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O Googlers, where art thou? / Some employees found instant riches in the Internet search company's initial public offering -- affording them the luxury of pursuing new dreams
Who in their right mind would leave a job at Google Inc., a company legendary for pampering workers with free annual ski trips and gourmet food?
Well, it turns out plenty of people do. And many of them are some of the Web giant's earliest employees.
Extremely wealthy from stock options that soared in value, 100 of Google's first 300 workers have quietly resigned to go to law school, help poor shopkeepers get loans or simply to live the good life. Although hardly a mass exodus, the numbers are adding up, scattering what some employees considered their second families.
For Google, the departures present a new hurdle. Enticing as many old-timers to stay as possible is a priority because, with each farewell party, a piece of the company's institutional knowledge and culture is lost.
"We take a lot of time and care, in particular with our old-timers," said Stacy Sullivan, Google's human resources director. "It's so important that we are paying attention to whether they're being challenged."
What's happened to Google following its blockbuster initial public offering in 2004 echoes several of technology's other titans, such as Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and Microsoft Corp. But because of Google's celebrity and generous perks, the question remained whether the pattern would play out again.
Google's initial public offering immediately minted more than 900 millionaires at the company, by one estimate. Even many rank-and-file employees became instantly wealthy. The total has grown over time as its shares have catapulted in value.
Financial freedom gave the former Googlers in this article wide latitude in deciding what to do with their lives. The reasons for leaving are many: Alack of new challenges, ambivalence about the company's growth and a desire for a career change are just a few.
But virtually all of the former Googlers fondly recall helping build what is now the most popular search engine, particular during the early years when they felt like they had a big impact and employees knew all their colleagues' names. Those cheery memories, however, are mixed with flashbacks of late nights at the office, spending Valentine's dinner in the company cafeteria and strife.
The chef
Google's employees didn't know it, but they were Charlie Ayers' guinea pigs. As Google's chef, he used the company cafeteria to experiment with flavors and ingredients -- a little royal jelly here and a little wheatgrass there -- to feed the search engine's army.
This year, he hopes to capitalize on his geek-tested recipes by opening Calafia Café, a Palo Alto restaurant specializing in organic, local foods.
Ayers, who joined Google as employee No. 53 in 1999, relished his early days there, calling it "probably the most fabulous, most fascinating place to work: everyone had one ambition and goal; everyone wanted to make it the most successful company."
In the kitchen, Ayers said, he was accorded the same free rein as an engineer working on software as he developed signature dishes like mahogany salmon and Elvis fried chicken to spice up the menu in the now-famous free cafeteria for employees. But as Google grew, the spontaneity evolved into a bureaucracy of budgets and organizational charts that highlighted the chasm between executives and foot soldiers, he said.
"I could see the tides were turning," recalled Ayers. "There were more suits starting to fill the hallways."
Before leaving Google in 2005, Ayers said, he spent a lot of sleepless nights pondering his future. But he figured that the time was right, so in between vacationing and buying a house in San Carlos equipped with a professional kitchen, he raised $2 million for his restaurant from mostly former Google colleagues.
When not working on his restaurant, Ayers consults with companies about operating corporate cafeterias and writes a cookbook due out this year. He says he's busier than ever.
Not that that's the case with all former Googlers, some of whom are living lifestyles of the rich and famous funded by stock windfalls. He jokingly called some of them his "deadbeat millionaire friends."
"They say, 'Oh, come fishing with us in Cancun or skydiving in South Africa,' " Ayers recalled. "They take races around the world like the Cannonball rally where the finish line is the Playboy mansion."
The humanitarian
At Google, Olana Khan rubbed shoulders with billionaires. In her new job, she helps people for whom a few hundred dollars is a fortune.
Khan, 31, left her job overseeing a part of Google's global sales to become chief operating officer of Kiva.org, a San Francisco nonprofit that funnels small loans to budding entrepreneurs in developing nations such as Uganda and Ecuador. Unlike Google, where the sky's the limit, the entrepreneurs Kiva helps simply want enough money to put a roof over their taco cart or stock their beauty salon.
While in college, Khan dreamed of a noble career in nonprofit work, but after graduation gravitated to tech jobs to pay off student loans.
During her six years at Google, Khan had four jobs, and at one point, had 55 people working under her in what she described as an intense, exhausting environment.
For one Valentine's dinner, she and her soon-to-be husband, Zain, another early Googler, rendezvoused in the cafeteria after lingering too late at their desks. Laptop computers had to be banned from the bedroom.
For a year prior to leaving, Khan anguished about making the leap, worried that she would never be able to top her accomplishments. That she had earned a windfall at Google -- and therefore didn't have to make a financial sacrifice to join the nonprofit for $250 in monthly salary -- made the decision easier.
"For me, it's like finishing what I wanted to start, and Google let it happen," Khan said.
Following her departure in August, Khan found herself out of the loop for juicy Google secrets such as new products in the works and dates others would be released. Initially, to ease the transition, Khan avoided the Google campus and its gossip.
Kiva is devoid of the creature comforts Khan enjoyed at Google. Furnishings are a mix of donated desks and chairs.
"It's more of a challenge than Google ever was," Khan said. "I worry that we can't meet our payroll. I have more stress on a nightly basis going to bed with Kiva than it ever was with Google."
The homebody
Every day is like Saturday for Will Whitted.
Since retiring from Google in 2005, he's been a man of leisure, starting his mornings with a spin on his exercise bike, then answering e-mail followed by a trip to his cluttered garage to hammer out his latest inspiration in home decor.
Or maybe not.
"For the first time in my life, I don't have to get approval for anything I do," Whitted said.
Who can blame him? Whitted, 59, is unabashedly living the good life in his posh, secluded Woodside home with views of a neighbor's vineyard and a plowed-under lawn he hopes to restore to native grassland.
Google, where he worked for five years in electrical engineering, is a distant memory. His decision to leave came soon after his diagnosis with lymphoma, although he added that "people had stopped listening to me" anyway.
"I loved it and hated it," Whitted said of his time there.
Whitted, who helped design several generations of Google's servers, said the company was increasingly bogged down by its size. Conservatism was creeping in.
One of the ideas he championed was to build portable data centers in cargo containers, a project Google tested in its headquarters parking lot. But managers were too timid to pack in enough servers, so the experiment was not cost-effective and was ultimately canceled, he said.
"Instead of inspiration-based design, it became fear-based design," Whitted said.
In the early days, Google was a magnet for brainiacs, Whitted recalled. He loved the company's quirky style and corporate philosophy -- "Don't be evil" -- which was invoked occasionally, he said.
"I sat at many meetings where someone said, 'This is evil' for this reason and that," Whitted said. "And people would listen."
These days, Whitted spends time outfitting his home to his iconoclastic tastes, designing everything from light fixtures made from tubing to a giant shag rug for his spacious living room. Eco-friendliness is key.
The dining room table he created has metal legs filled with 500 pounds of water. It helps moderate the room's temperature and save on energy, he explained while sitting under a chandelier he also crafted.
When not in his workshop, Whitted advises students at Stanford University, donates equipment to a local city college and mulls over his ideas for alternative energy.
On retirement, Whitted said: "It's what I should have been doing all along."
The angel
Taking a job at Google six years ago, when the company was just another money-losing startup, paid off handsomely for Aydin Senkut.
But does he have the nose to sniff out success once again, this time as an angel investor? Senkut, 37, is hoping so, as are many former Googlers who similarly dole out seed money to foster entrepreneurs and their ideas.
Senkut's new career came after deciding that new challenges were too few and far between at Google, where he last worked as a senior manager for Asia Pacific. He had helped introduce Google's first 10 international Web sites and forged partnerships with companies across the globe, but he wanted something more.
Too often, Senkut said, he had missed out on family birthdays and Christmas holidays while he was sitting in an airplane or at his desk.
"When you have this financial freedom, it makes you view your priorities differently," Senkut said.
Initially, after resigning from Google in 2005, Senkut was undecided about what he wanted to do other than to splurge on what he considered to be a big luxury: time off. He took his mother to Paris for her 60th birthday, attended the Cannes Film Festival and watched the Wimbledon finals from center court.
