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House of Sweden in Washington D.C. houses the Embassy of Sweden, the Embassy of Iceland, offices, as well as an Event Center that features conference and exhibition halls. Situated on the Potomac River, House of Sweden has become the perfect place to meet, work and live in the heart of Georgetown.
In 2006, House of Sweden - a stunning example of contemporary Scandinavian architecture designed by Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen - was inaugurated as the new home of the Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C. As a physical representation of Swedish values such as openness, transparency and democracy, House of Sweden is the flagship of Swedish public diplomacy in the United States. House of Sweden is owned and managed by the Kingdom of Sweden through the National Property Board Sweden (SFV)


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – A task force to examine the operations of all University-affiliated child care centers across Penn State has been formed and will begin its work with a goal of making recommendations on operations, policies, quality and affordability to President Rodney Erickson by the end of December.
Jacqueline Edmondson, associate vice president and associate dean of Undergraduate Education, has been named to chair the 14-member Presidential Task Force on Child Care comprised of a broad cross-section of parents, faculty, staff and administrators from across Penn State. Edmondson, who before her University career was a child care teacher and administrator, also previously served as associate dean in the College of Education, most recently as the associate dean for undergraduate and graduate studies.
Also serving on the task force are:
-- Lisa Abbott, associate vice president for human resources for Health Affairs, Penn State Hershey Medical Center;
-- Lori Bechtel-Wherry, chancellor, Penn State Altoona;
-- Abigail Diehl, assistant dean for alumni relations and special projects, College of Health and Human Development;
-- Sarah Fischer, doctoral student, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education;
-- Lisa German, associate dean for collections, information and access services, Penn State Libraries and chairwoman, Commission for Women;
-- Wendy Haslet, kindergarten teacher, Bennett Family Center at University Park;
-- Eunice Moore, director, Penn State Behrend Early Learning Center;
-- Jill Putnam, teacher, Child Care Center at Hort Woods, University Park;
-- Victoria Sanchez, assistant vice provost for Educational Equity;
-- Erica Smithwick, associate professor of geography; faculty senator; Hort Woods parent;
-- Christine Marmé Thompson, professor of art education;
-- Nancy Turow, educational director, The Goddard School, State College;
-- Sandra Weaver, youth programs compliance specialist; and
-- Daniel Willis, professor of architecture, Bennett Family Center parent.
"Child care is a critical component and concern in the lives of a number of our employees and students, and we should have the best understanding of who we are serving, how we are serving them and if we are providing quality care at an affordable cost that is sustainable," said Erickson. "The formation of this task force is motivated, in part, by the Core Council report to the College of Health and Human Development, which recommended a University-wide task force and an assessment of all University-affiliated child care centers."
Erickson was referring to the March 2011 Core Council report in which an assessment of Penn State's child care centers was advocated, since the College of Health and Human Development is responsible for oversight of two centers on the University Park campus. The Core Council, a group of 13 senior administrators and faculty, was charged with maximizing academic potential, reducing redundancy and freeing resources for higher priority uses. The president acknowledged that the task force also is being created to address the recent concerns about the University's proposed plan to shift management of the Bennett Family Center at University Park to an outside firm.
Currently, six Penn State campuses offer on-campus care for children of faculty, staff and students. The task force also is expected to help clarify the roles of the College of Health and Human Development as well as the Office of Human Resources and any other University entities that provide oversight for Penn State child care centers.
The Presidential Task Force on Child Care will identify common concerns, define responsibilities and help coordinate policies across Penn State. The task force will benchmark Penn State's child care arrangements against those of public peer institutions; will examine the centers' child care philosophies, and how they are managed; assess demand; and review tuition, operating costs and subsidies, to name a few of the assignments given to the task force.
"We will work diligently on this issue, because we know how important it is to our community," said Chair Edmondson. "It is a priority to the University that Penn State faculty, staff and students feel confident that their young children are well cared for, and we will make recommendations to the president with this goal in mind."
The task force will convene as needed and has been asked to complete its work and make a series of recommendations by Dec. 31, 2013.

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The QuiXilica Neptune-V5 VXS is an ANSI VITA 41-compliant dual channel high speed digitizer board based on the QuiXilica V5 architecture from TEK Microsystems. Designed to meet the needs of demanding sensor-processing applications across a range of environments, the Neptune-V5 employs three Virtex®-5 processors, advanced DDR3 SDRAM, and the latest communications technologies available.
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2 x 2.2 GSPS x 10-bit ADC
Full ruggedization has been designed into the architecture providing full support for harsh environments. For specifications go to the Ruggedization page.
The Neptune-V5 design logically follows and meets the data flow requirements of advanced applications and does the job more efficiently than anything else available.
Widely adopted standards and the very latest in technology gives customers the optimum in performance and investment protection.
Software support for a range of open standards and protocols is provided including Gigabit Ethernet, Serial FPDP (ANSI VITA 17.1 and 17.2) and Fibre Channel. For inter-FPGA and inter-board communications, protocol support is provided for Xilinx Aurora and PCI Express. Our approach to the architecture focuses on the sensor IO processing and allows more efficient use the three Virtex-5 processors than competitive offerings of up to seven FPGAs resulting in a lower price point and reduced power consumption.
The two SFP+ sites and one QSFP site on the front panel utilize standard fiber optic or 1000BaseT modules provide the physical layer support for standard protocols such as Gigabit Ethernet, Serial FPDP (ANSI VITA 17.1 & 17.2), and Fibre Channel. Alternative SFP modules can be supplied by contacting the factory.
Neptune-V5 uses three Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs to provide maximum high bandwidth processing and system configuration flexibility.
Depending on the application, customers can select from:
• Virtex-5 LXT Platform - Optimized for high-performance logic with low-power serial connectivity
• Virtex-5 SXT Platform - Optimized for DSP and memory-intensive applications with low-power serial connectivity
• Virtex-5 FXT Platform - Optimized for embedded processing and memory-intensive applications with highest-speed serial connectivity
In a typical configuration shown above two Xilinx Virtex-5 SX95T FPGAs interface between the AT84AS008 based ADC's, memory and I/O resources to provide the user with a platform for implementing high performance real time processing. The IO FPGAs A and B can be any Virtex-5 FF1136 device. The back-end Comms FPGA can be any 1738 device which provides additional resources for implementing DSP and interfaces to the VXS backplane. All FPGAs are interconnected by wide parallel LVDS busses and also via high speed serial links using the Xilinx Rocket IO MGTs.
The Neptune-V5 can be used as a VITA 41.0 payload card. Up to eight high speed serial links of up to 3.125 Gb/s full duplex data rates are supported via the VITA 41.0 standard MultiGig RT2 P0 connector. Custom or standard communication protocols can be run over these links with appropriate firmware in the FPGA.
A number of options are available for configuring the FPGA on the Neptune-V5. For development purposes, a JTAG connection is available that allows users to configure the FPGA via standard Xilinx development tools. On board flash is available and can configure the FPGA on power up. Tekmicro's QuiXstart tool also supports flexible configuration of the FPGA through a Gigabit Ethernet link from a remote server after a power up or reset event.
Two e2v AT84AS008 10-bit Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs) are provided on a Neptune-V5, each capable of operating at sampling rates of 2.2 Gsps (Gigasamples per second). The ADCs are configured as single ended AC coupled, although alternate configurations can be provided A data ready signal output is supplied along with the data bus signals and is used to latch the data into the FPGA. Control functions on each ADC such as sampling point adjustment, gain adjustment, and input DC bias adjustment can be accessed from the FPGA, through a two-wire, I2C-compatible interface. The same interface can adjust the relative phase of the data and the data ready signal at the output of the DMUX.
Trigger firmware can be implemented in the FPGA to fully synchronize data captures between multiple ADC channels on the same board or across multiple Neptune-V5 boards if required.
