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Why is this accreditation so important?
By adhering to these standards, donors can trust that Autism Canada's operations are transparent and its organizational structure is strong.
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Advanced Electron MIcroscopy course (Avancerad elektronmikroskopi) at Uppsala University open registration
Dear All,
The PhD course Advanced Electron Microscopy (5 hp) (Avancerad elektronmikroskopi) will start on Monday, February 12 (week 7).
The course will give a general introduction to scanning- and transmission electron microscopy. The course will equally have lectures dedicated to special electron microscopy and focused ion beam techniques. Lecturers from the Ångström laboratory, the Biomedical Centre, the Swedish University of Agricultural Science, the Evolution Biology Centre, Image Analysis and the Geocentrum will contribute to this course. The lectures will be given in the morning and the laboratory sessions in the afternoon. The course is an interdisciplinary course and open to participants from all fields where electron microscopy is used.
• Scanning Electron Microscopy, Week 7(12th-16th Feb.) 2018
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Why Church Planting?
October 26, 2016
This post is adapted from an article written by Tim Keller, titled "Why Plant Churches". To download the full-length article as a PDF, click here. The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for 1) the numerical growth of the body of Christ in any city, and 2) the continual corporate renewal […]
Annual Elders and Deacons Retreat
October 5, 2016
This past Sunday, I had the privilege of meeting with the elders and deacons who make up our Harbor Churches Collegiate Consistory as well as our Campus Leadership Teams from Fair Haven Church, Harbor Life Church, South Harbor Church, and Jamestown Harbor Church. Pastors from all four churches were also present. For the morning, the […]


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According to a recent market report by Technavio, "The growing instances of soy allergies and wheat gluten intolerance across the globe are causing the mycoprotein-based meat substitutes market to grow as more consumers are switching their preferences from soy and wheat to mycoprotein. Soy allergies are common especially among babies and children. Since mycoprotein is a fermented product, it can be easily consumed by people who have soy allergies or gluten intolerance or both."Read more
The London Economic writes that Quorn has "registered its entire Vegan Range with the Vegan Trademark," giving "extra credibility and assurance to consumers avoiding animal ingredients." George Gill, Chief Executive of The Vegan Society: "Quorn's newly-registered vegan products are already being enjoyed by vegans in the UK and abroad, and by clearly labeling them the company makes sure it is widely known that its products are suitable for everyone."Read more
We recently settled a case over the labeling of our food products.
This was a difficult decision, as we firmly believe the facts are on our side in this matter. But as a business, we must always make judgments that are in the best interests of the company. And after careful consideration, to avoid further distractions, we determined settling was the right course of action.
We take transparency seriously at Quorn. It's why we have some of the most descriptive labels of any other food product on the market today.
We do this willingly, to ensure consumers understand the ingredients in our products – which have helped millions around the world live healthy by enjoying the great taste of meat in a sustainable way for over 30 years.
We, of course, are always looking to improve on this commitment. Since our inception, we've made several enhancements to our labels to further clarify the unique, nutritious, high protein contents in our foods, ensuring consumers have the information they need when choosing our products.
Our business has grown to 16 countries, and we recently celebrated over three billion meals sold. We're proud of these achievements, and are grateful for the tremendous reception our products have received across the globe.
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Quorn is "finding swift traction in the Philippines' robust consumer market."Read more


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One way to understand leaders and leadership is through data-made famous, of course, by Nate Silver among others (see this comparative analysis of late-term US Presidential popularity).
Below are a few examples of how data analysis can help us to understand US presidents and in particular the upcoming 2016 election-see this piece on the 2016 Presidential Election in 16 charts. This extract tells us about key dates and the danger of the incumbency factors.
And a comparison of US Presidents use of Executive Orders, which is much as you would expect (see FDR and the table here)
and, almost as interesting, the decline in the average reading level of Presidential speeches since the 1800s
For the more historically minded, it seems that Virginia and Ohio offer the best chance of being President-this courtesy of here. Hillary, by the way, is from Illinois (like Ronald Reagen). For more 2016 data take a look at Sabatao's Crystal Ball.
There is also a more historical Gantt chart of all US Presidents here that tell us, amongst other things, that
- 'The first 9 presidents represented 5 different political parties
- Ever since Franklin Pierce took office in 1853, the presidency has been occupied by either a Republican or Democrat
- Eight presidents that died while in office'
You can also see a similar chart of Indian Prime Ministers here– that tells us 'Uttar Pradesh has given the country 8 prime ministers and other than two major political parties – INC and BJP, the longest rule was under the prime minister Morarji Desai of Janta Party. It was also the first non-Congress government of India'.


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Why High-End Food May Not Be Enough To Keep A Pet Feeling Their Best
Many pet owners feel that feeding their furry loved one a high-end food will be enough to keep them feeling their best. While it is a good start, most supplement their pet's food with a nutritional additive that can help them feel even better. Dietary supplements are easy to administer, and most can be sprinkled on top of a pet's regular food, or mixed with their water. No matter the chosen method of application, the benefits remain the same and include those listed below.
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Urban Clarence "Red" Faber (September 6, 1888 - September 25, 1976) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1914 until 1933, playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He won 254 games over his twenty-year career, a total which ranked 17th-highest in history upon his retirement. He was also the last legal spitballer in the American League.
Early careerEdit
Born in Cascade, Iowa, Faber started well in the minor leagues, pitching a perfect game in 1910; but he developed a sore arm in his early 20s, and as a recourse began using the spitball in 1911. He broke into the major leagues in 1914, starting 19 games and relieving in another 21, and posted a respectable 2.68 ERA while winning 10 games and saving a league-leading 4 others. Through the 1910s he would vary between starting and relieving for a team which enjoyed a wealth of pitching talent. In his 1915 season, he won 24 games to tie for 2nd in the American League behind Walter Johnson, and led the league with 50 appearances. In one game that season, he pitched a 3-hitter with only 67 pitches.
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In 1917 he had a fair record of 16-13, and at one point started - and won - three games in two days; but he saved his best work for the World Series against the New York Giants. After winning Game 2 in Chicago but losing Game 4 on the road, he came into Game 5 (at home) in relief and picked up the win as the Sox came back from a 5-2 deficit in the 7th inning to win 8-5. Faber came back two days later to go the distance in the clinching Game 6 at the Polo Grounds, picking up his third win of the Series by a 4-2 score.
After spending most of 1918 in the United States Navy due to World War I, he returned in 1919 only to develop arm trouble, finishing with a 3.83 ERA - the only time in his first nine seasons he posted a mark over 3.00. Those problems, along with a case of the flu possibly related to the Spanish Flu epidemic, prevented him from playing in the scandal-torn World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
Success in the '20sEdit
Faber then enjoyed the greatest success of his career in the early 1920s. The Live Ball Era was beginning, but he was among the pitchers who made the most successful transition. The spitball was phased out after the 1920 season, with Faber one of the 17 pitchers permitted to use it for the remainder of their careers; and he took advantage of Comiskey Park's spacious dimensions, surrendering only 91 home runs - barely one homer per month - from 1920 to 1931. He was one of only six pitchers to win 100 or more games in both the "dead ball" (through 1920) and live ball eras.