Then his future slowly came into focus during visits to a gym in Palo Alto. Gym mates would ask Senkut to take a look at this or that startup, until it ramped up to the point where he was getting calls from companies about investing in and advising them.
Through Felicis Ventures, the investment company he now runs out of his Atherton home, Senkut has backed 17 mostly consumer-oriented Internet start-ups, an industry he knows well. On average, he invests $50,000, usually alongside other angels.
Senkut's advice, learned during his tenure at Google, is the following: "Never take the existing norm or the status quo. Always look for a better way. Treat people nicely."
The entrepreneur
For Dan Daugherty, opening Google's Denver office was like creating a startup inside a start-up. He and his only colleague at the time had to do everything: order printers, hire staff and arrange for massages, a traditional Google perk.
Now, the 28-year-old is using that experience to build his own company, Rent Marketer, a service for landlords to post available rentals on several Web sites.
To satisfy his entrepreneurial drive, Daugherty left his job as Google's sales and operations manager in 2005. Being the boss meant giving up a comfortable job and risking his own money.
"Entrepreneurship is at my core," Daugherty said.
His tenure at Google began in 2002, later than most of the other former Googlers in this article. And he is a rare breed among the post-Google crowd: For whatever reason, few have gone on to create startups.
Daugherty's startup germinated as he amassed millions of dollars worth of Denver rental properties, a portfolio he began building shortly after moving there for Google.
In his new venture, Daugherty said he plans to use several lessons learned at Google such as keeping product development teams small and making quick decisions. For now, he has little alternative: Rent Marketer has only nine employees.
The jack-of-all-trades
During Google's early years, David desJardins, an engineer, felt like he played a critical role at the company.
"As one of 20 people, I was making a big difference," he said. "If I didn't show up, things would crash."
But after Google's staff ballooned into the thousands, desJardins, 43, realized the company's success was no longer on his shoulders. To make a bigger impact, he would have to become a manager or a specialist -- career paths for which the jack-of-all-trades had no appetite.
After taking unpaid time off, desJardins resigned in 2005 following six years at Google.
These days, desJardins, wears many hats, none full time. He invests in startups, evangelizes other Googlers on the merits of philanthropy, consults for a Defense Department-sponsored think tank that specializes in encrypted communication, and is the world's top-ranked player of Titan, a board game featuring armies of mythological beasts.
All the while, he's remodeling his home in Burlingame and working with an architect to build a second one.
Initially, desJardins' time off was consumed with the complexities of managing his financial bounty, including tax planning and setting up a plan for charitable giving (he and his wife created a $20 million fund within the Silicon Valley Community Foundation). He also put money into a few startups, keeping the amounts small and the risk low while learning the ropes of angel investing.
DesJardins, who has a doctorate in math, joined Google after a friend at AOL's Netscape division suggested the company to him, saying it seemed to be an interesting place. He accepted the firm's offer a day after interviewing, figuring he'd try it out for a year.
Then the hard work started.
"There were so many ways that were obvious that things could be better," desJardins said of the original software that Google ran on. "From the inside, you could see so many things that were cobbled together -- so many compromises."
In the end, though, he's sure of one thing about joining Google. "It turned out to be a pretty good decision."
The student
To grow up, Ron Dolin felt he needed to make a big change. After six years as an engineer at Google, the 45-year-old enrolled in law school, where earning a degree would depend on hard work and propel him into adulthood.
"People think I'm crazy," said Dolin, who already has a doctorate in computer science. "Making the decision wasn't difficult. I have a lot harder time ordering dinner than actually deciding what I want to do with my life."
Granted, Dolin said his chances for promotion at Google were limited because, as he put it, there were many more capable software engineers.
To Dolin, working at Google was thrilling. Beginning in 2000, he got a fly-on-wall view of the company's rise to global phenomenon.
"It's really fun to work on something when you know that it's going to impact millions and millions of people," Dolin said. "Google is the biggest, most unimaginable playground to work in."
In the early days, the ideas of every employee were considered important. Anyone could chime in about a new product's design and be taken seriously.
Over time, Google's democracy faded, he said. The feeling of ownership among employees, a natural when a company has 100 workers, was nearly impossible to maintain after the workforce grew into the thousands.
"The culture can leak a bit," Dolin said.
Much like he did at Google, Dolin said he sometimes pulls all-nighters at UC Hastings College of the Law. He hopes to specialize in intellectual property law after graduating in 2009.
Dolin whetted his appetite for law at Google, where he helped develop policy for doing business in China and made sure the company complied with U.S. securities regulations. Although hired to improve the quality of search results, he ultimately worked on a range of problems, and he thinks that a law career may be just as varied.
"The inevitability of people moving on is very natural," Dolin said. "Google has been such an enabler of opportunities -- so many exciting opportunities."
Google at a glance
Founded: 1998
Headquarters: Mountain View
Employees: 9,378
Job applications received per day: 3,000
Millionaires created at time of IPO: 900 plus
Source: Google Inc; Salary.com


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Our second-annual Small Business Payments Spotlight surveyed more than 500 U.S. small business owners and more than 500 consumers who frequent small businesses. With a firmer understanding of emerging commerce trends, merchants can better position their business for success today... and tomorrow.
8% of consumers in 2018 reported being likely to pay with a digital wallet on their mobile phone in stores, compared with 5% in 2017.
24% of consumers want to have the ability to pay with a mobile device or digital wallet.
18-29 years olds are 7 times more likely to use their mobile device to shop than those 65 or older.
35% of consumers are no longer willing to tolerate lines at businesses because of the convenience of mobile checkout.
With each passing year, consumers are growing more comfortable with shopping and paying for goods and services on their mobile devices. Meanwhile, small businesses are using digital wallet applications to streamline the payments process, boost customer loyalty, and stay ahead of the competition.
36% of small businesses surveyed in 2017 reported they accepted digital payment methods, but that number climbed to 46% in 2018.
Of the consumers surveyed, 32% never make purchases at businesses that do not accept credit and debit cards.
35% would be annoyed if a business did not accept the brand of credit card they wanted to use (but they'd still go through with the transaction).
18% would not make a purchase and walk away from the transaction if a business did not accept the brand of credit card they wanted to use.
Small businesses with flexible and even mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions are finding they can do more and deliver a better customer experience.
More small businesses are turning to eCommerce as a greater number of consumers shop online.
51% of small businesses run an eCommerce site. This is a seven-percentage-point rise from 2017.
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Costs associated with combating a breach of customer or payments data continue to rise. And even one incident could cost a small business more than 20% of its customer base. Nearly 40% of small businesses that experienced a data breach suffered more than $50,000 in losses.
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37% – Purchased security software
38% – Trained/coached employees to gather complete payment details from customers
Both consumers and small businesses reap rewards from loyalty programs. According to Bank of America Merchant Services' research, consumers are most enticed by rewards points and instant discounts, and they're willing to provide personal information to get these benefits.
Small businesses report receiving various benefits by having an integrated merchant services and banking relationship.
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We woke up at three a.m. and were out of the house by four, stuffing samosas and sipping cha as we headed to the airport. By seven a.m., seated in the back near the toilets, we were both revved up for our trip, watching intently as the plane took to the skies. By 7:30, we were both fast asleep. Navdeep doesn't even remember waking up to consume half of his scrambled egg pita pocket thingie.
We woke up five hours later to catch the landing at Newark, where we were greeted by my parents for four hours of family, fun, food, and tips galore (check out Navdeep's post, "the Four Hour Layover Fiesta"). By 8:30 p.m. EST, we were once again safely ensconced in our seats, this time for the long haul, almost 13 hours from Newark, New Jersey to New Delhi, India. I anxiously watched as the plane boarded, hoping beyond hope that the seat on the other side of Navdeep would remain empty, though it wasn't supposed to be (I checked on Continental.com a few hours before we took off). And then, magically, it did. So we stretched out as comfy as we could in the about six cubic feet of space alloted to us, and eagerly awaited dinner. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know the rep plane food has. Still, we were expecting some rendition of Indian food. But the non-veg entree turned out to be chicken cacciotore (or however you spell it), that Italian-esque amalgumut of chicken, tomatoes and peppers, in this case doused heavily with cheese. Still, it was accompanied by dahi (desi yogurt) and achar. Chicken cacciatore is apparently known dramatically as Shikari Murg in Hindi.
