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Could you be pregnant? Some symptoms may show up about the time you've missed a period – or a week or two later. In fact, 7 out of 10 women have symptoms by the time they're six weeks pregnant.
If you're not keeping track of your menstrual cycle or if it varies widely from one month to the next, you may not be sure when to expect your period. But if you start to experience some of the symptoms below – not all women get them all – and you're wondering why you haven't gotten your period, you may very well be pregnant. Take a home pregnancy test to find out for sure!
If you are pregnant, visit our Newly Pregnant area for a quick overview of what's in store.
10. Food aversions
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or a cup of coffee, and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.
9. Mood swings
It's common to have mood swings during pregnancy, partly because of hormonal changes that affect your levels of neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain). Everyone responds differently to these changes. Some moms-to-be experience heightened emotions, both good and bad; others feel more depressed or anxious.
Note: If you've been feeling sad or hopeless or unable to cope with your daily responsibilities, or you're having thoughts of harming yourself, call your healthcare provider or a mental health professional right away.
8. Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period. That's why your clothes may feel more snug than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small.
7. Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, hormonal changes prompt a chain of events that raise the rate of blood flow through your kidneys. This causes your bladder to fill more quickly, so you need to pee more often. This symptom may start as early as six weeks into your first trimester.
Frequent urination will continue – or intensify – as your pregnancy progresses. Your blood volume rises dramatically during pregnancy, which leads to extra fluid being processed and ending up in your bladder. The problem is compounded as your growing baby exerts more pressure on your bladder.
6. Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness. Of course, morning sickness and having to urinate frequently during the night can add to your sluggishness, too.
You should start to feel more energetic once you hit your second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight and some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night's sleep.
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IBM's chances of being a major player in the era of cloud computing would be enhanced by a merger with Sun, says BusinessWeek.
IBM can also afford the $6.5BN acquisition that is apparently being discussed since it has $13BN cash hoard, notes BW Senior writer Steve Hamm.
In his report published today, the day after Sun announced its Sun Open Cloud Platform at an event in New York, Hamm writes that "IBM would be taking a risk by purchasing Sun…with no assurances that Sun's cloud offerings will take off," but he also stresses that a Sun acquisition "would give IBM a better entree into another segment of the nascent market: providing technology to the companies that operate cloud data centers for large consumer-oriented Web services such as Facebook and Google's YouTube."
Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz watches a presentation by IBM's Steve Mills at JavaOne 2005
The synergies between IBM's and Sun's cloud strategies will be nowhere more apparent than at SYS-CON's upcoming 3-day Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which is being held March 30-April 1 in New York. Because the top executives in charge of cloud initiatives from both companies are both giving keynote addresses.
First, on March 31, Dr Kristof Kloeckner, IBM's CTO of Enterprise Initiatives and VP of Cloud Computing Platforms, will be giving a keynote entitled "Cloud Computing and the Enterprise" in which he will drawing on IBM's experience working with customers and operating 13 cloud centers worldwide to review the conditions under which cloud computing can deliver its promise of flexibility and cost savings in the delivery of IT services to the enterprise.
Then the following day, April 1, Sun's David Douglas - who is both Chief Sustainability Officer at Sun and also its Sr. Vice-President of Cloud Computing - will be keynoting on Sun's vision of "A World of Many Clouds" and drilling into the details of the company's strategy to provide interoperability for large-scale computing resources through open and transparent cloud platforms that minimize lock-in.
The keynotes by Dr Kloeckner and Dave Douglas are complemented by a third keynote address, to be given March 30 by Amazon.com VP & CTO Dr Werner Vogels.
In addition to these three distinguished Keynote Speakers, SYS-CON's 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which is being held at The Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, features a top-notch lineup of breakout session speakers from the leading companies active in the main three layers of the Cloud ecosystem - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications and services.
The lineup includes, among others:
- Dr Werner Vogels - VP & CTO, Amazon.com
- Dr Kristof Kloeckner - VP of Cloud Computing Platforms, IBM
- Davis Douglas, Sr. VP, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems
- Vik Chaudhary - VP of Corporate Development, Keynote Systems
- Peter Coffee - Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com
- Russ Daniels - CTO of Cloud Services Strategy, HP
- Doug Tidwell - Senior Software Engineer, IBM
- Ajay Anand - Director of Grid Computing, Yahoo!
- Martin Ingram - VP of Strategy AppSense
- Jim Blakley - Director of Data Center Virtualization, Intel
- Brian H. Prince - Architect Evangelist, Microsoft
- Ronnie Thomson - Sr. Vice President of Engineering, Quark
- Tim Crawford - Director of IT Operations, Stanford University
- David Bernstein - VP & GM of Cloud Computing, Cisco
- Glenn Brunette - Chief Security Architect, Sun
- Sajai Krishnan - CEO, ParaScale
- Ken Oestreich - Vice President, Egenera
- Stephen Elliott - Vice President of Strategy, CA
- Warren Wilbee - Director of ISV Evangelism, Microsoft
- Lucian Lipinsky de Orlov - Director of Business Strategy, VIRTERA
- Patrick Kerpan - CTO, CohesiveFT
- Jim Rymarczyk - Chief Virtualization Technologist, IBM
- Thorsten von Eicken - CTO and Co-Founder, RightScale
- Owen Garrett - PM and Technologist, Zeus
- Scott Sanchez - Chief Technology Architect, Unisys
- Scott Wiener - Co-Founder & CTO, Cloud9 Analytics
- Jeff Bauer - Creative Director, Forbes.com
- Anthony Arrott - Special Assistant to the CTO, Trend Micro
- Stuart Charlton - Chief Software Architect, Elastra
- David Bressler - Principal Architect, Progress Software
- Clod Barrera - Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technical Strategist, IBM
- Tien Tzuo - CEO, Zuora
- Raghavan Srinivas - Technology Evangelist, Intuit
- Brian Zanghi - President & CEO, Kadient
- John Trembley - Vice President, Xeround
- Ranjith Ramakrishnan - Co-Founder & CTO, Cumulux
- John Barr - COO & VP Engineering, Yieldex
- William Fellows - Principal Analyst, The 451 Group
- Kevin L. Jackson - Director of Business Development, Dataline
- Bob Quinn - Founder, Chairman & CTO of 3Leaf Systems
- Pau Garcia-Mila - Founder, eyeOS
- David Linthicum - Editor-in-Chief, Virtualization Journal
- Bryan Wade - Director of Channel Partnerships, ExactTarget
- Bill McColl - Founder & CEO, Cloudscale
- Omer Trajman - Director of Field Engineering, Vertica Systems
- Jon Pyke - Chief Strategy Officer, Cordys
- Daniel Beveridge - Director of Virtualization Strategy, VIRTERA
- JP Morgenthal - IT Architecture Consultant
- John Gauntt - Founder, Media Dojo
- Ed Sullivan - Founder & CEO, Aria Systems
- Raghavan Srinivas - Technology Evangelist, Intuit
- Brian Zanghi - President & CEO, Kadient
- Simon Wardley - Software Services Manager, Canonical
- Omer Trajman - Director of Field Engineering, Vertica Systems
- Michael Hill - VP Enteprise Initiatives, Sales, Services & Business Development, IBM
- Steve Milroy - Solution Architect, OnTerra Systems
- Prof Rich Wolski - University of California, Santa Barbara
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Runners from around the world will be migrating to Central Florida and donning tiaras this week for the 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World.