From 1920-22, he posted win totals of 23, 25 and 21, leading the league in ERA ('21-'22), starts ('20), innings ('22), and complete games ('21-'22). He was also among the league leaders in strikeouts each year, while pitching at least 25 complete games and over 300 innings. Faber enjoyed 10 consecutive winning seasons (1914-1923) to begin his major league career (counting his service-shortened 1918 season when he was 4-1). But the decimation of the team in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, particularly on offense, made winning on a consistent basis increasingly difficult. After being one of the top teams in the league with a powerful offense in the late 1910s, the White Sox had only two winning seasons in his last 13 years, never finishing above 5th place. His 1921 season, going 25-15 for the post-scandal team that limped to a 62-92 finish, is particularly remarkable; from 1921 to 1929 his record was 126-103. Despite the widespread hitting of the era, he did not post an ERA over 3.88 until he was 41. Perhaps his last great performance was a one-hitter at age 40 in 1929. Faber pitched his final game on September 20, 1933 and was one of a small grouping of players to appear in major league games after reaching 45 years old.
Late career and after retirementEdit
In his last few seasons, Faber again returned to relief pitching, coming out of the bullpen 96 times between 1931 and 1933. He ended his career at age 45 with a 254-213 career record, a 3.15 ERA and 1471 strikeouts. He holds the White Sox franchise record for most games pitched, and held the team records for career wins, starts, complete games and innings until they were later broken by Ted Lyons. He returned as a White Sox coach for a few seasons, and later worked on a Cook County, Illinois highway surveying team until he was nearly 80.
Faber was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
He died in Chicago at age 88. Urban Faber was interred in Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago. (Surprisingly, his obituary was missed by the New York Times).
External links Edit
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference.com - Major league career statistics
- Society for American Baseball Research Bioproject


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Several years ago, Israel unveiled plans to gather and collect biometric information on all of its citizens. Proposing that it wants to use the system to help "protect citizens" from identify theft and more, all citizens are being encouraged to get involved in the central biometric database. The pilot program asked citizens to voluntarily hand over a scan of their faces and fingerprints. Once the information scanned gets stored in the system, it would then become available to the military, police, and security forces, without them having to get a court order. The plan was to try out the program first and then to determine later whether or not it was going to become compulsory. "Every person who uses Facebook, or social networks, [they give] away biometric information. [When we tag] photos, we give away our locations, we give our biometric information to private companies and no one thinks it's a big deal. For some reason there is a bad reaction when it's the state, but the state will use this information to protect us, so we need to take this into consideration. " Said Gabi Siboni, Director of the Military and Strategic Affairs Program. However, his assumption that the government is going to use it to "protect us" doesn't hold much weight, when you consider the fact that the only tool that the government has at its disposal is violence (force), and it has shown on repeated occasion that it wont think twice before violating the natural rights of its citizens. Despite the push from sympathizers of the project, there has fortunately been plenty of backlash to it. When they first unveiled the RFID system, the public was rightly outraged and very critical of the endeavor. Currently, millions of dollars are being funneled into designing RFID systems and tools, and pushing for this technology not only in Israel, but around the world.
An abundant amount of funds over the last few years have been heavily poured into researching and promoting RFID technology in the Israeli region. There are already projects in the works that are investing in RFID technology for tracking inventory, tracking waste management, even a national RFID voting system is even being designed. One of the main justifications for developing a Secure Mobile Biometric Voter Registration and Identification System, is supposedly to promote "transparency" with elections in the country. Digital-security giant SuperCom has been tapped to head the project and they expect to have the system implemented in less than 4 months. They have extensive experience in preparing digital-security products for various governments around the world. President and CEO of SuperCom, Arie Trabelsi, had this to say about the project, "governments around the world are looking to implement new technology to create more transparent voting procedures and build confidence in democratic election processes," an objective which SuperCom says they are pleased to comply with. Not only do they want it for voting, tracking waste, and tracking inventory, but they are also looking to apply it to a myriad of other areas, like the probation of criminals for instance. Instead of having an ankle bracelet on them, they want the ability to just be able to RFID chip them. Those working in the direction of furthering the RFID agenda, continue to reiterate that the purpose is to fight against terrorism and to offer more security and protection. Thus far, these claims come off as sensational empty promises.
In an effort to fuel support for the endeavor, the technology is also being promoted in tourist locations and in other creative ways. Thousands of teenagers have attended a series of "Coca-Cola Village" festivals in Israel that specifically promoted RFID technology. Visitors to the festival would use the RFID wristbands that they had been given to share their experiences with others through social networking. Every village guest received a wristband with an RFID microchip that was also linked to their Facebook account. Throughout the village, various attractions were fitted with an RFID microchip that was capable of collecting the users data and then sending it to their Facebook account. They aren't the first ones to do this, there are other beach clubs and hotels that are implementing this sort of system as well. It's obvious that Coca-Cola has the intention of trying to make the RFID lifestyle into a fun and trendy one. With the amount of funding that is going into these new programs, it's only a matter of time before we see a more prevalent existence of this technology embedded within our society.
SuperCom has stated that so far they've spent at least $10 million developing the RFID chip technology and that they've successfully created a chip with roughly a range of roughly 250 meters, that can easily be attached to a variety of different objects. India, the United States, and many other nations around the world are also looking into or currently using RFID technology. The prominent Tomorrowland music festivals are just one example of a social event that encourages a "cashless society" within its perimeter, promoting the use instead of RFID technology for social interactions and purchases. With France, Spain, and other nations declaring war on cash and increasingly going after cash transactions, it gives rise to the indication that we aren't that far off from a future that is going to prominently feature RFID technology in our everyday life. One expert even insinuated that getting by will become so inconvenient for those who aren't using the technology, that they will be forced into using it so that they can effectively function within the market and society.
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This article includes suggestions and workarounds. Content may not be accurate for all use cases or represent best practices for the latest release.
What are the different Seat Types in Adaptive and what permissions do they include?
There are five available seat types: Administrative, Standard, Analysis, Report Only, and View Only.
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Administrative Users (Planning, Consolidation & Discovery)
Administrators can access and configure all aspects of the Adaptive products. They have the ability to restrict any user's
access to specific functions and data with the user's unique permission profile.
Standard Users (Planning, Consolidation & Discovery)
Standard users are given controlled access to data and functionality within the Adaptive products. Administrators can
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Report Only Users (Planning & Consolidation)
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My news for today is that I registered for the Chicago Marathon! I've had my sights set on this race for awhile now, but with the craziness of registration these days, you never really know what the calendar will hold until you see an email like this:
So, October 7, 2012 will be the big day – the day that I reclaim my BQ!! At least that's my goal…I'm announcing it now to make sure I stick to it! Racing 26.2M in 3:30-3:33 is a bit ambitious considering how busy I will be with grad school, work etc, but I'm going to give it my best shot. I know that I'm capable of achieving it if I'm lucky enough to remain injury free throughout training, run strong on race day and of course have favorable conditions. This race is notorious for hot weather in recent years, but it's a risk I'm willing to take in exchange for a relatively flat course. And if you're wondering about the 3:33 upper limit – that's because Boston still adheres to a faster runners get priority policy. After the fiasco of last year's registration (where I qualified but missed out by 50 seconds), I'm not taking any chances!
And hey – if I fail, I fail – but that's how these things go. You work hard, you set a lofty goal (but within your reach), you go for it and hope for the best! If you don't succeed, then you pick yourself back up and learn how to improve for next time. Easier said than done for sure, but it's the way you grow and achieve greatness.
Either way, whether I qualify or not, I'll have E by my side. Well, not technically speaking – we never actually run races together – but we'll be in it together, supporting each other every step of the way from registration today through post-marathon celebrations in October. We ran our first marathon "together" in NYC 2010, my first BQ race. I was incredibly grateful not only to have achieved my goal, but also to be able to celebrate with someone I love who understood exactly how I felt, down to waking up the next morning and hardly being able to hobble to the bathroom! I am fiercely independent and I love my alone time, but shared marathon experiences – whether they are with friends or romantic partners – are far more meaningful to me. At least that's what I've found based on my own races.
