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Service Architecture (Reporting Services)
In Reporting Services, a report server is implemented as a Windows service that consists of distinct feature areas that run in separate application domains. The service hosts Report Manager, the Report Server Web service, and background processing feature areas. This topic describes the composition of the service so that you can make informed choices about which features to enable and how to troubleshoot any issues that occur.
Architecture Diagram
The following diagram shows the service architecture in Reporting Services.
Not all report server capabilities are reflected in the architecture diagram. For example, initialization and reversible encryption are critical server operations that exist outside the scope of the three feature areas illustrated in the diagram.
Service and Infrastructure
The Report Server Windows service is a consolidated set of applications that run in a single process, under a single account, with access to a single report server database and set of configuration files. Configuration settings for the whole service are stored in RSeportServer.config, ReportServerServices.exe.config, and the report server database.
Within the service, Report Manager, the Web service, and background processing run in separate application domains. Although all three feature areas are enabled by default, you can configure which parts of the service are available at any given time. For example, you can turn off the Web service if you do not want to support on-demand or interactive reporting.
Although server feature areas are isolated into separate application domains, memory management and process health is managed for the service as a whole. Memory thresholds are configured for the service in its entirety. The report server handles recycle actions as internal operations. You cannot recycle individual parts of the service on demand. However, you can specify configuration settings that specify how long persistent connections are kept open.
If you segment the feature areas of a service among multiple instances (for example, enable Report Manager in one instance, the Web service in a second instance, and background processing in a third instance), the memory and configuration settings are scoped to the applications that run in that particular instance. Note that even if you segment the feature areas of the service, they are some interdependencies. A complete report server installation typically uses all three. For more information, see How to: Turn Reporting Services Features On or Off.
HTTP Listener
Reporting Services includes an HTTP listener that monitors incoming requests directed to HTTP.SYS on a specific port on the local computer. The host name and port are specified on a URL reservation when you configure the server. Depending on the operating system you are using, the port you specify can be shared with other applications.
The HTTP listener implements the HTTP 1.1 protocol. It uses the HTTP.SYS capabilities that are built into the operating system. It is for this reason that Reporting Services requires operating systems that include HTTP.SYS as an internal component.
When the HTTP listener processes a request, it forwards it to the authentication layer to verify the user identity. The Report Server Web service is called after the request is authenticated.
The HTTP Listener uses version 1.0 of the HTTP Server API. For more information, see HTTP Server API on MSDN.
Authentication Layer
Reporting Services includes an authentication layer that verifies the identity of the user or application that makes the request. The following authentication types are supported: Windows integrated security, NTLM authentication, Basic authentication, Forms or custom authentication, and Anonymous access. Reporting Services uses Windows integrated security and NTLM authentication by default, but you can specify a different authentication type in the configuration files. Each report server instance can be configured for exactly one authentication type. If you have a scale-out deployment configuration, each node in the environment must use the same authentication type.
Report server authentication operates within the context of your network security settings and client applications. The successful use of a particular authentication type depends on browser and network security features. For example, using Windows integrated security requires that you use Internet Explorer, you have Kerberos network authentication, and impersonation is enabled. Furthermore, if you want to use integrated security for report data source connections, you must also have delegation enabled to allow for subsequent connections to remote data sources.
For more information about authentication in Reporting Services, see Configuring Authentication in Reporting Services.
Report Manager
Report Manager is a zero-footprint client that provides Web front-end access to the Report Server Web service. It is the out-of-the-box tool for viewing and managing report server content and operations.
By default, it provides front-end access to the Web service that runs in the same server instance. If the Web service is not enabled in the server instance, you can point Report Manager to a Report Server Web service in a different instance or computer by setting a URL in the configuration files.
Report Manager runs within a browser session on the client computer. There are no application files or settings that are stored on the client. Session state is preserved as long as the browser window is open. User-specific settings are saved to the report server database and re-used whenever the user connects to Report Manager.
Report Manager can accommodate custom delivery extension settings in the subscription definition pages. If you create and deploy custom delivery extensions, Report Manager can present options and display text for that extension dynamically.
To use Report Manager, you must define a URL to the application. You can effectively disable Report Manager by not creating the URL in the first place. If you installed Reporting Services in the default configuration, the URL is already created and you must delete it if you decide to turn the application off.
If you configure the report server to run in SharePoint integrated mode, Report Manager is turned off. You cannot use Report Manager on a report server that runs in SharePoint integrated mode, even if you previously configured the URL.
For more information about Report Manager, see Report Manager and How to: Configure Report Manager.
Report Server Web Service
The Report Server Web service is the core engine for all on-demand report and model processing requests that are initiated by a user or application in real-time, including most requests that are directed to and from Report Manager.
The Report Server Web service performs end-to-end processing for reports that run on demand. To support interactive processing, the Web service authenticates the user and checks the authorization rules prior to handing a request. The Web service supports default Windows security extension and custom authentication extensions.
The Web service is also the primary programmatic interface for custom applications that integrate with the report server. If you are providing a custom user interface, you can use the Web service without Report Manager.
For more information, see Report Server Web Service.
Background Processing
Background processing refers to operations that run in the background and are initiated by the report server. Most background processing consists of scheduled report processing and subscription delivery, but it also includes report server database maintenance tasks.
