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When Erica Marie Colon graduated from UCLA Anderson in 2009, she was chosen by her classmates to receive the Dean's Award for Outstanding Service. It was a fitting tribute to someone who had served as co-chair of MBA Orientation and co-chair of the Challenge for Charity. She was also active in Cabaret and the Fashion Show, served as VP of the Latino Management Student Association and sat on the board of the Entertainment Management Association. No doubt, Colon's dedication contributed to the school's 2009 Golden Briefcase win, for its achievements in fundraising and athletics.
"UCLA Anderson gives people the opportunity to lead and serve," said Erica Marie. "I was always shy growing up. I was home schooled and didn't have many opportunities to lead. But my leadership style developed when I got to Anderson where I had the opportunity to plan and execute programs for 600 MBA students."
Despite her service activities at UCLA Anderson, and intensive networking with peers and alumni, Erica Marie graduated without a job. Building on her marketing experience with MTV, and project management experience with the entertainment firm iNDEMAND, she had hoped for a management position in the entertainment industry, but was confronted by one of the worst job markets in a decade.
So, Erica Marie continued to network. "Networking is a huge value-add from Anderson," she said. "I can't stress this enough to current students and alumni. If you miss developing a professional network while you're in business school - you have missed out for the rest of your life. You can always go back and learn finance. You can always force yourself to be more entrepreneurial, but you have to build a network while you're in the environment."
Erica Marie particularly wanted to make new professional connections in entertainment. "My strategy was to talk to alumni and progressively get deeper and deeper into the network," she said. She started by contacting current students and recent grads. "Then I contacted alumni who were five years out, and ten years out, and so on."
"I'm big on email," she continued. "But, oftentimes I just call and ask if someone is available for coffee, lunch, an office visit or a phone call. Anderson alumni are very receptive. Most people want to be reached out to." She has found older alumni to be particularly helpful. "The further you are from your MBA," she said, "the less contact you have with other alumni and the more interested you are in meeting with someone from an intellectual or networking standpoint."
A concept that she has found useful is the personal board of advisors. "It sounds nuts," she said, "but I have found it great to have support from at least a couple of key advisors. Sometimes you're lucky enough to run into people who take an interest in you. Over the past few years, several people have been key advisors for me. Also, it is very gratifying to be asked for professional input or support by someone who is younger or less senior. It's an honor."
Erica Marie was also an early adopter of online networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In. "Linked-In is purposely professional," she said. "It's hard to appear unprofessional unless you really try. It's much safer than Facebook. One of the biggest benefits is that you get to see who everyone else knows." She considers Facebook and Twitter better-suited for personal networking than professional development. "Twitter is just something fun for me to do," she said. "I'm a foodie, so most tweets on my personal account are about food."
While exploring the job market, Erica Marie stayed involved with UCLA Anderson. She continued to manage a UCLA Anderson Twitter feed that attracts prospective students from the entertainment industry. She participated in admissions and development activities. And she continued to mentor students, speak with prospective students at A-Days and attend Board of Visitor events.
Finally, Erica Marie's persistence led to an interview with NBC Universal for a position in digital programming. The job seemed a perfect fit. During her first year at UCLA Anderson, Erica Marie competed in a case competition at USC in which teams were asked to propose the appropriate windowing strategy for digital video platforms. "The challenge posed was whether or not to collapse the window between traditional content distribution (DVD) and the emerging digital platforms," she recalled. Erica Marie and her teammates won the competition, and NBC Universal was looking for someone to join their digital team and help answer the same questions.
"When I interviewed," she said, "I was able to take our analysis from that competition, frame it for NBC Universal and present an idea of where they should be moving." It turned out that several people with whom Erica Marie was connected in Linked-In were at firms that worked with NBC Universal on a daily basis. "They were willing to provide recommendations for me - and that personal contact made all the difference. It was the tipping point."
So, in the fall of 2009, Erica Marie became a manager of digital distribution at NBC Universal. "We distribute content for film, broadcast and cable," she explained. "Our team works on all digital platforms including video on demand, mobile, electronic sell-through or any emerging platform. The market is very fluid."
While Erica Marie helps pioneer the future of digital entertainment, she also continues to network and serve. In addition to her activities with UCLA Anderson, she advises a non-profit called Kujali International that she became involved with while doing her Applied Management Research project. The organization works with local partners around the world to convert orphanages into self-sustaining boarding schools.
"Professionally I am a split person," she said. "Ideally, I would like to be president of an entertainment company or studio so I could have a hand in developing and distributing digital content. I'd like to be the decision-maker on how to monetize it and deliver it to the consumer. My day to day challenge when I wake up in the morning is to make a strategic impact on the digital marketplace."
"At the same time," she continued, "I would one day love to use my professional experience and connections to help the underprivileged - primarily children. Very few non-profits have access to the business skills an MBA can bring. My heart is with helping provide a future for these children. Maybe someday I'll be able to combine the two."


