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- Calories: 221
- Calories from fat: 25%
- Fat: 6.1g
- Saturated fat: 1.7g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Protein: 3.5g
- Carbohydrate: 38.2g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Cholesterol: 3mg
- Iron: 1.3mg
- Sodium: 154mg
- Calcium: 90mg
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In the middle of the financial crisis, American banks went to drastic measures not to become the next Lehman Brothers or Bear Stearns. Citi sold off business units and was partially taken over by the US Treasury. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), after making billions shorting sub-prime housing, gave Berkshire Hathaway an amazing preferred share deal for $5 billion in fresh capital. Berkshire received a 10% dividend plus warrants for the investment in Goldman. The warrants have a strike price of $115 that expires in 2013. They are currently in-the-money for Buffett and clan with GS at $127. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) issued warrants as part of the TARP bailout in 2008 and 2009. These warrants have become an attractive way to play a recovery in financials and the shares of Bank of America for many investors. The warrants are attractive for a few reasons. Warrants are similar to options, but have longer expirations associated with them and can be executed at any time. Warrants in this case require less capital and magnify any changes in the price of the underlying share prices.
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Dr Nik Hodges is interested in the mechanisms of genetic toxicology, cellular oxidative stress and repair of oxidative DNA damage and his lab was the first to identify that the variant form of the repair protein OGG1 is repair deficient under conditions of oxidative stress which could have important consequences for individual susceptibilty to cancer.
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After graduating from Nottingham in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry I studied for an MSc and then a PhD in Toxicology in the laboratory of Professor Kevin Chipman where I worked on the rodent tumour promoter phenobarbitol. This is where I first became interested in mechanisms of cellular oxidative stress. After post-doctoral positions in Occupational Health (working on the genotoxic carcinogen hexavalent chromium) and then in the School of Biosciences (working on secondary genotoxicity) as an AstraZeneca funded research fellowship I am now a lecturer in Toxicology.
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We are interested in the cellular consequences of pertubation of redox homeostasis both by chemical and biological mechanisms.
OGG1: The DNA repair protein OGG1 is critical in the repair of the oxidatively damaged base 8 oxo dG which if not removed before DNA replication mispairs with adenine and thymine causing point mutations. We are interested in the common ser326cys polymorphism in human OGG1 and are studying its activity and location compared to the "normal" protein. Work in our lab using genetically engineered cell lines has shown that the variant form of the protein is repair deficient particularly under conditions of cellular oxidative stress when it is needed most and we are currently studying the mechanistic basis for this observation.
Cellular oxidative stress: We are using a number of experimental approaches to study the consequences of intracellular oxidative stress: These include treatment with pro-oxidants, tungsten alloys, engineered nanoparticles, depletion of the protective factor glutathione and over-expression of cytochrome P450s for which there is evidence that once "un-coupled" for example by futile substrates like polychlorinated chemicals these enzyme systems can generate substantial level of toxic free radicals in cells. We are particularly interested in oxidative DNA damage through so called "secondary genotoxicity" and the existence of potential thresholds of effect in relation to these mechanisms of toxicity.
Cytoglobin: We are interested in cytoglobin a poorly understood homologue of haemoglobin with no known function but which may be involved in detoxification of reactive oxygen species as well as having signalling and oxygen transporter functions in a wide range of non muscle tissues especially those of a fibroblast lineage. Through collaboration with AstraZeneca were are studying the role of cytoglobin in fibrotic disease and as a potential target for drug toxicity. The cytoglobin gene also maps to a genetic disease called tylosis with oesphageal cancer (TOC) and in collaboration with The University of Liverpool we are working on the genetic regulation of this gene and trying to determine its molecular function.
Iron cylinders: In collaboration with Professors Mike Hannon and Kevin Chipman we are investigating the cellular properties of iron and related cylinders which have potent cytostatic effects in a broad range of cell lines. You can read more about these exciting molecules on the homepage of Professor Mike Hannon http://www.chem.bham.ac.uk/staff/hannon.shtml.
