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Obama, Clinton pressed on 2016 in joint interview
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were again pressed to describe their complicated and still mysterious relationship — but for the first time, they explored it together.
Billed as an assessment of the past four years of foreign policy timed to Clinton's coming departure from the administration, the "60 Minutes" interview that aired Sunday evening became instead a reexamination of the 2008 rivals' past and future.
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Even Clinton acknowledged that the interview, which was the first that the president had asked a member of his administration to do with him, was "improbable."
Vice President Joe Biden has been the focus of renewed speculation about his 2016 presidential ambitions in recent days, but Clinton was the one who sat by the president's side for his first post-inauguration interview. Biden's potential candidacy was only touched on — as was the uncomfortable position Obama could find himself in if his vice president and secretary of state become political opponents.
( Also on POLITICO: Poll: Clinton favored more than Biden)
There was some assessment of American involvement overseas during Obama's first term, but correspondent Steve Kroft spent most of his 30 minutes at the White House on Friday exploring the dynamic between the president and the woman who had fought him for the job. There was also a hint of what might lie ahead.
Kroft asked if there was an expiration date on Obama's support of Clinton, with his secretary of state and vice president both potentially eyeing a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.
Obama and Clinton both shrugged off the political question with jokes.
"You guys in the press are incorrigible," Obama said, laughing. "I was literally inaugurated four days ago. And you're talking about elections four years from now."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama scolds press on 2016 speculation)
Clinton added that as secretary of state she is "forbidden from even hearing these questions." Clinton smiled and laughed during congressional hearings on Wednesday at which many Democrats questioning her on Benghazi added in endorsements of a 2016 run.
More seriously, though, she said, neither she nor Obama can predict "what's going to happen tomorrow or the next year. What we've tried to do over the last four years is get up every day, have a clear-eyed view of what's going on in the world."
The B-word — Biden — didn't make it into the exchange.
Keeping his answers short, Obama called Clinton "a strong friend," and described their " great collaboration over the last four years. I'm going to miss her."
Clinton followed up with more details — the two are "warm, close," with many shared experiences, including time in the White House. Any tensions are "ancient history because of … the kind of people we all are, but also we're professionals," she later added.


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It's time for the mid month update on Early Work Mercantile! There is currently an issue with the front page, so here's a direct link to the Artisan Directory...www.earlywork-artisandirectory.blogspot.com
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Some of the information won't surprise most of you, but some of it will.One in ten Americans have used an online dating site or mobile dating app themselves, and many people now know someone else who uses online dating or who has found a spouse or long-term partner via online dating.One in every ten American adults has used an online dating site or a mobile dating app.We refer to these individuals throughout this report as "online daters," and we define them in the following way: Taken together, 11% of all American adults have done one or both of these activities and are classified as "online daters." In terms of demographics, online dating is most common among Americans in their mid-20's through mid-40's.And 38% of Americans who are single and actively looking for a partner have used online dating at one point or another.Compared with eight years ago, online daters in 2013 are more likely to actually go out on dates with the people they meet on these sites.General public attitudes towards online dating have become much more positive in recent years, and social networking sites are now playing a prominent role when it comes to navigating and documenting romantic relationships.
Moving beyond dates, one quarter of online daters (23%) say that they themselves have entered into a marriage or long-term relationship with someone they met through a dating site or app., I found some interesting online dating stats to share with you all.Now that online dating is completely mainstream and continuing to grow in popularity, people – including scientists and academics – are starting to quantify who dates online and how.That is statistically similar to the 17% of online daters who said that this had happened to them when we first asked this question in 2005.
Some 22% of 25-34 year olds and 17% of 35-44 year olds are online daters.
Online dating is also relatively popular among the college-educated, as well as among urban and suburban residents.


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Wolfram's MathWorld website, at the page on functions, makes the following claim about the notation $f(x)$ for a function:
While this notation is deprecated by professional mathematicians, it is the more familiar one for most nonprofessionals.
From context, it appears that this is referring to the use of $f(x)$ to refer to the actual function, rather than just to a particular value, when $x$ is (in the context) a dummy variable.
Is this true? Do professional mathematicians "deprecate" this notation?
To avoid long and windy discussions as to the values or otherwise of this notation (which would be much more appropriate in a blog), this question should be viewed as a poll. As MO runs on StackExchange 1.0, it doesn't have the feature whereby the actual "up" and "down" votes for an answer can be easily seen. Therefore I shall post two answers, one in favour and one against, the following statement. Please only vote up. A vote for one answer will be taken as a vote against the other. The Law of the Excluded Middle does not hold here. The motion is:
This house believes that the notation $f(x)$ to refer to a function has value in professional mathematics and that there is no need to apologise or feel embarrassed when using it thus.
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Our cities are filled with buildings, roads, cars, buses, trains, bikes, parks and gardens. They are crisscrossed with power, water, sewage and transport systems. They are built by engineers, architects, planners, technologists, doctors, designers and artists. Our cities are shaped by our environment, our society and our culture. And each and every part is built on mathematics. Join Rachel Thomas, co-editor of Plus, in a public lecture exploring the maths in our cities.
Having trouble wrapping your presents? Paper always ends up in a mess? Well, whatever geometrical shape you've accidentally produced, we bet it's not as wonderful as these favourites.
Snow flakes, ice crystals, beautiful round baubles — Christmas is the time of symmetry, so here's a few articles to celebrate it!
"It's a great day for particle physics," says Ben Allanach, a theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge. "It's very exciting, I think we're on the verge of the Higgs discovery." And indeed, it seems like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has given particle physics an early Christmas present — compelling evidence that the famous Higgs boson exists.
Maths is a creation of our brains, so how come it describes the world around us so amazingly well? How is it that
ideas from pure maths suddenly find real-world applications decades or even centuries after their discovery? Here are some articles exploring the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.
You would not have thought it, but while you sit contentedly digesting your turkey and gazing at the telly, your brain is keeping up the hard work, making sure that everything in your body goes according to plan. And to understand this most amazing of nature's creations you need maths. Here are some of our favourite articles on brains, human and animal.
>It may be Sunday but that's no excuse for resting your brain. Plus has been grappling hard with the strange weirdnesses of quantum mechanics lately, and we think that you should too. So get ready to be mind-boggled.


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A Novice Reporter Begins His Journey In The Congo
Ever dream of moving to a foreign country and becoming a journalist? Anjan Sundaram did just that. He left a life as a mathematician in America, bought a one-way ticket to the Congo, and started writing. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Sundaram about his book, Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo, which chronicles what he saw there.
A Novice Reporter Begins His Journey In The Congo
Anjan Sundaram had all kinds of options in the late summer of 2005. He had a master's in mathematics from Yale, a lucrative job offer from Goldman Sachs; and he was just about to begin a Ph.D. But he left all that behind and made a dramatically different choice. He headed to the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the worst conflict zones in the world, to try to start a career in journalism. At the time, the death count in that war was more than 4 million people. That number continues to rise.
Sundaram has written a memoir of the time he spent working as a freelance reporter for the Associated Press based in Kinshasa. The book is called "Stringer." It's the term for a journalist who's not on the permanent staff of a publication, and subject to much more insecure circumstances. I began our conversation by asking him why he left the security of his previous life in mathematics.
