC Co, a Tokyo-based IT security firm that says it monitors 750 clients, including government entities and businesses.
But the outside contractor said the problem runs much deeper.
"There's no one at the Defense Ministry who understands cyberspace," he told Reuters TV. "It's more than a problem of money or staff - they just don't have any interest in it."
Japan has taken some steps to beef up its cyber defense, such as setting up a Cyber Security Group in the Defense Ministry, expected to be operational next year.
The ministry and Japan's military "are developing intrusion-prevention systems and improving security and analysis devices for cyber defense," according to this year's defense white paper, although it says further enhancements are needed to keep up with the escalating threat.
The Defense Ministry is seeking a budget increase to centralize its loose array of about 100 cyber analysts. But so far it only monitors its own internal network, which safeguards secrets from ballistic missile-defense to joint technology development with the United States.
Japan's friends are wary.
"We've got some concerns about Japan's cyber security," said a British official involved in cyber security. London and Tokyo recently signed a joint weapons-development treaty.
"Japan has the structures in place - it's very good at that," the official said. "But it needs more situational awareness. It has zero capability."
(Additional reporting by Lesley Wroughton and Kiyoshi Takenaka; Writing by William Mallard; Editing by Neil Fullick)


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech soccer fans have certainly gotten more minutes than they bargained for this season, as the Golden Eagles matched the Radford Highlanders for 90 minutes of regular play today, taking the game into extra minutes for the third time this season.
While Tech and Radford each had multiple opportunities to finish in regular time - the Golden Eagles notched 13 shots, five on goal to Radford's 15 shots, seven on goal - neither team could convert on their attacks. Much of the game was played in the midfield, with both teams splitting possession time.
When scoring opportunities were present, TTU was sharp but unlucky. The Golden Eagles were lead by seniors Michelle Decker and Jen Hoffman with three shots apiece, one of which hit the crossbar from 35 yards out for a near miss by Decker. Kris Cambron and Andrea Meloff followed up with two shots each. Cambron redirected a cross for a would-be header to put the Golden Eagles on the board in the second half, but missed wide.
Radford was lead by Julie Ruh'e, who peppered freshman keeper Becca Toler with three shots, all of which fell on net, and scored the game winner for the Highlanders in the 97th minute. The freshman out of Monrovia, Md., who leads RU with four goals on the season, ripped a shot from 20 yards out that beat Toler to find the near side netting.
"We're eager to get going with conference play," said head coach Daniel Brizard. "We've spent the non-conference season learning valuable lessons from each of the different teams we've faced, and today was no different."
"We've proven this year that we can stick with teams and take games into extra minutes," he continued. "Now we need to prove that we can come together in overtime to clinch the win. We work too hard day in and day out at every single game to walk away with an overtime loss."
The Golden Eagles will kick off their conference schedule on the road, taking on Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky next weekend. Tech will square off against the Eagles in a Friday night game at 6 p.m., and follow up with a Sunday afternoon meeting with EKU at 12 p.m.


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Recent acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art include an album of 37 photographs by acclaimed 19th-century Indian artist Raja Deen Dayal; a painting by Wadsworth Jarrell, a founding member and leading figure of AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists); an
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Each year as the Lantern Festival Procession unfolds I stand in the crowd at the museum's north door and share with those around me an anticipatory awe as we wait for the lighted dancers to emerge through the open doors into the darkened night.


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NCAA Release
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Committee has released the NCAA Division II men's soccer poll. The top teams in each region, with records through October 10 are listed. The final regular-season poll will be published November 2 and championship selections will take place November 8. Selections will be announced at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, November 8 via a webcast selection show on NCAA.com.


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Burlesque Tonight!
Lookin' for a hot time this evening? How about swinging by Low Spirits at 2823 2nd Street for an evening of tunes, 'tinis and teasers? Awesome rockabilly band The Hydramatics will be busting out the sounds. Kitty Irreverent and a bevy of Burly-Q cuties will be performing live Burlesque acts throughout the evening. Alibi film editor (and notorious bon vivante) Devin D. O'Leary (that's me!) will be there guzzling down the drink specials and performing some semblance of hosting duties. Admission is $9 at the door. Show starts at 9 p.m.


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In 1933 Jerry's family moved from Hamburg to Amsterdam. The Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940. In 1941, Jerry's brother perished in Mauthausen. Jerry and his parents went into hiding first in Amsterdam and then in a farmhouse in the south. The Gestapo (German Secret State Police) arrested Jerry's father in 1942, but Jerry and his mother managed to return to their first hiding place. They were liberated in Amsterdam by Canadian and Jewish Brigade troops.
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Most organizations dream of creating a one-to-one connection with their digital customers, but how can you make it a reality?
For the past two decades, marketers have been evolving toward one-to-one marketing communications. Yet many are still struggling to realize the vision at sufficient speed and scale. The effort, the time and resources required are simply not sustainable.
