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Medicine at 13,000 feet
In August 2011, I traveled with a medical aid expedition to Huancavelica, Peru. High in the Andes, it's an area blessed by rugged beauty and plagued by poverty. I was along to document the mission, a collaborative effort among doctors from Peru and the United States that not just brought medical help to the region but also brought people from remote villages to the area's major hospital. For some patients, the doctors could offer a simple fix and reassurance that everything would be okay; for others, they provided life-altering surgery.
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- Vicky said on Jul 8, 2012
Just two words: Thank you!! I am Peruvian and I can offer my help for your next trip to Peru. You make me cry with the photos. Our country lacks many things, but the people always offer their homes and hearts for shelter.
- Mike Larremore '08 said on Jul 16, 2012
Thank you very much for your support, Vicky! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact www.pamsweb.org. I'm glad you enjoyed the images!
- David said on Jul 23, 2012
Mike, thanks for sharing your experiences. It sounds like your trip was life-altering as well.
On a personal note is it possible to get a hi rez copy of the "End of the day Peruvian sunset" image for personal use? I find it very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey.
- Ross Dakin said on Jul 25, 2012
- Fantastic work, Mike, as always.
Summer 2012
Table of contents
The Makers
What does it mean to teach the arts—and to create art in all its forms—here and now? By that, we mean here at Santa Clara, in the heart of Silicon Valley, with threads reaching out to the rest of the world.
Respect the game
Now they're the subject of dreams-may-come true movies. But in the beginning, they were women who just wanted to play soccer.
Mission Matters
People, prosperity, and the planet
A new fuel cell design brings top honors to student engineers.
In the zone
First Julie Johnston '14 was freshman of the year. Then All-American. Now the Under-20 World Cup is calling.
Truth, justice, and coping with atrocities
Legal scholar Beth Van Schaack tapped for State Department post tackling war crimes—from Cambodia to the former Yugoslavia.


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Yet Another State Court Explores Right To Anonymity In Online Posting
from the you-can't-go-back... dept
Recently, in a similar case, a court ruled that a newspaper can keep its comments anonymous under the same rules that allow it to keep any sources anonymous. It doesn't sound like this argument came up in this case, but it might be worth considering.
But, more to the point, this seems like it could also be a SLAPP suit. The complaint was clearly a statement of opinion. And, of course, in bringing this lawsuit, it seems like all Zebulon J. Brodie has really done is draw an awful lot more attention to the fact that people think the Dunkin' Donuts he owns in Centreville, Maryland isn't particularly clean. Maybe he would have been a lot better off just making sure that it was clean. And, if he really felt that the message was unfair, why not just post a message pointing out that it wasn't true (hell, put up a photo) and invite anyone to come in and check it out. Wouldn't that have been a lot easier, cheaper and more effective?
Either way, Brodie chose a different route for whatever reason -- but as Public Citizen's Paul Levy argued in court, the issue with anonymity is that once it's removed, you can't go back. A court should be quite cautious and convinced that defamation has actually happened before removing that important right.

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G2322, Revised September 2001
Swine producers have known for years that minerals must be supplied in swine rations for optimum performance. About 5 percent of the total body weight of swine consists of mineral elements. These elements are essential for most of the basic metabolic reactions in the body. They have a role in digestion; metabolism of protein, fats, and carbohydrates; and the structure of chromosomes, enzymes, nerves, blood, skeleton, hair and milk. They are also an important factor in reproduction, growth, production, and resistance to parasites and diseases.
The amount of a given mineral that an animal absorbs depends on concentration of that mineral in the diet, the mineral source, concentrations of other minerals in the diet, and the mineral status of the animal. Pigs depend primarily on their daily feed to supply needed mineral requirements. However, minerals should not be added to the diet haphazardly. The familiar saying "if a little is good, more is better" is not true of mineral supplements. Overuse can lead to serious consequences, including antagonistic effects between minerals and medications.
Mineral deficiencies are more likely to occur in swine than in other farm animals. Body stores of minerals are used in emergencies, but these are insufficient for maximum production. Reasons for mineral supplementation for growing swine include the following:
Research indicates that swine need at least 12 mineral elements in their diet: calcium, phosphorus, sodium, chlorine, potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iodine, iron, copper, and selenium. Certain trace minerals may also be needed. Required minerals likely to be deficient in Midwest swine rations are calcium, phosphorus, sodium, chlorine (salt), iron, zinc, iodine, copper, and selenium. Tables 1 and 2 show minimum and practical mineral requirements for growing and reproducing swine.
Table 1
Mineral requirements for growing pigs (90 percent dry matter).
Table 2
Mineral requirements for reproducing swine (90 percent dry matter).
Calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) play an important role in the development and maintenance of the skeletal system, blood clotting, muscle contraction and many other physiologic functions. These two minerals must be considered together when calculating the total amount of each needed to meet the requirement.
The ratio of calcium to phosphorus is important to ensure optimum performance. You should strive for a ratio in the range of 1.2 to 1.0 or an available phosphorus based-ratio of 2:1 or 3:1. A wide Ca:P ratio (excess Ca of 25 percent or more) will lower the phosphorus absorption, resulting in reduced growth, and structural unsoundness (poor bone calcification). The ratio is less critical if there is excess P in the diet. However, a narrow Ca:P ratio will result in a more efficient use of phosphorus and will be more economically feasible.
The calcium content of corn, small grains and soybean meal is sufficiently low to require supplementation for all swine. Phosphorus is probably the most important mineral element in the body, because it is involved in nearly every metabolic system. Small grains and corn are usually an inadequate source of phosphorus for swine because of the low concentration and availability of phosphorus they contain. A dietary phosphorus deficiency has an immediate depressing effect on appetite, growth rate, and feed efficiency of swine.
Table 3 shows the relative bioavailability of calcium and phosphorus in common feedstuffs. When using sources of phosphorus other than those that are commonly available in Missouri (such as meat, bone meal and dicalcium phosphate), the purchase price should be based on the cost per unit of available digestible phosphorus.