The Neptune-V5 has two independent banks of onboard double data rate (DDR3) SDRAM for each FPGA. providing a capacity of 512 MB in each bank, 1 GB total per FPGA. The onboard memory can be clocked at rates up to 400 MHz, 800 MHz double data rate. Optional 1 GB per bank DDR3 devices can provide a capacity of 2 GB total memory per FPGA.
The Neptune-V5 board includes facilities to monitor current and temperature at various points on the board. Current monitoring of all main power rails is available. Die temperature monitoring of the three FPGAs and temperature monitoring of three locations on the PCB is also available. This allows a first level of protection to be implemented when the Neptune-V5 is operating in a variety of different environmental scenarios. The output from the sensors will also be available to users through the Comms FPGA firmware. The condition monitoring peripherals will share an I2C bus with the I2C bus from the Comms FPGA to the QSFP module.
Quantity: 1 or 2 via (4) SMA Connectors
Type: Single ended or differential.
Full Scale Input: -2dBm into 50Ω.
Input signal must be -2dBm within the first Nyquist band of the ADC to achieve full scale ADC conversion.
Front Panel Trigger Inputs
Quantity: 1 or 2 via (4) SMA Connectors
Type: LVDS (Optional: LVPECL)
Termination: LVDS 100Ω differential terminated (Optional: LVPECL)
Standalone: Independent Trigger inputs for each analog input
Master/Slave: Select Trigger MASTER, connect board-to-board connector to Trigger SLAVE
External Clock
Quantity: 1 or (2) via (2) SMA Connectors
Single ended 50Ω terminated
Input Power Range: 2dBm (min) to 10dB (max)
Operating Modes:
Clock Standalone / Master/Slave
Standalone: Use independent clock inputs for each analog input.
Master/Slave: Select clock MASTER, connect board-to-board connector to clock SLAVE
A/D Converters
Quantity: 1 or 2
Sampling Rate: 2.2 GSPS
Resolution: 10 bits
Type: e2v AT84AS008
Bandwidth: 3.3GHz at full power
Quantity: 1 or 2
Type: e2v AT84CS001
Demux Ratio: 1:4
Tunable Delay: -250ps to +250ps
Output Resolution: 10 bits
DDR3 SDRAM (2 banks per FPGA)
Size (STD): 512 MB per bank, 1 GB total per FPGA
Bus Width: 64bits
Speed: 400MHz, 800MHz double data rate
Front Panel High Speed Serial Interface
2x SFP+ Ports: Providing (2) high-speed serial connections. Range of standard protocols, including Gigabit Ethernet and FibreChannel.
1x QSFP Port: A quadruple SFP connector, of four independent lanes of high-speed serial. The lanes may be bonded together.
Port supports a range of standard protocols: Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and 10-Gigabit Ethernet (via 4-lane XAUI).
JTAG Port
Access to Virtex-5 FPGAs is available via custom JTAG cable assembly that interfaces with JTAG programming cable.
Size: Standard 6U VMEbus board, single slot; PCB:160mm (6.3") x 233.5mm (9.2")
Power: +5V, +3.3V, ±12V from VME64 backplane. Power consumption is dependent on customer application. Power estimating tools available on request.


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In vim, if I want to copy say, an if block, I can hit Vj%y to select the if line and the code block following it... This used to work in the old ViEmu, but in the current build it doesn't work unless I specifically highlight the { with my cursor. Is this an intended change?
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How To Survive a Sociopath Boss
By Cheryl Conner,
On Friday, I attended the inaugural Social Enterprise Crowdfunding Conference at the Snowbird Resort near Salt Lake, the project of Forbes Contributor Devin Thorpe and Richard Swart, a crowdfunding expert I've collaborated with on various projects before.
The conference was a great success and will be recurring twice yearly. (Disclosure–my agency was one of the silver sponsors at the inaugural event and I was an event speaker.) I'll write more about the event later on. One of the great side benefits, though, was the ability to catch up in an informal environment with great entrepreneurial friends.
In particular, I had a great conversation with Brad Bertoch, the CEO and President of the Wayne Brown Institute, a non-profit organization that has been facilitating mentoring, training and angel and venture funding for early stage technology companies since 1983. Under his direction, WBI has raised more than $5B in private and public equity and created 100,000 jobs so far. Go, Brad.
Among the other things we talked about on Friday, we compared notes on an interesting side topic: How do people (and organizations) survive a sociopathic boss? The fact that we were laughing indicates it can be done—the stories we shared were in the past tense, the company in question had achieved a favorable exit, and all participants are now successfully involved in new ventures.
But just how prevalent are sociopathic bosses? What are the danger signs, and when you see them, what can an employee (or a partner or a business) do to survive?
If you haven't read it yet, Dr. Martha Stout, of the Harvard Medical School, has written an interesting book, The Sociopath Next Door. In her book, she declares that four percent of the world's population are sociopaths. That's one out of every 25 people, worldwide, who have no conscience, no sense of right or wrong, no empathy—but a dangerous ability to mimic emotion and empathy as a means of ingratiating themselves and manipulating others for their benefit or amusement. My great friend Kip Meacham, a regional entrepreneur, referred to one such individual as "the world's only living heart donor". Again, thankfully, we were laughing about a situation we could gratefully observe in past tense.
Brad Bertoch is CEO and President of the Wayne Brown Institute, which funds and mentors entrepreneurs
So they're all around us. Worse still, research suggests they're more than typically present among bosses (though more often in larger organizations, as the dynamics of the startup community make it more difficult for their mode of operation to survive).
What are the six danger signs of a sociopath? According to science, the top six are as follows:
1) Fails to acknowledge responsibility and deflects blame onto others.
2) No real feelings or empathy.
3) Manipulate and bully for their own purposes. Due to their lack of emotion, sociopaths tend to need extra stimulation, and the feeling of power that bullying gives them tends to provide them with an adrenaline rush.
4) They have no remorse. After sabotaging and firing a person or putting another organization out of business they feel nothing, or in extreme situations may celebrate the "victory" and go out for drinks.
5) They enjoy making people feel bad about themselves.
6) They purposely sabotage co-workers and employees.
There are other signs as well. Here's a list of signs from Wikipedia and another very comprehensive list of warning signs here. Science is currently debating whether sociopaths and psychopaths are in actuality the same thing. Furthermore, many bosses exhibit traits of narcissism—which is problematic in its own right—who are not full blown sociopaths.


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Not getting along? Here are four habits that will strengthen the relationship between pastor and youth pastor.
I don't have a problem! You're the problem!" she shouted. As the new youth pastor, I had stepped in to resolve a conflict started by a "church boss." That was a mistake. The boss turned on me. My reply was less than pastoral.
"Ma'am, you obviously have a problem," I stated in monotone logic reminiscent of Star Trek's Spock. That's when I got the "problem" speech. My so-called honeymoon was officially over.
The next day, my senior pastor called me into his office to discuss what happened. I just knew I was going to be fired. Instead, I was mentored, affirmed and taught how to handle myself better in the line of fire.
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This pastor demonstrated two habits every pastor should develop in relating to a youth pastor: the ability to "go organic" and "get real." Let's take a closer look at these and other habits that will strengthen the relationship between pastor and youth pastor and release greater ministry.
Habit No. 1: Go organic. Organizations are hierarchical in structure. Organisms have a flattened structure with every element working toward a common goal according to individual design and abilities. Which model are you laboring in?
The bottom line is, most youth pastors don't want a boss or a manager, but they would love to have a mentor and a friend. They value your input--and they long for you to value theirs. They want to feel like a crucial part of the team. They hate feeling like second-rate ministers.
