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Where is Your Hope?
It is the believer's privilege to use this language. If he is looking for anything from the world, it is a poor hope indeed. But if he looks to God for the supply of his needs, whether temporal or spiritual blessings, his hope will not be in vain. He may constantly draw from the bank of faith and get his need supplied out of the riches of God's loving-kindness. I know this: I would rather have God for my banker than all the Rothschilds.
My Lord never fails to honor His promises; and when we bring them to His throne, He never sends them back unanswered. Therefore I will wait only at His door, for He always opens it with the hand of abundant grace. At this hour I will turn to Him afresh.
But we have "hope" beyond this life. We will die soon; and still our "hope is from him." May we not expect that when we face illness He will send angels to carry us to His bosom? We believe that when the pulse is faint and the heart is weak, some angelic messenger shall stand and look with loving eyes upon us and whisper, "Come away!" As we approach the heavenly gate, we expect to hear the welcome invitation, "Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."1 We are expecting harps of gold and crowns of glory; we are hoping soon to be among the company of shining ones before the throne; we are looking forward and longing for the time when we shall be like our glorious Lord--for "We shall see him as he is."2
Then if these are your hopes, O my soul, live for God; live with the desire and resolve to glorify Him from whose grace in your election, redemption, and calling you safely "hope" for the coming glory.
1 Matthew 25:34 21 John 3:2
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Business Start Up – Basic Steps Before You Can Even Open Shop
The facts are that most new business endeavors fail in the first year or two due to poor planning and poor financial support. There are some very important steps to consider when starting a new business and that is what this article is all about – the major steps that one must follow, consider, then implement BEFORE OPENING DAY in order that the business can thrive and be profitable.
If your idea of a new business is to have a Sno Cone store located on the beach in central Maine, then you will have major obstacles to overcome, not unlike selling ice cream to Eskimos in the winter time. Sure, you will be busy for a month or two each year, but is the business able to be sustained, i.e. remain profitable on a year round basis? Likely not. Your new business needs to be an idea that makes sense, or is something you have been trained to do. I was personally trained to be a dentist and later a real estate agent. Both careers made sense in the busy Washington, DC, metro area. My current consideration is in the restaurant business – an idea that makes sense because of the next step in this article. So first and foremost, your idea for your new business has to be logical. This is where step 2 comes in.
STEP 2: LOCATION and DEMOGRAPHICS
The first three rules of real estate are: Location, Location, Location. You have heard these words a million times over, and they are true now more than ever. There is NO POINT in putting that dry cleaning shop next to a smelly meat rendering plant, or next to a cigar shop, or worse yet, next to three other dry cleaners that are already well established (i.e. the area is saturated) One of the most logical things to do at this point is to run a demographic analysis to see if your business idea might fit into the physical location you have in mind. If you are a dentist, for example, you would want to know the population of your area, how many other dentists are right nearby, is the population always moving? (transient types), are they able to afford your expensive fees when a dentist down the street charges half?, are the possible patients commuting to work and would prefer a dentist in town perhaps?, what insurances are in that community? (i.e.is this a suburb of Washington DC so we know Delta dental dominates?), how many children are in the community (you would not want to specialize in children's dentistry when the demographics show 90% of the people are over 50 years old).
In all my years as a dentist, real estate investor, and business consultant, I have seen very few business plans and I'm not sure why. They are really not that hard to do if you have a good business model/concept in mind. There are plenty of books out there to help guide you. If you have the money, you can hire a good consultant to help you write one. Basically – create an outline of what you intend to do, the costs involved in getting the business started, the costs to keep it going, how many employees you need, what you will pay them, insurance costs – life, health, disability, business overhead, etc, legal costs, accounting costs, and the list goes on and on. The idea here is to create a plan that says you know what you are doing here, you know what you are up against. So make sure to write up a good plan because the next step is where you will put that plan to good use.
Unless you are wealthy enough to pay cash for this new business, you will need some degree of financing to make it happen. This is where that business plan will come in handy. With my own clients, whether they have been in business 20 years or are just starting out, I tell them to create a plan that explains where they want to go and map out the first few years so you can see how things are progressing. Then, you can show this plan to your local bank to get the financing you need to get the new restaurant open on time. I guarantee a good business plan will greatly increase your chances of getting the money you need. In addition – you must plan for a reserve fund. This is critical for a new business. Your first months, perhaps your first years, may be a bit lean and you will need money in the bank. What happens if we have a snowstorm that shuts the area down for two weeks and you have not had a single customer in that time? Well, payroll, rent, debt service, etc. are all still due. You don't get a break on the bills just because it snowed. This is why you MUST have a reserve fund, or a LOC (Line of Credit) ready. For my own clients, we set up a special LOC since it costs nothing to just sit there, but if there was a broken down pizza oven that needed replacement right away, the money is ready. This is a good segue to understanding types of costs each business must face.
Fixed Costs – these are costs that are always there until the day you close the business and likely they will go up every year you own the business. These costs include things like rent, debt service, insurance, condo fees, cleaning and maintenance fees, and staff salaries. These costs will always be there, staring at you every month like a hungry baby bird with it's mouth wide open! So as I explain to my clients – if you have a small business, most likely you will have to be there most of the days it is open to make sure things run smoothly and properly.
Variable costs – supplies, maintenance needed due to being busy, staff bonuses, legal fees, marketing costs, and finally your own salary/pay/profit. So, this means that you do not get paid unless EVERYBODY else gets paid first.
Is your business going to be as a sole proprietor or a corporation? The difference is that a sole proprietor is personally liable for all actions in the business, and pays for all problems that might occur on a personal level, i.e. if someone breaks their ankle at your doorstep, they can not only sue the business, but they can sue you personally as well. So you say – that's pretty stupid, isn't it? Well, I just met a businessman recently who has been in business for over 20 years, he makes over $200,000 personally and is a sole proprietor. He has a beautiful home with a wife and kids……he could lose all of this if something as common as a broken leg happened at his doorstep. If he was to set up as a corporation, his corporate insurance with an umbrella policy would likely cover any accidents and he would not be held personally responsible and risk losing all that he has worked for. There are different types of corporations out there, depending on what type of business you are running. The best thing to do is hire an attorney who can set up your entity properly and maintain it for you.


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It's official. The U.S. government rang up a $1.1 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2012, according to final numbers released Friday by the Treasury Department.
It marked the fourth straight year that deficits exceeded $1 trillion.
The deficit was down 16% from fiscal 2011 in dollar terms. And as a share of the economy it fell to 7%, down from 8.7% of gross domestic product in 2011. The fiscal year ended Sept. 30.
The decline is due to higher receipts and lower outlays.
Tax revenue was $2.45 trillion, accounting for 15.7% of GDP, slightly higher than in 2011 but well below the 18.3% historical average.
Related: How Obama and Romney would tackle deficits
Revenue was boosted by the expiration of various tax provisions and a stronger economy, Treasury said in a joint statement with the White House budget office.
As is typical, individual income taxes accounted for the lion's share of total revenue -- $1.132 trillion.
Receipts from social insurance, including payroll taxes, totaled $845 billion.
Corporate receipts came in a distant third, at $242 billion, but grew strongly.
Spending, meanwhile, totaled $3.54 trillion, or 22.7% of GDP. That's below the 24.1% recorded in 2011 but still above the historical average of 20.7%.
Treasury attributed the drop to the expiration or phase down of stimulus measures, a stronger economy and the draw down of war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Spending on the Department of Defense, unemployment insurance and Medicaid fell the most.
0The federal government spent $359 billion to pay interest on the country's debt. That includes interest paid both to investors who bought U.S. bonds and to government trust funds.
Treasury's numbers are largely in line with the 2012 spending, revenue and deficit estimates published last week by the Congressional Budget Office.
Deficits and debt have become a heated political issue and never more so than in the race for the White House. Not surprisingly, President Obama, the Democratic nominee, and Mitt Romney, his GOP challenger, have laid out very different routes to curbing deficits over the next decade.