Next-generation marketing operations require both a reorientation of the business with an updated operating model and a flexing of the platform with new technologies. Think robust, scalable and fast. To get there, marketing organizations must make changes across four key areas of the marketing operating model: processes, technology, organization/people and governance.
A large Chinese online retailer wanted to improve its marketing operations, sales and customer loyalty to achieve its goal of becoming a leading e-retailer in China.
To help the company better understand its customers and influence buying patterns, Accenture enabled the company to get a holistic view of customers' activities and preferences. In addition to collecting and analyzing customer data, Accenture helped the company to re-organize themselves to best convert insights into actions quickly.
Watch and listen as Mike Sutcliff, Chief Executive – Accenture Digital, describes the impact of technology on our lives, and how large companies are using their size, scale, and skills to move from being disrupted to becoming digital disruptors.
With a high-performing operating model and new digital marketing capabilities working together, organizations can achieve the personalization goals at scale that have eluded many for years. It's a big responsibility—an art, a science and a balancing act between too generic and too personal—but personalization powered by streamlined marketing operations is the future of marketing.
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Building an Open-Source Manned Space Rocket in Denmark
Two Danish amateur engineers and entrepreneurs plan to create a homemade, manned spacecraft to launch into suborbital flight within the next few years.
In 2008 Kristian von Bengston and Peter Madsen founded Copenhagen Suborbitals. They have 20 people around them helping them realize their ambition.
If they succeed it would make Denmark the fourth country in the world to launch a manned rocket into space. They would not be the first privateers, but, unlike companies such as Virgin, SpaceX or Bigelow their budget is measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars, rather than millions. Motherboard tells the story of Copenhagen Suborbital.
So far, their accomplishments are impressive: their solid-and-liquid-fuel rocket, the HEAT-1X, is the first "amateur" rocket flown with a payload of a full-size crash test dummy, and the first to perform a successful Main Engine Cut-Off, or MECO command, and the first launched from a "low budget" sea-based platform. It's also the most powerful amateur rocket ever flown.
If you're trying to go to space, there's no point in being tight-lipped about it. By making the spaceflight project open-source, Copenhagen Suborbitals were not only able to attract space-crazed specialists to volunteer their human capital in exchange for being part of something new and exciting, but they also raised donations, product support and constructive feedback from avid followers from all over the world. They haven't specifically said how much they need to raise, but they estimate that a typical launch should eventually cost €50,000, or about $63,000. Today, they continue to raise donations using an IndieGogo campaign.
The tight budget means improvising with components, such as using a hair dryer used to stop a valve from freezing or using a fairground ride at the Tivoli Gardens instead of a centrifuge to test a g-force threshold. There is, reportedly, a deliberate strategy to keep quality low otherwise it will cost too much in terms of time and money to get the project finished. There is no firm date for the manned launch, but the next engine test is scheduled for Dec. 30.
Motherboard has more in its Spaced Out video show on the VICE YouTube station.
Motherboard: Open Source Outer Space: How a Couple of Guys Are Building a Homemade Rocket Ship for the Masses


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John Polansky misses cotton. No wonder. This spring, for the first time since 1960, Polansky planted no cotton on his Central Texas farm, just outside the small town of West.
Failing health and rising production costs convinced Polansky and his wife Nancy to forego cotton and concentrate on corn, milo and wheat as they make a few more crops before retirement. They quit on a high note.
"We made the best cotton crop ever last year," John says. "It was an exceptional yield."
And a sight better than the one-third to one-half bale yields they recall from the early days. Nancy keeps photo albums of crops they've made since 1960. She points to reminders of the earlier years, faded black and white photos of short cotton, antique equipment and a handsome young couple devoted to making a living from their land.
"If we made a half-bale an acre, we thought we had a great crop," Nancy says.
"Of course we had $8 or $10 an acre in fertilizer instead of the $35 to $45 we need now," John says. "And tractors didn't cost $100,000 and more."
They agree that changes in cotton and grain technology, though costly, put two-bale cotton, 100-bushel corn and three-ton milo within reach of dryland farmers.
"We've seen a lot of changes in 45 years," John says. "Better varieties made the biggest difference. We used to be happy with 20 bushels of corn per acre and when we made 30 we had a great crop."
Weather still plays the key role in production but John says a realistic range is 40 bushels to 100 bushels per acre. A 40-bushel yield would be a disappointment.
He says genetically modified corn and cotton varieties allow him to cut fuel costs and still control weeds. "I plant Roundup Ready corn and cotton. I tried Bt cotton but I can't see enough difference in yield to justify the cost. Newer milo varieties don't have technology traits but yield better," he says.
He planted DPL 436 RR cottonseed last year.
"We have a lot more cottonseed options," he says. "We have indeterminate varieties that continue to grow as long as they get moisture."
"We didn't have much technology when we started," Nancy says. "We've seen a lot of changes."
