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Accordance Unable to keep up with typing
Posted 06 December 2007 - 01:34 PM
I'm working on an iBook G4 (1.42 GHz) running Tiger (10.4.11) with 1.5 GB RAM, 6.9 GB free on the hard drive.
I am currently running the following additional programs. All are "dormant" in the background unless otherwise noted:Mail (checks for new mail once an hour)
iTunes (playing Christmas music from the Shard folder)
Activity Monitor
Aside from iTunes playing music, this is a lower than typical load for me. I shut down several apps (NeoOffice, Address Book, etc.) when the slow down began, but it did not make any measurable difference. Quitting iTunes may help a little bit, but the slowdown still occurs.
Activity Monitor shows that CPU usage goes through the roof when I'm typing in Accordance. A quick switch to AM when this happens shows only kernel_task, AM, and Accordance using any significant % of CPU.
This behavior began after the most recent Accordance upgrade (7.4.2).
NeoOffice used to do this as a result of some bugs. If it's helpful to you I can go digging in the Neo forums and see what I can find about what was causing it for Neo.
Let me know if I can provide any other information.
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Posted 06 December 2007 - 02:50 PM
Posted 07 December 2007 - 03:22 AM
Version 7.4 has many behind the scenes changes which are all part of the preparation for the Universal (Intel native) version due out next year. This is why you may all see some changes in function even in features which were not themselves altered for 7.4. We appreciate reports of any changes like these, especially of problems or slow-downs in specific areas.
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Posted 07 December 2007 - 08:56 AM
The "Block Size" setting is actually in the "Edit Windows" preference pane.
I didn't think to check it before reporting above, but I just did and it is already set to "Small(faster editing)."
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Posted 07 December 2007 - 10:05 AM
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Posted 07 December 2007 - 01:31 PM
According to the Finder, the file I was working with is 112 KB in size and was created on 6/15/06.
I'm reasonably certain that the current file must be a copy of an older file dating back to the fall of 2004. I say that because it contains sermon study notes for Year A in the Revised Common Lectionary. Until I started adding notes for Sundays in Advent this year, the first entry was for Proper 23, for a Sunday in October. That last year A was December 2003- November 2004.
Through November I was working on a my Year C User tool which is larger (716 KB) and was created more recently (1/4/07). I did not see this kind of slow-down with it. (At least not as frequently). I'll include it in my tests today.
If it is of help, I can send you the Year A file (the 112 KB one).
Edited by Lorinda H. M. Hoover, 07 December 2007 - 01:34 PM.
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Posted 07 December 2007 - 01:43 PM
Running Accordance on:
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iOS 9 (iPad & iPhone)
Windows 10
[Vista Home Premium before 3/20/2016]
Posted 31 October 2012 - 07:05 PM
I have a User Tool that is around 1365 paragraphs. The Tool is comprised mostly of verse lists so the vast majority of the paragraphs are rather small. I was editing the intro today and experienced this problem. I can type about 7 words before the first is finished displaying on the screen.
After experimenting I found that this problem manifests itself when I am about 300 paragraphs from the end of the Tool.
Is there a way to limit what is opened by the edit window?
If we could open only the title paragraph I believe that this would not occur. I realize that the edit window is not a full on word processor, and that I am asking it to do a lot. I have not noticed this behavior before the last update.
I also have another issue. I am not sure if it is related or not. Only in the User Tool edit window I have an extremely limited choice of fonts. In the User Notes edit window I have all the fonts on my computer. I will try to leave pictures to show what I mean.
Pics removed until I can figure out how to post them. Sorry
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Does this solve your problem?
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:27 PM
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Posted 01 November 2012 - 07:06 AM
To take a shot of the entire screen use shift-cmd-3. To take a shot of a selected portion of the screen use shift-cmd-4. The screen shots will appear on your desktop.
You can post them by first selecting the "More Reply Options" at the lower left of the "Reply" box, "Choose File", then "Attach This File." That way those reading the posts can see your shot without having to go to another window in their browser. You can also insert the pictures between lines of text with the options available after the shot has been selected and attached.
This greatly streamlines the process for the poster and the reader.
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13" MacBook Pro Mojave Acc 12
mid-2017 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 (2 cores)
iPad Pro iOS 12
iAccord 2.7
iPhone 8 iOS 12
iAccord 2.7
Used for backup only:
Mac mini Mojave Acc 12
late-2012 2.3GHz Intel Core i7 (4 cores)
16 GB RAM; 1.12 TB Fusion Drive
Posted 01 November 2012 - 07:23 PM
Thank you so much for helping me with those instructions. I could not figure it out. I have fixed the post.
Posted 12 November 2012 - 09:33 PM
Does anyone have any insight on my second question in post #8-9?
Regarding limited font choice in user tool edit window.\
Posted 12 November 2012 - 09:48 PM
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 09:05 AM
Thanks for the clarification. I did not understand that. I was indeed trying to edit the aperance of the user tool through the edit window, while I was entering new information. I will use command-t and see how that works. I appreciate the quick response.
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Manchester's Patrick Garrity resigns from HouseBy GARRY RAYNO
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CONCORD — Five-term Rep. Patrick Garrity, D-Manchester, resigned from the House today, saying he is moving out of his district, Manchester's Ward 7.
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The Eagles signed tackle Todd Herremans to a three-year extension through the 2016 season, the team announced Tuesday.
Herremans, who moved from left guard to right tackle last August and had a strong season, was originally signed through the 2013 season. He stood to earn a pay increase this season because of his switch to tackle, the highest-paid position on most offensive lines.
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Herremans, 29, started all 16 games last season at right tackle. He logged 79 career starts at left guard before sliding outside. He made the move during the preseason when the Eagles had trouble finding a replacement for the injured Winston Justice.
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In Chicago, a cellphone ban has been in place since 2006.
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"It's at the officer's discretion," said Sara Mayer, public affairs officer for the Bloomington Police Department, which hasn't issued any citations.
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Worldview, personal vision of the world... Same difference. My question remains: how can you photograph a "personal vision of the world" if you exclude practically all worldly objects?What's left? Hallucinogenic state of mind? Still have no cameras to capture that. Pure abstracts? Sure. But how many "white squares on white canvas" can you photograph and still express yourself? And who's to say that my personal vision of the world shouldn't include, say, a sunset?
The world consists of more than what is on the list, plus four more items that I added...
It doesn't get any worse than that.