Background processing for scheduling, subscription, and delivery is configurable and can be turned off through the Surface Area Configuration for Reporting Services facet of Policy-Based Management in Management Studio. If you turn those operations off, scheduled report or model processing will not be available in the current service instance. Database maintenance is a core task that cannot be turned off as it keeps the server in a working state.
Background processing operations depend on a front-end application or the Web service for definition. Specifically, schedules and subscriptions are created in the application pages of Report Manager or on a SharePoint site if the report server is configured for SharePoint integration, and then forwarded to the Web service, which creates and stores the definitions in the report server database.
If you are providing custom code that requires programmatic access to backend processing, use the Reporting Services WMI provider. For more information, see Reporting Services WMI Provider. To learn more about scheduling and delivery processing features, see Scheduling and Delivery Processor.
Authentication and Memory Management for Background Processing
As the service architecture diagram illustrates, background processing handles authentication and memory management differently than Report Manager and the Web service. Background processes use Authz.dll to verify whether the user account that was used to create the subscription still has the correct permissions to view the report. This check ensures that the user who is about to receive the report is a valid Windows user in the domain. All other report and model processing that runs as a background process is requested under the identity of the unattended execution account.
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Lucas, Force, Line, Ray Lead Reading Qualifying
With just three races remaining in the Countdown for the Championship for the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, it was all hands on deck as teams looked to score crucial points in qualifying and bonus points for track records, but despite the cool track temperatures the top spots remained unchanged from Friday in three of the four divisions.
In Funny Car, John Force scored his fourth top-qualifier position of the season and 144th of his career time of 3.987 seconds at 323.50 mph from Friday's session that went unchallenged in Saturday, moving the 15-time champion into the points lead for the first time this season, leading Matt Hagan by five points.
"(Crew chief) Jimmy Prock swings for the fence and the guys are really working hard," Force said. "I've got a good racecar right now and what was exciting to me was to see the fans in the stands. It sure feels good to be running well. I struggled as a driver earlier in the year and my guys stayed by me."
Courtney Force took the second spot after turning in a run of 4.025 but her qualifying speed of 329.42 – which would have shattered the NHRA world record by nearly ten miles per hour – was disallowed due to a timing malfunction. Jack Beckman was second with a 4.034, 318.99, followed by Hagan (4.035, 319.45) and Johnny Gray (4.067, 313.88).
Morgan Lucas retained the no.1 position in Top Fuel after his run of 3.772 at 314.90 mph in Friday's second session held up the final two rounds on Saturday, earning Lucas his third top qualifier of the season and 11th of his career.
Lucas, who is currently fourth in points in the Top Fuel standings, has never made a final round appearance at Reading. He will go up against Sidnei Frigo in the first round.
"This track just continues to hold up to its reputation," Lucas said. "It's a smooth track and it's just an awesome racetrack. I'm just happy with going down the track four times, but I'm really happy with having the lowest time two of the four sessions. That's a big deal for us."
Points leader Shawn Langdon held onto the second spot going 3.776 seconds at 325.14 mph. Tony Schumacher ( 3.778, 323.97), Brandon Bernstein ( 3.788, 324.44) and Antron Brown (3.793, 324.98) rounded out the top five.
The pole-winning effort was the second this season and 35th of his career for Line, who will be looking to score his third consecutive Reading victory when he meets Kenny Delco in the opening round on Sunday.
"This has always been a good Pro Stock track and we've had success here in the past," said Line. "It's a big deal for us to be No. 1 and everything matters right now. I like coming up here and it's a big deal to peak at this time of year. We're putting in a lot of effort and hopefully we can have a big day (Sunday). We need a win."
Points leader Mike Edwards was third, going 6.580, 210.64. Jeg Coughlin too fourth with a 6.581, 209.95 followed by V. Gaines in fifth with a 6.586, 210.60
Pro Stock Motorcycle saw Michael Ray atop the ladder for the third time this season as his qualifying effort from Friday's session of 6.857 at 193.38 mph stood up through Saturday. With only 15 bikes entered for this weekend's event, Ray will start with a free pass in Sunday's eliminations.
Hector Arana, Jr. – currently locked into a tight points battle with his father Hector Arana, Sr. –beat out his dad for the second spot, locking in with a 6.862, 195.19 while Arana, Sr. went 6.871, 195.19. Points leader Matt Smith (6.889, 193.49) and his teammate John Hall (6.914, 192.88) made up the rest of the top five.
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Her name is Emma Hemming, a model. She's now dating Bruce Willis. But rumour has it she was supposedly involved with John Stamos not too long ago, though information on this is sparse because… well … who really cares about John Stamos.
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COLLEGE STATION — Two Texas A&M officials confirmed Sunday afternoon that Murray State coach Billy Kennedy is the choice to succeed Mark Turgeon, who left last Monday for Maryland. The Aggies chose Kennedy over Northern Iowa's Ben Jacobson. Both interviewed with athletic director Bill Byrne and associate athletic director John Thornton on Saturday.
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Black Faithfuls Press to Vote for Character over Race
African-American Christians should place greater importance on a candidate's character than his skin color, maintains a conservative black magazine.
"Are We More Black than Christian?" was the controversial question posed in the latest edition of Freedom's Journal Magazine.
Polls indicate, the magazine pointed out, that up to 96 percent of African Americans plan to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in November. But a growing number of conservative black leaders, the journal highlighted, are challenging that high figure by asking fellow believers to re-examine their priorities.