They recall chopping cotton and early herbicide options. "We used oiling shoes with naphtha when the cotton still had a waxy coat on the stem," John says. "We put nozzles on each side of the row and squirted naphtha underneath the plant to kill weeds."
"If we waited until the cotton stalk started to crack we would have killed the cotton, too," Nancy says.
They remember flame cultivators and improved herbicides: MSMA and DSMA were two of the first.
"I remember the uncomfortable seats we rigged on each side of the tractor for spot spraying," Nancy says.
"We don't have an excuse for weedy fields with the chemicals we have today," John says.
He's concerned about resistance, though, if farmers rely too much on Roundup. "We already have resistant horsetail and I'm afraid one of these days farmers who have gone totally no-till may be looking for a good set of cultivators. I kept mine."
"We're seeing weeds we've never seen before," Nancy says. "I guess seed are blowing in or coming in on equipment."
John still cultivates. He did not have to plow corn this year and cultivated milo only twice. He considers himself a conventional tillage farmer who has adjusted. "We make about half as many trips across the fields as we used to," he says. That meant significant savings for the 2005 crop because of significantly higher fuel costs.
Insect control bears little resemblance to the options they had in 1960. "We didn't scout the way we do now," John says. "We sprayed cotton on an interval."
They were using pesticides such as DDT, Toxaphene and Parathion.
"We knew insecticides but we didn't know integrated pest management," John says. "That's been one of the biggest changes in cotton production, starting sometime in the mid 1980s. Until then, early in the season we sprayed weekly."
His grandfather and father preferred to get a crop on the stalk and then use a late-season spray to protect it. "I didn't spray much late in the season when I first started farming," he says, "but the last 10 years we sprayed late when the scout said to. Dad changed to an early season spray in the late 1950s."
Last year, his best crop ever, also tops the list as the most expensive. "We had to spray 10 times, start to finish. Typically, we make four or five insecticide applications."
He started with thrips, fleahoppers, overwintered weevils, then worms and late weevils and used a load of chemicals not available when he started farming. He applied Bidrin, Vydate, Tracer, Larvin, Baythroid and Thiodan last year. "I keep records of all the chemicals I use," he says.
He used seed treatments on cotton, corn and milo. "We used some Cruiser, Poncho 250 and Gaucho. I used to treat seed myself but, even though these cost more, they are easier and safer to use."
That technology has not been around but for a few years, he says.
He's always been eager to cooperate with Extension specialists and industry representatives who wanted to put test plots on his fields. He recalls one year a specialist seemed a bit hesitant about adding an extra application of Pix on a two-acre plot. John convinced him that losing a little yield on that acreage would not be a huge burden, so they sprayed it on.
"The field that made the most cotton had the most Pix on it," he says.
"I always wanted to see what new products would do on my fields. I've seen where you plant a variety on two fields and get different results. I always take test plots with a grain of salt because I want to see it on my ground. Soil and climate make a difference in how something works."
He put in a plot for Chaperone, a yield enhancer, last year and says results were promising. "It seemed to make bigger bolls," he says, "but we could tell no change until we stripped it."
Nancy, who worked the module builder, says she could tell a difference in the way the test plot packed.
"I would have tried it again this year if I had planted cotton," John says. "But I like to see a product or variety at least three years before I'm convinced. That usually gives us a wet year, a dry year and an average year."
That's not always possible, he says. "I'll try one or two bags of a new seed and plan to test for three years, but sometimes they do away with the seed number before I know what it will do."
"There is such as thing as technology changing too fast," Nancy says. "By the time we know something works they replace it with something else."
She admits that adopting technology has allowed them to be successful on their 600-acre farm for 45 years. "We made a lot of changes because of need. We had to change to keep up." v "If our yields were the same as in 1960, with costs and prices the way they are, we would have folded up," John says.
"Farmers who don't change go out of business," Nancy adds. As do those who don't manage their assets. John says a corn farmer will spend from $40 to $50 per acre for fertilizer and $100 for a bag of seed that covers about three acres. "He has to consider fuel, repair, equipment and chemical costs. He has a land cost, whether he owns or leases. A farmer puts $150 an acre in a corn crop easy."
And he has no guarantees. "A farmer may make 40 bushels an acre instead of 100 and aflatoxin could mean $1.50 instead of $2.50 a bushel, if he can sell the corn at all. "Management is the key," John says. "I had a high school agriculture teacher who told me that and it's just as true today. We have to manage assets, production and inputs. Farming is a business."
And the business changes. The Polanskys rely on corn and milo this year. "We had a little wheat but we baled it because of heavy disease pressure," John says. "It worked out because we needed the hay for cattle."
He admits to missing cotton. His father grew it in this same area, as did his father.
"I miss growing it but I don't miss worrying about it coming up with all the bad weather we had at planting. And I don't miss the cost of growing it."
He and Nancy recall that the best cotton they made from 1960 through 1989 was the 89 crop, which pushed two bales. "We made a good crop in 1990, but the 2004 crop was the best ever."