The availability of phosphorus in most grain is low because 60 to 75 percent of the phosphorus is organically bound in the form of phytate or phytic acid. In addition, pigs do not synthesize the enzyme phytase required for hydrolysis of phytate P. Phosphorus bioavailability varies widely in feed ingredients, ranging from less than 15 percent in corn to more then 50 percent in wheat. Phosphorus variation may be partially explained by the natural phytase activity present in the grain. The use of a microbial phytase in the diet improves the bioavailability of phytate phosphorus and calcium utilization, therefore, the amount of inorganic P that must be added to meet the available P requirement is reduced. If 250 to 500 phytase units per kilogram of feed increases the availability of phosphorus in grain-soybean meal diets by as much as 20 to 25 percent, this results in a 40 to 60 percent reduction in phosphorus excretion.
Table 3
Common dietary sources of calcium and phosporus.
Sodium chloride (NaCl) provides the principal extracellular cation (Na+) and anion (Cl-) in the body. Sodium chloride is commonly deficient in swine rations. The standard recommendation of 0.2-0.25 percent will meet the dietary Na and Cl requirements of growing and finishing pigs fed a grain-soybean meal diet. If milk by-products such as dried whey or skim milk are used, salt concentrations could be reduced. Salt cannot be stored in the body to any great extent, so consumption above daily needs must be excreted. Salt deficiency results in a reduction in rate and efficiency of growth. Salt toxicity can be caused by dehydration is access to fresh water is unavailable or restricted. Signs of salt toxicity include nervousness, weakness, staggering, epileptic seizures, paralysis and death.
Potassium, the third most abundant mineral in the body, is important in electrolyte balance and neuromuscular function. Magnesium is required for many enzyme reactions. These two minerals, along with sulfur, are generally not supplemented because diets of grain and soybean meal contain higher concentrations than necessary to meet the requirement, and no deficiencies have been shown in swine.
Iodine is required in small quantities and is a vital component of the thyroid hormones, which affect the pig's metabolic rate. It is especially important for sows during pregnancy. Sows fed iodine-deficient diets will farrow weak or dead pigs that are hairless and have an enlarged, hemorrhagic thyroid. The incorporation of iodized salt (0.007 percent iodine), at a level of 0.2 percent of the diet, provides adequate iodine (0.14 ppm) to meet the needs of growing pigs fed grain-soybean meal diets.
Iron (Fe) is a required element of hemoglobin in red blood cells, myoglobin in muscle, transferrin for Fe transport in serum; uteroferrin for iron transport in the placenta; lactoferrin in milk for Fe transfer to the nursing pig, and ferritin or hemosiderin for Fe storage in the liver. Iron deficiency rapidly develops in newly born pigs, which must receive supplemental iron shortly after birth. This supplement can be in the form of a single intramuscular injection of 100 to 200 milligrams of Fe as Fe-dextran. Anemia develops rapidly in nursing pigs because:
Copper is necessary for the synthesis of hemoglobin and for activation of several oxidative enzymes needed for normal metabolism. A deficiency in copper leads to poor iron mobilization, abnormal formation of blood, poor keratinization, and poor synthesis of collagen, elastin, and myelin. Copper deficiency signs include bowing of the legs, spontaneous fractures, poor appetite, reduced growth, cardiac and vascular disorders, and depigmentation. The requirement for copper is probably no greater than 5 to 6 ppm during the growing phase. Young growing pigs are often fed as much as 100 to 250 ppm copper to stimulate growth performance. A copper toxicity may occur in growing pigs fed more than 250 ppm for an extended period unless 100 ppm iron and zinc or 500 ppm of sulfur is added to the diet. Toxicity signs include depressed hemoglobin concentrations, jaundice, anemia, and bloody feces, which are the result of excessive copper accumulation in the liver and other vital organs. Reduced dietary concentrations of zinc and iron or high calcium accentuate copper toxicity.
Zinc (Zn) is required for normal epidermal tissue development and proper function of several metabolic enzymes. A zinc deficiency in swine is characterized by a loss of appetite, reduced growth rate and feed efficiency and impaired sexual development, and is often accompanied by a skin condition called parakeratosis. Growth rate and feed efficiency usually are affected long before parakeratosis appears. High calcium levels in the diet increase the dietary Zn requirement. Excess calcium reduces zinc absorption and may speed its removal from the tissues. The zinc requirement on a corn-soy ration is about 50 to 100 ppm with normal levels of calcium for growing to finishing pigs. High dietary zinc concentrations (2,000 to 3,000 ppm zinc as zinc oxide) increased the growth rate of newly weaned pigs, and in some cases reduce the incidence of diarrhea. Zinc toxicity results in reduced growth, arthritis, hemorrhage in axillary spaces, gastritis and death.
Selenium should be included in swine diets. Careful mixing to ensure adequate but not excess concentrations is important. The amount of selenium that may be added to swine diets is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which set the maximum legal limit at 0.3 ppm (0.27 grams per ton). Selenium deficiencies result in sudden death, liver necrosis, mulberry heart and pale muscles. Selenium toxicity can occur at 5 to 8 ppm and is characterized by reduced feed intake, depressed growth, loss of hair, stiffness or pain upon movement, cirrhosis of the liver, anemia, separation of the hoof from the foot, impaired embryo development, and a high percentage of stillbirths.
In the following example,
Step 1
Using the chemical analysis in Table 4, calculate the amount of calcium and phosphorus available from the 80 pounds of corn and 20 pounds of soybean meal, which results in 0.088 pound of calcium and 0.354 pound of phosphorus.
Step 2
Subtract the amount of calcium and phosphorus supplied in corn and soybean meal from the requirement (shown in Table 2). You will still be short 0.512 pound of calcium and 0.146 pound of phosphorus.
Step 3
Meet the phosphorus requirement first because most phosphorus sources contain calcium and are more expensive than calcium sources. In this example, using 0.8 pound of dicalcium provides an additional 0.176 pound of calcium and 0.148 pound of phosphorus, which meets the phosphorus requirement, but the calcium requirement is still short by 0.336. (Use the nutrient content of dicalcium phosphate shown in Table 3.)
Step 4
To meet the calcium requirement, 0.94 pound of limestone would provide 0.336 pound calcium, which meets the requirement. (Use the nutrient content of limestone shown in Table 3.)
To calculate this ration on a ton basis, multiply your answer by 20. This same system can be used with additional feed ingredients. You will need to obtain figures from tables on phosphorus and calcium levels in each feed. This procedure is fairly accurate, but obviously you are ending up with more than a 100 pounds mix, and protein concentrations will be slightly less than those calculated using 100 pounds, after minerals are added.