ANJAN SUNDARAM: I was just about to begin my Ph.D., and the field I was studying, abstract algebra, is very beautiful - it's really abstract - but beyond a certain point, mathematics begins to become about the beauty and not its usefulness. And at that point, I felt I needed to immerse myself in something that mattered more immediately, was more real than merely beauty. And that's what drew me to a place like the Congo.
MARTIN: Your decision to go to the Congo was somewhat random, though, right? I mean, did you have the Congo squarely in mind?
SUNDARAM: I wanted to get to a place of powerful events. It could have been Congo; it could have been anything else, at that point, to be absolutely honest. I had read about this huge war. It was even then the worst war in the world, in terms of its death toll. A few things happened to point me towards Congo. I was paying my final bill at Yale for the semester and the cashier was Congolese. And I started talking to her. She thought I was crazy to abandon my education, abandon my job offers and end up in a place like the Congo. But eventually, she became my friend, and she let me live with her family in Kinshasa. And I knew that at that point, I wanted to go to Congo because I felt I had an in to society there, that I would see it from the inside.
MARTIN: I wonder, what were your expectations in those early days, when you first arrived? Were you full of optimism about what this would mean personally for you, for your career?
SUNDARAM: I felt that there were things in the world that I wanted to see. I was full of energy to go out and see them - oblivious, almost, to the affect that they would have on me. I felt that there were famine, that this was a real part of people's lives; and it wasn't being spoken about or reported. And I felt this drive to want to go there and see it. The journalism, I was immensely lucky. I found a job as a stringer with the Associated Press not too long after I arrived and just after I had been robbed of almost all my money. So, I was in immense need of some employment. It turned out that journalism was a perfect vehicle to take me to places that I wanted to be in, to take me to events that I wanted to see and to feel the emotions that I was seeking.
MARTIN: In the beginning of the book, you pay a visit, a nighttime visit to this enclave of teenagers living in what appears to be some kind of drug-fueled haze in a kind of a community, like a ghetto of sorts. Does that mean the people you met didn't spend a lot of time reflecting on the past or planning for the future?
SUNDARAM: Absolutely. The people I met were, to a great degree, able to live in the moment and even forget the immense pain or suffering that were minutes old or just an hour old. They seemed to forget with such ease and be able to live in the present, whether that meant just enjoying the music or enjoying a conversation or enjoying a joint. That moment was so precious to them. It was something extraordinary that I found in these children.
MARTIN: Is there a way to give a sense of how these generations of violence and civil war and political unrest and famine, how this affected the people who you interacted with. Did everyone you meet have a story?
SUNDARAM: A single day in the lives of many of the people I met there would be enough in its intensity and its richness to fill up a while life in some other countries. This was incredible. I met people who had witnessed their own family members being killed. I met these children in the cemetery, who we just described. They had been forcibly exorcised by their family because their family often was not able to feed them. And so they needed to get rid of the children somehow. So, they accused them of being haunted by the devil.
I think in a broader sense, the war, the conflict - and these are all effects of the war and the conflict - it impedes people's abilities to affirm themselves. I found that the Congolese people would express themselves to no end but it was very difficult to find a job, to hold an occupation, to build a career and all the things that we in the West or other countries use to affirm our identity. Those are lacking for the Congolese. And this leaves an incredible void for them. I think we all feel a need to believe in something permanent within ourselves, something like a soul. And I think this fundamental need is denied to the Congolese.
MARTIN: You went to a place that was dramatically under-covered and really, really difficult. You said at the beginning of our conversation that this was, to some degree, about you. You were looking to be exposed to something about the human condition that you hadn't seen before. So, what did you learn and how did that change you?
SUNDARAM: You're absolutely right. I went there to be exposed to something about the human condition that I was not finding in other places in the world that I felt I had even been shielded from by my family, friends, society. We turn around away from places like Congo like we turn away from our own flaws. We don't want to look at it. And it's very hard to go there and look, as I discovered. I went there to sort of touch these events that I felt were distant from me. What happened was I ended up being touched by them in profound ways. When you see someone enduring such suffering, you think to yourself that could have so easily been me. And I don't know if, given those circumstances, if I would hold up and I would be able to fight in the way that these people do. And I don't know if I would be able to still hold on to certain values, like love and trust and belief in a better future.
MARTIN: The book is called "Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo." Anjan Sundaram is the author. Thank you so much for talking with us, Anjan.
SUNDARAM: Absolutely. No problem at all.
MARTIN: You're listening to WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News.
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New mobile shopping and banking payment report sheds light on consumers' mobile behaviors around the world and how mobile devices are transforming retail, banking and entertainment
New York, NY – Oct. 11, 2016 – The struggle is real. In an increasingly connected world where news, retail shopping, banking and entertainment are available 24/7 on a variety of mobile devices, fear of missing out (FOMO) is a legitimate phenomenon. According to the new Nielsen Mobile Shopping, Banking and Payment report, released today, 53% of global consumers say they feel anxious when their mobile devices are not close at hand. Two-thirds (56%) can't imagine life without mobile devices, and 70% say their mobile device makes their life better. Two-thirds of global respondents agree that face-to-face interactions are being replaced with electronic ones, but that might not be a problem as almost half (47%) say they prefer texting to talking anyway.
While mobile has transformed the way we communicate and stay connected with each other, it has also revolutionized the world of retail and banking as it is providing financial inclusion to the estimated 2 billion "unbanked" consumers around the world. Growth in access to cashless payments is estimated to lead to $10 trillion in additional consumer spending over the next decade, according to The Demand Institute, jointly operated by Nielsen and The Conference Board.
"Mobile commerce has enormous implications for the entire retail ecosystem," said Stuart Tagg, Financial Services Leader, Nielsen Europe. "Mobile devices are not only bringing new consumers into the modern, connected economy, but they are enabling a more customized experience, as products and services can be more closely tailored to behaviors, needs and preferences. But driving higher adoption and usage starts with a deep understanding of how consumers are shopping and transacting in a digital world and then use that understanding to design strategies around their habits and preferences."
Key findings of the Nielsen Mobile Shopping, Banking and Payment Report:
Click here to download the full report.
The Nielsen Mobile Shopping, Banking and Payment Survey was conducted March 1–23, 2016, and polled more than 30,000 online respondents in 63 countries throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East/Africa and North America to understand how mobile devices are influencing three distinct yet interconnected activities: shopping, banking and payments. Nielsen examined the kinds of mobile shopping, banking and payment activities respondents are currently engaged in and their likelihood to participate in the future. We also examined the barriers to adoption for mobile banking and payments, as well as the incentives that would encourage wider use. The sample includes internet users who agreed to participate in this survey and has quotas based on age and sex for each country. It is weighted to be representative of internet consumers by country. Because the sample is based on those who agreed to participate, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. However, a probability sample of equivalent size would have a margin of error of ±0.6% at the global level. This Nielsen survey is based only on the behavior of respondents with online access. Internet penetration rates vary by country. Nielsen uses a minimum reporting standard of 60% internet penetration or an online population of 10 million for survey inclusion.
Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. The Company's Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Nielsen Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content—video, audio and text—is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industry's only global view of retail performance measurement. By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90% of the world's population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.
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: There is a French expression "Je n'ai pas un sou" and I'm sure I've heard of this as an English phrase. My French teacher doesn't believe me so I could do with some support if anyone else has heard of the expression - any help on it's origin would be of help - presumably we nicked it from the French as it's old French money?
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I've heard of the phrase in English. I'm in the U.S. but I watch a lot of British TV imports. However, I couldn't find the expression in any of my reference books so far.


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by Horacio Gil Ochoa.
Ricardo Ovalle was known as the "Lone Ranger". He lived in the department of Meta, where most of Colombia's meat industry is located, and a place where many ranchers get around by horse.
Seen here at a feed zone in the Vuelta A Colombia in the early 60s, Ovalle is being fed by a team assistant, who sports a custom-made vest with plenty of room for bottles. As you can see, assistants would get off the team truck, and feed riders while running alongside them. Here we see Ovalle getting the old "sticky bocadillo" up a climb. Perhaps we'll see a bit of this time-honored technique during the 2012 season from the Colombia-Coldeportes team.
Speaking of which, perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself, but this upcoming season could potentially be an amazing one for Colombian cycling. Sergio Henao is joining Sky, Cayetano Sarmiento is going to Liquigas-Cannondale, and Carlos Betancur might already be in Liquigas...or he might not be. No one knows. He told a Colombian newspaper that he wasn't on November 22nd, and then every English-speaking news outlet said he was joining the team on the 23rd. Regardless, there will also be the Colombia-Coldeportes team to look out for.
That team's jersey, by the way, looks surprisingly like the one I designed for this very blog. Actually, I'm not surprised by the similarity at all, since the Infinite Monkey Theorem clearly states that if you give a monkey some third-rate design software, he will eventually design a cycling jersey. Additionally, if you give two monkeys the same third-rate design software, they will both arrive to a similar solution at some point.
Which reminds me: Cycling Inquisition socks are still available, and small, white jerseys are also (see the right-hand column).
They all ship with bits of bocadillo and panela, both of which are proven to make you a better climber. Guaranteed. Well, not really...but according to one guy, even the design of the jersey is objectionable, so what do I know.
Mary mother of jesus, it's Colombia, not Columbia.
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1. I love seeing what Google searches bring people to this blog.
2. Look, I know that the word "orientated" is technically correct, but my god, even Rickey Henderson cringed when he read this interview with Levi Leipheimer.


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I would love to contribute. I will research and shoot something out to you. Have a wonderful Sunday!
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Hello! Welcome to the club and feel free to check out my blog: Swanky Baby http://swankybaby1.blogspot.com. I'm looking forward to checking yours out too!
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DURHAM � Seth Curry, who played his senior season of men�s basketball for Duke with a lower leg ailment, underwent surgery Monday.
Curry averaged a team-high 17.5 points per game while shooting 43.8 percent (95-for-217) from 3-point range despite being limited in practice with the injury.
�Seth showed tremendous toughness, both mental and physical, this season while playing through the injury,� Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a release from the school. �He had an amazing season even though he was held out of a majority of our practices. This surgery will further stabilize the leg and help the healing process as Seth prepares for a bright professional career.�
The surgery was successfully performed at the Duke University Medical Center by Dr. Robert Zura and assisted by Dr. Claude T. Moorman. Curry is expected to be sidelined 10-12 weeks.
Curry closed his three-year Duke career with 1,394 points. Curry, who played his freshman season at Liberty, and his older brother, Stephen Curry, became the NCAA�s highest scoring brother tandem in 2012-13. The duo combined for 4,736 points during their college careers. Seth tallied 2,101 career points.


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This is a problem I have had for years and is getting progressively worse. Doctors including podiatrist and vascular surgeon are stumped. I have been given guesses of Raynaud, blue toe syndrome, infection (antibiotics sometimes help, sometimes not), and other things, but nothing seems to quite match my symptoms.
It usually astarts when the weather starts getting colder and started a few weeks ago.
First, if I sit with my legs curled under me or hanging, I will develop extremely dusky, dark cyanotic looking toes, which clears when circulation improves.
It seems to be set off by my feet getting too hot. It will start with a painful or sometimes itchy small bump - mosquit bite size- on a toe. This will progress with the toe becoming more and more swollen, red, and painful. This would usually last a week or two. This has been going on and off for several years. However, last winter it lasted longer with more swelling. I ended up with a couple of disformed toenails (which are now growing out) and when the redness disappeared, I was left with a discoloration of where the bump had beenthat took several months to disappear.
This year, the big toe had the red bump but instead of swelling, the small area (less than 1/4-inch) has become whitish surrounded by a thin rim of dark red.
The second toe, only past the distal joint, is red, swollen and painful only when I walk or press on it. Where the bump started near the tip of the nail is now a whitish color with a rim of dark red, which does not blanch, while the redness of the rest of the toe will blanch with pressure. It is very painful.
I have been to so many doctors with so many guesses. I just don't know what to do any more, but with the progression, I feel I will end up losing toes if I can't figure out what is wrong.
If someone can tell me who to see about this or what it might be, it would be greatly appreciated.
Recognize the risks associated with Crohn's disease.
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Mobile Marketer's Mobile Women to Watch 2013
Please click here to download Mobile Marketer's Mobile Women to Watch 2013
Mobile Marketer?s Mobile Women to Watch 2013 list celebrates the smart women who are expected to make a difference in mobile advertising, marketing, media and commerce in 2013.
Like their peers from last year, those who made the cut this time shared the same qualities: dedication to craft, ambition, leadership potential and educator. And like previous years? candidates, they are aware of being role models as mobile evolves to become an attractive career-building option for talented women.
?The challenge is retaining and advancing women to leadership positions,? said Jesse Haines, New York-based global head of mobile ads marketing at Google.
This is the fourth annual Mobile Women to Watch honor.
In good company
The 25 women on the list represent marketers, retailers and brands such as Sephora, Morrisons, Rovio Entertainment, Coca-Cola, Mall of America, Cars.com and Google.
Also on the list are executives from agencies, market researchers and mobile service providers such as Forrester Research, Placecast, Mogreet, Verve Mobile, Ansible, Branding Brand, Millennial Media, LocalResponse, BigFish Media, Accenture Mobility, Millward Brown, Neustar, Syniverse, Zumobi, Sparkfly, Mojiva and mediahub/Mullen.
To them, mobile is not simply a technology, retail channel or a marketing discipline.
?It is much more about the time, place and screen size than about mobile,? said Sharon Knitter, senior director of mobile for Cars.com, Chicago.
Drawing the line
Picking the 25 smartest women with potential was not easy. Mobile Marketer invited readers to send in their nominations. The Mobile Marketer team also had its own table of candidates.
Once the deadline expired, the Mobile Marketer team judged the nominees on their merits and whittled the list to those who showed the most promise to push the mobile envelope in 2013.
The list?s responses to questions confirm their choice. Not only were they enthusiastic about opportunities, but they were realistic about the challenges of including mobile in the multichannel mix.