The runDisney series event begins Thursday with the Disney Fit for a Princess Expo at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and concludes Sunday with the 13.1-mile Disney Princess Half Marathon.
Other events include runDisney Kids Races for children 13 and under, the Cinderella Royal Family 5K Friday and the Disney Enchanted 10K Saturday.
More than 40,000 runners will be taking part in the women-focused race weekend.
Nina Davuluri, the reigning Miss America, will be part of Sunday's half marathon activities.
The Princess Half weekend is the first of two half marathon weekends held at Walt Disney World. The Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend will be held Nov. 8-9 as part of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival.
Spanning the country
Runners that completed the Tinker Bell Half Marathon at Disneyland in January will be competing for the Coast to Coast Race Challenge, where an additional medal is awarded for completing a half marathon distance or longer race at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland in the same calendar year.
Princess Half runners who didn't run in the Tinker Bell Half will have the opportunity to earn the additional medal in August during the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend.
To the limit
Some runners will be pushing themselves to the limit this weekend with the Disney Glass Slipper Challenge. The endurance test will have participants run the Enchanted 10K and Princess Half in back-to-back days for a total of 19.3 miles.
Approximately 24,000 runners will be taking part in the Glass Slipper Challenge.
Disney introduced a new endurance challenge in January with the Dopey Challenge, where runners completed the four main races of the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend -- the Disney Family Fun Run 5K, a new 10K, the Walt Disney World Half Marathon and the Walt Disney World Marathon -- for a total of 48.6 miles in a four-day span.
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Registration and sign up for all races and other events, including the Pasta in the Park Party and the Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend Breakfast are sold out, but there are plenty of opportunities to to still take part in the festivities.
The Disney Fit for a Princess Expo will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In addition to being the place where runners get their race bibs and packets, the expo will include official Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend merchandise and previews of the latest apparel and fitness equipment.
The expo will also feature special guest speakers, including celebrity runners that will hold seminars on training, racing and nutrition.
Spectator viewing areas during the 5K and 10K will be available at the start and finish line, in the Imagine Lot of Epcot.
For spectators of the Princess Half on Sunday, different viewing areas will be available along the course, including inside Magic Kingdom Park, where runners will run through Cinderella's Castle at Mile 5.3.
The Magic Kingdom area will be open at 5:30 a.m. A park ticket is not required, but you will need a ChEAR Zone wristband to enter some special viewing areas.
Spectators can watch runners cross the finish line at the Imagine Lot of Epcot. A limited number of complimentary seats will be available along the finish line on a first-come first-serve basis.
All runners and spectators are asked to park in the Magic Kingdom parking lot, where they will be transported to Epcot via monorail. The main entrance of Epcot from World Drive will be closed to traffic from 5-7 a.m. Sunday.
Runners and spectators are encouraged to arrive at Epcot by 4 a.m. the morning of the Princess Half.
Friends and family members can keep track of runners progress during the races with online race tracking. Runners that have registered for the service can send split times via email, text messaging and PDAs using a chip that will be on the runner.
Runner tracking sign-up will be available at the Disney Fit for a Princess Expo. You can track your runner here.


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Protect Your SSN, and Be Thankful It's Not 078-05-1120
By Sid Kirchheimer , August 15, 2014 04:30 AM
Seventy-nine years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, birthing that most important government program and, as a result, a coveted prize of identity thieves: your Social Security number.
You know why you need to guard your SSN like an amped-up Rottweiler: In the wrong hands, it's the quickest and arguably most common way for an ID thief to pose as you to open credit accounts and get medical care, your tax refund, even a job.
If your SSN was ever misused, we feel your pain (real or potential). But take heart that it wasn't 078-05-1120, which has the dubious honor of being the single most misused SSN in history - metaphorically swiped some 40,000 times over four decades.
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Here's why: In 1938 an executive of a wallet manufacturer thought it'd be a good idea to show how nicely the newly issued Social Security cards fit into a new line of his company's wares, to be sold at Woolworth. So in each wallet he inserted a fake card - half the size, printed in red (versus blue) and with "specimen," to distinguish it from the real McCoy.
What wasn't fake: the actual SSN of his secretary, Hilda Schrader Whitcher. Although the Social Security Administration soon deactivated it and issued her a new one, as of 1943 at least 5,700 people had misused her SSN as their own. As late as 1977, at least a dozen people were still spoofing the SSN "issued by Woolworth," the SSA reports.
What isn't known is if any of those 078-05-1120 wannabes ever used Hilda's SSN for fraudulent financial gain. (In those early days SSNs were not used for credit and there were few opportunities to benefit financially, other than to collect Social Security benefits.)
These days, even though actual SSNs can't be used in advertising (by wallet manufacturers or others), you never want to unwisely "advertise" your nine digits. A refresher course on basic protection:
*Don't carry your Social Security card in your wallet. Unless you're going to an SSA office, keep it safely locked away. A lost or stolen wallet is a common route to ID theft. Rather than carry around your Medicare card - which likely has the same identifying digits as your SSN - make a photocopy and blacken or cut out some digits (but bring the original for doctor appointments). Even without a photocopy, you'll still get emergency medical care.
*Never reveal your SSN (along with credit card numbers or other personal information) over the phone unless you initiate the call to a verified phone number and/or have a trusted, established business relationship with that organization. The same applies to calls or in-person requests from strangers, such as those offering "free" health checkups or supplies, or unexpected correspondence allegedly from the government that's not delivered via the U.S. Postal Service.
*When asked for your SSN on forms, leave it blank (usually). It's required on forms related to taxes and federal loans; by employers, banks and lenders; by the U.S. Treasury, for savings bonds and government programs such as welfare and workers' compensation; and for stock and property transactions.
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But others who ask for your SSN - e.g., insurers, landlords, hospitals and medical offices, utility companies - usually request it to run a credit check, which can be done without those digits. So ask why your SSN is needed, how it's secured and if an alternative can be used. If you are told by the requesting entity that it's needed for "verification," ask the organization if you can provide an alternative number, such as your birthdate, ZIP code or a portion of your driver's license, rather than the commonly used last four digits of your SSN.
*Know the riskiest places. Based on data breaches in past years, studies reveal that the most dangerous places to give your SSN to include universities (so tell the kids), banks and financial institutions, hospitals, government agencies (state, local and federal, in order of risk), medical supply businesses, nonprofits, tech companies, and health insurers and medical offices.