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Referring Doctors Increasingly Aware of Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy; More Work Remains
While relatively new treatment for Parkinson's disease, other movement disorders gains acceptance, its timing is key and it is not appropriate for all patients, researchers say
While deep brain stimulation has gained recognition by referring physicians as a treatment for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, just half of the patients they recommend are appropriate candidates to begin this relatively new therapy immediately, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York say.
They looked back to a 2004 study, which found that just 5 percent of referrals then were good candidates; they compared their new figures and surmised that referring physicians have increased their awareness and acceptance of deep brain stimulation, a therapy in which electrical leads, linked to a control device, are surgically and precisely implanted to modulate defective nerve signals in the brain to calm symptoms of Parkinson's and other movement disorders.
But physicians still often refer patients for this therapy before other treatment options have been exhausted or because they have unrealistically high expectations for it, said Michele Tagliati, MD, director of the Movement Disorders Program at Cedars-Sinai's Department of Neurology. He is senior author of an Aug. 11 Archives of Neurology article and an expert in device programming, which fine-tunes stimulation for individual patients.
Of 197 patients referred for evaluation for deep brain stimulation, 50 percent were found to be good candidates for immediate therapy, 25 percent were possible future candidates and 24 percent were poor candidates because of other neurological or medical conditions. Analyzing the referral sources – movement disorder specialists, primary care physicians, general neurologists, other physicians and patients – the researchers found that movement disorder specialists referred more patients and most were good therapy candidates.
Over the four-year study period, which ended in late 2009, researchers noted that the number of patients referred for DBS therapy at earlier stages of the disease increased. "The study does not address this change specifically and we have no proof, but we speculate that doctors became more liberal in sending patients for surgery for deep brain stimulation," Tagliati said. "Maybe they are accepting this therapy more and sending patients earlier for it instead of at the very end stage of disease. While doctors may be sending some patients too early to be treated immediately with DBS therapy, it's better to see these patients too early than too late. As long as they're evaluated in a responsible, reputable movement disorders center, they can be reevaluated months or even years later and have the surgery appropriately timed. It isn't always clear exactly what is the right time for this therapy, but especially for Parkinson's disease, if the patient is amenable to medication changes, it is not appropriate to jump to the surgery right away."
Deep brain stimulation was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for essential tremor in 1997, Parkinson's disease in 2002, dystonia in 2003 and extreme cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder in 2009.
Tagliati has received teaching honoraria from Medtronic Inc., Allergan, BoehringerIngelheim, Glaxo and Novartis and consulting fees from St. Jude/Advanced Neuromodulation System, Inc., all of which were unrelated to this study.
Citation: Archives of Neurology: "Referring Patients for Deep Brain Stimulation," Aug. 11, 2011.


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Volume VII of Joseph Ratzinger's Collected Works, an anthology of his writings on the Second Vatican Council, was recently published in German. On November 28, 2012, the editor of the Opera Omnia, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, who is now also prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, presented this latest volume in the series at the Teutonic College of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome. This was the place where German and Austrian Council Fathers used to confer regularly with theologians and periti, including then-Father Ratzinger, at special meetings organized by Cardinal Frings of Cologne. An Italian version of Archbishop Müller's speech appeared in the edition of L'Osservatore Romano dated November 29.
Although the speech ostensibly outlined the contents of Volume VII and quoted a few familiar passages from a Vatican II document, it elicited several sharply critical responses from traditional Catholics, including an unsigned, six-part analysis by a theologian from the Society of St. Pius X and an essay by historian Roberto de Mattei. What under other circumstances might have been a routine publishing event proved to be an informal but revealing moment in the ongoing theological discussions between the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Society of St. Pius X.
Presentation of Volume VII
The two main themes of Archbishop Müller's speech are stated in the first two paragraphs of the speech: "Joseph Ratzinger, from the time when he was a theologian, helped to shape the Council and accompanied it in all its phases…. The Council is an integral part of the history of the Church, and therefore it can be correctly understood only if this two-thousand-year context is considered."
The subtitle of Volume VII, Formulation—Transmission—Interpretation, marks the phases in Ratzinger's Council-related work. The young professor of theology participated in the Preparatory Commissions for the Council as a theological advisor to Cardinal Frings. During a meeting at the Teutonic College in October 1962, Ratzinger criticized a conciliar schema (draft document) for describing the "sources" of Revelation in the plural; he argued that it is more theologically correct to speak of a single divine wellspring from which both Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture flow. Cardinal Frings adopted this critique and presented it at a General Assembly. Father Ratzinger was then appointed to two Conciliar Commissions and continued to help improve what eventually became the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum.
During and immediately after the sessions of Vatican II, Ratzinger provided "first-hand" reports on the proceedings in books, articles, lectures, and interviews, thus "stimulating debate" and facilitating "the reception" of the results of the Council. In the years between 1966 and 2003 he also wrote commentaries of all four Dogmatic Constitutions, based on their original, officially approved Latin texts, which most clearly express the will of the Council Fathers. Archbishop Müller comments: "Anyone who wants to understand the Council must consider attentively all the Constitutions, Decrees, and Declarations, because they alone, in their unity, represent the valid heritage of the Council."
Finally, while serving as prefect of the CDF and now as Pope, Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI has written about how the Second Vatican Council should be interpreted and implemented. Two paragraphs from the section of Archbishop Müller's presentation entitled "Hermeneutic of renewal in continuity" started a controversy; an English translation of them follows:
In his Address to the Roman Curia on December 22, 2005, which sparked considerable interest, Benedict XVI emphasizes "the hermeneutic of reform in continuity" as opposed to a "hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture." Joseph Ratzinger thus takes up a position in line with his statements in 1966. This interpretation [i.e. the first-mentioned hermeneutic] is the only one possible according to the principles of Catholic theology, in other words, considering the indissoluble whole made up of Sacred Scripture, the complete and integral Tradition, and the Magisterium, the highest expression of which is the Council presided over by the Successor of St. Peter as Head of the visible Church. Besides this sole orthodox interpretation there is unfortunately a heretical interpretation, that is, the hermeneutic of rupture, both on the progressive side and on the traditionalist side. Both sides have in common their rejection of the Council; the progressives in wanting to leave it behind, as if it were a temporary phase to abandon in order to get to another church, and the traditionalists in not wanting to arrive at the Council, as if it were the winter of the Catholic Church.
"Continuity" signifies permanent correspondence with the origin, not an adaption of whatever has been, which also can set us on the wrong path. The oft-quoted watchword aggiornamento ("updating") therefore does not mean "secularization" of the faith, which would lead to its dissolution, but rather the origin proclaimed again and again in new eras, the starting point from which salvation is given to mankind; aggiornamento therefore signifies "making present" the message of Jesus Christ.
A historian's response
On December 5, Roman historian Roberto de Mattei posted an article in Italian entitled "The Prefect of the CDF against Benedict XVI?" at the website www.conciliovaticanosecondo.it, which is devoted to discussion of Vatican II. In it he accuses Archbishop Müller of declaring "Vatican Council II as the sole and absolute dogma of our times…based on an entirely personal reading of the famous address of Benedict XVI to the Roman Curia on December 22, 2005." Professor de Mattei faults the current prefect of the CDF for pretending that there is a "connection of absolute continuity between the current position of the Pope and the one that Father Joseph Ratzinger adopted as a young theologian.… Archbishop Müller says nothing about the theological development made over the course of fifty years by Cardinal Ratzinger." The historian cites an extensive passage from a speech given by Ratzinger to the Chilean Bishops Conference in July 1988 in which he criticizes those who view Vatican II as "an end of Tradition, a new start from zero." De Mattei concludes with the argument, "The Second Vatican Council is not a 'package deal' to be accepted or rejected in toto. Gaudium et Spes, for example, appears today to be an outdated document, pervaded with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century myth of progress."