Table 4
Calcium-phosphorus concentrations of common swine feed ingredients.
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Long Goodbye, The (UK - BD RB)
Marcus takes another technical approach to Elliot Gould coolfest...
When private eye Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is visited by an old friend and helps him leave the country a series of events begins in which Marlowe is hired to search for a missing novelist (Sterling Hayden) and finds himself on the wrong side of vicious gangsters.
Robert Altman's adaptation of the Raymond Chandler's most personal novel takes his legendary detective and relocates him to the selfish, hedonistic culture of 1970s Hollywood, where he finds that his old-fashioned notions of honour and loyalty carry little weight.
*Once again I got this review disc a bit late, so in order to get the review up, I'll skip the film review and move straight on to the specs*
The image is kind of grubby looking, has a fair bit of grain and black levels often lose a lot of detail within the darker elements of the frame. There's an obvious stylistic approach here that makes a lot of this intentional but even with the grubbiness there's still a lot to like about the image. Edges are often sharp, generally lighting is natural looking and some of the colours in the film have a nice glow to them. Despite the odd noticeable upgrade, edges range from sharp, adding a bit of depth to flat adding no depth at all, which makes the entire presentation a bit up and down in terms of quality.
The film looks better outside under natural light and while everything still looks rather muted, the sharper edges provide more detail in trees, cars and general scenery. The warmer sunlit scenes actually feel way more HD than the scenes they are sitting between and the hazy, largely brown and beige interior scenes can often feel more DVD than Blu-ray.
Being a film that feels comfortable using shadows and brown and grey 70s interiors, the grubbiness of the image usually overpowers the good elements of the Blu-ray and often makes the HD upgrade hard to appreciate. There is noticeable HD goodness here but the presentation as a whole doesn't sell the image as an impressive HD overhaul really.
Gould's mumbled dialogue is of course a little low within the mono track but it still comes with a nice rumble to it. Other characters dialogue can often sound airy and disconnected from the visuals but everything is generally crisp and clean besides the limitations of the original track.
All in all, there's not a lot to be said about the audio as it's a fairly quiet film besides the odd tinkling of score underpinning scenes. When the score becomes the main driver of a scene it's crisp and pretty strong sounding and reaches out beyond the mono set up making it the stand out element of the low audio presentation.
'RIP Van Marlowe' (24:35 SD) is taken from the 2002 DVD and is a pretty good overview of the films creation and the history surrounding it.
'Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In' (56:32 SD) is taken from a 1996 Channel 4 Cinefile episode and covers the director's work with interviews with those who have worked with him.
The interviews section comes with chats with Elliot Gould, Vilmos Zsigmond, David Thompson, Tom Williams and Maxim Jakobowski. Some are on the film specifically and others are on Aktman in general but all are great and run for a fair bit. The Gould one is nearly an hour at a Q&A and is pretty fantastic stuff.
Last up is the Trailer and Radio Spots.
The Long Goodbye has Gould as an almost un-quantifiably cool central character. He literally floats through the events in the film and everything he does comes with a real air of charm. As he's so unlike those around him you can't really help but dig the vibe he brings to the character, which makes the film an easy watch as a whole.
The video has elements of goodness but it struggles to reach out beyond a DVD looking presentation. The audio is subtle but solid and really it's only the strength of the film and the enjoyable extras that make this Blu-ray worth going for.
Note: The images below are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Marcus Doidge
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 16th December 2013
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono English, Isolated music and effects
Subtitles: English SDH
Extras: Making of, Documentary, Interviews, Trailer, Radio Spots
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir and Thriller
Length: 112 minutes
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#ChildNotBride! Give The Girl Child A PEN Not A PENIS
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- Edad 27
So, the most unexpected bill was passed by the Nigerian senate
days ago, approving that the girl child, that is, the under-age
girls should be allowed to marry!
They gave a legislative seal of approval for the marriage of underage girls - that means even a 5 year old toddler could be married off.
Really, why on earth would they consider such!
This is the most absurd thing any sane government could ever do.
With the teeming number of teenage pregnancies and the social and
health hazards that we are already battling with, one wonders if
our law makers are really thinking at all.
Have they heard about obstructed labour due to small pelvis of
the child mother?
Have they heard about Obstetric fistula that results from prolonged obstructed labour that makes the girl leak urine continuously and makes her a social outcast? Do they know that many of these children are divorced and driven out of their husbands' homes because of this malady?Well, following the adoption by the Senate, of the controversial child bride, aggrieved citizens have planned to stage protests in different states today.
Also, social media activists have taken to the various social media platforms to voice out their displeasure.
This has been the debate on different social media. A lot of us think, it's inhuman. Please give that child a pen for a bright future and NOT a PENIS.
We have so many petitions online, but you can sign THIS to support the on-going #ChildNotBride movement! Help protect the Nigerian #GirlChild
Let us Insist That Our Daughters Be Sent To School And Not To
Infant Marriages.
Education is the bedrock of every society,and the education of
the girl child is as important as that of her male


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Why Sean Hannity leaked photos of himself with hookers on purpose- ANSWERED!!!
September 18, 2009 4 Comments
Hooker on Hannity: "he has been gladly paying good money for really raunchy sex with women he barely knows since well before 1990."
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – An anonymous source close to FoxNews told Unreasonably Safe Reporter the pictures circulating on the internet of Sean Hannity posing with prostitutes were actually leaked by Hannity himself. The source is also claiming that he actually did this to distance himself from the Glenn Beck rape controversy. The well publicized allegations that Beck raped a woman in 1990 has started to catch the attention of the mainstream media. They have been dumbfounded by the same question concerned citizens have yet to get an answer on- 'If Glenn Beck didn't rape a woman in 1990, why hasn't he denied the allegations.' Despite the growing concerns of citizens nationwide, Beck, Hannity and the rest of the FoxNews crew have remained mysteriously silent on the issue. That is until today, when the photos of Hannity carousing with prostitutes mysteriously began surfacing on the internet.
