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"Campaign donor" is not a job — but occupation can predict party preference
May 19, 2015 | In the world of money in politics, many interest groups behave predictably. Election after election, contributions from oil and gas companies, for instance, flow overwhelmingly to Republicans, while those who work in education favor Democrats. What about when contributions break down differently within industries? The CFO and the janitor, for instance, may have opposing political views,…
Capital Rivals: Apple vs. Microsoft
January 13, 2011 | Both Apple and Microsoft are bona fide giants in a booming communications and electronics sector. But which of these tech titans reigns supreme in political influence?
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Legislation removing "Country Caps" could still become law
September 21, 2018 | There could be big changes coming in the way green cards are distributed thanks to an amendment on a homeland security spending bill.
'Zero-tolerance' immigration policy is big money for contractors, nonprofits
June 21, 2018 | President Trump's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy under the direction of Attorney General Jeff Sessions is big business for U.S. companies — from private prison and tech firms to defense and security contractors — as well as nonprofits.
Trump's state in the eye of the Union
January 30, 2018 | What's to come in President Trump's first State of Union? Expect the phrase "America First." The name Gorsuch. And something will be "great."
Quality over quantity: Lobbying expenses continue to rise, but with fewer lobbyists
August 1, 2017 | Note: Since some lobbyists file after the quarterly deadline, visit our lobbying summary for the most recent data. For the past five years — with the exception of a dip in 2016 — spending on lobbying in the first six months has been steadily increasing. Overall spending for the first six months of 2017 amounts…
Super Bowl LI: A guide to pigskin politics
February 1, 2017 | Tom Brady, the quarterback of the NFL's New England Patriots, is no stranger to the limelight. Sunday's Super Bowl LI (51) between his team and the Atlanta Falcons will mark his seventh appearance in football's championship face-off; it could be his fifth victory. Brady has been linked to more controversial activities, as well, like the Deflategate controversy…
Going public can open the political floodgates for tech companies
January 6, 2017 | Chinese e-commerce megalith Ali Baba Group set a record for the world's largest initial public offering in late 2014, raising a mind-blowing $25 billion. Since then, the company has stepped up its Washington presence. In 2015, for instance, it spent $410,000 on federal lobbying — but that increased to $640,000 in just the first three-quarters…
One last time: Bayou State casts ballots Saturday
December 6, 2016 | With the spectacle of the post-election presidential transition taking center stage, it's easy to forget there's still a U.S. Senate race pending. Under the Bayou State's unique system, all 24 Senate candidates appeared on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. None received a majority, so on Saturday the top two vote-getters will face off: Republican…
PACs pop up just in time to avoid reporting donors
November 7, 2016 | For those trying to secretly influence the election as the clock winds down, Oct. 20 was an important milestone. If a super PAC waited until then to register, it doesn't need to file any information about its donors with the FEC until 30 days after the election. Pretty smooth, eh? "The problem with these last-minute…
Fundraising histories and lots of experience in speculative Clinton Cabinet
October 28, 2016 | Washington thrives on speculation and now, after months of guessing at things like primary contenders and vice presidential picks, it's time to draft potential cabinets. With no shortage of well-educated guesses on who might lead the various executive departments, certain names crop up more often than others, often officials and bureaucrats with substantial political and policy…
And the good times rolled: 17 donors gave three-quarters of Dems' convention money
September 28, 2016 | Talk about disproportional giving: The group organizing the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this year raised almost three-fourths of its donations from only 17 sources. The Dems' host committee raised $69.7 million, with $51.2 million of that coming in from contributions, grants, or in-kind donations worth $1 million or more each. That includes a $10…
RNC covered its convention costs, but some who gave in 2012 stayed away
September 20, 2016 | The last-minute pleas for donations seems to have paid off (literally): The committee organizing the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this year raised $65.7 million, more than was given for each of the previous two powwows: In 2012, the Tampa host committee raised $55.2 million, while 2008's St. Paul festivities attracted about $61.3 million. The…
Concerts, maritime mingling and loads of sponsors: Welcome to Philly!
July 26, 2016 | If you thought Republicans partied hard in Cleveland, just wait till you hear what's going down on the other side of the aisle. While the RNC shindigs seemed to suffer a slow start, the Democratic National Convention hosted a successful first 24 hours of cushy events that promoted mingling between those on the public payroll…
Here's how it works: Industry, lawmakers and money mingle in Cleveland
July 20, 2016 | House Speaker Paul Ryan's impassioned speech to unite the GOP on Tuesday was not the last he would give in Cleveland. A national Republican organization brought in the big guns for their fundraiser, with Ryan headlining the event to inspire donations. In the tranquility of the Cleveland Botanical Gardens on Wednesday, miles away from the…
They talk the talk, but don't write the checks: No Trump donors on Republican stage yet
July 19, 2016 | Republicans are denouncing Ohio Gov. John Kasich for ditching his own party's convention held in the state he governs. Of course, he's not the only nationally known GOP leader to skip the proceedings. It gets worse, though: None of Monday's or today's prime-time speakers at the Cleveland confab have donated more than $200 to Donald Trump's campaign or the super…
Where the (GOP) parties at?
July 16, 2016 | Numerous Republican elites are ditching their party's national convention in Cleveland this year. (And with some pretty lame excuses, too.) Boy, are they missing out. Sure, on what likely will be a fascinating main event, but mostly they're skipping out on some of the biggest soirées of the season. Special interests, lobbyists, politicians and the media…
In climate debate, Obama faces a Congress heavily invested in the oil and gas industry
December 7, 2015 | Back in Washington after a trip last week to the global climate change conference in Paris, President Barack Obama will soon find two new bills on his desk, both aimed at sinking his administration's initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. The president isn't expected to sign them. But the message from the Republican-majority Congress is unmistakable: When…
Personal wealth: a nation of extremes, and a Congress, too
November 17, 2015 | A yearly report from the Center for Responsive Politics. Wealth inequality in the United States is pervasive — so much so that it's apparent even in Congress. The House and Senate have their own form of inequality within their ranks. Of the 534 current members, the 53 richest owned nearly 80 percent of the estimated wealth held by…
Lobbyists bundle big money for Clinton, Bush
July 16, 2015 | By Paul Lewis and Will Tucker in Washington. This piece was cross-posted with The Guardian. Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, the 2016 presidential candidates leading the money race in the Democratic and Republican fields, are amassing fortunes that will leave them politically indebted to some of the most influential lobbyists in Washington. Disclosures to the…
The Political One Percent of the One Percent in 2014: Mega Donors Fuel Rising Cost of Elections
April 30, 2015 | In the 2014 elections, 31,976 donors — equal to roughly one percent of one percent of the total population of the United States — accounted for an astounding $1.18 billion in disclosed political contributions at the federal level. Those big givers — what we have termed the Political One Percent of the One Percent —…
West Coast, East Coast: Silicon Valley Blurs the Distinction With Washington Presence
March 6, 2015 | Silicon Valley has staked its claim in Washington. From Capitol Hill to the White House, tech money is everywhere — and 2016 looks like it will be the industry's biggest year yet. Tech may not be pushing as much cash into politics as Wall Street, but its influence is on an upward climb. Its lobbying has…
Net Neutrality Supporters Fast Facts
February 27, 2015 | A profile of net neutrality's biggest opponents is available here. Yesterday we profiled the top four opponents of net neutrality who, though the FCC's decision to regulate the Internet as a public utility has been made, are likely to continue to play a role as the decision is contested in the courts and perhaps in…
All Cooled Off: As Congress Convenes, Former Colleagues Will Soon be Calling From K Street
January 6, 2015 | Seven years after President George W. Bush signed the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (HLOGA) into law and then-Sen. Barack Obama, (D-Ill.) declared it to be "the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate," a joint analysis by the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics suggests the effort may have misfired. A key…
Facebook's Lobbying Outlays Befit a Corporate Behemoth
July 22, 2014 | During Facebook's early years, the company barely noticed Washington, taking a full five years to spend its first dime on federal lobbying. Then, the company's investment in the capital began growing rapidly, alongside its revenue and ambitions. Now, as a full-fledged corporate behemoth, with a billionaire CEO recently interested in politics, the company's lobbying has exploded, making even its recent expenditures look small.…
OFA Fundraising Down, But Still Attracting New Donors
July 22, 2014 | As it signaled it would a few months ago, Organizing for Action, the nonprofit spinoff from President Barack Obama's re-election campaign that focuses on advancing his legislative agenda, brought in fewer big donations and less money overall in the second quarter: close to $3.9 million compared with almost $5.9 million the previous quarter. But while the group…
Sincere or Strategic, Lobbyists Give Big
March 12, 2014 | It's hard to sort out lobbyists' motivations for making campaign contributions. But the top recipients of their donations so far this cycle are a bit of a surprise: Top Republican leadership and at-risk Senate Democrats.