Equally as important, I'll also have my parents supporting me on the sidelines – Team Claire back in action! I missed them in Portland and am so pleased that they decided to make the journey to Chicago from California. They're always superstar spectators and knowing that they're waiting to see me really helps to keep me going when things get tough.
And since we're on the topic of tough, I got my butt whipped on the track yesterday! That photo above is my post-track "holy crap I survived" face. What seemed like a hard but not overly strenuous or long workout ended up being a 9+ mile, VERY challenging session. I'm sure doing strength training for the first time in ages the day before and not really sleeping much for several days due to late nights of studying didn't help! I ran 1.1M easy, 7M at the track: 2x [1200 @ half mara pace (400 rest), 2×800 @ 10k pace (200rest), 4×200 @ 5k pace (200rest)], 1.23M easy. I aimed for 7:24 (1:50/lap), 7:13 (1:47/lap), and 6:55 (0:50/200m) approximate paces. My average splits were relatively close to goal times (except my second set of 800s), but my lap splits were pretty inconsistent, at least with my 1200s and 800s (went to fast then too slow – ie second 1200 was 1:48, 1:49, 1:55; first 800 was 1:45, 150).
My splits show that I was pretty solid with my 200s, but a bit all over the place with everything else. Aside from really trying to force myself to slow down in my initial laps during my next track session, I might also slow down my goal times to see if that helps achieve more consistency. REP ONE: 1200 – 5:30.2 overall time, 1:49.93 avg lap time; 800 – 3:35.9, 1:47.95; 800 – 3:37.3, 1:48.65; 200s – 50.92 avg (50.5, 50.8, 51.6, 50.8). REP TWO: 1200 – 5:33.6, 1:51.2; 800 – 3:38.1, 1:49.05; 800 – 3:37.1, 1:48.55; 200s: 50.47 avg (50.9, 51.0, 50.2, 49.8).
In school news, things are still going great! I had my first Food & Food Science lab this morning in the department kitchen – love my instructor and the section I'm in is mostly made up of grad students, which is nice given that all my other courses have tons of undergrads. I bought my chef's knife and instant read thermometer today – just need my chef's coat and I'll be ready for official culinary training! I'm continuing to meet great people in my program and am feeling more and more like this is where I belong. The work is still overwhelming and challenging, but I know I'll get through it.
Here's a delicious dish I made for myself after a very long day in class:
This was so easy to make and extremely tasty. I literally grabbed whatever vegetables I had left in my kitchen – in this case, shallots, baby zucchini and red pepper – sliced/diced and sauteed them with some golden raisins, added the mixture to the quinoa (which I cooked in chicken stock to add flavor), and then threw in some toasted pine nuts (which I LOVE in quinoa). Sprinkled feta on top plus some cherry tomatoes and that was it! I used about a cup of dry quinoa and it made two servings – the leftovers were great for lunch the next day on top of salad, which I really appreciated during an endless study session in the library.
And I'll leave you with a sign I saw above Marion Nestle's NYU office which I love – if it were my sign, I'd replace "cookie" with "dark chocolate peanut butter cup." But hey, I'll take cookies too!


text: This Week's Top Bond Market Stories – March 15th EditionAuthor: Simon GLast Updated: March 30, 2020 To get the Best of the Bond Market delivered to your email daily click here. LearnBondsLearnBonds: – More choices for yield, thanks to the Fed taper. – One thing QE has accomplished – it's driven down interest rates so much that it's cut sharply into bond-buyers' income stream, and they're not going to rediscover that lost income in bonds for years.LearnBonds: – Bonds and taxes – Three tax terms you need to understand. – I am a big fan of investing in individual bonds and think every fixed-income investor should spend some time learning about the benefits of an individual-bond allocation. As part of that learning process, it is important to understand some of the tax implications related to individual bonds. In this article, I would like to highlight three such intricacies.LearnBonds: – Two required stocks – Yes! stocks – For all income investors. – Bonds often form the bulk of the portfolios of income investors, particularly retirees who see safety in holding until their bonds mature. But yields as low as they are, there are better income-generators out there in stocks. And, as any financial planner worth his salt will tell you, even the most conservative investors need to own some stocks for growth to offset the inescapable loss of buying power from inflation. So consider these two stocks for any and all income investors.LearnBonds: – Playing it smart with high yield bond funds. – With default rates continuing to trend near historical lows, high yield bonds continue to provide attractive yields for aggressive fixed income investors with relative safety of principal. The risk of high yield bond funds, while seemingly dormant for the time being, should not be underestimated by the average retail bond investor.LearnBonds: – Utility Bonds – Meaning, merits and risks. – A quick primer on utility bonds, what are they and what are the relative risks of owning them. Municipal BondsBenefits Pro: – Households, mutual funds turning away from U.S. munis. – Last year was a tumultuous one for the U.S. municipal bond market, with individual investors fleeing in droves, according to new data released by the Federal Reserve.Bond Buyer: – Piwowar wants to improve muni price transparency. – Securities and Exchange Commission member Michael Piwowar has asked the staff of the Office of Municipal Securities to give him some proposals that he can push through the SEC to improve price transparency in the municipal market.NASDAQ: – When pension pain signals bigger ills: Three symptoms to look for. – While we do not believe pension problems threaten to harm state and local finances to the point of breaking the municipal bond market, they are a source of financial pain in some locales. And in rare cases, overly burdensome pension liabilities, when combined with a generally weak credit profile, may be reason to avoid investing in the municipal debt of certain issuers.Bloomberg: – SEC asks municipal bond sellers to report violations. – The Securities and Exchange Commission urged municipal borrowers and underwriters to voluntarily report violations, allowing them to avoid steeper penalties after an investigation.Businessweek: – Muni-bond markups about double those on corporate debt, S&P says. – Investors in the $3.7 trillion municipal-bond market pay markups to brokers that are about twice as high as those on corporate securities, according to Standard & Poor's Dow Jones Indices.Morningstar: – Consider paying a premium for municipal bonds. – Municipal (muni) bond investors generally prefer to purchase muni bonds at or near par value. But with interest rates at historically low levels, most existing muni bonds available for purchase are priced well above their par value. Muni bond investors may be overlooking these premium bonds because of a misperception that if they pay the premium, their returns will be lower at the bond's maturity.ETF.com: – 2 ETF plays for Puerto Rico munis. –Puerto Rico has been in the limelight recently because it had its credit rating downgraded due to its ongoing financial challenges centered on heavy loads of debt. The munis were auctioned at an interest rate of over 8 percent. They mature in 2035, and were sold with a coupon of 8 percent and a yield of 8.72 percent—attractive yields for income-focused investors.Reuters: – Massachusetts to offer rolling retail muni bond sales via platform. – Massachusetts will begin selling general obligation bonds to retail investors for weeks at a time over an electronic trading platform on Monday, under a program that officials say is the first of its kind in the $3.7 trillion U.S. municipal bond market. EducationMarket Realist: – Comparing high yield bonds and investment-grade corporate bonds. – The risk associated with investment-grade corporate bonds is less than high yield bonds. The difference between the rates of return for investment-grade corporate bonds and high yield bonds is known as the "junk-to-investment-grade spread." This spread, also called "credit spread," is the premium investors demand in order to hold high yield bonds over lower-yield investment-grade corporate bonds.Market Realist: – Comparing high yield bonds and investment-grade corporate bonds. – The risk associated with investment-grade corporate bonds is less than high yield bonds. The difference between the rates of return for investment-grade corporate bonds and high yield bonds is known as the "junk-to-investment-grade spread." This spread, also called "credit spread," is the premium investors demand in order to hold high yield bonds over lower-yield investment-grade corporate bonds. Treasury BondsMiami Herald: – Should you consider U.S. Treasury's new floating rate notes? – If you are looking for something new and exciting in the investment world, you