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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Are vitamins and asthma related?
Previous studies show that lung function is worse in asthmatic children with a vitamin D deficiency, even when treated with inhaled steroids.
But the way these studies have been designed, only a link can be established — not cause and effect.
That's why doctors at Allegheny General Hospital are taking part in a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in adults.
"This is actually your true best test to find a cause and effect relationship," Dr, Deborah Gentile, an allergist at AGH, said.
Obesity, living in the city, and being African-American are common risk factors for both vitamin D deficiency and asthma.
So is it the vitamin D or some other factor that makes asthma harder to control? That's what this clinical trial is designed to figure out.
Right now, they're still screening for 12 participants to be randomly assigned to take 5,000 units of vitamin D daily or placebo.
To participate you must be 18 or older and have asthma and take controller medications, such as an inhaled steroid and still have symptoms several times a week.
You will not be eligible if you've smoked within the last year or if you already take high-dose vitamin D.
Aimee Fogarty is being screened today.
"My main things in the fall are ragweed, and dust mites are a killer for me. In the spring, it's more grass," she said.
Her inhaled steroids aren't cutting it.
"They normally do, but right now, I'm having a little bit of a difficult time, and had to double the dose," Fogarty said. "The taking of the steroids, I just don't like it. It's bothering me that I have to take a steroid to breathe better."
People eligible for the study get a blood test for a vitamin D level, and breathing tests. Then, they are randomly assigned to a treatment group.
"Some will get placebo. Some will get vitamin D," Dr. Gentile said.
For six months, lung function and symptoms will be closely watched.
"On the one hand, we may find it works, and it very inexpensively improves the outcomes in our patients. On the other hand, if it's negative and we find out it doesn't help, we know that it doesn't help," Dr. Gentile said.
"My whole family has it," Fogarty said. "And if this can help people in any way, I'd like to be a part of it."

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Magdalena Ko˛enį
Magdalena Ko˛enį's profound musicianship and beguiling artistry attracted critical acclaim at an early age. The Czech mezzo-soprano, whose career was securely established by her mid-twenties, signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 1999. Ko˛enį has since matured to become one of the foremost singers of her generation, a great communicator able to hold song recital, concert hall and opera audiences spellbound.
Magdalena Ko˛enį was born in the Czech city of Brno on 26 May 1973. She sang with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra's youth choir and also studied voice and piano at the Brno Conservatory. In 1991 Ko˛enį enrolled at Bratislava's Academy of Performing Arts to study singing with Eva Blįhovį. She made her breakthrough as winner of the Sixth International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 1995 and joined the Vienna Volksoper ensemble the following year.
Deutsche Grammophon signed Ko˛enį after recognising the young singer's star qualities, immediately releasing her first album of Bach arias on its Archiv label. Her recital debut recording with Graham Johnson, an album of songs by Dvořįk, Janįček and Martinů, appeared on Deutsche Grammophon's yellow label in 2001 and was honoured with Gramophone's Solo Vocal Award. She was named Artist of the Year by Gramophone in 2004 and has won many other awards since, the Echo Award, Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, and Diapason d'or among them. Recent releases for Deutsche Grammophon include Prayer for voice and organ with Christian Schmidt (2014) and Love and Longing with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle (2012).
Her latest album, Magdalena Ko˛enį – Monteverdi, scheduled for international release in February 2016, was made in company with the renowned period-instrument orchestra La Cetra and Andrea Marcon. She will tour her Monteverdi programme in February and March 2016, reaching audiences in London, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Prague, Madrid, Barcelona and other major European cities.
Magdalena Ko˛enį has worked with many of the world's leading conductors, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, James Levine, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Simon Rattle among them. Her list of distinguished recital partners includes the pianists Daniel Barenboim, Yefim Bronfman, Malcolm Martineau, Andrįs Schiff and Mitsuko Uchida, with whom she has performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and at the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh and Salzburg festivals. Ko˛enį's understanding of historical performance practices has been cultivated in collaboration with such outstanding period-instrument ensembles as the English Baroque Soloists, the Gabrieli Consort and Players, Il Giardino Armonico, Les Musiciens du Louvre, La Cetra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Venice Baroque Orchestra. She is also in demand as soloist with the Berlin, Vienna and Czech Philharmonics and the Cleveland, Philadelphia and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras.
Ko˛enį began the 2015/16 on tour with the Vienna Philharmonic, performing Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius at the Lucerne Festival and Birmingham Symphony Hall and on the penultimate night of the BBC Proms. Her season continues with a series of artist residencies at four of Europe's most prestigious venues: Wigmore Hall, the Philharmonie Luxembourg, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and Prague's Rudolfinum. These include recitals with Mitsuko Uchida, a chamber music project with Sir Simon Rattle and members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, a series of concerts with La Cetra, and a 'Big Band' extravaganza featuring the songs of Cole Porter. Other engagements in 2015/16 include title-role performances in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande with the Berliner Philharmoniker and London Symphony Orchestra and in Martinů's Juliette at the Staatsoper Berlin.
Magdalena Ko˛enį established her reputation as an opera singer of the front rank during the early 2000s. She brought charisma, glamour and vocal authority to her onstage interpretations of roles in the operas of Mozart, making her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2002 as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and joining Simon Rattle the following year for a series of performances as Idamante in Idomeneo at the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Glyndebourne Festival and in Berlin and Lucerne. Ko˛enį made her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2003 as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and has since been a regular guest with the company. She sang Zerlina for the Met's tour to Japan in 2006 and returned to New York to take the title-role in Jonathan Miller's production of Pelléas et Mélisande in 2010/11. Her opera credits also include Angelina in Rossini's La Cenerentola (Royal Opera House, 2007), Oktavian in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (Berlin Staatsoper, 2009 and the Baden-Baden Easter Festival, 2015), Lazuli in Chabrier's L'étoile (Berlin Staatsoper, 2010), the title-role in Bizet's Carmen (Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals, 2012) and in Charpentier's Médée (Basel Opera 2015).
The broad scope of Ko˛enį's repertoire is reflected in her Deutsche Grammophon discography. Her albums include a recital of songs by Britten, Ravel, Respighi, Schulhoff and Shostakovich; Songs My Mother Taught Me, an anthology of Czech songs made in company with Malcolm Martineau; two recordings of arias by Handel and Vivaldi with the Venice Baroque Orchestra and Andrea Marcon; a collection of French opera arias with Marc Minkowski and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra; and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Christian Gerhaher.
Magdalena Ko˛enį was appointed a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2003 for her services to French music.


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Samsung Galaxy S 4 (Verizon / Sprint)
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Review: Samsung Galaxy S 4 for Verizon Wireless
Jun 5, 2013 by Eric M. Zeman
The Galaxy S 4 performs very well on Verizon's network. Here is Phone Scoop's review of Samsung's 2013 flagship Android smartphone. read review ›
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Samsung Galaxy S4 review
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
I work in the Wireless industry and i wanted a Fast and reliable phone to go with, that had a beautiful screen and an awesome camera I did my research for a couple months and i finally desided to go with the Galaxy S4 i was not upset about my choice what so ever. the camera was amazing the screen was just so awesome! and the phone was very very fast.
the only bad things i didnt like about it was the battery life was not as reliable as i thought it would be i am a heavy phone user and it only last me almost a day where as the Note 2 with the same usage lasted me 3 days but the battery differance between both is significantly different. all in all it is a wonderful phone to have!!!!!!
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Best phone of all time (so far)
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
I have had my S4 for a little over a week. First of all, I don't understand giving this phone one star over one app when this phone does everything else to near perfection. The eye scrolling works all the time for me as does the air gestures. Combine that with a screen resolution that is better than most new television sets and this phone is a winner. Its lightweight and has a pretty fast processor to boot. At 1.9 gigs, I believe its the fastest processor out there. Do yourself a favor and check out this phone.