Habit No. 2: Get real. If you are the type of pastor who is a mystery to everyone except your wife and dog, then you can forget keeping a youth pastor for very long. Young adults want others with whom they can genuinely connect. Put an end to the "Super Pastor" myth by admitting you aren't always perfect, happy and full of faith. You'll earn their respect and loyalty a million times over by being honest about who you are and encouraging them to do the same.
Habit No. 3: Think 'Napster.' One of the most influential technologies to hit the Web has been a file-trading software called Napster. In a matter of months, Napster took a long-standing and heavily guarded fortress called copyright law and turned it into a legal chaos that will forever change the way we do business.
It was a college student who invented Napster. He saw holes in the copyright code. He saw opportunities in the world around him. He hacked the system.
Most youth pastors are just like the guy who invented Napster--practical, problem solvers, hackers. They can easily become impatient and disheartened when "obvious" problems aren't fixed quickly. And--right or wrong--they'll hack any code to find a solution.
So, if you treasure your policies and procedures as second in importance only to the Levitical laws, there could be trouble. An easy solution is to give your youth pastor the freedom to explore the code, look for holes and develop a solution. Who knows, the result could be a new way of thinking that revolutionizes the way your church does kingdom work.
Habit No. 4: Encourage innovation. Youth pastors are visionaries and dreamers. They haven't had the "privilege" of having to deal with 20 years' worth of dream-killers and "it can't be done" elders. So instead of throwing wet blankets on their fires, learn to stoke the fires. Challenge them to embrace the dreams God gives them (and be there to help them if they blow it).
This may not seem like much, but to a youth pastor, these simple "habits of relating" can make all the difference in the world. As a pastor, practicing these habits is one of the best ways to impact the next generation.
Eric Wilbanks is the managing editor of YouthChurch.com and ProFiles e-journal for youth pastors.
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CARES Of Burien Has Over 60 Cats From A Single Home Up For Adoption
Burien's new CARES ('Community Animal Resource & Education Society') Animal Control recently rescued over 60 cats that were living with one person in Burien, and they're hoping BTB Readers will lend a
paw hand in finding homes for them.
CARES is waiving the usual $60 adoption fee as an incentive, but since these fees help fund CARES' work, anyone who wishes to donate the fee back to CARES is greatly appreciated.
They initiated the rescue because the overwhelming number of cats had become an issue. With the owner's agreement, CARES will remove the cats eight at a time and take them to the nonprofit Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project for spaying, neutering, checkup and rabies vaccination. The first appointments have been set for Oct. 3 and Oct. 6, and the cats will need homes immediately afterward.
CARES volunteers say the cats (and several kittens) they have come into contact with so far have been very friendly and loving despite their circumstances. The cats spend time outside as well as indoors.
Hard-sided plastic cat carriers are also needed to move the cats to and from the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project since the project does not allow the use of cardboard carriers. Either temporary loan or permanent donation of the carriers would be appreciated.
CARES, which stands for Community Animal Resource & Education Society, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides animal care and control services for Burien. The organization's mission is to encourage responsible pet ownership and enforce animal laws and ordinances in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of people and animals in Burien.
To adopt a cat or for more information, call 206-81-CARES or email [email protected].


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Billionaire environmentalist and megadonor Tom Steyer has launched a nationwide TV and digital campaign asking Americans to petition their members of Congress to impeach President Trump.
"He's brought us to the brink of nuclear war, obstructed justice at the FBI, and in direct violation of the Constitution has taken money from foreign governments and threatened to shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become?" Steyer says in the video, which identifies him as simply "American Citizen."
"Join us and tell your member of Congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right," Steyer says in the ad.
It happens every year: Halloween and politics mix.
California's politicos got in the spirit on social media.
Rep. Maxine Waters got a shoutout from a little girl in Oakland, with a play ona now viral incident in which Waters dismissed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for not answering her questions in a committee hearing and using up her allotted time.
More than half of the money raised for the most contested House races in California is going to candidates in Orange County, another indication of its starring role in the Democratic effort to win back control of the House next year.
Of the 80 or so challengers in California, 27 are running in Orange County. A Los Angeles Times analysis of this year's campaign finance filings found it is also where the cash is going to: About $15 million of the nearly $28.5 million raised this year for 13 key races went to candidates in just four Orange County districts:
Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer says his online petition asking Congress to impeach President Trump garnered more than 1.1 million signatures in its first week.
Last week, Steyer began airing an ad calling for Trump's impeachment and asking viewers to sign his petition urging Congress to do so. He has spent more than $10 million to air the ad nationwide, including during the World Series.
Trump attacked the effort -- and Steyer -- on Twitter after the ad ran during "Fox and Friends" on Friday. Steyer's staff members said they haven't determined whether the president's tweet boosted the signature effort.
Gov. Jerry Brown has mapped out a busy European travel schedule that includes attending the next United Nations conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany.
"While the White House declares war on climate science and retreats from the Paris Agreement, California is doing the opposite and taking action," Brown said in a statement. "We are joining with our partners from every part of the world to do what needs to be done to prevent irreversible climate change."
Roughly two dozen public events are planned over 10 days, starting with a speech at a Vatican symposium on Saturday. Brown won't be the only California politician at the conference. Rep. Scott Peters (D-San Diego) is speaking later that day, and state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) is scheduled to appear Friday.
California no longer should give specific tax incentives to businesses and instead should provide broad-based tax relief, the state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said in a new report.
The analyst's office examined California Competes, a program that began four years ago to give tax credits to businesses looking to move to the state or remain here, and found it puts existing companies that don't receive the awards at a disadvantage without clear benefits to the overall economy.
"Picking winners and losers inevitably leads to problems. In the case of California Competes, we are struck by how awarding benefits to a select group of businesses harms their competitors in California," the report said. "We also think the resources consumed by the program are not as focused as they should be on winning economic development competitions with other states to attract major employers that sell to customers around the country and the world."
If electric utilities are found at fault in the recent wildfires in the North Bay, a group of state lawmakers want to ensure they don't pass along their costs to residents.
"Victims of devastating fires and other customers should not be forced to pay for the mistakes made by utilities," state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) said in a release.
Hill is one of four Bay Area legislators who said they plan to introduce a bill when lawmakers return to the Capitol in January to block any effort by utilities found at fault to recoup any costs from ratepayers.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) endorsed the reelection bid of longtime colleague Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Monday, saying her seniority is a source of strength for the state.
"Feinstein is a strong voice and a staunch advocate for the people of California. Dianne Feinstein is uniquely positioned to defend California against Donald Trump's constant attacks on health care, immigration and voting rights. She is a recognized leader in the Senate on economic policies that work for all Californians, defending against tax policies that hurt our state," Pelosi said in a statement released by the Feinstein campaign.
Pelosi avoided getting deeply involved in the expected fight between Senate leader Kevin De León and Feinstein during an interview at a Los Angeles Times and Berggruen Institute event in downtown Los Angeles.
A coalition including police officers and prosecutors on Monday proposed a California state initiative that would end early release of rapists and child traffickers and expand the number of crimes for which authorities could collect DNA samples from those convicted.
The ballot measure is sponsored by the California Public Safety Partnership, and would reverse some elements of Proposition 47, which was approved by voters in 2014 and reduced some crimes deemed nonviolent from a felony to a misdemeanor.
The proposed initiative would add 15 crimes to the list of violent crimes for which early release is not an option, including child abuse, rape of an unconscious person, trafficking a child for sex, domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon.
It started with a dinner invitation from a former assemblyman more than twice her age. He had offered his services as a mentor, but his hand reaching for her knee under the table revealed other intentions. Then came the late-night phone calls and unexpected appearances at events she had to attend for her job in the Capitol.