*Check for misuse. Because some of the above require your SSN (and simply because it's good practice), get free copies of your credit report at www.annualcreditreport.com from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion (one each per 12-month period) to check for fraudulent accounts. Also check your Social Security earnings statement each year for signs of fraud.
*To help minimize risk of identity theft, consider a fraud alert or credit freeze.
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Pullman City Code - Chapter 5.32
5.32.020 Owner's duty to control spread of noxious weeds.
5.32.030 Permitting accumulation unlawful.
5.32.040 Removal -- Duty of owner.
5.32.050 Complaint for noncompliance -- Penalty for violation.
5.32.060 Hearings on contested cases of liability.
5.32.080 Fees for performance of enforcement.
5.32.010 Definitions
Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as hereinafter used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Agent" means any occupant or any other person acting for the owner and working, or in charge of, the land.
(2) "Lot" or "land" means public or private property and the paved or unpaved portion of a public right-of- way which abuts upon public or private property.
(3) "Noxious weed" or "weed" means any plant growing in the city which is determined by the state noxious weed control board to be injurious to crops, livestock, or other property and which is included for purpose of control on Whitman County's noxious weed list; or, if not included on Whitman County's noxious weed list has been designated for control by resolution of the City Council.
(4) "Owner" means the person in actual control of real property, or his agent, whether such control is based on legal or equitable title or on any other interest entitling the holder to possession and, for purposes of liability for payment pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter means the possessor of legal or equitable title or the possessor of an easement; provided, that when the possessor of an easement has the right to control or limit the growth of vegetation within the boundaries of an easement, only the possessor of such easement shall be deemed, for the purpose of this Chapter, an owner of the property within the boundaries of such easement.
(5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, the state, or any department, agency, or subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
(6) As pertains to the duty of an owner, the word "control" and the term "prevent the spread of noxious weeds" means conforming to the standards of noxious weed control or prevention adopted by rule or regulation by the Whitman County noxious weed control board. (Ord. 82- 25 § 2, 1982).
5.32.020 Owner's duty to control spread of noxious weeds.
It shall be the duty of every owner and every owner shall perform, or cause to be performed such acts as may be necessary to control and to prevent the spread of noxious weeds from his property; and, the failure to do so is unlawful. (Ord. 82- 25 § 3, 1982).
5.32.030 Permitting accumulation unlawful.
It is unlawful for any owner of a lot or land within the city to permit or maintain on any such lot or land living weeds included on the Whitman County noxious weed list; or, which are included on the state of Washington noxious weed list and have been designated by resolution of the City Council for control although any such noxious weed may not have been included on the Whitman County noxious weed list. (Ord. 83 -7 § 1, 1983; Ord. 82- 25 § 4, 1982).
5.32.040 Removal-- Duty of owner.
It shall be the duty of every owner of any lot or land to cut and remove or eradicate or
cause to be cut and removed or eradicated from such property as often as may be necessary all prohibited weeds, in order to comply with the provisions of Section 5.32.030. (Ord. 82-25 § 5, 1982).
If it appears to the satisfaction of the director of public services that any provision of this Chapter is being or has been violated the director of public services shall serve written notice either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested upon the owner, or if the owner cannot be located, the agent having the care or control of the premises upon which the violation exists, which notice shall state:
(1) the description of the property on which the alleged violation has occurred; and
(2) the specific nature of that violation; and
(3) the section or sections of this Chapter alleged to be violated; and
(4) the date by which the violating condition is to be abated, which date shall not be less than seven days after receipt of such notice by the offender; and
(5) that if removal or destruction of the violating condition is not made by the owner within the time limit set forth as provided for in subsection (4) of this section, that then the director of public services will bring this matter before the City Council, the date thereof to be specified in the notice, and request of the City Council the passage of a resolution authorizing the director of public services to cause the removal or destruction of the violation; and
(6) that should the director of public services cause the removal or destruction of the violating condition, the cost thereof incurred by the city shall become a charge against the owner of the property and a lien against the property as provided for in R.C.W. 35.21.310 as that section now exists or may hereafter be amended. (Ord. 85-9 § 1, 1985; Ord. 82-25 § 6, 1982).
5.32.050 Complaint for noncompliance--Penalty for violation.
In the event any owner or agent to whom notice has been given does not do or cause to be done the abatement of the violating condition as described in the notice within the time provided in the notice, the city attorney may file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction for failure to comply with such notice of violation and any owner found guilty of violating any provision of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 82-25 § 7, 1982).
5.32.060 Hearings on contested cases of liability.
Any owner who wishes to dispute the cost of weed control which has been carried out on his land may request a hearing before the director of public services. The owner shall file, with the director of public services, a request in writing for a hearing within twenty days after the city has mailed the demand for payment to the owner. The hearing shall be conducted within thirty days after receipt of the request for hearing. The hearing shall be conducted informally and the formal rules of evidence shall not apply. The director of public services shall listen to whatever witnesses the owner might wish to call and the director of public services shall, at the conclusion of the hearing, determine whether or not the costs assessed were proper. Such determination shall be final unless that determination is appealed to a court of competent jurisdiction within ten calendar days of the rendition thereof. (Ord. 82-25 § 8, 1982).
The director of public services, or his designees, in the performance of his duties under this Chapter may go upon any real property located within the city at any reasonable time for any reason necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter, including but not limited to the taking of specimens of weeds or other materials, general inspection, and the performance of eradication or control work. (Ord. 82-25 § 9, 1982).
5.32.080 Fees for performance of enforcement.
The City Council shall by resolution fix the fee or fees to be charged by the city to any owner in the event that the city performs any eradication, destruction, or removal services pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. (Ord. 82-25 § 10, 1982).


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The 401K Abyss
April 24, 2013
I still recall the very first "real" paycheck I received, courtesy of Ray & Kay Eldridge and their Merchandise Mart. Real in the sense that it had entries for FICA and State Taxes and other standard deductions that I had not previously seen while mowing lawns for cash. I remember looking closely at the entry on the check that detailed how much was being deducted from my pay for Social Security, and thinking, "I will never ever see that money." I was only 16 at the time, but I read enough news and could do enough basic arithmetic to understand that Social Security was a benefit that I was likely never to see. So when a 16-year-old in 1986 understands this concept and makes this assumption, you have to forgive him when, 27 years later, he laughs out loud when he hears someone refer to Social Security as an "entitlement."
Last night PBS aired an episode of FRONTLINE that focused on the "retirement crisis" we face in this country. The broad message of the program was that an overwhelming majority of Americans don't have enough retirement savings (newsflash). The more interesting parts of the program, however, were the segments focused on the lack of tools available to the individual retirement investor, and the revelation that an entire financial industry exists to do nothing more than stack cards against their customers. Much of this focus was directed at the 401K, a tool designed to put retirement savings control in the hands of the individual investor, and supposedly make up for a lot of the expanding gap between cost of living expenses and dwindling Social Security. The episode made a lot of good points that I agree with about 401K's, specifically that they are often the best option available to retirement investors, but also that many 401K's are junk, and much of the industry delivering the product could be branded as criminal.