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Carrier: Verizon Wireless
Should you make the switch?
Well I will give this review mostly to compare to the Verizon s3. First thing is that the GPS works a lot better then on the Verizon s3. I had problems with that one and did a suggestion of screwing all the screens on the back under the battery cover, which amazingly improved it a great deal, but still no where as good as the s4. The s4 catches a GPS signal inside my house. Also the wifi and internet seem a lot faster, they just do. I especially can tell when I download a TV show or movie from the google play, it seems way faster for that and also uploads too. The instant uploads of my photos to Google+ seem instantaneous. I also think the sound is better, the speaker is louder both on loud speaker and on the phone speaker. I also think battery life is a decent amount better. Now after having it for about a week I think it is? the batter last for a 16 hour day with I guess moderate use? I do use JuiceDefender but I also used it for the s3 so equal comparison.
Also I loved this time how switching to this phone that all settings and apps from s3 downloaded instantly. That is the first time that happened. The camera also seems better, sharper and the flash also seems better. I also like the shape of the phone better, you can get more square cases to fit it, looks nicer. Also the black looks better then the pebble blue.
PROS: tons of pros too many to mention
CONS: battery could be better? but I think it is on the good side of all smart phones out there so I will rate it 4, except the Motorola droid HD mxx or whatever it is called, the one with the one with the larger battery size.
I love the AMOLED screens a lot, they are awesome, the blacks are soo nice, the only downside is in the sun they are not as good I think as the superLCD or qLCD high quality screens.
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Outstanding Phone
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
This is a huge upgrade from the Galaxy S3 in every way.
+Awesome 1080p screen
+Clear call quality
+Loud speaker for music
+Outstanding battery life
+Great accessories available
+Very fast overall
+Runs 4.2 out of the box
+Phone charges very quickly
-Speakerphone is distorted at max volume
-Touchwiz is very bloated and a replacement launcher and keyboard sped up performance significantly.
-Gimmicky features such as gestures and eye detection aren't as useful as advertised and drain battery, might as well turn them off.
All in all, this is great hardware. You will need to customize it to get optimum performance though.
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Unbelievable Phone
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
My situation is just like the other review. Been with VZ for a long time went from the Razr Maxx to the S4. There are absolutely no negatives. Battery life is great and everything else. This is the greatest phone I ever had or saw. I would give it a six if I could!
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Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
I have been with Verizon for a very long time and I find them to be the best company for me, as I am on the road a lot and they have the most extensive coverage. I have been using the Motorola Droid Maxx for the last 14 months because of it's battery life. I have had my eye on the S4 for awhile. The only thing I was concerned about was battery life, as I didn't want to give it up. I purchased the S4 at retail as I didn't want to give up my unlimited data. It only came out 3 days ago on Verizon and that's when I bought it. I enjoy it very much and although the battery is smaller--2600 whatevers to 3300 for the Maxx, I am finding that I can easily get through a day with it, and that's all that matters, as I can charge it at night. It's very fast and the screen is beautiful, and the camera has some very interesting modes. I especially like the panorama. I enjoy the large screen and everything works as it is supposed to. Of course, it is the most popular phone in the world currently, but that's no reason to buy it. Check it out first and see if it's for you.
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Update issues
Carrier: Sprint
Ever since my phone updated ststem it randomly restarts. Also have issues listening to Speaker, even on highest volume need to place near my ear to listen to online videos etc
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This phone has suspended the craving for the next best thing (for the time being)
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
This is, in total, my eighth smartphone; six with long term use (returned two within a week for dissatisfaction) which includes one iPhone (4S).
High points for the Galaxy S4
- Camera: unquestionably usurps the role of a point and shoot in nearly any situation
- Size: In a case and all else being equal, a 4.875 inch screen might be more perfect-er for my hands as there are those moments when I must perform a delicate finger ballet. And though no case does feel nearly perfect, it also becomes a real possibility of constantly living one swipe from launching an internet-connected projectile. So pop it in a conservative case, slap on a quality screen protector, and call it a day. (Unless you require it, forgo the screen defeating bulk of the supercases. Look at the drop tests of unadorned samples and you'll appreciate how much overkill they actually are.)
- Display: Like the preceding points, this is an exercise in well-executed compromise. As I said just above, I now have a glass screen protector. Fortunately, this achieved the goal of maintaining the lovely quality and the smooth touch (though the native surface is ever so slightly more buttery.)
Low point
- Sound: Whether the earpiece or the speaker, it's disappointment all around. Phone call audio is just tolerable but inescapably mediocre at all times. The speaker is interchangeably poor quality or 20% too quiet and the best that can be said is it manages to never be both at once. That applies to any audio source, but is painfully endured on video calls.
Yes, just one negative. There's nothing else in daily use that specifically makes me question choosing the Samsung Galaxy S4 over another model. Even newer, supposedly superior models.
To prove a point, I'm considering a move from Verizon to T-Mobile and weighing the options for continuing to use an S4.
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Really Wanted to LIKE GS4
Carrier: Sprint
The reception is spotty, unpredictable at best. Very disappointed! I've had Samsung phones since at least '08, I owned the first Black Jack. I had an Infuse which was great at first but had the same issue, connectivity, I am having with the GS4, everything is great EXCEPT the reception. I had AT&T until last year so I don't think it's the carrier per se, although I hear there are those who are controlling the internet that are trying to limit how and how much we are able to access the internet/data. Gotta love big brother and those who are power hungry , right? NOT! I did switch to an unlimited plan which I regret now, but it's sad I have to give up speed for quantity....
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Upgrade that went suprisingly well.
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
I purchased this phone in the beginning of October of 2013. I have been due for an upgrade since 2012 but held off due to my unlimited data plan. I reviewed the new iPhone 5S, Note 2, Note 3, HTC One, and this phone. After some debate with a Samsung tech, and putting my hands on each of the above phones, I chose the Galaxy S4. After I got my phone home I immediately rooted the device. I started throwing apps and getting as close to overuse as I could. No matter what I did, my S4 kept up with me. I was suprised. Althought all my droid phones up to this one had a hardware keyboard, this was the first time I had just the screen keyboard. It is something to get use to, but it is not as clumsy as I thought it would be. Under normal usage, checking email and facebook a few times, the battery will last me from 0600 until 1700(that is 6AM until 5PM). I do still carry my charger with me, but I seem to not need it anymore. Heavy usage will drain my battery quickly, but the days of a four hour charge are over. I am use to my Motorola Droid 4 having a car mode, however the S4 does not. I had to purchase a separate app to use my phone in car dock mode. All in all, this phone was a great upgrade. No matter what I insall, the phone can handle it. I highly recommend you consider this phone as your next one.
You should be aware that I am comparing this to my old Motorola Droid 4.
Battery life
Screen readability(is daylight readable)
Memory management (ability to clean RAM)
Speaker is still on the back
Sometimes bluetooth will not work with phone calls but media only, requires restart
No car mode(requires separate app)
Internall memory fills up fast with downloaded apps and app data.


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Here's Crimes of the Heart flipped to comedy
"Why is it that whenever she is wrong, we're the ones who feel bad?," asks one sister about another in Bowie Community Theatre's new production of playwright Del Shores' comedy Daddy's Dyin' … Who's Got the Will? Such are the family tensions at the heart of the show and, honestly, haven't we all been there — probably very recently at a holiday gathering?
The Turnover family has gathered at their dying patriarch's home in a small Texas town. Assembled are three sisters, one with a companion, and a brother and sister-in-law, all estranged and traveling different paths. The year is 1986.