Facebook Turns 10, "Leaning In" to Washington
February 5, 2014 | Facebook's 10th birthday: Looks like it plans to keep growing, especially in Washington.
Divided We Stand
January 28, 2014 | State of the Union -- 9 p.m. tonight. But Obama's list of 2014 priorities may sound a lot like last year's roster, due in part to a deadlocked Congress that produced a historic year of inaction.
Most Likely to Exceed: Who's Poised to Double Down Post-McCutcheon
January 15, 2014 | In anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the Center for Responsive Politics and the Sunlight Foundation have teamed up to look at the deep-pocketed donors who could give even more if the justices strike down another limit on the amount of money in U.S. politics.
Cybersecurity, Privacy Issues Spurred Lobbying Even Before NSA Programs Revealed
June 11, 2013 | Last week's revelations that the U.S. government was collecting data on millions of phone calls made through Verizon and running an Internet surveillance program targeting foreign nationals via major online corporations, make it almost inevitable that the issue of electronic privacy -- already a hot topic in 2012 -- will vault to near the top of the lobbying charts in 2013. Even before the recent news of government snooping made headlines, a number of bills impacting privacy and cybersecurity had already been introduced this year.
Republicans Court Silicon Valley for Campaign Cash
April 3, 2013 | Republicans hope to lure Silicon Valley money from Democrats and cash in on the growing technology pie.
Special Interests Battle Over Immigration Reform
March 4, 2013 | Skirmishing over proposals to overhaul the nation's immigration laws has begun in earnest, but lobbying on the issue picked up months ago. Last year more clients reported lobbying on immigration than in any year since 2008.
Issues and Interest Groups in State of the Union Spotlight
February 12, 2013 | The economy, immigration, gun control and climate change are among the issues President Obama is expected to highlight in his address tonight. But don't expect any of his proposals to sail through Congress -- there are too many interests at stake for that.
Latest Inaugural Donors: Lawmakers, Unions, Corporations — But Few Details
January 20, 2013 | Labor unions finally show up on the list of inaugural donors, along with more big-name corporations and a sprinkling of celebrities. But once again, the Friday-night release of contributors is devoid of info to help viewers figure out who they are -- details like hometown and employer. And the list doesn't reveal how much each donor kicked in.
CRP Unveils Obama Inaugural Donors Page
January 9, 2013 | Like everything else this election cycle, the inauguration festivities for President Barack Obama's second term will likely cost a fortune. The Center for Responsive Politics' new inaugural donor tracker compiles everything we know about the individuals and companies helping Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) pick up the tab.
Capital Eye Opener, Dec. 21: Newark Mayor Eyes Senate Seat, Appropriations Panel Gets First Chairwoman, and More
December 21, 2012 | Cory Booker positions himself for a Senate bid, while Sen. Barbara Mikulski becomes the first woman to helm Appropriations.
Capital Eye Opener, Dec. 14: Corker Ends Season With Most Leftovers, Koch Industries' Lobbying on Pace to Surpass Last Year's Level, and More,
December 14, 2012 | Sen. Bob Corker finishes his race with a tidy $6.3 million in the bank -- though that's still a far cry from Sen. Richard Shelby's 2010 record of $17 million.
Capital Eye Opener, Dec. 12: Crossroads and the DCCC on Cliff, Obama to Accept Corporate Funds for Inauguration, and More
December 12, 2012 | Crossroads and the DCCC target politicians on the cliff. Obama lifts inaugural donation restrictions.
Capital Eye Opener, Nov. 26: Puerto Rican Plebiscite, Patty-the-Powerhouse Murray, and More
November 26, 2012 | Puerto Rico doesn't need statehood to be a major player in Washington, Patty Murray emerges as the powerbroker on the fiscal cliff and Romney beat Obama in Iowa -- at least in terms of spending.
Mystery Firm is Election's Top Corporate Donor at $5.3 Million
November 5, 2012 | The biggest corporate contributor in the 2012 election so far doesn't appear to make anything–other than very large contributions to a conservative super PAC.
Capital Eye Opener, Oct. 23: Defense Spending Deadlock, Romney's Mourdock Ad, and More
October 23, 2012 | Contributions from the defense sector have been evenly split between Obama and Romney, despite the military's preference for Obama. Oil and gas contributions fall to four-month low for Romney, but he still tops Obama.
White House Candidates Draw Funds From the Usual Suspects, but Poach on Hostile Turf Too
October 22, 2012 | With Election Day looming and the need for cash urgent, core constituencies for each of the presidential campaigns stepped up their support in the month of September. But each candidate also made headway fundraising from industries that have been stalwarts for their opponents.
Priorities USA Gains Edge With Help Of New Donors
October 21, 2012 | Priorities USA, the super PAC backing President Barack Obama, scored another win last month in the head-to-head matchup against its counterpart -- and did it by attracting many more new donors, most of them wealthy individuals.
Small Donors, Billionaires, Corporations and a Loan Funded Party Conventions
October 18, 2012 | The story of how the conventions were funded this year follows much the same path as the whole campaign finance narrative this year -- the Republicans dominated the money game, pushed by big dollar donations from billionaires, while Democrats turned to traditional allies and two big hometown corporations to pay their convention bill.
Capital Eye Opener, Oct. 4: Debate Remarks Reflect Donors, Monsanto's D.C. Presence May Help Cushion Bad News, and More
October 4, 2012 | In a roundabout way, Mitt Romney spoke up for the interests of big banks -- which occupy slot Nos.1 through 8 on the list of his top contributors. Meanwhile, Monsanto's big investment in Washington could help soften the impact of the sort of bad news it has been receiving in recent weeks.
Capital Eye Opener, August 28th: 'Turncoat' in Tampa, a $6000 Campaign, and Convention Spending Down
August 28, 2012 | Charlie Crist makes convention news, agreeing to speak at the Democratic event next week -- despite being the beneficiary of millions from Republicans during his career, a New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate shows how to run a campaign on the cheap, and convention sponsors are holding back this year.
Capital Eye Opener, Aug. 8th: Expensive Primaries, Pandora's Politics, and a Law Firm Blogs on Campaign Finance
August 8, 2012 | Missouri Rep. Todd Akin prevails in a primary that split the tea party, Pandora won't let you dodge political ads, and a law and lobbying firm starts a blog on campaign finance.
Capital Eye Opener, July 6: $200M Ad Spending, Pauls' Internet Crusade, McCotter's Saucy Script
July 6, 2012 | Campaign for Liberty, a libertarian activist group run by Rep. Ron Paul and his son, Sen. Rand Paul, has released a manifesto pushing for 'free Internet', according to Buzzfeed, signaling a shift in focus for the family's libertarian cause.
Ron Paul's Unorthodox Fundraising
May 15, 2012 | Ron Paul's announcement Monday effectively ending his presidential bid brought the end of a quiet campaign that nevertheless raised more money -- $36.7 million as of March 31-- than that of any Republican candidate other than Mitt Romney. And his donors had an identity all their own.
Who's Talking to Mary Bono Mack About Internet Privacy?
March 30, 2012 | At a hearing yesterday on a proposed new law that would limit on how easily advertisers could track Internet users, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) said she'd received no letters of support for the law from constituents. But she has received tens of thousands of dollars for her campaign from opponents of the law.
16 Lobbyists Hauled in $2 Million for Mitt Romney in 2011
January 31, 2012 | Sixteen lobbyists raised nearly $2.2 million to aid the presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 2011, according to a Center for Responsive Politics review of documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Most Members of Congress Enjoy Robust Financial Status, Despite Nation's Sluggish Economic Recovery
November 15, 2011 | These days, being a millionaire typically qualifies you as part of the one percent. But in Congress, it only makes you average. About 47 percent of Congress, or 250 current members of Congress, are millionaires, according to a new study by the Center for Responsive Politics of lawmakers' personal financial disclosure forms covering calendar year 2010.
Health Sector, Lawyers, Hollywood and Tech Industry Favor Obama With Campaign Cash
October 25, 2011 | Though President Barack Obama may no longer be Wall Street's preferred candidate, Obama continues to win the support of several smaller sectors and interest groups, including lawyers, health professionals, the technology industry and Hollywood.