After dinner, Navdeep and I each squished into one-and-a-half seats to catch some zzzzs. It was painful at best, an arm-rest in the neck, Navdeep's foot in my stomach. After a four-hour nap, we awoke to see what was playing on our individualized six-inch TV screens. Navdeep watched the taut crime thriller Shootout at Lokhandwala, while I watched some inane Akshay Kumar romantic comedy I still don't know the name of.
Another few more four-hour naps and we were landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. And after sitting on our asses for 17 hours, boy were we exhausted.


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The Great Eastern Cutlery, Northfield, #29 Stockyard Whittler slip-joint pocket knife is truly a classic in every sense of the word. This three blade pocket knife provides you with options for a variety of cutting and piercing tasks. This version is produced on a medium-sized frame (3 9/16") and the handle is long enough to provide a four finger hold for most people. The shape of the knife and the rounded ends still allow the knife to easily ride in your pocket and be retrieved very nicely. This finely crafted pocket knife is a winner in every respect! Made with pride in Titusville, PA. We are an authorized Great Eastern Cutlery Dealer and purchased this new knife direct from them.
The Blade(s):
This knife features three blades, Clip, Sheep Foot and Punch. The cutting edges are 2 5/16", 2 1/8" and 2 1/8" respectively. The 1095 Carbon Steel blades have a polished finish. There is a half stop position. The blades deploy very smoothly and each one has a long pull nail nick to facilitate opening. The Clip point blade is on one end of the knife with the Sheep Foot blade and the Punch on the opposite end. The NORTHFIELD UN-X-LD Trade Mark is etched on the main blade.
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The handle scales are Sambar Stag and the attaching pins and liners are brass. The "pinched" bolsters are nickel silver. The handle scales are nicely shaped and are flush with the outside perimeter making the knife comfortable to hold. The fit and finish are excellent and the blade action is smooth with solid "parking" when deployed.
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Elegant detached Georgetown residence featuring historical architectural details, combined with modern amenities and systems. The main level includes a gracious foyer, light-filled formal living room with 8~ windows and a fireplace, library or office with a fireplace, formal dining room, and an eat-in kitchen with an exposed brick wall and breakfast area. The second floor has a spacious master suite with a fireplace and luxurious bathroom with separate sinks, walk in shower and footed tub. Dressing room or additional bedroom, office, full bath and sitting area. The third floor includes a guest bedroom with ensuite bath. The lower level has a family room with wet bar, two additional bedrooms, a full bath, a half bath, and a laundry room. Lastly, the home has beautifully landscaped front and rear gardens and two car parking!
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DEEPLY DISTURBED AND ENSHROUDED BY MYTH, many are victims of alcohol, family breakdown — and well-intentioned social policies gone awry. Most need more than housing to solve their problems.
FORTUNE Magazine, November 23, 1987, by Myron Magnet, Reporter Associate William E. Sheeline
Weren't these characters supposed to have gone out with the Depression, even with Dickens's London? What are they doing among the suave urban towers of postmodern America, these dirty, disheveled figures, discordantly haunting the era of health clubs, power lunches, and automated teller machines? Who are they — and what's gone wrong, with them or with the U.S. economy, that we thread our way through increasing numbers of homeless fellow citizens, pitiable or alarming, in the streets, the train and subway stations, even all over Lafayette Park in the shadow of the White House?
These questions don't have single, simple answers, for the homeless are not a unified mass but rather several distinct subgroups at the margin of American society. They fell into their plight for different reasons. Many were unintentionally harmed by social policies designed to help them. Others are casualties of the Vietnam war, or of the fraying of America's social fabric over the past two decades, or of economic shifts that have made life at the margin more precarious.
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Kit Latimer was officially a member of the Church of the Advocate for a year before her death in January 2016. But illness prevented her from ever being able to worship with us in the Chapel. Her spirit was ever present, though, in notes played on her piano, which her husband, John Latimer, donated to the Advocate in time for our first liturgy in the Chapel, Easter, 2014.
John Latimer has now designated the gifts given in memory of Kit to pay for the purchase and installation of the stabilizing pillars on the south wall of the Chapel. This is an appropriate designation, as John and Kit, each in their own way, have been stabilzers of the Church wherever they have lived for more than half a century!
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Differences between petechiae & purpura
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Although bleeding under the skin, diagnosed by doctors as one of several conditions including petechiae and purpura, is a symptom of a wide-ranging number of medical disorders, it can signal the onset of a severe illness.
Both conditions are caused by small amounts of bleeding just under the skin's surface, and appear as red spots, eventually fading to blue and brown similar to the way a bruise fades.
Petachiae are tiny, pinpoint-sized blotches that usually appear in clusters similar to a rash. Most doctors consider blotches only as large as 3 or 4mm for a diagnosis. The colour in petechiae doesn't fade when pressure is applied to the skin.
Purpura are blotches similar to petechiae, only larger, with a maximum size of 1cm. As with petechiae, purpura don't fade when pressure is applied to the skin.
Any bleeding into the skin larger than 1cm is diagnosed as an ecchymosis, which is commonly referred to as a bruise. Ecchymosis usually involves blood loss at a deeper tissue level then petechiae and purpura.
Causes and Treatment
Although many possible causes exist for petechiae and purpura, both conditions may be symptomatic of greater issues, such as allergic reactions, autoimmune diseases or vitamin deficiency. Purpura may also be caused by a low blood-platelet count. Treating these skin symptoms is a matter of identifying and dealing with the underlying issue.


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The figures for the 200 Auction Rams being offered this year, are higher, for every trait, than the 150 auction rams offered last year.
More rams with better figures, and better wool! It's exciting genetic progress that continues to offer Merino breeders the chance to source industry leading genetics to drive the performance of their Merino flocks.
All 200 rams will be on display at our Field Day on 19th September, starting 10am.
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Scala: Hello World
So, you've decided to try Codefresh? Welcome on board!
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Individual: "Alan, what's your Return on Investment for your social media activity? I haven't really experienced any benefits myself."
Alan: "How often do you personally login to check your messages and engage real-time with your audience? Are you personally taking time to craft material that is interesting and helpful to them? Are you aware of their feelings and emotions? Do you take time to listen and learn about your connections or just blast them with personal requests and sales pitches?"
Individual: "Well… I don't login every day. Sometimes a couple of days or more might pass. And I don't check the direct messages anymore because if a legitimate contact really wanted to get hold of me I think they would email or call. But if they have connected to me doesn't that imply they're interested in what I'm doing? Why shouldn't I send them some type of personal request or call-to-action?"
I've heard this story enough that I could have predicted that their ROI on social media was zero. And it will probably stay that way. Here's the bottom line; social media takes personal effort, you need to consistently put in the time because there is no way to outsource your personality and original voice, or use automation to develop empathy.
I know, I know, you "don't have the time." I've heard that line a million times before as well. Consider this; would you take time to secure a phone number and then never answer when it rings, or even check the messages? Do you ignore your emails or the comments on your blog posts? I'm guessing that you do pay some attention to those channels. So why assume you can ignore your social media presence and still expect audience growth and participation?
Oh, I understand. You outsourced your telephone to an answering machine or service so you figured you would do the same with your social media profiles. Yes, you can turn your social media activity over to an agency, or independent "social media expert," or even put your activity on automatic pilot with social automation applications. Let me ask you though, what's the experience like when you're on the other end of those interactions? Admit it, you can always tell when you're communicating with automation. If it is a person, you can immediately sense when a substitute personality is engaging. Does that type of exchange help build personal brand authenticity and transparency with you? I doubt it; in fact I wouldn't be surprised if you told me that you disconnect from those types of profiles. I know I do.