He says weather made it happen. "We had timely rains. Still, it was an expensive crop to grow and then the buyers stole it. So with energy prices up and some health issues we decided it was time to try something else this year. I've always liked a little variety. If one basket breaks it's good not to have all our eggs in it. Maybe another basket will work better."
Corn and milo prospects look good in mid-June. "But we need a little rain," John says.
He and Nancy say their quest for technology is about done. "We will not go to a GPS system," he says. They hope to make two more good crops and then pare back to acreage they own.
"We're not thinking much about GPS technology," he says. "We're just getting ready for retirement."
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The CX & GL MCC (UK) is an Internet based group for owners and fans of the Honda series of transverse, V twin, Shaft drive 400, 500 and 650cc motorbikes.
Humble Beginnings
It all began in January 2002 with a phonecall from Steve Corney in Exeter. Steve spent much of his time at work on the net searching for obscure aircraft parts from various suppliers around the world. He also commuted every day backwards and forwards on a CX 500 C that he had rebuilt years earlier, from a box of bits bought at an auto jumble, a brave man! Steve's bike was pretty much like him: unique, the ignition for instance, was a starter button from a Chipmunk aircraft, held onto the bike with a spare spanner!
Anyway, when the local Motorcycle Action Group in Exeter folded due to lack of interest, Steve was left with time on his hands and virtually no motorcycling buddies. He surfed the net for hours at a time (at his employer's expense ' good man) and noted that there was NO CX Owners club operating in the UK at that time.
For want of anything better to do, he contacted me (Skippy) and asked if I
thought that forming a club would be feasible, and after few beers I couldn't
think of a reason why not' So off Steve went again, surfing the net, this time
looking around the Swedish and American owners sites for every email address
that ended in .UK. Steve compiled a list and at the beginning of Feb 02 sent
out a mail shot.
Not knowing any better in those early days we congregated on Yahoo.com, but it wasn't a very friendly environment and on the 11th February 2002 we all received a message from Gaz asking us to move to the CX-GL M.C.C. UK Community site on the Microsoft Network (MSN) and the rest is history.
Those Comstars Just 'Keep' Turning
Gaz, it would appear, like the rest of us had an affinity to his bike (a black 500 Eurosport) and had previously owned other CX models. As a consequence of setting up the community on MSN Gaz was nominated as the 'manager' ' making a clear distinction between us the 'CX-GL M.C.C. UK' and other motorcycling clubs and organisations. Over the months that followed, Gaz approached me: Skippy - and Steve, and asked us both to accept the role of Assistant Manager ' this we did. A few months later Steve announced that he was moving to Spain in double quick time, as he had just returned from a touring holiday with his wife and bought a house over there! Things don't stand still in this M.C.C. and before long we had another Asst Manager: Roly, who found us a location for our first rally. Later, at our behest, Del Boy, Tim, Hacky, Johnny Alpha, Paul & Dave all accepted roles within the 'management team'. We still retain our respective titles as assistant managers, as that is all we are ' the M.C.C. fundamentally runs it's self, all decisions facing the M.C.C. are discussed on a weekly basis in the M.C.C. chat room - as democratic as we can make it!
At first, Gaz & I were concerned that we were on a hiding to nowhere. Questions like; is there any one else out there like us, or are we just a couple of motorcycling aberrations' It didn't take us long to realise that unloved by the press the CX maybe, unfairly dubbed the 'Plastic Maggot' by cynical journalists spoiled by the latest 'Crotch Rocket' ' there are a large group of people out there who LOVE their bikes: and all we were doing was giving them a place to congregate and enjoy themselves.
'The times they are a changing!'
Since those first days, the M.C.C. has taken off in a way that none of use expected. Early on we recognised that while the M.C.C. would slowly grow on the MSN it wasn't that particularly easy to find, especially with a search engine like Google ' so on a whim and a debit card the web address cx-gl.org.uk was purchased.
Gaz and I struggled to create a single web page - Gaz finally did manage it, without my so called 'help' - which we wanted to use as a sort of sign post into our group area on the MSN. As time passed, so the M.C.C. membership continued to grow and the need to get a bit more 'organised' became very necessary. The UK was broken down into regions and an Assistant Manager appointed as a representative for each region (see the relevant page for a current list of management team members).
Each succeeding year, since the first M.C.C rally on that exceeding hot late May bank holiday we have held the 'M.C.C. National Rally'; always in a different location. The second year we went to Stotfold, thanks to Delboys sister Shirley, the year after to Keswick in Cumbria and then we had the magnificent JOCX Rally at Wiston in Scotland, when the first of our European friends made the trip over here! In 2006 we returned the compliment to our Scottish region and held the National event down in Devon. Next year, and following years'''' It could be near you!