Fresh out of college, Amy Brown did what she thought women were supposed to do in these situations — she reported him. The former assemblyman accused her of slander, an experience that left her so humiliated that she left Sacramento for a new job in San Jose.
"I immediately got the hell out of town," Brown said. "I felt like the people — the person — I was relying on for advancement in my career was preying on me."
So far this year, 80 challengers have reported raising money across California for the 2018 midterm elections, more than triple the number who had done so at this point in the 2016 election. Collectively, they've raised more than $14.9 million, and 70% of that has gone to the four Republican-held districts in Orange County that Democrats consider key to their chances.


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Michelle Obama: It's her birthday, and she's still popular
By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus and Stephanie Condon.
First Lady Michelle Obama rings in her 49th birthday today with a positive public image, a new CBS News/ New York Times poll shows.
Fifty-one percent of Americans hold a favorable opinion of the first lady, according to the poll, conducted January 11-15. Just 13 percent view her unfavorably while a third of Americans are undecided or haven't heard enough about the first lady.
Obama is especially popular with Democrats, while Republicans are more divided in their opinions: 24 percent view her favorably, but 30 percent have an unfavorable opinion of her. The first lady is viewed positively by both men and women, but is more popular with women: 57 percent of women view her favorably compared to 44 percent of men.
In February 2009, shortly after President Obama was sworn into office, Michelle Obama's favorable rating was 49 percent. That number rose to a high of 67 percent in April of that year as Mr. Obama marked his first 100 days in office.
The first lady's favorability remained mostly in the 40s throughout 2010 and 2011 and spiked up to 61 percent just after the 2012 Democratic National Convention in September.
With Obama preparing to start another four years as first lady, her office today unveiled a new Twitter account for her with the handle @FLOTUS. (FLOTUS is the acronym for "First Lady of the United States")
The Obama campaign runs a separate Twitter account, @MichelleObama, for the first lady. Similarly, the White House and the Obama campaign run separate Twitter accounts for Mr. Obama.
The first message from the first lady's new Twitter account read, "The @FLOTUS Office is now on @twitter & will post updates & pics. When it's her, she'll sign -mo. PS: RT to wish Mrs. Obama a#HappyBirthday."
The White House hasn't said yet how the first family will celebrate the first lady's birthday, but in recent years, the president has taken her out to dinner. Last year, the couple went to a restaurant near the White House called BLT Steak, while in 2011, Mr. Obama took his wife to Wolfgang Puck's The Source restaurant.
This poll was conducted by telephone from January 11-15, 2013 among 1,110 adults nationwide.
Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
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Music mogul Simon Cowell has confirmed he is dating Carmen Electra following months of speculation about their relationship.
The "X Factor" boss has been spotted on numerous outings with the glamorous actress-model since September, and Electra has made no secret of her affection for Cowell, telling "Access Hollywood" last month, "We worked together on 'Britain's Got Talent.' … I really like him. I think he's really cool. Now, obviously he's in town (Los Angeles) with 'The X Factor' and we've started to hang out and we've become friends. I think he's a great guy."
Cowell has now opened up about their budding romance during an interview with Ryan Seacrest.
The "American Idol" presenter asked his former co-star about his girlfriend, and Cowell jokingly responded, "Which one?" before admitting he has "been on some dates" with Electra.
He adds, "She's not my girlfriend. We're people who date. She's adorable, isn't she?"
Cowell was previously engaged to make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy but the pair split earlier this year. Electra has been married to basketball star Dennis Rodman and rocker Dave Navarro.


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Alain Marie Juppé (French pronunciation: ; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac and the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010 to 2011. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988.
In December 2004, Juppé was convicted of mishandling public funds. His political career was subsequently suspended until he was re-elected as Mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006. He served briefly as Minister of State for Ecology and Sustainable Development in 2007, but resigned in June 2007 after failing in his bid to be re-elected in the 2007 legislative election. He remains the Mayor of Bordeaux.
Alain Juppé was born in the commune of Mont-de-Marsan in the department of Landes in south-west France.


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Along with an understanding of the target market and the industry trends overall, it's important to identify your competitors and find out as much as possible about them, in order to position yourself well. For competition research, our databases can be a timesaver and a great source of information.
Reference USA allows you to quickly create lists of companies by type of business, location (state, region, city, zip, or street), size, and many other criteria. Other databases offer the ability to not only build lists of competitors, but then immediately link to articles and financial information about your competitors. Good market research can help you create a strong business plan to start a business, or improve your marketing to help grow your business. We look forward to helping you!
California and Bay Area business directories such as Rich's Everyday Prospecting Guides or the California Manufacturer's Register are kept at the Business, Science & Technology Center Desk. Manufacturing directories for all other states are in the U.S. Industry & Trade Collection.
- Book of Lists. Available for San Francisco, San Jose & Silicon Valley, Sonoma & Marin counties, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. Lists top ranking local businesses by industry or service.
- Business Rankings Annual. Brooklyn Public Library. Lists only top companies, but contains rankings for over 3800 products & services.
- California Retail Survey. Eureka Group. Lists 10 year sales trends for 45 retail categories in over 500 market areas.
- Dun's Business Rankings. Dun & Bradstreet Information Services. Ranks public and private companies by sales, number of employees, and industry.
- Million Dollar Directory. Dun & Bradstreet Information Services. Lists businesses by industry & by location.
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. Gale Research Inc. Rankings of businesses by industry and by location.
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- D&B's Million Dollar Database This database was absorbed by Mergent Intellect database which provides detailed information on local, national, and international companies. May search by location, industry, number of employees, sales.
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Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, Committee to Investigate the Milk Industry of Texas:
An Inventory of the Report at the Texas State Archives, 1935
Agency History
The Texas Legislature's House Committee to Investigate the Milk Industry of Texas came into existence as a result of two House Simple Resolutions (later numbered 105 and 140). On March 28, 1935, during the Regular Session of the 44th Legislature, Representative Hardin introduced a simple resolution (No. 105) condemning the practices of Borden, Inc. and its relationship with the dairy farmers of Texas. Hardin proposed a committee of five to investigate the activities of such trusts and corporations and to recommend laws to protect Texas citizens. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations, which recommended its passage on April 23. Hardin then amended his resolution to ask that a committee of three investigate all dairy and food products corporations in Texas. Subsequent amendments brought the number of committee members back to five and slightly altered the scope of the investigation. The resolution, now asking for an investigation of "the charges of unfair practices within the dairy industry of this State and the causes of the decline in the price of milk paid to the producers" passed on April 23. Representatives Ross Hardin, Traylor Russell (Chair), John W. Fain, Herman Jones of Wise County, and Verner M. Butler of Karnes County were appointed to the Committee to Investigate the Milk Industry of Texas on May 11, 1935.
The committee was originally to report back to the Legislature by the end of the First Called Session (1935) but, since members had finished taking testimony but had been unable to complete the final report, Representative Russel requested an extension (House Simple Resolution #?) until the Second Called Session. The report was finally printed in the House Journal on November 14, 1935, during the Second Called Session of the 44th Legislature, 1935. The report discussed the current relationship between milk producers and distributors, the Houston milk shed (as an example of the best milk production organization in the state), anti-trust violations, and the cream grading program. The committee recommended the creation of a state agency to supervise the dairy industry, the licensing of dairy plants and those who tested milk and cream, the passage of legislation to prevent price manipulation for purchasers of milk products, the passage of a usage law requiring an accurate account of the quantity and class of milk products purchased, the establishing and enforcing of standards for milk sale and labeling, the enforcement of the weight and test law, and the abolishment of the current cream grading program. Legislation based on the recommendations was introduced by Representative Hardin during the Regular Session of the 45th Legislature, 1937.