ROI has long been the gold standard of corporate buzzwords, and we marketers do tend to love buzzwords. We also love to measure and let our CEO and CFO know we are "data-driven." But that's not something we should bet our careers on. We also operate in a social-sharing economy. Our audiences are looking for transparency, relevance and authentic engagement. That means we have to get serious about direct human interaction and building trust-based relationships. As a result I believe the development of empathy has become more important than ever. We need to become aware of and sensitive to the feelings, thoughts and experiences of others. I know it sounds obvious, but it's more difficult than you realize.


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text: Put a smile into your day by enjoying this video created after President Robert S. Nelsen made a friendly football bet with his Fresno State counterpart, President Joseph I. Castro. You'll find out why paying off that bet made for "A Dog of a Day" and why it pays to be Made at Sac State. We had fun making this – and thanks to President Nelsen for being such a good sport. Stingers Up!! #MadeatSacState


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New Jersey's favorite fictional crime family is coming back, but this time, they'll be on the big screen. And they probably will be a lot younger.
As Deadline reports, series creator David Chase is at work on The Many Saints of Newark, a Sopranos prequel movie. Chase wrote the film alongside frequent series collaborator Lawrence Konner.
The film reportedly will be set around the time of the 1967 Newark riots, in which 26 people were killed across four days of chaos. As Deadline notes, the era was underscored by rising racial tensions between African-Americans and Italian-Americans, which sometimes erupted into violence "amongst the gangsters of each group."
Some beloved Sopranos characters, in their younger forms, will appear in the film, but who exactly remains unclear.
Chase has spent most of his career in television, but made his directorial debut with 2012's Not Fade Away, which starred Sopranos lead James Gandolfini, who died in 2013.
Chase has been teasing a new Sopranos installment for months now, first telling Entertainment Weekly in June last year that he couldn't see the show return, "except as a prequel."
The show initially ran on HBO from 1999 to 2007, racking up five Golden Globes and 21 Emmys across its six seasons. It today is considered one of the most innovative series in television history.


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text: Nothing like having your very own road sign! Took this photo a couple of years ago up in Prince Albert National Park and I thought it would be fun to have here on the blog. If you have not guessed by now my name is Lee Robertson, and this is my personal blog. I currently run LGR Internet Solutions and do all kinds of fun stuff on the Internet like build websites and blogs, dabble in some Internet marketing, and mostly have fun on the net. That is not all I do though. I am also a full time husband, and father making my days pretty full. I thought I would start this personal blog just to talk about the many things that just don't seem to fit in on my company blog. Don't expect a lot of Internet hints and tips here.


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"Love and charity, are service, helping others, serving others. There are many people who spend their lives in this way, in the service of others. … When you forget yourself and think of others, this is love! And with the washing of the feet the Lord teaches us to be servants, and above all, servants as He was a servant to us, for every one of us."
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It's by the grace of the Gods that I was able to attend John Mayer's The Search for Everything Tour twice in the last three weeks. The first time, in Washington D.C., I spent the entire two hours with my mouth agape at the pure, unadulterated talent in front of me. The second time, at Inglewood's The Forum on April 21st, my mouth definitely did not close, but it is with triumphant pride I announce I was able to keep it together just enough to take some photos and notes for this review!
The show was split up into three musical segments: full band, acoustic, and the John Mayer Trio. Knowing his fans have been waiting four years to see him return to the stage as a solo act (he's spent the last few years touring with the Grateful Dead), the concert began with "Belief." An old Continuum favorite, it was a guarantee to hype up the crowd (and the girl in the photo pit trying to keep her cool).
"Belief" segued into "Helpless" — an upbeat number with a punchy guitar line as its driving force, from Mayer's most recent album, The Search for Everything. Even though the LP was released just earlier this month, it was no surprise that a large amount of the 17,000 person crowd already knew it and was singing along. The entire arena was on its feet, arms waving in the air, bodies in perpetual dance mode.
Mayer was captivating to watch — always moving along to the rhythm of his guitar, whether playing an older number such as "Who Says," or one of his most recent singles, "Love on the Weekend."
"L.A., I love you. You have been breaking my heart repeatedly since 2000… Los Angeles, my home," Mayer reflected nostalgically before launching into his acoustic segment with "In Your Atmosphere," a notable tune about heartbreak in L.A.
Continuing his acoustic set with "Emoji of a Wave," "Dreaming With a Broken Heart" and "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967," Mayer closed out the acoustic portion with his much loved rendition of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'." The crowd took over singing the familiar song, going wild on the last chorus, while Mayer flashed a joyous grin as he listened to the arena singing to him.
Mayer was gracious, elated to be back on stage in front of his now hometown of seventeen years. He performed with an unfettered ease that the rest of us seldom experience with anything in life. And, of course, this isn't a surprise — we all know that Mayer is about as seasoned of an artist as there is — but it's one thing to know this in the abstract, and it's another thing to experience it.
The third set, the John Mayer Trio featuring Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan, is where that experience really kicked in for me (and quite frankly, every face I was capable of seeing in the audience). John Mayer the GRAMMY winning songwriter took a backseat, and John Mayer the hardcore musician came out to play. The musical athleticism between the three giants on stage yielded epic insanity. As soon as the Trio was onstage, jamming to Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," the energy in the crowd shifted to something electric.
And that's what makes John Mayer, the performer, so remarkable. He's able to toggle back and forth between his various skills effortlessly, and with each one there is enthusiasm and love for what he's doing; an ability to create magic out of nothing.
"The great thing about playing with Steve and Pino is I have no idea what the next thing to come out of my guitar is gonna be. No idea!" Mayer said, as he went on yet another guitar riff, ultimately transforming it into the ever-recognizable intro to "Vultures."
The concert was full of entertaining surprises. A malfunctioning guitar pedal called for a last minute set list change-up. Instead of choosing the song himself, Mayer let the crowd decide using a vote-by-cheer method. "Acoustic? Electric?" he asked. Acoustic drew the bigger cheer: "Acoustic it is. Give me a 'Queen of California!'" John cheerfully yelled to his band. Just like that, the show went on and the audience kept singing. It was a graceful way to handle the difficulty (and a much needed personal reminder, post-Trio, of Mayer's status as a human being).
Shortly thereafter, rock guru Ryan Adams was called up to the stage to join Mayer in Adams' "Come Pick Me Up." Adams sang lead vocals and played his signature harmonica, while Mayer provided the guitar solos and background vocals.
My favorite part of the night, however, began as soon as I heard the the iconic first three notes of "Gravity." With melody and lyrics I fell in love with the first time I heard them, I experienced feelings so visceral I can only understand them through comparison to what observers of religion must feel like when they sit through an exceptional sermon.
"Keep me where the light is," Mayer sang, as twinkling lights appeared on the ceiling of the arena. All the while, mystical stage lights were pointed at Mayer as he was taking an incredibly passionate and drawn out guitar solo, the crowd illuminated by the modern day lighters that are their cellphone flashlights. "This is my church," I humorously, and legitimately, thought to myself.
Something Mayer had said during his concert in Washington D.C. that truly struck me was that he is now finally able to fully experience his life, his performances and his successes, after spending so many years working so excruciatingly hard to build it all. This stayed with me, and I couldn't help but notice the prevalence of it during the entirety of his Los Angeles show. He was living, truly living, in the moments on stage.
Seeing an artist bask in happiness, not weighed down by a pressure to do well so that he/she can be catapulted into the next big thing, is rare. It is a magical thing to witness, and his appreciation of this circumstance — that despite the passage of time, or the development of certain reputations, people keep showing up to fill arenas — was a beautiful thing to see and hear.
"Thank you for giving me the freedom not to be judged by any other music, just my own music. That's not a freedom that many people have… You've given me my own world in this world," he said.
"My name is John Mayer. Thank you for giving me the rest of my life to do this. Thank you."
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Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the designers behind Rodarte, turned to Vincent Van Gogh for inspiration for their Spring 2012 RTW line. They pulled from the artist's color palettes and brushstroke patterns in two of his most famous works, Starry Night and Sunflowers, for a collection of short dresses. The references to the painter were blatant; however, the silhouettes were a little too prom-y for me.
