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|Then: In 1975, Leslie Vass was a 17-year-old star basketball player at his high school in Baltimore. He had no criminal record. In February of that year, he was leaving his neighborhood pharmacy with a newspaper in-hand and was arrested for an armed robbery that was committed four months earlier. He was tried by judge and convicted on the testimony of the victim who identified Leslie as the perpetrator. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
After spending seven years in prison, Leslie was approached by a man who claimed he knew the person who had actually committed the crime that Leslie was serving time for. He promised he would send him a picture which Leslie could submit as new evidence in hopes of being granted a second trial. In 1982, Leslie sent the picture, accompanied by a letter, to the Public Defenders' office in Baltimore. He did not hear back for two years. In 1984, word arrived that the victim of the crime had positively identified the man in the picture as having committed the crime. He was wearing the same shirt in the picture as he was on the day of the crime. Leslie's conviction was vacated and he was released two days later.
In 1987, Leslie received a settlement from the state of Maryland for $250,000 to be paid as an annuity. Despite this settlement and the promise that Leslie's record would be expunged of all charges, the conviction was not removed from his record. After years of struggling to prove the conviction did not apply, Leslie filed and won a second lawsuit against the state, resulting in an award of $50,000 in 1998.Now: Today, Leslie volunteers with the Neighborhood Network Organization. He holds a BA in Sociology from Towson State University and he is a Certified Paralegal. He continues to lobby and advocate for the cause of exonerees on a regional, state, and federal level. He is especially impassioned by the need for national recognition of the plight of exonerees, saying "This bill (H.R. 2095) in DC right now is so important; it gives consideration to people whose lives have been taken from them, people who need and deserve some kind of support system to recover." Leslie is a father as well as an advocate. His children, he says, "are what keep me positive. They keep me going, every single day."
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Yesterday's Office Hours with Melissa Clark was a great time -- questions poured in for Melissa from the Hotline and Twitter alike on a wide variety of topics. We've collected some of the best below (you can see all of them here).
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From Twitter user @RachelGaffney, Q: "Do you have tips for whipping cream? Since I moved here, I find it collapses quickly."
A: You know what works great for a more stable whipped cream? Adding either a little mascarpone or creme fraiche. They act as stablizers. Also buy the highest fat cream you can find, the more fat, the more stable.
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And another Genius reference, this time from FOOD52er AntoniaJames, Q: "What are some great ways to use leftover duck leg meat from your (truly) Genius Really Easy Duck Confit?"
A: Duck tacos! I buy corn tortillas and then make salsa, slice up an avocado, and roll it all up with the duck meat, it's so great. We are also big on duck sandwiches here. I slather the bread with spicy mango pickle and lettuce, then layer on the duck. The spicy pickle really cuts the richness of the meat. You could also toss it into salad though I'd warm the duck meat first and use it with sturdy greens such as chicory.
Then there were the more pragmatic questions -- Brette asked about Melissa's essential cooking tools, Twitter user @TheDoughEater asked for her tips on keeping the kitchen clean while cooking, and Amanda asked her to explain her recipe development process.
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Northern Ireland were offered a stark reminder of the challenge facing them at Euro 2016– but it is hard to be too critical of Michael O'Neill's side following Sunday's defeat to Poland.
Arkadiusz Milik's second-half goal proved the difference in the searing heat of the Cote d'Azur, with the dam finally bursting in the 51st minute following wave after wave of Polish attack.
It was a first defeat in 13 games for Northern Ireland as they made their debut at a European Championship.
O'Neill's players had the weight of a nation on their shoulders, a burden that was evident during a nervy yet stoic first-half display.
The deadlock was broken in clinical fashion shortly after the break, and despite a late foray Northern Ireland's attempts came to nothing.
There will be disappointment in the result, and Sunday will have been a steep learning curve for O'Neill and his players.
The post-mortem from the game might reflect on a lack of attacking ambition, but up until Milik's opener O'Neill would have been relatively content with the goalless scoreline.
His side didn't flinch in the face of Poland's utter dominance in the first half.
Defensive trio Jonny Evans, Gareth McAuley and Craig Cathcart shackled the threat of Robert Lewandowski – the qualifying tournament's top scorer.
And after going behind there was a spirited response that saw substitute Conor Washington and captain Steven Davis raise heartbeats with half-chances.
But, in the end, the result will declare that Northern Ireland lost.
And it leaves O'Neill with an uphill battle as he looks to progress to the knockout stages.
To do that Northern Ireland will have to adopt a more attacking philosophy against Ukraine on Thursday.
Kyle Lafferty – an isolated figure against Poland – will need some support in the form of Washington or Jamie Ward.
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In 2011, FRA was asked by the European Commission to increase its research activities on Roma issues, thereby contributing to the newly created Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS). The Agency was requested to expand its data collection on Roma to all EU Member States, conduct regular surveys to measure the progress of integration policies, and work with Member States to develop monitoring methods able to compare the situation of Roma across Europe.
In response to the Commission's request, FRA developed a comprehensive multi-annual programme that focuses on key issues related to Roma integration. Targets set by the Europe 2020 strategy on inclusive economic growth and by the European platform against poverty and social exclusion are also addressed.
The objective of the Roma Programme is to help Member States implement the EU's Roma integration framework. FRA does this by providing robust, comparable data and insight into the situation of Roma communities, as well as the impact of efforts at improving their situation. The Agency focuses on four priority areas – employment, education, housing and health – from a human rights perspective. Particular attention is paid to fundamental rights issues such as discrimination, anti-gypsyism and related hate crime, as well as issues of citizenship and rights awareness.
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Cut organics and plastics including wood, acrylic and leather at high processing speeds.
|Organics and plastic materials can be cut with lasers at high processing speeds with exceptional edge quality. Non-metals such as plastics, fabrics, paper/cardboard, wood or leather are used in a wide range of industries including sign/advertising, fashion, automotive, furniture, and packaging. The use of a galvanometric scanner is recommended when cutting acrylics or laser cutting wood when the material to be cut is very thin or very heat sensitive.
Cost-effective, precision cutting of metals at varying thicknesses.
Traditionally, CO2 and fiber lasers were used for metal cutting processes. Coherent serves this market with DIAMOND CO2 lasers and the HighLight FL-Series of fiber lasers to meet industry needs. The META 10C is Coherent's laser-cutting turnkey tool designed for the sheet metal industry.
Diode lasers, with wavelengths in the range of 808 nm to 980 nm, are typically used to join various plastic material combinations in plastics welding applications.
Diode lasers are used to weld plastics, applicable for thermoplastic materials only. In one welding geometry example, the laser beam joins two materials by passing through the first transparent heating up the second absorptive joining partner. The latter one starts to heat up and melt. At the same time heat is transferred to the first partner and the two parts are joined.
Laser welding operates economically in many different applications.
Laser welding operates efficiently and economically in many different applications, and can be used in place of many different standard processes.
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Stereolithography, where 3D Models are created with an extremely high level of detail and a smooth surface finish, is an excellent choice where a close approximation to the finished product is desired.
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Lasers are used to permanently mark an almost endless list of materials.