With all due respect to an eminent historian of Vatican II, the professor seems to have misinterpreted Archbishop Müller's remarks about "the hermeneutic of reform in continuity" as the only possible interpretation according to the principles of Catholic theology. The prefect of the CDF was not saying that Vatican II is the sole hermeneutic by which to interpret the Catholic faith and the world, the only lens through which we can legitimately look at them. He was saying, precisely, that when interpreting the Second Vatican Council and its documents, the hermeneutic of reform in continuity is the only authentically Catholic interpretation.
A syntactical ambiguity in Archbishop Müller's speech may have caused this misunderstanding. The disputed sentence ends with the clause: "the highest expression of which is the Council presided over by the Successor of St. Peter as Head of the visible Church." The relative pronoun "which" refers back to "Magisterium"; indeed, the clause is ecclesiological "boilerplate," a description of one form of the Magisterium that has become common parlance in post-conciliar discussion of teaching authority in the Church. The sentence also allows a second ingenious interpretation, however: "which" could conceivably refer back to "the indissoluble whole" (that is, Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium). This grammatically less likely reading would dangerously imply that an Ecumenical Council "trumps" everything else in the Church. That is obviously not true; even an Ecumenical Council is bound by the truths of Scripture and by the authority of Tradition and cannot remake them in its own image.
Professor de Mattei is quite right about one thing, nonetheless: the current prefect of the CDF offered in his presentation speech an idiosyncratic reading of the Holy Father's Address to the Roman Curia at Christmastime 2005, in which the Pope also articulated the concept of "the hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture." The following unedited quotation from that address makes it crystal clear that this unorthodox interpretation of Vatican II can only be the one favored by ultra-progressives and innovators.
The hermeneutic of discontinuity risks ending in a split between the pre-conciliar Church and the post-conciliar Church. It asserts that the texts of the Council as such do not yet express the true spirit of the Council. It claims that they are the result of compromises in which, to reach unanimity, it was found necessary to keep and reconfirm many old things that are now pointless. However, the true spirit of the Council is not to be found in these compromises but instead in the impulses toward the new that are contained in the texts.
These innovations alone were supposed to represent the true spirit of the Council, and starting from and in conformity with them, it would be possible to move ahead. Precisely because the texts would only imperfectly reflect the true spirit of the Council and its newness, it would be necessary to go courageously beyond the texts and make room for the newness in which the Council's deepest intention would be expressed, even if it were still vague.
In a word: it would be necessary not to follow the texts of the Council but its spirit. In this way, obviously, a vast margin was left open for the question on how this spirit should subsequently be defined and room was consequently made for every whim.
The hermeneutic of rupture described in these three paragraphs plainly cannot be attributed to the Society of St. Pius X or to other Catholic groups that questioned the new pastoral teachings or liturgical disciplines introduced by Vatican II. Therefore when Archbishop Müller talks about a hermeneutic of rupture "on the traditionalist side" he has ceased presenting the published works of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI and has begun to editorialize.
Of course the Holy Father himself recognizes that misunderstandings of Vatican II teaching come from various, even diametrically opposed quarters. In his homily on the first day of the Year of Faith he remarked, "Reference to the [conciliar] documents saves us from extremes of anachronistic nostalgia and running too far ahead." Benedict XVI recommends the hermeneutic of continuity to those on both extremes, but he does not apply the expression "hermeneutic of rupture" to traditional Catholics.
An SSPX response
The six-part response by an SSPX theologian to the presentation speech by Archbishop Müller contains a humorous subtitle that sums up its attitude: "Outside the Vatican II Council, no salvation?" Like Professor de Mattei, the SSPX theologian assumes that Archbishop Müller is "dogmatizing" the Council, based on the extremely broad (albeit improbable) reading of the CDF prefect's sentence about the Second Vatican Council as "the highest expression" of the Church. The anonymous author then summarizes his take on the Prefect's argument in the form of a syllogism:
— (Major) Whoever does not accept the integral magisterium of the Church is heretical.
— (Minor) But the SSPX refuses Vatican II, part of the integral Church teaching.
— (Conclusion) Therefore, the SSPX is heretical.
"Needless to say," the SSPX author begins, "this declaration of Archbishop Müller is not an official statement coming in the extraordinary form of, say, a decree or an anathema." He gently complains that this "is not the first time that Rome is 'using' the SSPX" as a foil for "the arch-modernists." (Indeed, Cardinal Kurt Koch repeatedly has likened the doctrinal position of the Society of St. Pius X to that of Martin Luther.)
The SSPX theologian and his General Superior, Bishop Bernard Fellay, agree completely that in principle "This interpretation (of a magisterial act in continuity with the past) is the only one possible according to the principles of Catholic theology, in consideration of the indissoluble link between Sacred Scripture, the complete and integral Tradition and the Magisterium." The problem is that, in the particulars, Rome sees continuity in teaching where the SSPX sees discontinuity. If "continuity" exists only subjectively, in the minds of those currently in authority in the Church, then this logically leads to the position that "The message of Revelation is of no importance; what counts is to get along."
Although it proclaimed no dogmas, the Second Vatican Council was a teaching event: it taught that there is more to Catholic theology than Thomism, more to the Catholic Church than the Western Tradition, and more to Christian life on earth than the visible Catholic Church.
Despite the latest round of misunderstandings in published statements by members of the CDF and the SSPX, it should be clear that they agree that:
— The documents of Vatican II require interpretation in light of the Church's entire Tradition.
— The documents of Vatican II have often been interpreted erroneously.
— The solution to differences of opinion about interpreting the documents of Vatican II can come only from the highest authority of the Catholic Church.
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The all new 4th season of Celebrity Rehab only started filming a little over a week ago and there is already drama on the set.
RadarOnline is reporting that professional mistress Rachel Uchitel walked out on the show while filming this week. Rachel told producers "I quit" and ran away from the set, getting away to a swanky Beverly Hills hotel after an intense day of filming drove her over the edge.
So what drove Rachel over the edge? According to TMZ, it was an intense talk about her father's death. Sources tell TMZ that Rachel's breaking point came during a recent one-on-one therapy session where the main topic was her dad.
Rachel's father died of a cocaine overdose in his 40s, and Rachel was 15 at the time. Rachel's exit was however short lived as she returned the next day because her 'Rehab' castmates called and urged her to rejoin them.
In other Rachel news, TMZ also reported a while back that Rachel has a major crush on Dr. Drew Pinsky, and her infatuation with him is what led her to sign on for the show. Something tells us Dr. Drew's wife will be making more frequent visits to the set.
It was also revealed last week that actor Eric Roberts had joined the cast, much to the surprise of many. While Eric remains in Rehab, his wife is now speaking out on his behalf, and revealing his addiction.
"Eric quit drugs and alcohol in 1995," his wife, Eliza Roberts (an actress and casting director), tells E! News. "He has no interest in anything, other than marijuana."
As for how his addiction to marijuana came about, his wife adds, "He uses marijuana as a medication. He has a prescription. However, a dependency is a dependency and he doesn't want to be dependent on it anymore."
So how is Eric's famous daughter, Emma Roberts, and sister, Julia Roberts, reacting to the news? "Everyone in the family is very supportive of each other and of each other being their best self and being healthy."
Money is likely the motivating factor for Eric's appearance on the show, as the "celebrities" do get paid. According to TMZ, Rachel Uchitel is receiving $500, 000 while Jeremy London is only getting $40,000. No word yet on how much Eric will be receiving, but one has to assume it will be more than what Rachel is getting.


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2012 AMA Pro Road Racing
Spoiler Alert: 2012 AMA Pro Road Racing results from Infineon Raceway listed below
Reigning champion Josh Hayes registered a conquering performance in Saturday's AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike contest at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
The Monster Energy Graves Yamaha ace was simply untouchable in the opening half of the Great Clips West Coast Moto Jam doubleheader, delivering a ride reminiscent of AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike great Mat Mladin, who was in attendance.