On the program, FRONTLINE interviewed Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard and architect of the very first index mutual fund. I had what I would call a spiritual awakening last year when it came to my family's finances, and if I were to identify a guru who guided me through this awakening (without him ever being aware of my existence), that guru would be Jack Bogle. At some point last year it dawned on me that I had placed unwarranted faith in unworthy sources to make decisions that I trusted were being made in my family's best financial interest. I was assuming a fiduciary responsibility where one did not exist. It became clear to me that my advisor and plan administrators and I were working at counter objectives: I was looking to place our savings into a healthy nest egg, and they were looking to place our savings into their pockets. Mine was not a unique situation, in fact it's standard operating procedure for an entire industry. Absolutely no one outlines these problems, and presents solution-based alternatives better than Jack Bogle.
"You put up 100% of the capital, you take 100% of the risk, and you get 30% of the return." – John C. Bogle pointing out the totally ludicrous nature of most 401K plans.
I would advise anyone with the slightest bit of interest in retiring at some point before their dying breath to watch the FRONTLINE episode. It's available online here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
There is an excellent wiki with a tremendous amount of information, as well as a forum of very helpful Jack Bogle disciples here: http://www.bogleheads.org
The message is simple: You can't control the market. You can't even predict or time the market. What you can control is cost. Eliminate fees, sales loads, fund turnover. Cut any cost that comes out of your pocket. Index the total stock market and hold shares of business in perpetuity. Keep it simple.
"Don't do something, stand there!" – John C. Bogle on the proper approach to retirement investing.
Most of us have had that meeting arranged by Human Resources with our 401K plan administrators, where they review our options and show us an impressive bar graph that illustrates a 7% return over 20 years, at the end of which we are a millionaire. This bar graph shows the glory of compounding interest, while ignoring the sh*t sandwich of compounding fees. Compounding interest is a heavenly light that will make your heart glow. Compounding fees are a force of evil in the universe, enslaving civilizations, swallowing planets whole, and they will drag your retirement savings into the black abyss. 401K plans are still the best tool for retirement savings, especially if your company matches contributions (the match is a better return than the market can offer). If the 401K has the right funds (translation: low cost index funds), a participant can set up their own allocation plan to maximize returns and eliminate cost. Funds should be chosen by their expense ratio, not based on past returns.
Look, we have a retirement crisis in this country because there is an impossible gauntlet of pick-pockets, highwaymen, cutthroats, and bandits to navigate through on our way to retirement. While we stand their shouting about the bandits in Washington, the pick-pockets at our bank are rounding the corner down the street with our wallet. The 401K absolutely puts the control of retirement savings in the hands of the individual investor, but it also puts all of the risk and responsibility in those same hands. Educating ourselves about our own money is the only defense.
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The Army is weighing in on the global warming debate, claiming that climate change is not man-made. Instead, Dr. Bruce West, with the Army Research Office, argues that "changes in the earth's average surface temperature are directly linked to ... the short-term statistical fluctuations in the Sun's irradiance and the longer-term solar cycles."
In an advisory to bloggers entitled "Global Warming: Fact of Fiction [sic]," an Army public affairs official promoted a conference call with West about "the causes of global warming, and how it may not be caused by the common indicates [sic] some scientists and the media are indicating."
In the March, 2008 issue of Physics Today, West, the chief scientist of the Army Research Office's mathematical and information science directorate, wrote that "the Sun's turbulent dynamics" are linked with the Earth's complex ecosystem. These connections are what is heating up the planet. "The Sun could account for as much as 69 percent of the increase in Earth's average temperature," West noted.
It's a position that puts West at odds with nearly every major scientific organization on the planet. "The American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science all have issued statements in recent years concluding that the evidence for human modification of climate is compelling," Science magazine observes. So has the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, for their work on global warming.
West acknowledges that the IPCC and other scientific groups have "conclude[d] that the contribution of solar variability to global warming is negligible." He argues that these groups have done a poor job modeling the Sun's impact, however, and that's why they have "significantly over-estimated" the "anthropogenic contribution to global warming."
In recent days, the science and politics of climate change have once again taken center stage. NASA's Inspector General just issued a report, acknowledging that political appointees "reduced, marginalized or mischaracterized climate change science made available to the general public." Yesterday, the Senate began debating a bill that would cap carbon dioxide emissions -- considered one of the leading causes of man-made global warming.
UPDATE: "The Army does not have a position on global warming. Dr. West is an Army chief scientist, and is presenting one alternative theory to the cause of global warming," Army spokesperson Lindy Dinklage tells Danger Room. "This research is just some amongst thousands of studies being conducted by Army Scientists across the globe."
Okay. But the Army's Office of the Chief of Public Affairs chose to promote just this one study. And when Army public affairs rolls out research from an Army chief scientist -- with no clarifications that these are just his private views -- I think it's fair to call that an official endorsement.
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By Reema Ghazi, Youth Experience Coordinator
In our partnership with the Capitol Hill Cluster Schools, we (EdLab) arrange mission-based field trips to various Smithsonian museums and ask students to use museum objects as a launching point for further investigation into a broader challenge.
Recently, we took our Watkins Elementary fifth grade to our home base, the National Postal Museum, to investigate what it would have been like to travel out west onto the new American frontier in the 1800's-- and to investigate how travel has changed today, and how it's become a nearly universal part of life.
The students explored the museum galleries looking for clues into what travel to the West might have looked like, and then interviewed museum visitors about their experiences with travel and starting a new life. At the end, the students recorded audio entries about museum objects from the perspective of a 19th century traveller to the west-- to be built into broader podcast journals about the journeying life in the time of Manifest Destiny.
Check out one of the students' journal entries here: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1108102-maisie-museum.
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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 1 Issue 27 November 27, 2000
Amendment I of the US Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Not too long ago, the New Left marched, and yelled, and shouted, and threatened. They also demeaned, and cursed, and they threw human feces at the "pigs," and called for their deaths.
They burned American Flags while saluting the Red Chinese, the North Koreans, Fidel Castro and North Vietnam officials. Today, very few Sunday news show talking heads say much about it, other than to remark that these outrages were evidence of "democracy in action."
Many media talking-heads (some obviously fond of their radical pasts) amazingly agree that the New Left's often violent and highly objectionable, illegal activities were the natural, appropriate, and predictable conduct of "peaceful war protesters." There isn't any conduct - it seems - that deserves condemnation by the mainstream media, as long as that conduct is used in the furtherance of Progressive Liberalism.
But watch what happens when just a few well-dressed, well-mannered angry Conservatives "assemble peaceably" to protest the theft of a national election! The scolds on the Left (and sadly as well as predictably, a few on the Right) - line up to question their motives, and decry their tactics, after being led gullibly in that direction by a former "peaceful war protester." I understand the Left's knee-jerk reaction. Likewise, some so-called pundits of the Right never seem to disappoint the left, as they toss a few stones of their own, aimed at their own.