"Dr. Martin Luther King's dream that future generations be judged by the content of their character would be set back decades if Obama wins based on racial loyalty alone," contends Dr. Eric Wallace, founder of Wallace Multimedia Group, LLC and Freedom's Journal Magazine, in a statement Wednesday.
Wallace criticized Obama for what he views as a "skewed approach" to "traditional Judea-Christian values" and for his lack of experience.
"Christians who are tempted to support Barack because of a feeling that we aren't doing enough to fight poverty, racism or sexism, etc. need to realize that the government cannot (and should not) do the work of the Church," Wallace writes in his editorial "Unto the Least of These." "As a matter of fact, government will, in almost every case, limit what can be done."
Similarly, evangelical leader Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr., who leads a socially conservative black pastors group called High Impact Leadership Coalition, has urged his black congregation in Maryland as well as other black Christians to vote on their values rather than their race.
Jackson is a registered Democrat but has joined several Focus on the Family Action broadcasts to criticize Obama for his support of abortion and same-sex "marriage."
Also, last year a born-again black author released a book that reprimanded her fellow African-American believers for holding a worldview that is shaped by their race more than their faith.
In the book, Finding Soul Brothers: Dismantling Black Christian Racialism, Pamela G. Wilson argues that black Christians are still "stuck" in the civil rights mindset and are willing to "turn their back" on biblical issues of abortion in exchange for a civil rights agenda.
Polls have shown that more than half of the African-American population say they oppose both same-sex "marriage" and legal recognition of same-sex civil unions. But less than 10 percent say that abortion, moral and family values issues are their top concerns for the upcoming presidential election.
Instead, the highly religious African-American population listed the war in Iraq, health care and the economy and jobs as their top concerns.
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Train lover Martyn Hilbert has been capturing life on Lancashire's railways on camera since the 1970s.
During that period he has chronicled the changing face of the region's railways recording scenes which have been lost forever including many of the area's commuter services and freight trains.
Martyn, of Lostock Hall, has now published some of his collection of images in a new book Network North West which showcases the different trains which serve the region's railway lines.
Martyn said: " This is a personal look at the north west railway network and the book is a photographic journey with images from my archive which chronicle some of the changes across the system from the late 1970s to the present day.
"Hopefully a flavour comes across of the region and its operations past and present and may encourage people to get out and about on the network."
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Trekking in Nepal
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Nepal has some of the best trekking in the world, to and around several of the world's highest mountains, including Mount Everest. Many people visit the country just to trek and the tourism industry is well prepared to facilitate all manner of trekking styles and destinations. On the one hand you could spend a year planning an expedition to wild and lofty places; on the other you could land in Kathmandu with no plans and be on the trail to Everest Base Camp (EBC) in a matter of days.
Types of trekking in Nepal
Teahouse trekking along the main trails is the most common style, with decent lodges in every settlement (and between), it is possible to trek in comfort with minimal preparation, equipment and support. There is no need to camp and a selection of western style foods are readily available from a menu system. No special permits are required, just national park entry tickets and the TIMS permit. The main areas for these treks are Everest/Khumbu Langtang and Annapurna. Since 2010, the Manaslu Circuit Trek has become possible without camping in tea-houses, though it requires a US$ 50 per week permit and must be trekked with a guide. The trek to Lo Manthang in Upper Mustang is similar: no camping is required as many comfortable lodges are available, but a permit is required which keeps many budget travellers away.
Facilities available in remote areas are less extensive than in the more popular areas. Off the main trails where there are no lodges and food from menus a Nepali guide becomes essential, and it may be advisable or necessary to visit such regions with organised groups, including guide, porters and full support. Kanchenjunga, Makalu Barun, Rolwaling, Dolpo, Humla are in remote areas. Many of them also require special permits.
Only TAAN registered trekking agencies in Kathmandu and Pokhara can legally organize treks and provide the services of a guide and/or porter with insurance. Be aware that no one else, no hotel, no street broker, no nice person you just met, not even a trekking guide is legally authorized to organize a trek. During the main seasons the agencies run regular group treks, both tea-house and camping styles, and it is generally possible to join a group doing a trek of your choice. Independent trekking is quite easy in the main trekking areas.
Required Permits A trekking permit issued by the Department of Immigration is required to trek in any part of Nepal, except the most popular areas of Annapurna, Khumbu and Langtang/Helambu. Those areas were declared permit-free in 1999. The joy was short-lived, though, as a new system called TIMS (Trekker Information Management System) was recently created for those three areas. Be sure you have a TIMS card with you when trekking independently or organized. Individual TIMS is obtainable only from Nepal Tourism Board offices and the Trekking Agents Association of Nepal office. Not even Trekking Agents are legally authorized to obtain individual TIMS (even do many small Trekking Agents will offer the individual TIMS). Police check points and Park officers can at any time check your permits.
Several National Parks and Conservation areas like ACAP (Annapurna Conservation Area Project) and Sagarmatha National Park (Everest area) require trekkers to pay an entrance fee.
Restricted areas require the old trekking permit (but not the TIMS card), which are obtainable only through the organizing trekking agent for areas like Dolpo, Mustang, Manaslu, Kanchenjunga and other similar areas.
Do not try to bribe officers or police personnel; it might get you in more trouble than you think.