Apparently, the release of the photos was in response to the recent allegations that Hannity might have had a part in covering up Beck's rape controversy. Rather than be dragged down by Beck's problems, Hannity got out in front of the issue and released these pics himself in the hopes of creating a diversion, while also giving himself the opportunity to get his side of the story out before the liberal media was able to spin it. The message Hannity is putting out there is simple, "While it may be true that I used to be a whore monger, I at least paid for sex in 1990."
More importantly, the photo leak effectively accomplishes two things. First it distances him from Beck and his rape controversy by creating his own quasi-controversy for people to focus on. Secondly, it serves to create a pretty rock-solid defense. Which is: 'Sure, I used to squander hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on prostitutes, but that doesn't mean I have a deep seated hatred of consensual sex. It simply means I used to have a deap seated hatred of non-transactional consensual sex.' Read more of this post


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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2W-1L-1D) suffered their first loss of the 2014 season on Saturday afternoon, falling 2-1 to Colorado Rapids (2W-1L-1D) in front of a third straight sold-out crowd to start the season at BC Place.
Striker Darren Mattocks, who was named the Budweiser Man of the Match, opened the scoring with his first goal of the season in the 67th minute. But after the 'Caps went down to 10 men in the 77th minute, Rapids midfielder Jose Mari responded with two stunning goals in as many minutes to end Vancouver's undefeated streak at four games.
Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson fielded an unchanged starting lineup on Saturday, returning to the 4-4-2 diamond midfield formation that proved effective in last weekend's 2-1 win over Houston Dynamo.
And the match got off to a similar start, as Whitecaps FC began to push forward around the 10-minute mark after an early feeling out period.
The 'Caps appeared to open the scoring in the 14th minute for the second straight match and midfielder Pedro Morales was involved again. This time, the Chilean ripped a shot from distance and Mattocks slotted home the rebound, but the Jamaican was called offside.
Everything you need to know about Saturday's match
The two nearly combined again in the 36th minute, as Morales released Mattocks into the box with an inviting through-ball from midfield. But Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin was quick off his line to make a sprawling chest save off Mattocks' left-footed effort – one of Irwin's three saves in the first half.
At the other end of the park, second-year striker Deshorn Brown was Colorado's most dangerous player in the opening 45 minutes. The Jamaican had six of Colorado's eight first-half shots, including a glorious opportunity in the 30th minute.
In the build-up, Rapids striker Gabriel Torres sent a well-played overhead ball to a streaking Brown, whose left-footed strike from inside the box trickled just wide of the goal.
The two teams entered the break all-square, and aside from an early Morales free kick in the 51st minute, neither side managed to create much in the opening stages of the second half.
But the floodgates eventually opened, starting in the 67th minute. That's when Mattocks opened his 2014 goal-scoring account with a cool finish inside the box after receiving a nice flick-on from Kenny Miller.
Less than a minute later, Vancouver came within inches of adding to their lead. The 'Caps had numbers on the counter and Mattocks laid the ball into the box for an unmarked Morales, who hit it first time only to see a sprawling Irwin deflect the shot wide.
It was easily the timeliest of Irwin's six saves on the night, and the Rapids took advantage. Moments after Matias Laba was sent off for his second yellow card of the game, Mari notched a brace within the span of two minutes.
Both of the Spaniard's goals, which came in the 79th and 81st minutes respectively, were perfect curling strikes from outside the area that eluded a sprawling David Ousted and found the back of the net after hitting the far post.
The 'Caps came on strong in the dying stages of the match – Irwin punched away a Morales free kick in stoppage time – but it was not to be as the Rapids held on for a 2-1 victory.
Next up for Whitecaps FC is a much-anticipated home-and-home series with perennial Western Conference contender LA Galaxy. First, the two teams will meet next Saturday, April 12 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, before going head-to-head again the following weekend at BC Place.
It's not too late to participate in the best sporting experience in Vancouver. Whitecaps FC offer a flexible range of ticket products, including half-season tickets ($244), 5-packs ($149), student season tickets ($199), and a youth soccer half-season ticket ($100). Single-match tickets start at $22, subject to applicable fees. For more information on all Whitecaps FC ticket options, call 604.669.9283 ext. 2 or visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets.
Tweet of the Game
I love the offensive mindset that the @WhitecapsFC has this season. Very entertaining. Lots of skill in the midfield
— Shane E Canuck (@ShaneEinarson) April 5, 2014
Stat of the Game
Whitecaps FC had seven shots on target, compared to Colorado's three, but Irwin's six saves helped the Rapids come away with the three points.
Quote of the Game
"You have to give credit to their two finishes. Same guy, same two finishes. If he doesn't win MLS Player of the Week this week, then I don't know who will. It's going to take a mighty performance from somebody else to do that." - Jay DeMerit
Match Details
Budweiser Man of the Match: Darren Mattocks
Referee: Ioannis Stavridis
Attendance: 21,000
Scoring Summary
67' – VAN – Darren Mattocks (Kenny Miller)
79' – COL – Jose Mari (Marc Burch)
81' – COL – Jose Mari (Nathan Sturgis, Charles Eloundou)
Match Stats
Shots: Vancouver 14 – Colorado 14
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 7 – Colorado 3
Saves: Vancouver 1 – Colorado 6
Fouls: Vancouver 15 – Colorado 14
Offsides: Vancouver 1 – Colorado 1
Corners: Vancouver 8 – Colorado 3
25' – COL – Kamani Hill
54' – VAN – Matias Laba
65' – COL – Marc Burch
77' – VAN – Matias Laba
80' – COL – Charles Eloundou
90'+6 – COL – Clint Irwin
77' – VAN – Matias Laba
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
1.David Ousted; 33.Steven Beitashour (19.Erik Hurtado 90'+3), 40.Andy O'Brien, 6.Jay DeMerit, 2.Jordan Harvey; 28.Gershon Koffie (7.Sebastian Fernandez 57'), 15.Matías Laba, 77.Pedro Morales, 31.Russell Teibert; 11.Darren Mattocks, 9.Kenny Miller (23.Kekuta Manneh 74')
Substitutes not used
70.Paolo Tornaghi, 3.Sam Adekugbe, 16.Johnny Leveron, 29.Nicolas Mezquida
Colorado Rapids
1.Clint Irwin; 27.Shane O'Neill, 3.Drew Moor, 5.Thomas Piermayr, 4.Marc Burch; 8.Dillon Powers, 6.Jose Mari, 13.Kamani Hill (2.Nick LaBrocca 59'), 24.Nathan Sturgis (33.Jared Watts 90'+3); 26.Deshorn Brown (19.Charles Eloundou 69'), 10.Gabriel Torres
Substitutes not used
12.John Berner, 18.Marvin Chavez, 21.Grant Van De Casteele, 94.Marlon Hairston


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SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer Energy Services (NYSE MKT: PES) today announced that it will release its third quarter 2012 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, November 1. In conjunction with the release, Pioneer has scheduled a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet the same day starting at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central Time). Investors may participate in the call either by phone or audio webcast.