As Syniverse chief marketing officer Janet Roberts puts it, ?The mobile experience is relentlessly migrating to a market-of-one experience.?
MANY THANKS to Kristina Mayne for her art direction on this Classic Guide.
Thank you also to Chantal Tode, Rimma Kats, Lauren Johnson and Jodie Solomon for their nominations and judging. All judging was based purely on merit and potential to make a difference.
Please read this guide cover to cover. These Mobile Women to Watch are set to distinguish themselves even further in 2013, no doubt realizing that mobile advertising, marketing, media and commerce?s ultimate job is to move product.
?We want to use the phone in one hand,? said Coca-Cola?s Kim Siler, ?to put a Coke in the other.?
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|Planned Parenthood Southeast
|Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and ephemera, documenting Planned Parenthood of the Atlanta Area, 1970.
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|Planned Parenthood Southeast Records are comprised primarily of files, 1955-2011, from the office of Planned Parenthood Southeast, and its predecessors, Planned Parenthood of the Atlanta Area and Planned Parenthood of Georgia. The records are organized in 13 series, which reflect Planned Parenthood Southeast's organization, its activities (both internal and external), as well as special formats of the records. The series are: I. Administrative Files; II. President/CEO Files; III. Legislative Files; IV. Office Files; V. Legal; VI. Campaigns and Projects; VII. Media and Publicity Files; VIII. Event Files; IX. Training Files; X. Development Files; XI. Subject Files; XII. Artifacts and Textiles; XIII. Audio-Visual Materials and Scrapbooks.
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|Margaret Sanger, a practicing nurse, began Planned Parenthood New York in 1916 to provide family planning services for low income and immigrant women. Decisive legislation in the 1930's legalized birth control in New York, Vermont and Connecticut, and gradually, as legislation allowed, Sanger was able to disseminate information on birth control methods through opening health clinics across the nation. The Atlanta, Georgia affiliate of Planned Parenthood was founded in 1964 by Mrs. Herbert (Esther) Taylor. Mrs. Taylor brought together representatives of churches, professionals and businesses to organize what was then called the Planned Parenthood Association of the Atlanta Area, Inc., (PPAA) and later (in the 1980's) simply referred to as Planned Parenthood of Atlanta. At the time of PPAA's founding, Fulton County had one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the nation: statistics showed 50,000 women in greater Atlanta between the ages of 15 and 45 needed family planning services but could not afford a private physician. In 1966, the first Planned Parenthood clinic opened at the Bethlehem Community Center, and by 1974 Planned Parenthood of Atlanta was operating nine clinics throughout the Atlanta area, serving 7,000 patients a year. In 1997, clinic outreach was further expanded when Planned Parenthood of East-Central Georgia joined with Planned Parenthood of the Atlanta Area to become Planned Parenthood of Georgia. In 2010, Planned Parenthood Georgia combined with the Alabama and Mississippi affiliates, and together they became Planned Parenthood Southeast. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund of Georgia is a pro-choice advocacy organization. A separate entity from Planned Parenthood Southeast, the Action Fund's mission is to advance and defend reproductive freedom for all through fund raising for lobbyists to elect pro-choice leaders, tirelessly advocating on behalf of women, men and young people who rely on Planned Parenthood to provide reproductive choice.
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Bodymax Hammertone Hex Dumbbells - 2 x 12.5kg
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Shipyard Contractor Fired Male Cleaners for Reporting Physical Abuse by Female Supervisor, Federal Agency Charged
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls, Inc., formerly Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., and Chesapeake-based Quality Coatings of Virginia, Inc., violated federal law by firing two employees for opposing sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Huntington Ingalls, a contractor for the U.S. government, employs over 15,000 people. Quality Coatings, a contractor for Huntington Ingalls, performed cleaning and painting on the U.S.S. George H. W. Bush while it was at the Norfolk Naval Operations Base in Norfolk, Va.
According to the EEOC's complaint, Quality Coatings employed Brian Glover and Walter Strickland as cleaners on the Bush. Sometime prior to May 1, 2009, Glover witnessed a female Quality Coatings cleaning supervisor kneeing a male subordinate in his groin and heard about her kneeing a second employee in the groin as well. On or about May 1, 2009, Glover discussed the conduct with a Huntington Ingalls manager, who advised him that such conduct was considered sexual harassment. Soon thereafter on that same day, May 1, 2009, Glover and his co-worker Walter Strickland were both asked to provide a written statement about the supervisor's conduct, which they both provided. According to the EEOC's complaint, within hours of providing the written statements, Glover and Strickland were discharged from their cleaner positions in retaliation their roles in bringing the supervisor's sexually harassing conduct to the attention of Huntington Ingalls and Quality Coatings managers.
Retaliation against employees for complaining about workplace discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division (EEOC v .Quality Coatings of Virginia, Inc., and Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-490), after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.
The EEOC seeks monetary relief for Glover and Strickland and an injunction enjoining Quality Coatings and Huntington Ingalls from engaging in further retaliation against employees based on their opposition to unlawful employment practices or employment practices which the employee reasonably believes to be unlawful under the federal statutes enforced by the EEOC.
"Employees should be confident that they can make their employers aware of violations of federal anti-discrimination laws without fear of reprisal," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office. "The anti-retaliation provisions of Title VII are indispensable to the attainment of a workplace free of discrimination. And the gender of the perpetrator or the victim of retaliation matters not at all – everyone is protected by anti-discrimination law."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Louise Ellman, the MP who chairs the House of Commons Tranport Committee, has said that the Department for Transport has "wasted an opportunity" to show leadership on the issue of road safety following today's publication of the government's response to the committee's enquiry on the subject.
Cycling and road safety campaigners also accused the government of failing to take responsibility for reducing road casualties, which rose last year for the first time since 2003.
In the Transport Select Committee's report, published in July, the government was urged to take the lead in bringing down the number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads, but its response has disappointed Ms Ellman, who represents Liverpool Riverside.
"The DfT has wasted an opportunity to demonstrate focus and leadership on road safety," she said."Generalised talk about everyone playing their part to bring road casualties down should not be allowed to hide central government's responsibilities to keep local authorities, the police, other agencies and the public fully focused on delivering significant and sustained improvements in road safety.
"I am particularly disappointed that the government hasn't accepted the committee's recommendation to initiate an independent review of driver training, especially given the high casualty rate for young drivers."
"We will also be watching closely over the coming months to see if the department provides significant pro-active leadership in other areas of road safety not least that relating to cyclists and motorcyclists," she added.
In April, during an oral evidence session held by the committee on the issue of cycle safety, then Road Safety Minister Mike Penning claimed that British roads were safer for cyclists than those in the Netherlands, an assertion greeted with astonishment and condemnation by cycle campaigners.
In its report, the committee had urged the government to fully embrace the eight-point manifesto of The Times newspaper's Cities fit for Cycling campaign, but the DfT's response, dwelling at length upon how responsibilities are shared across government departments and with local authorities has left campaigners unimpressed.