Laser marking can provide a permanent high-contrast mark on different types of plastics, allowing no direct contact with the plastic other than through the laser beam. A variety of results can be achieved when marking plastics.
Typically a CO2 laser with 10.6 µm is used for marking organic materials.
When marking metal surfaces, the high peak power of a 1 µm laser, such as a Matrix DPSS laser, engraves into the metal surface and creates a contrast. When using CW laser radiation, most steel, titanium and gold materials turn black creating an annealing contrast.
Joining composite materials requires different approaches than when joining metal materials.
CFRP requires pre-processing. The resin needs to be ablated by a laser so that the fiber structure becomes visible. In order to ablate effectively without impacting the fibers, a Q-Switched CO2 or UV laser e.g. AVIA applies. The open fiber structure enables higher shear strength after welding, as the molten thermoplast of the other welding partner flows around and in between the fibers.
By using a laser in the repair of large carbon fiber parts, precise repairs are conducted offering strength similar to that of a new part.
During the manufacturing process or during its final use of composites, damages may happen. While smaller objects might just be replaced and scrapped, larger parts need repair. Examples of these larger parts include an airplane fuselage damaged by a loading truck at an airport or bird damage of wind energy turbine blades. Traditionally, these carbon fiber repairs were done by either bolting a repair composite sheet on top of the damaged area or by manual grinding – scarfing the damaged area and refilling it with repair plys. The grinding process is preferred over the bolting process because it offers higher strength and reliability of the repair. Unfortunately the manual process involved in grinding is not repeatable and it requires high user skills. By using a frequency tripled DPSS laser emitting 355 nm like the AVIA, it is possible to precisely scarf the damaged area – allowing layers of composite to be ablated reliably and repeatedly. Laser repaired damages offer strength similar to that of a new part.
Increase wear resistance and fatigue strength on the work piece surface.
Laser heat treatment increases wear resistance and increases the fatigue strength due to the compressive stresses induced on the work piece surface.The ability to precisely control the physical extent of the illuminated region, together with the short timescale of energy transfer into the material, gives rise to the main benefits of laser surface modification over other techniques. Several key benefits include rapid processing, precise localized control over case depth/hardness, minimal to no part distortion, superior wear and corrosion resistance and increased fatigue strength.
Laser cutting and scribing of display glass and functional foils are important processes for the Flat Panel Display industry. The contact-free laser processes enable the trend towards thinner glass and advanced material mixes.
Coherent lasers are the ideal source for microstructuring inside glass.
When marking and engraving glass, a high intensity laser irradiance enables a multi-photon process and non-linear absorption effects in transparent material such as flat panel display glass. The high peak power of the Matrix DPSS laser, easily engraves inside the glass.
Achieve optimal cutting speed and cut quality by using lasers to cut carbon or glass reinforced plastic.
Due to the fact that the melting point of fibers is much higher than the melting point of the resin, laser cutting of glass reinforced plastic and carbon fiber is challenging as the plastic tends to char and burn at the cutting edge. Best results have been shown by using lasers with very high peak power and short pulse length e.g. from a HyperRapid ps Laser. If operated at a high rep rate, good cutting quality can be achieved using a multiple pass cutting method.
Using lasers for cladding, you will achieve better surface uniformity than with traditional technologies.
|Coherent lasers offer superior overall clad quality, reduced heat input, minimal part distortion and better clad deposition control resulting in reduced dilution, lower porosity and better surface uniformity. Cladding is a well-established process used in a variety of industries for improving the surface and near surface properties of a part (e.g. wear, corrosion or heat resistance), or to re-surface a component that has become worn through use.
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Coherent partners with medical system builders across the globe to provide the laser technology necessary for them to manufacture a variety of medical components.
Medical devices encompass a broad range of solutions that can host a variety of different laser technologies from the UV to the mid-IR range. Using the right wavelength for a specific material provides efficient machining and throughput. Defined by the level of precision needed, laser solutions range from short pulse (nanoseconds) to ultrashort pulses (picoseconds). Ultrashort pulses minimize heat affected zones and, combined with "cold machining" processes, offer the highest level of precision beneficial for the most demanding applications such as stent manufacturing.
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The 601 collaborative studio grows out of a desire to have students work with professionals to challenge societal problems where all parties—student, faculty, professional and client—enter into a space of uncertainty. To undertake such an enterprise requires exceptional professionals and risk-taking clients. It takes confident students who can accept a response of "I don't know" to their questions from experts. Most of all, it requires a group willing to explore the boundaries of an issue and push to see what new horizons are possible.
In the Spring of 2013, the architecture program at the University of Maryland, found in Clark Realty Capital ,clients who were bold enough and, in Gensler, professionals who reveled in ambiguity. From the very beginning, the participants of the 601 studio knew that the "baby boomer" generation, and those who follow, were not going to live in the same places under the same conditions as their parents' generation. This point was well documented and easily confirmed by discussions with the students' grandparents or parents, and even the clients themselves. What was less clear was how this attitude would express itself in built realities. Clark Realty Capital charged the students to design the "iPhone" of housing with the ability to change, as necessary, by the aging. No small order!


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I'm looking for a way for Alice to send a message or a file to Bob in the most paranoid way possible (over the internet).
It can be asymmetric or symmetric. But According to some articles, AES 128bit, RSA, ECC are all broken or will be soon (with the new NSA Utah center).
I found PHPECC library on GitHub: https://github.com/mdanter/phpecc but I don't know how to generate private keys and change key length.
RSA is slow to get a decent security... AKA 2048-bit or more.
AES-256bit is fast and secure with a strong password... but I cannot figure how to communicate the password in the most paranoid way. (Again, please, not on a piece of paper :))
I've made a couple of schemas on a sheet, but I'm sure there's a better way than what I've imagine.
Any help or explanation, or good methods how to do that will be greatly appreciate.
OpenSSL Vulnerability: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/severe_openssl_vulnerability/
AES 128-bit: http://threatpost.ca/en_us/blogs/rsa-2010-experts-expect-several-ciphers-be-cracked-soon-030210
NSA is promoting ECC over RSA. And ECC 112-bit is broken: http://www.nsa.gov/business/programs/elliptic_curve.shtml


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If you like a very veggie-filled pizza, this one's for you, piled generously with broccoli, bell pepper, and zucchini. And in place of the usual tomato sauce, this one features a delectable spinach-miso pesto as the base. Adapted from Vegan Express by Nava Atlas. Photos by Rachael Braun.
Makes: 6 slices
Spinach-miso pesto:
- 4 to 5 ounces fresh baby spinach
- 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves
- 1/4 cup untoasted walnuts or raw cashews
- 2 scallions, green parts only
- 1 to 2 tablespoons miso, preferably mellow white, to taste
- 1 1/2 cups small broccoli florets
- 1 medium green bell pepper, cut into narrow, short strips
- 3/4 cup thinly sliced rounds from a small zucchini
- 1 to 2 medium tomatoes,
- 3 to 4 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- One 12- to 14-inch good-quality pizza crust
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella-style nondairy cheese
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Combine the ingredients for the pesto in a food processor. Process until smoothly pureed, stopping the machine and scraping down the sides as needed.