By Phone:
Dial 1-480-629-9692 approximately 10 minutes before the call and ask for the Pioneer Energy Services call. A telephone replay will be available through November 8 by dialing 1-303-590-3030 and using the access code 4567839#.
By Webcast:
Log onto Pioneer's main home page at www.pioneeres.com. The audio webcast can be accessed from the Investor Relations section under "Events & Presentations." A replay will be available shortly after the call for one year. For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at DRG&L at 713-529-6600 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Pioneer Energy Services provides contract land drilling services to independent and major oil and gas operators in Texas, Louisiana, the Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions and internationally in Colombia through its Drilling Services Segment. Pioneer also provides well, wireline, coiled tubing and fishing and rental services to producers in the U.S. Gulf Coast, offshore Gulf of Mexico, Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions through its Production Services Segment.
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In such a group of owners of the quintessential
press camera, there's sure to be at least a few newspaper photographers...
I'm one. I'm finishing up my first semester with the
top college newspaper in Texas
, and just starting a summer job* at the
"real" newspaper
--got my first photo published there yesterday. I don't use the Graphic for either; the News-Journal is all-digital, and I didn't get it until after the last paper of the semester at school. I plan on going back to the same school next semester, though, and I'll use it then...
*--a classmate in my photojournalism class is a part-time photog at the News-Journal, and he's going away for the summer and got to pick his own replacement (me).
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I used to be one, more or less...had a short stint...I'm in the NPPA still, and that's a great organization to belong to if you're just getting started in the business....btw, I started as a stringer in high school with a largish evening--then morning--paper...this was in the early to mid 80's and my assigned gear was one domke bag with 2 Nikons--an FE and an FM with a motor drive. I carried 4 lenses:24,35,85, 180. and a 283 flash and used one of the early quantums. I also had a Norman 200B strobe that I used for shooting night football etc. We shot all tri-x, and developed & did our own printing using Kodak Royalprint processors. As a stringer, I usually shot prep football & basketball, some spot news & alot of grip & grins, and features...A typical friday night for me was to drive to the next county and shoot the first quarter of a football game, then run back to the lab & process the film, pick out the shots, make my prints--write the ID info--stick the rc print into a selectric typewriter & type right on the back of the print--the cutline. Then I'd stamp the crap out of the thing--my name, the edition, etc. and thgen run out to deliver it to the editors...it took me about three hours to do this. When I started they told me not to come back until I'd shot at least 4 rolls of film....I'd shoot 'em in like 15 minutes or less because I was often so far away from the paper...btw, I shot with a Nikon FM, synced at a 125th, with Tri-x and a 180mm f2.8 Nikkor and that 200 ws Norman. My exposures would be f8...that strobe would throw light for half the field practically & keep up with a motor drive....a couple of years later I got a job at a dinky bi-weekly paper that had zero for budgets....we had maybe 200 feet of film for the entire year. I shot football games out in the boonies, where the editors gave me a 12 exposure roll of film and a 283 with no battery packs and said to cover the game....the fields looked like they were lit by kerosene lamps...I'd shoot Tri-X with direct flash, and push it to 1600 in Diafine, and it would still look like crap. Then, we printed the shots onto pre-screened Dupont PMT paper & burned the plates for the press right off that...
The big paper I worked at part-time, still had some staffers who'd been there for 25+ years, and those guys used speed graphics and Rolleis for a good part of their careers...they told me all sorts of stories of covering football games "with one holder"--standing out on the fifty yard line & shooting one sheet and then enlarging this to get about 3-4 images out of it. I saw the negs & it sure looked like they could do that...I print some of this stuff occasionally--like a shot of Choo Choo Jusitce at the Rose Bowl in the 40's...it's just like this...a super loose 4x5 with all this action--all on one sheet. I remeber messing around with an old Rolleiflex from the equipment room...I was on a lunch break & came upon an accident...I shot it as spot news with this Rolleiflex and ran back to the paper & processed & printed it....I was showing the shots to this old timer and said something like "can you believe I did this with this old thing??" he smiled and said something sarcastic about using them every day....
oh well....times sure have changed....fwiw, I shoot events & gov't press functions now as well, but for a gov't...same sort of work, very little difference in fact. Only we still shoot chrome film & Tri-X.....and everything else is shot on 4x5.
Check out the NPPA, or a local state chapter,it's a great organization.
as always, MY OPINIONS only.
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This Mommy school came from idea I pinned a long time ago HERE. Upon further investigation, they were using balls and glue - not marshmallows. However, I am working with a 3 and 5-year-old and the marshmallows added the perfect enticement to learn about shapes.
We basically practiced making all the shapes we could from the toothpicks and marshmallows. We didn't go for 3-D shapes yet - just 2-D. I would say, "Which shape only uses 3 sides?" They would lay out the toothpicks as the shape first and then join them with the marshmallows after they had it right.
Rex remembers triangles because they are like Ironman's chest piece in Ironman 2. Isn't that what you think of when you see a triangle?
Then as part of Rex's math home work we made numbers from the toothpicks. The boys ate the marshmallows and then we worked on our digital numbers. They are so many things you overlook as an adult. Just because they know their numbers doesn't mean they can read the digital version of them on a clock. Some of them look a little different. So, we figured all how to write the digital ones with out toothpick. (Rex is trying to give you a more interested pose than just a smile for you.)
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It's Tuesday again, and for the past six weeks I have been re-posting my earliest reviews every Tuesday for the sake of my newer readers who may have missed them. This week I am re-posting my very early review for Ron Matusalem Gran Reserva Rum. Like most of my earliest reviews this one is terse and to the point. I was sorely tempted to rewrite it to give the review more form and substance; but other fixing a few typos and adding a touch of clarification, I decided to leave it as it is. The review still gets the main point across, and that point is that this is a fine rum!