Director John Nunemaker professes a great fondness for playwright Del Shores' self-described work, which features witty-one liners and sitcom stereotypes. "Black comedy about white trash," says Shores of his work. This is Nunemaker's second Shores for Bowie Community Theatre, following Sordid Lives in 2011.
Daddy's Dyin' fast rotation of zingers and confrontational eruptions keep the two-and-a-half-hour action spirited. The cast makes it realistic, not forced.
The production works in great part due to Joanne Bauer's expert characterization of Mama Wheelis, the family peacekeeper, whose motherly emotions range from love to exasperation to confusion.
Scott Beadle is also excellent as Harmony Rhodes, the tie-dyed hippy boyfriend of wild-child daughter Evalita. Played by Bernadette Arvidson, pie-in-the-sky dreamer Evalita is endearing, annoying and likely the most complex of all the characters.
Debbie Samek as the daughter-in-law Marlene, the butt of husband Orville's constant verbal abuse, is another stand-out, especially in her utterly hilarious pot-smoking and pie-munching scene with Beadle.
The actresses playing the three sisters work well as a unit. Besides Arvidson's Evalita, they are Sara Lee, the stay-at-home daughter played by Maureen Roult; and Lurlene, the daughter who left home, played by Sharon Zelefky. They bond, then turn on each other, return to good memories, then hurt each other.
Kaeti Bradley's mid-1980's hair design and Jane Lecher's costumes are perfect for Daddy's Dyin'. But my goodness! In hindsight the 1980s' sense of fashion gives me shudders: Big frizzy hair, big frilly floral dresses and white roll-top socks with black heels.
Nunemaker keeps almost all action upstage (farthest away from the audience), only sparingly using the closer downstage area for confrontations and dramatic moments. His use of physical distance keeps the audience at emotional distance from characters and action.
Now in its 46th season of presenting community theater, Bowie Community Theatre routinely plays to full, appreciative audiences.
With Bill Jones as the dying father and Ken Kienas as the abusive son.
Playing thru Jan. 26, FSa at 8pm at Bowie Playhouse, White Marsh Park off Rt. 3: $17 w/age discounts: 301-805-0219; http://bctheatre.com.


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A man who pleaded guilty to dragging a dog to death in western Colorado has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Thirty-eight-year-old Steven Clay Romero of Grand Junction was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer in Denver.
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Committee Opinion Number 563, May 2013
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ABSTRACT: Pregnant women traditionally have been assigned priority in the allocation of prevention and treatment resources during outbreaks of influenza because of their increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The Committee on Ethics of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists explores ethical justifications for assigning priority for prevention and treatment resources to pregnant women during an influenza pandemic, makes recommendations to incorporate ethical issues in pandemic influenza planning concerning pregnant women, and calls for pandemic preparedness efforts to incl...
Committee Opinion Number 541, November 2012
(Replaces No. 401, March 2008, Reaffirmed 2015)
ABSTRACT: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (the College) has a long history of leadership in ensuring that its educational mission is evidence based and unbiased. A predecessor to this Committee Opinion was published in 1985, making the College one of the first professional associations to provide guidance on this issue. The College has continued to update the ethical guidance on physician interactions with industry periodically. Obstetrician–gynecologists' relationships with industry should be structured in a manner that will enhance, rather than detract from, their ob...
Committee Opinion Number 528, June 2012
(Replaces No. 368, June 2007) (Reaffirmed 2018)
ABSTRACT: Obstetrician–gynecologists may find themselves at the center of adoption issues because of their expertise in the assessment and management of infertility, pregnancy, and childbirth. The lack of clarity about both ethical issues and legal consequences may create challenges for physicians. Therefore, the Committee on Ethics of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists discusses ethical issues, proposes safeguards, and makes recommendations regarding the role of the physician in adoption.
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The first movie based on an SNL character in 10 years, MacGruber was a disappointing flop when it opened in 2010, making just $8 million in its entire theatrical run and disappointing a lot of us-- and there were a lot of us, I swear!-- who loved it and wanted to see it succeed. But star Will Forte has brushed himself off pretty well, doing excellent occasional work as Jenna's drag queen boyfriend Paul on 30 Rock and signing on to Alexander Payne's next film, and director Jorma Taccone has continued doing Digital Shorts for SNL, in addition to popping up as an actor on Girls and Up All Night and directing episodes of Parks & Recreation.
But just because Forte and Taccone are doing OK these days doesn't mean they've left the mulleted man of many improvised gadgets behind. Talking to Screen Crush, Taccone allowed for the possibility of a MacGruber 2-- though that wouldn't actually be the title. Here's the quote in question:
It would be me, Will and John [Solomon] writing it again. Every time I hang out with Will, we talk about all our cool ideas for the sequel. We have the idea for it and we have a title, but I won't tell you what it is.
Of course, there's no indication that Universal or any other studio would want to fund a second MacGruber or that the original film's co-stars Kristen Wiig (who MacGruber marries at the end of the first movie) or Ryan Phillippe would return. But right now, it's enough just to know that Taccone, Solomon and Forte are still proud of it, and that someday those of us who fondly remember the celery-in-the-ass technique and Vicki St. Elmo's music career might get a chance to revisit that world. Hell, at this point if they made a handful of online shorts or an 80s-tastic music video, we'd all be happy with that too.


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Use these tips to start a conversation with a loved one about eating healthy.
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Here is a partial list of the foods that the American Institute for Cancer Research gets asked about most often. Click on each one to learn what current science says about its potential role in cancer protection.
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Nanotechnology has the potential to be used in medical products, foods and cosmetics. Nanomaterials are so small that they can't be seen with a regular microscope. The FDA is maintaining a product-focused and science-based policy to appropriately regulate products using this emerging technology.
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Congratulations! You just found out your next duty station is in a land far, far away. Your excitement for new adventures may be tempered by questions about what life will be like in a new location and how you'll get your family there. The good news is that there are resources available to assist families just like yours. Start with a Military OneSource spouse relocation and transition consultation. The consultant can:
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To set up a free spouse relocation and transition consultation, call Military OneSource at 800-342-9647 any time or use our convenient chat feature.
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To make an overseas move smoother, you just have to know where to look for support. Here are a few resources to consider:
The Transportation Management Office, TMO, is your first step for logistical details regarding your move. They can help coordinate all aspects of shipping your household goods and provide details on your moving allowances and shipment of your vehicles. To find your local office, use the TMO locator.
A sponsor-someone living where you're headed-can help answer many of your questions about your new location. Most branches will assign you a sponsor, but in some cases you have to request one. To find out about sponsorship at your new assignment, visit your installation's web page.
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bZIP Family
Jakoby et al. 2002: In plants, basic region/leucine zipper motif (bZIP) transcription factors regulate processes including pathogen defence, light and stress signalling, seed maturation and flower development.Members of this family
SHOULD possess bZIP_1 bZIP_2 bZIP_Maf domains
SHOULD NOT possess HLH domain
Benchmark against A. thaliana
The Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) were assessed for this family. The data reported by Jakoby et al. 2002 for A. thaliana were taken as gold standard.
The gold standard reported 74 members for this family, 68 of which are present in ArabTFDB, giving a PPV of 0.97. Six additional members not present in ArabTFDB might be false negatives, giving a Sensitivity of 0.92.