may want to take a look at the U.S. Treasury's latest offering: floating rate notes (FRNs).Morningstar: – Treasury bonds take it on the Chin. – Strong job growth sent Treasury rates upward, but corporate credit spreads held steady on a flood of new issues.Businessweek: – Treasuries little changed before $30 Billion 3-year notes sale. – Treasuries were little changed before the government's auction of $30 billion of three-year notes as investors await signals about how much impact severe winter weather had on the U.S. economy.the Observer: – Why invest in bonds and treasury bills? – When it comes to investment, most of us do very little research before putting money in a particular investment. To many, hearing that someone has earned big is often sufficient research. Over the last decade or so, a number of corporate companies have issued shares to the general public. Some of these listings led to a doubling in share values in weeks.4Traders: – Treasury bonds gain ground for third session. – Treasury bonds gained for a third straight session on Wednesday as concerns over the global growth outlook boosted the allure of the haven market.MarketRealist: – The yield curve: An indicator of the monetary policy implications. – The yield curve is a line that plots the yields or interest rates (at a given point in time) of bonds having equal credit quality, but differing maturity dates. Investment Grade BondsReuters – Safeway LBO puts spotlight on need for bond protection. – Investors have been put on high alert regarding the need for covenant protection in investment-grade corporate bonds, after being rattled by this week's US$9.4bn LBO of Safeway and last month's scare when Time Warner Cable was saved at the eleventh hour from a hostile bid.WSJ: – Renewed embrace of bonds sparks boom. – Highly rated companies sold the most debt this past week since Verizon Communications Inc.'s record-setting $49 billion sale last September, in the latest upbeat sign from the bond market.WSJ: – Petrobras raises $8.5 billion from bond sale. – Petróleo Brasileiro SA raised $8.5 billion from the sale of overseas bonds on Monday as the oil company continues to borrow cash for its massive investment plan, but it is paying an increasingly onerous price, according to people familiar with the transaction.FT: – Verizon Communications returns with $4.5bn bond sale. – Verizon Communications returned to capital markets on Monday with the sale of $4.5bn in bonds, in its first debt offer since a blockbuster corporate deal last year.WSJ: – Corporate debt feeds yield hunger. – Global corporate bonds are in fine fettle, even as stock markets struggle to propel themselves higher. No matter the problem—whether it be jitters over China's financial system, Russia's incursion into Ukraine, or doubts about the U.S. recovery—corporate bonds seem to benefit. The search for yield shows no signs of flagging yet.MarketWatch: – Uncertainty pays in a white-hot corporate bond market. – Everyone and their mother seems to be piling into the white-hot corporate bond market these days, which means opportunities can be difficult to find. But for individual investors, one place to look may be a part of the market that the big dogs of the bond market tend to ignore.MarketWatch: – Uncertainty pays in a white-hot corporate bond market. – Everyone and their mother seems to be piling into the white-hot corporate bond market these days, which means opportunities can be difficult to find. But for individual investors, one place to look may be a part of the market that the big dogs of the bond market tend to ignore. High-YieldBond Vigilantes: – High yield: bullish or blinkered? – I recently attended JP Morgan's annual US high yield conference. It's one of the best conferences around: well attended, and with more than 150 companies, panel discussions and specialist presentations. As such, the topics covered give a good flavour of the market's latest thinking.Reuters: – High-yield bonds draw investors as emerging debt loses them. – Shove over, emerging markets – high-yield debt has taken your place. Emerging-market bonds, star performers just a year ago, are being replaced by high-yielding corporate debt from developed markets by investors searching for yield.IFR Asia: – Riskier refinancings surface in slower U.S. high-yield market. – The US high-yield bond market took a breather Monday with only two new announcements to contend with, but those were on the riskier side and comprised of a previously postponed deal for Global Ship Lease and another for highly leveraged logistics firm Ceva.FT: – Strong demand for 'junk' bonds erodes investor protection. – Insatiable investor demand for higher yielding securities has helped push protection for buyers of junk-rated bonds to its lowest level on record, the rating agency Moody's has warned.Citywire Global: – Start making your HY exit plan, says $10.2bn bond manager. – JPM's Bill Eigen has warned investors it is time to seriously consider dropping high yield exposure as spreads are nearing historically tight levels.What Investment: – High yield bonds may be 'too expensive for the risk involved', warn fund managers. – Despite a run of good performance, high yield bonds generally offer poor returns for the risks involved, two prominent bond fund managers have warned. Investment StrategyThe Street: – Should you fear higher interest rates? – How should you allocate your investments when interest rates appear to be heading higher?Bank Investment Consultant: – A guide to the changing bond market. – Mutual funds. Separately managed accounts. Laddered portfolios. These are the vehicles of choice for advisors looking to put their clients into bonds.Financial Post: – Gary Shilling: How to prepare your portfolio for the next market shock. – U.S. stocks may be headed for a blow-off as individual investors pile into the market after last year's meteoric increase. Peaks often are reached when everyone has been sucked in. Then, a major shock could force investors to focus on the slow global economy. With U.S. growth of only about 2%, it won't take much of a jolt to precipitate another recession, which is long overdue by historical standards.Donald van Deventer: – The 20 best value bond trades of 20 years maturity or longer. – We find the best-value non-call senior fixed rate 20 year or longer maturity bond trades on March 10, 2014 were issued by the following firms.Citywire: – M&G's Woolnough: Buy bonds the day rates rise. – Leading bond fund manager is in favour of rising interest rates as it would be a bullish statement on the economy.Duncan Rolfe: – On fixed income Strategies, and a beacon of positive light at PIMCO. – There are two alternative strategies you can implement besides traditional bonds to continue to reap the benefits of fixed income securities in your diversified portfolio: bank loan notes and high yield bonds.Morningstar: – An Aggressive ETF Portfolio for Retirement. – We make a minor adjustment and check up on the performance of this ETF-oriented portfolio ideal for retirees with long time horizons. Emerging MarketsCharles Schwab: – Emerging market bonds: Why now's a good time to reassess the risks. – The calm in emerging market bonds was broken recently when Russian troops moved into Crimea. We think markets may be too complacent about the potential risks facing emerging market (EM) bonds in 2014.Economic Times: – Emerging Markets top of the class despite Ukraine turmoil. – Emerging markets hard currency debt was the best performing fixed-income asset class in February in spite of growing political tensions in several countries, most notably Ukraine and Russia.Trading Floor: – Bond Update: Emerging markets steady despite Ukraine fears. – Markets are focused once again on the continual headline risk from Ukraine, and Emerging Market Bonds remains on subdued levels. One riskier asset class, with apparently less crisis correlation for the moment, is European High Yield Bonds. It seems that the cashflows into European markets are continuing to weigh on European bond classes, as Europe has worked as a bond fund safe haven for a while.ETF.com: – Fed fuels doubling of EM debt. – On Tuesday, the European Central Bank released a working research paper that examines the relationship between the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing and global bond issuance. The results are stunning. The authors conclude that emerging market corporations have issued twice as much debt as a result of QE than they otherwise would.CNBC: – Are emerging market bonds a better deal than stocks? – Bargain hunters eyeing the drop in emerging market equities may want to shift their focus to the segment's unloved bonds instead.Reuters: – Emerging bonds see first net inflows since Sept. – Inflows into emerging bond funds outpaced outflows last week for the first time since September, but equity funds saw net outflows for a record 20th week, banks said on Friday, citing EPFR data. Catastrophe BondsArtemis: – East Lane Re VI cat bond upsizes to $270m for Chubb, prices at low-end. – Catastrophe bond, sponsored by U.S. primary insurance group Chubb, has now completed at the increased size