Okay, think of it like this: you've seen it once, would you then refuse to look again?http://youtu.be/rE5P79m7pzI Rob C
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NYC Politicos Fight Record African American Unemployment Levels
In an effort to combat record unemployment levels for African American males now placed at over 50 percent, leading New York Politicians are working on strategies to offer incentives for corporations to create more jobs. At the same time, the elected officials demanded for Federal money for what some called a "national crisis.�
In an effort to combat record unemployment levels for African American males now placed at over 50 percent, leading New York Politicians are working on strategies to offer incentives for corporations to create more jobs. At the same time, the elected officials demanded for Federal money for what some called a "national crisis.�
The demands by the elected New York City lawmakers and the strategies they plan to pursue are being coordinated through a series of "Empowerment Breakfast Meetings� held at the Brooklyn-based House of the Lord church.
In a meeting held last Saturday, Rev. Herbert Daughtry, the senior pastor, declared that without a job, thousands of African American males lose self esteem in addition to livelihood.
New York City Council Member and mayoral candidate, Charles Barron, asked: "Why can't they take a couple of billion dollars and put it into infrastructure - a 'Rebuild New York' program where they hire us, the new majority? Rebuilding the roads, the bridges - if we built pyramids, we can fix potholes!�
Many attendees seized the opportunity to express their frustration with the record unemployment levels during the question-and-answer session. Andre Mitchell urged officials to focus on serving formerly incarcerated individuals returning to the community. "They come out and want to do right, but every door is closed and their hands are tied,� stated Mitchell. "That's what keeps recidivism going.�
Councilmember Barron noted that some of the $10 million Council allocation would be devoted to such programs. The Council would also work on incentives to corporations to hire the formerly incarcerated and also to put more money into training programs.
Khalil Mustafa, who served 22 years behind bars spoke about struggling with unemployment and homelessness. He recalled his own efforts to obtain employment, and the plight he sees others in similar circumstances as they try to sell CDs rather than dope. However, even then, they're harassed and arrested for attempting to make a living in this manner.
Barron's colleague in the Council, Letitia James, pointed that there were abundant jobs in her own Downtown Brooklyn district alone: waterfront development, renovation of Brooklyn Bridge Park, expansion of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and, of course, the proposed arena. "This is billions and billions of dollars of construction work and everyone is saying 'great' and the City Administration is talking about jobs, jobs, jobs. But jobs for who?�
James accused the construction industry of maintaining a pattern and practice of discrimination that must be dealt with. "How can we talk about job opportunities when the construction trade industry has consistently turned their backs on us?� she asked.
Bill Perkins, the Deputy Majority Leader in the Council said record high Black unemployment levels was a "national problem.� He referred to the $10 million allocation in the City Budget to deal with unemployment, won after vigorous lobbying by the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus as grossly inadequate. He called for a radical surgery. "And the radical surgery cannot take place on the basis of a $10 million dollar allocation in a $47 billion City Budget,� Perkins declared. "It ultimately requires a federal non-discriminatory full employment policy.�
Council Member and Congressional candidate Yvette Clarke called for the need for the African American community to acquire the kind of education that would elevate their "level of consciousness where they know what it means to participate in their own empowerment.�
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CADIZ, Ky. (AP) — There's an unusually public spat between law enforcement agencies over a western Kentucky's sheriff's approach to three unsolved slayings.
Ray Burnam was elected Trigg County sheriff in 2010 after pledging to do whatever he could to settle the unresolved cases. He even offered his own money as a reward, pledging $1,000 for information leading to a conviction in any of the cases.
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The all action hero
In 2005, extra-terrestrials tangled with Tom Cruise in War Of The Worlds and came off second best.
The otherworldly invaders haven't learnt their lesson because they are back as a hive-like race called the Mimics in Edge Of Tomorrow and, once again, the fate of mankind rests in the sweaty palms of a certain Hollywood superstar.
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"We are not equipped for what's out there!" bleats Cruise.
And the Oscar for understatement goes to...
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The Mimics have overrun Europe and the UDF is preparing to storm the continent from multiple angles.
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Cage refuses so he is press-ganged into active duty under Master Sergeant Farell (Bill Paxton).
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Exposure to the creature's luminous blue blood miraculously allows Cage to reset time and relive the ill-fated day, dying again and again as he attempts to identify a weakness in the Mimics' defences.
In the process, Cage forges an alliance with Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), who is known affectionately as Full Metal Bitch to the troops.
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Cruise initially plays against type and slowly teases out his character's likeable qualities amidst a miasma of eye-popping digital effects.
Blunt embraces Rita's ballsiness with gusto and she gleefully takes a gun to her leading man's noggin on countless occasions to ensure his demise resets the clock on mankind's hard-fought retaliation.
A belated frisson of sexual tension between the two leads is unnecessary but thankfully the film avoids the mires of mawkish sentimentality in the nick of time.
Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller/War. Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way. Director: Doug Liman.


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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A former prime minister of Kosovo pledged Thursday to political life after a U.N. war crimes tribunal acquitted him for the second time of murdering and torturing Serbs and their supporters in Kosovo's war for independence.
Ramush Haradinaj returned to jubilant crowds in Kosovo and was given the red carpet treatment and greeted by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci.
"I am happy that international justice has confirmed our path to freedom was just and clean," Haradinaj said during a news conference flanked by Thaci. "I will work with all of you to move this country forward."
The verdict was issued in the U.N. court's first ever retrial, which was ordered after appeals judges branded the 2008 acquittals of Haradinaj and Kosovo Liberation Army fighters Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj a "miscarriage of justice" because of widespread intimidation of prosecution witnesses.
Brahimaj was convicted of torture at the first trial and that was not retried, but he has served his sentence and will be released with the others.
The acquittals herald a political renaissance for Haradinaj, seen by the West before his 2005 indictment as a unifying force in Kosovo, but could complicate talks between Pristina and Belgrade on Kosovo's future.
Highlighting the deep division in the country, Serb leaders in the ethnically split north reacted to the acquittal by deciding to prevent the construction of a jointly managed border crossing agreed upon in 2011 between Belgrade and Pristina during EU-mediated talks.
In Kosovo's capital, Pristina, supporters set off fireworks and honked car horns. Others danced and clapped as they watched the verdicts on a giant screen when Presiding Judge Bakone Moloto delivered the verdicts.
Moloto said Serbs and their suspected supporters were beaten at a KLA compound in Kosovo and at least one of them died of his injuries. However, he said that there was no evidence Haradinaj was involved in the attacks. In fact, Moloto said, Haradinaj reprimanded one KLA fighter for abusing a Kosovo Albanian man, telling the fighter: "No such thing should happen anymore because this is damaging our cause."
Haradinaj quit as Kosovo's prime minister in 2005 after just 100 days in office when his indictment was announced by the tribunal, but he remains popular at home.