At each National Rally we hold the AGM and major issues facing the M.C.C. are debated and decided upon. With the probability of subscription being voted in (which was the subject of much discussion during 2005) the management team was able to institute a programme of improvements that would allow us an up-rated shop, affiliation to the British Motorcycling Federation, an improved M.C.C. chatroom facility and the Associate Membership programme.
Moving On
We also made a historic move away from the Microsoft Network; (no tears where shed) the MSN group site had been our home for the first 4 years and it is true to say that we had literally out grown them. We had 957 signed in members (not all of whom where active by any shakes) and where receiving messages from the MSN telling us we were using too much bandwidth''''.. Time for a change!!!
Dave French, our web master worked extremely hard during the first quarter of 2006; we also took on a Membership Secretary (Thank you Karen) and appointed Rob Davis as 'Rest of the World Liaison' to represent Associate members. By the middle of June 06 where in a position to role out our new website, with its own noticeboards, chatroom and links to various different areas. It's an ongoing process and will take a little more effort and some tweaks to get it perfect!!!!..
What we've achieved is to gather together the unlikeliest bunch characters you could ever meet, all of whom just want to tinker with their bikes, ride them and generally have a good time! Members of this M.C.C. have ridden all over Europe to visit other clubs and rallies; with only one or two mishaps along the way, (thank goodness for decent break down cover and the overwhelming generosity of our friends abroad).
We've lost a couple of friends over the years, each are remembered by their mates at the AGM with a toast and a simple, but touching poem.
While we take pride in out UK heritage, we actively welcome everyone who shares our passion for CX & GL's. Truly, motorcycling knows no boundaries, and the Internet makes the world a small place.
Members of this M.C.C. seem to be of a 'mature' nature. One of our greatest assets is Delboy, much loved and respected by all. He's now 80 years old, and is a worldly wise steadying hand to the rest of us 'young pups' We are sure he will continue to ride with us for many more years to come!
So, until the history of this growing M.C.C. needs writing again:
For, and on behalf of the members and the management team:
Ride Safe. Skippy. QRT.


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The Day of Silence [2], a pr [2]oject coordinated by GLSEN, is a day in which people of all sexual orientations and gender identities who support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights take a vow of silence to recognize and protest the silence that LGBT people face each day. According to organizers for GLSEN'S Day of Silence, "the event is designed to raise awareness and protest the silence faced by LGBT people, and offer tools with which to end the silence."
The project consists of a vow of silence for the entire school day, or however long your school wishes to have it, where participants pass out cards that state their reasons for not speaking (see below). At the end of the silence, participants can host a series of follow up events to educate their communities on how to keep the silence from continuing.
Many GSAs have organized around GLSEN'S Day of Silence as a way of raising awareness and fighting homophobia in their schools. This resource sheet is designed to help GSAs get started in planning for participation in GLSEN'S Day of Silence. And any point, if you experience opposition to your plans for GLSEN's Day of Silence, you have rights! Read Lambda Legal's Legal FAQ on the Day of Silence [3] to learn more and contact GSA Network if the opposition continues.
Text for the cards that GLSEN'S Day of Silence [4] participants pass out:
Tips for Planning and Running a Successful GLSEN Day of Silence
This resource sheet was adapted from materials published by GLSEN'S Day of Silence. For more information, check out the website: http://www.dayofsilence.org [2].
[1] https://gsanetwork.org/files/resources/DayOfSilence.pdf
[2] http://www.dayofsilence.org
[3] http://www.lambdalegal.org/sites/default/files/publications/downloads/fs_2013_day-of-silence-faq.pdf
[4] http://www.dayofsilence.org/resources/
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Comfort, durability and no-nonsense function at an incredible value. The athletic cut leg ends just above the knee, providing unparalleled protection agains coral custs and stings. By freeing the leg below the knee, Ultra Shorties are ideal for many other watersports activities besides diving.
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NEW YORK --American Idol" season 12 tapings are just getting under way and Keith Urban has already become more than just a judge: he's also the pacifier on the newly-minted panel.
The country crooner likened his role on "Idol" to that of the United Nations Wednesday on the red carpet at the New York Film Festival gala honoring his wife, Nicole Kidman.
Rumors of drama between fellow judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey have been swirling for weeks. A blurry web video released Tuesday by TMZ.com shows what appears to be an argument between Minaj and Carey.
Urban said the judges are all simply "passionate people," but insisted the group, which includes veteran judge Randy Jackson, is "getting along."
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A nurse is at the centre of two investigations after police charged her with multiple counts of theft from Scarborough Hospital.
The 21-year-old will appear in court later this month to face 14 allegations of theft, which police claim occured over a seven month period at the Woodlands Drive site.
And the nurse, who lives in Malton, also faces an internal NHS probe over the alleged offences, which hospital bosses say they are treating "very seriously".
The nurse has been suspended from her position at the hospital pending the outcome of both the police investigation and a separate probe from the York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
In total, the nurse faces 13 counts of theft along with one count of theft in dwelling other than automatic machine or meter.