Combine the broccoli florets, bell pepper, zucchini, and garlic in a mixing bowl and drizzle in the olive oil. Stir together. Transfer the vegetables to a lightly oiled roasting pan and put in the oven. Stir after 10 minutes, and continue to roast until the vegetables are touched with brown spots here and there.
Meanwhile, spread the pesto on the pizza crust, then sprinkle evenly with the cheese. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is nicely melted. Remove from the oven, let stand for a minute, then cut into 6 wedges (it's easier to cut the pizza before piling on the veggies).
When the vegetables are done, distribute them evenly over the surface of the pizza. If the pizza came out of the oven a few minutes before the vegetables, put the whole thing back into the oven for a couple of minutes, just so that everything can be piping hot, then serve at once.
Nutrition Information:
Per serving (including Spinach-Miso Pesto): 335 calories; 45g carbs; 14g fat; 9g protein; 685mg sodium
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Forum Post: Global Power Project, Part 7: Banking on Influence With Citigroup
Posted 6 years ago on July 26, 2013, 4:53 p.m. EST by LeoYo
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Global Power Project, Part 7: Banking on Influence With Citigroup
Friday, 26 July 2013 09:52 By Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com | Report
In the second quarter of 2013, the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, Citigroup, posted a 42% increase in profits which CEO Michael Corbat praised as a "well balanced" result of "cost cutting" programs, including the firing of 11,000 workers.
This big bank has a sordid history of predatory profiteering and criminal activity, not unlike all the other large banks. In the early 20th century, what was then National City Bank was the main bank for the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests. Over ensuing decades and mergers it eventually came to be Citibank, and in the late 1990s, Citigroup. At that time, the bank was dealing with accusations that it had aided in the laundering of roughly $100 million in payoffs by Mexican drug cartels.
In 2000, the mega-bank was accused of abusing borrowers and clients through predatory lending practices. The bank aroused further controversy by helping Enron evade financial rules which allowed the company to hide its real financial reporting from government regulators. In 2005, Citigroup paid a $2 billion settlement to Enron investors who had filed a class-action lawsuit against the bank for helping Enron hide billions of dollars in debt.
Also See: Global Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class; Global Power Project, Part 2: Identifying the Institutions of Control; Global Power Project, Part 3: The Influence of Individuals and Family Dynasties; Global Power Project, Part 4: Banking on Influence With JPMorgan Chase; Global Power Project, Part 5: Banking on Influence With Goldman Sachs; Global Power Project, Part 6: Banking on Influence With Bank of America.
A 2005 report by Citigroup created the term 'plutonomy' to describe the modern state capitalist system in which there is only the rich "and everyone else"; an economy in which the rich increasingly become the consuming class, driven to a significant degree by "disruptive technology-driven productivity gains, creative financial innovation, [and] capitalist friendly cooperative governments."
Referencing the United States, the U.K., Australia and Canada as modern plutonomies, Citigroup global strategist Ajay Kapur noted, "The Plutonomy is here, is going to get stronger, its membership is swelling," and while the "risks" of plutonomies include "war, inflation, financial crises, the end of the technological revolution and populist political pressure," Kapur noted that "the rich are likely to keep getting even richer, and enjoy an even greater share of the wealth pie over the coming years." Indeed, Citigroup would ensure that this was the case.
In the 1990s, Bill Clinton's Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin helped to deregulate Wall Street and allow for massive mergers and the proliferation of dangerous financial instruments in the derivatives market, which helped create the future housing crisis. After leaving the White House, Rubin became an adviser to Citigroup, and ultimately the bank's chairman, where he helped push the mega-bank further down the path taken by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to build up an unprecedented housing bubble. When the inevitable happened, Citigroup owned tens of billions of dollars in bad debts. Meanwhile, Robert Rubin was appointed as an economic adviser to the transition team for President Obama.
Citigroup was subsequently bailed out by the federal government, that is, the U.S. taxpayer, and became the largest single recipient of bailout funds totaling some $476.2 billion in cash and guarantees. Citigroup was essentially put into receivership by the government, which decided to reward the bank after its highly effective and efficient participation in the destruction of the economy. The U.S. Treasury eventually sold the last of its shares in Citigroup in 2010. Since that time, the bank has been quietly settling civil complaints and lawsuits, further proving that criminal activity by major financial institutions comes down to a cost-benefit analysis: if the cost of committing massive crimes is less than the benefit of engaging in such criminal activity, there is little incentive to obey the law rather than pay comparably lower fines after breaking it.
Between 2003 and 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Citigroup of securities fraud five separate times, with the bank agreeing to pay settlements in each case, amounting to a slap on the wrist from the SEC. As a Bloomberg report stated bluntly, for Citigroup "obeying the law is too damn hard." Or rather, simply, it is unnecessary.
In 2011, Citigroup paid a $285 million settlement with the SEC for defrauding investors. In 2012, the bank paid another settlement of $590 million for defrauding investors, though it made sure not to admit guilt as the payment was "solely to eliminate the uncertainties, burden and expense of further protracted litigation." In 2013, Citigroup agreed to pay a further $968 million to Fannie Mae over the bad mortgage loans it sold to the company in the run-up to the financial crisis.
But before you assume that Citigroup simply defrauded investors and other institutions, know this: the bank also undertook foreclosures on hundreds of U.S. military members during the financial crisis, often while the military personnel were in Iraq or Afghanistan. After illegally foreclosing on military personnel while they were overseas fighting wars for the America's imperialists and profiteers, Citigroup made a later appearance in Iraq, announcing in 2013 that it would be the first U.S. bank to open a branch in Bagdad "as major international oil groups as well as industrial and construction companies are looking to invest in Iraq."
Iraq is just the latest hub of overseas criminal financial activities for Citigroup, which has meanwhile been struggling to "comply" with anti-money laundering laws after also participating in the largest financial scam in history: the Libor rate-rigging scandal. At the same time, the bank has been dooming the European Union's crisis countries (namely Greece) to a faster decline, issuing self-fulfilling reports that suggest the region is headed for further crisis, thus reducing investor confidence and pushing the crisis-hit economies into even deeper crisis.
In sum, Citigroup's fraudulent lifestyle – with its increased quarterly profits – is one more example of how the institutions of the financial system function as criminal conglomerates on a scale far surpassing any Mafia on record. And of course, for such criminal activity to go unpunished, the institution cannot exist in isolation. In fact, like all other big banks, Citigroup is heavily integrated in the national – and increasingly international – structure of elite institutions, with cross-membership between major corporations, think tanks, governmental positions, media and educational institutions.
Thirty-seven individuals on the executive committee and board of directors of Citigroup were examined for the Global Power Project. The most represented institution was the Council on Foreign Relations, with six individual affiliations, followed by Morgan Stanley, Banco Nacional de Mexico (Banamex), American Express, the Foreign Policy Association, IBM, the Brookings Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University, and Stanford University, among many others.


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If a government shutdown occurs in March, it will be Mother Nature's doing, not Congress's, leaders in both political parties stressed on Tuesday.