This is not the first time the Mulleavy sisters have interlaced fashion and art. For the New York Times Magazine 2010 Winter Olympic portfolio, the designers collaborated with artist Ryan McGinley on custom designed knitwear for Olympic athletes. That same year, the designers were awarded a National Arts Award from Americans for the Arts – the first designers to receive that honor. Rodarte is included in the permanent collections of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Museum at FIT, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the brand has been featured in solo exhibitions around the country. The designers are constantly engaging in unique ways to merge the worlds of fashion and art, and I can't wait to see what they do next.


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By Marlys Good
Sara Schlattmann and her Lady Buffs are on their way to the State 2A Volleyball Championships in Casper as the No. 2 seed from the West. The Buffs, who lost a hard-fought title match to Big Piney, 19-25, 19-25, 23-25, in the West Regional in Lander last weekend, will face Big Horn, the No. 3 seed from the East, today at 2:30 p.m. on Court 2A in the Casper Events Center.
"The match against Big Piney didn't go as we had hoped," Coach Schlattmann said. "I think the girls were disappointed that they didn't play better, but Big Piney is a solid team with some big hitters and a scrappy defense."
Schlattmann said the Buffs had seven serving errors, but lauded Julia Roberts and Kaylyn Burns who were perfect from the service line.
Also praised were Ky Sorensen and Tatem Edeler who had 14 and eight kills, respectively. Kendall Stephens had five. The Sorensen duo, Ky and Payten, had 11 and 10 digs, respectively, and Edeler led passing out of serve receive.
"Against a team like Big Piney we needed to have a solid block but we never seemed to get our timing down, plus we gave up too many points on errors, both hitting and serving. You just have to have a clean match as the competition gets tougher."
Greybull played Wyoming Indian in the tournament opener and beat them in three, 25-14, 25-16, 25-18.
"It went pretty well; I always like to get that first match out of the way because there is a always a lot of adrenaline and nervousness," Schlattmann said.
Although the Buffs dominated the match, Schlattmann said it was not their best performance. Serving was not what the team would have liked, and is something the Buffs have struggled with all season. No one served 100 percent, but Roberts led the way at 95 percent. K. Sorensen led the attack with 13 kills, followed by Edeler who had 10. Brittany Ogg and Stephens had five kills each.
Roberts and Kendall Wright were credited with 18 assists apiece, and P. Sorensen had 14 digs.
The Buffs played Wind River in the semifinals and earned their way to the title match with Big Piney by defeating the Cougars in three sets, 25-20, 25-19, 27-25.
"I felt like this was our best match of the weekend," Schlattmann said. "We played them a few times this season and split with them." The third time it was Greybull's turn.
The team served a nifty 91 percent; Ogg, Wright and Burns were perfect from the line while Roberts and P. Sorensen served up six aces each. K. Sorensen led the attack with 14 kills followed by Edeler with eight and P. Sorensen with five. Wright had 16 assists, and P. Sorensen, 10 digs.
"I think we will match up good with Big Horn," Schlattmann said, looking ahead to state play. "We just have to take care of business on our side of the net with improved serving, blocking and attacking."
Greybull and Big Horn share a bracket with Lovell and Sundance, who play at 1 p.m. Winners of the two matches will play in the semi-finals at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The losers meet at 1 p.m. with one team eliminated and the other advancing to the consolation bracket Saturday.
The other side of the bracket includes Wright, Wind River, Niobrara County and Big Piney.
This makes three successive trips to the state tournament. "That will be to our advantage," Schlattmann said. "We know that no matter what side of the bracket we're on, we have to win them all to be the champions. That is our goal; we will do our best."
A state championship is within reach for the Buffs and this third time might turn out to be the charm.
All 2A matches will be played on Court 2A, which is in front of sections 120 and 121 for fans who plan on attending the tournament.


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According to the United States Geological Survey, roughly 85 percent of American homes have issues with hard water. Simply put, hard water is water that is rich in minerals such as magnesium carbonate, calcium, and manganese. Over time, hard water can leave scale deposits in water-using appliances and water heaters, clog plumbing, and make tasks such as washing dishes, clothing, hair, and skin more challenging.
To combat this issue, many homeowners purchase and install water softeners in their homes that minimize the adverse effects of hard water. When considering the vast variety of water softeners on the market, however, it can be difficult to know their differences and determine which type is right for your home. Our Columbia Plumbers have put together this easy-to-read buying guide to help reduce some of the confusion and help you make an informed decision.
The main types of water softeners are as follows:
- Ion-exchange water softeners: These types of water softeners replace hard water's minerals with salt, potassium, or hydrogen ion-exchanging resin, depending on the type of unit. Salt is the best known and least expensive water softening regeneration solution, though many have turned away from its use due to concerns of additional sodium intake for individual with low-sodium diets and the environmental effects of releasing large amounts of salt into the waste water supply. PIon-exchange softeners are available in single tank or multi-tank configurations with varying outputs depending on a household's soft water needs.
- Salt-free softeners: Unlike ion-exchange softeners, salt-free or "descaling" softeners do not use any sort of chemicals to remove minerals from hard water. Instead, these systems utilize nano-technology to modify the structure of the molecules in the water from building to non-scale building, causing them to affect the existing mineral buildup in pipes and de-scale a home's plumbing system. These systems are favored by some due to their reduced need for regular maintenance, increased efficiency, and low-energy use.
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By Marnie Ayers
Bullying 101: do schools really know how to help our children? If all schools are like the middle school I recently worked at, I would have to say a resounding, "no!" As a certified teacher, and having been a victim of bullying and harassment myself as a student in Illinois, I have personally experienced the lack of concern and willingness of teachers and administration to advocate for students and ensure their safety in school.
I have witnessed first hand the perpetuation and revictimization of bullied and harassed students by teachers who themselves make demeaning comments about these target students behind closed classroom doors. Parents must be aware of the harsh reality in some schools today and parents must know that teachers do not always advocate for the rights of children…period.
Parents…to get (and stay) involved in your child's school experience, always ask questions and gain insight into their peer relationships. Know that it is OK to ask questions of teachers and administration at your child's school and never settle for the issue not being resolved swiftly; your child's well-being, school success and safety depend on it. If your child informs you that other students at school are humiliating him or making threats, please take action! Don't wait until it's too late. Be aware of the following warning signs that your child may be a victim of bullying and harassment: Full story.
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Episode 37: Gustavo Esteva Part II: Beyond Development and Globalization: Anarchy and Buen Vivir
This week's edition of the Horizontal Power Hour features excerpts from a presentation by the radical Mexican development critic Gustavo Esteva titled "Beyond Development and Globalization: Anarchy & Buen Vivir" originally given in Middletown, CT on February 13, 2012. Esteva is a "deprofessionalized" intellectual and grassroots activist. His writing of the past 25 years has figured centrally to what is now called "critical development studies." He works both independently and in conjunction with a variety of Mexican NGO's and grassroots organizations and communities in Chiapas, Mexico, including the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (or EZLN). In the talk, Esteva emphasizes the terminal inadequacy of prevailing political priorities and illuminates the radical potentiality of what he calls "the ongoing insurrection" which surrounds us every day. In addition to the wise words of Esteva, we share some less-wise words from Supreme Court "Justice" Antonin Scalia, who explains his refusal to strike down Texas anti-sodomy laws in Lawrence v. Texas. Abundant, exciting action news from every continent (except Antarctica) is shared. Inspiration guaranteed!
Episode 36: Anti Systemic Movements ~ a conversation with Gustavo Esteva and Anu Sharma
Mariama and Isabelle resent this week's show, which features a conversation between Gustavo Esteva and Anu Sharma. Esteva is an independent intellectual and grassroots activist from Oaxaca Mexico who addresses post-development, social change from the bottom up, and the Zapatistas. He works both independently and in conjunction with a variety of NGOs, organizations and communities. In Grassroots Postmodernism: Remaking the Soil of Cultures and Escaping Education, Gustavo argues that even the "alternative" development prescriptions lead inexorably to depriving the people of control over their own lives and shifting this control to bureaucrats, technocrats, and educators. Sharma, who was influenced by his work as a graduate student, is an associate professor of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University. Her work focuses on the anthropological study of global projects of neoliberal governance and development. Her previous research focused on empowerment as a global strategy of development and democratic governance and examined its effects on citizen and state identities and relationships to contemporary India, culminating in the publication of Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in Neoliberal India. Her current work is on the empowerment mobilizations and citizen-activist-state interfaces in New Delhi in the context of the 2005 Indian Right to Information Act.