North Yorkshire Police say that the charges relate to alleged thefts from patients at Scarborough Hospital between March 2013 and October 2013.
The woman, who police have refused to name due to an NHS request, is scheduled to appear at Scarborough Magistrate's on Wednesday 25 June.
The York NHS trust has now sought to reassure patients, claiming that their safety is its "top priority".
A trust spokesperson added: "Our security team has been working closely with the police assisting with their investigations and we can confirm a member of staff from Scarborough Hospital has been suspended.
"The trust takes allegations of this nature extremely seriously and we would like to reassure patients and staff that creating a safe environment remains our top priority.
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Debbi Taylor interviews two national champions from this year's Pitch, Hit & Run contest
Davey Johnson is pleased with Chien-Ming Wang's return to the mound so far this season
F.P. Santangelo answers the fan question of the day
Kevin Gregg talks about his 12th-inning outing in the Orioles' loss
Tommy Hunter discusses his start in the Orioles' 9-8 loss in Los Angeles
Buck Showalter meets with Jim Hunter following the O's 12-inning loss to the Angels
Jim Palmer shares his thoughts on the Orioles' disappointing 9-8 loss in extra innings
Ian Desmond talks with Debbi Taylor about facing Roy Oswalt in the Nats 5-0 loss
John Lannan talks about his struggles with keeping his pitches low in the Nats' 5-0 loss
Davey Johnson meets with the media after the Nats' are shutout by the Phillies
Bob and F.P. talk about how the Nats made too many mistakes in the Nats' loss to the Phillies
Buck Showalter discusses how the Orioles are considering trying Jim Johnson as a starting pitcher
Tommy Hunter talks about staying loose while playing baseball
Jim Palmer shares his thoughts on Tommy Hunter before he takes the mound in Los Angeles
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Intro for October 16, 2013
Dear Gossips,
Let's start the day with some Gossip Nostalgia: when Johnny loved Kate. Paul McCartney has confirmed that Depp and Moss will both appear in the video for his new song Queenie Eye. Like…together.
Well now this is just an excuse to kill too much time staring at old photos of them back then, as they were. Their relationship began almost 20 years ago. God that's a long time. How can it be such a long time?
It used to be that whenever Johnny Depp fell in love, it became an iconic romance: before Kate there was Winona, and after Kate there was Vanessa. And all three of those relationships had that… special "it".
And now, now it's Amber Heard. Johnny Depp + Amber Heard? Please. It's totally, totally not the same.
Yours in gossip,
PS. Lenny Kravitz, Johnny Depp, and Kate Moss go together good, non? That was my 90s. Lenny Kravitz and Johnny Depp. (Thanks Alfie!)


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Recorded live at Passion 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia with 60,000 college students, this highly-anticipated Passion album features sixsteps artists Chris Tomlin, Crowder, Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill and special guest performances. Focused on the collegiate age group - yet spilling over to people of all ages - Passion exists to unite students for spiritual awakening in this generation.
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From its start in 1995, the Passion Movement has had a singular mission—calling students from campuses across the nation and around the world to live for what matters most. For us, what matters most is the name and renown of Jesus Christ. We believe in this generation and are watching God use them to change the climate of faith around the globe.
Since the first gathering in 1997, Passion has had the privilege of encountering millions of students and 18-25 year olds, a sea of young people whose lives have been transformed by the power of the holy spirit. Their voice is getting louder as they rise, united as a generation, bringing hope and light to the world.
Since 2007, believing worship + justice are two sides of the same coin, students at passion have generously given over $14 million to 70 amazing partner organizations around the world.
Passion is more than music. More than events. Passion is a generation living for his name.
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What is the ruling on what some people do of holding their ihram garments together with pins, to the extent that some people make it like ordinary clothes?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is better for a person not to pin his rida' (upper garment); rather he should wear it over his shoulders. But if he is working, such as a cook or a coffee seller and the like, and he wants to pin it together, there is nothing wrong with it. As for what is referred to in the question about some people fixing it with pins from the neck to the navel, so that it is like a shirt, I doubt that this is permissible, because in that case it resembles a shirt and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said concerning the muhrim that he should not wear a shirt. End quote.


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LogicMonitor API - Developers
LogicMonitor is a monitoring service for all manner of web-based tools and products. Its dashboard can provide a simplified view of multiple IT troubleshooting operations with automated analysis and alert functions. Businesses can use it to make sure their websites, servers, apps, and more are operating smoothly and predict malfunctions before they disrupt normal operations. The LogicMonitor API exposes various information gathering and stack management functionalities. It allows developers to scale their monitoring operations with to their companies' needs, as well as to download analytical data directly into their backend software.


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Keep your devices charged at home and on the road. The USB chargers deliver more power to charge even faster, and the car charger has a replaceable safety fuse. Also use the included cable to sync with iTunes and charge via your computer. See all benefits
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With this wall charger, you can easily fold up the prongs of the plug for compact storage and convenient travel.