"The eagle has landed! Welcome home Mr. Haradinaj!" Kosovo's minister for European integration, Vlora Citaku, posted on her Facebook page.
Large posters welcoming him back were hung well before the decision was announced in The Hague. Late Thursday crowds remained on the main street in Mother Teresa square in Pristina waiting for Haradinaj to address them.
For Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, which has been in decline since his trial, the return could herald a new era.
"This definitely opens up opportunities for his party which has been limited because of the indictment against Haradinaj," said Agron Bajrami, the editor-in-chief of Albanian language daily Koha Ditore. "But, it still depends on what sort of an agreement they coin with the current prime minister."
Serbian officials and media had been anticipating for days that Haradinaj would be acquitted less than two weeks after two Croatian generals were cleared of charges of killing and deporting Serbs in a 1995 military blitz, a judgment that sparked rage in Belgrade, where many see the tribunal as anti-Serb.
Serbia's war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic described Thursday's acquittals as "unjust" and the result of "unprofessional" protection of witnesses.
Serbia Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said that despite the verdicts, Serbia will not pull out of talks with Pristina.
"Continuation of dialogue and the process of integration in the European Union are in Serbia's interest," he said.
Rights group Amnesty International urged that the search for justice does not end with Thursday's verdict.
"Today's verdict raises the question of if, as the court has established today, the three former high-ranking KLA members are not guilty, who then committed those crimes?" said John Dalhuisen, in charge of the group's Europe and Central Asia program.
Associated Press writers Jovana Gec and Dusan Stojanovic in Belgrade, Serbia, contributed to this report.


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Jeremy Rifkin wants to rock the world of the jaded reader: He predicts that we're entering a completely new–the final–stage of capitalism. This new era Rifkin variously calls "cultural capitalism," "hypercapitalism" and the Age of Access. We've reached a "defining moment in history" that "already is challenging many of our most basic assumptions about what constitutes human society," as "a new human archetype is being born."
The reader might be excused for wondering if this year's fundamentally new era is fundamentally different from the "great historic transformation" Rifkin warned us about in his equally wrongheaded 1995 book, The End of Work. In that book we were alerted to a "momentous change taking place–change so vast in scale that we are barely able to fathom its ultimate impact," one that "could spell a death sentence for civilization as we have come to know it." Come 2000, and in his all-new apocalyptic vision, Rifkin barely mentions his central thesis of five years earlier.
That could be because Rifkin's earlier forecasts appear to have been a little off-target. Automation was supposed to make manufacturing "near-workerless" by the early decades of this century, and the service sector would follow suit soon after, thus "the end of work." Instead, the trend is in the other direction: The 65 percent of the US population now working is the highest percentage in history. To take just one example–one that any good futurist assumes is an industry on the way out–there are more auto workers in the United States today than there were in 1980. (The number of unionized auto workers is far less, but that's a different story.)
So completely has Rifkin moved on from his earlier preoccupation that the disappearance of jobs plays no role in this year's central proposition. Today the main thing we need to know (besides the fact that "the foundation of modern life is beginning to disintegrate") is that ownership is on the way out. "Owning things, lots of things, is considered outdated and out of place in the more ephemeral, fast-paced economy." Instead, the new organizing principle is "access": access to the web (of course), but also access to "the experience economy," a k a "the weightless economy." Consumers today don't want to be tied down by owning a carpet; they just want the experience of having one in their homes.
Property itself, Rifkin tells us, is outmoded; he repeatedly disparages the notion of "mine and thine," the organizing principle of a fading era. His main proof is that leasing is increasing and that some companies give their products away (cell phones, software) when you sign a service contract.
How to argue against ideas like this and the other quarter-baked assertions that make up The Age of Access? It's a mishmash of management guru-speak (Tom Peters is cited often), musings on postmodernism and assertions that various well-known constructs are over and done with. The latter include markets, class warfare and the nation-state.


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Mr_zero necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
RazorDot (or Razor Dot) Digital Media Solutions
We're a few people consulting small and medium sized business with Social Media, Niche SEO, Online Marketing, and on occasion Web Development and online customer retention methods.
We believe in face-to-face interaction, with our consulting meetings, follow-ups and feedback sessions. We believe highly in customer service, giving out personal cell phones and being available 'round the clock.
Our main concept is of the name RazorDot is:
- Razor - Sharp new ideas, new concepts and cutting edge
- Dot - For accuracy, pinpointing, right on point
In terms of solutions, ideas, targeting customers and achieving results.
We work out of a cool "home" style office, with great technology, and a small work team. We're young, ambitious, tech-connected and highly value communication and ideas - yet professional and very "down to business". We take our clients seriously, working overtime, double time or extra time to make sure that they are happy.
Our office is pretty casual dress - but our sales meetings are always suits.
We'd like to be known in our city as THE company to connect small and medium sized business to the web. We want to be known as THE company to create innovative solutions that help drive referrals and business to your company.
We'd like to have a cool new logo - to use on business cards and letterheads - that represents us.
Our target audience to date consists of:
- Professionals - Dentists, Lawyers, Doctors, Cosmetic Surgeons, etc.
- We have plans to expand into other markets
Our target audience are professionals with businesses. Our goal is to make them money through traffic, marketing and advertising. If they make money they're happy. We make money if they make money.
On occasion we do some design work for them - a re-design of a webpage for eg. - but it's not our main focus.
As we do cold calls and drop ins they rarely, if ever, see our office. This means that we've got to "look" the part in order to make the sale. Our logo must represent this.
Looking for:
- Logo - an image or design
- Logotype face - the text to go along with the logo
- Color scheme
- Essential the design should be a combination of logo and logotype.
- psd file
- illustrator file
- font's if necessary
We're looking for all fresh new ideas, and so we've got no files to upload.
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joderio needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 124 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
Looking for a logo and name design for a commercial real estate development company. Needs to be simple, clean, and professional looking, but a little flair or eye catching style would be nice. Ideas for symbols and company initials are detailed in brief.
Company is small commercial real estate development company. Looking for a name design and logo that say "professional, established, contemporary", without looking too informal or cheesy and trying to also avoid overly stodgy/stiff.
What I'm looking for -
The Name Odevco and a logo, to be used together (say on a business card) , or separately (name only on email, logo only on advert banner).
Some Ideas for the name-
The name is simple, just the name maybe with an interesting font or some color, but fairly simple. I'm really not looking for much here, the contest is mainly for the logo.
Some Ideas for the logo-
The full company name is Oderio Development Company, and name is shortened to Odevco for common use. The initials O, D, & C would work well for a logo, as they nest within each other.