Despite being saddled with a second-row grid position, title rival Blake Young immediately latched onto Hayes' rear wheel in the race's opening laps. However, Hayes' form was simply too great and he quickly broke the Yoshimura Racing Suzuki star's pursuit. Hayes stretched his advantage by around a second-per-lap, lapping well into the '36s while no other rider proved capable of cracking the '37.0 barrier.
By lap three Hayes had nearly two seconds worth of padding and proceeded to build his advantage up to double digits before transitioning to maintenance mode in Mat-like fashion. He ultimately took the checkered flag with a 10.957-second margin-of-victory.
The win was Hayes' fifth premier class triumph at Infineon Raceway and the 20th National Guard SuperBike victory of his career, tying him with Flyin' Fred Merkel for fourth on the all-time list.
"Honestly, the race went to plan," Hayes said. "I was excited to get a good start — I've been getting beaten up pretty bad on the starts it seems for the first couple of races. I got a pretty good run off the line and had some clear track and hoped I could string together a pretty good first lap and try to get myself a bit of cushion and see where I could go from there. I settled into a rhythm and kept plugging away… All-in-all, just a good day."
After losing touch with Hayes, Young seemed destined for a lonely ride home to second, but it didn't quite turn out that way. Team Hero Moto EBR's Danny Eslick put in what can only be described as a 'Hero' ride, first clashing with and dispatching his old SportBike rival, Josh Herrin, and then tracking down National Guard SuperBike star (and former support class teammate) Young.
Eslick scratched his way up from several seconds back before finally arriving on Young's rear wheel on lap 10 of 22. He then made his move on lap 13, taking advantage of a minor miscue on the Suzuki rider's part to steal away second position on the upstart EBR 1190RS.
Young wouldn't go down, however, desperate to minimize the damage of Hayes' potentially perfect weekend. The Wisconsin native struck back in Turn 9 on lap 16 and turned his attention to fending off the feisty Eslick on the fast-developing EBR.
Eslick made one final assault on the final lap but Young held strong, just edging the Oklahoman who celebrated his team's first National Guard SuperBike podium with a stand-up wheelie across the line that artificially inflated the gap from second to third (0.475 seconds).
Runner-up Young said, "I've been struggling all weekend long with my GSX-R, but the crew is working hard for me as always. Starting second row doesn't make things easy and racing with Danny doesn't either. I think we definitely learned a lot in today's race and we need to apply it. I think we learned more in today's race than we learned all weekend long.
"I got off to a fairly good start and found myself behind Josh. I didn't know if I maybe needed to make a pass immediately but he's just had the pace all weekend long to run up front and do as he pleases. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's race and being able to apply what we learned and shorten up the gap, if not race with Josh."
"That was pretty awesome," Eslick said of his maiden SuperBike podium. "As soon as we showed up on Friday we had a bike that was working pretty good. Overnight we made a few changes and it really got the Team Hero EBR 1190RS hooked up. It didn't even really concern me when I got bumped off the front row. The race definitely showed that we could do it pretty consistently.
"It's just awesome — hats off to the team. To get a SuperBike podium is a dream come true, and I'm sitting up here with guys I've beat so I know I can win one of these."
Hayes' factory Yamaha teammate, Herrin, picked up a solitary fourth. The result was a fairly encouraging result for the class rookie considering his pre-race struggles around the physically demanding Infineon Raceway circuit.
Herrin's regular sparring partner, National Guard Jordan Suzuki's Roger Hayden, didn't fare so well. The Kentuckian earlier warned that his second-place effort in qualifying was something of an illusion and he faded down from an early fourth to a disappointing tenth aboard an unruly machine.
Front-row qualifier Geoff May backed up teammate Eslick's success with a top-five ride of his own on the Team Amsoil/Hero EBR 1190RS. May sputtered off the line in ninth and suffered a second mishap, which dropped him outside the top ten. However, the Georgian made a steady climb forward, moving into sixth behind KTM/HMC Racing's Chris Fillmore late in the race. And under the heavy pressure of May, Fillmore lost the front and crashed out of the position with just a handful of laps remaining.
Attack Performance's Steve Rapp overcame Jordan Suzuki's Ben Bostrom for sixth, while Kneedraggers.com/Motul/Fly Racing Suzuki pilot David Anthony and Foremost Insurance Pegram Racing BMW's Larry Pegram came home in eighth and ninth, finishing ahead of the aforementioned Hayden.
Hayes will look to put the finishing touches on a perfect points haul weekend in Sunday's 22-lap AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike contest, scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. local time.
AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike
GEICO Suzuki's Martin Cardenas won the Saturday AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike race at Infineon Raceway after a race-long battle with Jason DiSalvo (Castrol Latus Motors Triumph) around the 2.32-mile circuit. Cardenas won his 20th career AMA Pro victory with a move in the Carousel to pass DiSalvo, and made it stick the last lap and a half. The Colombian said he wasn't planning to pass there, but he took full advantage of an opportunity.
"Today was a tough race," said Cardenas. "I made a good start and made my way up. Jason and I exchanged positions quite a lot. I passed Jason and pushed and got a little gap, enough for a win."
DiSalvo and Cardenas were dicing so fiercely that they even appeared to touch on course at least once, but the New Yorker said he enjoyed the battles. "That race was like riding dirt bikes in your back yard with your buddy," said DiSalvo. "We knew the race was going to come down to the end."
Cameron Beaubier (Y.E.S. Graves Yamaha) ran well in his first race back since injury to take the last spot on the GoPro Daytona SportBike podium, leading the field through Turn 1 in both starts of the red-flagged race. "I fell off their pace a little bit and the last six laps, I was just trying to get to the checkered flag," he said.
Dane Westby (M4 Suzuki) showed fine form to get fourth, ahead of Tommy Hayden (Y.E.S Graves Yamaha).
AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport
Castrol Triumph's Dustin Dominguez watched James Rispoli and Jake Lewis put on a show in front of him at Road Atlanta, but Dominguez was the man in race one at Infineon Raceway on Saturday. Dominguez won the 18-lap race by 0.170 seconds, but pulled away from his rivals in the last few laps.
"I felt pretty good the whole race, and just maintained the lead," said Dominguez after his strong performance. "I knew James was back there and felt I had more left in case we started racing."
Rispoli (Orient Express Celtic Racing) and Lewis (Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki) battled once again, with second in jeopardy until the checkered flag. Rispoli, the West points leader, took second and Lewis closed out the podium.
Early race leader Tomas Puerta (RoadRace Factory/Red Bull) earned fourth.
The race was red flagged in the opening laps due to a crash involving Hayden Gillim and Cameron Gish. Gillim was able to re-start and charge from last to 10th.
AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series
Kyle Wyman won pole for the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 Series at Infineon Raceway. Wyman (KYL Group) beat some of the regular protagonists in the series for pole, including front-row starters Tyler O'Hara (Bartel's H-D), Michael Barnes (Bartel's H-D), and Kyle's brother Travis Wyman (Harv's H-D).
"I got a good feel for the circuit and could visualize the lap in my head," said Kyle. "I wanted to do one more and go even faster."


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How many types of covenants are recorded in the Bible?
Bible students do not agree on the number of covenants in the Bible. How one sees the covenants generally depends on whether a person is a dispensationalist or a covenant theologian. Dispensationalist who consistently interpret the Bible in a more literal sense believe in more covenants than do those in the camp of covenant theology because of the way they tend to who spiritualize many of the promises to Israel.
The following is an illustration of the covenants according to dispensational theology:
The following is a summarized view of this taken from The Moody Handbook of Theology: These covenants according to Dispensational Theology were literal, unconditional, and eternal. There are no conditions attached to the covenants and as such they unequivocally promise Israel a future land, a Messianic rule, and spiritual blessings.