Types of Trekking
Tea House (Lodge Trek): Also known as lodge trekking is a relatively cheap way of trekking in where meals and accommodation are provided in a teahouse. In Nepal, it is quite popular to trekking along the many trails, stopping each night to eat and sleep at a local Tea House. Meals depend on the menu at the tea house, usually the simple basic meals of the local people. Although many tea houses and hotels in the hills and mountains are reasonably comfortable, some may be dirty and, in areas where chimneys are rare, rooms may be smoky.
It's a great way to connect with some of the local culture and definitely suits trekkers not wanting to carry back-crushing rucksacks. The standard of lodgings can vary from very similar to a hotel, to something far more rustic.
Camping (Organized Trek): The classic style of trekking in Nepal and can be conducted almost anywhere in the country. Camping trekking is fully organized and supported with a team of guides, cooks, sherpas and porters to accompany you.
All the necessary trekking gears; food, fuel and other goods are carried by the porters. The cook will prepare all the meals during the camping trek. Trekkers need to carry only a small bag as required for the day. At night, tents for dining, sleeping and ablution are provided and set up. Mattresses, sleeping bags, tables and seating are arranged by staff. A Sirdar (chief guide) is employed to pre-arrange and then to oversee the entire program. All land transportation, local permits, taxes, porter insurance, port dues and entrance fees to National Parks or sites constituting an integral part of the trip are arranged.
The Great Himalaya Trail [2] is the Government of Nepal's latest tourism 'product' and spans Nepal connecting all of the main trekking areas (mentioned below) with less visited areas in approximately 1,700 km of trails. There is also a lower or cultural route crossing the pahar or mid-hills of Nepal.
Other more remote regions will require a bit more planning and probably local assistance, not least as the required permits are only issued via Nepali guides/agents. Camping is required on one or more nights.
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Americans typically pick going on a diet as their New Year's resolution but many don't make it past the end of January. If you're having trouble swearing off the chocolate cake or large sodas, could an addiction to sugar be the culprit?
Science is still split on whether or not people can become clinically addicted to food the same way they can to drugs like cocaine or alcohol. Research shows that humans have a strong reaction to sugar, fats and food additives but is there a difference between a serious love of junk food and an actual addiction? Research shows that eating foods heavy on the sugar and fat light up the same receptors in the brain that affect drug addicts.
Last year, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse spoke publicly about the commonalities between food and drug addictions. Despite that endorsement, food addiction still has not made it into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-V, the influential list of recognized disorders written by the American Psychiatric Association.
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Public high school students in the nation's capital may soon be able to graduate without taking a single U.S. government course.
The D.C. State Board of Education proposed changes to the graduation requirements in December that would require students to take more physical education, art and music courses instead.
The proposal, put forward to combat declining graduation rates in the District, where fewer than two-thirds of high school students earn a diploma, would also require students to write a thesis and raise the total number of required credits in D.C. public schools from 24 to 26 -- more than students need to earn diplomas in many other states, according to the National Center for Graduation Statistics.
Some of the new requirements -- specifically nixing the need for a government course -- have drawn the ire of advocates for civics education.
Patrick Mara, who represents Ward 1 on the school board, believes a majority of the nine-member board won't back the proposal.
"This is one of those things that looks great on paper, and it's very well-intentioned, but it goes without saying that U.S. government should be a requirement in the District of Columbia," Mara said.
Mara said he would "certainly vote against" the proposal if it came to a vote anytime soon.
Other key changes to students' current graduation requirements in the proposal include making students take an additional unit of physical education, which can include organized extracurricular sports. Students would also have to do an additional 67.5 hours of physical activity each semester for all four years of high school.
In a letter to the board, an eight-person group representing several public schools in D.C. said it objected to the proposal for several reasons, including the physical activity requirement, saying it would be susceptible to fraudulent submissions for credit.
"We agree that students should be engaged in physical activity at all points of education, but the benefits of making it a graduation requirement do not outweigh the costs," the letter said. "Administering a tracking program for that level of detail of activity, especially if independent of an organization like a sports team, would be extremely burdensome."
Board members have said these specific changes were suggested in an effort to address health problems among D.C. children, including high rates of obesity and diabetes.
"I think this is an opportunity for the State Board of Education to think through what it is we're doing with these graduation requirements," Mara said. "Some of these things, while they may seem sound, are at the end of the day impacting the lives of young adults, and we need to we've brought in enough stakeholders into this discussion to have a positive impact."


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Stop Uganda's Gay Death Bill
President Barack Obama has already denounced the law in a written statement. But given the incredible danger this legislation poses, we must urge him to do more.
[Comment: On Death Sentence For Gays]
The Ugandan Parliament recently proposed an extremely dangerous piece of legislation.
It completely violates any standard of human rights and undermines efforts to confront HIV/AIDS in that country.
The bill would not only criminalize being gay--exposing consenting adults who may act upon their same-sex attraction to arrest and even death - it would also, in effect, criminalize knowing someone who's gay, requiring that nation's citizens to report homosexual activity or face imprisonment themselves.
Can you imagine a mother being compelled to betray her child or face going to prison? Here's what led to this urgent situation: last March, three American right-wing extremists, posing as "experts" on homosexuality, led a conference in Uganda where they claimed that gay men prey upon teenagers, that there is a gay agenda to destroy families, and that gay people can and should be changed to straight.