The Matusalem Gran Reserva is a "Solera Blended" rum which means that the red "Solera 15 Blender" stamp on the bottle does not indicate the youngest rum in the blend, rather it denotes the age of the oldest rum in the blend. (I believe an argument can be put forth that a teensy tiny fraction of the rum may be older; but, the relative amount of super aged rum in the blend is so small that to try to include its age in any sort of statement would be misleading.)
The Ron Matusalem Website does a pretty good job of describing the solera method and if you are interested you should give it a little read. However if you are more interested in my early review, then perhaps I should provide you with an excerpt:
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The picture I sent of HM2 Bruce Manton was taken from a Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division (Kilo 3/9/3) platoon photo that I have. I have all my brother marines' photos done the same way. I served in Kilo 3/9/3. His name is on the Kilo 3/9 honor Roll and is one of my fallen brothers. I had that picture in my "Kilo folder". We, the brothers of kilo, have been sending them to several sites in memory of our brothers.
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On 20 May, Company K, point for the battalion, made contact with what it initially estimated to be an enemy
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now estimated to be at least a company, took Company K under fire. To relieve pressure on Company K, Company L
maneuvered to the flank of the enemy position, but was unable to link up with Company K because of heavy enemy fire.
The enemy had sprung a well concealed ambush, using machine guns, grenades, and 60 mm mortars. Companies K and L
were concentrated on high ground but still on the sides of a draw and receiving intense enemy fire. Air Strikes
were called. Both companies spent the night on opposite sides of the draw with the enemy force between them,
while supporting arms pounded the enemy positions all night.
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Transferring the backup of an OS from one Mac model to a different model is just asking for trouble, especially if the source is an older model.
Yes the migration assistant worked. I have a clean system. So far not one app seems not to work including one borrowed app i used for three weeks while waiting for the developer to come back with a fix some color issues.Also the overall size of the sustem was reduced by about 15-20 percent. Files carried over from years of work.Backup is great and I will always continue with that but Migration Assistant when you go to a new machine. This is the third time I have used it successfully. I did try a shortcut this time and it did not work.Cheers Elo
Make sure to run 'Repair Permissions' on Disk Utility after using Migration Assistant. As for the SSD, I would recommend against it unless you're using it as an OS drive, but that might be overkill for your use-case. Definitely get a G-TECH external drive for Time-Machine! : )Graham
I would recommend against buying a G-TECH drive. I bought two for my company from newegg.com. One was dead on arrival and the other died within a week.
oh no! I buy them by the buckets for an IT environment and they've been pretty solid, in my experience! G-TECH is a subsidiary of HITACHI, which is known for making good drives.Graham
Hitachi drives are OK, but their G-Tech enclosures suck. You've been lucky. My experience has been very different. Check the user reviews on amazon and you'll see a high percentage of 1- and 2-star reviews for G-Tech external drives. They have a high failure rate.
In the silicon valley IT world G-TECH seems to be pretty standard, and people around the bay area don't usually settle for bad tech so perhaps they're shipping bad batches or something : )


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Randall of US wins cross-country WCup sprint title
LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by edging Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen at the line in the Lahti Ski Games.
Randall and Bjoergen were in a two-day duel on the final stretch of the 1.55-kilometer freestyle race, and the American managed to throw her ski forward to finish 0.07 seconds ahead.
"It was my 100th World Cup start, and I was hoping to make it special," said Randall, who also won the World Cup sprint title last season. "I could feel her coming a little bit, and had to make sure I was ready to lunge at the finish line.
"It was my first chance to race against her in a skate sprint all season, so I'm glad it was fun and exciting."
Randall, who won the team sprint at the world championships last month with Jessica Diggins, has an insurmountable 208-point lead over Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk in the discipline standings with two races left.
Sweden's Emil Joensson clinched the men's sprint title by beating Ola Vigen Hattestad of Norway in Saturday's race. Joensson has 466 points in the sprint standings, with American Andrew Newell second at 236.
"It was a good final after a pretty bad start," Joensson said. "I had to concentrate to avoid collisions, and I knew that Hattestad was the man to beat and I had good skis, too."
Hattestad, a former sprint world champion, earned his first podium finish in more than a year after struggling all season following an illness.


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As the compiler of the death master list of Americans used by many agencies, the Social Security Administration could do more to reduce data errors and erroneous payments to deceased beneficiaries by clarifying the risks, Congress' watchdog found.
"SSA lacks written guidelines other than the language in the [Social Security] Act for determining whether agencies are eligible under the act to access the full death file, and it does not share with agencies how it determines the reasonable cost of sharing the data, which recipients of the full file are required to reimburse SSA," the Government Accountability Office wrote in a report released Dec. 27.
For decades the Social Security Administration has updated the death master list using information from state agencies and families, selling the data to other agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Veterans Affairs Department. It also makes a shortened version available to the public through the Commerce Department's National Technical Information Service.
But SSA currently verifies only the data needed to confirm eligibility for Social Security checks, and Congress is considering legislation to make full data available to a wider range of agencies.
"Federal benefit programs' need for accurate administrative data, such as death information, is increasingly evident in an environment of continuing budget shortages, where improper payments due to inaccurate information cost taxpayers billions of dollars in fiscal year 2012," GAO noted. "Because of its mission, SSA is uniquely positioned to collect and manage death data at the federal level."
The agency doesn't know how to address errors or provide other agencies with timely information "because SSA has never analyzed the risk posed by errors or processes that could result in errors," GAO said.
In addition, SSA's pricing is insufficiently transparent to ensure that all agencies negotiate similar terms for acquiring the data.
GAO recommended that SSA assess risks associated with inaccuracies; develop and publicize guidance it will use to determine agency access under the law; and share detailed reimbursement estimates.
SSA accepted most of the recommendations but balked at developing and publicizing guidance, stating that each request is unique and that "it is not a typical government business practice to share these detailed costs for reimbursable agreements."
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In the season opener for the Panthers against longtime Tri-Valley League foe Bellingham, the Panthers made a loud statement that they're back to correct past errors, winning 35-0.