As the D.C. region braced for snowfall that could tip into double-digit inches, House and Senate party leaders said both sides share a commitment to avoid a government shutdown and to keep the government running after March 27 (when current funding authorization ends), although the contours of a final budget deal remain hazy.
Failure to reach agreement, they acknowledge, would only add to any economic disruption stemming from automatic budget cuts that will begin biting at month's end. There's even a decent chance that along the way Congress could mitigate the worst bite of the "sequester" (as the automatic spending reductions are known).
A dose of congressional responsibility, perhaps?
"There's a sense of urgency and cooperation on both sides to try to get this done," said Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, speaking of government-funding legislation during his weekly talk with reporters.
What will Congress have to get done? Two parallel but interconnected issues are roiling Capitol Hill right now. The first is the sequester, more than $1 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade that saw its first $85 billion installment begin on March 1. The second is the need to fund the federal government beyond March 27, when legislation keeping the federal bureaucracy churning comes to an end.
Because the politically controversial sequester affects the level of government spending, these two issues are logically joined at the hip. Yet the leaders shepherding government funding bills on both sides of the Capitol – House Appropriations Committee head Hal Rogers (R) of Kentucky and Senate Appropriations chairman Barbara Mikulski (D) of Maryland – are fighting like mad to keep the toxic politics of the former from affecting the latter.
"This bill has to focus on funding levels," Senator Mikulski told reporters just outside the Senate chamber, deflecting a question about whether she would add to her forthcoming legislation provisions such as unfreezing government pay, favored by President Obama. "If we keep our focus on the fact that this is not to deal with all the pent-up demand [for various policy additions and instead] keep it as simple, as clear, and as straightforward as we can," the measure will succeed, she said.
What could muddy the waters? In the House, a crew of conservative Republicans led by Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R) of Kansas sent a letter to GOP leaders asking for the House government funding bill to defund parts of Mr. Obama's health-care reform law. In the Senate, Democratic lawmakers are queasy about acquiescing to indiscriminate cuts in social programs and domestic priorities, Mikulski said.
Both Mikulski and Rogers have opted to accept to the reality of the sequester by writing legislation that does not alter the amount of cuts to come.
Instead, leaders in both chambers (which include Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D) and Senate Republicans including Mr. McConnell and the Appropriations Committee's Richard Shelby of Alabama) are discussing how much money can be moved around within the budgets of the Pentagon, veterans affairs, border security, government research, and social programs to mitigate the worst of the sequester cuts.
The House bill, expected to pass on Wednesday, primarily protects the federal budget accounts that fund military operations and maintenance, and veterans programs. In addition, the Rogers bill provides extra protection to ensure the safety of nuclear weapons stockpiles, money to fight wildfires in the West, and funds for embassy security and border security personnel.
McConnell said he expected Democrats to put their "imprint" on the House-passed measure. Indeed, Mikulski appears ready to do that in the days to come.
"The content [of the House bill] is too spartan for us because it does not include [flexibility for] domestic priorities," Mikulski said Tuesday.
What's unclear is what, exactly, Mikulski will try to safeguard – and whether her tweaks can achieve enough GOP support to overcome a potential filibuster.
"We don't have a framework," she said. "What we do have is a will."
That same will was not evident in 2012's bitterly partisan, election-year session of Congress, meaning there's no consensus on policy and spending changes for most government spending this fiscal year. Lawmakers did reach accord on a Pentagon spending bill and on authorization for veterans programs and military construction, so those changes have been adapted into the House government funding resolution.
But for the vast majority of the federal government's operations, time is too short between Tuesday and March 27 for lawmakers to hammer out a comprehensive compromise. That means the sequester cuts, decried by members of both parties during the campaign, will hit nearly all government functions, despite the efforts of Rogers and Mikulski.
"In so many ways, our failure to do our work is catching up with us," says Sen. Roy Blunt (R) of Missouri. "Many of our government agencies, because of no appropriations bills and continuing resolutions, are working on priorities that were their priorities two, three, four years ago."


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Barbara Ann Lappin Fort Collins, Colorado
Barbara Ann Lappin of Fort Collins, Colorado peacefully passed away on May 28, 2013. She was 75.
Barbara was born in Tonganoxie, Kansas to Bill and Hazel McGee. Barbara and her sister, Billie grew up in Tonganoxie and were two amazingly beautiful and talented kids. Rex Lappin was very fortunate when he met Barbara and was lucky to be her future husband!
Barbara was a great student in Tonganoxie and ultimately earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from the University of Kansas. While Barbara and Rex both were faithful KU alumni, Barbara also developed a strong allegiance to the Oklahoma State University Cowboys during the years that their daughter, Renee and their son, Michael attended college in Stillwater. That allegiance lived on and it was great fun to watch Barbara (OSU) and Rex (KU) have their friendly rivalries, particularly during college basketball season.
Barbara maintained a close relationship with Billie who married Tom Marshall and raised their kids Scott, Todd and Andrea in Texas. Renee gave Barbara and Rex two wonderful grand kids, Michael Jay and Joseph Phillip and the family is all thankful that Barbara and Rex also got to spend time with their great grandchild, Mickey.
Barbara and Rex raised Renee and Michael in Oklahoma City and Edmond. During the Oklahoma days, they were known as a fun couple and hosted parties that were legendary amongst their families and friends. Barbara was active as a Girl Scout Leader in Oklahoma and influenced many young ladies. Rex worked for Munsingwear in Oklahoma for approximately 25 years and after retirement, Michael talked Barbara and Rex into moving to Fort Collins, Colorado. While in Fort Collins, Barbara returned to her true love of teaching and worked with the Base Camp group. She worked primarily with very young children and specialized in working with those that had special needs.
Barbara developed a series of physical problems in her later years but she was always amazingly strong and positive, and was an inspiration to those around her. Barbara and Rex were pet lovers and had a many special dogs over the years including Sundance 1, Sundance 2, Casey, and Cassidy.
A memorial service will be held for Barbara at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Guthrie Christian Church, 1802 W Logan Ave in Guthrie, OK 73044.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations (In memory of Barbara Lappin) be made to help the recent tornado victims (human & animal). Please consider donating to The Red Cross or the Animal Rescue Center, 7949 S I-35 Service Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73149. Friends may send condolences to the family at bohlenderfuneralchapel.com.
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Are you a small or mid-sized club operator who is looking for help? You can discover how to find money on your cardio floor, how to improve your business skills, how to operate debt free, how to use a unique advertising method and more all in one place.
That place is the Club Industry Conference and Exposition, Oct. 23-25 in Chicago. This week, I'm highlighting a few seminars to attend on Oct. 23, but come back next week for highlights of some of the seminars on Oct. 24. Or better yet, go to the Club Industry show site to check out the conference sessions yourself and register.
Did you know you have money hiding on your floor? Find out from Donna Krech, founder and CEO of Thin & Healthy's Total Solution and The Donna Krech Co, exactly where that money is and how to grab it up in her session "The Money Hiding on Your Club Floor – Five New Income Streams," which will be presented from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Are you a new club operator who needs a little help? Find that help in the program "Club Industry Business Program for Club Entrepreneurs," which goes from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The program includes a session on the dos and don'ts of starting a fitness studio, how to handle employee issues, how to handle partnerships and how to access capital for your business needs.