of $270m with pricing at the low-end of the previously reduced range. Bond FundsFT: – Former Jefferies bond trader convicted. – A former Jefferies bond trader was convicted on Friday of lying about the price of mortgage bonds to defraud investors, including a US government programme set up to stabilize the financial system.Bloomberg: – Gross stumbles in legacy test as El-Erian exit distracts. – Bill Gross, musing on his legacy in an April investment outlook, contended that the real test of his greatness as an investor would be his ability to adapt to a new era of shrinking bond market returns.LA Times: – PIMCO trustee assails exec's salary. – A longtime trustee for Newport Beach's $1.9-trillion Pimco funds lashed out at the reported $200-million annual salary of Bill Gross, the billionaire bond guru who co-founded the giant money manager in 1971 and remains its chief investment officer.About.com: – Two factors to consider before selling your bond funds. – In the past few years, investors have heard a steady stream of negative commentary as it relates to the bond market. With economic growth on the upswing and the U.S. Federal Reserve tapering its quantitative easing policy, the thinking goes, bond yields have nowhere to go but up. (Keep in mind, prices and yields move in opposite directions). However, bond investors need to ask themselves an important question: what are the alternatives?ETF.com: – 5 Top-performing active ETFs year-to-date. – The ETF market is predominantly passively managed—of the 1,570 U.S.-listed ETFs today, only 84 are actively managed, with combined assets of around $15 billion. Still, several active ETFs hold their own against passive funds, and some of the best performers are actually beating their indexed counterparts so far this year. In this post we list the five best-performing active ETFs so far in 2014, in ascending order.CNBC: – Are ETFs the Amazon.com of funds? – Over the past two decades, financial advisors, institutions and do-it-yourself investors have pumped billions of dollars into exchange-traded funds, turning what was once an obscure corner of the investment business into "the Amazon.com of the fund world," as one expert sees it.Reuters: – U.S. bond funds post $3.7 billion weekly inflow, biggest since May. – Investors in U.S.-based mutual funds poured $3.7 billion into bond funds in the week ended March 5, as bond yields remained stable while geopolitical tensions lingered in Russia and Ukraine, data from the Investment Company Institute showed on Wednesday.Kiplinger: – Fund investors reveal their lousy timing. – Investors lagged the average mutual fund by an average of 2.5 percentage points per year over the past ten years. How can you do better?


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It happens to everyone – the dreaded "My computer is soooooo slow!" Not to worry, it happens, and your computer doesnt have to be that slow forever. When I examine a PC for the complaint of a slow computer there are three main places I look to increase performance:
Ram (or Random Access Memory) is often times confused with data storage such as a hard drive when in fact the hard drive is a completely separate device altogether. Ram is used to hold information that the computer will need immediate quick access to, like a program running or a picture that you are looking at for instance. It is capable of quickly moving large amounts of data from temporary storage to the processor. But it has limits and it can quickly be consumed if your computer doesnt physically have enough memory. A hard drive by contrast can hold exponentially more data than what your computers ram can – it is the device that holds all of your "stuff" – even when the computer is turned off. Hard drives have made dramatic increases in regards to how fast data can enter and exit the drive over the last few years, but it still pales in comparison to how fast ram can move data. To help understand ram and a hard drive, I use the analogy of water as data. Consider that a swimming pool is a hard drive – it holds a lot of data, but it takes a long time for it to drain, and it takes even longer to fill it with a garden hose. Ram is more similar to a 5 gallon bucket – you can scoop water up and dump it out very quickly, but it certainly doesn't hold as much water as a swimming pool.
Here is the catch that ram has when it runs low. When your computer uses the entire amount of ram physically available, it is forced to use a portion of the hard drive as "temporary ram" sometimes called swap or cache. The limitations of hard drive access speeds are which dramatically slows the entire computer. So what is the solution – well it is easier than you think. First, make sure you have enough ram. To do this check we need to look at how much ram you have and compare it to how much you are using by pressing ctrl+alt+delete (2000, xp, vista, and windows 7 are all similar) and click task manager. From there click the performance tab. Note in the graphic that my computer has 'about' 8 gig of ram, and about 5.4 gig of ram is still available – this shows that there is still plenty available and that ram isn't an issue slowing down my computer. Should the available ram be a much smaller number, then something needs to be addressed – possibly reducing the ram load by closing programs or adding more ram if the computer can support it. What if all your programs are already closed? – Take a look at the processes tab and you will see how many applications are really running behind the scenes. Likely you will find that there are many programs that have been installed where by themselves they do not use much ram, but cumulatively they use a considerable amount.
Take some time and look under add/remove programs in XP or programs and features in Vista/win7 – some housekeeping in here by uninstalling unnecessary programs may be a great help – but a word of caution is in order. While uninstalling programs that run behind the scenes will help reduce ram usage and free up processor power, you may inadvertently uninstall something that you really wanted, so take care and review closely what you are removing. If you do not know what programs you can safely remove, try to do some research on the item before removing it. A good rule of thumb is if you recognize the program, it comes from Microsoft or other known vendor and doesn't have the words 'coupon', 'tool bar' or "shop" in the names then it is likely something that you want to keep.
Do you remember earlier in this article, we discussed how a hard drive is used when the computer runs out of ram (swap/cached)? Every computer uses a certain amount of hard disk space as ram. We can at times experience slowness when the computer needs to access the hard drive – that slowness can be compounded when the disk drive is "fragmented". A fragmented drive is when data is written and the file system arbitrarily places the data wherever it is most convenient so it can write the data as fast as possible. Unfortunately, this means that pieces of the same file or files may be stored in several different places on the hard drive….the files are fragmented. Not unlike an old record player, a hard drive stores data in tracks in a similar way and if the heads of the hard drive need to move to a different place on the drive to read the data there is a fraction of a second where it isn't reading data. These fractions of a second can add up quickly and seriously affect performance. The solution is to run a program that will sort out the files and rearrange them in a way that the hard drive heads do not need to keep moving to read the entire file.
In Windows Vista and Windows 7, defragmenting is something that is scheduled by windows to occur automatically. The default time for the automatic defragmentation for Windows 7 and Vista is 1:00am every Wednesday morning. If you are like many others, you shut your computer down overnight or let it hibernate after a certain amount of time. You can manually defragment the drive at your leisure by opening "My Computer", right click the C: drive, clicking the tools tab, and lastly click "defragment disk". You may note on this same page a place where you can configure the schedule of the defragment process to a time when your computer is more likely to be on.
There are many other places where a computer can be slowed down, but likely after a quick checkup like this you will find your computer is quicker than it has been in recent "memory".


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And here a couple of close ups:
To create this layout:
- Use a sheet of white cardstock for the background.
- Place a piece of Birthday Wishes Boy Birthday Party 26cm x 21 cm green side up onto the white cardstock about 4.5 cm from the left edge and 2.5cm from bottom edge.
- Cur a piece of Birthday Wishes Boy Cupcakes 21cm x 20 cm and ink the edge with red ink. Place cupcake side up onto the green paper about mid distance between top and bottom and left and right.
- Cut a strip of Birthday Wishes Boy Birthday Hats 29cm x 5cm. Cut a triangle out of one end and place star side up 3.5cm up from bottom edge of cupcake paper.