(1) The Abrahamic Covenant. Described in Genesis 12:1–3, the Abrahamic covenant promised a land (v.l; cf. 13:14–17; further developed in the Palestinian covenant); numerous descendants involving a nation, dynasty, and a throne (v. 2; cf. 13:16; 17:2–6; further developed in the Davidic covenant); and redemption (v. 3; cf. 22:18; further developed in the New Covenant).
(2) The Palestinian Covenant (Deut. 30:1–10). This covenant guarantees Israel's permanent right to the land. It is unconditional, as seen in the state ments "God will," without corresponding obligations. This covenant promises the ultimate return of Israel to the land in repentance and faith (v. 2) in circumstances wherein God will prosper them (v. 3). This covenant will be fulfilled in the Millennium.
(3) The Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7:12–16). The provisions of this covenant are summarized in v. 16 by the words "house," promising a dynasty in the lineage of David; "kingdom," referring to a people who are governed by a king; "throne," emphasizing the authority of the king's rule; "forever," emphasizing the eternal and unconditional nature of this promise to Israel. This covenant will be fulfilled when Christ returns to rule over believing Israel.
(4) The New Covenant (Jer. 31:31–34). This covenant provides the basis by which God will bless Israel in the future—Israel will enjoy forgiveness of sins through the meritorious death of Christ. The unconditional nature of this covenant is once more seen in the "I will" statements of vv. 33–34.
If these covenants are understood according to their normal meaning, then they call for a future blessing of believing, national Israel in the land under Messiah's rule. These covenants await a fulfillment in the Millennium.
The following describes the covenants according to covenant theology.
Covenant theology is a system of interpreting the Scriptures on the basis of two covenants: the covenant of works and the covenant of grace. Some covenant theologians specify three covenants: works, redemption, and grace.
Covenant theology teaches that God initially made a covenant of works with Adam, promising eternal life for obedience and death for disobedience. Adam failed, and death entered the human race. God, however, moved to resolve man's dilemma by entering into a covenant of grace through which the problem of sin and death would be overcome. Christ is the ultimate mediator of God's covenant of grace.
Related Topics: Dispensational / Covenantal Theology


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KW Clubsport coilovers were developed for customers who demand a better handling car when participating in track day events, but also require a setup that could be used on the street. The Clubsport was specifically designed for the Nordschleife using track day tires. By using the optional adjustable top mounts, the suspension geometry can be adjusted to the requirements of tires and the intended use. These adjustment options, combined with the independently adjustable rebound and compression damping technology allow a suspension setup according to the vehicle load, tire characteristics and different track conditions. KW Clubsport Coilovers meet every demand regarding a coilover for the usage on the road and the race track.
KW Clubsport suspension kits are independently adjustable in compression and rebound forces and include high performance racing springs. Racing top mounts are optionally available for further performance. KW Clubsport guarantees excellent handling, best performance, highest agility and fantastic lap times.
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'Radically Redesigned' MacBook Pro for 2012 Simply a Larger MacBook Air?
Sources reveal MacBook Pros may be in for a complete new makeover by the end of 2012, setting "the tone for the next wave of notebook computing."
"People familiar with Apple's roadmap say the Cupertino-based company currently plans to exit 2012 having completed a top-to-bottom revamp of its notebooks lineup that will see new MacBook Pros adopt the same design traits that have made its MacBook Airs an increasingly popular choice among consumers," AppleInsider announced on Friday.
The new professional line will purportedly include an ultra-thin unibody, flash-memory based drives in place of optical disk trays and traditional hard drives like the Airs, instant-on capabilities, extended battery life, and dependence on digital distribution for software and media.
Priority will first go toward redesigning the 15-inch model, with a 17-inch model expected to follow shortly after.
AppleInsider's report is not the first of its kind, however, with previous publications like the DigiTimes revealing last year that Apple would be working on larger versions of their popular Air line, which AppleInsider believes will replace the Pro series.
The Taiwanese IT news site even stated in November that production on the new MacBook Air models were already in motion, with Apple allegedly engaging different manufacturing partners to source parts for their 15-inch Airs. Rumors also slated the release of the new models for early this spring.
"AppleInsider believes that based on its information, leaks out the Far East regarding ultra-thin 15-inch Apple notebook slated to hit the market this spring indeed pertain to Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro makeover, regardless of what marketing name the company ultimately chooses to stamp on its bezel."
The new models will also rely heavily on Thunderbolt and be built around Intel's next generation Ivy Bridge processors, which boast as much as a 60 percent performance boost over current chips.
With their new revamped notebooks, Apple is hoping to model the success of the MacBook Airs, which greatly expanded the company's notebook sales by almost threefold.
Though the MacBook Pro line continues to outsell the Airs, the gap between the two is growing smaller and smaller, AppleInsider also noted.
MacBook Pros have not seen a major external reconstruction since its update to a unibody design in 2008.
In October of 2011, all models of the MacBook Pros, 13-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch, were quietly updated with larger hard drives and faster Intel processors while still maintaining the original price tag.


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A food processor is a versatile kitchen appliance that can quickly and easily chop, slice, shred, grind, and puree almost any food. Some models can also assist the home cook in making citrus and vegetable juice, beating cake batter, kneading bread dough, beating egg whites, and grinding meats and vegetables.
The food processor was introduced to the North American market in 1973 by engineer Carl Sontheimer, who had spent a year adapting a French industrial blender for the home cook. It took a few years for consumers to realize how useful the new appliance could be, but once they did, the food processor became a bestseller. Sontheimer's invention revolutionized food preparation in home kitchens around the world.
In this article, we'll learn about food processors and how to use them to perform common kitchen tasks. We'll also walk you through an easy recipe for your food processor.
The Basic Components
Modern food processors come in three basic sizes: full, compact, and mini. No matter what size they are, however, the basic components are the same: a motor, a bowl with a lid and feed tube, and a set of attachments.
The motor is housed in the base of the appliance, and it is the heaviest part of the device. Full-size machines generally have larger, more powerful motors, and can weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg). This weight has a utilitarian value: The heaviness of the base gives the appliance stability and ensures that it doesn't move around while the motor is running. Though the first food processor bases were clad only in white, hard plastic, today they are available in a range of stylish colors and with metal and plastic finishes, ensuring that your appliance will fit in with your kitchen decor.
From the motor, a shaft extends upward to power the attachments. The bowl, which is usually made of durable, transparent plastic, fits onto this shaft and locks into position. The lid, usually made of the same material, locks onto the top of the bowl; in many older models, engaging the locking mechanism turns on the motor, but newer models generally have an on/off switch or button.
The lid has a feed tube fitted with a plunger. You can insert food into the device through this feed tube, pushing it down with the plunger. Some models have wider and narrower feed tubes for use with larger and smaller food items. The size of the bowl varies according to the size of the machine:
- Full-size bowls generally have a capacity of 9 to 13 cups.
- Compact-size bowls can accommodate 5 to 7 cups.
- Mini-size bowls can fit 2 to 5 cups.
Some models come with large and small bowls for use with the same base.
In the next section, we'll look at the attachments that do a food processor's slicing and dicing.


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ReText is a simple text editor for MarkDown syntax that supports some popular formats such as PDF, ODT, HTML and plain text. Using ReText you can even export your documents to Google Docs (but for now, each export creates a new document).
Since our last post about it, ReText got some very interesting new features:
- Tabs support
- "Live preview" (screenshots below)
- Ability to select the default font
- Showing Markdown documentation on first run
- "Web-pages generator"
- Better highlighter for HTML
- KDE integration
- Lots of other changes
The ReText wiki provides a short how-to for using the new "web pages generator" feature.
Here are some screenshots featuring the latest ReText 1.0 under GNOME and KDE:
Install ReText 1.0 in Ubuntu
Add the ReText PPA and install the latest ReText 1.0 in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 using the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mitya57
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install retext
Download ReText 1.0 source code.