Roger Geffen, CTC's campaigns and policy director, said: "The government's actions so far on cycle safety are pretty feeble compared with the drastic action needed if we are even to begin catching up with our continental neighbours on making cycling a safe and normal option for day-to-day travel.
"'Leadership' means a lot more than providing councils with a bit of guidance, a heap of statistics and the occasional mini-spurt of cash for safety improvements at a few junctions, welcome as these may be.
"What the Government really needs to do is to say it will place cycling and cycle safety at the heart of its forthcoming transport strategy. Nothing less will do".
Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive of the road safety charity Brake, commented: "Last year road death and serious injury increased for the first time in 17 years, meaning more families suffering horrendously and needlessly.
"The government's assessment of this rise in serious casualties is disappointing, failing to acknowledge the suffering they inflict, the costly burden on society, and their preventability.
"Both Brake and the Committee urged the government to treat these horrifying statistics as a wake-up call, to spur determined and bold action to make our roads and communities safer, particularly for people on foot and bicycle.
"However, the government's response shows a lack of willingness to take responsibility and a lack of ambition in bringing these devastating casualties down.
"We urge ministers to acknowledge how much could be achieved, to the benefit of communities and the public purse, through more decisive and progressive road safety policies."
Born in Scotland, Simon moved to London aged seven and now lives in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds with his miniature schnauzer, Elodie. He fell in love with cycling one Saturday morning in 1994 while living in Italy when Milan-San Remo went past his front door. A daily cycle commuter in London back before riding to work started to boom, he's been news editor at road.cc since 2009. Handily for work, he speaks French and Italian. He doesn't get to ride his Colnago as often as he'd like, and freely admits he's much more adept at cooking than fettling with bikes.


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Love photography? Join us for AGO First Thursdays on November 7
October 29th, 2013
On Nov. 7, join us at the Gallery to celebrate photography and congratulate the winner of the $50,000 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize. The announcement will take place at a special edition of the AGO's monthly First Thursdays party series, which will be followed by a performance by Polaris Prize nominee Zaki Ibrahim. Tickets to the event are available now from ago.net and more details about the night's programming are here.
All four nominees will be present for the announcement, which will feature special presentations by local personalities about each of the artists. In addition to the $50,000 grand prize, the winner will also receive a fully funded six-week residency in Canada. The three other finalists will each receive cash honorariums of $5,000 and artist residencies.
You're also invited to unleash your inner photographer and share images of their favourite AGO spaces and features on Instagram. Photos hashtagged with #MyAGO will be displayed on screens all night long in Walker Court.
Visit the Prize's website to watch videos featuring the artists in their studios, view their artwork and cast your vote. If you're in Toronto, see the artists' work up close in the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize 2013 Exhibition, on view at the AGO until Jan. 5, 2013.


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Each week we post a round-up of some of our most exciting national and international PUP book coverage. Reviews, interviews, events, articles–this is the spot for coverage of all things "PUP books" that took place in the last week. Enjoy!
Wishing that you had a retro selfie like Colin Powell? We can relate. But what about the motivation behind acts of vanity like selfies? Are narcissism and vanity really as bad as they seem? Can we avoid them even if we try? In Mirror, Mirror, Simon Blackburn, the author of such best-selling philosophy books as Think, Being Good, and Lust, says that narcissism, vanity, pride, and self-esteem are more complex than they first appear and have innumerable good and bad forms. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, literature, history, and popular culture, Blackburn offers an enlightening and entertaining exploration of self-love, from the myth of Narcissus and the Christian story of the Fall to today's self-esteem industry.
Mirror, Mirror was named as the book of the week in the Times Higher Education:
"Blackburn is not just a sure and supremely knowledgeable narrator in whom we can have utmost confidence, but one with a quirky ear, alert to the curious side note and irrefutable detail that can make his sometimes dusty discipline gleam with a new sheen and edge." — Shahidha Bari, Times Higher Education
Read the introduction of Mirror, Mirror here.
The weekend is the perfect time to break out those oven mitts, and luckily, we have inspiration for your upcoming kitchen session. When Merry White's Cooking for Crowds was first published in 1974, home cooks in America were just waking up to the great foods the rest of the world was eating, from pesto and curries to Ukrainian pork and baklava. Now Merry White's indispensable classic is back in print for a new generation of readers to savor, and her international recipes are as crowd-pleasing as ever–whether you are hosting a large party numbering in the dozens, or a more intimate gathering of family and friends.
In this delightful cookbook, White shares all the ingenious tricks she learned as a young Harvard graduate student earning her way through school as a caterer to European scholars, heads of state, and cosmopolitans like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. With the help of her friend Julia Child, the cook just down the block in Cambridge, White surmounted unforeseen obstacles and epic-sized crises in the kitchen, along the way developing the surefire strategies described here.
Check out this recent BBC highlight about how Julia Child helped Merry White to remedy a burnt dish. You can also view an interview with Merry White on Midweek.
Ready to try your hand at a recipe? Try this sample recipe for tabbouleh and comment below with which recipe from the book you plan to try.
Good things come in small packages. Next up on our list is Diane Coyle's new book, GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History. This book traces the history of this artificial, abstract, complex, but exceedingly important statistic from its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century precursors through its invention in the 1940s and its postwar golden age, and then through the Great Crash up to today. The reader learns why this standard measure of the size of a country's economy was invented, how it has changed over the decades, and what its strengths and weaknesses are.
"[A] little charmer of a book…GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History is just what the title promises….Cowperthwaite himself would nod in agreement over Ms. Coyle's informed discussion of what the GDP misses and how it misfires…Ms. Coyle—a graceful and witty writer, by the way—recounts familiar problems and adds some new ones….[E]xcellent"—James Grant
How are you handling the stress? The stress of making your March Madness brackets, of course. Unsure of where to start? Is this the year you will finally use something other than jersey color to make your bracket? PUP author Tim Chartier has your answers. He was featured this week on Bloomberg's website, and he spoke about his strategy for creating a bracket that places him in the 97th percentile of brackets submitted to ESPN.
Ready to go in on Warren Buffet's $1 Billion basketball challenge? We want Professor Chartier on our team. In the meantime, check out his new book, Math Bytes. This book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simpson's method for disproving Fermat's Last Theorem?


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SanDisk Acquisition of Msystems Receives U.S. Regulatory Clearance
MILPITAS, California & KFAR SABA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)-October 4, 2006--SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK - News) and msystems™ Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLSH - News) today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, relating to the proposed acquisition of msystems by SanDisk, has expired. Additionally, the SEC has issued a no action letter pursuant to which SanDisk may issue its common stock in the acquisition, if it receives the required Israeli court approval, without registration under the Securities Act of 1933.
The proposed acquisition of msystems by SanDisk was announced on July 30, 2006 by the two companies and the closing of the transaction remains subject to conditions, including, among others, msystems shareholder approval, Israeli court approval, certain other regulatory approvals as well as customary closing conditions. SanDisk expects the transaction to close around the end of the calendar year.
About SanDisk
SanDisk, the world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage card products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is based in Milpitas, CA.