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This week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler seemed to negate the commission's 2010 Open Internet Order, saying that it would be OK if Internet Service Providers charged high-bandwidth sites like Netflix for a faster lane to consumers. Jon Brodkin brought us the facts and the analysis in FCC chair: ISPs should be able to charge Netflix for Internet fast lane.
A lot of our readers were disappointed, if not surprised. Wheeler previously worked as a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries, and while some of his initial statements boded well for consumers, his latest comment was decidedly industry-friendly. As Brainling wrote: "The guy is a former lobbyist for the cable industry. What did people expect? He almost certainly got his job because the cable companies put him there (through other lobbying efforts), specifically to ram rod through anti-consumer/pro-cable rules. This is how America works in 2013 folks. We all better pray Google Fiber works out, because until someone breaks the Big Cable hegemony, you can expect them to go as anti-consumer as the law allows them to."
bburdge agreed: "Yup. Exactly as expected. He will make all these statements about being consumer friendly and for net neutrality, but then add small bits that slowly wear down what those things mean. So here we have 'Yes, net neutrality is great, I fully support it, really important. But you know, paying extra for premium service is not a big deal right, we do it all the time, first class on the airplane, or overnight shipping. That's not against net neutrality, it's just the market...' Sucks for us." ender2003 tried an analogy: "Let's paint a picture. Your house is connected to the city's water supply, for which you already pay a monthly fee (water bill). You "rent" a water hose to use to water your lawn, but then are told that you will have to pay more to use the hose depending on where the water is coming from. You can get water for no charge from the owner of the hose, or you can pay an extra fee to access the city's water. Does that make sense?"
It wasn't all outrage, though. "Yes, yes, slippery slope and all that, but it seems like people are jumping to conclusions," posullivan wrote. "The way I interpreted the statement was that services who have an interest in a dedicated connection (Netflix, high-bandwidth videoconferencing providers like in the article yesterday, etc.) would be able to buy such a dedicated, high-speed connection. In yesterday's article, we saw how the price of such a path is prohibitively high and actually impossible in some circumstances. I didn't think he said Netflix would have to use the line, which would violate net neutrality, but rather it would just be an option."
But Jevry was worried that whatever the ISPs would charge high-bandwidth services would be passed down to the consumers. "So... I am paying my ISP for a certain amount of bandwidth which they advertise. If I choose to use the entirety of that bandwidth for Netflix, I cannot use it for anything else. It's unclear how anyone can argue that ISPs should be paid more to provide exactly what they are currently contracted to be providing. Am I not entitled to the full bandwidth that they claim I've purchased?"
The sound of information
Security researchers gave new credence this week to claims that information could be passed between computers that are air-gapped via the computers' microphones and speakers. Dan Goodin's article Scientist-developed malware prototype covertly jumps air gaps using inaudible sound explains the research and its implications.
flunk thought there was a lesson to be learned here... for a particular group. "Well, this is a good reason to disconnect built-in mics. Although it is pretty impractical. It might be worth doing on a governmental level." But PlaceHolder continued to be a skeptic. "While an interesting theory, this is basically so much nonsense unless the malware recipient capability is already present on the machine, in which case why bother worrying about air gap jumping as you already have malware to be removing. Now if some [presumably] Chinese manufacturer builds in the capability to some new piece of hardware for nefarious purposes, then we have something to worry about... But even then you should be worried that you have devices listening (and broadcasting) without your knowledge... i.e. you're basically "bugged"...Otherwise... I say continue to follow safe computing practices and nothing new to see here...."
beebee had seen this kind of thing before, it seemed:
You kids...in the old days, we had acoustical modems. You placed the handset from your AT&T rented phone into the rubberized cups to couple to the Anderson Jacobson modem.
http://www.computerhistory.org/revoluti ... 9/371/2023
I have no doubt you can do a cheesy FSK modem over a notebook speaker and microphone. But in your nuclear fuel enrichment facility, it is not likely a computer there will be anything but a hand-built PC using carefully inspected components. You don't need a speaker or microphone equipped computer in such a facility. If anything, they are using commercial off the shelf secure SIP phones for communications.
And Ancalagon got to the heart of the matter: "How soon until this malware jumps to a human brain and we all become zombies?"
Yet another smartwatch
Lee Hutchinson received the Toq smartwatch from Qualcomm this week, and after opening it, he played with it for a bit in order to push out some first impressions. Sadly, those first impressions were of a watch that seemed, well, unimpressive. In Hands-on with the Qualcomm Toq smartwatch, Lee describes a wristband that needs to be cut to size, a somewhat fuzzy screen, and inconsistent touch response.
Chuckstar objected to the wristband. "Cutting the band to size... and the band contains electronics so it is essentially non-replaceable? What if I gain weight? What if I buy a new one next year and want to sell this one to someone with a bigger wrist? What if I simply decided I made it a little too tight and want it slightly looser? This just seems like a pretty big fail." And _fluffy wasn't sold on the features yet: "The ONE THING I want a smartwatch for is turn-by-turn GPS navigation while I'm riding my bike. So far none of them seem to offer that."
Stormspace was excited by the potential of the screen, "I was under the impression that this device was being marketed strictly to promote the mirasol display technology. This review seemed all software issues to me and those can be fixed. I'm all over the display technology as an alternative to AMOLED screens."
phoenix_rizzen had some thoughts about other ways that smartwatch makers could differentiate themselves:
A smartwatch is one of the few places I think a widescreen format (16:9 or even wider) makes sense. The wrist is only so high, but the arm is very long.
Instead of trying to shoehorn text and whatnot into a 1-2" square screen, let's move away from the "round watch face" and into the "widescreen on a wrist" phase. A 1.5" x 3" screen would be much nicer, especially for those of us that wear our watches along the bottom of the wrist (the flat part). Maybe make the strap movable in the horizontal to make it sit more comfortably (instead of screen centered on strap, move it to the left for wearing on the left wrist; move it to the right to wear it on the right wrist) without bumping up against the palm.
That way, you could actually put enough text onscreen to be able to read entire SMS or e-mail messages, or alerts, or alarms, or other notifications. And you'd be able to get more information from apps like RunKeeper or Endomondo. And you'd get more surface area for sensors for things like pulse, temp, etc; or for music info; or whatever.
Stop thinking in terms of "watch" and in terms of "extra screen with sensors" and it'll be easier to design
and understand uses.
Edit: Added bonus would be extra room for battery.
But M-S-G was not into the Toq at all. "Just one question: battery life? Waiting to find out during review. Also waiting for one actual feature I would want to use."