By the way, ReText needs testers and translators so if you can, do help!
Thanks to Dmitry Shachnev for the info and second screenshot!


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Would I miss my colors?? I love color and pattern! .
Gorgeous and elegant...and very grown up!
It's time to redecorate and you have to decide: are you going to go in a new direction with a neutral palette that is sophisticated yet simple, or go with a color scheme for walls and furniture that will translate your taste and style? I enjoy looking at the beautiful and subdued interiors that are basically done in soft whites, grays or taupes..but is it really something I want to live with day to day?
Would I miss my colors?? I love color and pattern! .
I decorated this Cape Cod living room with ocean and garden views in creamy whites.
We used scrim draped over poles to enhance the airy feel.
Who wouldn't want to sleep in these dreamy creamy bedrooms? Yet I think something is lacking...
I designed beautiful silk striped drapes
for this fun colorful take on French Country!
This was my version of a MacKenzie Childs sitting room...
pinks greens and yellows and lots of cheeriness!
I called these draperies Gwyneth Paltrow Pink!
Remember that pink RL gown she wore to the Academy Awards years ago?
I never forgot it!
This was a serious victorian dining room tamed with the fun and happy colors of pink and green.
Set a place for Lilly Pulitzer won't you?
These yellow damask and blue toile valances
made this kitchen come to life!
This is my sitting room at my Lake House in New Hampshire.
I love toile, and the black and white fabric
complements my tole tray collection.
The yellow walls make it sing with happiness.
Could this be any happier of a window treatment?
See this green country cabinet....it makes the room, doesn't it?
I just had to get one for my Lake House...and it is my FAVORITE piece of furniture!
If it was white, I don't think I would love it as much....just saying!
I'll pick color over neutrals all day long.....its a natural mood enhancer!


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Published 2004 Revised 2013
Morse code was invented by an American called Samuel Finley Breese Morse, (1791-1872). He was not only an inventor but also a famous painter.
Before the invention of the telegraph, most messages that had to be sent over long distances were carried by messengers who memorized them or carried them in writing. These messages could be delivered no faster than the fastest horse. Messages could also be sent visually, using flags and later, mechanical systems called semaphore telegraphs, but these systems required the receiver to be close enough to see the sender, and could not be used at night.
The telegraph allowed messages to be sent very fast over long distances using electricity. The first commercial telegraph was developed by William Forthergill Cooke and Charles Wheatstone in 1837. They developed a device which could send messages using electrical signals to line up compass needles on a grid containing letters of the alphabet. Then, in 1838, Samuel Morse and his assistant, Alfred Vail, demonstrated an even more successful telegraph device which sent messages using a special code - Morse code.
Telegraph messages were sent by tapping out the code for each letter in the form of long and short signals. Short signals are referred to as dits (represented as dots). Long signals are referred to as dahs (represented as dashes). The code was converted into electrical impulses and sent over telegraph wires. A telegraph receiver on the other end of the wire converted the impulses back into to dots and dashes, and decoded the message.
In 1844, Morse demonstrated the telegraph to the United States Congress using a now famous message "What hath God wrought"..
Samuel Morse Telegraph Receiver
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Morse's original code was not quite the same as the one in use today as it included pauses as well as dahs and dits. However, a conference in Berlin in 1851 established an international version, which is shown below:
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and is the distress signal SOS.
Morse code requires the time between dits and dahs, between letters, and between words to be as accurate as possible.
A Dit takes - 1 unit of time
A Dah takes - 3 units of time
The pause between Dits/Dahs - 1 unit of time
The pause between letters - 3 units of time
The pause between words - 7 units of time
The speed at which a message is sent in Morse code is normally given in words per minute (WPM). The word "Paris" (including the space after it) is used as the length of a standard word. How long does this take? (Answer is given at the end of the article). An experienced Morse code operator can send and receive messages at a rate of 20-30 WPM.
One of Morse's aims was to keep the code as short as possible, which meant the commonest letters should have the shortest codes. Morse came up with a marvellous idea. He went to his local newspaper. In those days printers made their papers by putting together individual letters (type) into a block, then covering the block with ink and pressing paper on the top. The printers kept the letters (type) in cases with each letter kept in a separate compartment. Of course, they had many more of some letters than others because they knew they needed more when they created a page of print. Morse simply counted the number of pieces of type for each letter. He found that there were more e's than any other letter and so he gave 'e' the shortest code, 'dit'. This explains why there appears to be no obvious relationship between alphabetical order and the symbols used.
Paris = 50 time units (43 for the letters plus 7 for the space after the word).
You can download a morse code font for windows here.


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Institutional Collections
CSHL Archives is dedicated to documenting the history of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and its predecessor institutions. These institutions include the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (1890–1924), Carnegie Institution of Washington (including the Eugenics Record Office and the Department of Genetics) (1904–1971), and the Long Island Biological Association (1924–1962). In 1962, the various scientific institutions at Cold Spring Harbor merged to form the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Quantitative Biology. Today CSHL is a world-renowned research center dedicated to the study of cancer, neuroscience, quantitative biology, plant biology, and genomics. Our institutional collections include the administrative files for CSHL and its predecessor institutions, photographs of the annual CSH Symposium of Quantitative Biology, and documentation of the many meetings, courses, and special events held at CSHL. It also includes our extensive Oral History Collection, Reprint Collection, Maps and Blueprints Collection, and our collection of Rare Books.


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How many passwords do you rely on every day to live and function online? Think hard about all the accounts you have to log into – we're sure it reaches a dozen, including news sites, forums and others.
Do you leave them all logged in or do they generally all have the same password?
It's an uncomfortable question, because password management skills are something to which most of us would rather not draw attention. People in offices, for example, often write passwords on whiteboards.
The need for passwords is a problem that won't go away, but as we've seen recently, some cross-site scripting vulnerabilities rely on you leaving yourself logged into online accounts to do their fiendish work.
Luckily, there are ways of securely and portably managing all of your essential passwords. Why passwords?
Passwords have been around since antiquity. Guards would challenge people trying to enter restricted areas and only let them pass if they knew that day's word – hence the term. Used correctly, they're still an excellent method of securing access to resources.
The problem is that the need to remember so many of them means vulnerabilities quickly creep in. Today we have so many passwords and there are so many people trying to gain access to them that using some form of password management tool is becoming essential. The results of not doing so can be embarrassing to say the least.
How many times have you seen Facebook friends post shocking status updates, only to discover that a friend or family member had taken advantage of the logged-in account for a laugh? Beyond the embarrassment, reputations and even whole identities can be taken, and the rightful owner locked out, simply by changing the password on an account that's been left logged in.
Management tools
There are several excellent password management tools that will help you keep track of all the passwords you need for life online. They fall into four basic categories.
First, there are those that store your passwords securely on a local storage device and let you access them via a secret master key.
Next, there are those designed to run on mobile devices, such as smartphones. With the rise of cloud computing, there are now several password managers designed to follow you anywhere, which are accessed through a web interface.
Finally, there are hardware password management devices integrated into services, such as those used by banks which generate complex sequences of challenge and response codes to authenticate you.
What all these password managers have in common is the simple requirement to remember a single, master password that grants access to all the credentials they store. Many password managers will even fill in web forms for you, making login procedures more convenient.
Introducing KeePass
ANTI-VIRUS WARNING: Opt to run KeePass normally, otherwise the database won't be saved
KeePass is a free password tool used by millions of people every day. More importantly, it's open source.
Where your passwords are concerned, this is a good idea because it means that anyone can inspect the source code, compile their own executable and be sure that no keylogger or malware is lurking and skimming off their credentials.
KeePass is available from http://keepass.info. Click the link to download Portable KeePass Version 2.17 (the stable edition). This requires no installation and will let you store passwords on a USB stick. This in turn lets you carry your passwords around securely wherever you go.
Once the file is downloaded, open it and look at its contents. Drag and drop all the files onto a USB memory stick, then close the zip file to discard it.