Ex-Lobbyist Becomes Top Obama Surrogate, Who Are the 99.95 Percent? and More in Capital Eye Opener: Oct. 25
October 25, 2011 | K Street and Capitol Hill veteran Broderick Johnson is joining the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama as a senior adviser. Johnson's clients over the years have included numerous political heavy weights, such as Anheuser-Busch, AT&T, Bank of America, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, Comcast, Fannie Mae, FedEx, Ford, the GEO Group, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Shell Oil, Time Warner and Verizon.
Facebook Forms a PAC, CBC PAC Marches On and More in Capital Eye Opener: Sept. 27
September 27, 2011 | Facebook announced on Monday the creation of a corporate political action committee, called FB PAC, The Hill reports. The move comes just a week after it announced a major revamp to its platform.
Koch Brothers' Allies Unveiled, A Super-Sized Super PAC and More in Capital Eye Opener: Sept. 8
September 8, 2011 | Research by the Center for Responsive Politics has helped Mother Jones profile the secret donors of the billionaire Koch brother's charity organization.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Steven Breyer Wealthiest Judges on U.S. Supreme Court
September 6, 2011 | Federal law requires the nine Supreme Court justices to annually disclose details about their personal finances. These records can reveal potential conflicts of interest and offer a look into the lives of the justices outside the chambers of the Supreme Court.
New Feature on OpenSecrets.org Highlights Top Contributors to Debt Supercommittee Members
August 17, 2011 | Many special interest groups have invested heavily in supercommittee members on both sides of the aisle, including the securities and investment firms, the real estate industry and health professionals, according to new research by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Bush Bundlers Reluctant to Give, Super PAC Mystery Money and More in Capital Eye Opener: Aug. 5
August 5, 2011 | Republican presidential hopefuls' underwhelming second-quarter fund-raising totals can be attributed, in part, to a large network of elite GOP fund-raisers that remains untapped, the New York Times reported.
Lobbying for Cowboys and Aliens, Dunkin's Stock Market Dunk and More in Capital Eye Opener: Aug. 1
August 1, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics
First Presidential Campaign Finance Reports Show Clout of Wall Street, Retirees
July 28, 2011 | President Barack Obama has raised $48.7 million for his re-election campaign and his GOP challengers have raised a combined $36.7 million. But where is that money coming from?
Groups Seek to Limit Nonprofit Political Spending, Lobbying Against Google and More in Capital Eye Opener: July 28
July 28, 2011 | Fairsearch.org will not be giving Google a +1. To combat what they see as "the Google problem," Fairsearch.org hired lobbyists for the first time and spent 80,000 lobbying during the second quarter on behalf of "competition in the search market," according to a review of lobbying disclosure reports by the Center for Responsive Politics.
OpenSecrets Blog's PolitiQuizz: How Much Did News Corp. Spend on Federal Lobbying in 2010?
July 18, 2011 | News Corp., listed by the Center for Responsive Politics as a "Heavy Hitter" for its expansive influence on Capitol Hill, has spent millions on campaign contributions and lobbying the federal government during the last two decades. It also owns news organizations such as Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
Ethanol's New PAC Plan, IBM Turns 100 and More in Capital Eye Opener: June 17
June 17, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics.
Will Ron Paul's Third Presidential Run Be a Charm for Texas Republican?
May 13, 2011 | Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the granddaddy of the Tea Party movement, showed the world he could turn enthusiastic grassroots support into political gold during the 2008 election cycle. But as he again seeks the GOP presidential nomination this year, Paul hopes he won't be just playing second fiddle to the Romneys and Gingriches of the race.
Bin Laden's Demise, Romney's FEC Surprise and More in Capital Eye Opener: May 2
May 2, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics.
Corporations, Special Interests Lobbying Taxes to Death
April 18, 2011 | Businesses hate taxes, which is why they love lobbying the federal government in a bid to keep them low, lower or less than that. And on this day -- Tax Day 2011 -- the Center for Responsive Politics pause a moment to reflect on the corporation, trade associations and special interest groups that lobbied most during 2010 on taxation issues.
Paul Ryan's Health Industry Ties, Barack Obama's Bundlers and More in Capital Eye Opener: April 8
April 8, 2011 | Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) released his budget proposal Tuesday calling to cut spending by $5.8 trillion over the next ten years. Ryan himself is actually one of the top Republican recipients of political action committee contributions from the health sector.
President Barack Obama Seeks to Again Mobilize Donors During Re-Election Campaign
April 4, 2011 | During the 2008 election, Barack Obama set fund-raising records and mobilized millions of individual donors. Obama was particularly successful in turning small-dollar donors into repeat givers, often via the Internet. His re-election campaign will be trying to emulate that success this go around.
OpenSecrets Blog's PolitiQuizz: Labor Unions On Offensive, Defensive
March 14, 2011 | For this week's PolitiQuizz, we want you to take a closer look at the lobbying efforts of three unions.
The Red Cross Lobby, Congressman Beats Jeopardy! Computer and More in Capital Eye Opener: March 2
March 2, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics.
Google, Facebook Lead New Generation of Technology Companies Pressing Government for Favorable Treatment
February 17, 2011 | For Google and Facebook, the president serving as their pitchman is indicative of their meteoric rise both outside and within Washington, D.C. And it marks how the political landscape has rapidly shifted for computer and Internet companies, with Washington nonentities of just a few years ago now ranking among the most prominent players in the capital.
OpenSecrets.org Provides 2011 Legislative Preview Ahead of Barack Obama's State of the Union Address
January 25, 2011 | OpenSecrets Blog offers a preview on the legislative priorities destined to shape political discourse throughout 2011.
Capital Rivals: Apple vs. Microsoft
January 13, 2011 | Both Apple and Microsoft are bona fide giants in a booming communications and electronics sector. But which of these tech titans reigns supreme in political influence?
Congressional Members' Personal Wealth Expands Despite Sour National Economy
November 17, 2010 | Despite a stubbornly sour national economy congressional members' personal wealth collectively increased by more than 16 percent between 2008 and 2009, according to a new study by the Center for Responsive Politics of federal financial disclosures released earlier this year.
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Shower Congressional Candidates With Cash, Attention Ahead of Own Potential 2012 Bids
October 25, 2010 | Various conservative straw polls from this year have put Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich on top as voter favorites. Although primaries don't begin for another 16 months, potential candidates are already laying groundwork for possible presidential runs. In the meantime, OpenSecrets Blog explores the financial activities during the 2009-2010 election cycle of the politicos who are angling to challenge President Barack Obama in the next presidential election.
Immigration Debate Sparks Record Spending by Numerous Special Interest Groups
July 3, 2010 | In an attempt to jump-start the stalled immigration reform bill, President Barack Obama gave a major speech on immigration reform on Thursday. In his first major speech on immigration, Obama said that the U.S. immigration system "offends our most basic American values."
Unions Taking Advantage of 'Citizens United', Nudists Descend on Capitol Hill and More in Capital Eye Opener: June 8
June 8, 2010 | A new report by Mother Jones says labor unions, not corporations, are taking advantage of new spending opportunities in the wake of Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission...
Microsoft's New Political Move, Dems Unite Against Michele Bachmann and More in Capital Eye Opener: June 7
June 7, 2010 | The computer industry giant Microsoft may not be calling out politicians with seven-figure independent expenditures in the wake of the Supreme Court's January ruling allowing corporations to spend unlimited sums on such advertising. But the company is calling out to politicians who want a technological boost. CNN reports that Microsoft has partnered with ElectionMail.com to "create a one-stop shop for running campaigns online."
Monied Lobbying Forces Gird for Immigration Reform Battle
April 27, 2010 | Hundreds of lobbyists are primed to swarm Capitol Hill to advocate on behalf of a wide variety of business interests and ideological groups, all of which have a stake in immigration reform policy – Congress' focus du jour.
Google, Facebook Among Young Tech Companies Firing Up Lobbying Efforts
March 15, 2010 | Google's exponential increase in federal lobbying is representative of many Internet companies. And few industries have grown as quickly as the computer and Internet industry has.
Google, Under Attack By China, May Seek to Bolster its Political Ties Domestically
January 14, 2010 | With Google this week enduring a Chinese attack on its computer systems -- and the Obama administration and FBI taking keen interest in the development -- the tech giant may be poised for an even greater uptick in its political influence efforts.