Don't sit around waiting for your device to charge! The higher power output of this charger ensures your device is fully charged in a shorter amount of time compared to standard, less powerful chargers.
The compact car charger plugs into your car's 12V outlet or cigarette lighter, and connects to your device via USB for easy and convenient charging on the road.
The included 30-pin to USB cable is essential for syncing your iPhone or iPod with iTunes, and for charging via your computer or USB charger. Carry it with you, keep it at your desk, or replace the one you lost so you're always able to connect and charge when you need to.
The compact wall charger plugs into any wall outlet, and connects to your device via USB for easy and convenient charging at home, at the office or while traveling.
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Cuevas or Cuev for short- is a Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection all at once. This word means a thousand more words than glorious and magnificent combined. It also has the ability to make any and every situation better, much better, extremely better. It is also a substitute for love.
You're so Cuev!
Oh My God becky look at her Cuev.
This is Cuevas!
Go Cuev yourself
I cuevas you
Oh My God becky look at her Cuev.
This is Cuevas!
Go Cuev yourself
I cuevas you
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1.Incredibly kick ass
2.Being Cuevas
2.Being Cuevas
That Avenged Sevenfold concert was so cuevas.
Cuevas was at the concert.
Cuevas was at the concert.
by Erick s-cuevas April 27, 2008
the usual slut that flirts with anything that has a penis because they need the constant reassurance that they are "pretty". this person usually takes after their cracked out mother and tries to be a hardass but really just looks like a fool. Most put on a front to make everyone believe they're hot shit but in reality, they're the most insure being that can easily be brought down.
In other words someone with no backbone.
In other words someone with no backbone.
by lindsy121 February 18, 2008
When your having Sexual relations with someone who is not facing you, this is when you tap the person on the shoulder, and when they turn to look at you, whilst your having the sexual relations, you take a dump in your hand and shove it in there face.
Danny's girlfriend complained that he had a small penis, so that night when they were having sex, he gave her a Cueva as revenge.
by Max September 29, 2004
When a person becomes so frugal and/or stingy with their money or posessions that they see their friends and family as a source of monetary gain.
You got that for free. How are you going to charge me for it?"
"Dog, its a buisness!"
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"Quit being such a Cuevas!"
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ZURRIA, MANUEL: Repeat! (3 CD set)
Flautist Zurria performs (records) pieces for the flute family (C, G & Bass) by Louis Andreissen, Alvin Lucier, Tom Johnson, Morton Feldman, Jonathan Harvey, Arvo Part, Kevin Volans. Laszlo Sary, Luc Ferrari, Aldo Clementini, Stefano Scodanobbio, Salvatore Schiarrino, John Cage, Viktor Ekimovsky and Zoltan Jeney which mostly involve multi-tracking (2-6 times) and/or the addition of other elements (variously: bottles, glasses, tapes, amplification, oscillators, synthesisers and a couple of harpsichords. Feldman, Ekimovsky, Feldman Jeney and Scodanibbio stand out. An interesting and unusual collection, very nicely packaged.
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Banks in California That Do Not Use Chexsystems
Some California Banks specifically offer a Second Chance Checking Account Program, which means they'll open an account for you even if you're on Chexsystems as long as any money owed has already been paid. Some banks have other names for these banking programs such as "Opportunity Checking" or "Fresh Start Checking." To open a checking account through one of these special bank programs, you usually have to apply in person and, in many cases, the bank requires you take a class on how to balance your checking account and avoid overdrawing your account.
The best checking accounts you can open online with no credit check, no opening deposit and no Chexsystems are:
- Scottrade Bank – Open a checking account online with no opening deposit, no monthly or ATM fees, including most cash withdrawal fees charged by another bank. Free checks. Set up direct deposit online or make deposits at a local branch. Scottrade Bank has hundreds of branches nationwide.
- Discover Bank – Open a Discover Bank savings account online instantly and earn a rate 5x the National Savings Average with a low opening deposit and access to your cash anytime. Discover Bank also offers its customer the opportunity to open a checking account. To open a Discover Bank checking account, you have to open either a Discover Savings account or credit card. You have 30 days to make a deposit at a local branch or by setting up direct deposit. You can also make your opening deposit by mail.
- BBVA Compass Bank – Open an online checking account with the new ClearConnect checking account. The BBVA Compass ClearConnect Checking Account is a free checking account and offers customers the chance to open an online checking account for only $25. Enjoy no monthly service charges, free online and mobile banking, bill pay and online statements. The ClearConnect Checking Account has no ATM fees at any BBVA Compass or Allpoint® ATM. You'll also receive a BBVA Compass Visa® Debit Card you can personalize with you favorite photoCompass Bank has hundreds of branches nationwide and in California including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Modesto, Sacramento, San Rafael, Castro Valley, Fresno, Stockton, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Menlo Park, Campbell, Union City, Cupertino, Santa Rosa, CA and many others.