About msystems
msystems has been transforming raw flash into smarter storage solutions since 1989. From embedded flash drives deployed in millions of mobile handsets to U3 USB smart drives designed for leading global brands, msystems creates, develops, manufactures and markets smart personal storage solutions for a myriad of applications targeting high growth markets.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements regarding the consummation of the transaction and the timing thereof, are forward-looking statements as that item is defined in the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties cannot be predicted with accuracy and some might not even be anticipated. Some of the factors that could significantly impact the forward-looking statements in this press release include the ability to obtain regulatory and other approvals of the transaction on the proposed terms and schedule; the risk that the various conditions precedent to the consummation of the acquisition are not satisfied or waived; and other risks, some of which are discussed in the companies' reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the caption Risk Factors and elsewhere. Any forward-looking statement is qualified by reference to these risks and factors. These risks and factors are not exclusive, and the companies undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release except as required by law. Additional information regarding these and other factors is contained in the companies' SEC filings, including, without limitation, SanDisk's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended January 1, 2006, and its Form 10-Qs, msystems' Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 and msystems' Forms 6-K. The companies' filings are available from the Securities and Exchange Commission or may be obtained on SanDisk's website at www.sandisk.com and msystems' website at www.msystems.com, as applicable.
Where You Can Find Additional Information
msystems'' security holders are advised to read the proxy statement regarding the proposed merger, which will be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and mailed to all msystems security holders, because it will contain important information. msystems'' security holders will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement (when it is furnished to the SEC and becomes available) at the SEC''s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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F5 Trade-in Deal Can Steal Cisco Share, Says Oppenheimer
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Networking equipment provider F5 Networks (FFIV), which some believe may be benefitting as Cisco Systems (CSCO) scales back its efforts with a competing product, is apparently looking to exploit the moment with a trade-in deal to lure Cisco customers, according to Oppenheimer & Co.'s Ittai Kidron.
Kidron, who has an Outperform rating on the shares and a $130 price target, says he's encouraged F5 may make inroads versus Cisco's "application control engine," or ACE:
We just learned that F5 is now offering 2x the typical trade-in credit for Cisco's Application Control Engine (ACE) modules and related models. This puts F5 on par with A10/Radware, which announced trade-in promotions and reinforces our view that F5 would move to capitalize on Cisco's ACE exit. F5 is offering customers a credit of up to $12K and as low as $6K for replacing Cisco's ACE with F5's BIG-IP or VIPRION products.While this could have a slight negative effect on gross margins, we suspect sales commissions could be lower, making for a neutral impact on operating margins. We believe Cisco generated ~$180M-$190M in ADC revenue in 2011. While we don't expect F5 to take home all the spoils, the opportunity is sizable at roughly 16% of F5's 2011 revenue. As noted, A10 and Radware have announced similar promotions in recent weeks.
F5 shares today are down $3.33, or 3.3%, at $98.75, while Cisco shares are down 38 cents, or 2%, at $18.43.


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The official announcement (well, the addition of a website for it) of Google's goo.gl URL shortening service's new website and features on the 11th got me thinking really hard about competition, and Google. Specifically - how do you compete against the biggest technological behemoth ever seen by man? Something I'm sure is on a lot of peoples' minds at an increasing rate.
To be honest, many of these thoughts can probably be applied to many incumbents in the tech industry (including "enterprise" software/hardware giants), Google is an easy target for these thoughts though, because they are simply so bad at some of this. This is part rant, part thought experiment – it's entirely possible I am entirely wrong.
What drove me to thinking about this (for well over a week) is a base terror I felt about the vague possibility of being in a market Google might whimsically enter at one point. Like, say I was bit.ly - and happily the most popular URL shortening and analytics firm with thousands of customers, millions of shortened links, etc, etc. How would I feel if Google coughed and suddenly entered an already tight (some would say artificial) market with all salvos aimed right at my business (bit.ly seems game)? Can an ecosystem of startups survive if Google pops into the room – can they still get VCs or Angel investors to listen and invest in them? (See also: whatifgoogledoesit.com).
It's not that Google suddenly came out with a "better" thing then bit.ly - Google simply came out with something which "does the job" to the technical specifications they think are superior, sitting on Google's nearly unbeatable infrastructure and then threw the weight of their brand behind it.
Does it have all the pretty analytics Bit.ly has? No. Does it have custom URLs? No. Does it need all of that? No, because it's made by Google. The UI is perfectly functional, but nothing to write home to mom about. Millions of people will flock to the new service and happily use it because it is Google. Bit.ly could very well now be on life support, and will quickly run out of oxygen when/if Google ever decided to give preference to goo.gl within their sites and applications (see the security argument in the announcements – how long until the other shorteners are deemed "too insecure"?).
The very thought of this possibility happening on something I work on terrifies me. I'm pretty confident on the technical prowess of the teams I work with and of the products we make, but I'll be damned if Google couldn't wipe us out with a "product" with 25% of the features we have, simply because of who they are. Maybe we could scratch by – maybe we already have an established user base. Maybe Google would kill their implementation in a few months – who knows.
But Google has a flaw, several, in fact.
Competing with Google on a technological level is incredibly hard - it's not impossible, just hard. They have more PHDs and engineers per square foot than just about anyone. I think that breathing the Googleplex air alone probably increases your IQ. I don't know – I have some of the air on order. It's easy for Google to build something fifty percent of the way and release it, therefore sucking the air out of the room. They don't even need to "finish" it - the very fact they've made it and put it everywhere is enough to make a market dry up and users to flock to it. It will have enough functionality - and just enough - to get the job done ("perfectly functional, albeit Spartan").
Google is good at raw functionality and utility. They solve a problem in normally the most efficient way possible, and Google is going to probably go down as the most successful technology company in history.
Where Google fails - time and again - is being human.
No one invites Vulcans from Star Trek to come and decorate cakes or entertain them at a party. No one accuses Vulcans of having "really good empathy and customer service skills". No, people call Vulcans when they need to figure out a hard problem, or need some objective analysis. They don't expect balloon animals and a Dora cake from them.
Google is a utility/commodity technology company (an exceedingly shrewd and powerful one) - but Android wins market share because it's on more phones, not because the experience is better but simply because it's everywhere – it's on more and more phones every day. Plenty of the manufacturers who have adopted it spent millions designing UIs that sit on top of the default Android UI and make it "more friendly". Every market they touch they fundamentally change the economics and expectations of.
Google has become top dog for a reason - their technology. It is really top notch and their search engine and adwords system changed the market (for the better), but it all shares the cold robotic embrace of the other Google products. Their technical skills are beyond reproach, but they still lose in many cases against smaller, "richer" applications and sites because they fail at being human.
Experience Matters.
To Google; you are a statistical note - something to be tracked, categorized and profiled. Why? Not though malice or ill intent - not even slightly - rather, it is how they aim their real business at you: Advertising. Google is not malicious, nor is it evil. Google is the logical robot who will tell you you've got cancer while asking for the time and not even blink. They continue interesting projects which could change humanity – but with the bedside manner of a toaster (note though - the cold, calculating nature of the projects doesn't diminish the value).
When a competing company's users are statistics: show those statistics love and a human face and they will follow you to the ends of the earth. Incite passion – give them a relationship. A wise man once told me "the only way you can succeed against an entrenched player is by loving your users to death".