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"I close my eyes in order to see." – Paul Gauguin
The illuminating Sun enters dreamy Pisces today where it joins its two loving companions, Venus and Jupiter, as well as rebel Uranus. The Sun here shines its' bright light upon all things mystical and emotional.
In the astrological sign of Pisces, we have reached the end of the zodiac and the archetypal meaning of the sign reflects that fact. When the Sun enters Neptune's womb here, it is to embark on a mission that builds upon and transcends all our other previous more mundane experiences. The Sun ruling our identity now seeks expression and fulfillment on a much more deeper, internal level, in the realm of our dreams and in the domain of our souls.
As a result, in Pisces, our idealism is stoked here, as well as our imagination and compassion. If our daily energies subtlely feel more surreal and sublime now, and our fantasies, appear to be proliferating, we know it is because of our special other-wordly Pisces connection.
The ever-changing Moon, however, continues its outwardly adventurous, more narcissistic quest in fiery Aries today, and isn't quite ready for us to fully submit ourselves to the guru thing. It doesn't see the need to meditate on our navels when there are still new worlds to conquer. So, as usual, we are faced with a bit of a dichotomy here. What else is new?
Famous persons born on this day: John Travolta, Yoko Ono, Toni Morrison, Cybill Shepherd.
Some final daily observational footnotes:
Professional golfer, Tiger Woods, is poised to finally break his silence and make a statement at the PGA Tour headquarters office in Florida at 11 am ET Friday. He is reportedly going to apologize for his behavior and talk about his future. (Please see my blog that I did yesterday about this topic; I have also written about Tiger's horoscope in other blogs.)
As I discussed at length in my blog on Tiger yesterday, Tiger has some potentially very favorable healing planetary energies temporarily surrounding him now. Exact in his birthchart, the transiting Venus, the planet of peace and love, is sextiling his Sun, which rules his basic essence and ego.
When Venus has us in her loving clutches, we are normally better able to win over our opponents and adversaries and make a better overall impression, as our power of attraction is dialed up a notch. Internally, too, we also just feel more like reaching out to others, as Venus is the relationship planet. Also with Venus, our internal healing often comes from reaching out to others and having others embrace us back. Also, since Venus is still in her rare betrothal with lucky Jupiter in compassionate Pisces, the world may be more emotionally willing to give Tiger another chance. We'll just have to wait and see.
We do hope that Tiger will announce to us that he is ready to get back to playing golf soon. The Sun, Venus and Jupiter are all spreading their goodwill for him now, in his sixth house of personal health and employment, so maybe that will mean this will be happening soon.
Tiger has had, and still does have, ego-denying Neptune exactly sitting on his sixth house. That long-term Neptune influence can tend to erode our spirits and and eat away at our confidence, if we succumb to it. Neptune also will be there for several years, in his chart, as it is a slow-moving planet. But, hopefully, in wake of his recent experiences, and time for deep self-reflection, Tiger is ready now to go beyond that darker, more fearful expression of Neptune, and transmute it into something more transcendent for himself. Neptune is our link to the Divine, where all things are possible, if we just stay focused, and eternally maintain our faith, hope and optimism, and the belief that the best is still yet to come.
Peace and love. Enjoy your day!
Written by Patricia Thompson, Astrologer
Copyright 2010
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Tiger Woods' horoscope: http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Woods,_Tiger
Tiger Woods' statement: http://web.tigerwoods.com/index
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75-year-old time capsule contains veteran memorials
A time capsule from 1934 was opened Tuesday at the Minneapolis Veterans Home.
The lead box contained everything from military newspapers and photographs to a book about Native American leader Hiawatha and a collection of memorial addresses by President Abraham Lincoln.
The commemorative capsule was discovered in the cornerstone of Building 9 on the Veterans Home campus.
Construction on Building 9 began in 1934 and continued through 1937. At that time, it was common practice to leave so-called time capsules inside the cornerstones or walls of buildings as they were being erected. The goal was to offer future generations a glimpse into what the capsule-compilers found important.
The 75-year-old container was uncovered when crews began the demolition of Building 9, which is being razed due to structural problems. A replacement facility is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2011. It will house a 100-bed, skilled nursing care unit.
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AUSTIN — Ben Howland's job is in danger because he's head coach at a glamorous, nationally renowned athletic program where they can't fill the basketball arena anymore. It's in danger because lately he's accomplished more on the recruiting trail than he has on the court, and because he hasn't reached the Sweet 16 since 2008.
It doesn't matter, apparently, that he has a Final Four track record, or that he's achieved significantly more than the man he replaced. According to those who cover his team, there's a legitimate chance he'll never coach another game for his current employer after Friday.
Considering the location of that game, and keeping in mind the man who usually works there, all of this brings up two obvious questions.
Is it wrong that Howland might be fired?
Or is it wrong that Rick Barnes won't be?
The similarities between Howland, whose UCLA Bruins take on Minnesota in an NCAA tournament game at the Erwin Center on Friday night, and Barnes, who's sitting out of his first tournament in 15 years at Texas, are undeniable.
Both men are known for attracting NBA-level talent, and for stressing defense. Both men put together an impressive run of postseason success during the middle of the last decade. And both men have spent the past five years essentially chasing their own tails.
So if the reports of Howland's uncertain future are accurate, and if UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds is telling the truth when he says he's pleased with Barnes' job performance and has not even considered replacing him, doesn't that mean that one of those two coaches isn't getting what he deserves?
It sure seems that way. Just like at UCLA, UT's fan base has been stricken with widespread apathy. Just like at UCLA, UT's NBA talent hasn't translated into recent NCAA tournament success. Just like at UCLA, the memories of the current coach's peak has faded.
"The only difference," Orange County Register columnist Mark Whicker said Thursday, "is (the Bruins) have all those banners in the rafters."
That's where Barnes is lucky. Howland has John Wooden, and he has Bob Weltlich. Even though Longhorns fans have had the occasional entertaining moment provided by Abe Lemons or Tom Penders to distract them from football, they don't believe basketball championships are their birthright.
UCLA's expectations are so high that not even a regular-season Pac-12 title and a trip to the conference tournament championship game have quieted the Howland rumors this month. Thursday, he bristled at a question about "adversity" — "What exactly is your question?" he asked a Minnesota reporter — and later, through gritted teeth, said he was just "excited to be here."
Said UCLA guard Larry Drew of Howland's reaction to all of the negativity: "Well, he's noticed it."
The worry in Southern California is that even if Howland wins a game or two this weekend, things don't look better next year. Star freshman Shabazz Muhammad is considered an NBA lottery-pick lock, and Howland hasn't recruited anyone to replace him.
At UT, Barnes knows the feeling. When ultra-hyped forward Julius Randle of Plano spurned the Longhorns for Kentucky this week, it was the last blow in what's been Barnes' most underwhelming prospect haul in a decade.
Maybe UT is right to cut him some slack, though. Maybe 14 consecutive years of making the tournament should count for something. Maybe it's unrealistic to think he wouldn't eventually hit a lull, and maybe Whicker is right when he says "there are still a lot of people living in the past."
It's just that for two glamorous, nationally known programs, that sure seems better than the present.
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The world just got stranger: not only is Microsoft trying to write cool software again, it's decided that Android is the ideal beta platform, in spite of its bitter worldwide spat with Google over patents.
The app is called on{X}: users can set up custom recipes to get their Android phones responding to events, or if you want to fool around with your own triggers, there's a JavaScript API. The name is designed to explain the capability: "on X, do Y".
Triggers include, but aren't limited to, time, location, news, weather, the availability of a WiFi network, battery condition, and so on. Some of the examples Microsoft provides are mundane enough – "When I leave work, text my wife" – others look worryingly exploitable. For example: "When my boyfriend asks me 'where?' respond with my location" offers any number of possibilities outside the intended "fun and cool" of on{X}.
According to TechCrunch, Microsoft says the "less strict security model of the Android platform is well suited for deploying early technology previews".
So what's the crowdsource angle? It's this: to modify Microsoft's existing recipes, or create your own, you configure the rules on the on{X} site and push them to the target device.
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Here's a couple of fascinating tidbits from interviews with Ciarán Hinds and James Purefory, both who had been on HBO's Rome—a fine show, one of the most lavish productions ever put to screen as a regular hour long drama—and who have been asked (for various reasons) to remark on HBO's Game of Thrones. Of course, only one of these actors is actually on the show, but the other has been a fan-favorite when it comes to casting speculation…
First, of course, is Ciarán Hinds, the actor cast as Mance Rayder whom we recently glimpsed in HBO's latest video. Speaking to Irish Central, Hinds had the following to say about the first season of the show when he decided to catch up to it:
"I saw the first series and I found some of the sexuality and violence a little gratuitous and it annoyed me but then it calmed down a bit, but the storytelling and the juggling of the storylines are fantastic. It draws you in and takes you elsewhere."
Well, the show certainly has gotten some stick for the gratuitous sex and violence, but it certainly is interesting that Hinds is comfortable noting it. We like his attitude. The interview discusses how he became involved, both in terms of the convenience of filming in his native Northern Ireland and then the fact that he ended up filming in Iceland during a blizzard.
The other interview comes to us by way of Empire Magazine, with James Purefoy. Purefoy was the very memorable Mark Antony on Rome, and fans have suggested him for many roles, such as Oberyn Martell, Euron Greyjoy, and, in fact, Mance Rayder. But when asked about how he felt about Rome having ended prematurely, Purefoy had the following to say:
I can't help but think there was, perhaps, a little bit of humor behind the remarks, and I'd take what he says with a grain of salt. Yet it's interesting, not only because he sang a different tune two years ago, but also because it's probably true that if Rome had gone the distance, Game of Thrones would at best be in development and waiting in the wings for HBO's pre-modern, gritty, sexy historical drama to come to an end. One hopes that neither Purefoy and McKidd are genuinely serious about turning down a good role down the road, if it's offered to them.
(Of course, it's also interesting that it seems Purefoy has yet to be approached about the show. But this may be a matter of timing—he ended up on the short-lived Camelot for a time, and is the star of a new TV show titled The Following in which he players a serial-killer and cult leader.)