This family is also present in:
- Cyanidioschyzon merolae
- Galdieria sulphuraria
- Micromonas pusilla CCMP1545
- Micromonas sp. RCC299
- Ostreococcus lucimarinus
- Ostreococcus tauri
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Chlorella sp. NC64A
- Coccomyxa sp. C-169
- Physcomitrella patens
- Selaginella moellendorffii
- Oryza sativa subsp. indica
- Oryza sativa subsp. japonica
- Sorghum bicolor
- Zea mays
- Arabidopsis lyrata
- Arabidopsis thaliana
- Carica papaya
- Populus trichocarpa
- Vitis vinifera
General referencesCorrêa, LG; Riaño-Pachón, DM; Schrago, CG; dos Santos, RV; Mueller-Roeber, B; Vincentz, M. 2008. The role of bZIP transcription factors in green plant evolution: adaptive features emerging from four founder genes. PLoS ONE 3(8):e2944 PUBMEDID:18698409
Foster, R; Izawa, T; Chua, NH. 1994. Plant bZIP proteins gather at ACGT elements. FASEB J. 8(2):192-200 PUBMEDID:8119490
Hurst, HC. 1995. Transcription factors 1: bZIP proteins. Protein Profile 2(2):101-68 PUBMEDID:7780801
Landschulz, WH; Johnson, PF; McKnight, SL. 1988. The leucine zipper: a hypothetical structure common to a new class of DNA binding proteins. Science 240(4860):1759-64 PUBMEDID:3289117
Vinson, C; Acharya, A; Taparowsky, EJ. 2006. Deciphering B-ZIP transcription factor interactions in vitro and in vivo. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1759(1-2):4-12 PUBMEDID:16580748
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The War of 1812 in the Great Lakes and Western Territories
The Ohio Historical Society received a grant to offer "The War of 1812 in the Great Lakes and Western Territories," two one-week workshops for school teachers in summer 2012.
Participants study the war's causes; the complicated interactions of Euro-Americans, British, Canadians, and Native Americans during the conflict; and the war's short- and long-term effects.
The workshop utilizes important military sites, including River Raisin Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Perry's Victory and International Peace Monument. The sessions include lectures, discussions, site visits, and work on teaching projects. Among the primary sources are an Indian captivity narrative, missionary letters, correspondence by William Henry Harrison, President James Madison's war message, and the full text of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers
BH-50444-11, Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, OH)
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Lasting Solutions to Save Wildlife
WWF calls for action at US Advisory Council meeting to stop wildlife crime crisis
- Date: December 16, 2013
As wildlife crime sweeps through Africa and Asia, a group of wildlife advocates, conservation NGOs and concerned citizens gathered at the first public meeting of President Obama's Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking in Washington D.C. on December 16, 2013.
The council, which includes Carter Roberts, WWF's President & CEO, and Crawford Allan, Senior Director of TRAFFIC North America, is working closely with the President's Task Force to develop a national strategy on wildlife trafficking.
At the meeting, WWF recognized the leadership role that the US has played in wildlife conservation. In mere weeks following the US ivory crush, France declared its intention to destroy its illegal ivory and other consumer nations are seriously contemplating taking similar steps.
A pivotal moment in conservation history
The work of the Task Force and Advisory Council in the coming months has the potential to change the trajectory on wildlife crime from a pattern of crisis to one of lasting solutions.
WWF is calling for a national strategy on wildlife trafficking that:
- Contains critical, focused, time-bound goals and indicators of progress, as part of a whole-of-government approach.
- Effectively disrupts and dismantles criminal networks and institutes a long-term plan for reducing demand for illicit wildlife products.
- Identifies key wildlife trafficking priorities, including the elephant and rhino poaching crisis and the illegal ivory trade.
- Engages the private sector in its efforts, including how technology and innovation can serve enforcement efforts, the introduction of strong corporate standards, such as codes of conduct for the transport sector, and corporate philanthropy.
We need your help
WWF is applying the strength of our worldwide network, our influence with partners and governments, and the passion of supporters like you to a crisis that is threatening to undo years of conservation progress.
While the past year has yielded some big wins such as Thailand's ban on their ivory trade and support from champions such as President Obama, our sights are set on lasting change.
You can do two things today that will make a difference
1. Save elephants, support a US ivory moratorium: Please sign our petition and back a growing groundswell of voices calling on the government to crack down on wildlife trafficking and enact a moratorium on domestic ivory trade.
2. Back a Ranger: Rangers work tirelessly to protect endangered species like tigers, elephants and rhinos, which are targeted by poachers for the illegal wildlife trade. Support their efforts through this project and 100% of your donation will benefit help rangers get the equipment, training, resources and infrastructure they need to stop wildlife crime.
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House, Gardens & Farm - September
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Visiting the house throughout the year
The House, Gardens & Farm are open for you to explore.
Kentwell holds a lot of special events throughout the season, but many visitors find it a delight to visit when there is nothing extra going on. They can then fully enjoy Kentwell's unrivalled romantic air and tranquillity.
"A little Great House of great beauty - paradise on Earth" - Lucy Norton, author, b 1900 at Kentwell.
The House is one of England's finest Tudor Houses, developed in stages between about 1500 and 1540 to form a typical Elizabethan E-plan. The exterior is little altered, while the interior shows the progression of the House from its Tudor beginnings, through Hopper's Victorian 'improvements', to the modern day. Less a stately house, more a family home.
The 15th Century Moat House is a little-altered survival of a service building of that time, with Dairy, Bakehouse, Brewhouse, Stillroom and Solar, set against the wide moat.
Our Gardens are a pleasure to walk round at any time. The Gardens are tranquil and romantic to walk round. They are fun to explore, from the lovely Walled Garden with potager and large herb garden, to surprises such as the Courtyard Maze, the Carved Tree and the Pied Piper Topiary. Try the Human Sundial and find your way round the Yew Castle.
In September, we start to welcome amazing Autumn colour from our Acers and Cotinus. It's also time to start our Apple and Pear harvest from the many varieties on the trees in the Walled Garden and elsewhere.
From every location in the Gardens, the House provides a stunning backdrop; just as the Gardens provide the perfect setting for the House. For the more adventurous there are walks into adjoining woods.
**The Farm **buildings are of interest at any time. This is a working farm (not a 'farm park') with many of the animals to be seen in their natural setting, some grazing in the paddocks and some in their housing.
Opening times
The Gardens will usually be open from 11am, with the House usually open from 12 noon. Occasionally, if we have a booking for a wedding, the House may close earlier than at the stated times - on these days, we will clearly display the opening times for the House.
The Stableyard Cafe will be open for light home-made lunches, and tea and cake. You may sit indoors, or outside in the sunshine!
There is a picnic site by the Main Gates, with a marvellous view of the house, however we do not allow picnics inside the grounds.
Below are the prices for a House, Gardens & Farm visit when there is no special event on. Please note: House, Gardens & Farm tickets are not valid on special event days.
You can pre-book your tickets at discounted prices online, or come along without booking and pay in the Gift Shop.
Follow the 'Book Tickets' link to book to pay for your tickets on-line. Your ticket receipt will not be for a specific date, you are free to use it on any one day when the House, Gardens and Farm are open.
No dogs are allowed within the grounds.
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Ex-Ram a Sooner
When the Oklahoma spring football guide arrived, I looked up ex-Colorado State center Brian Lepak. It was fun talking to him for two springs after he placed in a CSU version of America Idol.
The summer after his redshirt freshman year, the Oklahoma native announced he was leaving Fort Collins and would walk on with the Sooners. His four older siblings attended Oklahoma as did his parents.
Instead of getting lost in the numbers, he played 203 snaps last season, starting the season finale. A knee injury kept him out of the Sun Bowl and he's battling for playing time this spring.


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On average, a healthy amount of weight gain during pregnancy is 25-35 pounds (11.3-15.9 kilograms) for normal weight women. This is usually reached by gaining 1-4 pounds (0.4 to 1.8 kilograms) during the first trimester, and about 2-4 pounds (.9-1.8 kilograms) each month from 4 months until delivery.