Tony Snow's question on Fox News Sunday to Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, on Snow's so-called conservative morning prime-time news show, was an example of how shallow some really are in their stated beliefs, " ... but Governor Keating," Snow implored, searching for an answer he wanted, "don't you agree that the people (Conservatives) in Dade County were acting a bit over the top?"
I have a question for Mr. Snow: "Tony, what were you doing during the Sixties? Do you have any recollection about the violent tactics of the "New Left?" How could an informed media powerhouse such as yourself be aware of the actions taken in those days - the unrelenting, uncompromising use of violence by the New Left - then have the gall to suggest that what we saw on television in Dade County this past week was "over the top?"
Those of us who have long memories (perhaps with the exception of Mr. Snow) will never forget the Sixties, a time when the raised middle digit was a well known way for thousands of Lefties to "honor" our Flag, our President, our institutions, the CIA, the FBI, and the thousands of men in uniform who were dying in Vietnam.
That, sir, defined "over the top." But it was their Constitutional Right to do most of those things, even if their terribly rude and violent behavior caused many of us to want to throw up.
In one Sixties march on Washington, DC, the National Guard set up 50-caliber machine guns in the hallways of the Department of Justice, fearing that more than 500,000 "peaceful war protesters" would overcome the guards at the gates. These rioters, now recalled as "peaceful war protesters," were intent on burning the hated place down.
Meanwhile, a young Bill Clinton was leading an anti-US parade on foreign soil, a "general" engaged in a very well organized and orchestrated "peaceful war protest."
Wholesale destruction of cities, universities, banks, indeed any place which symbolized tradition or American values, was the order of the day, as the New Left used then misused the First Amendment to push their socialistic agenda forward. Where was the mainstream media then, and do they remember any of this now?
Those illegal riots, rallies, or violent marches - those less than "peaceful" gatherings of the New Left worked! Over the years, the New Left has scolded, whined, threatened, shouted, bullied, bludgeoned, harassed, intimidated, coerced, bombed and burned their way into power.
Who could ever forget the "armies" of the Black Panthers, as they waltzed around with high-powered rifles in an extremely violent display of anger and hatred?
Astonishingly, yesterday's Second Amendment warriors are today's gun-hating pacifists, but in those days, weren't you in fear of your lives and your property? You bet you were! How afraid are you today of the protesters in Miami, with their Dockers and their department store Polos with those cute little alligators?
Does short hair, ties and good manners cause you to hide your children from the TV set? Do you recoil at their well-articulated shouts, slogans free of Sixties-style obscenities, and the absence of threats to your well being? Are you shocked?
Or, are you gladdened like I am, to see some Baby Boomers, and others who represent your point of view, marching on our streets, for a change!
Make no mistake about it! The New Left meant to shock and to scare the Hell out of you when they conducted their rallies. Theirs was a well-known, often used political tactic. In fact, they perfected the use of shock, anger, and hatred, and they are using those same tactics still.
And it upsets them very much when you use some of their tactics - even if you are being polite and kind, and especially when you are winning!
The New Left shifted the politics of this nation dramatically toward the left in ways that many believe illegitimate, but where were the media scolds then, to point out that this was not "the American way?" Where are they now? Have they conveniently forgotten the crudeness, the rudeness, the violence or the hate?
The liberals in the media may have forgotten, but many of us never will. Why? Because we must not! Because the Democrat Party has embraced the dirty politics of the New Left, and they have continually used these same tactics to attack and defeat those on the Right.
And, they are using those tactics right now, in an attempt to steal an election in broad daylight!
This past week, Senator Joseph Lieberman was on the lawn of our Vice President's mansion and mourned the lack of civility in Dade County, Florida. On soil protected with the spilling of much American blood on foreign battlefields, Lieberman used ground on which he had no legitimate claim.
Next, he brazenly stated that there was something illegitimate in the way that a few concerned Dade County citizens took loud and vocal exception to laws that were being broken by Dade country officials!
You see, the good citizens of Dade County decided to object to the blatant, illegal attempt to take a vote examination into closed rooms, thus forbidding access to news media and the general public. For some reason, Lieberman thinks their objections are a serious problem.
Nobody was arrested, nobody was harmed, and no property was taken, or broken. This was the very essence of peaceable assembly and free speech. No laws were violated, and yet Lieberman went on to demand, "Vice President Gore and I call on the demonstrators, and all who may be organizing or encouraging them, to stop these activities immediately. And I hope that Governor Bush and Secretary Cheney will join us in this call."
An appropriate reply to Lieberman's obnoxious statement might be, "Stuff it!"
Years ago, the citizens of Dade County insisted that "government in the sunshine" was what they wanted, so they passed numerous laws to guarantee that important government business was always conducted in the open - in the "sunshine."
This way corrupt government action could be kept to a minimum, and partisan mischief could be minimized. When an attempt was made to hide the process from the people in this case, the people strongly and vocally objected. Rightfully so, Joe!
Speaking of years ago, what was Joe Lieberman during with his spare time in the Sixties? On August 8 of this year, Tom Baxter, a reporter writing for the Cox News Service gave us some hints:
"In his younger days, Lieberman organized anti-war rallies, but the mature man is identified among the Washington scolds who decry violent video games, dirty rap lyrics and other signs of moral decline. That's part of the reason he's a good antidote to Clinton."
So, the Senator Lieberman who now seems hurt, repelled, shocked and afraid of harsh words spoken in Dade County, once worked with the likes of Bill Clinton - to organize mobs - to encourage violent rioters? Rioters, who then spit on cops, ripped and burned draft cards, turned over police cars, and in many ways give the rest of America, the "Finger!?" Say it isn't so, Joe!
All this time we've been led to believe that a future Senator Lieberman was attending classes, or feverishly working on his Orthodox-ness, while pondering the ways violence might be curbed. What a fraud! What sheer poppycock!
If there's anything true about today's Democrats, it's this: New Left Democrats are notorious liars, obnoxiously brazen thieves, and hypocrites of the highest order.
Sadly, this group now includes even the "conscience of the Senate," Holy Joe. How thoroughly power corrupts! It's very sad. In fact, it's so pathetic.
Here's a message to our side: Defend the Constitutional rights that we have! The First Amendment is for all Americans on the Left, and the Right! Being passionate about your beliefs is as American as apple pie, and thank God we still have some people who care enough to go out there and get involved. Don't criticize them, Mr. Snow! Join them!
Sometimes getting angry is appropriate and normal, like when your rights are being stolen from you! Some of us on the "Right" like our passion and we use it in legitimate ways. What's going on right now is not for TV entertainment! No, this is about our lives and our future. This presidential election - many believe - is for all the marbles! So, why shouldn't we behave that way?
And, with all due respect, Senator Lieberman shut up! Good citizens have a right to protest, and the Constitution that seems to scare you now, (but not in your past, apparently) gives us that precise right. Senator, America's leaders obtain and maintain respect the old fashioned way: They earn it! This is America, get used to it!