One of the common architectural symbols for square footage, (something we use often) is a square with a vertical line through the top portion. This could be loosely borrowed for the logo design with the letters nesting inside? Or use it as a stand alone logo idea, or not at all. I'm not very creative so this is all I could come up with. I'm open for anything.
Can't find a good example of sq ft symbol, here is a very rough example and I can upload/email a better one to anyone who wants it. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath…58476.html
Final product should be fully scalable without loss of quality. I use adobe products- Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc, so I guess a vector graphic is what I need, but you tell me, I'm a noob.
- Two separate items, one just the name Odevco, and the other a logo, symbol, Initials (ODC) or whatever. They need to fit together naturally, but also can be used separately where appropriate.
- Simple colors and clean design. Colors and gradients are fine, but it also needs to look good in black and white.
- Needs to say "reliable, strong, yet elegant" with undertones of "creative, intelligent, contemporary".
- Gothic, freehand, overly stylistic fonts.
- Lots of colors and detailed graphics.
- Something that would not look good shrunk down business card small or blown up on a 4' x 8' sign on the side of a building.
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Renewal - Works by WPS Educators
The Worcester Public Schools' Visual Arts Department presents the Renewal Art Show at the Sprinkler Factory Gallery. We hope that you will join us as we celebrate the fine works of our many talented art teachers.
"Renewal is described as the process or state of being resumed, extended, or restored. Join us for an exploration of the dynamic and cyclical relationship between the old and the new. Renewal is about our work, and ourselves: where we're from, where we're going, and who we are. Without further ado, we present you Renewal – a collection of works by art educators of Worcester Public Schools."
Participating Artists:
Benjamin Adwetewa-Badu
Keri Anderson
Laurie Atchue
Susmita Bando
Jay Benotti
Patti Kelly Bernhard
Megan Bertel
Laura Cahill
Christine Cross
Joe DiGregorio
Margaret Donahue
Kathryn Egnaczak
Lizzie Fortin
Jason Harthan
Alana Juneau
Darya Kuruna
Timmary Leary
Stacy Lord
Sharon Mansfield
Laura Marotta
Kim Marshall
Amie Nemes
Tithya Puch
Ann Rokosky
Ken Salins
Cory Shepherd
Brynnalee Simmons
Jamie Sullivan
Katie Switzer-Walsh
Michael Walden
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It's getting crowded around this
water cooler.
"Who would have thought that Elmo was gay? I just never would have thought that..."
This thread makes me wish I had an office to overhear stuff in.
"I don't know how to do that. You just stick it in the hole?"
"What torque will be allowed on the shaft?"
"Time for duty back here!"
Co-Worker:"My iPad won't work with my car stereo"
Me(IT Guy): "What kind of stereo do you have? Does it have a AUX jack? Bluetooth?"
Co-Worker: "No... just a tape player"
Me: "....."
"Okay, rule number one:
When you're making a pie it's important to have a saggy butt."
"She's texting me. 'Why are we getting sucked in to this?'"
"You want me to put my finger in there?"
"These things are just great for warming me up!"
"You don't want to touch my thing because you're afraid there's germs on it?"
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"Do you want me to bend it?"
Man answering an incoming call on his cell phone: "Hey, are you up?"
"Sue gave me long ones, but they were way too long."
"What do you think?"
"...Not enough balls."
"That's nice, it's big! Beautiful texture!"
"You didn't tell me I was going to get these sores in my mouth!"
Lady: "I've never done this before.......It's pretty hard"
I have a robot at home and I LOVE IT!
Female wooter talking about her roomba.
"I'm one of those people, very specific about my business. I'm an anal entreprenuer."
i bet that domain name was registered about fifteen seconds later.
"Oh, look! It's 12/12/12!"
"Let me put some lotion on my hands and I'll go get him!"
"You just gotta go down a little bit..."
"We just did it again right here near my cube!"
"Oh my gosh, this girl better not pound me!"
"It'll be hard when she gets back. Then she'll know I was thinking about her."
#1: "Where do I put this?"
#2: "In here... Right here. Now name it what you want to name it. Say okay. Say okay... Now press there if you want to continue... Now close it."
#1: "Oh, my, this is hard..."
"It's chocolate on chocolate balls!"
"Ew, I wish I hadn't Googled that..."
"Does this sound like a slap in the ass?"
"I think I may have slid one in there while you weren't here..."
"Grab some Purell and rub it all over yourself and come see me."
"I'm a dedicated employee. Who comes in late. And chatters a lot."
"... they're getting frozen cow patties with stuff in them. Those will be fun for the kids..."
"I'm going on the Internet, to find people who agree with me"
(Which I was later told was a line out of Penny Arcade (comic), so now I am not sure if it was random or not.)
"Four processes were moved from 'Completed' to 'Under Review' status... It's kind of a negative step forward."
"I guess I'll just start it by hand, and then finish up with the drill."
Co-worker #1 passes gas in the restroom while relieving his bladder into the urinal.
Co-worker #2 decided to make it a competition and ripped a louder one.
Co-worker #1 tried to have the last word and proceeded to unleash another one. He immediately ran to the nearest stall and the unmistakable sound of toilet paper quickly unraveling filled the air.
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Ellington leads Cards past Falcons
Andre Ellington made his first NFL start one to remember.
The sixth-round draft pick from Clemson rushed for 154 yards on 15 carries, including an 80-yard touchdown run, and the Arizona Cardinals intercepted Matt Ryan four times in a 27-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Ellington's big run, tied for third-longest in Cardinals history, was part of a 21-point second quarter that put the Cardinals (4-4) in control for good.
Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald caught four passes for 48 yards and a touchdown, in the process becoming the youngest player — at 30 years, 57 days — in NFL history to reach 800 career receptions.
Ryan had thrown three interceptions total in the first six games of the season for the Falcons (2-5). Rashad Johnson had two of Arizona's interceptions.
The Cardinals picked off Ryan five times when the teams played last season.
Ellington got the start because Rashard Mendenhall was sidelined with a toe injury.
The Falcons were without wide receiver Roddy White for the second week in a row with ankle and hamstring issues. Atlanta also didn't have starting left tackle Sam Baker with a knee injury.
After throwing his 14th interception of the season, Carson Palmer had two TD passes, 10 yards to Fitzgerald and 15 yards to Michael Floyd. He was sacked four times.
Steven Jackson, back for the first time since being sidelined with a hamstring injury in Week 2, managed just 6 yards on 11 carries.
In all, the Cardinals gained 201 yards on the ground to Atlanta's 27.
With no running game, it was up to Ryan, who completed 34 of a season-high 61 attempts for 301 yards and a touchdown. Harry Douglas had 12 catches for 121 yards.