Are you a personal trainer looking to start your own business? Don't miss the program "Club Industry Business Program for Personal Trainers" on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The afternoon program starts at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 5:30 p.m. and includes presentations on how to transition from a personal trainer to a business person, advertising and marketing secrets, creating successful business strategies and how to develop multiple revenue streams.
Are you a small club operator who wants to operate a little differently? If so, then you need to attend Brent Gallagher's session, "Small is the New Big: A Counterintuitive Approach to Healthy Entrepreneurship," at 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Gallagher has a unique way of operating his training studio that includes operating on no debt and not accepting credit cards. Attend his session to find out how he makes this and other unique operating procedures work—and how you can apply this in your market.
How can the Affordable Care Act generate revenue for your facility? Find out in the Wednesday, Oct. 23 session "Embracing Business Opportunities of the Affordable Care Act." The seminar, which starts at 11 a.m., is being presented by Dr. Ann Hawkins, president of Global Wellcare, and Holly Johnson, executive director of the National Independent Health Club Association. The two will talk about the changes we can expect due to the Affordable Care Act and how your fitness facility can create a wellness model to embrace those changes.
You've heard that group training is the latest trend, but how do you make money off of it? Lori Patterson of VicteliB will share how to create a fee-based program that won't scare off members. Attend her session, "How to Create Revenue Streams Through Group Training," from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
How do you use new forms of advertising to grab the attention of prospects? Casey Conrad, president of Communication Consultants, has some answers in her session "Publishing: How to Generate Leads and Cash Using Kindle and Create Space." The session, which runs from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23, will show how you can use a book as an advertising tool. Conrad will show several tools that will make writing your own book easy and how to use that book to bring in prospects.
These are just a few of the Wednesday sessions. Check out more online.
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[This post originally appeared on KQED's Bay Area Bites, where it has sparked some lively comments. Feel from to add yours here or there.]
Heads up readers: Want to know a dirty little secret of online journalism, including website food writing? It doesn't always pay. Maybe you haven't given the matter much thought, but read on to find out why you should.
First, some context from recent headlines: progressive online media giant The Huffington Post, which has a lively food section and set the standard for the new no-pay media, announced that it was being bought by AOL for a cool $315 million in cash and stock. That was fabulous news for the already fabulously wealthy Arianna Huffington and her cronies, but a slap in the face for the army of unpaid wordsmiths on which the HuffPo has built a blog empire using, essentially, the slave labor of journalists who wrote posts for free in the hope it may make a difference, including to their cash flow, down the track.
Mainstream media analysts like Tim Rutten at the Los Angeles Times even said as much: "To grasp The Huffington Post's business model, picture a galley rowed by slaves and commanded by pirates."
Elsewhere other scribes parsed out the economics at play, including Nate Silver in a column for the New York Times, but the fact remains no matter how you run the numbers this business model is just plain exploitive. So much for Huffington's liberal values. And don't just take my word for it, as media maven Tina Brown told New York Magazine: "My stance is that as a writer, I like to get paid. That's just the cost of doing business. I mean, you wouldn't expect to not be paying anyone doing any other things."
Indeed. It's a brutal economy, and many writers and editors have lost their jobs or taken buyouts, as the print media implodes. Filling the void: online blogs pumping out content, journalism's low or no-pay poor cousin. (Full disclosure: KQED pays me $40 to pen posts like this one. I retain the copyright for the stories I turn here and am free to run them on my own blog or use them as pitches for higher-paying pieces in other media.) Exclusivity and copyright questions can get sticky, as Politics of the Plate writer Barry Estabrook discovered in curt correspondence he received from Conde Nast Publications, which owned Gourmet. Estabrook, who wrote for the since shuttered magazine, was admonished for reprinting articles he authored for the mag on his blog.
It wasn't always so. Back in the olden days, a phrase which here means just a few years ago, before the word blogging made its way into the popular lexicon, the activity was simply known as "writing for the web" and writers like myself were compensated — handsomely — for their time and talents at rates comparable to print outlets. We're talking fees in the thousands for reported stories, usually at a rate of $1 a word or higher. (A rate, mind you, that has been pretty set in stone since I landed in this country as a novice reporter some 25 years ago. But that's another story.) This meant that it was possible, with a lot of hard work and persistence, to make a modest living at the job.
Fast forward to today and we now have a band of self-styled "journalists" roaming the web writing off the cuff (and frequently about themselves, since this is the narcissistic age we live in). And yes, some of it is well done. But a lot of it is not. Regardless, it doesn't do career journalists like myself any favors and it's a disservice to readers, too.
Here's why: Offering up content — or packaged information — is not the same thing as crafting quality journalism, which involves interviewing, analysis, and research, along with expertise, experience, and a modicum of style.
But I've taken to adopting the mantra "adapt or die," and find myself — like many mid-career scribblers — struggling to find a way to make a living in a field where the landscape has changed dramatically. Although I shifted to food writing two years ago, a notoriously under-paid beat, I've been able to eke out an income by diversifying and carving out a niche.
The jury is out on whether this experiment will work, and there are days when I wonder if I should go fill out an application at Trader Joe's. I know scores of writers, both freelancers and those who used to be staffers, who feel the same way.
Even folks on the inside feel our pain. "It eats at me every day," says Corby Kummer, The Atlantic Food Channel's senior food editor. Kummer explains that once he learned about the business model for the site he would run, he was careful not to ask established freelance writers or new reporters to pitch because he couldn't compensate them for their time.
Instead, he sought out people who were experts in their activities and businesses, like Ari Weinzweig and Larry Stone, or academics who write as part of their platform, such as Marion Nestle and James McWilliams, or writers with books who wanted to reach a wide audience. (The Atlantic, an intellectual magazine not known for bringing in big bucks, turned a $1.8 million profit last year, the first time in at least a decade that it hadn't lost money, largely due to its digital presence.) In a sense, these were people who could afford to write gratis, since they already had an income source.
But once the site launched Kummer fielded numerous emails from writers — including this one — who wanted their stories to appear on the site. "I want nothing more than to be part of the solution to making web writing into the going enterprise that, for a time that seems so long ago, print journalism was," says Kummer. "We hope revenue will follow, not just for us but for the people who create that work."
And that's exactly what we want to hear, since there are still rents or mortgages to pay, food to get on the table, and kids to raise in (public) school. Meanwhile, there's a core of mid-career professionals — including many women who are the family breadwinners or head of households — who have seen their freelance writing income literally slashed by 50 to 75 percent. We're all working harder and longer hours than we ever have for much, much less.
In certain circles I hear rumblings about a potential uprising among writers; some even talk about starting a new union to protect online workers.
That may sound far-fetched but really what we have going on here is sweatshop conditions akin to the old economy's industrial capitalism: Poorly paid piecework and huge profits for the owners. Something has to shift.