Capital Eye Opener: Friday, September 4
September 4, 2009 | NEMAZEE FACES ADDITIONAL FRAUD CHARGE: U.S. prosecutors say that high-profile Democratic fundraiser Hassan Nemazee defrauded not only Citigroup's banking unit, but two other banks as well.
Capital Eye Opener: Friday, August 21
August 21, 2009 | O, SAY, CAN YOU TWEET: There's nary a member of Congress who isn't busy tweeting on Twitter and posting Facebook status messages. These two social networking tools are now an integral part of the campaign arsenal -- but the companies responsible for our daily dose of instant chit chat are also making some political moves of their own.
Capital Eye Opener: Wednesday, August 19
August 19, 2009 | CAMERA ROLLING: As we've been gearing up for the Sept. 9 Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, we've come across some interesting (and sometimes quirky) YouTube footage that helps explain at least part of the story.
Wealthy House Democrats Spar Over Health Care Tax Hike
July 21, 2009 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and first-term Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) seem like natural allies. Both represent staunchly liberal congressional districts and support creating a public health insurance option. Both are multimillionaires and rank among the wealthiest current members of Congress. Yet the two Democrats disagree over how to fund the health care reform legislation coursing through Congress.
Auto Dealers Favor GOP With Campaign Cash
June 5, 2009 | With debate raging on the Internet about whether President Obama is targeting certain Chrysler dealerships for closure, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics took a closer look at the numbers behind the donations of all domestic automobile dealers and found they have a history of favoring Republicans with their contributions.
No Logos, but Corporate Representation at Obama's Inauguration
January 15, 2009 | There won't be any corporate advertising on the dais, but a number of major corporations and influential industries will be represented at Barack Obama's inauguration by individuals who've contributed as much as $50,000 apiece--and bundled up to $300,000--to underwrite the festivities. According to a new analysis of inaugural donors by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, individuals associated with Microsoft, Google, Citigroup and many more companies are among the upcoming event's biggest contributors.
2009: The Year of Open Data
January 8, 2009 | If you're the kind of person who enjoys an illuminating data mash-up, 2009 is going to be a great year, because we'll be opening up CRP's vast databases to the world.
New Feature on OpenSecrets.org: Lobbyists' Campaign Contributions
October 16, 2008 | Lobbyists thrive on having access to politicians, and there are few better ways to gain that access than by making campaign contributions. Thanks to a 2007 change in Congress's ethics laws, federal lobbyists and their employers must now disclose their campaign contributions. We've analyzed them here on OpenSecrets.org.
Professors Spent Their Summer Vacations Giving to Obama
August 26, 2008 | While school was out, college professors and other educators were putting money into Barack Obama's presidential campaign, according to a new analysis of the Democratic nominee's summer fundraising. Educators contributed at least $2.3 million to his campaign in June and July, surpassed only by lawyers, who make up Obama's top-giving industry since the campaign's start, and retirees.
Troops Deployed Abroad Give 6:1 to Obama
August 14, 2008 | Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul.
Center for Responsive Politics and Other Watchdogs Urge Obama, McCain to Reveal More Donor Information
June 25, 2008 | Eight government watchdog organizations today urged Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain to reveal more details about fundraisers for their presidential campaigns who "bundle" contributions in amounts greatly exceeding what they're permitted to contribute on their own, and to furnish additional data about their small donors.
New OpenSecrets.org Celebrates CRP's 25th Anniversary
May 14, 2008 | Voters, activists, journalists and political professionals have a new tool for following the most expensive U.S. election ever. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has unveiled its redesign of OpenSecrets.org, the award-winning website that has illuminated connections between money, elections and public policy for millions of Americans.
Strategic Assets
April 3, 2008 | From aircraft and weapons manufacturers to producers of medical supplies and soft drinks, the investment portfolios of more than a quarter of Congress—and of countless constituents—include holdings in companies paid billions of dollars each month to support America's military in Iraq and elsewhere.
Congress Has Wealth to Weather Economic Downturn
March 13, 2008 | As Americans worry about their own finances, their elected representatives in Washington—with a collective net worth of $3.6 billion—are mostly in good shape to withstand a recession.
Cost of '08 Presidential Race Already Tops All Elections Prior to '04
February 4, 2008 | While Republicans saw gains, exclusive analysis of year-end contributions finds Democrats maintained their hold on most top-giving industries. Lawyers, retirees and Wall Street still dominate. Candidates are on pace to break 2004 records before parties officially nominate.
Innovation Insulation
November 7, 2007 | As Congress debates patent reform legislation, a variety of industries are lobbying to ensure that damage awards for infringement don't deter innovation.
Border Patrol Series: Immigration & High-Tech
June 14, 2007 | The technology industry's need for highly skilled workers is often overlooked in the immigration debate.
Debate Over Internet Equality Is Hardly Neutral
June 23, 2006 | Senators take up the network neutrality issue, which pits entrenched telecom interests against the Internet's newcomers. By Neil Tambe and Eric Warren June 23, 2006 | The Senate is now considering legislation that would ensure the Internet remains based on a principle of equal and open connectivity. Opponents of so-called network neutrality legislation have contributed…
Casting Off Jack Abramoff
April 7, 2006 | What do magazine publishers, a railroad and Microsoft have in common with Indian tribes? They were all clients of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the central figure in the corruption scandal unfolding in Washington. And during the time Abramoff represented them, they all made campaign contributions to members of Congress and President Bush.


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PROGRAM GUIDELINESSolicitation 18-531
Important Information for Proposers
ATTENTION: Proposers using the Collaborators and Other Affiliations template for more than 10 senior project personnel will encounter proposal print preview issues. Please see the Collaborators and Other Affiliations Information website for updated guidance.
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 18-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) umbrella program encompasses the long-running Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs) and Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2) programs, as NSF seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in data and software cyberinfrastructure.
The CSSI umbrella program anticipates four classes of awards:
- Elements (either Data Elements or Software Elements): These awards target small groups that will create and deploy robust capabilities for which there is a demonstrated need that will advance one or more significant areas of science and engineering.
- Framework Implementations (either Data Frameworks or Software Frameworks):These awards target larger, interdisciplinary teams organized around the development and application of common infrastructure aimed at solving common research problems faced by NSF researchers in one or more areas of science and engineering, resulting in a sustainable community framework serving a diverse community or communities.
- Planning Grants for Community Cyberinfrastructure (either Community Data Cyberinfrastructure Planning Grants or Community Software Cyberinfrastructure Planning Grants): Planning awards focus on the establishment of long-term capabilities in cyberinfrastructure, which would serve a research community of substantial size and disciplinary breadth.
- Community Cyberinfrastructure Implementations (either Community Data Cyberinfrastructure Implementations or Community Software Cyberinfrastructure Implementations): These Community Software Cyberinfrastructure Implementations focus on the establishment of long-term hubs of excellence in cyberinfrastructure and technologies, which will serve a research community of substantial size and disciplinary breadth.
This particular CSSI solicitation requests only Elements and Framework Implementations classes of awards.
NSF anticipates future solicitations that address items 3 and 4 above, namely, Planning Grants for Community Cyberinfrastructure and Community Cyberinfrastructure Implementations.
For 2018, this solicitation welcomes proposals that support the goals of the:
National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI). NSCI is aimed at sustaining and enhancing U.S. scientific, technological, and economic leadership in high-performance computing (HPC) research, development, and deployment, enhancing the productivity of the Nation's fundamental research ecosystem. Information about the NSCI together with associated strategic plans, results of community workshops, background studies and other relevant resources, which suggest priority areas in both the domain sciences and HPC and software infrastructure, are available at http://www.nsf.gov/nsci/.
- Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR). HDR is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas for Future Investment (https://www.nsf.gov/about/congress/reports/nsf_big_ideas.pdf). HDR is aimed at fundamental data science research, research data cyberinfrastructure, and the development of a 21st-century data-capable workforce. HDR will enable new modes of data-driven discovery – allowing researchers to ask and answer new questions in frontier science and engineering, generate new knowledge and understanding, and accelerate discovery and innovation.
Proposers are encouraged to review the above-linked materials about NSCI and HDR for priority areas identified by the research community. A sub-section summarizing priorities for the collaborating NSF directorates and divisions has been included with this 2018 solicitation – see the 'Programmatic Areas of Interest' included at the end of the Program Description section.