Asante Samuel stepped in front of intended receiver Andre Roberts for his 51st career interception, giving Atlanta the ball at the Arizona 31. The Falcons advanced to the Cardinals 6, but Ryan's third-down pass intended for Jackson fell incomplete and Matt Bryant's 24-yard field goal put Atlanta up for the only time of the afternoon, 3-0.
The Cardinals took the kickoff and Palmer threw 51 yards to Teddy Williams, a speedster who had signed with Arizona on Tuesday. Williams, who didn't play college football, played in seven games for Indianapolis last season on special teams and as a defensive back.
That set up Palmer's 10-yard TD pass to Fitzgerald on the first play of the second quarter and Arizona led 7-3.
Atlanta used up 7:17 on a 15-play drive but had to settle for Bryant's 30-yard field goal to cut the lead to 7-6.
On the first play after the subsequent kickoff, Ellington followed blockers through the left side of the line, then burst outside and raced the length of the field for the touchdown, putting Arizona up 14-6 with 7:25 left in the half.
Atlanta went three-and-out on its next possession, and the Cardinals moved downfield again.
Palmer threw 20 yards to Fitzgerald and Desmond Trufant was called for a facemask, moving the ball to the 35. Stepfan Taylor broke a pair of tackles on a 15-yard run to the 17. Two plays later, Palmer threw 15 yards to Floyd for the touchdown and Arizona led 21-6 with 1:52 left in the half.
All four of Ryan's interceptions came in the second half.
Early in the third quarter, Daryl Washington intercepted Ryan's pass and returned it 8 yards to the Atlanta 22. Jay Feely's 39-yard field goal put the Cardinals ahead 24-6 with 7:07 left in the third.
Rookie Tyrann Mathieu's interception led to Feely's 38-yard field goal that made it 27-6 with 8:40 to play.
Arizona led 27-6 before Ryan's 4-yard touchdown pass to Drew Davis with 4:37 left. The Falcons' Matt Bosher recovered the onside kick at the Atlanta 48. Calais Campbell's sack and a false-start penalty left Atlanta in a fourth-and-20 situation and Johnson got his second interception.


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Police check out bomb threat at Sanborn Regional HighByJASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
December 09. 2013 12:08PM
KINGSTON - Authorities are investigating after a bomb threat was found written inside a bathroom at Sanborn Regional High School this morning.
Principal Brian Stack said the message referred to a bomb in the school but provided no time, location, or other details.
Police were called to the school around 10:30 a.m. to investigate the threat.
During a search of the building, police reported that a "suspicious package" was discovered on the second floor of the school.
Superintendent Brian Blake said the "package" later turned out to be a band instrument.
Shortly after police responded, Stack issued a statement to the school community.
"At 10:30 this morning, the administration was made aware of a potential safety concern for the high school campus. The Kingston Police Department was immediately notified and decided the best course of action was to internally evacuate students and staff to a safe and secure area while the building was thoroughly checked. Once the building was cleared by the police the school resumed normal operation," Stack said in the statement.
The incident remains under investigation.
Stack urged anyone with information to call the Kingston Police Department at 642-5742.
"We take the safety of all students and staff very seriously at Sanborn and we will continue to work with the community and local safety officials to address issues that arise," he said.


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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falls are a significant public health problem. The CDC urges older adults and those working with the elderly to be aware of, understand and address the potential for fractures, injury and functional impairment that threaten one's independence, quality of life and may lead to death. While one in three older adults are likely to fall in any given year, and approximately 16,000 people die each year due to a fall or fall-related injury 5
Putting Falls into Perspective
A plane crash is a rare catastrophe that becomes headline news for the days and weeks to follow. In addition, the coordinated response of federal agencies regularly leads to mandated safety rules and regulations in an attempt to prevent future accidents. Events such as a plane crash often serve as a "wake up call" to bring attention to unrecognized threats and vulnerability. Did you know the occurrence of deaths due to falls is equivalent to a Boeing 767 going down weekly killing all 300 people on board.6
Aging brings challenges to our independence through natural changes that compromise safe mobility and increase fall risk. While not headline news, a fall can be catastrophic to the person affected. And, for many older adults, falls can be avoided if risks are understood and addressed.
Eliminating all fall risks is not possible, however; raising awareness and understanding about risks to safe mobility is key to helping older adults maintain and extend their independence. Since independence is highly valued, researchers note that a health promotion and independence approach is effective 7 in counseling older adults versus more traditional fall prevention focus (e.g., facts and problem oriented approach).
Addressing Fall Risks
We understand that fall risks are multi-factorial and include physical, psychological, financial, environmental and social risk factors. With the focus of this month's Gero Gems on encouraging health care and social service professionals to assess and address mobility safety, we emphasize the importance of conducting targeted screening. A variety of screening tools are available to assess functional mobility status including the Timed Up and Go Test 8 that is effective when used to identify community dwelling older adults at risk of falling and the Morse Fall Scale 9 is validated as useful in long-term care facilities. Each of these screening tools can be administered in less than one minute and provides a basic overview of functional mobility and risk for falls. It is understood, however, that the use of any screening tool is only a first step toward identifying the need for a comprehensive, follow-up assessment required to uncover additional fall risk factors.
As the aging population continues to grow at record rates, it is more important than ever for health care and social service professionals to help increase awareness and understanding of the catastrophic consequences of falls. In addition, as with many health challenges, there is a "ripple effect" associated with falls. Falls not only impact the individual faller (death, dependence), they also affect their family (care, finances), and their community (health care system, volunteer lost). As professionals serving older adults, we need to lead the charge, setting in motion a "risk reduction mind-set" for all of us to help ward off this significant threat to life and independence.
Did you know falls are a significant threat to the independence of older adults:
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Recommended Resources- Evelyn's Picks Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Falls in Older Adults. Information on preventing injuries at home and at leisure.
Gillespie, L. & Handoll, G (2009). Prevention of falls and fall-related injury in older people. Cochrane Corner. Injury Prevention, 15: 354-355.
GERO GEMS is a monthly publication of the Center for Aging with Dignity. Compiled by Evelyn Fitzwater, this publication is designed to raise awareness of aging and related issues impacting health care professionals and our society as a whole.
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No. 1 Arizona pulls away to beat Washington 71-62
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona coach Sean Miller likens the top-ranked Wildcats' size and power to a running team in football: The longer an opponent plays against it, the more it wears down.
The Washington Huskies found out just what he means.
Nick Johnson scored 24 points, Aaron Gordon had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Arizona pulled away late for a 71-62 victory Saturday.