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The record consists of the 11 page final report of the Texas Legislature's House Committee to Investigate the Milk Industry of Texas, 1935. The report discusses the relationship between milk producers and distributors in Texas, the Houston milk shed, anti-trust violations, and the cream grading program. The report is signed by the five committee members and stamped with the date (November 14, 1935) it was received and filed in the office of the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas Secretary of State on May 23, 1940. An individual accession number was assigned to this record on August 21, 2000.
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Timber Mod
Wood is a crucial part of day to day minecraft life, wood is extremely useful whether it be for building, crafting or scaffolding. In fact, it's probably the first thing you will attempt to harvest when spawning in a new singleplayer world or server. When jungle trees were implemented into minecraft, cutting wood became just a little more exhausting. When using the Timber mod for minecraft 1.7.10 and 1.7.2, cutting wood is made easier by a whole lot. By using a unique feature which allows stacks of wood to fall to your feet in seconds.
The Timber Mod for Minecraft 1.7.10 and 1.7.2 allows you to simply gain more wood, easier and faster than usual. By cutting the lowest log of a tree, using an axe; instead of gaining one block of wood, the entire tree will be cut down and the wood will fall to your feet. In turn, this mod helps both new and old players. This mod was simply created so that players can get started on their world as soon as they spawn. When the mod developer created this mod, I assume that his original idea came from previous experiences that he/she had when cutting wood. Maybe it got too boring, tiring perhaps. Whatever the reason, I know that many players share the same problem.
As much as this mod can improve gameplay significantly, when cutting both small and large trees, your FPS rate will drop dramatically. Make sure you know your computer can handle the mod before you use it, or simply use common sense. If you know your computer will lag or possibly already does, be smart when cutting down large structures or big trees.
Also, the timber mod is not very compatible with other mods. This means that it's a 50% chance (or lower), that the mod will not work with other installed mods. It is highly recommended that you either backup your minecraft before installing, or install the mod with a fresh/clean game. I find this problem quite frustrating and it makes quite an annoyance. However overall I think the mod itself is a great idea and works perfectly if you're playing a vanilla game. I find it extremely helpful when starting a new world.
This mod is extremely useful when building or simply helpful for players who are interested in getting on with the game, and gaining the basic materials with ease. Personally I think this mod is a great idea, and is perfect for all minecrafters. The mod itself, in a way, makes gameplay much more realistic. Realistically, when cutting a tree down, it would fall down eventually, not float in mid air. I understand that it is a game, and not all of minecraft is realistic anyway. However, when using this mod it gives the feeling that the whole tree has fallen at its stump.
Timber Mod for Minecraft 1.7.10 and 1.7.2 Usage
The mod is overall, relatively easy to use. Both the installation and feature usage is extremely easy. This is often what makes a mod great. Not all players are experienced with using new mods, and it helps sufficiently when the mod is created to be easily adapted to. The developer definitely put this idea into consideration and players should be thankful for this.
To use this mod, simply craft an axe of any material and find a tree. This first step should be relatively easy to follow. All you have to do next is cut the lowest log, the rest of the tree will be cut down with it, and you can move on. This mod is extremely useful when building or simply helpful for players who are interested in getting on with the game, and gaining the basic materials with ease. Personally I think this mod is a great idea, and is perfect for all minecrafters. The mod itself, in a way, makes gameplay much more realistic.
How to install the Timber Mod for Minecraft 1.7.10 and 1.7.2
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by Edwin Zedlewski with Mary B. Murphy
About the Authors Edwin Zedlewski is the Acting Deputy Assistant Director for Research and Evaluation at NIJ. Mary B. Murphy is the Managing Editor of the
NIJ Journal.
You are a State program administrator and want to know the impact your programs have. One statewide program provides mentors to both teens and their parents. Should you try to discover whether the mentored teens are less prone to delinquency? If you find that they are, should you dig deeper and determine if it is because of the teen mentor or the parent mentor?
You are a county manager who funds a local program that makes housing and transitional services available to offenders returning to their communities. Could an evaluation decipher which aspects of the program are the most influential in determining whether clients recidivate?
You manage a Federal program supported in part by funds from an Attorney General's initiative to make troubled families more functional. How can you increase the program's prospects for success?
One of the most important aspects of managing a criminal justice program is ensuring that the program is meeting its objectives. An evaluation is the best way to accomplish that.
But evaluations can be expensive, particularly evaluations to identify the precise impact a program is having. A rigorous, scientific impact evaluation typically costs NIJ between $500,000 and $1.5 million. A poor choice about which programs are suitable for evaluation is more than just a waste of time—it's a waste of millions of dollars.
NIJ has developed a way to identify programs that are likely to yield evaluations that maximize the agency's return on its investments. By adopting NIJ's approach, program administrators at all levels of government may save considerable time and money.[1]
The first step is to assess a program's "evaluability"—that is, to gauge which programs can sustain a rigorous outcome evaluation. The evaluability assessment takes 1 to 5 days and is guided by some common sense questions:
Many programs can be summarily rejected after answering these initial questions. For example, a program that has few participants would be unsuitable for a rigorous, scientific evaluation. Alternatively, one that would require 10 to 20 years of followup is not a practical candidate for a low-cost, 2-year evaluation.
Next, NIJ reads the complete files of potential programs. Programs that are funded through a grant, for example, will have a grant application that explains the program's goals and activities, developmental history, quality of the data systems, and numbers of clients served. Typically, the initial screening involved in this step reduces the list of candidates to 20 to 25 percent of the original pool.
If additional insight is needed, evaluators can conduct telephone interviews with the program's management, review progress reports and other grant materials, and gather other information to answer outstanding questions about the programs. They should ask the following questions:
Program managers must be able to explain how the program's primary activities contribute to its eventual goals and identify other local programs serving similar populations that could be used for outcome comparison.
If the program seems promising after a rigorous screening, a site visit may be in order. Site visits usually take an entire day and spark rich interactions that reveal operational strengths and flaws that might not otherwise be visible.
During a site visit, evaluators should determine:
Next, evaluators should speak with the following individuals:
Assess the Target Population. Evaluators should determine a number of factors about the target population—its size, its characteristics, and the way in which program staff identify it. Is entry into the program voluntary? Who will be excluded from the program? Evaluators also must learn if participants' characteristics have changed over time, and whether there are shortcomings or gaps in how the program delivers the intervention.
Evaluators then must decide whether to interview members of the target population or program participants. If interviews are conducted, participants should be asked what they think the program does and how they would assess the services received. This information is invaluable in assessing the success of the program, identifying problems in its implementation, and improving the delivery of services in the future.
Examine the Data. Evaluators should then examine data systems to identify what kind of data are available; whether it is complete; whether routine reports are produced; and what specific input, process, and outcome measures the data support. Do the data systems follow participants over time, and if so, do the records allow evaluators to identify services delivered to each individual?
Evaluators need data systems that are organized, complete, and current—or else be prepared to spend considerable time and resources collecting data and implementing quality control measures.
Select Evaluation Design. Using the information gathered during the screening and site visit, evaluators must then determine the best evaluation design. The answers to a few key questions will aid in that decision:
At the conclusion of the assessment process, evaluators write a report that recommends whether the program should be evaluated. The reports typically contain all the information collected, including sample data forms and program brochures, and discuss the ramifications of various design options.
Evaluability assessments not only guide decisions about which programs are good candidates for an outcome evaluation, they also help evaluators develop the research design and estimate the cost. Assessments also initiate and foster relationships that will prove helpful when evaluations reach rocky points and negotiations become necessary.
This process has worked well for NIJ. State and local agencies can achieve a similar level of success and minimize evaluation risks by following NIJ's approach to evaluability assessments.