Prospective Principal Investigators (PIs) should be aware that this is a multi-directorate activity and that they are encouraged to submit proposals with broad, interdisciplinary interests. Further, not all divisions are participating at the same level and division-specific priorities differ. Thus, PIs interested in proposing to this solicitation are encouraged to refer to core program descriptions, Dear Colleague Letters, and recently posted descriptions on directorate and divisional home pages to gain insight as to the priorities for the relevant areas of science and engineering to which their proposal may be responsive.
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- NSF 17-126 Dear Colleague Letter: Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI2) Program in Fall 2017
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The apple sales, which have been a fundraising staple for more than 40 years, have been bagged this year because of the small profit margin generated by the sales. Instead, club members have replaced the old fundraiser with a new Halloween-themed pasta dinner at Pernicano's Pizza House.
As in past years, the money raised by the event will fund the Pacific Beach Kiwanis Club's Youth Foundation, which supports the Mission Bay High School band, drama and sports activities.
The program also supports the Mission Bay High Key Club and the Builders Club at Pacific Beach Middle School, along with sponsorship of the Hope of America Awards for the five local elementary schools.
In addition, the Youth Foundation supports the Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library and Rady Childrens Hospital's "Miracle Mile of Quarters" program.
The spooky mostaccioli dinner is set to take place Thursday, Oct. 25 from 4:30 to 10 p.m. at the restaurant, located at 711 Turquoise St. Dinner features meatballs, salad, roll, beverage, ghosts, goblins and ghouls.
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Actors: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Bruce Cabot, Irene Rich
Director: James Edward Grant
Genres: Westerns, Drama
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Excellent DVD transfer of a really nice western
David | Utah | 05/19/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I had read numerous reviews about the equally numerous DVD releases of this 1947 John Wayne vehicle. Apparently there are some pretty bad transfers out there. The Roan Group transfer was recommended, so I purchased it, but to hedge my bets I ordered this Goodtimes release also.The Roan Group DVD was a major disappointment! It was made from a less than perfect original, is not sharp, and suffers from severe interlacing effect on every object that moves. In other words, someone moves their head or arm and there is a ghost image or fine-tooth comb effect along the leading and trailing edges. This applies to EVERYTHING that moves in the Roan DVD, and it's extremely annoying. This plus the below average image quality makes the Roan version of this film unacceptable in my opinion.Enter the Goodtimes version! After the Roan Group experience, what a pleasant surprise! This Goodtimes transfer was made from an almost virgin print, and the transfer to DVD is extremely good. The images are very sharp, fully making use of the quality available in the DVD format. I view these movies on a computer monitor, so I get to see the whole enchillada, and this DVD is very sharp, has good brightness and full detail in the shadow areas.The sound is only fair, but good enough for an old movie. In fact, I've now seen this film on TV recently, and in these two different DVD transfers, and I am convinced the poor sound quality is in the original film. This was 1947, remember!As for the movie itself, it's an unusual Wayne flick, in that big John is shown as quite vulnerable to the gentle persuasions of a Quaker family, including the incredibly appealing Gail Russell (sigh!), and a little brother played by the son of writer/director and Wayne crony James Grant. There are some excellent and entertaining characterizations and able acting, including the ever-present Harry Carey.This is an above average post-War offering from John Wayne (as producer and star this time) and a great deal in the DVD version at this low price! A nice addition to your DVD collection. But be sure to get the Goodtimes version!!!"
Well Written, Well Acted, Well Done!
Chris Peters | Austin, Texas | 02/25/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a great Wayne flick, and a great western to boot. I wasn't expecting much from a 1940's western, and the first 15 minutes or so seemed to prove my worst fears right. There is some terribly preachy philisophical dialog between Gail Russell's Quaker father and the local athiest doctor, arguing about the inherent good in all men vs the stupidity of living life by high-ideals alone, blah blah blah. It was spoken in that stilted voice that every bit actor of the time seemed to imitate, as if they were reading the news. I could just see the ending, with the hero dead and the philosophers saying something like "All men pay the price who..." blah blah blah In comes John Wayne to save the day, with a wonderful freshness in his every manner and word. Young, cocky, Wayne's performance is totally deserving of his superstar status, and is only matched by Gail Russell, who is perhaps the best female lead of any Wayne film. Russell brings some real life to the peaceful ideals of the Quakers (which appear terribly naive given the setting), and you can't help but fall in love with her hope and beauty. The Duke matches her step for step, playing a wild boy who is only a few trigger-pulls away from a hanging. Wayne always obeys Russell's requests for non-violent, peaceful solutions to problems, yet he can't help but putting his own mischievious country-boy spin on everything.In one short scene, we discover that a mean neighbor has damed the local water source. Russell and her family pray for his cold heart to melt while Wayne rides off and intimidates him into undamming it. When the Quakers shower the neighbor with food and kindness, his heart does melt, and he thanks Wayne for "asking" him to undam the water. The Duke is stunned. And moments like these litter this movie. Watching the Duke's heart melt to Russell's charms is the best part of this movie. Their romance is perfectly paced and entirely believable. Wayne is at his romantic best, and Russell has enough ability and looks to match him. The ending is a little too neat and sudden, but I just wished I could watch another 2 hours. Great stuff."
Great Transfer to DVD!!
Carolyn Falconer | Upstate, NY | 04/18/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this DVD expecting the transfer to be average at best. What a great surprise to find that this version (GoodTimes) is the best transfer of "Angel and the Badmen" that I have ever seen! No hiss on the soundtrack, and a very clean print. Considering that this is a bargin-priced DVD, you really can't go wrong. As for the film, it has always been a favortive of mine for showing the Duke somewhat out of character. He never is shown as being an evil type, just not really on the side on law & order. Thanks to a family of Quakers that takes him in, and show him kindness & human understanding, the Duke changes his ways. A real winner from 1947!"
Good western, unacceptable DVD transfer!
David | Utah | 05/19/2001
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I ordered both this Roan Group DVD and the Goodtimes version of the same film, both available here at Amazon. This Roan Group version is of generally poorer image quality compared to the Goodtimes version, is not as sharp, has poor balance/contrast balance. It also has no chapter selection menu. Also, the Goodtimes DVD has a trailer for you to watch.Worst of all, and the thing that makes this DVD unacceptable in my opinion, is the extremely bad interlacing effect in the transfer. This causes ghost effects that are very annoying. Additionally, it is very difficult to freeze frame this DVD. The Goodtimes DVD does not suffer from any of these failings.This is a neat western (see my review of the Goodtimes version, also here at Amazon) and well worth the very reasonable price, but don't get this version! Get the Goodtimes version!"


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Yesterday, January 29th, marked the last PlayStation Store Update of January 2013, yet Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault Vita did not appear. Sony had previously tweeted that January 29th would be the release date of Full Frontal Assault, but, interestingly, that tweet has since been deleted.
I want my disc benefits already. LOL
It's an interesting concept to give you the cross buy access on the disc this way. Hopefully, in the future, they'll actually put the Vita version on the disc.
Things like this need a better lock-on before they just start throwing out dates etc. Ideally, the games should have been ready at the same time.
No one cares about Ratchet and Clank anymore. You disagree with me because you're sad, but everyone knows it's true. There's a reason Jak and Daxter haven't been in games this entire generation, because the people making those games aren't inspired by them anymore. You have to be excited about what you're making.


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Dow Looking to Close Above 15,000 Today
The Dow Jones Industrials Average aims for closing above 15,000 today. Meanwhile, overseas stocks get a boost from Australia. Chris Dieterich has details.