"Sometimes the story line is a little different at halftime than it is at the end of the game because you can kind of wear that opponent down and the carries that go for 2 or 3 yards in the first half break wide open in the second," Miller said. "You just have to stay with it."
The Wildcats did and are off to their best start since the 1931-32 team opened with a school-record 16 straight wins.
It wasn't easy.
One of the best rebounding teams in the country, Arizona (15-0, Pac-12) had a hard time keeping the Huskies off the glass or from scoring inside in a tight first half.
The Wildcats turned up the defensive pressure in the second half, particularly on the perimeter, to stretch the lead in the final 3 minutes.
Arizona had 10 dunks among its 24 field goals and hit 7 of 8 free throws in the final 2 minutes.
T.J. McConnell overcame a poor-shooting game with six assists, five rebounds and four steals while teaming with Johnson to hound the Huskies at the top of Arizona's defense.
"That's what good teams do, nettle through adversity," said Johnson, who hit all six of his free throws in the closing minutes. "They are a good team. Their record may not sure it, but they are good. We knew that going into the game. We made our run and made our shots when it counted."
The Huskies didn't.
Washington (9-6, 1-1) kept up with the bigger Wildcats well into the second half behind good shooting and strong inside play.
The Huskies went cold down the stretch, though, shooting 10 of 33 in the second half while missing all seven of their 3-point attempts.
C.J. Wilcox led Washington with 20 points. Perris Blackwell had 12 points and 12 rebounds and knocked around Kaleb Tarczewski inside, helping to hold Arizona's center to seven points on 2-of-10 shooting.
"When they took the lead, I feel that we got away from the things we were trying to do defensively and offensively," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said. "We had to hit home runs every time we took possession of the ball and I don't think we accomplished that."
Washington had a tough non-conference schedule and opened Pac-12 play with an impressive road win, racing past Arizona State early for a 76-65 victory.
The Huskies faced a much stiffer challenge against Arizona.
The Wildcats have been No. 1 for a month and have one of the nation's best defenses behind a group of versatile, athletic players.
Arizona was at its defensive best in its conference opener Thursday, setting McKale Center records by holding Washington State to 25 points, nine field goals and 20 percent shooting.
The Huskies were able to keep up with the Wildcats in the first half, scoring inside and outrebounding them to lead 35-33.
"We missed a couple easy shots that we normally convert and we need to convert in the future," Miller said.
Washington took a quick six-point lead in the second half, but Shawn Kemp Jr. fouled out with 10:37 left, leaving their Huskies with one of the few players who could match up with Arizona's size.
The Wildcats also turned up the defensive pressure, holding the Huskies to one field goal in a 10-minute span.
Gordon was quiet in the first half and, at the urging of his coaches, became more aggressive, scoring some big baskets while grabbing 10 rebounds.
Johnson was good at both ends, following a 360 dunk in the first half with a couple more acrobatic moves in the second. He and McConnell also keyed Arizona's defensive effort in the second half, creating havoc and steals with their constant pressure.
Washington point guard Nigel Williams-Goss had a hard time shaking Arizona's two best perimeter defenders, hitting 4 of 12 shots for nine points while committing three turnovers.
"It's tough going against their defense with our small lineup, but we just needed to work," Wilcox said. "In the second half, they were relentless and that's one of the main reasons why they are No. 1 in the country."


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Cisco is a worldwide leader in data-networking equipment and software. As a dominant player in this global market, the company is well-positioned to capitalize on increasing demands for sophisticated technology throughout an economically developing world. Cisco derives about half of its sales from the U.S. with the rest split between Europe and the rest of the world.[1]
Cisco benefits from the increased use of next-generation network applications that span different types of signals, including video (e.g.,conferencing, Internet), sound, data, and voice. The use of these high-bandwidth applications is fueling the need for an industry-wide networking upgrade. Cisco provides IP-based routers, switches and related technologies which can support greater bandwidth and manage different types of applications. Its primary customers include enterprise companies (over 1,000 employees), small business (under 1,000 employees), and service providers for data, video, and communications. As a result, its business growth is highly tied to the overall health of the economy. Cisco has limited offerings to end consumers at this time.
Cisco's revenue from their router business in 2010 was an estimated $6.5 billion.[2] Routers enable the communication of data packets over the Internet. Cisco aims to improve the intelligence, security, reliability, scalability, and level of performance of information transfer with each new router it develops. There are three main types of routers that Cisco produces and sells:
Switches are used to build networks over areas ranging from local area networks (LAN's), such as college campuses, and metropolitan area networks (MAN's) across entire cities, to wide area networks (WAN's) that cover even greater distances. Switches work specifically to connect and integrate the needs of end users with workstations and servers. This sector generated $13.5 billion in revenue in 2010.[2]
Cisco has a wide array of advanced technology products that are divided in to six subsets:
Cisco's Advanced Technologies sector represents a superior opportunity for incremental growth. The company is expected to expand this product sector through research and development as well as acquisitions focused on opportunities that incorporate higher networking layers, more sophisticated security capabilities, and more complex storage networking demands.
Unlike the routers and switchers, the market for Cisco's Advanced Technologies is more dispersed and crowded. The company faces competition from other expanding networking companies in addition to specialized business vendors.
Cisco offers several services from this sector, including both technical and more involved support. Examples of these services include:
The growth of online video -- from YouTube, BitTorrent, and increasingly Television Studios' own forays onto the Internet -- has already led to massive increases in the amount of data traveling across the Internet. A single, 30-minute video clip requires many thousands of times the bandwidth that a single email message requires. As such, online video has already required that carriers spend massive amounts to upgrade their networks, and this spending has benefited Cisco, the largest manufacturer of routers to direct traffic on the Internet. So far, however, less than 1% of video is delivered over the Internet. If that were to grow significantly, then demand for routers would grow further. Internet traffic growth could increase as much as 46% per year, with a very large portion of that growth coming from video demand.[4] Videos currently account for about 30 percent of internet traffic.
Convergence is a state of technology in which networks can exchange different types of signals (i.e. sound, video, data, etc) seamlessly. As end-point Internet technology has continued to develop, convergence has become a more realistic goal for networking companies. The majority of the current networking infrastructure (routers, switches, etc) are not capable of handling the new services that have sprung up in recent years which include conferencing, telepresence, closed-circuit TV and organizational broadcasts. With its impressive market share on so many segments of the networking industry, Cisco Systems is well positioned to capitalize on both the improvement of end user technology and the subsequent need for new and improved infrastructure demand that will continue to grow.