To run KeePass, simply double-click KeePass.exe. After a few seconds, the interface appears.
The first thing we need to do is create a secure database to store our passwords. To do so, click File > New. Navigate to the USB memory stick, name the database if you like, and click 'Save'.
A new window appears. Enter a password in the 'Master password' input box. This is the password that will be used to encrypt the database and is the only one you'll need to remember. Make this as long and as varied as possible.
As you enter the password, KeePass will calculate its strength. Enter the password into the 'Repeat password' box then click 'OK'.
A new window appears allowing you to configure various database settings. The defaults should be fine for the moment, so simply click 'OK' to continue.
The main window changes to show two example password and username pairings. KeePass refers to these as 'entries'. In the left-hand pane are convenient groups into which your passwords will fall. You can rename these, delete them or create new ones by right-clicking this pane.
Add passwords
STRENGTH RATING: Adding a password to KeePass lets you assess its strength
To add a new entry to a group, select the group then right-click the main panel and select 'Add entry'. A new window opens. Enter a title, username and the password.
Again, KeePass will judge the strength of the password for you. Enter the URL for the login page where the credentials will be used, and finally click 'OK'. Now save the database by clicking the floppy disk icon at the top.
The most immediate way to use usernames and passwords saved in the KeePass database is to click on one, then click its URL in the lower pane of the user interface to bring up the relevant login page, and finally drag and drop the username and password into the input fields of the website. You can also right-click an entry, select 'Copy username' or 'Copy password' and paste the text into the input box on the website.
Note, by default, you have 12 seconds before the clipboard entry is erased to prevent malware stealing the pasted credentials.
You can also have KeePass attempt to automatically fill in the username and password fields when you visit a website and want to log in.
To do so, right-click the relevant entry and select 'Edit/view entry'. This makes the same window appear as when you added the entry's details. Click the 'Tools' button at the bottom of the window and a small drop-down menu appears.
Then click Select field reference > In username field. A new window appears. Due to a glitch, you must select the entry you want to modify again. Click both the radio buttons marked 'Username' in the lower part of the window, then click 'OK'. Click 'OK' on the parent window.
When you select the entry in the main user interface, the details including the URL appear in the lower pane. As before, click the URL to bring up the login page.
Return to KeePass, right-click the entry and select 'Perform Auto-type'. Back on the login page, the username and password fields should fill themselves in and log you in.
Most login pages allow you to enter a username then press [Tab], enter the password, and finally log in by pressing [Enter]. This is also the default action of Auto-type.
If you need to add an extra tab between username and password for Auto-type to log you in properly, you can edit the sequence by right-clicking on the entry, selecting 'Edit/ view entry' and clicking on the Auto-type tab on the resulting details window. Click the 'Override default sequence' button and you can add a new '{TAB}' to the sequence.
Securing KeePass
SIMPLE FORMS: You can make KeePass fill login credentials automatically by setting up the Auto-type facility
KeePass has a lot of options for customising its behaviour, chief among which are the security settings. To access these, click 'Tools | Options'. The resulting window has several tabs. Ensure the Security tab is selected.
The four most important checkboxes are at the top of the pane, and relate to the length of time before KeePass locks itself after periods of inactivity.
However, there are also some very useful options in the lower pane. Among these are the options for locking the interface and exiting KeePass instead of locking. These are very useful in situations where you need to get KeePass off the screen as quickly as possible and have it secure itself.
Also make sure you tick the box that locks KeePass if you suspend the computer. That way, if you're running it on a laptop when you're out and about, you can simply close the lid and the program will be locked and secure when you (or anyone else) next resume operation.
If you visit lots of websites every morning when you first boot up, you can also have KeePass run automatically when the current user logs in. On the 'Integration' tab, simply click the box marked 'Run KeePass at Windows startup (current user)'. If you use this option, you will have to remember to have your USB memory stick inserted when you boot up the computer.
Many of the other options might seem as if they've been included simply because they're possible, but lots of them are actually very useful. One such option is on the Interface tab. Clicking 'Drop to background after copying data to the clipboard' brings the window behind KeePass to the front. If this is your web browser, it's a convenient way of grabbing focus to paste a username or password into a website's login page.
MASTER PASSWORD: After you set KeePass to run at boot, the master password window should appear
So, KeePass can securely look after all your passwords, thereby requiring you to remember just one. It's easier to change just one password on a regular basis rather than needing to change perhaps several dozen, but change it regularly you must. In fact, you should do it every few weeks or so.
It's easy enough to do by going to File > Change master key. As long as you remember to take your USB memory stick with you, you will never forget the passwords to your accounts no matter where you are and no matter how many times you change their individual passwords.
First published in PC Format Issue 262
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What to Look At Beyond the Fiscal Cliff
Everywhere you go, references to the impending fiscal cliff abound. Yet as important as tax policy is and as huge as the potential impact of higher tax rates could be on the economy, companies, and individual taxpayers, fiscal cliff issues are only a small part of what you should be thinking about as you mull long-term moves for your portfolio.
For now, markets are uneasy, with volatility rising and investors impatiently waiting for any news at all about a possible resolution to the current impasse. Yet whether it's a few weeks or a few months from now, it'll be time to look past the fiscal cliff and focus instead on the next set of concerns facing investors. In fact, if you can get a head start on what the next hot-button issues will be, you can put yourself in the best position to take advantage of the effects those issues will have on the overall market and on particular stocks. Here are two of the ones I'm tracking.
1. Where interest rates will go.
The low-interest-rate policy of the Federal Reserve has had a huge impact on businesses and individuals. For corporations, low rates have provided an unprecedented opportunity to restructure their debt at incredibly low costs. AAA-rated Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) has taken the opportunity to lock in record-low corporate rates, leveraging extremely thin spreads between Treasury and corporate debt generally to minimize its financing costs going forward. Earlier this month, short-term debt of top-rated ExxonMobil (NYS: XOM) and Johnson & Johnson (NYS: JNJ) actually traded at lower yields than Treasuries. Even companies with a great deal more credit risk have nevertheless found attractive rates in the high-yield market, issuing bonds to income-hungry investors who are willing to boost their risk level in an attempt to match what they would have earned on risk-free assets just five years ago.
Individual borrowers have also had a good deal. While credit card rates remain high, rates on mortgages are near record lows, and low prevailing interest rates have largely prevented the once-feared wave of adjustable-rate mortgage adjustments from being problematic -- at least for now.
Meanwhile, savers have gotten crushed. CD rates have been chopped from 5% to 1% or less, while savings account rates have seen similar drops. Desperate savers seeking ways to replace much-needed cash flow have increasingly moved toward dividend stocks simply to match the yields on their maturing fixed-income securities.
The Fed has promised to keep rates at "exceptionally low levels until at least mid-2015." But "exceptionally low" doesn't necessarily mean the current 0% to 0.25% level, especially given that normal rates are closer to the 4% to 5% range. If pressures like inflation or asset bubbles arise, the Fed might start signaling minor increases sooner than 2015 -- and that could have a huge impact not just on bonds but stocks as well.
2. How Europe and emerging markets fare.
U.S. investors claim to be world-wise, but they tend to get tunnel vision when problems at home come up. Even though the U.S. economy is undoubtedly important, the issues affecting investors overseas are also critical to the world's overall economic health.
In the past month, indexes of European stocks and of emerging-market stocks have both outperformed the S&P 500 by a substantial margin, with emerging markets falling by less than half the U.S. market's loss. Europe still has plenty of problems, but prices are low enough that they largely reflect all but the worst of possible scenarios.
Also, China's market has been looking to bottom after a long bearish run that has sent the emerging market in just about exactly the opposite direction as the U.S. stock market. Even tech giants Baidu (NAS: BIDU) and SINA (NAS: SINA) have both given up huge amounts of ground despite the undeniable potential of China's Internet population. If Chinese stimulus efforts succeed, the nation could pull up not only its own market but stocks around the world as well.