- Mat a photo with Birthday Wishes Boy Stripes blue side and place so that bottom edge is about mid way up from bottom edge of red starry paper.
- Cut a 10cm circle from a photo and mat with some more Birthday Wishes Boy Stripes blue side and place at top left corner of layout, overlapping the top of the other photo.
- I used another journal card from the Birthday Wishes Boy Journalling Cards as my title and placed this so that it overlapped the bottom right hand corner of my main photo.
- I embellished with an assortment of strips from the sticker sheet and placed some other stickers on foam tape to give the layout a bit of height.
- To finish I added some dots of Ranger Liquid Pearls a long a few edges and wrote over the title with some Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue.
- Finally, a added a few strips of journalling that I printed onto white cardstock on my computer and cut up.
Hope you get some inspiration and thanks for looking
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The Planetary Society was proud to join dozens of other scientific organizations in standing against this unnecessary and detrimental tax increase on the future scientific workforce of the United States.
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The Planetary Society likes to look ahead, and in that spirit we organized a reception at the Library of Congress to bring scientists, legislators, and their staff together to honor Cassini and get excited about our future in the outer planets.
Casey Dreier • October 07, 2017
As a service to our members and to promote transparency, The Planetary Society's Space Policy and Advocacy team publishes quarterly reports on their activities, actions, priorities, and goals in service of their efforts to promote space science and exploration in Washington, D.C.
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Canada's Space Advisory Board has provided a clear set of recommendations to advance the country's space program, and The Planetary Society is proud to have played a role in the process.
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This year's International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is being held in Adelaide, Australia. Thanks to the generous support of our members, The Society's advocacy and outreach capability is rapidly expanding, and we decided to step up our IAC advocacy this year.
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Planetary Society intern Aaron Campbell recaps his experience working on Capitol Hill over the course of two summers.
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The Space Policy and Advocacy team has released its first in a series of regular program updates on our activities, actions, and priorities in our effort to promote space science and exploration in Washington, D.C.
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by Robert Murray / photographs by Glenn Ivens – ISN
October 20, 2013, LANGFORD, BC (ISN) – With the title already wrapped up, Argentina finished off the 2013 Americas Rugby Championship with a 23-14 victory over Canada 'A' at Westhills Stadium in Langford, B.C on Saturday night.
Conor Trainor and Mike Scholz scored for Canada but two successfully converted tries by Argentina while Canada was down to fourteen men in the first half proved to be the difference in the game.
Solid team defence by Canada would keep things close against a strong Argentina squad in the final game of the IRB Americas Rugby Championship. (photo by Glenn Ivens – ISN)
Sebastian Poet kicked off the scoring early in the game with a penalty goal to give Argentina an early 3-0 edge.
Canada quickly regained momentum thanks to Mike Scholz who burst into the try zone just moments later and gave Canada a 7-3 edge after Jack Fitzpatrick successfully made his first conversion attempt of the night.
With Canada down to 14 men towards the end of the end of the first half, Argentina seized the opportunity and scored two tries in a matter of minutes to put the score at 17-7 heading into the half.
Canada's Jamie Mckenzie stops Argentina's Facundo Barrea from breaking free during Saturday evening's IRB Americas Rugby Championship game at Westhills Stadium in Langford, BC. (photo by Glenn Ivens – ISN)
Coming out of the break, Canada regained their 15th man and the momentum in the game. Although neither team was able to score for the first portion of the second half, Canada kept the Argentinean side on their feet.
Canada received a boost in the 66th minute from Conor Trainor.
Connor Trainor is all smiles after picking off a pass and finding nothing but open field in front of him, during final game of the IRB Americas Rugby Championship. (photo by Glenn Ivens – ISN)
While Argentina was harmlessly passing the ball across the field, Trainor stepped in and picked off a pass intended for an Argentinean player.
With nothing but the posts to stop him, Trainor dove into the try zone and cut the lead to just three points following the third successful kick in as many attempts for Fitzpatrick.
Joe Dolesau finds a little breathing room down the sidelines during Canada's match with Argentina. (photo by Glenn Ivens – ISN)
Matias Diaz of Argentina is meet by Canada's greeting committee led by Adam Kleeberger. (photo by Glenn Ivens – ISN)
Canada kept up the intensity for the remaining time, coming close to scoring the game-winning try on several occasions.
Penalties hampered Canada's ability to advance the ball towards the closing moments of the game and with the sure foot of reserve Patricio Fernández, Argentina made two consecutive penalty goals to increase their lead to nine and put the game out of reach.
With the loss, Canada finishes the tournament in third place with a 1-2 record and four points. Argentina remained perfect at the Americas Rugby Championship and claimed their fourth straight title.
Canada 14
Tries: Scholz, Trainor
Conversion: Fitzpatrick 2
Penalty: Fitzpatrick
Argentina 23
Tries: Rojas, Lancuba
Conversion: Poet 2
Penalty: Poet, Fernández 2
Canada's Roster to Face Argentina:
- 1- Doug Wooldridge, (Lindsay RFC/Ontario Blues) Lindsay, ON
- 2- Ray Barkwill, (Niagara Wasps RFC/Ontario Blues) Niagara Falls, ON
- 3- Jake Illnicki, (Williams Lake Rustlers/Auckland Colts) Williams Lake, BC
- 4- Callum Morrison, (UBCOC Ravens/BC Bears) Victoria, BC
- 5- Aaron Flagg, (Abbotsford RFC/BC Bears) Abbotsford, BC
- 6- Kyle Gilmour, (St. Albert Rugby Club/Prairie Wolf Pack) Edmonton, AB
- 7- Adam Kleeberger, (Castaway Wanderers/BC Bears) White Rock, BC
- 8- Zac Coughlan, (Swilers RFC/The Rock) St. John's, NL
- 9- Jamie Mackenzie, (UVIC Vikes/Ontario Blues) Oakville, ON
- 10- Pat Parfrey, (Swilers RFC/The Rock) St. John's, NL
- 11- Jordan Wilson-Ross, (James Bay AA/Ontario Blues) Alliston, ON
- 12- Mike Scholz, (Castaway Wanderers/Ontario Blues) London, ON
- 13- Conor Trainor, (UBCOB Ravens/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC
- 14- Joe Dolesau, (Burnaby Lake RC/BC Bears) Burnaby, BC
- 15- Jack Fitzpatrick, (Dublin University Football Club) Dublin, Ireland
- 16- Micha Gorvorchin, (Burnaby Lake RC/BC Bears) New Westminster, BC
- 17- Djustice Sears-Duru, (Castaway Wanderers/Ontario Blues) Oakville, ON
- 18- Ryan March, (Abbotsford RFC/BC Bears) Abbotsford, BC
- 19- Henry (Hank) McQueen, (Balmy Beach/Ontario Blues) West Vancouver, BC
- 20- Matt Heaton, (SABRFC/The Rock) Godmanchester, QC
- 21- Sean White, (James Bay AA/BC Bears) Victoria, BC
- 22- Guiseppe Du Toit, (Uvic Vikes) Maple Ridge, BC
- 23- Adam McQueen, (Calgary Hornets/Prairie Wolf Pack) Canmore, AB
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- Head Coach: Kieran Crowley
- Assistant Coach: Chris Silverthorn
- Scrum Coach: Mike Shelley
- Manager: Mark Winokur
- Performance Analyst: Calum Ramsay
- Strength and Conditioning Coach: Andy Evans
- Physiotherapist: Danielle Mah
- Athletic Therapist: Jessica Smith
- Media Coordinator: Bryan Kelly
Argentina roster for Canada
- 1- Ignacio Sáenz Lancuba
- 2- Martín García Veiga (Capitán)
- 3- Matías Díaz
- 4- Matías Alemanno
- 5- Guido Petti Pagadizábal
- 6- Lucas Paschini
- 7- Martín Chiappesoni
- 8- Francisco Panessi
- 9- Pedro Imhoff
- 10- Sebastián Poet
- 11- Juan Cappiello
- 12- Javier Rojas
- 13- Juan Ignacio Brex
- 14- Facundo Barrea
- 15- Ramiro Moyano
- 16- Julián Montoya
- 17- Roberto Tejerizo
- 18- Esteban Viale
- 19- Juan Gerineau
- 20- Fidel Lamy
- 21- Gonzalo Bertranou
- 22- Patricio Fernández
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For the first time in a decade on Sunday, the Chicago Bears will have a head coach making his debut as Marc Trestman officially takes the reins for the first time at Soldier Field.