Then, in October, Uganda's legislature introduced a bill making homosexual acts punishable by death and failure to report them punishable by jail time-including doctors, other healthcare providers and clergy.
This new proposed legislation could have disastrous effects on the already rapidly growing trajectory of HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
President Barack Obama has already denounced the law in a written statement. But given the incredible danger this legislation poses, we must urge him to do more. Organizations like UNAIDs are working on this but we all need to call and speak to our member of congress, senators; and the state department directly.
Our leaders need to know that we expect our foreign policies to reflect our commitment to civil rights and human rights.
The speaker of the Uganda Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, leading the efforts to pass the legislation recently asserted that all Black people share his bigotry. "As Black people, the way we understand this issue is not the same way the whites understand," he told journalists, referring to homosexuality.
As Black people and as people of good will, it is important that we reject any attempt to paint us as homophobes or bigots.
Uganda's Parliament is about to return to session, we need your help to launch a nationwide call to get Congress involved.
Write Congress today and urge them to stop Uganda from passing a mass death sentence for its LGBT citizens.
Thank you for standing up for our brothers and sisters in Uganda at this critical moment.
Wilson is CEO and founder of the Black AIDS Institute
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has never received sexual harassment training, said his lawyer in a letter to the city attorney's office.
NBC 7 has obtained a letter from attorneys representing Filner in a sexual harassment suit brought by former employee Irene McCormack Jackson. Jackson claimed that Filner sexually harassed her multiple times, and filed a lawsuit through prominent attorney Gloria Allred.
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The city has refused to pay for Filner's legal fees in the lawsuit, citing conflict of interest.
But Filner's lawyer states that if the city had provided mandatory sexual harassment training within the time allotted, Jackson may never have filed the case.
Eight women have publicly come forward claiming Filner sexually harassed them, but Jackson has been the only person to make the claim while Filner was mayor. Many of the women recalled incidents that allegedly occurred during Filner's 10 terms in Congress.
"The City has a legal obligation to provide sexual harassment training to all management level employees," wrote Filner's lawyer Harvey Berger. "The City failed to provide such training to Mayor Filner."
Berger also states that Filner never received such training as a U.S. Representative and may not know what indicates sexual harassment.
"This is not an excuse for any inappropriate behavior which may have occurred, but I have learned that many – if not most – people do not know what is and what is not illegal sexual harassment under California law," Berger stated.
Timeline: Filner's Mayoral Career
It appears if Filner is found liable in the current claim, his defense attorneys are planning on laying blame on the City of San Diego.
They use that as a case to persuade city leaders to put aside politics and "unverified and public statements" into account when deciding whether to defend the mayor.
If the city fails to fund Filner's defense, his attorneys claim "It will be a political, not a rational decision."
NBC 7 checked on rules and regulations regarding what training is required for members of Congress.
Congressional representatives are not required to receive ethics training, but are advised to have it. Even if a member did take ethics training, the House of Representatives does not divulge the contents of the training.
Congressional staff members are required to take ethics training, but the content of that training is also confidential.
Filner served in Congress from 1993 to 2013 - first for the 50th District and then for the 51st District, according to Vote Smart. Prior to that he was a member of the San Diego City Council from 1987 to 1992 and a member of the San Diego Unified School Board from 1979 to 1983.
Filner also earned a BA in Chemistry from Cornell University, his Master's degree in History from the University of Delaware and went on to earn a Ph.D. in the History of Science again from Cornell.


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Malaika, a handbook published in the 1970s and 1980s, lists resources and organizations by and for the Black students and faculty of the University of Miami. Malaika is an African term, of Swahili origin, which means togetherness.Earlier edition...
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Hungry for Change is a 90-minute film from the creators of Food Matters, the documentary that expertly showed the basics of how food is your true medicine and the key to good health.
Hungry for Change continues the story about how you can create vibrant health, abundant energy, and achieve your ideal body weight without dieting.
If you enjoyed Food Matters, you will love this important sequel, as the film's creators expose deceptive tactics the food industry employs, but would rather you not know about… ways they create products that actually CAUSE cravings and keep you coming back for more.
The film features bestselling authors and leading medical experts on the cutting edge of nutritional science, plus several powerful testimonials by individuals who know what it's like to be sick and overweight.
In the film, you'll discover which dietary choices could be keeping you stuck, what's keeping you from having the healthy body you deserve, and how to escape the diet trap forever.
You will learn:
The foods eaten by most Westerners today bear little resemblance to the foods our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate. And our lifestyles are equally non-reflective of our roots. Our bodies evolved to weather the cycles of feast and famine; to accumulate body fat easily in order to make it through times when food was scarce. But the famine never comes now, so all we have is the feast. And feast upon feast upon feast adds up to a LOT of extra body fat.
The documentary points out that 68 percent of U.S. adults are now overweight or obese.
Hunter-gatherers consumed foods with high nutrition and low calories. Today, most Americans are getting the converse—high calories and low nutrition. Many are overfed, yet starving to death. Their bodies are accumulating fat and pollutants from intentional AND unintentional contaminants in our food supply, causing their biological systems to shut down and be vulnerable to a variety of chronic diseases.
Adding to the caloric excess is an exercise deficit.