Where does this weight come from? According to the Nemours Foundation, this is how a 30 pound (13.6 kilogram) pregnancy weight gain is typically distributed:
- 7.5 pounds (3.4 kilograms): your baby's weight
- 1.5 pounds (.6 kilograms): the placenta
- 2 pounds (.9 kilograms): enlargement of your uterus
- 2 pounds (.9 kilograms): amniotic fluid surrounding your baby
- 2 pounds (.9 kilograms): breast enlargement
- 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms): your extra blood
- 7 pounds (3.17 kilograms): your extra stored nutrients
- 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms): your extra body fluids
Keep in mind that pregnancy weight gain may vary.
- If you are underweight, you should gain 28-40 pounds (12.7-18.14 kilograms).
- If you are overweight, you should gain 15-25 pounds (6.8-11.33 kilograms).
- If you are obese, you should gain 11-20 pounds (4.9-9.07 kilograms).
- If you are having multiples (twins, triplets), you will gain more weight, so talk to your doctor about the amount of weight gain that will be best for you.
If you gain too much weight during pregnancy, you will be at increased risk of complications, including diabetes, high blood pressure, constipation, and back pain. In addition, your labor and delivery may be longer and more difficult. You may also be at increased risk of needing a cesarean section.
If you gain too much weight during pregnancy, your baby may also be at risk for being stillborn or having birth defects. Babies born to obese mothers are also at risk for obesity and heart disease later in life.
If you don't gain enough weight, your baby will not get the nutrients needed to grow and develop properly.
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William Kurelek: The Messenger
Throughout a 20-year career that spanned from roughly the mid-1950s until his death, William Kurelek (1927-1977) and his art have meant many different things to many people. The Alberta-born, Manitoba-raised artist was a painter of innocence and fun, his scenes reminiscences of a simpler and timeless past. He was also a chronicler of the experiences of various cultural groups in Canada, devoting entire series to Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish, Irish, French Canadian, and Inuit peoples. But there is another Kurelek—the tortured man who spent two years in mental hopsitals, the anguished prophet of a modern apocalypse, whose art is an indictment of the secular age and a testament to unwavering faith.
An important and unique aspect of this exhibition for Canadian audiences will be the inclusion of several works from Kurelek's crucial and highly formative period in England from 1952 to 1959. During this time the young artist underwent psychiatric treatment and converted to Roman Catholicism, which profoundly altered his subsequent approach to life and art making. It is in consideration of these early works that the exhibition reveals Kurelek's complex psyche and the central role it played in everything he produced.
As the first large-scale survey of William Kurelek in thirty years, The Messenger seeks to bring together the most important and engaging works executed by the artist during his career. The exhibition, which will be mounted in Hamilton and Victoria following its inaugural opening in Winnipeg, includes over 80 key paintings and drawings that encompass the artist's entire practice. The works are drawn from major private, corporate, and public collections in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Following its closure on December 31, William Kurelek: The Messenger will tour to the Art Gallery of Hamilton from January 29 to April 29, 2012, and to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria from May 25 to September 3, 2012.
The exhibition is the result of a partnership between the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Generously supported by Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine canadien; Pattison Outdoor Advertising; Mayberry Fine Art; the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko; Heritage Grants Program, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism; and the Wasyl Topolnicky Memorial Foundation Inc.
Click here to visit our special interactive Kurelek website with more information on the artist and his work, close-up views of the paintings, discussion pages, and lots more - www.kurelek.ca.
Review by CBC's Mike Green, as well as an interview between Andrew Kear, Curator of Canadian Historical Art, and Terry MacLeod.
Review by Winnipeg Free Press's arts report Alison Mayes here.
Review by Robert Enright in the Globe & Mail.
Review by Leah Sandals in The National Post.
Andrew Kear in conversation with Hot 103's Ace Burpee.
Related Programs & Events
Past Programs & Events
William Kurelek and Precise: Craft Refined
A special day just for WAG membes and their friends with curator tours of these exhibitions.
Thursday, September 29, 2011 from 11am to 5pm
Round Table Discussion: Kurelek, his Medium and Messages
The exhibition William Kurelek: The Messenger is an unprecedented partnership between the WAG, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, join co-curators Andrew Kear, Mary-Jo Hughes (AGGV) and Tobi Bruce (AGH).
Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5pm
A Celebration of the Arts
From 6pm to 6am--Nuit Blance offers 12 hours of music, dance, art, film, and so much more!
Saturday, October 1, 2011 to Sunday, October 2, 2011
William Kurelek and Precise
Saturday October 1, 2011 at 7pm
William Kurelek - English Language
Sunday October 9, 2011 at 2pm Sunday October 16, 2011 at 2pm Sunday October 23, 2011 at 2pm Sunday November 6, 2011 at 2pm Sunday November 13, 2011 at 2pm Saturday November 19, 2011 at 2pm Sunday November 20, 2011 at 2pm Sunday November 27, 2011 at 2pm Sunday December 4, 2011 at 3pm Saturday December 10, 2011 at 2pm Sunday December 11, 2011 at 2pm
William Kurelek's The Maze
The Canadian premiere of an iconic documentary on the life and art of Manitoba artist William Kurelek.
Thursday October 13, 2011 at 7pm Saturday November 26, 2011 at 2pm
Talk - William Kurelek's Christian Perspective
Join Michael Boss, Head of WAG Studio Programs by day and Ukrainian history buff by night, for a talk on Kurelek's Christian perspective within the broader context of his Ukrainian heritage and artistic production.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 12:10pm to 1pm
William Kurelek: A Party on the Prairie
Celebrate our Ukrainian heritage.
Sunday, October 23, 2011 from 1pm to 4:30pm
William Kurelek - Ukrainian Language
Ukrainian language tours of the exhibition
Sunday October 30, 2011 at 2pm Sunday December 4, 2011 at 2pm
Curator's Tour - William Kurelek: The Messenger
Join Andrew Kear, Curator of Historical Canadian Art and William Kurelek co-curator for an in-depth examination of the art and life of this iconic Canadian artist
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 12:10pm to 1pm
Out of Mind - Into Creativity: Mental Health and the Arts Symposium
Thursday November 24, 2011 Friday November 25, 2011
Curatorial Tour
Curator Andrew Kear explores the art of this Manitoba artist.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 from 7pm to 8pm
Picturing Your Story
Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 10am to 4pm Sunday, December 11, 2011 from 10am to 4pm
Gallery Hours
- Tuesday 11am-5pm
- Wednesday 11am-5pm
- Thursday 11am-5pm
- Friday 11am-9pm
- Saturday 11am-5pm
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August 8, 2013
Help Desk specialist is team leader
Betty Richardson is a person willing to take the lead on projects
both large and small. Richardson, a Help Desk specialist who recently became
an Asset Management technician, is a member of Staff Advisory Council, and, in addition to her regular duties, often takes the
initiative in promoting and organizing SAC fundraisers and donation collections.
"Betty is always willing to step up and take the lead on all events held by Staff Advisory Council," says Sue Thomas, representative in the Telephone Information Center, who nominated Richardson for Staff Employee of the Month (SEOM).
"She chaired the Activities Committee for many years by herself, and because of her continued efforts, Columbus State has been able to give back to our community through donations to Mid-Ohio Food Bank and many other charities."
"Betty is very helpful and customer-service focused," says Monalisa Mawalkar, supervisor in IT. "She uses her knowledge to make sure CSCC gets the best pricing for even small items. She started working for our group by volunteering to help out when the Asset Management area was severely understaffed. I was very happy to have Betty in our group officially since then!"
"Betty was very patient while walking me through steps to resolve the problems I was experiencing in GroupWise," says John Shawkey, adjunct faculty in Criminal Justice, who also nominated Richardson for SEOM. "She knew what was needed immediately, which reflects very positively on her department. She is friendly and professional, encouraging me to call back for more help if needed!"