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... the the ... welcome back we got your daily market fix here we've got Chris Dietrich joining us Chris locum things for me on the show thank so much so approaching yet more rarefied air for the Dow Jones Industrial Average cellist tolls but the record is looking for today this river swimming in separate lives ... um ... Dow is is up about thirty five points the features are about thirty five points that ... at the opening would put them right around the fifteen thousand mark he was protective of that last week briefly but haven't closed above it so that would be the rarefied air ... of course the SNP five hundred ... continues to hit records yesterday another record there ... and setting the tone for things abroad is ... stocks overseas jumping quite a bit ... the Nikkei Japanese prime benchmark ... hyacinths to hedge into thousandeight there they bet that Mark was close for two days in so they missed out on a lot of big Valentine's day with the jobs report last week ... also going on we have ... the Australian central bank raising interest rates a bit of a surprise there but sort of joining the chorus in terms of what global central banks are doing to try to shore up ... economic growth there so that's where the catalyst ... aam NLY was that one is that we really don't see the word surprise in central bank has ... been sentenced to know what was the indisputable that what I was caught in a surprise and how that might affect the stock market because it was a surprise yes certainly so and so's of a surprise because they be just the ... the the the Telegraph's that the central bank and make it had been making just didn't necessarily indicate ... a reason sometimes the ... the iam ... signals they send our pre clear in and analysts you know have a certain way so in this case it was unnecessarily clear what they were going to ... ALM that of a surprise ... in terms of why that's good for stocks has to do with the sort of push and pull between ... I'm kind of a slow ... economic chair and and and what what ... global central banks are doing to try to combat that so ... typically when we see the stocks gained ... as resulted so shows that that some banks are willing to step in here is to push ... the economy for the sun is the sense that the ... global central bank easing from the U S Europe and ... Japan more recently is is is Minnesota push the economy out of its slump okay now aam Luke I am a father ... star Wars fans what it's worth it also investors look away look for it today in terms of stocks to watch him it's right so so we of Walt Disney pairing up with electronic Arts the video game maker onto makes new Star Wars video games ... um ... what what and gun on his wall Disney which bought Lucas films ... had closed last month Lucas Arts which is the division and actually makes videogames is what they've done the the the laid off key people ... what they've done now is paired with the new videogame maker to create more games thus writes ... star Wars fans can can afford to ... hammering away on their controllers overnight alright and OfficeMax's lawful slid off sinusitis up next to it so the good news bad news situation there they they they ... can ... be on earnings there's the stores the victims needed fuel for competition so that seems so their actual force sales in stores the slumping but ... they are there were a big donor in an IPO in February of Boise Cascade once about ten years ago their part the same company this company makes building materials ... they've made about a hundred and twenty nine ... million from that deal in and today announce a special dividend of one fifteen cents a share so that stocks pushed higher ... however ... the so the core business of selling off its offices and ... isn't doing so ... ok are a lot more I see markets have on ten thirty Christie trick thank the much for joining us


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Peabody Award-winner Peter Breslow is a senior producer for NPR's newsmagazine Weekend Edition. He has been with the program since 1992. Prior to that, he was a producer for NPR's All Thing's Considered.
Breslow has reported and produced from around the country and the world from Mt. Everest to the South Pole. During his career he has covered military conflicts in a half dozen countries, had his microphone splattered with rattlesnake venom and played hockey underwater. For six years he was the supervising senior producer of Weekend Edition Saturday, managing that program's news coverage.
Over the years, Breslow has been honored with three Overseas Press Club awards: 1989 for Homecoming: Return to Vietnam, 1998 for Israel at 50 and 1999 for NPR's Kosovo Coverage. Among his other awards are a share of the 2002 duPont-Columbia Award for NPR's coverage of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan; and the 2003 duPont-Columbia Award for NPR's coverage of the war in Iraq. He also received a William Benton Fellowship in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Chicago.
In 1988, Breslow won a coveted Peabody Award for his series of reports, Cowboys on Everest. Microphone in hand, he joined members of the Wyoming Centennial Expedition as they scaled the snow and ice up 23,000 feet on Mount Everest's North Ridge.
A native of River Edge, New Jersey, Breslow worships Muddy Waters, is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and an Eagle Scout.


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From my family to yours, we wish you a merry Christmas, happy New Year and a lifetime of good health!
From my family to yours, we wish you a merry Christmas, happy New Year and a lifetime of good health!
Along with enjoying the holidays, many are also starting to anticipate a brand new year and the pursuit of attaining newer, more rewarding, and beneficial health and fitness goals for themselves and their families.
If you have not taken action on your fitness program yet, please do not worry because you can start making plans to incorporate healthier habits today.
Information in this week's article will help you focus on some of the important health guidelines to include in your program.
From a personal training standpoint, it is so encouraging to see the excitement in the eyes of a beginner just starting to exercise, or a die hard enthusiast who has never quit.
Regardless of where your current fitness level resides, paying close attention to the stress physical activity has on your body is very important.
We all know that fitness success is directly related to the consistency of your program.
To be consistent, it is also crucial that you take good care of yourself. One way to do this is by continuing to learn about risk factors and exercise guidelines relating to your body.
For example, during training, it is typical for most healthy Americans to safely work at a level which is 60 to 85 percent of maximal heart rate.
Maximal Heart rate is defined as the highest attainable heart rate during maximal exertion.
If you reach maximal heart rate at any time during training, decrease activity immediately, because you are overworking your heart.
Beginners, older exercises or folks with known health concerns may need to start at an even lower percentage. (Always consult your health care professional before beginning any exercise program.)
A quick formula to figure your safe work zone is by taking 220 minus your age. This equals your maximal heart rate per minute.
For a 50-year-old person, this would be 170 beats per minute.
Multiply your maximal heart rate by .60 and .85 to determine your safe range for exercise.
So for a 50 year old person, the safe range would be 102 to 144 beats per minute.
Staying closer towards the lower to middle of the range is best for beginners and older exercisers, while more trained or elite athletes may train from the middle to higher end of that spectrum.
As always, if you ever start to feel pain during exercise, discontinue activity immediately.
One way to keep up with your heart rate is by purchasing a reliable heart rate monitor from one of your larger retailers. There is a chest band and wrist watch monitor worn during exercise that continually displays your heart rate at all times.
Another way to determine your heart rate is by locating your pulse and counting how many times it beats in 10 seconds. Multiply that by 6 to determine your heart rate beats per minute.
Knowing your heart rate is important, because if you see that you are overworking, you can decrease intensity to bring it back down into the safe zone.
Vice versa, if you see that you are only working at a rate of 30 percent, you can pick up the pace to get back into a higher calorie burning zone.
Other check points worth pursuing are annual medical checkups, waist line measurements (the smaller the better), body weight, and fasting blood sugar levels.
Typically, blood sugar levels should be under 100.
It is always important to keep this type of health information readily available for your loved ones.
Know your cholesterol and help control it by continuing to exercise.
Eating a healthy diet that is low in saturated fats and cholesterol is also helpful. A desirable cholesterol level is below 200.
Have your blood pressure checked. A normal range is typically 120 over 80. If your numbers reflect higher or lower than those norms, check with your physician to make sure everything is OK.
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Yankees outfielder Antoan Richardson wore this #63 Team Issued Home BP Top during the Yankees 2014 season. Team-issued items are extremely collectible and this would make a perfect addition to any true Yankee fans collection. This item is guaranteed with a Letter of Authenticity from the Yankees-Steiner Partnership and additionally features a Hologram from MLB Authentication. Steiner Sports is the Official Memorabilia Partner of the New York Yankees.**This Item May Not Be Eligible For Some Discounts Or Promotions**


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Learn a language through conversation exchange!
A conversation exchange or tandem is quite simple: if you speak French and want to improve your Greek skills you need to find a Greek partner that learns French. Usually if you meet for an hour, you should split the time 50/50, so 30 minutes in French and 30 minutes in Greek. It is a unique opportunity to widen your world and maybe make some friends. Besides that, bear in mind that a good command of foreign languages is essential to making one's way in the labour market.
Tips to have a successful tandem:
- Check that both your timetables are compatible and clarify how often would you like to meet.
- Your partner is not a teacher, he or she might not be able to answer tricky grammar questions.
- Take it seriously! Write down new vocabulary and review before your next meeting.
- Don't be scared to make mistakes. State with your pal how much would you like to be corrected. Usually the best answer is the middle scenario, don't correct down to the last detail (and demoralise your partner) but don't ignore big mistakes.
- Be kind and don't try to spend more time in the language you are learning.
- If you want to focus on a topic, tell your tandem. If you have nothing in common and conversation is difficult, it is not a big deal, search another.