As a culture, we've gotten away from farms and moved to cities, adopting an indoor lifestyle that expends far fewer calories. Instead of walking, we ride in cars. Instead of running from tigers, we chase cursors around a screen. We have completely lost touch with where our food comes from and what goes into creating it. Our very relationship with food has changed, and not for the better.
Processed food has become a multi-billion dollar industry that dangles the carrot of "convenience." However, the price you pay for convenience is your very health and vitality. Hungry For Change exposes the dark side of the food industry's marketing plan—namely, the addition of certain chemicals that secretly can get you addicted and make you a perpetual customer (they hope). You can probably already see the parallels with the tobacco industry that, in the 1960s, began increasing the nicotine level in cigarettes, which kept smokers coming back for more.
One example of an addictive food additive is MSG (monosodium glutamate), which is added to 80 percent of all flavored foods. MSG excites the part of your brain that's in charge of your fat programs. MSG is what's known as an excitotoxin, but it's also used to fatten up mice for scientific study. Yes, MSG is the perfect obesity drug. If you want to achieve your ideal body weight and health, avoid MSG at all costs.
Sweeteners, both artificial and sugar-derived, top the list of addictive additives. But artificial sweeteners are the absolute WORST things you can put in your body. Consider aspartame, sold under the brand names NutraSweet and Equal. Diet cola, which often combines aspartame and caffeine, is the perfectly addictive beverage. These two agents create a very unique but deadly combination of excitotoxins that kill off your brain cells. However, before they do so, they go out with a bang by giving you something akin to a buzz. It's the perfect plan to get you to go back to the store to buy another soda. And maybe a supersized soda—after all, it has ZERO calories, no matter how much you consume!
But not so fast. You are sipping your way into a trap.
Studies now show that, in spite of their zero-calorie status, many artificial sweeteners actually cause weight GAIN because they stimulate your body to crave carbohydrates. But weight gain may be the least of your worries. Aspartame causes formaldehyde to build up in your brain, which results in all sorts of potentially serious medical problems, including:
✓ Frontal lobe inflammation
✓ Visual disturbances
✓ A syndrome similar to multiple sclerosis
✓ Seizures
✓ Cognitive problems
✓ Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia
✓ Symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
✓ Symptoms similar to attention deficit disorder
In fact, pilots' associations are aware of the visual disturbances and caution pilots to avoid using aspartame due to its potential to compromise their ability to pilot a plane.
The food industry claims that aspartame is safe. However, if you look at the studies that claim to support aspartame's safety, you will see that 90 percent of them were funded by the food and beverage industry. When you examine independent aspartame studies, it's a totally different story. Ninety percent of those have found serious health problems related to aspartame. The FDA merely evaluates the studies that the industry submits—it doesn't have a team of researchers conducting those studies itself, contrary to what you might think.
American children are consuming about ten times as much sugar as they were a century ago, especially in the form of fructose (primarily in the form of high fructose corn syrup). Fructose is the average American's largest source of calories. This comes as no surprise, as it's highly addictive. The prevalence of fructose in the Western diet is a very significant factor driving today's obesity epidemic.
Much of the fructose in processed foods and beverages is in the form of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
You'll find high fructose corn syrup in an alarming number of everyday products—bread, salad dressing, pasta sauce, infant formula, and nearly all processed foods. In these highly concentrated, highly refined forms, fructose can have some very serious metabolic effects that wreak havoc on your body and make it difficult to escape the addictive cycle. Because it's so energy-dense, putting HFCS in your body is like putting jet fuel into an automobile engine—you'll burn it out.
When you consume something so high in sugar, your pancreas must secrete large amounts of insulin to bring down your bloodsugar level. And all of that sugar is turned into fat so it can be stored. Insulin is in fact a fat-producing hormone. But the problems from sugar don't stop there.
Sugar is a drug. It causes a beta-endorphin rush in your brain, stimulating the production of morphine-like chemicals. When you're feeling down or under stress, it's natural to want to eat foods that lift your mood. Sugar fits the bill as a "comfort food," given its morphine-like physiological effects. And like any drug, your body can become habituated, meaning you will require more sugar over time to get the same sugar high.
Sugar is actually is similar to cocaine in many respects.
Both are highly refined, chemically manipulated agents that are derived from natural, harmless plants—it's the extremely concentrated forms that are dangerous and addictive to your body. Cocaine is made from coca leaves, which are not in and of themselves harmful and have been used nutritionally for hundreds of years in South Americai. If you want to be healthy, you MUST take control of your sugar intake so that it doesn't take control over you.
Diets really don't work. Although most people have heard this admonition before, many are still unable to resist the temptation. "Dieting" is a multi-million dollar industry itself and does some powerful marketing to lure you in. However, studies are clear that 90 to 95 percent of dieters gain back the weight they lose, and THEN some. Dieting is a temporary fix… do you want to be temporarily healthy? Of course not! You want to be permanently healthy. So, you have to make some permanent lifestyle changes.
Every time you lose weight by dieting, your body will be triggered into trying to protect you from the effects of another "famine" in the future, so it will add some extra body fat as insurance. You may lose 10 pounds on a diet, but you'll gain back 15 or 20. Dieting is a physiologically flawed concept and sets you up for failure.
People of vastly different cultures and environments thrive on all sorts of diets, from high fat and high protein to high carbohydrate; some mostly animal products and others largely vegetarian. Yet, as varied as native diets are, most native populations have very low rates of chronic disease when compared with Americans and other Western cultures. Eskimos thrive on diets rich in animal fat and muscle and organ meats, but tropical natives thrive on abundant fresh plants, fish and fruit. Yet both cultures are healthy!