Construction Sciences win award at Ohio State Fair
David Busch, Dean Bortz, and Dr. Margaret Owens, faculty in the Construction Sciences Department, won the 2013 Best Technology Exhibit award at The Ohio Technology & Engineering Educators Association's (OTEEA) annual Showcase, July 28 at the 2013 Ohio State Fair.
More than 2,500 fairgoers had a chance to spin the wheel and answer questions related to sustainable construction and engineering topics to win a prize. The exhibit included contact information, plans of study, and displays from the programs and department, as well as prizes and giveaway items.
David Busch constructed the "wheel" and Elena Noriega, from the Landscape Design program, created the graphic art for the wheel and the exhibit.
A fairgoer is stumped by the question: "What is the state wildflower of Ohio?" The answer: White Trillium!
Dr. Margaret Owens, Dean Bortz, and David Busch at the Fair with the Wheel of Questions.
Hot-Diggity Dog!
An estimated 500 employees stopped by throughout the day August 7 to enjoy a picnic put on by Staff Advisory Council to thank them for their work. Bradley Beck, BAS accountant, and Douglas Rellick, IT Support Services, worked the grills from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. cooking up hot dogs for everyone. "Staff Council is always looking for ways to let employees know that their hard work does not go unnoticed," said Sue Thomas, of Staff Council. "Thanks to all the SAC members who turned out throughout the day to help with this event!" A similar event will be held at the Delaware Campus on Wednesday, September 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Don't miss it!
Welcome Team Fall 2013 still needs you!
Autumn Semester 2013 is just around the corner—classes begin August 21. The Welcome Team would like you to join them to offer assistance to our new and returning students on Wednesday and Thursday, August 21 and 22, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Your service is vital, appreciated, and has a direct impact on student success at Columbus State!
RSVP to Barbara Allen, or call ext. 5297 with the times and days you are able to work. She will send you a confirmation within 24 hours. Also recommended for new and returning Welcome team volunteers is a training session with special topics including a discussion of Hostmanship, the Reframing of Customer Service. Hostmanship shifts the traditional customer service mindset to a host and guest relationship. The training sessions will also review some key changes and services provided at the college.
Register at the link below: Tuesday, August 20, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp? C=496&D=3136
Fidelibus presents at OSU Institute
Dianne Fidelibus, assistant professor, MH/AS/DD program coordinator, presented at The Ohio State University's Addictions Studies Institute on August 1 at the Columbus Convention Center. More than 800 individuals from across the country attend the event each year. Her presentation was titled "Impacting the Future of our Profession" and focused on working with students in field practicums.
Calling all readers to the Third Annual Chat and Chew Book Discussion
Columbus State's Preferred Pathway Program, in conjunctionwith Ohio State's First Year Experience's Buckeye Book Community, will be exploring the book The Submission by Amy Waldman.
This Autumn Semester, Columbus State faculty, staff, and students are invited to meet informally to discuss the issues explored in this book such as diversity, religion, and loss. We currently have a few books available to those who can commit to attending the book discussion which will be taking place Wednesday September 25, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at a location TBA.
These talks will be similar to those that current first year Ohio State students will be attending on their campus. Our hope is that through these informal discussions, students will be given the chance to explore learning outside the classroom and connect with the Columbus State community. Columbus State students are also welcome to attend the author visits scheduled at Ohio State.
The Submission is "a wrenching panoramic novel about the politics of grief in the wake of 9/11." You can read more about the book online here. If you have any questions or would like to RSVP to join the discussion, please contact Janet McDermott, academic advisor, at email@example.com.


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Social Knowledge Forum
The rapid growth of renewable energy reflects the world's increasing need for sustainable energy. To achieve this goal, Wind energy will play an increasingly important role as it has become a significant contributor to our clean energy mix.
SKF is hosting Knowledge Forum in Pune on Thursday 13 November 2014. This is the second year of this event where we will have participation CXO's from leading wind turbine and component makers, power plant developers, EPC, O&M and Financiers to gather under one roof to discuss issues of relevance for future. With a view to discuss the issues related to the future of this industry, especially on the technology front
The forum will be witnessing participation by leading international experts in areas of performance monitoring, turbine efficiency improvement etc.


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Here is Warren Buffett's pension fund management advice in a nutshell: Be patient, buy only a few things, ignore the stock market until it becomes irrationally optimistic, at which point sell.
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Investors have long sought wisdom and counsel from the equity market's so-called gurus, but the attempt to emulate their success has been taken to another level in recent years due to a growing number of online options that focus on the strategies and latest moves of history's best investors.
"These guys have outlined their strategies to the point of becoming a blueprint," said Justin Carbonneau, managing director at Validea Capital Management LLC in Connecticut. "By creating portfolios based on these strategies, investors can systematically follow a good fundamental approach that is disciplined."
A recently released 1975 letter from Buffett to Washington Post owner Katharine Graham on the subject offers new insight into how early Buffett was to grasp both the difficulties of pension fund management and the inability of Wall Street to provide adequate solutions.
Perhaps even more valuable is the way the letter throws light on Buffett's approach to value investing. Buffett tries to act not like a typical fund manager but like a company owner thinking about buying another company. The crucial ingredients: patience, to get a good purchase price; courage, to stick with your investment if the business is doing well but the market doesn't agree; and a willingness to sell into a bubble when, as so often happens, one comes along.
First, let's talk about Buffett's letter to Graham. It's a nice little story.
When Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for US$250-million earlier this month, he bought a lot of problems, but none of them had to do with pension funds. That's in large part because the Post was lucky enough to have Buffett as a board member, investor and advisor for many years, and smart enough to take his advice. The result: a pension fund with US$1.4-billion in obligations and US$2.4-billion in assets.
In 1975, not long after he had joined the board, Buffett sent Katharine Graham, then chairman and CEO, a 19-page private letter, recently published by Fortune magazine, outlining his concerns about pension fund problems and his approach to their solution.
It is well worth reading in its entirety, but in it he lays out exactly how grave, permanent and hard to keep are pension promises and — and this from a money manager — how difficult it is to find someone who can beat the market on your behalf.
"If above-average performance is to be their yardstick, the vast majority of investment managers must fail," Buffett writes.
"Will a few succeed due either to chance or skill? Of course. For some intermediate period of years a few are bound to look better than average due to chance just as would be the case if l,000 'coin managers' engaged in a coin-flipping contest."
Buffett also points out that, while it may be possible that someone is good at securities selection in a sustainable way, and just about possible that you might be able to select him, that person will almost certainly soon be flooded with so much money that his ability to beat the market will be swamped.
Interestingly, it seems as if the Post's pension fund may have done well precisely because Buffett was able to pick winning managers. Here's Donald Graham, Katharine's son and successor, speaking in a presentation to investors in 2011:
"Kay Graham describes in personal history how in the late 1970s, Warren sent her an extensive memo about corporate pension funds, urging that we change from our then investors to two investors he recommended, who just knocked it out of the park for the ensuing 35 years."
All right for some, but what do the rest of us do?
Having dispensed with index funds, active managers, star managers and bond-only strategies in the letter, Buffett goes on to outline what he says he favours: treating portfolio management decisions like business acquisition decisions.
The keys he cites here are taking a long view and buying not just because a company has good prospects or you think the market will drive its stock up, but because you rate the company highly and you can get shares at a good value.
"General stock market considerations simply don't enter into the purchase decision," Buffett writes.
Once you own shares, you need to treat them like a business owner rather than a securities investor. That means concentrating on how the business is doing longer term, rather than obsessing about how the stock market price is moving week to week or quarter to quarter.