[note 1] NIJ doesn't limit its assessments to those programs most likely to succeed. Sister agencies in the Office of Justice Programs occasionally develop programs in high priority areas where problems are just emerging. These programs need to evolve and stabilize before they are ready for a formal evaluation. For these types of programs, evaluability assessments have helped NIJ pinpoint which areas require development and commission a formative evaluation—one that provides constructive feedback to both the program and the program office and that suggests improvements.
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Lead a team that acts as the central resource and driving force for the design, process, manufacturing, test, quality and marketing of product(s) as they move from conception to distribution. Organize interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget.
As a member of the product development division, you will specify, design and implement major changes to existing software architecture. Define project needs. Build and execute unit tests and unit test plans. Review integration and regression plans created by QA. Communicate with QA and porting engineering to ensure consistency, testability and portability across products in general.
Provide leadership and expertise in the development of new products/services/processes, frequently operating at the leading edge of technology. Recommends and justifies major changes to existing products/services/processes. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 8 or more years of software engineering or related experience.
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As an Outbound PM, you will help craft and execute strategies to drive customer adoption and use of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including Compute, Identity & Access Management, Networking, Block Storage, Object Storage, VM/BM DB, Exadata, and many more.
Your technical acumen will drive discussions with IT leaders, datacenter managers and individual contributors and position you as the subject matter expert and thought leader for OCI. You will provide technical guidance to build solutions using best practices and proactively keep your customers OCI environments operationally healthy.
More importantly you must possess customer facing skills that give you the ability to represent OCI in the "C-Suite". Discussions with senior leadership will empower you to understand their business and operational needs and work closely with the Oracle Account Teams to help position OCI. This is not a sales role, but rather an opportunity to be the principal technical advisor and "voice of the customer" to organizations ranging from small start-ups to Fortune 500 enterprises.
Ultimately your mission is to grow OCI consumption and ensure customers are paying, using and happy with the OCI platform.
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We're growing extremely fast which is both exciting and challenging at the same time. We give you the freedom, respect, and resources to do what you need to do, so your job doesn t have to feel like a job. If you like a little bit of a faster pace, you ll love it here. If you thrive at a faster pace our growth stands to advance your career by leaps and bounds. Grow the team, grow your skills, and enjoy working with an organization who is changing the enterprise IT landscape!
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While it would be great if you happen to live in the Seattle or Bay area, it s not an absolute requirement. We collaborate using Slack and Zoom and it works great. Our hours and 'location' are super flexible. Many of our outbound PMs work effectively in various parts of the world.
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We have a steady stream of incredibly exciting and challenging migration and deployment work, most of it referred directly from our customers. Work alongside extremely talented solutions architects and learn the OCI platform inside and out. We work with retail companies, financial services companies, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, and more, solving some of the juiciest technical problems you ll ever encounter. You will never get bored here!
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Be the technical point of contact and subject-matter-expert for all OCI service offerings
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Monitor weekly usage reports and identify consumption trends for your overall territory
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Align with Sales Leadership to help educate and position OCI (Why OCI, Sales Plays, etc)
Align with individual Sales Teams (ECAs, Iaas Co Primes, CPRs and KADs) to identify opportunities you will help progress to closure
Align with the OCI Business Operations team to forecast future capacity demand
Own the customer Proof-of-Concepts from beginning to end including tenancy provisioning, customer onboarding, issue mitigation/escalation and final conversion to paid tenancy
Deliver OCI demos showcasing basic OCI functions such as provisioning users/groups, creating roles, VCNs, spinning up Compute instances and launching DB instances
Work with the competitive team to understand OCI technical and business differentiators; advocate these differentiators to customers, partners and field teams
*Postsales Activities (20% of your customers)*
Identify the top 20% accounts in your territory (by consumption) and create a usage plan around those accounts
Deliver OCI Technical Reference Architectures specific to the customers business need and use cases (e.g. EBS/PSFT/JDE lift-n-shift, On prem>OCI, OCIC>OCI, etc)
Ensure customer applications run successfully by working closely with the extended Oracle technical teams; SAs, CSMs, A-Team and Oracle Support and Field Teams (ECA, Iaas reps, CPR and KADs)
Align with Inbound PM and SA teams to understand new OCI features and roadmap items and proactively communicate these to the customer on a regular basis
Leverage existing whitepapers, blogs and technical documents to design solutions that address customer technical and business requirements
Partner with the OCI training team to expand OCI demos that utilize multiple OCI services (e.g. 3 Tier Photo App, Chatbot App, Blockchain on OCI, etc)
Identify and provide early access to OCI limited availability (LA) services as appropriate by working closely with OCI Inbound PMs, Solution Architects and Engineering teams
Advocate for new product feature requests collaborate with Inbound Product Teams to prioritize these into the OCI product release cycle (e.g. Customer Enablement "Pain Points" process)
Develop a risk mitigation plan to optimize the customers UCM and on prem license usage to ensure maximum ROI and OCI consumption
Identify, nominate and recruit customers to key OCI programs/events such as OOW, TAB, etc. For customers who cannot attend, deliver executive summaries
Provide customers peer comparisons and reference architectures for their industries and use cases
Identify customer WIN themes to explain Why OCI and use these to create another narrative for the next OCI opportunity within the account (e.g. land-and-expand)
10 years of IT infrastructure experience
10 years of experience working directly with the "C-Suite"
Broad experience with Iaas including Compute, Networking, Storage, Database, Security, DR/HA, etc.
Experience managing client relationships, offering strategic IT advice, and keeping customers happy
Dynamic presenter with the ability to break down technical concepts into everyday language
Ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast paced environment
MBA or advanced technical degree
Startup experience or background building organizations quickly staffing from zero to 50 FTE
AWS/Azure/GCP experience is a very nice bonus
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**Organization:** **Oracle*
**Title:** *Senior/Principal Cloud Strategists*
**Location:** *United States*
**Requisition ID:** *18001I6Y*
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Salt and Sodium
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Salt plays a role in high blood pressure , everyone including kids should reduce their sodium intake to less than 2,300mg a day ( about one 1 table spoon of salt) . Adults of 51 years of older , and individuals with high blood pressure , diabetes or kidney disease should further reduce their sodium content to 1,500mg a day .
Tip #1 : Think Fresh
Most of the sodium we eat is found in processed foods . Eat highly processed foods less often and small portions – especially cheesy foods , such as pizza , hotdogs , sausages , and ready to eat foods like soups . Fresh foods are generally lower in sodium
Tip #2: Enjoy home – prepared foods
Cook more often at home – where you are in control of what's in your food. Preparing your own foods allows you to limit the amount of salt in them .
Tip #3 : Fill up on vegies and fruits – they are naturally low in sodium
Tip #4: Choose dairy and protein foods that are lower in sodium:
Choose more fat fee or low fat cheese milk and yogurt in place of cheese which is higher in sodium. Susages , canned products are high in sodium . Choose unsalted nuts and seeds . Choose unsalted cheese and dairy
Tip#5 : Adjust your taste buds
Cut back on salt little by little – and pay attention to natural tastes of various foods . Your taste for slat will lesson over time .
Tip # 6: Skip the salt
Skip adding the salt when cooking . Keep salt off the kitchen counter and the dinner table . Use spices , herbs , garlic , vinegar , lemon juice to season foods . Try black or red pepper , basil , curry , ginger or rosemary .
Tip #7 : Read the label
Read the nutrition facts label of foods . Look for foods labeled " low sodium " , "reduced sodium" , or " no salt added ".
Tip #8 : Pay attention to condiment
Foods like soy sauce , ketchup , pickles , olives , salad dressings are high in sodium . Choose low sodium soy sauce and ketchup
Tip #9 : Boost your potassium intake
Choose foods with potassium which may help lower your blood pressure . Potassium is found in vegetable and fruits such as potatoes , beet greens , tomato juice and sauce , sweet potaoes , beans ( white , lima , kidney ) and bananas . Other sources of potassium include yogurt , orange juice and milk .