Some of their Tri-Valley League rivals began the season Friday night. The Holliston football team had to wait an extra 24 hours, a pause that extended what was already an excruciating time.
Last season, the Panthers appeared headed for another playoff berth. Despite three losses, Holliston had a chance to clinch a playoff spot on Thanksgiving Day, but fell to Westwood and have had to think about it ever since.
In the season opener for the Panthers against longtime Tri-Valley League foe Bellingham, the Panthers made a loud statement that they're back to correct past errors, winning 35-0.
Fourteen points in both the first and second quarters gave Holliston a 28-0 halftime lead and ended the game before it ever really started.
"That score is not indicative of how tough Bellingham played us tonight," Holliston coach Todd Kiley said. "They made us work for a lot of what we got tonight. They're going to be a very good team this year but I'm very pleased with our effort as a whole. Nice way to start the year."
Although both teams are in the TVL, it was a non-league game; Holliston plays in the Large and Bellingham in the Small.
The Panthers received eight points in the Division 4 South standings in the new playoff format for beating the Blackhawks, a Division 5 South team.
The Panthers failed to convert a fourth-and-8 on their first drive, but a fumble by Bellingham's Adam Braza on the first offensive play for the Blackhawks quickly handed the ball right back to Holliston on its own 41.
Four plays later, Joe Bellomo scored on a 21-yard rush and Grant Buchanan added the extra point for the 7-0 lead with 7:54 to play in the first quarter.
After an 11-play Bellingham drive that began on its own 41 stalled out at the Holliston 22, the Panther offense went right back to work.
Thanks to a huge 39-yard reception from Paul Beling on third-and-13, Holliston's four-play drive resulted in a touchdown moments later when quarterback Matt Jeye found Zach Elkinson for a 51-yard touchdown. Buchanan's extra point was again good and Holliston led 14-0 after the first quarter.
It was more of the same for Holliston in the second quarter as Elkinson again scored with six minutes to play in the half, capping a nine-play drive that began on its own 38 with a three-yard touchdown run. Buchanan added the PAT making it 21-0.
Bellingham finally established something on offense behind quarterback Austin Nunn and Braza with roughly four minutes left in the half, but it fizzled out when Jeye picked him off inside the Holliston 10-yard line after the drive started at the Bellingham 42.
Bellingham wasn't near a playoff spot last year, and after a three-win season, is hoping to turn some heads this year.
"It may sound odd, but I'm actually proud of the way our guys played tonight," Bellingham coach Dan MacLean said. "I wasn't happy with some of the long drives we gave up tonight, but the big plays are what killed us. I thought we built some momentum on a few drives and then just let it slip away. We'll be OK this year though, the guys know I'm happy with the effort."
With just 33 seconds to play in the half, Holliston went up 28-0 when Nick Athy punched in a TD from the 1-yard line, capping a nine play drive that began with just over two minutes to play on their own 35.
The second half was more of the same strong execution for the Panthers and ugliness for the Blackhawks.
After each team traded possessions in a fast quarter, Bellingham found itself at the Holliston 2-yard line thanks to a couple of pass interference calls with 1:09 to play in the third quarter, but the third fumbled snap of the game for Bellingham was recovered by the Panthers.
Three plays later, Athy was streaking towards the end zone for his second touchdown of the night, this time for 45 yards to give Holliston the 35-0 lead.
Neither team scored in the fourth quarter as Holliston ran most of the clock out.
"Overall I thought we played great defense tonight, ran the ball well and got some big plays when we needed to have them," Kiley said.


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Manchester CrimeWatch: Graffiti charge keeps teen's bail from changing
March 10. 2014 9:26PM
MANCHESTER — A city teen, charged with felony criminal mischief, Monday asked a Circuit Court-Manchester District Division judge to lower a $1,000 cash/surety bail.
Adrian Hardisty, 17, of 40 Ashland St., is accused of spray painting graffiti at the Sununu Youth Center Jan. 11, causing $5,000 damage.
Judge William Lyons would not modify the bail, noting Hardisty is out on bail in two other jurisdictions on charges of robbery and reckless endangerment.
A probable cause hearing on the felony mischief charge was set for March 24.
Near giving birth
Tanysha Johnson, 20, of 272 Lowell St., was hoping for personal recognizance bail at her appearance Monday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division.
Johnson, who failed to appear Dec. 11, 2013, in Circuit Court for a deferred sentence hearing on a theft by unauthorized taking charge, told Judge William Lyons that she is about to give birth.
Lyons refused to modify bail on the Manchester matter, saying: "You failed to appear four times in Manchester."
There were also warrants from two other courts for her failure to appear Jan. 6 in Hooksett on charges of disobeying a police officer and willful concealment, and for her failure to appear in Derry Jan. 31, on charges of speeding, operating after suspension and disobeying a police officer.
Lyons said Johnson's total bail for the three courts is $2,500 cash/surety and the new court dates are March 17 in Hooksett, March 18 in Derry and April 10 in Manchester.
Requests immediate action
Justin Reynolds, 27, of 9 Crosswoods Path, Merrimack, Monday asked Circuit Court-Manchester District Division Judge William Lyons to revoke his bail on the spot, instead of waiting for a hearing Tuesday on a bail revocation.
Reynolds, who had failed to appear Feb. 26 in Circuit Court on charges of willful concealment and criminal mischief, for allegedly taking wire cutters from Home Depot, 129 March Ave., and cutting a fence, was also arraigned on warrants for felony theft by deception and receiving stolen property for allegedly having a stolen $1,500 bike and selling it to a pawn shop Feb. 12 for $100.
Because he allegedly committed new crimes while out on bail, police prosecutors filed a motion to revoke Reynolds' bail and a hearing was set for Tuesday. "Can't we just revoke it today," Reynolds asked Lyons.
Reynolds said he wasn't going to be going anywhere: "I'm on a federal detainer." He also faces charges stemming from a Goffstown incident Feb. 14, which involves allegedly breaking into a house and shed and having brass knuckles, which, as a felon, he is prohibited from having in his possession.
Lyons said because Reynolds had requested an attorney, he couldn't revoke the bail without Reynolds having the opportunity to speak with an attorney. But Lyons said he would try to get an attorney over to the Valley Street Jail to speak with Reynolds Monday afternoon.