For the good of the country, Senator Lieberman, concede - right now! Even if Al Gore cannot face the glorious music of his defeat, at least you can do the right thing.
Finally, Senator, please get your scrawny rear end off of our US property until you have earned the right to stand there. Stop using the Vice President's mansion as a prop for your symbolic photo op! Better men than you have earned the right to speak there. They were legitimate winners, and they were inaugurated, and then they were entitled to use our best federal properties for their political events.
Right now, you are standing on Vice President-elect Cheney's front lawn, and I don't think he would appreciate the way you are misusing his hard fought, hard won property.
And, if you ever do get to be vice-president, Senator Lieberman, I suggest you drop the holier than thou attitude - we know what you've done to shove your leftist views down our throats. You exercised your Constitutional Rights when you organized "peaceful war protests."
I'd like to remind you, sir, that you were able to do this because many brave fighting men died to ensure that you continue to enjoy those rights. Today, you and your political party - yes, the Democrats - seek to deny those same fighting men and women their right to vote. Mr. Lieberman, have you no shame, sir?
Friends of Patrick Henry in South Florida, Rock On!
But make our children proud of whatever you do, and say! Remember that the New Left will never forgive you, but know that we love you for what you are doing.
Oh, and watch out for the IRS!
Then prepare to take a train, plane, or automobile to Washington, DC, so that we may celebrate democracy together - on Friday, December 1, 2000 - on the steps of the US Supreme Court. See you there at 11:00 am, and bring your signs - it's going to be a long day! Let's show the "Dirty Left Dems" how to use the US Constitution responsibly, and with some Compassionate Conservatism!
We'll give them a gentle shove out the door!


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It started as twelve. Then it became eighteen. Soon it became twenty-two. At one time it was twenty-nine. Sioux Falls was the "it" team on Friday night keeping it (the lead) at the Sanford Pentagon throughout the night as the Skyforce steamrolled Tulsa 111-91 in front of a crowd of 2,750.
Eight days prior, neither team was especially crisp on offense in the 82-80 overtime Tulsa (1-8) triumph. A 12-0 run for the Skyforce (5-2) was the harbinger for this contest as Tulsa could only muster a 6-2 run in response before another 10 straight essentially decided the game. The 66ers continued their struggles while the home team made more than half their shots from the floor. Center Justin Hamilton led Sioux Falls with 21 tallies courtesy of 9 of 10 shooting and close behind was former NBA veteran Bill Walker who blazed his way to 20 points on 7 of 9 shooting and 5 buckets from downtown. Charlie Westbrook efficiently scored 12 including a sublime steal and dunk in the first quarter.
Skyforce Head Coach Pat Delany was quick to point out that revenge was not on their mind after a poor performance last time against Tulsa. "We didn't shoot the ball well down there. They beat us. The guys in our locker room are the focus and what we need to do as a team like continue to get better defensively by communicating, moving the ball offensively. We have enough depth and talent on this team to get it done."
Tulsa's lone bright spot came from the charity stripe with plenty of trips and makes, led by a perfect 8 of 8 for rookie Grant Jerrett who finished with a game high 23 points to go with 7 rebounds. Rod Bartholomew shook off a scoreless first half to finish with 12 points and 12 rebounds. The same two teams will meet again on Saturday night.


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CHICAGO, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Fannie May Confections Brands in Chicago recalled 12,000 units of its 4-ounce, red heart-shaped gift box of chocolates because one piece contains peanuts.
Officials at Fannie May said they decided to recall the boxes of chocolates after a customer contacted customer service to report the ingredient label on the boxes did not state it contained peanuts -- a known allergen.
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It seems that most online catalogs and discovery systems attempt to present their search results according to relevancy. That's what library users expect since most of the search environments they use likewise follow this approach. Yet, it's really difficult to make relevancy work well for library collections, especially when intermingling results that include books, articles, and other kinds of materials. It's pretty easy to tell when it goes wrong. But tuning search engines to bring the most important or interesting materials to the top of a result list presents incredible challenges and technical complications—especially with query terms that have ambiguous meanings.
In my March 2011 Systems Librarian column for Computers in Libraries I talk about some of the issues that arise related to relevancy in library interfaces. My basic assumption is that relevancy should follow some basic common sense principles, such as presenting the works themselves, in their most used form ahead of lesser-used formats and derivative materials.
In recent years, libraries have turned away from the traditional online catalog to embrace a new genre of public interfaces that go by names such as next-generation library catalogs, discovery interfaces, or discovery services. These new products aim to revitalize the stodgy online catalogs of the past to deliver to library patrons an experience of the collections and services of the library more in tune with the expectations set by the mainstream web. With increasing overlap and even competition to serve the information needs of library patrons by commercial destinations, it seems essential for libraries to offer the most compelling approaches possible for providing access to their valuable resources. continue reading...
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text: Ombudsman's Office The University of St.Gallen protects personal integrity. The Ombudsman's Office aims to promote trust between University members and to solve conflicts in an informal way. The University ensures that applicable law is complied with at the University and that, in particular, all University members' personal integrity is protected. It ensures that the guidelines for the integrity of academic work are observed. If you feel that your personal integrity has been violated or if you would like to assert another infringement of the law, you have a choice of the following two contact points: Human Resources Equal Opportunities If you think that someone has infringed against the guidelines for the integrity of academic work, please contact the chair of the Research Committee. Ombudsman's Office The Ombudsman's Office aims to promote trust between University members and to solve conflicts in an informal way. Its purpose is to try to find an amicable solution before a conflict escalates beyond the confines of the University and before legal steps are taken. The Ombudsman's Office consists of an Ombudsman (Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h.c. LL.M. Christoph Leuenberger), a Deputy Ombudswoman (lic. iur. Angela Hensch, certified specialist sba labour law) and the Office Manager (Francesca Tommasi). If a conflict or a complaint cannot be solved in consultation with the above-mentioned contact points, there is the possibility of taking it to the Ombudsman's Office. The General Counsel's Office may also assign conflict cases to the Ombudsman's Office. The Ombudsman's Office is entitled to act on its own account in cases of suspected violations of personal integrity and of applicable law. The Ombudsman's Office is autonomous and works on the basis of confidentiality. The Conciliation Committee for Public Employees of the Canton of St.Gallen is not responsible for the university.


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Microsoft Office is the backbone of most law firms' technology infrastructure. If you take the time to learn how to get the most out of the core Office apps—Word, Outlook, and Excel—they are extremely powerful and can help you advocate effectively for your clients. Or they can get in your way.
How to Get the Most Out of Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office pays dividends to those who take the time to learn to use it well. If you don't know how to use styles or you are struggling with numbering paragraphs or formatting a brief, or if you just want to learn how to manage your email more effectively in Outlook, you can get up to speed on our resource pages.