Full disclosure: While I continue to derive decent income from food writing for print publications such as AFAR, California, and San Francisco, I also contribute regular food coverage to online sites that offer token compensation, including Bay Area Bites, which is based on the concept of citizen media, and the local start-up Berkeleyside. And, of course, nobody sends me a check for the pieces I pen on my own blog, Lettuce Eat Kale.
On rare occasion I turn an original post for non-paying Internet outlets such as the wonky website Civil Eats (where nobody, including the editors, makes a dime) and The Atlantic Food Channel (where the editors, presumably, are well compensated for their work) as part of a strategy that I trust will pay off in financial terms in the future — a phrase which here means "I hope very soon."
Lest you think I've lost my sense of humor, I leave you with this video, "Adventures in Freelancing," part of a series on YouTube by the talented Lauren Lipton that amusingly sends up the current state of affairs that resembles reality for many writers. Food for thought:


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CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Two servings of oily fish a week is moderately but significantly associated with a reduced risk of stroke, researchers in Britain and the Netherlands said.
However, the study, published in the British Medical Journal website, said taking fish oil supplements doesn't seem to have the same effect.
Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury of Cambridge University in England and Oscar H. Franco of Erasmus MC Rotterdam in the Netherlands said regular consumption of fish and long-chain omega-3 fatty acids have been linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease.
Current guidelines recommend eating at least two portions of fish a week, preferably oily fish like mackerel, sardines or salmon, but evidence supporting a similar benefit for stroke was unclear.
An international team led by Chowdhury and Franco analyzed the results of 38 studies -- involving nearly 800,000 individuals in 15 countries -- to help clarify the association between fish consumption and risk of stroke or mini-stroke -- transient ischaemic attack -- collectively known as cerebrovascular disease. A total of 34,817 cerebrovascular events were recorded during the studies.
Study participants eating two to four servings a week of the fish had a moderate but significant 6 percent lower risk of cerebrovascular disease compared with those eating one or fewer servings of fish a week, while participants eating five or more servings a week had a 12 percent lower risk.
In contrast, levels of omega-3 fats in the blood and fish oil supplements were not significantly associated with a reduced risk, the study said.


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What if I can't connect to FTP through Parallels Plesk Panel?
If your FTP connection to your Linux Parallels Plesk Panel fails, here are a few things you can do to troubleshoot the problem before calling customer support.
Before beginning any of these steps, become the server's root user (more info).
Verify That the Issue Exists on the Server
Run the following command:
If the response is as follows, the server is responding to FTP requests and the problem is not on the server.
220 ProFTPD 1.3.0 Server(ProFTPD)[127.0.0.1]
If you get this response, it means that the FTP server is likely not running, or may be running, but the process has failed. ProFTPD runs out of xinetd. Restart xinetd.
Make Sure xinetd is Running and Listening on Port 21
To restart xinetd.
Stopping xinetd: [ OK ]
Starting xinetd: [ OK ]
The services daemon, xinetd, enables access control rights and connections to your dedicated server.
To Check the Status of xinetd
Run the following commands:
xinetd (pid 23815) is running...
[root@host ~]# lsof -i tcp:21
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME xinetd 23815 root 5u IPv4 552944287 TCP *:ftp (LISTEN)
Run the FTP localhost command again.
If you get the following response, the service is not running properly. This is normally due to an invalid hostname specified on the server.
Verify That the Hostname is Valid and Resolves
Run the following command:
www.coolexample.com(your hostname)
Use a hostname lookup tool, such asDNS Stuff, to do an A record lookup. If the hostname resolves, your IP address displays as the answer.
If your hostname is not valid or does not resolve, change the setting in Parallels Plesk Panel under Server>Server Preferences.
Restart xinetd.
Check the Error Logs for proftp Errors
If the issue is still not resolved, you can view the logs to see what else might be causing the problem.
To View the Errors Log
[root@host ~]# grep xinetd /var/log/messages
Note: Copying the text of an error into a search engine might produce possible solutions for problems that you are unsure how to resolve.


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BOULDER, CO - June 16, 2008
Webroot, a leading provider of security software for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced the appointment of Brian Czarny as Vice President of Solutions Marketing. Czarny will play an integral role in advancing Webroot's innovations in the rapidly growing security software as a service (SaaS) market by leading product management and product marketing.
"With malware threats growing 500 percent year over year and every business e-mail inbox expected to get hit with more than 42,000 spam messages, businesses are recognizing the need to take a more proactive approach to protecting their networks," said Mike Irwin, COO, Webroot. "It's no surprise that we're seeing a rapid increase in demand for security solutions that deliver more effective protection with lower cost of ownership and better manageability. Brian's significant breadth and depth of experience in e-mail and Web security SaaS will be a great asset to the company as we continue to expand our portfolio to deliver solutions that meet and exceed these requirements."
Czarny brings to Webroot an extensive background in building and executing go-to-market strategies for e-mail and Web security SaaS solutions. He most recently led marketing for Code Green Networks, where as Vice President of Marketing he drove the adoption of the company's data loss prevention solutions for small and medium-sized organizations seeking to protect personal information and safeguard confidential data.
Previously, Czarny was Vice President of Global Product Management at MessageLabs, where he drove the product strategy for the company's email and Web security SaaS offerings sold to more than 16,000 organizations of all sizes and more than 7 million users around the world. In that role, Czarny was directly responsible for managing global product management and product marketing, expanding the company's SaaS offerings within email while pioneering new markets for SaaS, such as Web security delivered as a service.
Prior to MessageLabs, Czarny held a number of senior marketing management positions at established and emerging technology companies including CS Technology and DirectWeb, a startup software and hardware as a service company.
Czarny has been regularly quoted as an industry expert on a range of security and messaging topics in media and broadcast outlets around the world including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Information Week, eWeek, CNN, ABC 20/20, and CNBC. Czarny holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Journalism and Political Science from Pennsylvania State University. He is based out of Webroot's offices in Mountain View, California.


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President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) startled many by making his closest adviser the nation's envoy to the US on a mission to prove that Taiwan is still a key ally.
King Pu-Tsung (金溥聰) is considered the power behind the throne as the president's election strategist and former head of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), but he has never been a diplomat, and the appointment surprised the US and China.
In an interview, King highlighted the importance of the "strategic ambiguity" that Taiwan maintains with China on one side, and the US on the other.
That ambiguity does not help counter US observers who say Taiwan has become a "strategic liability" because of the harm that US arms sales to Taiwan do to relations with China.
"We have our own pragmatic approach to survive," King said.
"We need strong support from the United States, but we also have to deal cautiously with mainland [sic] China because now they are the No. 1 partner of Taiwan," he added. "It is a very strategic ambiguity that we have. It is the best shield we have."
King said Taiwan-US relations were "damaged" under former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and his job is to lead "low profile," "pragmatic" attempts to lift Washington's confidence.
His links to Ma are important.
"What I say can probably represent what he is thinking in the future," King said.
Ma wants advanced US weaponry.
"We still need to have a very strong defense capability to protect Taiwan," said King, who has his eyes on US-made F-22 or F-35 jets and submarines.
Such a sale would infuriate Beijing.