Another arrest
A bail revocation hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division for Darius Weekly, 20, of 219 Notre Dame Ave., who was arraigned Monday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.
Police prosecutors filed the bail revocation motion because Weekly allegedly violated his bail on felony charges of riot and second-degree assault, stemming from an incident March 2 on Laurel Street in which police said there were assaults by some in the crowd estimated at 30 people, by resisting arrest.
Witness tampering charge
Jacob Valley, 19, of 4 Bethel Court, protested the $25,000 cash/surety bail proposed by police prosecutors in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division on a felony charge of witness tampering, that alleges he tried to persuade a woman not to call police, and a misdemeanor of possession of a controlled drug (marijuana).
Valley told Judge William Lyons that he has just spent 11 months at Valley Street for a crime he didn't commit. "I've lost my job," he said.
Lyons reduced the bail by $5,000, setting it at $20,000 cash/surety. A probable cause hearing on the felony was set for March 24, with a status hearing on the misdemeanor.
Pleads ignorance of court date
Erin Warren, 27, of 456 Pine St., Monday told Circuit Court-Manchester District Division Judge William Lyons that she didn't know she had a court date Feb. 12 for a deferred sentence hearing on a simple assault conviction.
She said she wasn't notified of the hearing, but Lyons told her: "You signed for it." He said she had to sign the hearing notice before leaving court after the conviction. A new hearing date was set for April 10. Lyons reduced the $1,000 cash/surety bail set on the arrest warrant to $500 cash/surety.
Shoe as weapon
Bail was continued at $1,000 personal recognizance Monday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division for Brianna Harris, 23, of 305 East High St.
Harris pleaded innocent to a simple assault charge that accuses her of throwing a shoe at her boyfriend, hitting him in the back, at the East High Street address. Bail conditions bar contact with the alleged victim and bar Harris from a specific Granite Street address.


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Editor's Note: Maria Pia Negro, a graduate student at the University of Maryland who is working as an intern with Catholic News Service this summer, had a big day this week and shared her story.
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I observed World Refugee Day on Wednesday by becoming a citizen of the United States.
Holding folders with our Peruvian passports, green cards and flashcards with 100 civic knowledge questions, my sister and I walked into the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Baltimore with excitement and anxiety.
It might have seemed like a formality but being ready to pledge allegiance to the country that was my home for the past seven years was a big deal to me. Immigrating to America a year before finishing high school was not my decision, but this was.
The road that followed our arrival was full of surprises and blessings in disguise.
Rather than turning my back on the country that saw me grow, by becoming an American citizen I'm embracing the place that helped me become an adult and allowed my parents to offer us a hopeful future.
We passed the test!
At 2 p.m., I was sworn in with about 50 other immigrants and refugees; my sister changed her legal name so her naturalization ceremony will be later. "The Star Spangled Banner" took on a whole different meaning. And some of the people surrounding us were either smiling or crying out of emotion when facing the flag.
(Something that I love about going to these ceremonies, my mother's a year ago and my own, is seeing how many people from all parts of the world come here and want to be part of this country. And this country wants them back.)
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Paycheck Credit
Under the 2009 stimulus bill called "Making Work Pay", couples with income of less than $190,000 a year were eligible to receive up to $800 more in their paychecks every year.
"Making Work Pay" is set to expire next year
Income taxes
In 2010, in America, individuals who earn over $373,650 are taxed at 35 percent. If Congress approves the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the tax rate for the highest-earners will rise to 39.6 percent in 2011. So, individuals who earn nearly $80,000 a year are taxed at from 25 percent to 28 percent.
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IBM coined the term autonomic computing in 2001 and since then has been beating the automation drum across its software and hardware product lines. The premise of a self-healing, self-protecting, self-optimizing and self-managing data centre caused some industry watchers to scoff, but Big Blue stuck to its plans and now has about 450 autonomic features shipping in 70 or so IBM products. Now with virtualization, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and other innovative technologies increasing complexity across corporate data centres, IBM says automation is needed more than ever. Ric Telford, vice president of autonomic computing at IBM, recently talked with Denise Dubie to learn more about the state of the company's autonomic initiative.
Where is IBM at with its autonomic computing initiative?
We started in 2002 with a focused initiative to drive the concept of self-managing systems across IBM and the industry. I don't think of autonomic computing as an IBM initiative, but an industry initiative that IBM wants to help lead. We have had a two-prong approach: to help make IBM products more self-managing and to help drive the industry as a whole toward better self management through open standards and broad research. We have been working with a number of partners to drive open standards which will allow for autonomic behaviors across a heterogeneous IT environment -- WSDM, SML and the CIM Simple Policy Language are examples of this. We also have engaged with numerous universities to encourage more research in developing self-managing systems.
How has IBM incorporated this idea of intelligent automation across its software and hardware brands?
Autonomic features run across the entire IBM portfolio -- from chips to business systems management software. For example, several years ago we announced chip technology that is self-modifying using our eFuse technology. Our DB2 product line has implemented numerous autonomic technologies to manage the formerly labor-intensive management tasks associated with large databases. The same can be said for IBM's TotalStorage products -- reducing the cost of management for large storage area networks. IBM WebSphere, our J2EE application server, now has policy-driven autonomic technology that allows for dynamic workload redistribution and self-optimization.
How does IBM's Tivoli management software fit into its autonomic vision?
Tivoli is a very important piece of the autonomic strategy. The work described above is at the IT component and subsystem level. Tivoli delivers autonomic value at the data centre level. Tivoli is focused on integration of the various system management technologies to deliver the policy-driven automation capabilities we call the Autonomic Data Center. Encoding into the system the decision-making loops for repetitive tasks takes a huge workload and burden off the IT administrator. Making it policy-based then links it to the business that IT supports.
What are some common ways IBM customers are using autonomic computing today?
In the database world, many of the tasks formerly requiring database administrators' time to keep the database optimized are now handled by intelligent algorithms and autonomic managers built into DB2. Manual workload prioritization and balancing processes have been replaced by policy-driven management in IBM WebSphere. System failover processes have been automated via policies in Tivoli's System Automation. Tivoli Provisioning Manager and Intelligent Orchestrator provide a policy-driven approach to dynamically adding servers to a server pool when more resources are required.