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NY Times claimed Bush tax plans would maintain existing tax burden distribution; some drafters say it would shift away from rich
An October 19 New York Times article on the two recommended proposals to be submitted November 1 by President Bush's advisory panel on federal tax reform reported that both plans were designed to maintain the current distribution of the tax burden across income levels. In fact, the Los Angeles Times reported the same day that some members of the advisory panel believe that both plans would likely shift the burden from wealthy Americans to the middle and lower classes.
The New York Times article by David E. Rosenbaum, while acknowledging that either of the plans would "amount to the most fundamental change in the American tax system in 20 years" if implemented, stated as fact that both "were designed so that the tax burdens borne by the rich, the middle class and the poor would be roughly the same as now."
But as Joel Havemann wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "Some panel members expressed concern that either plan would make the system less progressive by shifting more of the tax burden from the wealthy to the less well-heeled."
Havemann's story went on to quote California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, who expressed his concern that as a result of proposals to reduce the mortgage interest deduction and eliminate state and local tax deductions, "people making under $100,000 are going to be paying more."
The commission will reportedly propose two separate tax revision plans to President Bush. Both plans will both call for significantly lowering the cap on deductions from mortgage payments, meaning many homeowners will see an increase in taxes. They would also eliminate income tax deductions for state and local taxes. The differences between the two plans lie principally in their proposals for corporate tax adjustments, but both would lower the maximum corporate tax from 35 percent to 32 percent.
The New York Times story quoted only the commission's chairman, former Sen. Connie Mack (R-FL), saying that "[w]e have focused on big-picture ideas that would improve the tax system for a large number of Americans."
From the October 19 New York Times article:
President Bush's tax advisory commission agreed on Tuesday to recommend two alternative plans, both of which would limit or eliminate almost all existing tax deductions, including those for state and local income and property taxes.
The recommendations, due to be submitted to the president by Nov. 1, were designed so that the tax burdens borne by the rich, the middle class and the poor would be roughly the same as now.
But the plans, if enacted, would amount to the most fundamental change in the American tax system in 20 years. Some individuals and businesses could owe much more in taxes than they do now, and some much less, depending on their particular circumstances. And taxpayers in some parts of the country would fare better than those elsewhere.
From the October 19 Los Angeles Times article:
Some panel members expressed concern that either plan would make the system less progressive by shifting more of the tax burden from the wealthy to the less well-heeled.
For example, Elizabeth Garrett, a USC law professor, said she was not satisfied with the current tax code's progressivity -- the degree to which taxpayers pay a higher share as their income increases -- and added that she needed to see hard data on the effect of the panel's two new plans.
California Treasurer Phil Angelides called the recommendations to scale back the mortgage interest deduction and to kill the state and local tax deduction "a double-barreled blast aimed squarely at California and the middle class." California, he said, has unusually high home values and state and local taxes.
"People making under $100,000 are going to be paying more," Angelides said. People making more, he said, will generally pay less.


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- Visit your Twitter account settings page.
- Select "require a verification code when I login".
- Click on the link to "add a phone" and follow all prompts.
- After you've enabled the login verification, you'll be asked to enter the six-digit code that Twitter sends to your phone via SMS each time you try to login.
The only downside we currently see is that Twitter does not support "page admins" at this time. A company must have one Twitter login to manage a brand page, unlike Facebook and G+ that allow individuals to have their own logins who then have admin access to manage a brand page. This means that the company must enable the login verification set-up with one particular phone, and ensure that whoever needs access to the brand's Twitter account has access to that phone.
In general, though, we applaud Twitter for releasing two step authentication, and it seems to reflect a greater trend of services implementing improved security options for their users. And we agree with Twitter's previous statements that companies and individuals also have a responsibility to follow best security practices, which includes the use of a password manager and following through on enabling available security options. We hope to see brands and individuals taking advantage of the new offering.
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==Design Model==
==Design Model==
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Simulink Tester for T-VEC
The Simulink Tester for T-VEC integrates Simulink/Stateflow the the T-VEC VGS to automate much of the testing process by analyzing the Simulink model to determine the best test cases for validating the model and testing implementations of the model. When used with the Real-Time Workshop™ Generic and Embedded Coders, the T-VEC Tester generates test drivers (harnesses) for executing the test vectors against auto-generated source code. Comprehensive Test Suites
Test generation for Simulink models produces unit, integration and system level test vectors and test drivers necessary to fully verify implementations of models. The test selection process produces the set of test vectors most effective in revealing both decision and computational errors in logical, integer and floating-point domains.
VGS generates test vectors for every path through every atomic subsystem. Each test vector is determined from the constraints in the subsystem under test and the constraints of any lower-level subsystems it references. These tests produce
- Structured Path Coverage
- Decision (Branch) Coverage
- Modified Condition / Decision Coverage
- Statement Coverage
- Interface Coverage
See Simulink/T-VEC Examples for details.
There are potential limitations, usage issues, and guidelines associated with the integration of Simulink/Stateflow with T-VEC.
Design Model
The Mathworks' Simulink and Stateflow allow users to develop behavioral specification used as basis of for simulation or code generation, and more. When used for code generation, the models represents "what's in the box."
Hybrid Model
Simulink was originally used for control system modeling, but with the addition of Stateflow and other features, it now provides hybrid modeling support for integrating control system and state machine models.
Model Analysis
The analysis performed prior to test vector generation identifies model errors, such as contradictions or feature interaction problems. These model errors can result in dead code or other undesirable effects.
Complete Verification Artifacts
The T-VEC Tester produces a complete set of artifacts for verifying Simulink models
- Model Analysis Report identifies model errors
- Test Vectors
- Input values
- Expected output values
- Traceability from each test to the Simulink model
- Test Coverage Report
- Test Harnesses for GRT and ERT code generators
- Test results report that details test successes and failures
- Makefiles to fully automate the process
Scalable, Hierarchical Test Generation
Comprehensive testing is only feasible with a bottom up approach that fundamentally requires both unit and integration level testing support. When automatically generating test vectors for every condition and decision in a system, only the lowest level subsystems of the system can be tested in isolation. All higher-level subsystems must be tested in the context of the lower level subsystems on which they depend. Otherwise, there may be paths or threads in the higher-level subsystems that are not supported by the lower levels. This is especially true when multiple subsystems are related and changes could result in feature interaction problems. Some test tools generate tests based on the premise that unit testing a subsystem can ignore or stub out all subsystems on which it depends. This is a fundamentally incorrect and dangerous assumption.