With its growing Advanced Technologies sector of business, Cisco is looking to take advantage of the demand for more sophisticated technologies that stem from convergence. The company makes products such as Internet video cameras and media adapters as well as voice and data products. The use of these products requires greater network capability and thus the purchase of improved routers and switchers, which Cisco also provides. This "pull-through" effect of Cisco's Advanced Technology product sales represents an important part of the company's potential for growth. Cisco's Telepresence, its next generation videoconference system, allows for video conferencing from all across the globe. It is a technology that creates an environment that is so convenient that it could relieve the need to travel and converse with others face to face.
Here are some specific examples of how technological convergence could affect Cisco's growth opportunities:
Cisco derives a little over half of its sales within the United States and 21% from Europe.[1] While these sales have fueled the company's health, there are opportunities for growth in the company's other geographic sales locations. China holds great potential for the networking industry as a whole because of its rapidly expanding economy and demand for routers to support its firewall policies; Japan, on the other hand, has experienced stagnation in its economy and therefore represents a region with lower future growth potential in sales of networking technologies. Cisco does not enjoy such a dominant market share in East Asia as it does elsewhere, and several key competitors--including Juniper in Japan--generate a larger share of business from this region. The company must also compete with entrenched regional networking companies such as Huawei (China).
Cisco has one of the highest gross operating margins among its competitors because of its size and scale. The size of the company allows it to maintain a large advantage in negotiating for many of its supply agreements. Furthermore, Cisco has the lowest operating costs (as a percentage of sales) in its industry. Cisco maintains cost levels at around 35% of total sales while other companies incur costs up to half of their total revenues. Cisco also has an impressive base of loyal enterprise customers.
One key advantage afforded to Cisco by its size is the ability to spend more on research and development than its competitors. As with most high technology industries, research and development spending can drive innovation of new products and stave off the obsolescence of older offerings.
In addition to other large networking companies with broad portfolios, and especially as it reaches into more specified product markets, Cisco also competes with niche networking companies like Symantec, the leader in internet security.


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South America is a continent with a rich variety of cultures. Each country's history is unique, providing an interesting backdrop to the development of each's economic and legal systems. Given the continent's geographic and biological diversity as well, South America is an important trading partner to many countries of the world for numerous minerals, crops, and livestock. The countries of South America have also entered into regional agreements with institutions such as the Andean Community, Mercosur, and Unasur. All of these characteristics touch upon numerous areas of law such as trade law, indigenous rights, environmental law, human rights law and criminal law. AUWCL provides several opportunities in Colombia (Arboleda, Los Andes, Rosario), Chile, and Argentina, and is actively forging new relationships with other countries to develop the student's skills and abilities to participate in South America as an international lawyer.


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Senate Not Concerned About How Often NSA Spies On Americans, But Very Concerned That It Built Open Source Software To Do So
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Unfortunately, the Senate Armed Services Committee sees things very differently. As part of a 600-page bill that's being floated, it actually calls out Accumulo by name, and suggests that it violates a policy that says the government shouldn't build its own software when there are other competing commercial offerings on the market. The reasoning is basically that the government shouldn't spend resources reinventing the wheel if it can spend fewer resources using existing code. You can see the basic reasoning behind that, but applying it here makes little sense. As the article notes, here we're talking about software that's already been developed and released -- not a new effort to rebuild existing software. In fact, those who follow this stuff closely note that Accumulo did "break new ground" with some of its features when it was being built. To then kill it afterwards seems not just counterproductive, but could also create a chilling effect for government open source efforts, which seem like something we should be encouraging, not killing.
What's really odd is the close interest that the Senate seems to be paying to this. The discussion is very specific, naming Accumulo and some of the competing offerings on the market. They're specifically calling out this one product. Of course, as Julian Sanchez notes, there's a bit of irony in the fact that the very same Senate appears to have absolutely no interest in finding out how often the NSA spies on Americans... but sure is concerned about what database it uses to store all of the information it's getting.
Of course... all of this raises a separate issue in my mind: can the NSA even open source Accumulo? I though that creations of the federal government were automatically public domain, rather than under copyright. And, thus, putting it under a specific license might, in fact, present limitations that the government can't actually impose on the software.... Thus, shouldn't the software code actually be completely open as a public domain project? The government should be able set up an Apache-like setup, but one without any restrictions on the code.


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The Natural History Museum of Utah's Traveling Treasures program exhibit examines those phenomena and others, focusing on the message that "migrations are magnificent and mysterious, a great rhythm of movement across the landscape."
The exhibit, "Amazing Migration," is now on display at the Moab Zions Bank branch through October. The exhibit features specimens and objects from the museum's collections that "offer a glimpse of the swirl of animals and even plants in migratory motion across the globe," according to a museum news release.
In conjunction with the exhibit, Natural History Museum of Utah Invertebrate Collections Manager Christy Bills will present an Oct. 24 lecture about the "amazing world of invertebrates all around us," according to a news release. Bills will answer questions from the audience. She will also have live tarantulas on hand for participants to view, officials said. The lecture will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at Zions Bank's Moab office at 330 S. Main St.
Traveling Treasures is sponsored by the Natural History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah and is in its 15th year of the partnership. The exhibit, which changes its theme every two years, is installed in the lobbies of Zions Bank in communities across the state. During the span of the program, Traveling Treasures has been taken to 166 communities, traveled approximately 20,800 miles, and reached more than 400,000 Utah residents through the exhibit and related free family events, museum officials said.
"As the state museum of natural history, we want to reach out to communities across the entire state of Utah to extend the opportunity for residents to experience the Museum's vast collections," said Museum Executive Director Sarah George. "The Traveling Treasures exhibit has been an important exhibit that has helped relay the story of the Museum's collections across the state. Amazing Migrations is one of those stories, and it shows how Utah is connected to places all over the globe."
The new exhibit details migrations of people, animals and plants. The displays include a cadre of Monarch butterflies, a deer skull, and even an ancient moccasin, as well as dozens of other objects and specimens, officials said. Amazing Migration will be in the lobby of 11 different Zions Banks during the 2012 calendar year.
The exhibit will travel 1,280 miles across the state of Utah, visiting 11 communities. After debuting in Brigham City in February, the exhibit traveled to South Ogden, Tooele, Saratoga Springs, Richfield, Salina, Manti, and Price. Following its stop in Moab, the exhibit will move on to Monticello and Kanab.
"Migrations are amazing. Scientists know why animals migrate, but much less about how they make their journeys," museum officials said in the news release. "But, migrations also create connections. Through migrating animals, Utah is connected to the Arctic, South America, and countless places in between."