Love your customers - say you make a code hosting service - it's hard to beat free (as is Google Code) and it's hard to beat the fact that, yeah, they have all the basic features a code host should have - but you compete where Google can't. You beat them in the User Interface department - you beat them with warm, inviting documentation and a well designed, inviting website. You beat them by hiring a support staff that actually answers emails and picks up the phone. (See also: "Google Gets a C- from the Better Business Bureau")
You compete against them by not being a cold, Spartan feature robot. You make your thing usable, you make it pleasant. You make it so that users want to come back to you again and again because each time they do they don't feel like they just got a hug from a Craftsman workbench. You make them feel like Mom just gave them a warm hug on a Christmas day every time they use your product. Not like making out with a socket set.
But, you say, Google can make a UI, right? Not quite - Google Wave may have been the best thing in the history of earth: but no one except a few people could figure out how to really use it. Technologically, it was awesome, usability? Not so much. It was a bag of technically accurate features – but not a human interface. It was a "social network" put together by Vulcans.
The biggest thing, in my opinion, that Google has brought to the human side of the technological table is that it has helped in recent years by bringing back a wave of minimalism, simplicity of interface and speed to web application design as a whole. In the right hands, minimalism and simplicity are powerful tools. When they're not in the right hands - well, hugs from a Craftsman bench.
So - in order to compete with Google, you attack them on design – on engagement. You make your social features and good customer service into the barbs of loyalty. You pick up that phone and let them know there's someone else at the end of the line willing to hear them out at 3am when everything goes to hell and they're all alone. Even if that customer is crazy, you show them the respect they deserve as people.
Get vocal, passionate users and build a loyal community - that alone will help you succeed against Google. Make sure your customers know you love them, know that you support them and want them to succeed. Don't just enable them to do something, enable them to connect.
Build a brand against Google. Don't be content with doing something - make sure you're not just "the guys that did that thing" - or "those guys who came out with that thing". Make your name synonymous with that thing. Make it so that the first thing people think of when considering that thing is you.
Make it so that Google could come out with - say a video sharing site - tomorrow, and while it could be the best, most distributed video thing ever (the better technological choice) make it so that your users are so fiercely loyal that Google has to buy you and extinguish the flames of the passion you've incited just to get the announcement for their new thing two minutes of air time.
You can only do these things - building a brand - and building a "cult" by doing the things Google - given its robotic failings - cannot do. Love your users, infect them with your passion - not just your technical prowess or ability to scale or release new web codecs, or give them the right search results, or giving away source – infect them with your passion for what you do. Support them, respond to them - even if you're giving it away for free - after all, nothing is free.
Passion, compassion - connecting with other humans, people are always looking for a place that accepts them and makes them feel welcome. They want to get real support instead of emails that get sent to unknown voids and are never answered. Making things warm, inviting both in language and in the feel.
Just remember - Google is a fantastic, nearly unbeatable technical powerhouse. You've got to be fast, high quality and better where it counts the most.
"What about Don't Be Evil?", you say. Again, this is not an accusation of Google being evil – they're not. They're being coldly logical in the way humans dealing with other humans aren't. When Eric Schmidt, the CEO, stands up on stage and talks about privacy being dead in the age we live in (the age of Facebook, and Twitter), or the refuge for criminals – he's not "being evil". He's representing the coldly logical, algorithm based view of a search engine, and advertisement company. (Check out duckduckgo.com)
In the age of blogs, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and online medical records and a million other things, the logical extension is that, yes – privacy will be dead in a matter of years. Look at the train wreck the buzz rollout was – they shipped with the logical, auto-following and auto-public settings and features.
However, nuking years of email or delisting someone's website with no human recourse is evil, and therefore, can be used as a competitive advantage against them. Be more private, be available to your customers. I know it's expensive – but it's how you can win. First mover advantage counts for a lot, but it doesn't count for anything if you fail your community and users.
I use lots - and I do mean lots - of Google projects. I live in the lap of Google luxury as they give me free things that have "enough" features to sate my needs and requirements. They're pretty enough - sort of like my code editor. I'm not passionate about them, they're functional utilities (albeit incredibly useful ones) - and at this point I'd probably been inoperable without a few of them. Google is a verb - JGI (Just Google it) leaves my mouth an innumerable number of times through the day. I have lots of friends who work at Google. Google has released an amazing amount of open source software, and continue to work on changing the face of the Internet, and society as a whole.
But would I say their UIs are beautiful? No. Would I ever be convinced that sending an email about my account being broken or disabled to Google's support line would be met with anything but metallic robot silence? Do I think pleas to relist my website in their index or reinstate an adwords account would be any more effective then yelling at my garbage disposal? No.
No, none of these are true. Github (despite it being git) and bitbucket are the better UIs for code hosting - Wordpress and others are better hosted blogging systems then Blogger, and so on, and so on. These services probably don't scale as well, or they can't calculate the velocity of an unladen swallow if you hit control-m-x-y-*, but they compete with Google where it counts.
Compete with Google where it hurts the most: Being Human.


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ICD-10 Code O33.4XX2
Maternal care for disproportion of mixed maternal and fetal origin, fetus 2
Valid for Submission
O33.4XX2 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of maternal care for disproportion of mixed maternal and fetal origin, fetus 2. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
|Short Description:
|Matern care for disproprtn of mix matern & fetl origin, fts2
|Long Description:
|Maternal care for disproportion of mixed maternal and fetal origin, fetus 2
Code Classification
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(first year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA mandated code set)
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Maternity diagnoses - Maternity. Age range is 12–55 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
- Diagnoses for females only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient's sex and any diagnosis on the patient's record, this code applies to FEMALES only .
Convert O33.4XX2 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Information for Patients
Childbirth Problems
While childbirth usually goes well, complications can happen. They can cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Possible complications include
- Preterm (premature) labor, when labor starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
- Problems with the umbilical cord
- Problems with the position of the baby, such as breech, in which the baby is going to come out feet first
- Birth injuries
For some of these problems, the baby may need to be delivered surgically by a Cesarean section.
- Assisted delivery with forceps (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Brachial plexus injury in newborns (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Breech birth (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Caput succedaneum (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Meconium aspiration syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Premature rupture of membranes (Medical Encyclopedia)
[Learn More]
Twins, Triplets, Multiple Births
If you are pregnant with more than one baby, you are far from alone. Multiple births are up in the United States. More women are having babies after age 30 and more are taking fertility drugs. Both boost the chance of carrying more than one baby. A family history of twins also makes multiples more likely.
Years ago, most twins came as a surprise. Now, most women know about a multiple pregnancy early. Women with multiple pregnancies should see their health care providers more often than women who are expecting one baby. Multiple pregnancy babies have a much higher risk of being born prematurely and having a low birth weight. There is also more of a risk of disabilities. Some women have to go on bed rest to delay labor. Finally, they may deliver by C-section, especially if there are three babies or more.
Parenting multiples can be a challenge. Volunteer help and support groups for parents of multiples can help.
Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health
[Learn More]
ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.