There is understandably a good deal of excitement surrounding his arrival with the team, which supposedly will usher in a new era of offensive-minded football, with quarterback Jay Cutler as the big beneficiary of the new system. Fans are chomping at the bit to see what Cutler will do with new weapons like Martellus Bennett in the fold, as well as how he will utilize fan-favorites like Matt Forte and Brandon Marshall too.
These big expectations of the offense are part of the course for Bears fans, who always have the highest of hopes for the Monsters of the Midway. When the team started last year's campaign with a 7-1 record, plenty of fans were talking about whether or not the team was going to make the Super Bowl, rather than having a discussion about whether the team could sustain the record given that it was largely obtained due to the unsustainable level of scoring that the defense had been producing.
Then, when the team imploded down the stretch and missed the playoffs yet again, fans clamored loudly for a new coach to be brought in, and not surprisingly, Lovie Smith was relieved of his duties, and many Bears fans danced on his grave as GM Phil Emery went about the task of selecting his first coaching hire, and that brings us back to Sunday's game on the lakefront.
The Bears will take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the contest, and the matchup has been circled on the NFL docket for many observers of the league for a variety of factors. The Bengals are a sexy pick to reach the Super Bowl this season, and the allure of a new offensive-minded coach calling the shots for one of the league's most legendary franchises from a defensive-perspective is tantalizing to those who watch the game for a living.
With all of the expectations that come with the new system, all of the fervent optimism (some may call it blind, but that seems a bit too harsh of a term), and all of the national attention that will be paid to this game, Sunday's tilt has the feel of a playoff game of sorts. The thing that Bears fans HAVE to keep in mind as they drink their beer and eat copious amounts of Polish sausage is that this is only one game out of 16, despite the hyped up nature of the contest, and they must not get too high or too low based on the result.
Yes, it's going to be tempting to draw far-reaching conclusions based on one contest. If the Bears dominate the game from the start and win in a laugher, fans will cheer in the streets and praise Trestman's offensive prowess. If the Bears score seven points and treat fans to a constant stream of three-and-out possessions, it's going to be rough sailing for the next week as fans bombard area radio stations and blog comment sections with angry rants about the team being "overrated."
Both of those emotions are understandable from the context of knowing how seriously Chicago fans take football, but they both need to be kept in check. The Trestman era certainly is one that fans should be interested in, but it isn't going to be defined by the results of one game. As tempting as it will be to render snap judgments on the team based on the first game of the season, fans have to keep things in perspective, and take the long-term view of things.


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The ADEC Bill Murphy Barrier Buster Award was presented to the National Science Foundation Technology and Application Team for its work associated with the implementation of multicast and the National Videoconference on April 2, 2003. The award was presented at the All ADEC Meeting May 1-2, 2003, in San Antonio.
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OSC's High Performance Computing (HPC) Division announces that Itanium computing clusters have been awarded to five Ohio higher education institutions. Nineteen researchers submitted proposals in the competition for academic cluster computers.
Faculty researchers were encouraged to submit proposals that highlighted cluster-style parallel computing, shared scientific visualization tools, and distributed network computation applications.
The Third Frontier Network (TFN), along with the Cincinnati Education Research Fiber Loop (CERF), will help create the nation's most advanced research network. Eventually, TFN and CERF will serve libraries, hospitals, cultural institutions, and corporate research communities.
Ohio research groups participated in OSC's Introduction to Bioinformatics Tools Workshop held on February 21 at OSC's new BALE facility and through remote video streaming.
The course provided an overview of OSC's resources including software packages and publicly available databases, statewide licensed products from LabBook, hands-on tutorials, functional capabilities of the TimeLogic DeCypher Genomic Accelerators, and more.
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UCSD has been selected by Internet2 as a national Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC). The mission of the center will be to test and evaluate leading-edge technologies for high-performance Internet2 networks—working with developers to test and refine network hardware and software for optimal end-to-end network performance up to 10 gigabits per second. Internet2 is a consortium led by more than 200 U.S. universities, working with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced Internet applications and technologies.
Computational Study of Ligand-Protein-Nanafiber Interactions for the Development of Biosensors
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Name: Dr. Jianping Zhu
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Position: Professor and Chair
Institution: University of Akron
Imagine being a node operator for an Access Grid (AG) event when the network audio becomes distorted. What should you do? Could it be a multicasting issue?
Node operators can now detect networking problems on the Access Grid using the latest in a series of online tutorials.
Boston University, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center) are pleased to introduce "Access Grid Network Troubleshooting: A Guide for Technical Users," available on the NCSA WebCT server at webct.ncsa.uiuc.edu:8900.
To promote parallel computing among Ohio faculty, OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center) is soliciting a second round of faculty research proposals. OSC will distribute Itanium (64-bit) systems to winning participants.
"OSC wants to create an environment for faculty members who are willing to port or develop software for parallel systems. To do this, OSC will provide a number of cluster systems to awardees," said Leslie Southern, Interim HPC Director. "We are looking for faculty proposals on software development for clusters of Itanium-based computer systems."
OSC's (Ohio Supercomputer Center) nationally recognized workshops return this winter, offering several new courses for both beginner and advanced computer users.
OSC regularly provides workshops about new computing techniques and hardware and software resources at no cost to users. Remote workshops are also held through OSC's Access Grid node, an advanced audio-visual communications tool that transmits over Internet2.
For the first time, an online "Intermediate MPI" course is being released for public use. OSC and the Partners for Advanced Computational Services (PACS) created the course to be offered on the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) server after a series of successful introductory MPI courses.
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Embark on an exploration of all things ghostly in London town, and take a look at the capital's most haunted pubs on a guided walking tour with this Haunted London Pub Tour for Two.
You'll be led by a knowledgeable guide into the city's spooky past from one public house to the next. You'll discover the Professor of Profanity, the pub that helped Dr Samuel Johnson finish his famous dictionary, pass through the inspiration for Sweeney Todd's Barber Shop and calm your nerves at London's first bank, now serving pints instead of pound notes.
There are three historic pubs to discover over the course of your tour, and you're welcome to stop in each as your guide regales you with tales and titbits from the area's history, from swearing parrots to handsome phantoms and all sorts in-between.
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- A walking tour for two covering London's most haunted pubs
- Follow a knowledgeable guide as they recount the history of the areas and pubs you visit
- Visit three pubs, see Sweeney Todd's supposed laneways and the former Bank of England
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On arrival at the Temple Tube station at 18.45, you'll meet your knowledgeable guide for the evening as well as some of your fellow tour participants before heading out into the city.
You'll take in three pubs, with the chance to stop for a drink in each should you choose while your guide tells you some of the history of the pub and the area, with the tour taking around 1 hour 30 minutes overall.
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announce their new casual title for iOS devices.