So what's the common denominator?
Native diets consist mostly of natural, whole foods (whether plant- or animal-based) rather than processed foods that come in a box or a can. Americans are eating overcooked, overprocessed and chemically manipulated fake foods, instead of REAL foods.
Native diets, in general, are largely made up of whole vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and meats. Not cooked down, refined, dehydrated and reconstituted, boxed-up pretend foods that aren't really foods at all. Eating wisely requires a gradual transition toward the consumption of natural, whole foods that are unaltered by a lab. The closer to nature a food is, the more nutritious it will be. A change away from the cultural "norm" won't be accomplished over night. Start gradually. As good foods are added into your diet, bad foods will eventually be crowded out.
Choosing which foods to eat is important, but other lifestyle factors must be addressed as well. Besides making better food choices, there are four other key factors you must consider if you want to achieve your optimal level of health.
1. Exercise: Exercise creates the same mood-elevating chemicals that sugar does—but with positive metabolic effects. Exercise helps metabolize your stress hormones, reduces hunger, improves sleep, strengthens bones and joints, and causes your body to release growth hormone—and many other health benefits.
2. Detoxification/Cleansing: As you burn off body fat, you must also detoxify, because most chemicals are lipophilic (fat-loving) and are lodged in fat cells. If you don't do something to remove these toxins from your body while losing weight, toxins can be reabsorbed into your bloodstream and potentially cause health problems.
Fortunately, your body will detoxify itself if there is no toxicity coming in. Chlorophyll-rich foods such as organic green vegetables, gelatinous plant foods like aloe and chia seeds, seaweeds, chlorella, cilantro and parsley can help with this. Make sure to drink plenty of pure water, as this is essential to your body's cleansing processes. Juicing may also be of benefit. Avoid all chemicals, additives, and preservatives. If a product's shelf life is longer than your life, don't eat it!
3. Sleep: Sleep allows your body to repair and rebuild. Deep sleep is a great way to neutralize stress hormones. Stress increases fluid retention—you can gain two pounds in body fluids just from one night of poor sleep due to stress.
4. Stress Management: Stress changes your body chemistry, and will prompt you to eat, out of your body's not knowing what else to do. It's one of your body's ways of protecting you. Stress raises your levels of cortisol and epinephrine, which can result in weight gain. If you don't believe this, just talk to anyone taking prednisone, a pharmaceutical steroid similar to cortisol. They often gain 20 to 30 pounds, no matter what they're eating.
My favorite overall tool to manage stress is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), which is like acupuncture without the needles. It's a handy tool for unloading emotional baggage quickly and painlessly, and so easy that children can learn it. And it's FREE! Also free, laughter is great medicine because it decreases stress chemicals and pain.
Another powerful tool for creating positive change in your life is visualization, which is the "language" of the subconscious. When you create a visual image of how you'd like to look or feel, your subconscious will understand and begin to help you by making the needed biochemical and neurological changes.
These are just some of the suggestions that will help you along your way. I recommend taking the time to watch Hungry for Change, which offers you even more information than what I've presented above. Remember that if you treat your body well, it will return the favor.
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text: Thursday, July 21, 2011 Study Names PTJ 'Top Core Journal' According to a study published this month in the Journal of the Medical Library Association, Physical Therapy (PTJ) is the top physical therapy core journal, having been cited by 10,088 journal articles between 2005 and 2007. (The next highest number of citations to a physical therapy core journal during that period was 2,233.) For this study, researchers recorded data (type of literature, year of publication, and journal title) for each cited reference in each article of 4 source journals for the 3 years. The journal titles were ranked in descending order by frequency of citations and divided into 3 zones using Bradford's Law of Scattering. Four databases were analyzed for coverage rates of articles published in the Zone 1 and Zone 2 journals in 2007. Journal articles were the most frequently cited type of literature, with 16 journals supplying one-third of the cited journal references. PTJ was the most commonly cited title. Of the databases analyzed, CINAHL provided the highest coverage rate for Zone 1 2007 publications. There were more cited articles published from 2000 to 2007 than in any previous full decade. APTA member Dennis W. Fell, PT, MD, led this study, which was coauthored by association members Melanie Joy Buchanan, PT, DPT, and Joel Scherr, PT, DPT, OCS. The results of the study, say the authors, can help physical therapists and librarians determine important journals in this discipline.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles Schwab announced today that there will be no capital gains distributions in 2012 by any of the funds in the Schwab ETF family.
"We are extremely pleased to be able to deliver this tax efficiency to the growing number of clients who invest in ETFs, and consider it another of the important benefits that Schwab ETFs offer investors," said John Sturiale, vice president of product management for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
In September 2012, Schwab announced dramatic cuts to the expense ratios of all 15 Schwab ETFs, making them the lowest expense ratios in their respective Lipper categories1. Schwab's first eight ETFs are currently marking their three-year milestones, and two Schwab ETFs - Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (SCHB) and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) - have now passed the $1 billion asset mark.
Schwab is an industry leader in serving ETF investors, with $150 billion in client ETF assets as of 11/30/12. The company launched its own Schwab ETFs in November 2009, becoming the first to introduce commission-free online trading2 of ETFs in client accounts. Since then, Schwab ETFs have grown to over $8.12 billion in assets under management, as of 11/30/12.