Don't get sidetracked
The fiscal cliff is an incredibly important issue for investors, but it's not the only one. By staying aware of the next big issue folks are going to look at, you'll be ahead of the game when the fiscal cliff gets resolved -- one way or another.
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"We are proud that Quest Diagnostics has rejoined FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies as the leader in our category," said Steve Rusckowski, President and CEO. "This accomplishment reflects the passion of our employees, who every day empower better health with diagnostic insights for people throughout the communities we serve."
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Judicial Council to discuss Strategic Evaluation Committee report at June meeting
SAN FRANCISCO—Justice Douglas P. Miller, chair of the Executive and Planning Committee for the Judicial Council, announced today that the Strategic Evaluation Committee report will be presented to the Judicial Council by the chair and co-chair of the SEC on June 21 or 22nd. The Executive and Planning Committee sets the agenda for the Judicial Council meetings.
With his announcement, Justice Miller released the following statement:
"I have read the SEC report many times, and I look forward to a frank discussion with council members about its recommendations regarding the Administrative Office of the Courts. Before we can do that, our Executive and Planning Committee must decide how and in what form the recommendations will come before the council. We'll be doing that tomorrow. It is helpful to have Interim Administrative Director Jody Patel's status update, which says that 57 of the 147 SEC recommendations are already completed or in process of being completed. I am pleased but not surprised by how much has already been accomplished since January 2011 and especially after July 2011. It shows we're headed in the right direction. During the last year, the Judicial Council has instituted a number of measures that have increased oversight of the AOC. I believe the SEC report will be another helpful tool as we continue to bring thoughtful change to the judicial branch, the Judicial Council, and to the AOC."


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Screening the sun: We still need to cover up, researchers say
(Medical Xpress)—Covering up and staying out of the sun for prolonged periods of time, especially in the middle of the day, is still the best way to protect ourselves from damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation, claims a University of Sydney researcher.
According to Jane Hanrahan, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, sunscreens should only form one part of our sun protection strategy. If sun exposure cannot be avoided, then the use of a broad spectrum high SPF sunscreen, applied according to directions to protect against sunburn, photoageing and photocarcinogenesis, is essential.
However, Professor Hanrahan says there is very little to be gained by using 50+ sunscreen if it is not re-applied regularly, as people are less cautious after using it and they can still find themselves sunburnt at the end of the day.
When applied correctly, an SPF 30+ guards against 96.7 percent of UVB rays, while an SPF 50+ only takes protection to 98 percent. If it takes your skin 10 minutes to burn without sunscreen, it would take you 300 minutes with an SPF30+ and 500 minutes with an SPF 50+. However, the recent changes have seen improvements made to the standards and technique for measuring ultraviolet A protection.
"Sunburn is caused by ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, but ultraviolet A (UVA) may be more damaging to the skin. Sunscreens should ideally block both wavebands," warns Professor Hanrahan.
Sunscreens may be organic or inorganic chemicals and many sunscreens contain a mixture of both to provide protection against both UVA and UVB radiation, says Professor Hanrahan. Regular use of a broad spectrum sunscreen has been shown to reduce the development of actinic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.
Recent studies have indicated the incidence of skin cancers (particularly melanomas) has continued to increase in Australia despite 30 years of 'slip, slop, slap'.
"We have only been using broad spectrum sunscreens since the mid-1990s. The long latency between sun exposure and the appearance of skin cancers means that the efficacy of broad spectrum sunscreens in preventing skin cancer may not become apparent for another 25 years or more when the population born in the 1990s reach the age when most skin cancers begin to appear."
"Sunscreens have been found to be a safe and effective way of protecting the skin from UV radiation, if excessive sun exposure cannot be avoided, then the use of a broad spectrum high SPF sunscreen, applied according to directions will protect against sun damage."
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Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) today announced it will build a new headquarters in Atlanta, the city it has called home for thirteen years.
The new complex will be located in the "Aerotropolis Atlanta" development site, near the brand new International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It will be comprised of modern office facilities for a workforce that will eventually number 400 employees, including a Technical Service and Training Center, as well as a leading-edge Customer Experience Center that will feature a handling road course to show-off the capabilities of Porsche's industry-leading vehicles. Groundbreaking is planned for this fall with the move-in date scheduled for the second half of 2013.
"The unparalleled nature of the Porsche ownership experience absolutely deserves an equally unique home. That is what we'll create with our new headquarters – a concept completely new to the U.S. automotive industry, and one that delivers our brand and product experience to our employees, dealers and customers alike," said Detlev von Platen, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America.
"Our new American headquarters will allow us to finally bring together all our major sales, after sales and financial services capacities, thus making us an even stronger organization. It also sends a strong message to our dealers and our customers that we believe in the strength of the U.S. market and its future growth," von Platen explained. "At the same time, this decision demonstrates our commitment to the State of Georgia and the City of Atlanta to remain a vital part of this vibrant region."
The decision to stay in Atlanta was the result of a thorough, more than one-year long search and evaluation process that spanned metropolitan Atlanta and several out-of-state sites. The new headquarters will not only be home to PCNA, but also to Porsche Financial Services, Inc., and Porsche Business Services, Inc. which are both currently located in Lisle, Illinois. Other Porsche businesses will also be included, building a solid foundation for further expansion of Porsche's largest market worldwide.
"We welcome the entire Porsche team to Atlanta's newest corporate center, the innovative Aerotropolis complex," said Kasim Reed, the mayor of Atlanta. "Porsche's decision to reinforce its roots and grow its next-generation U.S. headquarters here is a testament to the vitality and vibrancy of our city and an exciting addition to the many iconic brands that also call Atlanta home. The Porsche crest will be a perfect welcome sign to greet the hundreds of thousands of visitors and guests that land each day at the world's busiest airport in Atlanta."
"There's no better place to live, work and play than Georgia," stated Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia. "As a 13-year corporate citizen of our great state, Georgia-based Porsche employees already know that once you have 'Georgia on Your Mind' it is impossible to let go. Now we look forward to extending our famous Southern hospitality to the entire Porsche team – and to adding an incredible new destination to Georgia's list of 'must-see' places."
With over 25,000 cars sold in 2010, PCNA finished last year up 33 percent over the previous year. With its new headquarters, a dedicated, passionate employee and dealer body, and a strong line-up of iconic sports cars, a brand new generation of Cayenne SUVs and the latest addition to the brand, the Panamera Gran Turismo, Porsche is poised for continued success in the United States.
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Do you buy Andrew Garfield as an adult? I don't know that I do. He's 31 years old, I know that academically, but I don't think I really know that. Because when I see Garfield, I don't think "grown ass man". He's a Forever Child, which is why it's totally believable for him to be playing Peter Parker in the Spider-Man movies—he looks like he should still be in college. It works for Spider-Man, but his Forever Child-ness is throwing me for a loop in the first clip from Ramin Bahrani's 99 Homes.
The film is premiering at the Venice Film Festival, and it's about a man (Garfield) whose family is evicted from their home by a ruthless real estate broker played by Michael Shannon. In order to get his home back, the man agrees to work for the broker, evicting other families in turn. It sounds intense and morally complicated, and Bahrani is a good filmmaker whose been inching toward the mainstream for the last several years. There's a lot of promise in this film, and a lot of people are curious to see what Bahrani can do with a name cast at his disposal. The first clip is online:
Do you see what's throwing me? I don't buy that Andrew Garfield and Laura Dern are married. I don't buy that he is old enough to be married, let alone old enough to be the father of a child that is what—10? And it's not a failure on his part as an actor—he's a good actor and nothing he's doing is scanning as bad, per se. It's just that he doesn't fit. Not in this family scene, anyway. Perhaps the other part of the movie, where he's working with Shannon and engaging in moral reflection, maybe that part will click better. Because as it is, I'm kind of…confused.