How to Buy Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is sold primarily as a subscription service: Office 365. An Office 365 subscription includes the traditional desktop versions of Word, Outlook, Excel, etc., that you install on your computer. It also includes online services like email, calendars, document storage and sync through OneDrive, Skype, SharePoint, and more.1
Microsoft does still offers traditional buy-it-once licenses for Office for PC and Mac. But those traditional licenses cost the same as 2+ years of the basic Office 365 Business subscription, and they don't include as many features, plus you won't automatically get the next version of the Office apps when they are released.
If you are buying Microsoft Office for your law firm, you should probably get Office 365. The buy-it-once licenses just aren't a very good value by comparison.
According to the Microsoft Software License Terms for Office Consumer Subscriptions, the Home, Personal, or Student versions of Office "may not be used for commercial, non-profit, or revenue-generating activities." ↩


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UCLA Bruins (27-5) vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (29-6)
When: 9:40 p.m. ET
Where: San Jose
1. Oh, just the two hottest women on the planet are in our corner. Have you ever wanted to have a threesome with Jessica Alba and Brooke Burke? Well, if you're a UCLA fan, now you can! See, Miss Alba currently dates Cash Warren, whose dad, Mike Warren, has two NCAA Championship rings from his basketball days at UCLA. Combine that with her SoCal roots, and you'll find that she's a huge UCLA fan. Next up we have Ms. Burke. Rick Majerus knows her best as the succulent host of E!'s late night series, "Wild On...," where she and other scantily-clad women frolicked around the globe providing ample amounts of spank-bank material. Prior to that, Brooke was a student at UCLA, studying Broadcast Journalism and modeling on the side. Obviously, she also is a huge UCLA fan. So therefore, the next time you see Jessica and Brooke out on the town together, throw on a Bruins hat, start singing "Sons of Westwood," do an 8-clap, and let the m nage-a-trois ensue! Bonus Fact: Brooke's "Wild On..." predecessor, Jules Asner, is also a UCLA alum - make it a m nage-a-quatre!
2. Staying on the topic of incredible breasts. One of the best kept secrets in Westwood is that all Playboy Mansion parties begin and end at UCLA. The mansion is located at 10236 Charing Cross Road in Beverly Hills, about a mile from campus. Google Earth it. You'll see that there is very limited parking on the premises, so whenever Hugh hosts a big event, cars need somewhere to park. The solution: UCLA Lot 7. The guest list is handled in the underground parking lot, and once you get your wristband, you jump on a shuttle and get whisked away to the Mansion. Pretty sweet, huh? I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Pitt & Kansas' parking lots are used for similar awesome events such as tours of abandoned steel factories and the annual Lawrence Barbecue & Hoedown Festival.
3. No. 100. Every college has its own commercial that gets aired once during televised basketball or football games. Most of these suck. The UCLA one always sucked, but a new one started airing about a month ago, and it's pretty badass:
Even though we've got more National Championships than every other school, we're sick of being stuck on 99. Four different sports have come up just shy of trophy #100 since last May. Conveniently, our marquee sport now gets the shot to bring home the century mark. Destiny?? We'll find out soon enough. GO BRUINS!!!
P.S. Attention UCLA Band: If we play Kansas, whatever you do, DO NOT play "Carry on my Wayward Son." You screwed this up in 2002 and you better not do it again! — Trevor Gribble
1. Simply put, Sam Young is a beast. He doesn't start and oftentimes he's not even the first guy off the bench. Regardless he's often the difference between victory and defeat. On a team centered around a stoic inside presence and a heavy dose of outside shooting, Young uses his raw athleticism to catch the defense off guard. Of course this is nothing new to those in the DC area. Young famously promised to do back flips if his Friendly High School team won a second consecutive Maryland state title. That season he averaged 24.6 points and 14 rebounds per game. They won the the championship and Young kept his promise before heading to Pitt. Just another example of Gary Williams' inept recruiting.
2. Ben's Daughter. I attended Pitt and my brother is a UCLA grad, so there's a bit of discord within the family, but we've got nothing on the Howlands. Stuck in the middle is Coach Ben's lovely daughter Meredith. She's currently enrolled at Pitt where she used to be a cheerleader. Since her parents moved to Westwood, she's become even closer with their closest friends, Jamie Dixon's family. When Howland was asked who she was supporting he indicated that she was loyal to her father. Meredith, you're dead to me.
3. Can't Get Here Before. You know glass ceilings aren't just for ball-busting corporate types, Pitt has bumped into the Sweet 16's invisible barrier three times in five years. It all started back in March of 2002. I was a bright eyed freshmen (until I spent six months living in Tower C) when Ben Howland's reconstruction of the basketball program led to a glorious tournament run. The Sweet 16 paired us against Trevor Huffman and his Kent State Golden Flashes. But on this night it was not Huffman that would draw my ire; his name was Antonio Gates. 22 points 8 rebounds and 4 assists. He shot 7/11 from the field and an ultimately devastating 8/9 from the line. I assumed he was going to be a pro, I just never thought he'd be an All Pro. — unsilent majority
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HAWTHORNE, California – Building a successful startup in Silicon Valley is hard, but it's not rocket science. Unless you're SpaceX.
Eschewing the traditional startup trappings of two college grads eating ramen, watching Adult Swim and coding until the wee hours of the night, SpaceX instead employs hundreds of brainiacs and builds its rockets in a massive hangar that once housed a 747 fuselage factory.
Started in 2002 by PayPal founder Elon Musk, SpaceX (short for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) brings a startup mentality to launching rockets into orbit, which until recently was almost exclusively government turf. The hope is that minimal bureaucracy, innovation and in-house manufacturing and testing can be used to put payloads into space at roughly one-tenth the cost of traditional methods.
If the company's newest rocket, the Falcon 9, successfully completes its two scheduled launches this year, it will rendezvous with the International Space Station in 2010. After that, it will officially begin its mission as NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services platform, replacing the space shuttle as the method for transporting cargo and crew to the ISS.
SpaceX launched its first rocket, the Falcon 1, last September, placing a dummy payload into orbit. Space enthusiasts are holding their breath to see how Falcon 9 performs.
Here's a behind-the-scenes look at SpaceX's facility. This is how the private sector builds a rocket capable of space travel.
Looking less like a lab full of rocket scientists and more like Google, SpaceX foregoes offices and private meeting rooms. Instead the company opts for an open floor plan and glass-paneled conference rooms. Don't be fooled, those are rocket scientists.
Photos: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
Later this year, SpaceX will launch its much larger Falcon 9 rocket. If all goes well, the craft will make several orbits around the Earth before splashing down off the California coast. If the mission is a success, a commercial payload will be launched before the end of 2009.
The Falcon 9's capsule, Dragon, is designed to carry cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.
An engineering model of the SpaceX's capsule, Dragon, is used to test configurations of the craft.
Photos: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
SpaceX uses a high-tech, strong and lightweight aluminum-lithium alloy with a rigid internal structure in the construction of its Falcon 1 rocket. The lighter the rocket, the heavier the payload can be.