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Campus Security Authority (CSA)
Each year, before Sept. 1, CSAs must review a training PowerPoint and document their attendance by attending a classroom presentation or by viewing the presentation below.
2016-17 Annual Clery & CSA Training Presentation
Other formats: [PDF, text-only]
2016-17 Annual Clery & CSA Training Presentation
Other formats: [PDF, text-only]
Overview of the Clery Act
Jeanne Clery, a Lehigh University freshman, was assaulted and murdered in her dorm room in April of 1986. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, hereafter referred to as the Clery Act, was enacted in the hope that awareness of criminal activity can help to reduce the likelihood of victimization. The Clery Act requires colleges and universities receiving federal funding (including West Texas A&M University) to prepare, publish, and distribute campus security policies and crime statistics.
The crime statistics reported in compliance with the Clery Act are obtained from reports to the McNeese State University Police Department, local law enforcement agencies, and "Campus Security Authorities." Reports made to Campus Security Authorities may also provide the basis for the issuance of Timely Warnings or emergency notifications.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (the "Clery Act"), found at 20 U.S.C. 1092(f), imposes reporting obligations on certain institutions of higher education with respect to certain crime statistics, arrests, and campus disciplinary actions. Requirements of the Clery Act include policy disclosures, records collection and retention (e.g. daily crime log), and information dissemination (e.g. timely warnings, annual security report). The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is federal legislation that requires the sharing of crime data, security policies and related police department and public safety information. Campus Security Authorities (CSA) are defined by the Clery Act.
What is a CSA?
A CSA is a person referred to as a campus security authority by the Clery Act. CSA's are university officials who have "significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including, but not limited to, student housing, student dicipline officials, advisors to student organizations, even ticket takers. Professional mental health and religious counselors are exempt from mandatory reporting requirements. CSA's are a vital part of data collection for the annual safety and security report. CSA's contribute to the McNeese Police Department's philosophy of "See It, Hear It, Report It."
The Clery Act requires the university to create and make available an annual safety and security report (you can download a copy of this report by visiting 'Annual Security Report') The report is also available on the Human Resource web page and also on the Future Student web page. In addition to input from law enforcement, certain staff positions are designated as Campus Security Authorities (CSA) for the purpose of providing information for this report. CSAs are usually found in departments responsible for, but not limited to, student and campus activities, safety/security, discipline, housing, athletics, human resources or judicial proceedings. This designation also includes any individual who has been specified by the university to receive and report offenses.
CSA's are responsible for reporting the number of crimes and incidents as described in the Clery Act that occur in their department to the McNeese Police Department. These numbers are then included in the federally mandated Clery Report, which is posted on-line every year in the beginning of October.
Annual Training for CSAs
CSAs are required by law to receive annual training and resources from the university.
Each year, before Sept. 1, CSAs must review a training PowerPoint and document their attendance by attending a classroom presentation or by viewing the presentation below.[PDF, text-only]
|CSA Question
|What makes me a CSA?
|What do I have to do?
|Report criminal incidents that occur on campus or on McNeese State University affiliated property to the McNeese Police Department.
What crimes do I need to report?
In addition to the crimes above, the crime must occur at one of the following locations:
|Why is this necessary?
|How do I report incidents to the police department?
|You can either report incidents individually as they are reported to you or all at once. McNeese Police provides a form or you can report it in whatever manner is easiest for you - you are highly encouraged to immediately call McNeese Police to report any crime or suspicious activity.
Police emergency extension from a university phone - 1-1-1
Police business extension from a university phone - 5-7-1-1
Police emergency from a university phone - 9-9-1-1
(Connects you to the parish 9-1-1 center - ask for McNeese Police)
University police business line - 337-475-5711
A report can be made by activating any of the Emergency Blue Tower Phones on campus to summon the McNeese Police.
The McNeese Police Department is open 24 hours-a-day at 4314 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA 70609.
|What happens after I the police department receives an incident from a CSA?
|The McNeese Police collect all incidents received from CSAs. The incidents are reviewed for duplication and to verify that each incident is Clery reportable. The incidents are then classified into their proper crime and geographical categories and added to the annual clery statistics.
|What if I am unsure if an incident is a crime? Or if it should be reported under Clery?
|Please report it with as much detail as possible about the incident. The crime analyst will determine if it is a clery reportable crime.
|If the University Police aren't going to investigate these crimes, what is the purpose of reporting incidents to the police department?
|The McNeese Police will always try to investigate all reports of crime that are received - thus making a report as quickly as possible to the McNeese Police is critical - the focus of all reporting is to ensure that crime victims receive aid, protection, police and support services. But, nationally many crimes do not get reported to the police. By collecting data from other sources, we are getting a more accurate number of crimes on campus. This is a resource for the campus community to use to make informed decisions about their safety.
|Are there exemptions to CSA reporting incidents?
|Yes, certain individuals who have significant responsibility for student and campus activities are exempt from disclosing information:
|What happens if I do not report criminal incidents to the University Police Department?
|The United States Department of Education is charged with enforcing the Jeanne Clery Act and may level civil penalties against institutions of higher education.
Crime Definitions
- Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter - The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
- Negligent Manslaughter - The killing of another person through gross negligence.
- Sex Offense Forcible (F) - Any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or not forcibly or against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent: forcible rape; forcible sodomy; sexual assault with an object; and forcible fondling.
- Sex Offense Non Forcible (N) - Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse: incest; statutory rape.
- Robbery - The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
- Aggravated Assault - An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. It is not necessary for an injury to result when a gun, knife or other weapon is used in the commission of the crime.
- Burglary - The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. For reporting purposes this definition includes: unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony; breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny; housebreaking; safecracking; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.
- Motor Vehicle Theft - The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Classify as motor vehicle theft all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned-including joyriding.)
- Arson - Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
- Liquor Law Violation - The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting: the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places; bootlegging; operating a still, furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance; or any attempts to commit any of the foregoing violations. Note: this list does not include public drunkenness and driving under the influence.
- Drug Law Violation - Violations of state and local laws related to the possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of illicit drugs.
- Weapon Law Violation - The violation of laws or ordinances regulating weapons.
- Hate Crimes - Any crime that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the victim's actual or perceived race; religion; gender; sexual orientation; ethnicity or physical/mental disabilities.
- Simple Assault - Assaults and attempted assaults where no weapon was used and which did not result in a serious or aggravated injury to the victim. (Currently, this crime category only applies to hate crimes.)
- Larceny - The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another (Currently, this crime category only applies to hate crimes.)
- Intimidation - To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack. (Currently, this crime category only applies to hate crimes.)
- Disciplinary Referrals - Incidents in which a student was not arrested but was referred for campus disciplinary action for liquor law violations, drug law violations, and illegal weapons possession.
Location Definitions
- Campus - (i) Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution's educational purposes, including residence halls; and
- (ii) any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area identified in paragraph (i) of this definition, that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor).
- Non-Campus - (i) Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or
- (ii) any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to the institution's educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.
- Housing - Residence Halls or other university-owned residences.
- Public Property -"Public Property" is defined by the Clery Act regulations as all public property including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. Include the sidewalk across the street from your campus, but do not include public property beyond the sidewalk.