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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—"Scout"—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt.
Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience.


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Egg-and-Bacon Breakfast Casserole
I got my inspiration from this recipe. I omitted the salt because I felt that there was enough salty flavour in the bacon.
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 9 slices of bread, cubed
- 12 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
- Mix together eggs, milk, salt and dry mustard in a bowl.
- Spread the bread cubes in a greased 9×13 inch baking dish.
- Sprinkle the bacon and cheddar cheese over the bread.
- Pour egg mixture.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Bake at 180C for 45-60 minutes.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. |Tyrod Taylor and Virginia Tech didn't make coach Frank Beamer suffer through another disheartening loss to Florida State, but the No. 11 Hokies sure made their coach and fans sweat it out until late Saturday.
Taylor returned from a sprained ankle that kept him out 2 1/2 games and threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, lifting the Hokies to a 40-21 victory. It was the first win for Beamer in eight tries against Florida State, and marked the first time Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden has lost to Virginia Tech in 16 career meetings.
The Hokies (8-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) blew a 14-point halftime lead and trailed 21-20 entering the final quarter, but Taylor drove them to his go-ahead 3-yard scoring run, and three late Seminoles turnovers made a close game turned lopsided.
The end came with fans that had fallen silent in the third quarter celebrating wildly as the Hokies poured it on, as if one victory could erase two painful recent losses. In 1999, the Seminoles beat the Michael Vick-led Hokies in the Sugar Bowl national championship game, 46-29, and then two years ago, the heavily favored Hokies collapsed under a barrage of penalties and lost, 27-22, in the first ACC title game.
But this time, with Taylor throwing for 204 yards and running for 92 more, and Justin Harper catching five passes for 167 yards, and the defense rising in the end, the Hokies stayed on course for a chance to return to the ACC title game.
The Seminoles (6-4, 3-4), who seemed to be catching their stride last week when they beat No. 8 Boston College, lost quarterback Drew Weatherford to injury before halftime and failed to get the 78-year-old Bowden his 300th victory at the school.
The game changed on Taylor's skills. On the Hokies go-ahead drive, he ran 12 yards for a first down, and threw a deep ball to Harper down the left sideline that was initially ruled no catch, but was overturned, making it a 45-yard gain to the 1.
Three plays later, Taylor took it in on a draw play. His 2-point conversion pass to Zach Luckett made it 28-21, and it was all downhill for the Seminoles after that.
Two plays later, backup quarterback Christian Ponder fumbled and Cam Martin recovered, leading to a 22-yard field goal. Chris Ellis intercepted Ponder at the 5 on the next series and danced into the end zone, making it 38-21.
A sack for a safety completed the scoring.
The Seminoles were limited to two field goals in the first half, but quickly got back in the game in the third quarter. Gary Cismesia kicked a 50-yard field goal to end their first series of the half, and Dekoda Watson intercepted a tipped pass by Taylor and returned it 40 yards for a TD to make it 20-15 just 1:54 later.
That helped quiet the crowd, and the Hokies did little to wake them, going three-and-out for the third consecutive series. When Brent Bowden punted it away, a 15-yard facemask penalty against Richard Graham allowed the Seminoles to start at their 46.
Ponder, impressive in his first action for the Seminoles, hit De'Cody Fagg for 28 yards on a third-and-5, ran for 22 yards on a third-and-14 and hit Fagg in the end zone for the touchdown that gave the Seminoles a 21-20 lead, stunning the crowd.
Beamer's #11 Hokies Finally Beat Bowden
BLACKSBURG, Va. |Tyrod Taylor and Virginia Tech didn't make coach Frank Beamer suffer through another disheartening loss to Florida State, but the No. 11 Hokies sure made their coach and fans sweat it out until late Saturday.


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Minimally Invasive Aneurysm Treatment Yields Successful Long-Term Results
Coiling, a minimally invasive procedure to treat aneurysms in the brain, is successful in preventing recurrent or first-time bleeding years after initial treatment in those aneurysms considered "untouchable" by the traditional surgical option.
One of the most significant findings since the 2002 release of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial or ISAT (the trial that established coiling as a safe and effective treatment), this new study's scientific value is reflected in its large patient population and length of post-procedural follow-up -- two factors that have not existed together in other post-ISAT studies to date. Results were unveiled yesterday at the fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology (ASITN) in Dana Point, California.
"This study represents a unique contribution to the scientific evidence that proves coiling to be a viable treatment option," said study presenter Jo Peluso, a neurointerventional radiologist who collected and analyzed the data on behalf of colleagues W.J.J. van Rooij and M. Sluzewski, who have been performing neurointerventional procedures since the early 1990s at Saint Elisabeth Hospital in Tilburg, the Netherlands. "The clinical credibility of any procedure relies not only on the initial trials that may sanction its use on patients, but also - and perhaps equally as important - on those long-term follow-up studies that prove the procedure's success over time. This study achieves one such milestone."
A retrospective analysis, the study includes 154 consecutive patients who underwent coiling over an 11-year period (January 1995 - August 2006) on aneurysms on the tip of the basilar artery, located in front of the brain stem. Comprising approximately 8.4 percent of all brain aneurysms in the general population, basilar tip aneurysms pose particular difficulties as their position deep in the brain makes a traditional, open neurosurgical approach more dangerous for the patient. Coiling, achieved by placing a mesh of platinum wires in the aneurysm (described as a "bulge" in an artery wall), prevents the aneurysm from rupturing, a serious and often life-threatening condition.
Of the 154 patients undergoing the procedure, 114 (or 74 percent) of the aneurysms had ruptured and 40 (or 26 percent) had not. Following treatment, 144 surviving patients received clinical follow-up up to 144 months, adding up to a total of 637 patient years. Angiographic follow-up (actually viewing the site of the aneurysm using X-ray and MRI technology) conducted on 138 patients up to 122 months revealed that 27 aneurysms (17.5 percent) re-opened over time; these patients underwent additional coiling. Of this number, 11 aneurysms repeatedly re-opened and were coiled up to a total of six times. Re- bleeding occurred in only two patients, indicating an overall annual risk of 0.3 percent for re-bleeding after treatment. In all cases, aneurysm size greater than 10 mm was the only significant predictor for re-treatment at follow-up.
As these results underscore the effectiveness of coiling as a treatment option that ensures success over time, Peluso says the study also shows that in some cases coiling can be considered a staged treatment. "Our strict clinical and angiographic follow-up strategy with additional treatment when necessary was effective in preventing recurrent hemorrhage in ruptured aneurysms, or primary hemorrhage in unruptured aneurysms."
Coiling is performed by physicians specially trained to treat conditions in the brain through endovascular (or "through the artery") and minimally invasive means. Coiling and other treatments are achieved by working through a catheter or narrow tube that is inserted into the groin and threaded up through the arteries directly to the problem site in the brain.
Approximately 2 million people in the United States have an unruptured aneurysm. It is estimated that approximately 30,000 Americans suffer from subarachnoid hemorrhage each year.


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The Denver Pioneers erased the deficit of a decade Saturday, refusing to lose in the biggest NCAA lacrosse event in Colorado history. DU defeated Ohio State 15-13 before a crowd of 13,076 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High after the Buckeyes jumped out to a 7-1 lead.