Of course, this is something that Buffett, or Graham, can do but the average fund manager cannot. The average fund manager has to grapple with career risk — the risk that a period of underperformance gets her fired — rather than simply focus on the fundamentals.
As for when to sell, Buffett advises to wait for the market to get frothy, referring to the "periodic tendency of the stock market to experience excesses" allowing for a shareholder exit price better than what one could sell the company for as a whole.
It has been a good 38 years for bubbles since Buffett wrote his letter. To judge by his performance, he has taken full advantage of them.
(At the time of publication, James Saft did not own any direct investments in securities mentioned in this article. He may be an owner indirectly as an investor in a fund. You can email him at email@example.com and find more columns at http://blogs.reuters.com/james-saft)
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Google tightens its Wallet after PIN reset goof
Now only proper hackers can steal punters' dosh
Google has started provisioning electronic wallets again having fixed the more trivial security flaw in its product - though determined hackers will still get in.
Google suspended the supply of Wallets after it emerged that simply clearing the application data resulted in the protecting PIN being reset, so now anyone trying to extract pre-paid credit from a stolen handset will have to root the phone and break the encryption on the PIN instead.
But that process shouldn't take more than a few minutes, and was demonstrated by zvelo last week. However, it does require specialist software and a bit of knowledge including the best way to root the handset, so Google's fix will prevent simple theft and the electronic wallet remains a good deal more secure than its physical counterpart.
Google continues to make the rooting process more complicated, and some handsets automatically factory-reset the device on rooting (allowing developers the freedom to install their own low-level code, while protecting data) but in an extended blog post zvelo discusses how vulnerabilities continue to make Google Wallet accessible, and argues that Android's architecture is fundamentally flawed.
Google reckons no one suffered from the temporary weakness in the PIN protection of the Wallet, but that's probably due to the tiny number of punters actually using the product. A thief asking to bonk a Google Wallet-enabled phone on the till would probably attract more attention than he'd like, and nicking a real wallet is still a lot more profitable.
The trivial flaw shouldn't have existed, but Google deserves credit for doing everything it could to forestall, and fix, the problem. More concerning is the damage done to the already marginal public confidence in the security of wireless NFC payment systems. ®
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I posted a score online today, but went to GHIN.com and could not see that score. What happened?
The initial Handicap lookup screen is a snapshot tied to a revision date
- that screen will not show recently posted scores. However, if you
click on the image link entitled "View 20 Most Recent" just above your
scoring record, you will see a snapshot of what is in the database at
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SOA in the Cloud topic site launched today on Ulitzer.
Introducing "SOA in the Cloud"
4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in November will introduce two new and dedicated tracks - "SOA in the Cloud" and "RIAs in the Cloud" - which will examine how service oriented architecture, AJAX, rich internet applications, enterprise mashups, social media and Web 2.0 find their new place in the Cloud.
Ulitzer content is grouped in 25 distinct subjects from "Aerospace and Defense" to "Travel and Hospitality." Each subject group offers an unlimited number of topics, and each topic may contain thousands of peer-reviewed feature stories, bylined articles, blog posts, news, reviews, commentary, and unique editorial content authored by top experts in their fields.
Ulitzer is designed to replace Wikipedia with Its three-dimensional live content offerings and dynamic topic structure.
"Facebook established itself as the new and improved tool for Myspace users and Ulitzer will establish itself as the new, much improved, dynamic, and three dimensional version of Wikipedia with live content," said Fuat Kircaali, founder of Ulitzer, Inc. "Ulitzer is an original and unique tool for readers who seek quality content on any subject, and written by the leading authorities in their fields. "
Ulitzer Will Change the Face of Online Media
"The power that new media has to transform society is unquestioned. Gutenburg gave us books, the Lumiere brothers gave us cinema, Gore gave us the Internet, and now SYS-CON brings us Ulitzer," said Kyle Gabhart, founder of Cloudonomics Journal (http://cloudonomics.ulitzer.com). "Ulitzer is simple, intuitive, and provides a powerful digital tool for creating, distributing, consuming, and aggregating content. Within minutes of registration, I had a personal author site connected to my external blog and I had launched a new e-zine (Cloudonomics Journal) with content contributed from twelve different authors. Combining simplicity with powerful functionality, Ulitzer will change the face of online media."
Ulitzer Made Us a Global Phenomenon!
"Since launching the Cloud Interoperability Magazine on Ulitzer.com, I have seen both our community as well our cloud interoperability movement blossom into a global phenomenon," said Reuven Cohen, Founder, Cloud Computing Interoperability Magazine (http://cloudinterop.ulitzer.com). "I can thank a large part of this to the increased exposure Ulitzer has given us. Ulitzer is one of the most powerful and the easiest online media interfaces I've had the privilege of working with."
About Ulitzer.com
Initiating content coverage on any topic or launching a magazine at Ulitzer.com is designed to be as easy as boiling an egg and doesn't take much longer. To become a Ulitzer author, anyone can fill out a simple author profile and submit for editorial review and approval. Once you've been handed the keys, you will be able to associate your future Web presence to whichever topic or topics suit you best.
The full list of topics and magazines being brought on stream via Ulitzer, and a list of more than 6,000 Ulitzer published authors at beta launch can be viewed at www.ulitzer.com.
Within the next five years, TIME Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, Condé Nast Traveler, and Wikipedia will be replaced by Ulitzer.
Ulitzer authors can add their Google AdSense account numbers to their profile pages to start earning 100% AdSense cash immediately. Topic editors should obtain a new AdSense account from Google to be used strictly on their Ulitzer story pages. Ulitzer will match their AdSense revenues 100% and payment will be made to their PayPal accounts.
What is Ulitzer?
Ulitzer is a brand new way of creating, delivering, and consuming content on the Web. Anyone can create topics, magazines, and subject-based portals on Ulitzer, pre-populate them with over one million articles available, and launch a new Ulitzer topic in minutes.
Can Anyone Apply To Become a Ulitzer Author?
Yes, it's for anyone who wants to have a personal presence on the Web, and who wishes to take advantage of Ulitzer's revolutionary content delivery functionality, coupled with unmatched syndication and exposure capabilities.
What Kind of Topics Can I Start?
You may start a new topic on any subject or write a story and post to any existing topic. Trademarked topic names can be launched by trademark owners or Ulitzer editors as sponsored sites only. If you would like to start a sponsored topic, the Ulitzer sales team will contact you with sponsorship opportunities.
Is It Free?
Yes. Bona fide individuals/professionals - subject to approval, confirmation of ID, etc. - pay nothing. Ulitzer also offers sponsored programs for corporate customers, through which they can create completely customizable company and product portals and enjoy the entire rich Ulitzer feature set at highly competitive rates.
Do I Get Paid As a Ulitzer Author, Topic Editor, and Founder?
Yes. You earn 100% of the Google AdSense revenue as a Ulitzer author and blogger on all Google ads placed on your article and blog pages and syndicated through Ulitzer.
Ulitzer authors can add their Google AdSense account numbers to their profile pages to start earning 100% AdSense cash immediately. Topic editors should obtain a new AdSense account from Google to be used strictly on their Ulitzer story pages. Ulitzer will match their AdSense revenues 100% and payment will be made to their PayPal accounts.
Can I Earn 100% Revenue with Ulitzer If I Blog Elsewhere?
Yes. If you maintain a blog elsewhere, you simply create your Ulitzer author profile page, link it to your existing blog with a simple RSS or Atom feed link and you are good to go. Ulitzer will act as your syndication and distribution agent and you will get paid 100% of the Google AdSense revenue on all your stories.
What Steps Do I Need to Take to Get Started?
1) Create your author profile page by filling out all fields and submit it for approval.
2) Once you receive your author approval notification, create a number of topics you are interested in writing on and submit them for approval.