In this new, original mobile game, players must conquer robot armies and evade "goo" by soaring across the sky.
AdvenChewers follows the story of the Kid whose renowned inventor father is kidnapped by a maniacal general, obsessed with creating flight-oriented machinations for evil means. With the help of special bubblegum, feathered friends, and a fearless heart, the young AdvenChewer glides across towering cities, cascading ice caverns, dangerous volcanoes, and zeppelin guarded skies to track down and save his adoring father.
"AdvenChewers is a must-have app for casual gamers with its imaginative worlds and intuitive gameplay," said Nate Jones, Vice President, Publishing – Mobile, Social & Emerging Platforms, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Social components add to the fun enabling players to see their friends' progress and share their own as they journey through the game."
Using Game Center with iOS7 support, players are visible to friends and the gaming community. Players can check out the leaderboard on every level to see how they rank compared to their friends. AdvenChewers also includes Facebook integration so players can share their game experience with others.
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The Glasgow pilot scheme which gives someone who may be developing a problem with their gambling a one-stop facility to exclude themselves from all betting shop operators across the City is expanding from today, to include more shops and more operators.
Launched in July with 36 participating shops across the five major betting shop operators the scheme will be expanded to include 300 shops across the wider Glasgow area – effectively any location with a Glasgow postcode.
The extension of the scheme sees two independent operators join for the first time – Margaret Morton (1 shop) and Scotbet (2 shops).
Under the scheme, any customer who visits one of the participating shops who feels they are getting into difficulty with their gambling can now "self-exclude" by simply contacting the trained central team of advisers, who will then tailor their self-exclusion based on locations they frequently visit – for example, most customers in the initial trial only choose to include the shops near their home, place of work and where they socialise.
It is important that customers choose shops where they are already known or regularly frequent, as self-exclusion will be more effective where this is the case, and the shop team will be able to support them fully in their exclusion.
The helpline advisor will also be able to give customers information about how to get help, including the details of counselling services or treatment programmes.
Prior to the launch of this scheme, a customer had to visit or contact each operator separately, and then enter into an individual agreement with each.
This pilot scheme is playing a key part in developing a cross-operator scheme that will be rolled out to all 9,000 bookmakers during the spring of 2016.
Malcolm George, Chief Executive of the Association of British Bookmakers, said: "The expansion of the scheme to include 300 shops and independent operators shows our members' commitment to people who may have a problem with their gambling and makes it easier for them to self-exclude.
"We know that some customers have been reluctant to self-exclude in the past because they had to have separate agreements with each operator. It is important though that someone wishing to exclude chooses to do so from shops where they regularly visit or are known to staff, as this will allow the shop teams to support them properly.
"This pilot project is playing a major role in developing the first multi-operator self-exclusion scheme which will launch next year. We all want to learn what works and what doesn't work from this initiative. It comes as we have updated the ABB's 'Responsible Gambling Code', which sets rigorous standards for our members, allowing betting shop customers to bet safely and responsibly, while at the same time ensuring that those who could be developing difficulties are able to get the help they need quickly."


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I mentioned in a previous recipe post that I had Jamaican heritage. I also have Puerto Rican heritage, and am a big fan of Latin cuisine as well. It occurred to me that I hadn't made any dishes truly inspired by this cuisine, and all of a sudden I kind of went on a bit of a Latin Food kick because I was craving it. I bought a family size pack of sazon seasoning packets and started making dish after dish of delicious, flavorful Spanish food. The Caribbean is full of vegan cuisine — of course there are tons of fresh fruits and vegetables that grow in abundance in the tropical climates, but many dishes are rice based and often have other elements such as beans and plantains that accompany them, all of which are vegan and delicious. This particular dish has elements that you would find in all Caribbean islands, but as mentioned previously, is slightly inspired more so by the Spanish-speaking islands. The best part has to be the maduros, or fried sweet plantains. Plantains go through different stages. When they are green (not ripe) and fried, they are called tostones. Once they are yellow (ripe or over-ripe) they become sweet and when fried, they are called maduros. They are at their sweetest when they're black and that's a great time to use them for desserts. A fruit that can go from unsweet to sweet and be used in both savory and sweet dishes? Mother nature really put her foot into this one.
What You'll Need:
- 1/2 block of one 12 oz. package of organic seitan (I used Pacific foods brand), sliced
- 1 16 oz. can of pinto beans, water drained with about 1/4 can of liquid*
- 1 yellow plantain
- A couple of jarred roasted red peppers
- About 1 1/2 teaspoons Himalayan Pink sea salt
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 packet of Goya sazon seasoning
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
What to Do:
- Slice the whole yellow plantain on the diagonal into about 1/2 inch pieces.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Once oil is hot, place plantain slices in skillet (be careful of oil splatter!).
- Fry slices on each side for approximately 3-5 minutes, or until golden brown. Make sure to watch them and turn accordingly so that they do not burn. You want the pieces to be golden brown as in the picture, not very dark or burnt (unless that is what you're trying to achieve).
- Once they are golden brown, remove the plantains from the oil and place on a dish covered with paper towels to drain the excess oil. Sprinkle them with about 1/2 teaspoon of the Himalayan pink sea salt.
- Heat a medium-sized skillet over medium heat with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Once oil is hot, add seitan slices to skillet and sprinkle with Himalayan sea salt and black pepper on either side. Pan-fry slices on either side until golden brown, approximately 3-5 minutes. Remove seitan slices from skillet and set aside.
- Wipe the skillet clean and return to stove-top burner, this time over low heat. Add water drained pinto beans to skillet along with sazon seasoning. Mix seasoning into beans well and allow beans to heat up. Once they are warmed, remove from heat and transfer to a serving dish.
- Place seitan slices over beans and surround beans with plantain slices.
- Garnish with roasted red peppers. Serve as is or with rice to make the dish heartier.
* I often use a "water draining" technique with canned beans that involves draining them of the thick, viscose liquid that is already in the can, but not entirely. I open the can and use my hand to cover the top (so the beans don't fall out) while I run water in and out of the can. you can used another method to cover the top but I find that using your hand works best. As the liquid already in the can is drained and you replace it with water, you create a thinner liquid that still has some of the "bean juice" flavor. I rinse then this way about 2-3 times, filling the can with as much water as I can until the beans start to overflow. Finally, I empty the water that is in the can but leave about an inch or two of water still in the can so that when I add them to a pan, there is some liquid available that is now a mixture of the thicker liquid originally in the can along with regular water — to help with the cooking process.
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The buzz is that the courageous girl of Bollywood 'Bipasha Basu' has left the shooting of Rahul Dholakia's "Lamhaa" mid way and flew back to Mumbai. Bipasha says that she was actually very much tensed about her security and safety in Kashmir. According to Bips the shooting of the film was getting repeatedly held up due to the huge crowds that would gather and demand the shooting to be stopped.
The unit of 'Lamhaa' had faced a lot of opposition in the state and their shooting was disrupted quite a few times; leadings Bipasha to declare that she did not feel safe enough. Also due to unfavorable situation Bips moved out of the Oberoi hotel where the entire unit was staying and shifted to an undisclosed location.
Things came to such a point that one day the actress suddenly left the shoot and packed her bags to return to Mumbai after a crowd watching the shoot went out of control. Though the situation improved a bit later on, Bipasha had by then already decided to leave Kashmir without informing anyone.
There have even been rumors that the film's makers considered replacing Bips with Vidya Balan. But producer Bunty Walia is confident that Bipasha would complete the shoot in Kashmir and go back to the state in January next year when the next schedule will be held in the state.
Bipasha is playing a Kashmiri girl in the movie.