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Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/
Philip Covington drafted a plan for the Daviess County courthouse and presented it March 26, 1838. Although the court appropriated $6,000, this project apparently did not proceed.
Next the court accepted the plans of Jacob Stollings and W. C. Lincy in March 1840. For this courthouse there is both documentary and visual evidence. A drawing from An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Daviess County, 1876, depicts this example at Gallatin, and County Court records supply specifications (Figure 1).
Figure 1Daviess County Courthouse, 1940-1886. Architects: Jacob Stollings and W. C. Lincy (From: Illustrated Historical Atlas of Daviess County, Missouri, 1876)
The foundation was to be 3 feet thick, the brick wall of the first floor, 18 inches, and the second story, 13 inches thick. The building was "to be four square." The walls and roof of the colorful building were Venetian red. Doors were beech yellow; white window casings and sashes were accented with green blinds.
Bids for construction were let in 1840, and the contractor was given two years to complete his work. L. Nelson took the contract but needed an additional year. The cost of $8,094.55 exceeded the original estimates of $6,000. The work was completed in May 1843.
Double doors on the west and south provided entries to the courtroom, which occupied the entire lower floor. The rostrum on the north was so high that the feet of those on it were above the eye level of spectators seated on wooden benches. A stairway at the southwest corner led to four rooms on the second floor. When celebrating special occasions, the observation tower at the base of the cupola was decorated with flags. It provided space for speakers or bands. The large cupola, topped by a large brass ball, attracted admiration, but maintenance was a constant problem; leaking began only a few years after construction, causing water damage. Finally, after years of complaints, the court ordered the building razed in 1886.
After several unsuccessful elections, a special election held Dec. 9, 1905, finally produced a vote in favor of a $75,000 new courthouse. The court selected the plans of P. H. Weathers July 9, 1906. On Aug. 29 the building contract was awarded to M. T. Lewman and Co., Louisville, Kentucky, for $69,650. Construction began the following November, and the cornerstone was laid May 23, 1907. Work was completed on the building and accepted by the court in August 1908; dedication ceremonies took place Oct. 5, 1908 (Figure 2). This courthouse resembles those Weathers designed for Cape Girardeau County, 1906, and Stoddard County, 1909.
Figure 2Daviess County Courthouse, 1906-. Architect: p. H. Weathers (From: postcard, Trenton Boyd collection)
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Welcome to "Truth is a Pathless Land".
This website is dedicated to honest, unfiltered expositions about life and how humans relate to each other and the universe. The title of the website was chosen from the writings of Jiddu Krishnamurti. It is meant to set a tone for the musings contained herein. Truth is not the exclusive domain of any religion or any political philosophy, because they all contain elements of unconscious dogma and all are instinctively biased toward suppressing free inquiry. Truth stands independent of all organizations and social entities. Truth resists all attempts to "find the one true path" , to exalt a messiah, or to genuflect to an "ism". Truth permeates all of creation, and is not bounded by paths or leaders or creeds, which can only serve to exclude, censor, or ignore aspects of reality. The search for truth does not require following anyone. It does not require faith. It simply requires a free and detached inquiry into the nature of our existence.
This unfettered pursuit of truth is very hard to do. We are all held captive by our cultures, our histories, our churches, our nations, our families, and our fears. Breaking free of these intellectual shackles is a tremendous challenge that requires great courage and steadfast willingness to stand apart, if necessary. But it is not until one stands alone from these institutions that reality emerges with startling clarity, no longer jaded by blind habits, ritualistic attachments, and fearful conformance. Abandoning the suffocating embrace of accumulated biases is both exhilarating and terrifying. Please join me in wandering into this pathless land.


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Friends, I love hearing about HPV awareness in our nation, and how great it is. However, if only those who I see day after day with diagnosed-HPV had been as educated.
I want to stop this cycle of amazing and brilliant people getting hurt solely by not being informed. HPV education and prevention wasn't taught in school back in the days. So now it's up to us to share the message. And it's up to doctor's like me to lead the pack. Let's do this.
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HPV test awareness, knowledge still low
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Americans are more aware that there is a test for the human papilloma virus (HPV) than counterparts in the UK and Australia, according to a new study, but few people knew much more than that.
"Awareness of HPV has tended to be low but has been rising since the introduction of testing and vaccination," said Jo Waller, the study's senior author.
People seem to be more aware of HPV vaccination than testing, however, which is not surprising given the publicity around the vaccine, added Waller, a public health researcher at University College London.
The Pap test, used to look for abnormal cell changes in the cervix, is much older and generally familiar to most people, but the newer HPV test looks for the virus that causes those changes, Waller said.
The HPV test was only introduced in the 1990s and it's used a little differently in each of the countries that were included in the new study, Waller pointed out.
In the U.S., HPV testing is used as a screening tool in women over the age of 30. In both the U.S. and the UK, HPV testing is also used along with the Pap test to determine the next steps in treatment - for instance, biopsy.
In the UK and Australia, the HPV test is also used to monitor treatment results.
Waller said that many studies have attempted to assess the public's knowledge about HPV and HPV testing, but they all used different methods and asked questions in different ways, so it's hard to compare the findings.
"We wanted to use the same questionnaire to look at knowledge across three countries where HPV testing is used in different ways," she told Reuters Health in an email.
The researchers used an online survey to find out if participants in the U.S., UK and Australia were aware of HPV testing and HPV in general.
The first question asked was 'Before today, had you ever heard of HPV?' Participants who responded 'yes' were then directed to 15 general questions about HPV.
Participants were then asked 'Have you ever heard of HPV testing?' Those who responded 'yes' were asked six more questions about the test.
Of the 2,409 men and women who answered the survey, about 61 percent had heard of HPV, Waller's team reports in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Among those who had heard of the virus, only half were aware of the HPV test. Awareness of the HPV test was higher in the U.S. than in the UK and Australia.
The participants who had heard of HPV testing, on average, answered less than half of questions about details of testing correctly. Overall, women knew more than men.
Most of the survey participants did know, for example, that the HPV test can be done at the same time as the Pap test, and that a positive HPV test doesn't mean a woman will definitely get cervical cancer.
But they didn't know a negative HPV test indicates a low risk of cervical cancer. Few also knew that the HPV test is not an indicator of whether the HPV vaccine is needed.
"It's also important for people to understand that although the HPV vaccine protects against HPV, it's still really important for women to have screening, to check for (virus) types not covered by the vaccine," Waller said.
Women who are screened and found not to have the HPV virus should be reassured that their risk of developing cervical cancer over the next five years is extremely low, Waller added.


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From Cheerleader To Air Force To A New Life
The second part of our series about the challenges female veterans face as they transition back into civilian life.
What happens when a teenage girl spends her formative years in the military — tracking terrorists, enduring rocket attacks and holding her own in a rough, male-dominated environment?
The skills that make an excellent airman don't always match what the world expects of a young civilian woman.
Victoria Blumenberg was a champion cheerleader in high school.
"I was on dance teams. I did all of that girlie stuff," she says.
But while her girlfriends went off to college, joined sororities and kept up with fashion, Blumenberg joined the Air Force Reserves and did four deployments. At 18, she was an intelligence analyst giving top-secret briefings to air crews in Kuwait and, later, in Baghdad.
"And now I don't paint my nails every day, and I don't do my hair every day," she says. "I never wear makeup unless I'm going out. I'm just not really into that," she says with a laugh — and a sigh.
If Blumenberg seems a little weary, that's because it can be exhausting being a young woman in the civilian world after coming of age in the military. She loved her no-fuss life in uniform, and thought she'd always be an intelligence analyst — even after her last deployment in 2007, which entailed six straight months of 12-hour days and the constant threat of rocket attack.
"I would do every bit and more, if I had been given the opportunity," Blumenberg says. "I would probably have been back there three more times by now."
After that last deployment in Baghdad, Blumenberg fell into anxiety, depression and alcoholism. She thought it might be post-traumatic stress disorder. But she was leery of getting a diagnosis, afraid that she would lose her top-secret clearance.
In late 2008, Blumenberg was arrested for driving while intoxicated; she worried that the incident could end her military intelligence career. She was 23 years old, and she felt her life was falling apart.
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"I went home and overdosed on Ambien," she says. "I woke up two days later in the hospital, and was sent to basically a psychiatric facility for a few weeks after that."
Blumenberg says the Air Force Reserves couldn't promise she'd stay in intelligence, so she took an honorable discharge. Then she began building her civilian identity from scratch, enrolling at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, to study geography and political science.
But the anxiety, one symptom of her PTSD, is always there.
"I always try to take different routes to and from school, and I try to avoid going to the same place at the same time every day, and establishing patterns," she says. "But there are certain places that you can't get around. Like, there's no real escape if you see a car coming at you head-on or something."
On some days, Blumenberg can't bring herself to leave the house. She's learning to cope, even managing a 3.9 GPA. But her social life is a different story.
Her friends are mostly other male veterans on campus. On one recent night, they met up at a nearby bar, and the talk turned to planes — the merits of C-130s against the newer C-17s.
"C-130s were my plane," Blumenberg says.
She's wearing makeup this night — purple shadow on her large cat eyes. She's pretty, bubbly and animated when she's at ease. But dating veterans hasn't worked out. Blumenberg says the instant military connection tends to mask the fact they often have little else in common. And civilian guys can't seem to handle her military baggage and PTSD. At least that had been the case, before she met Pete Kneski.
"You know, she's tough, but she looks really pretty," he says. "So it's like, that's a cool combination."
Kneski and Blumenberg met online; they've been dating for a few months. She's his first girlfriend who has served in the military.
"Vickie is maybe a little bit different being a veteran, you know with PTSD and all that kind of thing," Kneski says. "She has so much emotional swing going on in her own self, she has to be very careful with kinda what she allows herself to feel."
Blumenberg wonders about her ability to be a good girlfriend, wife or even mother someday, because she never really learned how to be a nurturer.
"You know, the military never nurtured me when I was feeling weak, or hurt, or whatever-have-you," she says. "I had to learn to deal with it on my own, and come back to my job the next day, and perform my duties to make sure that everyone lived."
Blumenberg says she sometimes feels like that was a lifetime ago, and now she's starting over — in her career, her relationship and whatever comes next.