3) Submit the stories to be published on each of your topics and other relevant Ulitzer topics.
The Key to Ulitzer: Your Author Site
The first step is to create your author site. Once you have an author site, you will be able to create and manage topic sites, write articles, and manage your author site. Your author site must have your name, professional bio, 100x100 headshot, and a slogan otherwise it will not be approved. Do not use your company as the name of the site or the domain name. You can insert your company name in the company field on your site as well as your company URL. Once you have created your author site and it has been approved, you can then create topic sites that pertain to your company.
I'm a PR Agent, How Shall I Use Ulitzer?
After the three steps above, select the "Author = News Desk" option; this will post your story at the relevant topic news desk without your byline.Who Are the Ulitzer Authors at Beta Launch?
At the time of this beta release, Ulitzer authors include recently approved authors (spread over to all 25 subject groups) as well as SYS-CON published authors (computers and software subject group).
I'm Listed As a Ulitzer Author and I Want to Update my Profile
If you are listed on the Ulitzer author pages as a SYS-CON published author, you can now update your bio, photo and other profile information yourself. You can also continue publishing new articles and blogs by posting them directly through your author page or by linking your external blog feed into your Ulitzer author profile. This feature allows you to keep your favorite blog engine and Ulitzer content syndication at the same time.
To update your existing SYS-CON author profile, simpy log in and request your temporary password to be emailed to you. If you have any difficulty in obtaining your temporary password, please contact editorial (at) sys-con.com for assistance.
I'm Listed on Ulitzer As SYS-CON Author and I Wish to Turn Off My Author Page
Simply email editorial (at) sys-con.com; your Ulitzer author page will be turned off within 48 hours.
How Do I Publish My Article To a Specific Ulitzer Magazine or Topic Site?
Every Ulitzer author has a Ulitzer Dashboard, which appears when you sign in. To give yourself the ability to assign articles to appear at Ulitzer.com at other places than just your own Author page, you need to go to Author Site on your dashboard and use the Topics tab. Here, as you will see, you can assign up to six Topics within Ulitzer to which you wish to be able to assign your articles, news items, book reviews, interviews, press releases, blog posts, etc.
Once assigned, these Topics will always be available to you. Every time you complete a new item, just return to the Topics tab and click on which of the six Topic sites (including all of them) you want the items to appear on. Requests are subject to approval but you do not usually have to wait more than a couple of hours, tops.
- SOA World Conference & Expo 2008 East Call for Papers Deadline Feb 22, 2008
- Katerina Moutsatsos, Kayikci and SOA World
- Building Blocks of SOA Governance
- Bringing SOA to Life: The Art and Science of Service Discovery and Design
- How To Implement A Successful SOA Pilot Program
- Demystifying SOA - Myths About SOA Web Services Architecture
- CA Named "Gold Sponsor" of SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East
- The Well-Spoken SOA - How Well Is Your SOA Running?
- Eight Things SOA Is Not; What Not To Do In Your Next SOA Web Services Rollout
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So You Want to be a Contractor
He wrote:
"I wanted to write to tell you that I've been reading great stories of your life in Afghanistan for the past few days, and I need a sort of mentor to ask a few questions. I stumbled upon your treasure trove of knowledge at just the right time in my life it seems."
(Obviously a man of good breeding and impecable taste...)
"I was wondering if you have any specific tips on how to get HR to notice my resume at DynCorp from the piles of other applicants. I was also curious about your motivations for going over there, how you got your first position, and how bearable the company is to work for.... I have no problem going with the flow. Anyways, I'd love to hear back from you and hope to buy you a beer in the future! Keep up the writing, and stay safe!"
Getting to Afghanistan
(FYI, I hate beer. Except for cooking with it, that's not bad. Come to think of it, I also like it for making hog mash; my favorite there is Pabst Blue Ribbon.)
Let's get down to the brass tacks of getting out here. First of all, if you're not connected, accept any job offer, from anyone, for any amount of money.
The reason for that is that getting here is the toughest part of the whole thing. If you don't know anyone in a position to help you, you are pretty much at the mercy of job listings on websites like DynCorp, Fluor, Aecom, KBR, etc; and as you have noted, getting noticed is very, very hard. Now, you're a Chemist, so that's close enough to a bug control man as anything else. That's Vector Control so look that up. There is also ROWPU; (reverse osmosis water purification unit) those contraptions need a tech damn near mounted on them. Look that up. You have to apply for everything you remotely qualify for, and maybe ones that you don't, so don't turn your nose up at, for instance, a force protection gig. (Think highly paid Mall Security guard that gets shot at occasionally.) These jobs get you out here where you can establish relationships with other contractors and the Military. That in turn gets you on the inside of the machine. It's all about the relationships.
I got here initially on a connection. The second time on my own. It was difficult trying to get back, but options started opening up after a few weeks. That was a lesson well learned. Now I always have a back-up job close at hand, and a stack of current connections. Just in case.
If you can get an oportunity to be sponsored for a clearance job, TAKE IT! A clearance is worth whatever bullshit you may have to put up with. It can take anywhere from a couple of months to a year to get your final status, but believe you me, it is worth it. So keep that in mind.
Once you're in Afghanistan
Being away from home, family, and friends can be tough. You may or may not have internet, phones, or even a post office. Coffee sucks, and you have to take malaria pills. But in the end, YOU determine how well your time is spent here. If you stay positive, turn adversity into a learning experience, expect NOTHING and be surprised when you get something, you'll do well here. If on the other hand you piss and moan about the company you work for, the lousy mattress, the food, dust, bugs, or anything else you don't like, AND don't do anything about it, you will hate it here, be miserable, and likely get fired for being a POS. Let me tell you something and try to remember this, don't come here and be THAT guy that everybody hates because he pisses and moans about everything. If you do that, you won't be able to deal, and your stay will be very short and very uncomfortable. (It's ok to be the guy that everybody hates because you're always positive, because they really don't hate you, they're just jealous! Seriously.)
And another thing, there are plenty of bad asses here. If you are one, great. If your not, don't act like one because you will be called on the carpet over it and at best loose a few teeth or at worse loose a few teeth and go home. Keep quiet at first, if you can, and learn the ropes. If I managed to keep all my teeth, and earned more than a little respect, then anyone can.
Overseas Jobs and Recruiters
Getting your resume noticed by recruiters is probably the hardest thing next to trying to build the pyramids out of paper mache and flour glue. Remember, for any given job, there will be hundreds if not a thousand and then some applicants. Unless it is a job that is naturally self limiting like ummm, Environmental Chemistry. Can't be that many ECs that want to suck dust in a God foresaken corner of the world. That and high tech jobs; they're always in demand.
Search carefully for references or contacts to recruiters while job hunting. If you get a name then by golly use it. Start with a polite email and back it up with as many phone calls as it takes to get in touch with the recruiter. Have a plan or script in hand with what you want to say. But be flexible; you just don't know what job listings they are trying to fill that day.
Once you have a good prospect, be diligent and don't be afraid to contact them regularly and check in with them. Make your communiques brief and professional, but make sure they remember you.
If you haven't done so already, make sure you go to my article What Do You Need as a Contractor and go through the checklist.
Again, getting to Afghanistan is 99% of the battle. Once you're here, building relationships is the key. If you make a small effort to do a good job, not just average, you're on the right track to making those relationships. People will notice, believe me.
The other thing to be aware of is that the people that work with you are also on the lookout for better opportunities. Today you work with them, tomorrow they may be gone, and the next day you might work for them! That's the way it is here. So treat everyone with courtesy and respect, you never know when you might need them.
Related posts:
What Does a Contractor Need in Afghanistan?
Best Regards,
Albert "Afghanus" Rasch
In Afghanistan™