"Even if it is just a symbolic gesture, it is very important to us. It shows strong US support to Taiwan," King said.
Talks on a Trade and Investment Agreement, which could lead to a full free-trade deal, are to resume next month. Taiwan lifted a six-year-old ban on imports of some US beef products to tempt the US administration back into talks.
Weapons and trade are all part of what King calls the "paradoxical" relations between the US and Taiwan.
US-Taiwan relations are "the best they have been in the past 30 years," said King, who took up his post in December.
However the US encourages Taiwan to have good relations with China.
"But like a lot of people in the think tanks, they are worrying that probably Taiwan is leaning toward mainland [sic] China too much," King said.
King said the message he gets is: "'You have cordial relations, beneficial relations with mainland [sic] China, but don't go too far.'"
According to former American Institute in Taiwan chairman Richard Bush, who is now director of the Brookings Institution's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, some US "observers believe that Taiwan has become a strategic liability" so the US should stop arming Taiwan.
The doubters include Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser under former US president Jimmy Carter, and retired Admiral Bill Owens,who was a vice chairman of the US chiefs of staff.
"They echo Chinese diplomats who argue that our arms sales are the major obstacle to good US-China relations," Bush said in a policy paper for Brookings released last month.
However, Bush said improvements in Taiwan-China relationship would probably only be "modest" and could stall.
George Tsai (蔡瑋), political science professor at Chinese Culture University in Taipei, said King's close links to Ma made him the perfect candidate to help disperse US concerns.


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I get fairly personal on this blog – after all for me, food is such a foundational part of my day, of my entire life, that there are memories associated with most dishes I make, especially cakes and desserts. (Like Mum's cake, or Granny's chocolate mousse, or these ice cream sandwiches.) And sometimes I mention my Cookie Monster. But I don't really talk about him that much because a) he gets embarrassed like that, and b) I like to keep him to myself.
Especially considering the past year. We were (or rather, I was) optimistic about long-distance. One year, we could do that, right? Let me fast-forward to the point: long-distance is brutal. Skype is great but human contact is essential in a relationship. There has been more shouting, crying and sulking than either of us would have liked. There were times I thought, 'This is it, we won't make it.' There were more ups and downs than a roller-coaster can boast; at this point, I think we're both ready to get off the ride.
That's not to say we never have good times together. We have loads. Last year we went to Naples and we brought back two bottles of limoncello. Sunshine in a bottle. If I could bottle his smile and save it for a stressful day, I would. But for now, limoncello will have to do; with each bite of this cake I remember that week of sunshine, gelato and blissful relaxation we spent together.
Two years together. Thanks for sticking with me, babe.
Limoncello Drizzle Cake {GF}
3 tbsp powdered stevia
120g (1/2 cup) vegan butter
2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flaxseed mixed with 6 tbsp water)
1 tsp vanilla essence
The juice of a small lemon and the zest of three
120g (1 cup) ground almonds
180g (1 cup + 1 tbsp) polenta
1 tsp baking powder
125ml (1/2 cup) warm water
A few tablespoons of limoncello and soya or coconut cream to serve
Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF). Line or grease a round 20cm (8″) springform cake tin.
Cream the butter and stevia till light and fluffy in a large mixing bowl. Add the flax eggs, vanilla essence, lemon juice and zest. Incorporate the warm water and remaining dry ingredients a little at a time to combine them more easily; the batter should be even and somewhat thick, but not lumpy or tough to handle.
Pour into the lined/greased cake tin. Smooth out the top so it's even. Lower the temperature to 180ºC (350ºF) and bake for 40 minutes; the edge of the cake should come away from the tin and be golden.
Cool on a wire rack. Release the cake from its tin and carefully place it on a tray/plate/stand. (I do this by flipping the cake upside down onto a plate, then flipping it again onto the desired platform of presentation.) Drizzle over as much limoncello as you like without drowning the cake and serve each slice with a generous glug of cream.
Thank you for letting me share my personal stories with you. Your continued support means the world to me. ❤
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Haley 110 Futon Mattress Details
The Haley 110 futon mattress combines a medium firm sleeping experience with high quality foam construction to offer you an outstanding mattress at an affordable price. The unique convoluted foam fill of the Haley 110 creates a supportive mattress that increases in firmness when sat on, yet remains comfortable for the everyday sleeper. Those who were interested in the famous Moonshadow mattress but were interested in additional support may find the Haley 110 futon mattress to be just right. Soft layers of high density foam work together to cushion your pressure points allowing you sleep peacefully in the comfort of the Haley 110 futon mattress.
The convoluted foam in the Haley 110 futon mattress creates a responsive surface that reacts to your body weight and posture. The comprehensive support of the Haley 110 is ideal for those who desire additional comfort due to its precompressed, pillowy foam fill and 3D box construction. Although the mattress is 8" thick, a total of 14" of material is compressed together to create this highly supportive futon mattress. Order your Haley 110 futon mattress today and enjoy free shipping with your order!
Haley 110 Futon Mattress Features
This Haley 110 Futon Mattress is manufactured in accordance with the strictists standards in quality and construction. No other futon mattress maker can compare to the stringent standards of Otis Bed. This means the Otis brand futons are truly the very finest in quality and comfort and that if you want luxury, longevity, and overall top craftmanship in design and construction, look no further than the Haley 110 Futon Mattress, by Otis Bed.
Haley 110 Futon Mattress offers:
- Otis proudly states that the Haley 110 futon mattress can last well over a decade under continuous, every-day use while still maintaining relative integrity well beyond its warranty date.
- Durable enough to resist changes in support for over 10 years
- A true 8" mattress filled with 14" of foam and polyester
- One of our most popular luxury mattresses
- Recommended for bi-fold futon frames and platform beds
- Cover requires extra loft
- 9" of 2.0 high density foam
- True 8 inch thickness
- High Density Foam
- Machine-compressed laced tufting for consistency
- Tape edge corner for tight, square-edged corners
- Made in the USA
- Ten (10) Year Manufacturer's Warranty against manufacturing defects
Haley 110 Futon Mattress Specifications
Manufacturer: Otis Bed
Today's Price:347.00
The Haley 110 Futon Mattress is available in multiple standard futon sizes as well as custom sizes. Call customer care for custom made futon mattress prices including king size.
Standard Futon Mattress Sizes Available
- Twin — 39w x 75" (sleeps one person)
- Full — 54w x 75" (sleeps two people)
- Queen — 60w x 80" (sleeps two people and is also suites tall people best becasue creating a sleeping length of 6'8")
- Loveseat — 54w x 54" (sleeps two people when joined with a Loveseat Ottoman to make a full size bed)
- Loveseat Ottoman — 54w x 21" (Sleeps two when joined with a Loveseat mattress to make a full size bed)
- Twin Chair — 39w x 54" (sleeps one person when joined with a Twin Size Ottoman to make a twin size bed)
- Twin Chair Ottoman — 39 x 21" (sleeps one person when joined with a with a Twin Chair to make a twin bed)
- Chair — 28w x 54" (Makes a cot when joined with a Chair Ottoman)
- Chair Ottoman — 28w x 54" (Makes a cot when joined with a Chair sized futon or makes a great footstool for any sized futon in conjunction with a Chair Futon Ottoman Frame)
More About Split Format Futons
Split mattress formats are made up of two Haley 110 futon mattresses that are then snugged together to equal their full length complements. A Full size futon mattress is made by combining a Loveseat and Loveseat Ottoman. A Twin size is made with a Twin Chair and Twin Chair Ottoman and the Cot size is attained by scooting a Chair sized futon combines against a Chair Ottoman size.