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The NAACP branches of Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes are planning ceremonies to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
The NAACP branches of Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes are planning ceremonies to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
In Terrebonne, the organization is hosting a celebration ceremony at 1 p.m. at the Dumas Auditorium, 301 Tunnel Blvd. in Houma.
The ceremony will feature special performances by the NAACP's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Choir and speeches from local leaders such as NAACP President Jerome Boykin, Parish President Michel Claudet and pastors Herbert Andrew of Houma and Dennis Hebert Jr. of Hammond.
There will be a scarf booth and food booths selling chitterlings, tripe, fried fish, fried chicken, red beans and rice, and a host of sides and drinks.
"It's obviously a very important day for us," Boykin said. "It's the day we remember the struggles the people who came before us made and that we still have work to do."
The Lafourche NAACP branch will kick off its celebrations with a march from Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Thibodaux to the St. Luke Community Center at 10th and Narrow streets starting at 10 a.m.
The march is meant to echo the famous marches King organized throughout the South to protest segregation, said chapter Vice President Ronnie Winston.
"The most famous pictures you see of the civil rights movement are the marches," Winston said. "We're doing this march in honor of those marches."
Winston said the march will also commemorate the inauguration of President Barack Obama, which will also take place Monday.
After the march, the NAACP will host a ceremony honoring King at the community center, starting at 11 a.m. Gregory Cook, principal at West Thibodaux Middle School, will give a speech titled "Even When the Odds are Against You, Keep Hoping."
Winston said it was important to remember King and the civil rights struggle he represents, especially because many local residents were part of that struggle.
"I grew up in the civil rights generation. I remember (King) speaking on TV," Winston said. "I remember seeing the TV when he was assassinated (in 1968)."
Winston said the holiday is meant to serve as a reminder that many people struggled for the basic rights many people now enjoy — and to inspire the community to struggle for even greater good.
"We're honoring Dr. King's sacrifice, but there are many others who made sacrifices like he did, and we're honoring them too," he said. "To not honor your past, to not honor the people who came before and struggled before — you forget. You forget that the power to struggle is in you too."
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Rate Decision to Drive Yellen's Early Agenda
Understanding Falling Unemployment Will Drive Yellen' s Early Agenda
In three years as second-in-command at the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen worried continuously about high U.S. unemployment and pushed for policies to bring it down. After she is sworn in as Fed chairwoman Monday a new question will almost immediately crowd her agenda: Why is unemployment falling so fast and what, if anything, should the central bank do about it?
The jobless rate was 6.7% in December and the Labor Department will release the January figure on Friday. Fed officials have said since December 2012 they wouldn't...


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Why is the Internet of Things important?
You might be surprised to learn how many things are connected to the Internet, and how much economic benefit we can derive from analyzing the resulting data streams. Here are some examples of the impact the IoT has on industries:
- Intelligent transport solutions speed up traffic flows, reduce fuel consumption, prioritize vehicle repair schedules and save lives.
- Smart electric grids more efficiently connect renewable resources, improve system reliability and charge customers based on smaller usage increments.
- Machine monitoring sensors diagnose – and predict – pending maintenance issues, near-term part stockouts, and even prioritize maintenance crew schedules for repair equipment and regional needs.
- Data-driven systems are being built into the infrastructure of "smart cities," making it easier for municipalities to run waste management, law enforcement and other programs more efficiently.
But also consider the IoT on a more personal level. Connected devices are making their way from business and industry to the mass market. Consider these possibilities:
- You're low on milk. When you're on your way home from work, you get an alert from your refrigerator reminding you to stop by the store.
- Your home security system, which already enables you to remotely control your locks and thermostats, can cool down your home and open your windows, based on your preferences.


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Hi guys..my little Willow came with Pro Plan Puppy for small dogs. I have a bag of Eukanuba Puppy for small breed and have mixed a bit in thinking I would switch to Eukanuba. Then I heard someone say ProPlan is good....then some say don't feed Cavaliers puppy food. I used to feed my Lhasas Nutro brand because it doesn't have preservatives. What do you all think about foods? Should I be transitioning him out of puppy food?


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Owl Eyes at St Kilda fesitval.
Seeing your own photos in an amazing magazine like Oyster must be the best feeling ever.
My tent in Narooma. I miss camping!
Shooting with the 5x4 in uni.
From my car that only lasted 7 months. :(
Kota Kinabalu
Me + mountains.
Narrow streets of Melaka.
Flight of the Conchords!!! So amazinggggg.
New Zealand fashion week.
My favourite beach.
One of Danielle's cute dogs.
RIP Jeannine's first ever car. March 2012 - October 2012...
My new car!!
One of the only selfies I took in 2012.
I hope that wasn't too many pictures! I hope next year is filled with even more travelling opportunities. It will be my first year not studying since I was 5. So that should be interesting. I had a great 2012 and I hope your 2012 experience was great, too! :)