An extremely accurate laser survey device, left, is used to ensure that rocket parts fall within SpaceX's tight tolerances.
Photos: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
High-pressure, high-temperature manifolds and final rocket cones wait for assembly into rocket engines.
The business end of a Falcon 1 rocket stage fuel tank stands nearly ready to be mated with a rocket motor and blasted into space.
The Falcon 9's top nose cone fairing, left, is built around a multi-armed support structure to provide a rigid skeleton when forming the composite shell. The top nose cone will form the exterior of the top of the rocket and partially protect the payload.
Photos: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
Much larger than the Falcon 1, the Falcon 9 first stage, right, is ready for its end cap to be attached (see bottom photo).
The first and second stages of the Falcon 9, left and right respectively in top photo, are nearly identical, with the second stage being a shorter version of the first. The domes and walls of the stages are made with a superstrong aluminum-lithium alloy.
The end caps are covered with a special heat shielding designed to protect the stages upon reentry so they can be recovered and reused.
Photos: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
Several rocket motors sit waiting to attached to Falcon rockets or test platforms, but first they will need to be assembled. The stand in the photo below supports the rocket motor during the assembly process.
These motors take the propellant and focus it in the right direction. They're right where all those impressive flames shoot out at launch. The special shape creates the huge amount of thrust that gets the rocket into space.
Photos: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
Machinists in the SpaceX shop use computerized mills and lathes to form raw chunks of exotic alloys into working rocket parts.
In the top photo, a machinist inspects a small part he is drilling with a computerized mill.
Another machinist waits for a robotic press to finish shaping what appears to be a fuel tank fairing, as seen in slide 6.
A rocket motor is being formed in a milling machine. The hoses hanging from the door are used to lubricate the bit and wash away slivers of metal the mill removes.
A robotic drill press cuts precise, computer-guided holes into a block of metal that will soon find its way into a rocket.
Here, a machinist adjusts the tooling on a large hydraulic press that is shaping a fuel tank fairing.
A partially finished rocket motor awaits machining next to a mill.
Photos: Dave Bullock/Wired.com
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Gun retailers see business booming
Gun law uncertainty causes rise in permits, gun sales
Concerns about how gun laws may change has caused business to boom for gun retailers.
According to the FBI, December was a record-setting month with more than 2.7 million background checks as people flocked to get gun permits. January was the second-highest with 2.4 million background checks done through the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Officials said the numbers spiked after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting when President Barack Obama began to push for new gun-control measures.
Scott Jansen, who runs a gun shop in Columbus, said he has gun owners lining up, asking him to alter their weapons so they make the grade if Washington changes gun rules. In fact, business has been doing so well, he has expanded his business.
"I used to do this part-time. In the last three weeks, I was able to quit my full-time job and do this full-time. The demand has certainly helped that," Jansen said.
Jansen said gun owners are asking him to change their semi-automatic guns, worried that Washington will ban semi-automatic assault weapons or limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
"A lot of people are coming in and converting theirs to a short barrel just to try to get around that," Jansen said.
The short barrel, along with handguns, rifles and shotguns, is protected under the National Firearms Act. However, a semi-automatic, like the AR-15, would be banned under a proposal by Obama.
"It has all the military characteristics -- the collapsible stock, the pistol grip, the rails, the threaded barrel, the high magazine -- but it shoots a really little bullet. But it would definitely fall under the assault weapons ban," Jansen said.
Jansen said he will continue to satisfy the demand for semi-automatic weapons until there is a change from Washington. Regardless of what happens in Washington, he said he will expand his business by opening up a new shop in Lincoln this spring.


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My background
I grew up in Amble, a small coastal town in North-East England. Went to school in the county town of Alnwick. Ventured further afield to Stirling University in the 70's. Returned to N.E to work in Newcastle for a few years, then headed for London in the 80's. In 1986 I moved to Norway for a two year assignment and stayed. Living in Norway makes it an interesting logistical challenge getting time to dig into archives in the UK, so I really have to focus on good preplanning internet research to get the most out of each trip back to the UK.
Who do I think I am?
My childhood memories indicate humble beginnings from lines of pitmen and fisherfolk, with my parents' generation being the first to break the mould in terms of lifestyle and location. I am curious about how my ancestors lives were constrained by the situation they were born into and how their constraints and choices have impacted on my own personality and lifestyle.


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text: The Two-Way Ireland Slumps Back Into Recession, As Exports Fall June 27, 2013 A report issued Thursday by Ireland's Central Statistics Office found that its GDP had fallen by 0.6 percent. The same report also included newly revised figures for recent quarters. As a result, the negative GDP numbers in two or more quarters satisfies the definition of a recession.


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Honda Donation Helps Preserve Baseball and Softball Season for Staten Island Little League
Honda Donation Helps Preserve Baseball and Softball Season for Staten Island Little League
Honda, the official vehicle sponsor of Little League® and national sponsor since 1996, donated $50,000 to the Staten Island Little League to help rebuild their baseball facilities, which were severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy. With Honda's donation, storm ravaged fields, bleachers and dugouts will be repaired in time for the league's 32-team opening day on April 20th. On opening day, Honda will present the Staten Island Little League with a ceremonial check and host several fundraising events in an effort to increase community awareness. The additional money raised through these events will help replace damaged scoreboards and field lighting plus fund other needs throughout the season.
"For 17 years Honda has enjoyed a relationship with Little League Baseball and Softball. We're proud to play a part in getting Staten Island Little League up and running to make it possible for kids to play ball this year," Susie Rossick, Sr. Manager, Honda Regional Marketing, said. "Though much still needs to be done, they are off to a good start, and we look forward to helping them with opening day and beyond."
Staten Island Little League volunteers working hard to restore their fields after Sandy.
The Honda hosted fundraising activities on opening day include, "Sing Badly for a Good Cause: Car-e-oke" in which parents will be encouraged to sing their worst rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" inside an Odyssey minivan with Honda donating up to $50 to the Staten Island Little League for each parent who participates. Other games will include, "Musical Car Seats" in an Odyssey, charades events and kids' activities with similar donation incentives.
"I was extremely surprised when I was notified by Honda about receiving the
$50,000 grant. Everyone sees on the news how Staten Island was affected structurally, but no one thinks of the families and kids that the storm affected," Michael Colini, President of the Staten Island Little League, said. "I cannot think of a better way to express our gratitude than by making sure our kids can get out on the diamond and play ball!"


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We're getting reports from people in Houston of a weird light in the sky that may have been seen as far away as Dallas. Some describe it as a "blue flash" in the morning fog.
Were you stuck in traffic and saw this odd light? Is there video? A photo? Let us know below.
UPDATE: Have added a few photos below and have heard from NASA's Bill Cooke from the Meteoroid Environments Office, who says "We are checking into it - at this time, it looks like a bright meteor (fireball)." Hopefully, we'll get a sense of the magnitude then.