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Motocross is about to enter a new era. Introducing the all-new RM-Z450 with 2008 RM-Z450 Suzuki fuel injection. Our engineers developed the RM-Z450 using experience gained developing fuel-injection systems for Suzuki's legendary GSX-R road race bikes and the championship-winning LT-R450 QuadRacer ATV. The result is the world's only mass-produced, fuel-injected motocross bike, designed to help you blow away the competition. As if that breakthrough technology weren't enough, our engineers used their experience developing Ricky Carmichael's championship-winning RM-Z450 to redesign the RM-Z450's chassis, suspension and brakes. That means it offers sharper handling, smoother suspension performance and more powerful braking than ever. And just so no one misses the fact that you're on the hottest bike on the track, the RM-Z450 is also completely restyled, with new aerodynamic bodywork that's both sleek and functional. The all-new fuel-injected RM-Z450 – it gives you the power to dominate.
New Features
Hot start lever is relocated to the right hand side of the handlebar for easy operation while holding the clutch.
Race inspired wave-rotors provide better cooling performance and increased mud deflection in muddy conditions.
Gripper seat has been improved this year by adding projected cross-shaped patterns on the top surface to provide additional grip.
New Engine
Electronic Fuel Injection offers better roll on power and improved low-to-mid range power. KEIHIN throttle body specifically designed for motocross. Fuel is delivered via an internal fuel pump and is a battery-less system.
5-Speed Transmission makes the RM-Z450 more versatile for various terrains and features an all new link type shifting mechanism.
Intake port angle and cam timing are revised and result in reduced intake resistance and heightened intake efficiency. Exhaust port and cam timing are designed to regulate exhaust pulses for maximum engine performance.
Flywheel inertia increased to produce a smoother revving engine and improve overall acceleration feel.
Airbox is constructed as a separate unit which is sealed by a lid to prevent air leakage and improve overall intake efficiency.
KEIHIN fuel pump located inside the fuel tank provides stable pressure delivery to operate the fuel injection system.
Redesigned combustion chamber for better power output and improved low-to-mid range response. Narrower intake and exhaust valve angle guides along with increased squish areas improve air/fuel mixing and faster flame-propagation speed when mixture ignites.
Semi-dry-sump lubrication system features separate oil chambers for the transmission and crankshaft using the transmission as the oil sump, allowing low crankshaft placement, reduced engine height and a low center of gravity
Battery-less fuel injection system features a single-phase all-charging system with which the magneto supplies all of the necessary power.
18-pin magneto senses feedback on crankshaft position, rotation speed and stroke which is fed back to the ECU to calculate optimum injection and ignition timings.
New Chassis
All-new frame is lighter and has improved rigidity balance for incredibly agile handling and unmatched performance over bumps.
Slim riding position opens up the cockpit for additional room to allow the rider to actively take control of the machine.
Showa cartridge-style front fork is fully adjustable for rebound, compression and preload settings and designed for reduced weight and improved shock absorption.
Showa-brand rear shock absorber with a newly designed damper case and modified internal structure for a better controlled feel and increased bottoming resistance.
Redesigned rear swing arm.Thinner wall thickness swingarm to reduce weight and improve terrain-traversing performance over bumps.
Front number plate design helps guide fresh air to the radiators for better cooling performance.
Front fender incorporates a sloped-down shape to efficiently guide wind to the front number plate air ducts for improved cooling performance. Rear fender incorporates air intakes on both sides for heighten intake efficiency while tying in a fresh new look.
New 2-tone molded-plastic radiator shrouds give the RM-Z450 a slim feel and stylish look for 2008 while also complimenting an all-new graphics design and color way.Redesigned outer louver plates offer better cooling performance by improving airflow to the radiators.
Newly designed pegs include increased clearance between the mounting bracket and footrest to prevent mud from caking up.
Gold-colored chain give a full factory look.
2008 Suzuki RM-Z450 US SPECIFICATIONS:
Engine: 4-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC
Bore Stroke: 96.0 mm (3.780 in) x 62.1 mm (2.445 in)
Compression Ratio: 12.2 : 1
Fuel System: Fuel injection
Lubrication: Semi Dry sump
Ignition: Electronic ignition (CDI)
Transmission: 5-speed constant mesh
Final Drive: D.I.D 520MXV, 114 links
Overall Length: 2185 mm (86.0 in)
Overall Width: 830 mm (32.7 in)
Overall Height: 1260 mm (49.6 in)
Seat Height: 955 mm (37.6 in)
Ground Clearance: 350 mm (13.8 in)
Wheelbase: 1480 mm (58.3 in)
Curb Weight: 112 kg (247 lbs)
Suspension Front: Telescopic, coil spring, oil damped
Suspension Rear: Link type, coil spring, oil damped
Brakes Front: Disc brake
Brakes Rear: Disc brake
Tires Front: 80/100-21
Tires Rear: 110/90-19
Fuel Tank Capacity: 6.2 L (1.6/1.4US/Imp gal)
Color: Solid Black/Champion Yellow No. 2
2008 Suzuki RM-Z450 Canadian SPECIFICATIONS:
Engine 449cc, four-stroke, single-cylinder, liquid cooled, DOHC, 4-valve
Bore Stroke 96.0 x 62.1 mm
Compression Ratio 12.2:1
Fuel System Electronic Fuel Injection
Lubrication Semi-dry sump
Ignition Digital AC-CDI
Starter Kick
Transmission 5-speed
Final Drive #520 chain
Overall Length 2182 mm (86.0 in)
Overall Width 830 mm (32.7 in)
Overall Height 1260 mm (49.6 in)
Seat Height 955 mm (37.6 in)
Ground Clearance 375 mm (14.7 in)
Wheelbase 1480 mm (58.3 in)
Dry Weight 101.5 kg (224 lbs)
Front Suspension Telescopic, cartridge-type fully adjustable rebound, compression and pre-load settings
Rear Suspension Link-type, spring preload fullyadjustable rebound, compression and pre-load settings
Front Brakes Single hydraulic disc
Rear Brake Single hydraulic disc
Front Tire 90/100-21 51M
Rear Tire 120/90-19 57M
Fuel Tank Capacity 6.2 liter (1.4 imp gal.)
Colour Yellow
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Nowadays, Computing is so pervasive that it has become indeed the 5th utility (after water, electricity, gas, telephony) as Leonard Kleinrock once envisioned. Evolved from utility computing, cloud computing has emerged as a computing infrastructure that enables rapid delivery of computing resources as a utility in a dynamically scalable, virtualized manner. However, the current industrial cloud computing implementations promote segregation among different cloud providers, which leads to user lockdown because of prohibitive migration cost. On the other hand, Service-Orented Computing (SOC) including service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web Services (WS) promote standardization and openness with its enabling standards and communication protocols. …
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Getting to Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is part of the fun. At the edge of town, visitors hop on the Iron Mountain Tramway, a scenic trip to the top of the mountain where a rustic amusement park waits.
Topside, there is the first alpine slide in the state, a huge swing over Glenwood Canyon (1,300 feet below), a 70-foot bungee jump, a zip ride 625 feet down the mountain.
Tamer souls can take on a climbing wall, a 4-D motion theater, an Old West town, a mechanical bull ride, laser tag games and a restaurant with a huge view.
Tours of Fairy Caves and King's Row take visits into caverns and through stalactites, stalagmites and other rock formations.
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The road to the long-awaited Title Update 12 for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft has been a long one. Earlier this month, 4J Studios announced they were putting the final touches on the update, even going as far as announcing the official changelog for the game just a week later. This lead many to believe the update was coming extremely soon, but unfortunately, the update never came. Those of you who have been looking forward to Title Update 12 can rest easy as it's now available for you to download.
The previously revealed changelog for Title Update 12 is exactly what you can expect out of the update. Nothing more, nothing less. So you'll be able to enjoy the game along with your new Ocelot buddy, play around with a baby villager, and awe in wonder at the iron golem. The only thing that isn't currently included in Title Update 12 is the texture and mash-up packs as 4J Studios has said they're waiting for legal to sign-off on it before they can reveal the first pack. We just hope for the sake of all Xbox 360 Minecraft players, 4J Studios' lawyers don't take as long as Microsoft did in certifying Title Update 12, because that was one heck of a wait.


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So you're looking to get into law enforcement and don't know where to start. Here is a quick step by step guide that will land you a career in law enforcement.