The cot is pretty narrow and is not recommended for extended stays and is more suitable for children. Speaking of children, various split sizes can be used individually to offer miniature sized mattress for miniature sized people. So, you don't have to buy a counterpart to the split format concept if you don't want to. We're pretty flexible that way.
Incidentally, the term "ottoman" is used because each segment was originally offered as a footstool section. Today, however, only the chair size has a footstool foundation for its respective mattress, while the other ottoman sizes (the loveseat & twin) are rarely available with an ottoman foundation. Instead, they are either propped up to serve as the back portion of a lounger, or they are stowed elsewhere until they use is required for sleeping. In the latter case, the futon frames that accomadate those sizes is converted into a loveseat or oversized chair (in the case of the twin 39 inch width).
One frequently asked question about the split format, is whehter the gap can be perceived between the two separate cushions. The best recommendation to avoid feeling the split, is to place the larger split mattress so that it supports the head and torso of your guest, while the smaller split segment supports the calf and foot. When they are secured with the use of non-slip or Gripper Strips, the guest should not notice the difference between a complete futon mattress or the split. One additional thought, is to purchase a complete cover for the split. In the case of the loveseat split format, for example, a Full Size Futon Cover could be employed to encompass both mattresses. This will zip complete around the loveseat futon and loveseat ottoman to hold keep them well intact. When the futon is no longer needed for your guest, simply remove the ottoman cushion, keeping the larger segment inside and zipping it shut. Then, fold the mattress back into position, dog-ear and then military tucking the excess fabric behind the back.
Have Questions? That's why we're here. So pick up the phone and call, us! We're more than happy to explain the process to help you determine if a Haley 110 futon mattress split format is right for you. By the way, some futon mattress are thin enough to cascade over the back should you need a mattress for a loveseat or twin chair. In this case, you are forgoing a level of comfort, but saving money and removing a layer of complexity in the process. You might want to ask us about that as well, if you are considering a split format mattress for a loveseat or twin size futon.
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Futon Planet mattresses are made to order and never pulled from a dusty warehouse shelf. We take great pride on servicing our customers with just-in-time manufactured futon mattresses. Futon Planet brand futon mattresses are manufactured and shipped from at the factory located near our corporate office in Orlando, Florida.
These futon mattresses ship on Tuesdays and Thursdays provided there are no holidays or unforseen collamities during the week (hurricanes, lightning strikes, power outages, what-have you).
Orders placed by Saturday before 10:00AM will ship on the following Tuesday. Orders placed by Tuesday before 10:00AM Eastern Time will ship that Thursday.
We do our very best to keep up with demand and recommend you contact us if in doubt about an arrival date. If you are in need of a mattress sooner, we have an inventory of ready-to ship Otis brand futon mattresses on hand in our retail store in Orlando. You may also opt to pay Fast Trac to get your futon shipped out more quickly, if you place your order after our cutoff times specified above, however, it does not guarantee 100% that your mattress will still make the cut. Please contact us by phone if in doubt
After the processing and manufacturing is completed, your Haley 110 futon mattress will ship via FedEx Ground. The time it takes for your mattress to reach your home will depend on the distance it must travel. The eastern and most mid-western customers can generally expect their futon mattresses to arrive within 3-4 business days while western state shipments might take an extra business day.
Futon Planet Brand Mattress Shipping FAQ's
- Q: Why can't in-store Futon Planet Brand futons ship from the store? — Unlike our Otis brand futon mattresses which ship to us from Otis in vacuum packed packages, the mattresses we offer in-store customers under our own label are not vacuum packed or ready to ship. This service is only provided to our on-line customers who purchase Futon Planet brand mattresses and must be fulfilled at the factory.
- Q: Why do custom mattress take longer? — It's not always, the case, but frequently custom made futon mattresses require more attention to detail than the higher production runs of our standard spec futon mattresses. For this reason, a seemstress will attend to custom orders after a major production run once the dust settles. If you are in a hurry, call us to see about a RUSH PRODUCTION order and an additional Fast Trac option.
- Q: Why must I open my futon mattress the day it arrives — Two reasons. One reason is that you want to allow it to begin to expand to its intended loft as quickly as possible. With cotton-filled mattresses, this means it can a little time to expand and the longer it stays compressed the less likely it will expand to its intended loft. Also, as with all our products, we like customers to open their products and inspect them for potential shipping damages. We rarely, we mean very rarely, receive calls from customers regarding futon mattress damages, but it can happen. Notifying us immediately enables us to seek a freight claim while quickly attending your needs regarding a replacement. Please note any damages must be identified with the use of digital images and need to be emailed to us promptly so we can service your claim.
- Q:How will my Haley 110 futon mattress be packaged? — Futon Planet brand futon mattresses ship to you in a vacuum packed package with a near-bullet proof mesh that helps ensure it is well protected from potential shipping damages. When it arrives, you will carefully unpack it and watch it grow, much like a giant grow worm. Be sure to stand back. Just kidding! They expand slowly, taking several business days to recover. They don't expand on weekends..
Rush Orders / Date Guaranty- Contact Customer Care for special rates. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee delivery dates for our standard or FAST TRAC shipping options but we can offer best guess estimates if you care to call us.
More About Shipping Estimations
- Estimated delivery dates are not guaranteed
- When the estimated ship day is on the weekend, your product will likely ship on the following non-holiday business day
- From time-to-time, unexpected delays may occur due to:
- weather issues
- carrier issues
- shipper logistics
- availability, etc.
While such occurrences are rare, we hope you will make appropriate arrangements to order your products well in advance of any planned use to ensure they arrive with plenty of time to spare.
We encourage you to contact Customer Care if you feel you need a better estimate of delivery. However, you should note that we cannot guarantee delivery dates from lessons learned. Our various shipping partners and delivery services are third parties who are responsible for the logistics of getting the products to you once your order is processed. This makes it hard for us to control fulfillment and delivery dates after we have done our part. However, we area always here for you and will do our very best to get into the loop to help you with any fulfillment needs. After all, you are our customer and we value your satisfaction.
We also must advise you that we cannot be responsible for any delays or failures from our shipping or carrier partners to make delivery within an appointed time should you opt for regardless of the shipping option you selected. If there is a delay, please and you have tracking and contact information, it may speed the process for you to contact the carrier about the issue directly. We are always glad to help wherever we can and, while encourage you to contact the carrier for your own sake (if you have been issued carrier contact information), we will dutifully be your ally in getting as much information as we can should they fall short in providing you with information or service.
Haley 110 Futon Mattress Limited Warranty
The Haley 110 futon mattress has a 10 year warranty against manufacturer's defects. Order with confidence!