The Natural History Museum of Utah, the University of Utah, is one of the leading scientific research and cultural institutions in the Intermountain West. Established in 1963, the museum oversees more than 1.2 million objects and offers exhibitions and educational programs to thousands of residents and visitors each year, including traveling and permanent exhibits, special events and other programs. The museum also offers a variety of outreach programs to communities and schools throughout the state, reaching every Utah school district each year, officials said. The museum has an active research program that includes more than 30 scientists and features 10 field expeditions each year, officials said.


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The dollar dropped against most major peers amid speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will seek to damp investor expectations of a reduction in stimulus when he testifies to Congress tomorrow.
The euro rose for the first time in three days versus the greenback even after German investor confidence unexpectedly fell. India's rupee reached a two-week high after policy makers raised interest rates. Sweden's krona climbed after minutes were released of the central bank's last meeting. Bernanke said July 10 U.S. unemployment and inflation warrant further stimulus.
"The message is resonating with investors that any Fed tapering is data-dependent," Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak and Co. in New York, said in a telephone interview. "That's hindering the advance in the dollar, which built a head of steam earlier in the month."
The dollar lost 0.8% to $1.3162 per euro at 2:53 p.m. New York time. The U.S. currency depreciated 0.7% to 99.18 yen. The shared European currency was little changed at 130.54 yen.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Global FX Volatility Index, a measure of currency fluctuations, slipped to almost a one-month low. The gauge was at 10.50% after dropping to 10.47% on July 9, the lowest level since June 18. The average this year is 9.32.
The yield on U.S. Treasury two-year notes touched 0.32%, almost the lowest since June 20.
"The yield has been receding, and as it recedes it's been taking the dollar lower across the board," Sebastien Galy, a foreign-exchange strategist at Societe Generale SA in New York, said in a phone interview.
Brazilian Real
Brazil's currency slid versus its 31 most-traded counterparts after a report showed inflation slowed, damping bets the central bank will increase borrowing costs at a faster place. The real weakened 1.4% to 2.2522 per dollar after strengthening 0.5% earlier and rallying 2.1% yesterday in the biggest jump since June 2012.
The rupee gained after the Reserve Bank of India increased the marginal standing facility rate and the bank rate to 10.25% from 8.25% late yesterday in Mumbai, according to a statement on its website. The monetary authority also said it will conduct open-market sales of government debt totaling 120 billion rupees ($2 billion) on July 18.
The Indian currency appreciated 1% to 59.3200 per dollar, according to prices from local banks compiled by Bloomberg. It reached 59.1250, the strongest since July 1. The rupee fell to a record 61.2125 on July 8.
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Currency traders are well aware of the spectacular advances in USD/JPY since last autumn: Rising 23% between October and March to hit four-year highs, posting six consecutive monthly gains and attaining the longest string of uninterrupted monthly advances since 2001. Does the rally have more legs? Traders have mentioned 97 and 100 yen. But how about 105 or 120?
Reflating the Nikkei 225
The soaring USD/JPY has been the result of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Abe's aggressive policy to reflate the economy by breaking the vicious cycle of deflation, which prevailed in six of the last ten years. Abe forced the Bank of Japan to increase its inflation objective to 2% from the current 1%-2% range and vowed unlimited bond purchases to reach the new price objective. Abe is expected to win the elections in the upper house of parliament in July, which should bolster support for his spending policy and further lubricate Japanese equities and drive down the currency.
The Nikkei 225 Index wasted little time to rally on the promise of cheap money and falling yen. In 2012, the Nikkei 225 rose 23%, posting its biggest annual increase since 2005. Despite these rapid gains as of late, the Nikkei 225 increased only 56% from its 2008 cycle lows to mid-March. This compares to 126%, 115% and 117% for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dax-30, respectively, from their March 2009 lows to mid-March 2013. Considering Japan is at an early stage of an aggressive easing policy, the Nikkei's upside may just be getting started.
On the U.S. side of the USD/JPY, there stands a win-win situation for the pair. In the unlikely event that the Federal Reserve signals a tapering in its asset purchases, then the U.S. dollar may get a broad boost on restricted liquidity. If on the other hand, the Fed maintains the $85 billion in monthly purchases, then the JPY may remain pressured as liquidity is set to support equities and overall risk appetite.
On the speculative side, positioning in USD/JPY shows a negative 73,351 contracts, which is net short JPY vs. the USD. Although such positioning is the biggest JPY short in nearly six years, it remains well below the 188,000 record attained in June 2007 when USD/JPY stood near 124.00.
U.S. jobs argument
The improvement in U.S. employment figures will likely remain a principal driving force in USD/JPY. American non-farm payrolls were near the same levels of +200-300K seen in summer 2007. But two key differences stood out: The 3-month moving average remained stable around the 130,000-190,000 range over the last two years, while the 3-month average in 2007 stood near 80,000, well below the 250,000-280,000 range prevailing between 2005 and 2007. This illustrates that the ascent in job creation over the last two years is clearly superior to that when equities had peaked in 2007, suggesting the rising trend could feed into higher personal expenditure and corporate margins.
Moving on to U.S. manufacturing jobs, we find their 3-month moving average currently stands at 14,000 in March, compared to a range of -15,000 to -30,000 jobs prevailing in 2007. Not only was the 2007 plateau in manufacturing spread at far lower levels, but it lasted for about two years before giving in to the 2007-2009 economic collapse.
The above analysis illustrates that U.S. labor markets currently are undergoing healthier flows (rates of change) relative to those in 2007 when equities were at record highs. Although the jobless figures are higher in absolute terms (higher unemployment and jobless claims), their rate of decline remains fluid. And with the Dow Jones Industrial Index the only one of the seven major global indexes to be at record highs at the time of this writing, the scope for further gains by the Dow and other indexes to catch up is inevitable considering these brightening U.S. fundamentals.
USD/JPY perfect storm
USD/JPY remains the perfect storm as it is propped by : 1) Full-fledged anti-deflation Japanese policy; 2) improving U.S. growth dynamics; and 3) broadening global risk appetite further weighing on the yen. Knocking all of the major weekly moving averages out of sight, USD/JPY faces the next barrier at the 100-week moving average of 98.40. The next objective would be at 101.20/50 — the base from autumn 1999 and winter 2005. Noting that the 100-month moving average was last breached at the same time the 200-month one was broken, 108.00 may be a realistic target. The key for USD bulls remains the extent of the next corrective pullback before renewing the gains. USD/JPY support will need to hold at 86.50 for the current rally to continue. But the road to 108 appears to carry sufficient policy backing.
Ashraf Laidi is chief global strategist at City Index-FX Solutions and author of "Currency Trading & Intermarket Analysis." His Intermarket Insight appears daily on AshrafLaidi.com


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