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The banks on the list of Second Chance Banks in California do not use Chexsystems or check your credit history. Most have short, online applications and most of them do not require an opening deposit as most banks require. So, you can open a checking account online and get an instant account number to set up direct deposit. Or you can mail in the opening deposit or sometimes use a credit card or prepaid card.
Los Angeles Federal Credit Union offers Los Angeles residents a Second Chance Checking Account. Checking Account holders pay $15 in monthly service fees. Second Chance Checking Accounts convert to no-fee checking accounts for account holders who remain in "good standing" for 12 consecutive months. The Los Angeles Federal Credit Union has locations in Los Angeles, El Monte, Gardena, Playa del Rey, San Pedro, and Glendale, CA.
Yet, if you don't have the money available to pay off your old, overdrawn bank accounts, even banks specifically offering second chance checking might not let you open a bank account. Your Chexsystem record stays on file for 5 years unless the information in Chexsystem's report is inaccurate and you file a dispute. Even if you pay off your old bank account, you still have to make sure the bank sends a letter to Chexsystems requesting the removal of any negative information. Our list of recommended national and local second chance banks in California include banks that do not use Chexsystems or check your credit history.


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Summer is here and with it lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. One way to take advantage of all that is out there and try some new foods is to purchase a CSA share. (CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. ) Essentially you purchase a share in the crop from a local farm and every week you will receive a box filled with items from that week's harvest. Sometimes it can be challenging to know how to use some of these items. Sometimes you may not even know what they are! So here at the Carolina Bed & Breakfast we have come up with an idea to help all of us share in the learning process and have some fun along the way. Oh My CSA! is a recipe contest based on the products in the CSA basket we receive at our Asheville Bed & Breakfast from Full Sun Farm. Every Wednesday starting in July I will post the contents of our basket online. You can enter every week or just once in order qualify for the grand prize: A gift certificate for a stay at the Carolina Bed & Breakfast. Along the way we will hopefully find some great new foods and dishes to enjoy using the summer harvest.
The following are the rules of the contest. Any questions can be directed to me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Carolina Bed & Breakfast
Create an original recipe using an ingredient from the Full Sun Farm weekly CSA box and win a Gift Certificate for a one night stay at the Carolina Bed & Breakfast.
Contest will run for eleven weeks from July 3-September 11, 2013
Contents of each week's CSA box will be posted on The Carolina Bed & Breakfast Homepage (www.carolinabb.com) as well as Facebook and Google+ pages on Wednesday afternoons. (https://www.facebook.com/Carolinabedandbreakfast , https://plus.google.com/+CarolinaBedBreakfast/posts )
Recipes must use one or more of the posted ingredients in order to qualify
Recipes using that month's ingredients must be submitted by midnight on the last day of the month.
One entry per CSA box (to a total of 11 entries per contestant).
Recipes will be judged on creativity, use of the CSA ingredient and taste. The use of more unusual and difficult ingredients will be weighted more heavily (i.e. kohlrabi and mustard greens are better than tomatoes and strawberries!)
Photos of the completed recipe are not required but are requested. Winning recipes and photos will be posted on the Carolina Bed & Breakfast Blog (www.carolinabb.com/blog)
Monthly winners will receive a copy of "Recipes from a Big Family" by Susan Hinkle Murray and will be considered for the Grand Prize (A Gift Certificate for a One Night Stay at the Carolina Bed & Breakfast)
Monthly winners will be announced on the 15th of the following month and the Grand Prize winner will be announced by the beginning of October.
Entries should be emailed to info@ carolinabb.com with the subject line: Oh My CSA!
Please include your contact information.
* Community supported Agriculture: A share is purchased in the harvest of a local farm which is delivered weekly. Contents of the box depend on what the farmer has planted and what is ready to harvest.
Finally to get you started, here is a recipe (not original sadly) using Garlic Scapes which were in this week's CSA box.
12 six to eight inch long tender pieces of garlic scapes
12 pieces thin cut bacon
Tightly wrap each of the scapes with one piece of bacon, spiraling down the scape as you go.
Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat and add the scapes. Cook the scapes until the bacon has browned on the first side (1-2 minutes) then turn and cover. Continue cooking until the scapes have softened and cooked and bacon is crispy and brown.
Serve immediately.
* Garlic scapes are the top of the garlic plant. I have never seen them in a grocery store. They only seem to show up at a farmer's market or in a CSA box. I suppose you can use them raw but do so sparingly if you do. They have a strong flavor raw but when cooked they get a nice nutty, vegetable-type taste. I have to admit I was dubious about them but this recipe was a big hit with everyone. (Abby says that if you wrap something in bacon how can it be bad?)


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The covered photograph of an assassinated member of the Patriotic Union political party, which was launched by Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), sits on a table during an event in honor of the victims of the nation's armed conflict in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 18, 2012. Colombian government and rebel negotiators formally launched peace talks aimed at ending the South American nation's complex, nearly half-century-old conflict.
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