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GPO Monthly Catalog (U.S. government publications)
- Coverage Dates: 1976 - present
- Update Frequency: Monthly
The U.S. Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog of Publications covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). The print edition counterpart to this database has been published by the government under various titles since 1895.
- Database Provider: OCLC
Express Link (bookmark): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zog1


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Get Started Safely
It doesn't matter whether you've been active in the past or not - you can still start now. But, if you have never been active or have not been active for a while, it is important to start slowly.
Light activities like walking are fine for most people with diabetes. If you haven't been active and feel unsure about your health, talk to your health care provider before doing anything more demanding. If you have any diabetes complications, there may be certain exercises you should avoid. Learn more about exercising safely on the following pages.
Blood Glucose and Exercise
The affect physical activity has on your blood glucose will vary depending on how long you are active and many other factors.
Exercising With Diabetes Complications
Learn more about exercising safely with specific diabetes complications
Injury-Free Exercise – 11 Quick Safety Tips
There are a few simple things you can do to help prevent injuries, dehydration, and hypoglycemia when exercising.


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Purchase of Duplexer Tuner.
Request For Proposals
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"Civicboom is an online platform designed to facilitate content-driven organizations and individuals to work together in generating rich media content.
Content-seekers can place a request for specific content. Then, by using the Civicboom mobile app (Android), or by uploading to the plug & go site, a content-creator can respond with rich-media directly to that request.
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Staff writer
Doug Regnier became a U-Haul dealer last November with one goal in mind: to bring rentable moving equipment available to Marion residents once again.
"The town needs to have a dealership," the co-owner of Marion Auto Supply said. "When the local hardware store closed, it took away the U-Haul rental place as well. People had to go all the way to McPherson to rent one."
Gary Wittkopp, the president of U-Haul Company of Kansas, said the company is proud to be partnering with "quality, successful independent businesses, such as Marion Auto Supply" and looks forward to building the partnership in the local area.
While Regnier hopes Marion residents will take advantage of the moving services and equipment available. So far, several people have come into his shop looking for a rental vehicle.
"People are mostly are transporting furniture or other heavy objects," he said.
"Just the other day, I rented one out to a woman who was moving from the Marion County Lake to the Marion Reservoir. No one has moved out of Marion with the equipment as far as I know. They just need it to move stuff from place to place."
Regnier said the store currently has three rental trucks available.
"So far, the amount has met our demand," he said. "If we rent out the three trucks and another customer comes in looking for a rental, they'll have to look elsewhere. We just don't have more rentals available right now."
The store may add more rental truck options in the future, but Regnier said it made good business sense to start small.
"In this economy, you got to know when to say enough is enough," he said.
While timid about projecting too far down the road, Regnier said he is impressed with the amount of people who have come into the store, looking to rent a U-Haul or to purchase moving supplies.
"We've seen a lot of traffic come through the store," he said. "I've had quite a few more people come into the store. Sometimes people come into the store to buy moving supplies or equipment to hitch their trailer to their vehicle. It's great for business. When people come in, they start looking for one thing — and then they most always find something else that they can't live without."
Regnier looks forward to servicing the Marion area — and hopes that everyone will "rent local" when it comes to their moving needs.
"It's great that we have something like this in town again," he said. "We will continue to be a dealer as long as it is profitable. We saw a definite need in the area — and hopefully, we are meeting it."
For more information, or to rent moving equipment, call (620) 382-3174.


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First, be sure you have installed win32libs.
Instructions below apply to msvc and mingw.
msvc and mingw: Either
msvc and mingw: Creating the build dir. Once you have the source code,
cd c:\svn\windbus patch -p0 < DBus-win32.patch cd .. mkdir windbus-build cd windbus-build cmake -G "Visual Studio 8 2005" ..\windbus\cmake\
(use -G "MinGW Makefiles" for the mingw compiler)
msvc and mingw: for debug build, add -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug before "-G".
msvc: dbus.sln solution file will be created. Build and install the Debug and Release builds with the IDE. You can switch between the Debug and Release configuration in the Build -> Configuration Manager menu.
msvc tip: to perform compilation and installation from the command line, type:
devenv /build Debug /project INSTALL dbus.sln devenv /build Release /project INSTALL dbus.slnmsvc: then use
nmake nmake install
(in the build directory)mingw: then use
mingw32-make mingw32-make install
(in the build directory)
Default target for the installation is %PROGRAMFILES%\dbus.


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How To Buy:-
If you pay using Internet Banking (maybank2u, cimbclicks, HLB) or Credit Card via NetPay, all out of stock item will not be fully refund because NetPay has charged Seller 2 to 3.5%. You can either change to our other products listed online or requests for a refund. Thank you for your understanding.
Transaction fee charges:
-Internet Banking: 2.0%
-Credit Card: 3.5%
You have paid RM100 via Internet Banking. RM100 - 2% = RM98 will be refund only.
You have paid RM100 via Credit Card. RM100 - 3.5% = RM96.5 will be refund only.
- We encourage buyer to use Netpay to speed up the process. There will be no additional charges for using Netpay payment method. No bank in slip are needed because Netpay will take care of the rest
1. We are using PosLaju or other courier company for our parcel shipping. Please make sure your name, shipping address and contact number is correct. Please note PosLaju service do not ship to PO box address. All orders will be sent out during weekday except public holiday.
2. For in stock item, we ship out on the WITHIN 1-3 WORKING DAYS after payment are received or cleared Before 12 Noon. Courier company (PosLaju) normally take 1-2 days to make delivery to the address. Sabah and Sarawak may take 2-3 days to make delivery. (Except Saturday, Sunday Public Holidays)
3. For inter-bank or GIRO payment, the order will only be delivered once the transaction of payment is complete which usually takes about 3 working days. ( ONLY PREFERED PAY BY USING NETPAY)
4. All shipment will be carefully packed to avoid damage during the transit.
5. We will inform customer courier tracking number via Lelong Update Shipping Details once an order is shipped. You can enter the tracking number in PosLaju and click Online Shipment Tracking System to check your delivery status. Any Call, SMS, PM or Email chasing for delivery status would not be entertained for less than 72 hours after the parcel shipped.
Note: Some Poslaju tracking links always shown NO RECORD FOUND, which is confusing, please ONLY track your parcels in below link or call 1300-300-300 for latest update.(http://www.pos.com.my/pos/appl/service/sub_poslaju.asp)
6. Delivery sometimes delay is out of our control. Delivery could be delayed due to addressee not around at time of delivery, location address, public holidays or delivery workload of Poslaju. We DO NOT guarantee next day arrival of consignment although we have achieved over 95% successful rate in next day arrival.
7. Please contact us if you did not receive your parcel within 3 working days after shipped. We will not responsible for parcel unclaimed after a month from the shipped date. Its not our responsibility to follow up each consignments due to large amount of parcels sent out everyday.
8. Delivery charges may vary depending on the products and weights. Some large volume / heavy weight item will have additional shipping charge to Sabah / Sarawak.
9. Drop us an email or sms if u prefer combine shipment, feel free to enquire through email at email@example.com
*Except for out of stock item
You are agree to the terms and conditions when you bidding/buy on this item.
1) Colour : due to the setting of monitor, colour might slightly different with the picture.
2) Size : please check carefully with the measurement provided.
3) Please make payment within 3 days after confirmed an order. Buyer who has dishonored payment for 3 times will be blacklisted and reported to Lelong.
4) Please allow 1 to 2 working days to prepare the product delivery after payment. A confirmation email will be sent out with the tracking number.