About Charles Schwab Investment Management
Founded in 1989, CSIM, a subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, is one of the nation's largest asset management companies with $210.7 billion in assets under management as of 11/30/12. It is among the country's largest money market fund managers and is the third-largest provider of retail index funds3. In addition to managing Schwab's proprietary funds, CSIM provides oversight for the institutional-style, sub-advised Laudus Fund family. CSIM currently manages 74 mutual funds, 24 of which are actively managed funds, in addition to two separate account model portfolios, and 15 ETFs.
About Charles Schwab
The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) is a leading provider of financial services, with more than 300 offices and 8.7 million active brokerage accounts, 1.5 million corporate retirement plan participants, 838,000 banking accounts, and $1.86 trillion in client assets. The company was ranked "Highest in Investor Satisfaction With Self-Directed Services" in the 2012 US Self-Directed Investor Satisfaction StudySM from J.D Power and Associates. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (member SIPC, www.sipc.org), and affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products, including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice; retirement plan and equity compensation plan services; referrals to independent fee-based investment advisors; and custodial, operational and trading support for independent, fee-based investment advisors through its Advisor Services division. Its banking subsidiary, Charles Schwab Bank (member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender), provides trust and custody services, banking and mortgage services and products. Investment products offered by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. are not insured by the FDIC, are not deposits or obligations of Charles Schwab Bank, and are subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of principal invested. More information is available at www.schwab.com and www.aboutschwab.com. (1212-8459)
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2 Restrictions Apply: Online trades of Schwab ETFs are commission-free at Schwab, while trades of third-party ETFs are subject to commissions. Broker-Assisted and Automated Phone trades are subject to service charges. Minimum $1,000 deposit is required to open most Schwab brokerage accounts. Waivers may apply. See the Charles Schwab Pricing Guide for details. All ETFs are subject to management fees and expenses. See the Charles Schwab Pricing Guide for more details. Any listed ETF might be traded with no commission through other broker-dealer trading platforms. Although Schwab ETFs have not paid capital gains distributions in the past, there can be no assurance that this will continue in the future
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Entrepreneurship is key for southern Colorado residents
COLORADO SPRINGS — As Gov. Hickenlooper continued his economic development tour today, entrepreneurship emerged as a common thread in southern Colorado.
"Colorado should be able to call itself a center for entrepreneurship," Hickenlooper said. "How can the state do a better sales job?"
During a meeting in Colorado Springs, conversation centered on attracting new businesses and promoting tourism.
A crowd of about 200 from El Paso, Park and Teller counties met with the governor at Cheyenne Mountain Resort here in Colorado Springs. Business owners, local and state officials, and a number of "concerned citizens" echoed sentiments felt earlier today during a meeting in Pueblo earlier today.


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The ISAF Match Racing World Championship, which is in its 22nd year and is now known as the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), today committed its future to monohull match racing and unveiled its future strategy which has been designed to ensure the growth and sustainability of the discipline.
The strategy will focus on ensuring the tour continues to provide close combative head-to-head racing. Today's press conference, which can be viewed again at www.wmrt.com, revealed that WMRT will be doubling the tour's bonus prize pool to USD 500,000 meaning sailors will compete for a total prize fund in excess of USD 1,750,000 in 2011.
It was also announced that WMRT will be launching a new host city bidding process in the next 14 days which will add six new venues by 2013. To complement the addition of new cities and to ensure the Tour embraces developing technology, submissions will be invited from international designers and boat builders to create boats for the new events joining the tour.
With the America's Cup holders having clearly stated that they are starting with a clean sheet of paper by moving to catamaran racing for the foreseeable future, a void has been left in the historic framework of match racing. In order to address the void and create an effective strategy WMRT has undergone a thorough review process with its promoters, teams and sponsors as well as taking into account recent media reaction and public feedback.
The findings are echoed by data from a recent survey conducted by Sail-World, which shows clearly that the majority of sailing fans surveyed want to see match racing conducted in monohull boats.
WMRT CEO Jim O'Toole said that, "As rights' holders we have a duty to act in the interests of match racing. The majority of people feel that the true essence of match racing is about intense, highly manoeuvrable, closely fought, head-to-head battles and we have developed our strategy to take into account these views.
"While we are committed to preserving the integrity of what the public sees as match racing we also have a responsibility to drive the sport forward and ensure that it constantly seeks to innovate and expand. The doubling of the prize fund and addition of six new venues by 2013 with new boat designs shows our commitment to attracting great sailors and providing the best platform for match racing."
Feedback received by WMRT as a result of the shift in the historic match racing framework indicates that there is still a desire for a sailor and team design-based match racing series.
WMRT President Peter Gilmour commented, "The decision by the America's Cup holders to embrace catamarans means that it has moved out of the space which it had previously held as the pinnacle event in match racing and feedback that we are receiving indicates the interest remains."
"As the conduit for match racers around the world to realise their ambitions we will facilitate a collaborative process and provide a platform for interested parties to voice their thoughts."
Any parties wishing to explore this opportunity should register their interest via www.wmrt.com or contact WMRT Tour Director Craig Mitchell by Friday 26 November. Should there be strong enough interest then WMRT will facilitate a forum to develop the concept.
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