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Do you ever wish that your children could experience up close and personal the wonder of orchestral music? All too frequently, symphonic and chamber works are set in a stuffy, silent, straight-laced setting that isn't conducive to the often restless and curious nature of children. The Evergreen Chamber Orchestra has changed all of that with its upcoming Children's Music Hour.
On Sunday, Sept. 27, 13 members of the esteemed mountain orchestra will open the doors to music for children of all ages in a concert at the Center for the Arts Evergreen.
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Please, please, please let her order a glass of wine, I thought each and every time I approached a guest at last night's Cocktails and Conversation event at Dale Miller to benefit Equinox.
I say "her" because I was a bit of a sexist bartender, gravitating toward the women. They were, I quickly learned, less likely to order a mixed drink that included things with names like "Knob" or "Hendricks" (neither of these requests came from Matt); or draft beers.
The whole head thing on the beer sent me into a panic. Was it too much? Not enough? Does this beer get an orange? A lime? Maybe a cherry? When the foam goes running down the sides is it OK to wipe it off, or should I start over with a new glass? What if I run out of glasses. What if I break a glass? Is it possible for a volunteer to get fired?
Of course, we were there to make money and, when a male customer was clearly trying to make eye contact I couldn't ignore him. Good thing, too, since one of my potential customers was Jim Linnan — who turned out to be the owner of Dale Miller.
"Potential" is the operative word here because, after I was clearly mystified by the drink he ordered for his friend (it may have had the word "Manhattan" in it), he told me to "let Nikki take care of it."
Nikki, along with Zarah, were nothing short of booze-sent angels (although they did scold me for over-pouring the wine). The two Dale Miller staffers were more patient with us novices than any human being should be with another.
No matter how many times I got in their way, asked if a certain kind of wine was red or white or had them recite what, exactly, was in a gin and tonic (OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration) they seemed far less frustrated with us than I was with myself.
After Nicole said for the fifth time — at least — to "hug your spot," while bracing my hips and gently shoving me toward the bar, I caught on. Staying close to the "wall" allowed the other bartenders (the people who knew what they were doing) to scoot by in a fast and efficient manner.
My height created a major problem here, though. While the other bartenders were petite, and could see the bottles of liquor while "hugging their spot," I needed to stand back, or bend down, so as not to grab the gin when making a Cosmo.
The one and only Cosmo I did make was for a super sweet woman who walked me through the process, even teaching me it's cranberry juice — not grenadine — that makes the drink pink. She then tipped $3, which thrilled me to no end seeing as I probably should've tipped her. I slid that cash into the till full of gratuities destined for Equinox eying the $5, $10s and $20s in the jar and thinking how I was possibly having some of the most fun I've ever had "working" (and that's saying a lot seeing as I have a pretty fabulous job.)
Petrified customers would think my bartending skills were a reflection on the restaurant Dale Miller, I apologized at least 50 times throughout the night. Between mixing, pouring and uncapping I would make sure the customer knew why we were there and what we were doing and why the "bartender" had to ask someone else to uncork the wine (in my one and only attempt I broke the cork and Zarah had to take over) or which glass to use for a rum and coke on the rocks.
I was safest (and probably at my best) when running the registers. I love computers, and finance, and felt a twinge of pride every time the drawer popped open and the pile of 20s got thicker and thicker. Making change reminded of my days as a cashier at Miller's (RIP) and swiping credit cards gave me flashbacks to my days of playing Mall Madness as a kid. At that moment I felt "this is my destiny."
Then someone said "Kristi, excuse me, may I have a Mojito?"
"Sure," came out of my mouth, but the fear in my eyes said otherwise.
"Never mind," he said. "Just give me a glass of whatever red wine you don't have to uncork."
Now you're speakin' my language.
Steve's post: Equinox nets about $900 at cocktail fundraiser


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Do you thrive in a city? Or do you prefer the outdoor life? City, country, or suburb: working at Oracle, you'll have options.
Oracle's work environment is diverse, flexible, and inclusive, and our development locations have great perks and benefits.
Many of our college recruits come to work at Oracle HQ for the opportunity to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the heart of Silicon Valley, Oracle's campus features a full gym, coffee bars, and outdoor sand volleyball court. From the Golden Gate Bridge to the surf at Santa Cruz, from the slopes of Lake Tahoe to the awe-inspiring Yosemite Valley, there are few places that offer the variety of resources that the Bay Area does.
The beautiful campus in Broomfield, Colorado, is located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, not far from world-class ski resorts, hiking, mountaineering, and whitewater rafting.
Oracle's Nashua, New Hampshire, office is in close proximity to the White Mountains and the seacoast. If you feel like a drive at night or on the weekend, it's little more than an hour to historic and vibrant Boston, Massachusetts.
Oracle's Burlington and Cambridge offices have certified personal trainers, and licensed massage therapists are on staff for your well-being. These locations—exciting on their own—are both close to Massachusetts' awesome capitol and largest city, Boston.
Our facility in Austin, Texas, gets you close to all that's happening in that capitol city, including outstanding music and food, not to mention the world-famous South by Southwest conference.


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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 21, 2009 – Americans appear to be embracing hand hygiene more than in past years. But not all of us are cleaning our hands as often as we should – especially with the threat of the H1N1 flu virus (also known as swine flu).
In the fifth annual Clean Hands Report Card® issued by The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA - www.cleaninginstitute.org), America's grade for hand hygiene has risen from a "C-minus" in 2008 to a "B-minus."
The Report Card is based on a series of hygiene-related questions asked of 888 Americans during a telephone survey conducted in August 2009 by Echo Research.
Among the good news of SDA's 2009 survey:
Among the bad news of SDA's 2009 survey:
"The H1N1 pandemic is real. Cold and flu season is on its way. With common sense hygiene practices, good health is literally in our hands," said Nancy Bock, SDA Vice President of Education.
Survey results recently released by SDA show that nearly two-thirds of adults (65%) expressed concern about H1N1 flu (women more than men: 72%, 57%, respectively). But only one-third of respondents said they changed their overall hygiene habits in response to the growing concerns about H1N1.
"Now is not the time to let our guard down when it comes to cleaning our hands," added Bock.
International Clean Hands Week: September 20-26, 2009
SDA produces the annual Report Card to raise awareness of International Clean Hands Week, September 20-26, which touts handwashing as the easiest path to staying healthy. Clean Hands Week is sponsored by the Clean Hands Coalition (www.cleanhandscoalition.org), an alliance of public and private partners working together to create and support coordinated, sustained initiatives to significantly improve health and save lives through clean hands.
Download SDA's Virtual Cold & Flu Toolkit
SDA has created a virtual, no-cost cold and flu toolkit – ideal for families, educators, health professionals, community leaders and all others interested in promoting good health and hygiene. You can find these materials online at www.cleaninginstitute.org/sda-cold-flu-toolkit/.
The SDA Clean Hands Report Card® was based on a telephone survey, which queried 888 American heads of households (446 men and 442 women). The independent consumer research study was completed August 21-24, 2009, on behalf of SDA, by Echo Research. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percent.
A summary of the Report Card statistics will be available at www.cleaninginstitute.org/newsroom/surveys.
The 2009 National Spring Cleaning Survey was completed for The Soap and Detergent Association by Echo Research, Inc. Echo questioned 1,002 American adults (501 men and 501 women) via telephone on February 13-16, 2009. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percent. A summary of the survey results will be available on SDA's website at www.cleaninginstitute.org/newsroom.
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Evans Cycles' own brand Pinnacle bikes have been around for a long time in various guises, and they've just let us know that the new 2012 range is live on their website. We've been looking forward to the 2012 range. Why? Because the new man at the helm of the design team, James Olsen, is the man behind one of our favourite bikes of the past few years.
In his time at Genesis James was instrumental in upping the profile of steel in the mainstream road bike market. The Equilibrium may look like a bunch of other bikes from where we're standing in 2012, but back at the start of 2010 it was at the crest of the steel revival wave. And they nailed it, first time: the original Reynolds-520-framed Equilibrium was an absolute gem, and the newer bikes, made from Reynolds 725, are just as good.
Now James is at Pinnacle, and the 2012 bikes are the first he's been fully involved with. "I joined Evans 12 months ago, and we've been busy revising the range," James told us. "Evans had already rebranded the bikes just before I joined, so my brief was to improve the bikes as much as we could within that style. The categories of bike we had in the range were good, but some aspects of the geometry of the bikes and the spec needed looking at."
"My idea originally was to work on a couple of categories, but when I started looking at the bikes I realised that the best thing to do would be refresh the entire range; I wanted to make sure that a medium in one category was comparable to a medium in another, for example. I dug myself a pretty deep hole, redesigning frames and respeccing parts for over 30 models!"
The Dolomite Aluminium road bikes look broadly similar to last year's bikes but there's been plenty of work put into the 2012 models. "There's more butting, so the frames are lighter," James told us. "We've tweaked the front end geometry too, and all the bikes across all the categories have a flat oval taper top tube; it's more pronounced on the MTBs and more subtle on the road bikes. We've done a lot of work with the sizing to get a better spread of reach and stack height measurements across the range of sizes. The Dolomite gets a shallow drop bar this year and mostly Shimano running gear."
This year there's four bikes in the range, with the £900 Dolomite 4 topping the range and packing Shimano 105 transmission and a Shimano RS10 wheelset. The three cheaper bikes get Tiagra, Sora and 2300 gearing and retail at £750, £600 and £500 respectively. There's a women's version too, the Gabbro, available in Tiagra and Sora builds for £750 and £600.
One of the bikes James has spent most time on is the Arkose, Pinnacle's all purpose CX machine which has been one of their best sellers. "I'm trying to get away from model years with Pinnacle, but this is a sort of 2012-and-a-half bike," he said. "Pre-production samples are coming through now [an Arkose 3 sample is pictured above], we wanted to wait so that we could spec the new Shimano Sora on the low-end bike. The Arkose range is great value for money, we've got a new all-Carbon fork with a post mount for discs, and we've worked really hard to price the bikes as aggressively as we can". Certainly they look good value on paper, especially the 105-equipped Arkose 3, which also gets Avid's excellent BB7 disc brakes and still manages to sneak under the cycle-to-work limit of £1,000. The Arkose 2 gives you Tiagra and Avid BB5s for £850, and the entry-level Arkose 1 (new Sora and Mini-V brakes) is £750. All the bikes have full rack and mudguard compatibility for the bike-to-work sector.
The Evaporite carbon road bike is unchanged this year, although James hinted that there was interesting stuff in the pipeline for 2013. "We're very much in the middle ground with Carbon," he said. "In terms of volume it's hard for us to commit a big budget to R&D for our own frame, but we're big enough that it's also difficult to compete with open-mould frames from smaller companies that have much lower overheads. We're keen to have something unique, and it's been quite an experience for me trying to develop that with our volume of sales, and mould costs being what they are. We're confident we can make it work though, and I'm hoping to have samples by this time next year."
On the flat bar front there's three ranges designed for the road. The Lithium probably best described as an urban 29er. There's five bikes in the range, from the £300 Lithium 1 with V-brakes and a low-end Shimano transmission up to the £600 Lithium 5, sporting Shimano hydraulic discs and an Acera/Alivio 27-speed drivetrain. The Neon is a fast commute hybrid with road gearing and lighter wheels; it tops out at £550 for the Neon 3 with Sora gearing hanging from an Aluminium frame and fork. Finally there's the Cobalt range with lockable suspension forks and four models ranging from £350 to £600. All three bikes are available with women-specific geometry too.
And steel? "It's a regularly asked question," says James, "no doubt because of where I've come from. Much as I'd love to do a steel Pinnacle it'd be very much a step in a new direction for the brand, and the name on the down tube means a lot in the steel market. I'm keen to get Pinnacle on a roll and build the credibility of the brand before we try to go off in another direction."
Dave is a founding father of road.cc and responsible for kicking the server when it breaks. In a previous life he was a graphic designer but he's also a three-time Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling world champion, and remains unbeaten through the bog. Dave rides all sorts of bikes but tends to prefer metal ones. He's getting old is why.