Usually you meet via website or app, but you can also search for tandem in your city and meet in person or establish a pen pal. Here you can find some useful platforms to start a conversation. Some may have premium paid options with tutors.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - picture of dog (chow chow) first IMG, first time with wacom. Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "picture of dog (chow chow) first IMG, first time with wacom." Ulic Qel-DromamemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 2000Posts: 71Location: Canada Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 4:37 pm well i got a graphire with some of the money i got for christmas. took a while to get used to, nywayz after hours of doodling and thinking of what to draw (mind you i havnt really drawn in a couple of years, stopped for some reason) ....i decided to draw my dog, sketches took about 1.5 hours....coloring took a while....6-7 hours? i lost track of time. here are the pictures in order....of uhh what i did. REFERENCE! SKETCH! color attempt...haha 4 hours into the pic FINAL! here are the original sizes http://geocities.com/g0207/ArtsyFartsyStuff/drawings/bingosketch.jpg http://geocities.com/g0207/ArtsyFartsyStuff/drawings/bingosketchcolor.jpg http://geocities.com/g0207/ArtsyFartsyStuff/drawings/FINALBINGO.jpg the reference picture i used, he looks fatter cuz its sorta tilted cuz i dont have a scanner..and i took a picture of a picture yah he looks funny cuz hes survived 3 car hits and some fights with big dogs...and racoons..and other animals, yah and hes 12...which is like....late 70's? early 80's human age? yah well any crit and stuff would be cool. -gEoff ------------------ "BA WEEP GRA NA WEEP MINIBAN!" -Mustached Junkion Back to top Ulic Qel-DromamemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 2000Posts: 71Location: Canada Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 4:43 pm ignore this post....screwed up [This message has been edited by Ulic Qel-Droma (edited January 09, 2001).] Back to top Ulic Qel-DromamemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 2000Posts: 71Location: Canada Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 4:46 pm eh oh yah...sorry for the big download for you dial up'erz. sorry ill link em next time. -GEOFF ------------------ GEOFF's Artsy Fartsy Stuff "BA WEEP GRA NA WEEP MINIBAN!" -Mustached Junkion [This message has been edited by Ulic Qel-Droma (edited January 09, 2001).] Back to top faustgfxmemberMember #Joined: 15 Mar 2000Posts: 4833Location: unfortunately, very near you. Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 5:14 pm kinda cute. draw more. ------------------ sky high with a heartache of stone you never see me 'cos i'm always alone/ministry the law of lead now reigns!@#!/earth crisis firstname.lastname@example.com icq#35983387 http://faustgfx.0wns.org Back to top sacreliciousmemberMember #Joined: 27 Oct 2000Posts: 1072Location: Isla Vista, CA Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2001 6:59 pm Good job! He has a great expression on his face. I'd like to see some kind of background; maybe invent something to replace your back yard. I agree with faust, draw more and keep posting your work. Oh, btw, how do you like your new Graphire? I still haven't made the leap to tablets yet and I'm trying to make a decision. Later. ------------------ mmm... sacrelicious Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Looking back at Scottish travellers as nomadic entrepreneurs? (Inderscience http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2009.023497, 2009)SMITH, R., 2009. Looking back at Scottish travellers as nomadic entrepreneurs? International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 3 (3), pp. 237-255.This qualitative paper adopts a historical approach and reports on desk research conducted by the author using a mixture of internet based research backed up by a critical reading of published writings on the travelling ...


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Sylvia Li is one of five underclassmen on the Crimson squad (Harvard Athletic Communications).
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The Harvard women's tennis team plays host to William and Mary Friday afternoon and Kansas State Sunday morning.
Last Time Out
The Crimson began its spring portion of the schedule with a decisive 7-0 win over Cleveland State last Sunday. The Crimson began the day by sweeping all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point before winning all six singles matches. Hideko Tachibana led the way with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Alex Power at No. 1, while No. 5 Amanda Lin made her dual match debut and blanked Ellen Folkers, 6-0, 6-0.
Related Article: Women's Tennis Opens Spring Season, Blanks Cleveland State, 7-0
About Harvard
The Crimson sits at 1-0 overall for the fourth straight year after knocking off the Cleveland State Vikings in its opener. Between the fall and spring seasons, Harvard is 59-29 in singles play and 23-13 in doubles action. Freshman Amanda Lin leads the team with an 11-2 mark, while classmate Crystal Yen is second on the team with nine victories. Co-captain Kristin Norton has teamed with Amy He to form Harvard's second doubles team, posting a 4-0 mark thus far.
Fantastic Four
The Crimson's quartet of freshmen has made an immediate impact on the team. Amanda Lin leads the team with an 11-2 record and joined senior co-captain Hideko Tachibana to form the team's top doubles tandem. Rookie Amy He has teamed with Kristin Norton on Harvard's No. 2 doubles team, winning the Crimson Doubles Flight at the Harvard Fall Invitational, and He is 5-5 in singles play. Crystal Yen is second on the team with eight wins, while Amy He is third with seven to give the Class of 2016 the three highest win totals on the squad.
The Crimson posted its first shutout in a season opener since the 2010 spring when Harvard shutout Boston University, 7-0, inside the Murr Center. Overall, the Crimson has recorded 13 season-opening shutouts in the history of the program.
Moving On Up
After coming in at No. 74 in the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women's Team Rankings, Harvard moved up to No. 73 after its impressive opening win. Yale continues to lead the ranked Ancient Eight teams, coming in at No. 28 for the second straight ranking. Brown (No. 63), Columbia (No. 70) and Princeton (No. 71) are also in the most recent edition of the polls.
Home, Sweet Home
Harvard will play 15 of its 20 matches at home this spring, including the first nine matches of the season. The Crimson hosts Commonwealth rivals Massachusetts (Feb. 9), Boston College (Feb. 23) and Boston University (March 1) and Ivy League foes Penn (April 13), Princeton (April 14), Yale (April 21) and Dartmouth (April 27) among the 20-match schedule.
Harvard's five road contests consist of trips to Florida to play Stetson (March 19) and South Florida (March 20), New York to take on Cornell (April 5) and Columbia (April 6) and Rhode Island to battle Brown (April 19).
About William & Mary
The Tribe enters the weekend at 3-1 overall and is coming off an upset of No. 19 Mississippi Tuesday afternoon. After losing the doubles point and the first two singles matches, William & Mary won the final four singles matches, including three in three sets, to stun the Bulldogs, 4-3. The Tribe's lone loss came to No. 3 Duke, while it also holds wins over Richmond and UMBC.
Series History vs. the Tribe
The Crimson trails in the all-time series, 7-21, to the Tribe. Harvard did win the most recent contest, 5-2, March 24 of last year to snap a 19-match losing streak.
About No. 64 Kansas State
The Wildcats have not yet played in 2013, but KSU will take on William & Mary Saturday before facing the Crimson Sunday morning. Kansas State returns six letterwinners from last year's squad that finished 8-15 and No. 71 in the final ITA team rankings. Junior Petra Nidermayeroya, currently No. 15 in the ITA singles rankings, went 14-5 in the fall to pace the team.
Series History vs. the Wildcats
This will be the first meeting between the two schools.
Captains of the Ship
Seniors Hideko Tachibana and Kristin Norton return as co-captains for their final campaign in Cambridge. Tachibana finished 6-2 in singles in the fall, while Norton went 4-1. The pair also teamed up and took second in the 'A' doubles flight at the Columbia Invitational before falling in the opening round of the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championship. Both Tachibana and Norton posted 4-3 marks in Ivy League singles play last season.
Back Again
In addition to the two captains, Harvard brings back three other members from last year's squad that went 11-7 overall and 4-3 in the Ivy League. Hannah Morril and Natalie Blosser both return for their junior seasons, while Sylvia Li is the lone second year on the squad. The coaching staff also returns head coach Traci Green for her sixth season with the Crimson and her assistants are Pavle Jefferson and Debbie Goldfine.
Fresh Faces
The tennis squad welcomed in a quartet of freshman for the 2012-13 season. Amy He, Hai Li Kong, Amanda Lin and Crystal Yen all joined the squad prior to the start of the fall campaign. Lin won the 'C' flight at the Columbia Invitational, besting teammate Sylvia Li, 6-4, 7-5, and she teamed with Li to take the Katrina Guenther Doubles Flight at the Tribe Invitational. Kong won the Cherle Dow Singles Flight at the Tribe Invitational to up the total number of tournament titles for the class of 2016 to three. Overall, the group has combined to go 27-9 in singles play in its inaugural season of intercollegiate competition.
Up Next
The Maryland Terrapins make the trip up from College Park, Md. for a Feb. 2 contest inside the Murr Center.