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Getting Into the Academy
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1Find out what jobs are available in your area. Start scouting out your local police departments (via phone calls, emails, job fairs). By knowing your local area you are developing a map of which departments would be available for you to start your career with. Also, you can reach out to friends or family that may know or be a police officer. People involved in certain departments may have information that is not posted on the official website regarding hiring opportunities in the immediate future.
2Once you have identified a number of departments you would like to work for, check off these items in your list below. Once these items are marked down the next thing you need to do is prepare! Mentally and physically you need to be ready to perform at your peak for the physical portion of the recruitment process as this is how you will be judged. For some people this may take time and thankfully the process to become a police officer is not expeditious. Make sure you are in decent shape to at least run a 1.5 mile in around 12 minutes with little to no problems. Also 50 push ups and sit ups in a minute would set you up on good path to achieving if not surpassing most police recruit requirements.
- Recruitment Dates (when does their recruiting begin)
- PT/ Written test requirements (what is the minimum needed to advance to the next process)
- Background Packets (where to pick up and when to submit)
- Salary range for a new officer inside and out of the academy (often differs slightly)
3Assuming you have found a police department or a few that you are interested in and will be holding open recruitment sessions, pick up an application and fill out all of the required background information. Most departments require extensive information into your personal history, driving history, convictions, DUI, and associations. Be prepared to spend at least a week or two compiling all of this information.
4After filling out the background packet you may be asked to bring it with you to the recruitment session or mail in back in to the departments of your choice. At the recruitment session you will be required to either to take a written exam, PT test, initial interview. Each department is different in what they conduct during their recruitment sessions. Hydrate at least a day or two prior to any physical abilities testing as it will help you significantly perform at your top rate.
5Once you pass the PT test, written, and initial interview, you may receive a letter to attend a polygraph or a psychological evaluation test. With these things there is not much that can be said to help you here in this article. Every answer you give in the polygraph will be in relation to your experiences and how truthful you are with your examiner. The psychological evaluation is a very lengthy process. You just have to go in with the mindset that whatever you put down it should be easily explained in a way that makes sense to yourself and the investigator you will be speaking with.
6At this point you may be informed to meet with your background investigator who is assigned to work on your employment file. Their job is to ensure that there are no inconsistencies with the information you have been providing to the department throughout the application process. Also they are going to seek clarification in regards to any outstanding tickets, or drug/alcohol use situations in your past so just be prepared to talk about that in the interview with them.
7So you passed the hoops needed to get a conditional letter of employment with the department of your choosing, congratulations! The process up until this point can take anywhere from 3 to 6 months depending on the department. Many people have tried to get to this point and many did not succeed, however the fun will be short lived... You may be informed of the date and time you need to report to the academy which, if you did not know, is 6 months of rigorous physical and mental training that will transform you from a civilian to a sworn law enforcement officer.Advertisement
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1Once in the academy you will find that you are placed on the lowest rungs of the police ladder. So expect to be treated accordingly when you're dealing with superiors.
2Remember yes sir/ma'am and no sir/ma'am.
3Remember a lot of the things that they have you do in the academy may be done correctly but it will not matter because you will still get crap for it anyway. The point of the academy is to weed out those that are not 100% committed to this career from those that are, aside from training you how to become a police officer.
4When you finally make it to graduation, you'll feel like you couldn't be prouder of everything you accomplished. Once you finish this nothing else will seem as great a milestone as that moment when you are finally sworn in as a police officer. From that moment you would look back at the 6 months of hell in which you were tased, pepper sprayed, gassed and put through hell by your Drill Instructors and think that it was all worth it. You are now considered a member of a special group, that thin blue line that only a certain few are a part of. You are a rookie officer in your prime and are ready to serve and protect the citizens that may at times despise you and other times adore you. Just remember that whatever happens stay safe and stick together.Advertisement
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- Two good resources if you are considering a career in law enforcement are officer.com/forums, and policeone.com. By making a free profile on these two sites you have access to message boards that like minded peers have posted regarding law enforcement jobs all over the country. Word for the wise though be careful what you post as police departments also post job openings on the sites and monitor the users applying to their departments.
- If possible gaining an internship with your local police department or joining as a seasonal or auxiliary officer will be a great foot in the door with a department you're interested in.
- Asking for a "ride along" with an officer you or a friend may have a relationship with, goes a long way to achieving a position with a department when you have officers willing to vouch for you to the higher ups.
- Be prepared to invest at least 1 year into the application process to become an officer. This is not going to be an overnight job offer but a continual test to prove that you really want this profession.Thanks!
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From next year, the traditional Party Election Broadcast will be replaced by a blipvert that operates below the threshold of human conscious perception. 'The old party political broadcasts suffered from a terrible flaw,' explained Tory party strategist Lynton Crosby. 'As soon as anyone realised they were watching one, they immediately switched over.'
Under the new rules, each party will be given a number of prime-time TV slots to access the nation's subconscious by flashing up a brief image of their leader lasting less than 30 milliseconds. David Cameron might pop up in the middle of Eastenders grinning and waving some money, Ed Miliband could suddenly appear on Coronation Street looking sternly at an electricity bill, while Nick Clegg may turn up on Hollyoaks under a big neon sign flashing the word 'Sorry'.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has also been allocated a couple of blipverts that he will use to flash-frame the image of an invading army of 485 million zombie immigrants.
Ed Miliband has welcomed the move. 'I have been using subliminal tactics for some time,' he said. 'In fact I am so below the radar of public consciousness, most people have no idea they have even seen me.' Nick Clegg also likes the idea of being able to make any future pledges subliminally, so that no-one will know for certain when he inevitably breaks them.
However, concerns have been raised after a pilot study in which viewers exposed to the ads complained of terrible flashbacks. Some people kept seeing David Cameron's big pink face looming ominously towards them, an image so disturbing it caused a number of victims' heads to explode.
'Subliminal ads do carry the risk of post traumatic party political trauma,' said psychologist Dr Raj Persaud, 'but the modest risk of spontaneous cranial combustion is more than offset by never having to sit through a normal length broadcast.'
To ensure fair play, the ads will be regulated by the Subliminal Advertising Standards Authority, an organisation about which most people have no awareness. If a blipvert is deemed to have broken electoral guidelines it will be immediately followed by a special 'cleansing ad' that will automatically erase the subconscious memory of the first one.
'Subliminal adverts are the future of political campaigning,' said Crosby. 'And very soon everyone will agree with me, even if they have no idea why.'
Daily Mail website to be given 'Moral Panic button'
September 12, 2013
The world's most visited news website, Mail Online, is to be fitted with a special panic button that readers can use to express their sense of moral outrage. Clicking the button will automatically notify the relevant authorities that Daily Mail readers are upset and that 'something must be done'.
The decision follows concern that regular readers are being exposed to a constant diet of threats to the social order, celebrity cellulite and Melanie Phillips columns, something that could leave them seriously traumatised unless they have access to immediate help.
'A panic button is a welcome addition to the site,' said psychologist Dr Raj Persaud. 'Without it readers may repress their feelings of moral outrage, which, according to a recent Mail report, could cause cancer.'
Clicking the button quickly redirects readers to a special relaxation page featuring soothing images from the 1950s when the world was a much safer place, people could leave their doors unlocked and children had respect for their elders.
The button will also activate a simple drop-down menu of easy option responses for Mail readers to put in the comments section including: 'We're all going to hell in a handcart', 'It's political correctness gone mad,' and, 'This is all the fault of the BBC/Europe/gypsies/illegal immigrants/the 1960s/Russell Brand/all of the above.'
The decision has been welcomed by campaigners although many would like things taken a stage further. 'A Moral Panic button is good for regular Daily Mail readers but many people stumble across the site by accident,' said celebrity activist Hugh Grant. 'People of a sensitive liberal disposition may be innocently searching the internet for hummus recipes when they inadvertently find themselves exposed to hard core Daily Mail content. We either need some sort of opt-out filter or, at the very least, a Liberal Outrage button as well.'
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre rejected calls for an additional panic button for liberals. 'Nowadays the the vast majority of people coming to our website are politically correct Guardian readers looking for something to get upset about. But these people don't need a special button to register their outrage; they can do what they normally do and go and complain about it on Twitter.'