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By Virtue of the Power of Sale contained in the Deed to Secure Debt executed on December 3, 1997, by JOSEPH HERNDON III and LINDA HERNDON of Jeff Davis County, Georgia, to THE BANK OF LUMBER CITY, a banking institution with offices in Lumber City, Telfair County, Georgia, said Security Deed filed for record on December 3, 1997, and recorded in Deed Book #308, Folio #26, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, there will be sold at public auction before the Courthouse door in Appling County, Georgia, to the highest bidder for cash, by THE BANK OF LUMBER CITY, as attorney in fact for the said JOSEPH HERNDON III and LINDA HERNDON within the legal hours of sale on December 6, 2011, the first Tuesday in December, 2011, the following described property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot No. 293 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, containing 0.1762 acre and being two certain lots in Speers Subdivision and Addition to the City of Baxley, being Lot No. 24, and Lot No. 25, Block 6, of said subdivision and being more particularly shown and described and having the metes, bounds, dimensions, courses and distances as shown for TRACT NO. 1 according to that certain plat thereof prepared by Southern Surveying Services, Inc., certified by Paul S. Buchele, dated Nov. 21, 1997, and recorded in Plat Book #14, Folio #364, Clerks Office, Appling County Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, said plat by this reference hereto being incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all necessary purposes.
Said property is further described as being bounded, now or formerly, as follows: On the Northwest by Tollison Street; on the Northeast by Tract Two shown on the above referenced plat, being lands of Joseph Herndon III and Linda Herndon; on the South by lands of Bill W. Tomberlin; and on the Southwest day Lot No. 23 of Speers Addition to the City of Baxley, as shown on said plat.
Lot No. 24 is the same property conveyed from Frederick B. Roach to Joseph Herndon III by deed dated June 23, 1988, recorded in Deed Book #235, Folio #438, Appling County Records, and Lot No. 25 is a portion of that same property described in that certain deed from Jimmie Lee Holton and Mae Holton to Johnny Holton dated July 21, 1976, recorded in Deed Book #171, Folio #197, Appling County Records.
The above-described Security Deed was given to secure that certain Promissory Note from Joseph Herndon III and Linda Herndon to the Bank of Lumber City dated December 3, 1997, which was subsequently renewed by said Bank, with the renewal note dated November 6, 2009, being in the original principal amount of THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND 44/100--- $32,120.44 --- DOLLARS, with interest as specified in said Note, having been executed and delivered to the said Bank of Lumber City, being due and payable in 96 installments beginning on December 6, 2009, with a final payment due on November 6, 2017, and further securing any renewals of said note.
Said Note, or renewal note, is currently past due or in default and the Security Deed and Security Agreement, if applicable, securing same provide that in case of any default in the performance of any of the covenants or agreements or of any payment that the holder may declare the entire indebtedness due and payable at once.
The debt secured by the above-described Security Deed and Security Agreement have been and are hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay in accordance with the terms of said Note. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, including attorney's fees as provided in said Note.
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding tax liens, ad valorem taxes and/or assessments, if any, and subject to all easements of record, and is now in the possession of JOSEPH HERNDON III AND LINDA HERNDON to the best knowledge of Holder.
Notice has been given and is hereby given of intention to enforce provisions for collection of attorney's fees and costs of foreclosure in accordance with the legal requirements and the terms of said Note(s) and Deed to Secure Debt/Consumer Security Agreement.
The above-described property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash and the proceeds will be applied to said indebtedness, attorney's fees as specified in said Note(s), and the lawful expenses of said sale, all as provided in said Security Deed/Security Agreement, and a conveyance will be made to the purchaser at the sale as authorized by said Security Deed.
FOR JOSEPH HERNDON III and
Carla Roberts Powell
Attorney for Bank of Lumber City
Law Offices of
P.O. Box 1745
Hazlehurst, GA 31539
(912) 375-7797
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