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It converts documents into PDF format - you can use it like a printer to output PDF files.-Carol Haynes (August 28, 2007, 05:03 PM)
Edit PDF documents directly just like working in the original file
PDF Converter 4 is scheduled to show up on Bits du Jour tomorrow. I don't know what the discount will be.My question is for basic text, what does this converter offer that a copy/paste doesn't. I have a Sony Ereader that I love but it's PDF display capabilities are limited. I'm looking for something that will convert a pdf to editable text that I can work with in Word.I was looking to give it a go but they don't seem to offer a trial version. -edbro (August 28, 2007, 04:59 PM)
I have OmniPage Pro 11 (though it isn't installed now) ... I "upgraded" to version 12 and was so appalled I asked for a refund.I got their upgrade off you mentioned but personally I won't be looking at Scansoft (Nuance) again. Their tech support sucks - I have TextBridge before OmniPage too - and every version has been bug ridden but updates to fix bugs are non-existent and each new version doesn't seem to add much new apart from a few bug fixes (and a pile of new ones). They always claim that accuracy and speed impove - but their marketing is pretty much like MS and Windows hype - each version gets more bloated and slower, with bigger demands on hardware. Yes things get faster if you upgrade your computer to a higher spec ... and why wouldn't it but the basic products installed on the same system degrade in performance version by version as far as I can see.I also use PaperPort for a while - but that was a long time ago and it seemed to me to crash more than it worked - I haven't bothered with any version since. Maybe it is time for me to re-evaluate that as it is a good idea but I can't bring myself to buy an upgrade.-Carol Haynes (August 28, 2007, 03:27 PM)
PDF Converter 4 is scheduled to show up on Bits du Jour tomorrow. I don't know what the discount will be.-edbro (August 28, 2007, 04:59 PM)
It converts documents into PDF format - you can use it like a printer to output PDF files.-Carol Haynes (August 28, 2007, 05:03 PM)I think it is more than that. From their website:Edit PDF documents directly just like working in the original fileThis is the part I'm interested in.-edbro (August 28, 2007, 05:06 PM)
It converts documents into PDF format - you can use it like a printer to output PDF files.-Carol Haynes (August 28, 2007, 05:03 PM)I think it is more than that. From their website:Edit PDF documents directly just like working in the original fileThis is the part I'm interested in.-edbro (August 28, 2007, 05:06 PM)Yep - but if you order the upgrade mentioned you don't get that version - you just get a PDF Maker - and there are plenty of free ones out there.Here is the current offer: (see attachment in previous post)This is not the Pro version.[ed... sorry if there is some confusion I was looking at the upgrade offer from Nuance ... having said that I still wouldn't buy it from Bits du Jour ... There are a lot of options on the web (eg. http://www.freedownl...pdf-editor-free.html) or if you want a good professional solution that is a lot cheaper than Adobe have a look at http://www.jawspdf.c...ktopsuite/index.html which is excellent reliable software and provides PDF creator and editor]-Carol Haynes (August 29, 2007, 04:37 AM)
I'm using Omnipage Pro 14. It can convert PDF to text.I think basically it does that by scanning PDF as an image.Actually, the recognition is quite good whether for scanning pages of PDFs. The retention of the page formatting is not fantastic though. But that did not quite matter for me.Perhaps it's to do with tweaking the settings.But one thing that keeps me from upgrading is that I reckon Omnipage Pro 14 is that it is good enough for my purposes.The other thing is that Omnipage Pro 16 and probably all their other products require me to activate the products.I'm always a bit leery activation of this since, from time to time I have to reinstall, or wipe my harddisk clean and do a fresh install. And besides I'm thinking, what if I upgrade my computer or for that matter if my computer dies. Do I have to beg them to allow me to move to another laptop.Activation would be fine for me provided they have a properly set up system to allow me to deactivate and move to another computer to activate again. I doubt they have a such a system.I don't want to beg them for an activation code each time I have to move on. What if the company shuts down or even drop the product. Of course if the software is absolute must have type then I don't really have a choice then.So the present version is fine with me. -patteo (August 29, 2007, 01:21 AM)
The trouble with OmniPage (and all OCR software really) is that it just isn't accurate enough. If it is 99% accurate (and it isn't unless you have a scanner that makes perfect copies of ideal fonts) then there will be 1% error rate - that is roughly a wrong character on every line in a document - by the time you manually edit the errors out for a fast typer it probably would be quicker to have retyped the text in the first place.-Carol Haynes (August 29, 2007, 04:28 PM)
The other, and biggest problem, is formatting - one of the reason's I got interested in OmniPage (back in version 10/11 days, I forget which) they pushed the idea of maintaining formatting and outputting perfectly formed Word documents. This never worked (even on simple documents) and one of the reasons I demanded a refund on version 15 was that it had got no better. My experience was documents full of OCR errors - formatting pretty much all over the place and new styles created for practically every line of text which meant the only way to edit the file was to go through and change all the styles.Formatted output never worked at all in my experience in automatic mode - you had to spend time telling it which parts of the page were text and graphics by drawing different colour boxes. The auto correction (using a dictionary) was a joke as half the time it OCRed text so badly it couldn't make an intelligent guess.Sorry - but if others are reading this thread they shouldn't be led into thinking OmniPage is a good solution for all OCR needs. It claims to be be the industry leader and of professional standard but the latter at least is just not true.Anyone interested in this sort of software should try the demo version first and make sure they are happy with what it does. Also try out the opposition before comitting good money to OmniPage!If you want to 'read' PDF files then Adobe do a free plugin with Adobe Acrobat (not sure if it works with the free reader version - but it works well with the full version).Also if you have Microsoft Office it has rudimentary OCR capability that may be enough for your needs. See http://office.micros...x?pid=CL100636481033
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Almost Shavuot
May 10, 2013
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Shabbat message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Shabbat message for Friday, May 10, 2013.
This Shabbat, we're nearing the end of the countdown to Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. Tonight, Erev Shabbat (Sabbath Eve) is 6 weeks, plus 3 days of the Omer . . . day 46 in the counting of the days between Passover and Shavuot, Shavuot Eve being the 50th day. In the Jewish Tradition, we advance in awe as we move to the moment in which tradition tells us that the Torah was revealed by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai.
… as morning dawned, there was thunder, and lightning, and a dense cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the shofar; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Such is the account in the Torah. [Exodus 19] 600,000 Israelites, according the Biblical account, witnessed the revelation at Sinai. It is the watershed of Jewish History. After Sinai, the religion was profoundly changed to a religion based in law with 613 commandments – 248 "Thou Shalt" commandments, and 365 "Thou Shalt Not" commandments. The Sinai story as told in the Bible is the exact center of the Jewish religion. It is so central, the rabbis 2000 years ago insisted that it wasn't merely a historical event affecting those 600,000 Jews, but rather ALL OF US, throughout all the millennia of Jewish life, were at Sinai. All of us voluntarily were committed to those commandments. Certainly, in every generation, we reevaluate those commitments. What really happened? Are we still bound to those commandments, even if we have different interpretations or understandings of them? That's why the early reform congregations in 19th Century Germany added "Confirmation" to the Jewish synagogue rituals on Shavuot – it is the time when our youth affirm their commitment to the Torah. Shavuot is a time of reaffirming our connection to Judaism and to the Universal Values illuminated in the Torah. The prophet Micah epitomized that reaffirmation:
It has been told you, O man, what is good,
And what the Lord requires of you:
Only to do justice
And to love goodness,
And to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Shabbat Shalom


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Edinson Cavani's mother has claimed her son in in talks with Manchester City and Real Madrid but not Chelsea, as has been reported.
Chelsea's new manager Jose Mourinho is reportedly keen to recruit the Napoli striker and it had even been claimed this week that Blues owner Roman Abramovich was ready to pay his release fee.
Both Manchester City and Real Madrid had been credited with an interest in the Uruguay international but the nature of the reports suggested the Stamford Bridge club were in poll position.
However, the latest comments from Berta Gomez to a radio station in Uruguay suggest this may not be the case and officials at Etihad Stadium and Santiago Bernabeu are in the driving seat.
"Edi is in talks with Manchester City and Real Madrid," she is reported as saying in a talkSPORT report.
"The Napoli president [Aurelio De Laurentiis] talked about the possibility of negotiating with Chelsea, but at the moment there is nothing concrete. In 15 or 20 days we will know more and be able to say something.
"I assure you that however it goes, he loves Naples and if he leaves he would never forget the love and affection of the people there."
Strong interest in Cavani is understandable, as he has had a terrific season in Naples, finishing top scorer in Serie A with 29 goals and 38 in all competitions.


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Wild Top Toronto Wednesday At Xcel Energy Center
The Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 in a shootout last night at Xcel Energy Center.
Toronto led 1-0 until late in the third period when Zach Parise came through with the game tying goal at 15:43. Jason Pominville notched the game-winner in the shootout.
Niklas Backstrom left the game in the first period after being blatantly run over by the elbow of Nazem Kadri. Backstrom left the game with an apparent head injury and did not return.
Kadri was ridiculously only given a two minute penalty, then later was kicked out of the game for a head-high hit on Mikael Granlund in the third period.
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