5) If item is out of stock (this may happen occasionally as we listing more than hundred of items, it is hard for us to control our stock), we will contact you immediately for a refund or exchange, or wait for the new stock arrive. Anyway, we may replace some similar item should you agree. A last we will refund back your money should you wish not to change or wait for the item arrive.
6) We will check and do the best to make sure the item in good condition before send out. Any inquiries please contact us through email.
7) Prices, specifications, information and availability of products are subject to change without prior notice.
1) We accept return if item is defective upon received.
2) All items comes with warranty . Anything can contact back seller.
3) Upon receiving the items, if there is any defect/damage, please email to notify us in writing within a day upon receiving the shipment. Otherwise NO defect/damage claim will be allowed.
4) Buyer will have to pay for the shipping fees (defected item), seller pay for the replacement of delivery fees. The returned item must be in complete set or same as the condition as we ship out. Must be sent back within 7 days.
5) We will not accept return of product(s) that are been used, not compatible with your system configuration or damaged during shipment. Only manufacturer defect is accepted.
6) Shipping and handling charges, insurance and other fees are not refundable in any case. Only Product Price will be Refundable. Please keep all packing material and documentation in the event of your equipment that has to be serviced, repaired or returned. The buyer holds the responsibility for the package until it arrives at our location.
7) Goods sold are not refundable or exchangeable.
8) The warranty may not apply or void if:
a) All warranty will be immediately invalidated if unauthorized repairs are made or attempted by unauthorized personnel or the documents have been altered in any way or made illegible or the model or production number on the product has been altered, deleted, removed or made illegible.
b) This warranty does not cover accident, misuse, incorrect line voltage, improper installation, transport damage, altered serial number, connection to non compatible hardware and the like.
c) This warranty does not cover customer self physical damage.
d) We shall not be liable for any indirect, special or consequential damage (including without limitation any loss of profits) arising from use of the product purchased or any breach of this warranty.
e) Defects caused by abuse or misuse of the product.
f) If customer is unable to provide the Proof of Purchase.
9) Seller will not responsible for lost and damaged during delivery by courier service. All claims of damage/lost in transit will inform the buyer if the claim is successful. However, buyer has the right to claim from the courier company.
10) VIDTECH reserves all rights to changes without prior notification.
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NSA surveillance: Lifeline, limbo
The NSA's bulk telephone data collection program got a lifeline from a federal judge Friday — but its future remains in political and legal jeopardy.
Judge William Pauley III's Friday decision to dismiss an American Civil Liberties Union request for an injunction against Director of National Intelligence James Clapper buttresses the government's contention that sweeping up data associated with nearly every call to, from, and within the United States is legal under Section 215 of the post-Sept. 11 PATRIOT Act.
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But that's hardly the end of the courtroom clash between the civil liberties crowd and the nation's security apparatus — or the battle over the political survival of the law and the program at the heart of the dispute.
( Also on POLITICO: Judge rules NSA phone tracking legal)
The provision in question is due to expire at the end of 2014, and supporters of the NSA's surveillance powers will have to make arguments to fellow lawmakers — and constituents — who have more information about the program because of Edward Snowden's national security leaks.
President Barack Obama is set to announce his revamp of surveillance programs, including the NSA's call tracking database, next month. If he takes the advice an outside review panel dished out earlier this month, the legal battle could be moot or reduced to a fight over past practices.
In other words, the political system — either through executive action by Obama or legislative action by Congress — is likely to deliver a verdict on the program much sooner than the courts.
( WATCH: Obama defends NSA surveillance)
In the meantime, supporters of the program are sure to use Pauley's ruling to counteract the political damage of a contrary Dec. 16 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, who found that the program likely violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. Leon immediately stayed his own ruling — pending appeal — which allows the NSA to continue the program while appellate courts sort it out.
The provision is almost certain to be debated by Congress again before these cases make their way up the chain, through U.S. circuit courts, to the Supreme Court. Another major challenge to the program is pending before a federal court in San Francisco. While the high court can short-circuit the process to take up an issue more quickly, it rarely does.
In short, the NSA can keep running the program for now. The president could soon alter it enough to render the legal cases against it moot. Congress has to make a decision in the next year about whether to extend it temporarily or permanently. And if it's still in effect in 2015 and beyond, the high court is expected to make a final determination about its legality.
( PHOTOS: 15 great quotes on NSA spying)
Perhaps that's why the government said so little about Friday's ruling.
"We are pleased the court found the NSA's bulk telephony metadata collection program to be lawful," Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said in a statement emailed to reporters.
If the case gets to the Supreme Court, justices would be likely to review the various pieces of the government's surveillance efforts — not just the collection and database mining of the numbers, dates, times and duration of phone calls — say legal experts.
"I think no ruling that either strikes down or upholds the entire surveillance program will be affirmed by the Supreme Court," Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said. "You have to break it down into its component parts and that's eventually what the Supreme Court will say."
( Also on POLITICO: Snowden's Christmas message)
Under the PATRIOT Act, Pauley wrote, the government's efforts to obtain court orders for books, records, papers, documents and other tangible items are no longer restricted to targets that are foreign powers or their agents, nor are they limited to certain businesses.
On Friday, the ACLU, which had sought to prevent the NSA from collecting its phone records during litigation over the surveillance program, vowed to appeal Pauley's decision.
"We are extremely disappointed with this decision, which misinterprets the relevant statutes, understates the privacy implications of the government's surveillance and misapplies a narrow and outdated precedent to read away core constitutional protections," said Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director for the ACLU. "We intend to appeal and look forward to making our case in the 2nd Circuit."
The NSA's defenders on Capitol Hill were pleased with the ruling. New York Republican Rep. Peter King, chairman of the homeland security subcommittee that deals with terrorism, said it "preserves a vital weapon for the United States in our war against international terrorism."
And King took a swipe at those who have lionized Snowden for forcing the details of secret surveillance programs into the open.
"I would hope that Judge Pauley's opinion will lessen at least some of the adulation for Edward Snowden as well as the rabid anti-NSA hysteria which has become so pervasive," he said.


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Technology solution needed to counter mobile phone menace
With the UK set to increase the penalties for using mobile phones while driving, the RAC Foundation's Steve Gooding considers what else can be done to combat this deadly distraction. The first mobile phone call was made in 1973, by an engineer working for Motorola. Today 4.7 billion people across the globe subscribe to a mobile service.
RAC survey shows big safety gains with average speed enforcement
Cheaper and easier communications are providing authorities with new options for influencing driver behaviour. Colin Sowman reports. It's official; Average speed cameras (ASCs) cut the number of fatal or serious injury crashes by more than a third.
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In the European C-ITS Corridor project, authorities from three countries are working with the automotive industry on the deployment of Cooperative (V2X) Systems. Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems/Services (C-ITS) has the potential to improve road safety, transport efficiency and environmentally friendly mobility, as well as creating additional services and new business models. A set of...
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Is Africa Sowing Seeds Of Its Own Subprime Crisis?: Joseph Stiglitz & Hamid Rashid
There are no easy, risk-free paths to development and prosperity but borrowing money from international financial markets is a strategy with huge downside risks. It is no secret that sovereign bonds carry significantly higher borrowing costs than concessional debt does, so why are an increasing number of developing countries, particularly Sub-Saharan economies, resorting to sovereign-bond issues? And why have lenders suddenly found these countries desirable?Read more


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Actress AnnaLynne McCord and former "Prison Break" star Dominic Purcell have ended their 15-month romance.
The "90210" beauty, who previously dated "Twilight" hunk Kellan Lutz, met Purcell on the set of the film "Officer Down" last year, and she previously opened up about how the pair "connected" over a conversation about moving out of Los Angeles.
McCord, 25, also brushed off their 17-year age difference, insisting she fell in love with the 42-year-old actor's intelligence.
However, the couple has since called it quits, according to UsMagazine.com.