Member of the BTS Educational Sub commitee, and local BTS representative to "champion" toxicology at The University of Birmingham. I also co-organise CPD courses in Advanced Toxicology for industry in collaboration with The University of Surrey. Consultancies in the area of toxicological risk assessment (e.g. Monsanto, VetXX, DFID).
Kershaw RM and Hodges NJ. (2011) Repair of oxidative DNA damage is delayed in the Ser326Cys polymorphic variant of the base excision repair protein OGG1. Submitted to PLoS1
Zielinska A, Davies OT, Meldrum RA, Hodges NJ. Direct visualization of repair of oxidative damage by OGG1 in the nuclei of live cells. J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2011 Jan-Feb;25(1):1-7.
Mirbahai L, Kershaw RM, Green RM, Hayden RE, Meldrum RA, Hodges NJ. Use of a molecular beacon to track the activity of base excision repair protein OGG1 in live cells. DNA Repair (Amst). 2010 Feb 4;9(2):144-52. Epub 2009 Dec 29.
Smart DJ, Chipman JK, Hodges NJ. Activity of OGG1 variants in the repair of pro-oxidant-induced 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine. DNA Repair (Amst). 2006 Nov 8;5(11):1337-45
Lee AJ, Hodges NJ, Chipman JK. Interindividual variability in response to sodium dichromate-induced oxidative DNA damage: role of the Ser326Cys polymorphism in the DNA-repair protein of 8-oxo-7,8- dihydro-2'- deoxy- guanosine DNA glycosylase 1. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Feb;14(2):497-505.
Hodges NJ, Chipman JK. Down-regulation of the DNA-repair endonuclease 8-oxo-guanine DNA glycosylase 1 (hOGG1) by sodium dichromate in cultured human A549 lung carcinoma cells. Carcinogenesis. 2002 Jan;23(1):55-60.
Robert M Harris, Nikolas J Hodges and Rosemary M Waring. Reactive oxygen species and oxidative DNA damage mediate the cytotoxicity of tungsten-nickel-cobalt alloys in vitro. 2010 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Available online October 8th 2010. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2010.09.020.
Priestley CC, Green RM, Fellows MD, Doherty AT, Hodges NJ, O'Donovan MR. Anomalous genotoxic responses induced in mouse lymphoma L5178Y cells by potassium bromate. Toxicology. 2010 Jan 12;267(1-3):45-53.
Green RM, Hodges NJ, Chipman JK, O'Donovan MR, Graham M. Reactive oxygen species from the uncoupling of human cytochrome P450 1B1 may contribute to the carcinogenicity of dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls. Mutagenesis. 2008 Nov;23(6):457-63. Epub 2008 Jun 26.
Hodges NJ, Green RM, Chipman JK, Graham M. Induction of DNA strand breaks and oxidative stress in HeLa cells by ethanol is dependent on CYP2E1 expression. Mutagenesis. 2007 May;22(3):189-94.
Green RM, Graham M, O'Donovan MR, Chipman JK, Hodges NJ. Subcellular compartmentalization of glutathione: correlations with parameters of oxidative stress related to genotoxicity. Mutagenesis. 2006 Nov;21(6):383-90
Lee AJ, Hodges NJ, Chipman JK. Modified comet assay as a biomarker of sodium dichromate-induced oxidative DNA damage: optimization and reproducibility. Biomarkers. 2004 Mar-Apr;9(2):103-15.
Hodges NJ, Smart D, Lee AJ, Lewis NA, Chipman JK. Activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase in A549 lung carcinoma cells by sodium dichromate: role of dissociation of apoptosis signal regulating kinase-1 from its physiological inhibitor thioredoxin. Toxicology. 2004 Apr 15;197(2):101-12.
Hodges NJ, Orton TC, Strain AJ, Chipman JK. Potentiation of epidermal growth factor-induced DNA synthesis in rat hepatocytes by phenobarbitone: possible involvement of oxidative stress and kinase activation. Carcinogenesis. 2000 Nov;21(11):2041-7.
Cardo L, Sadovnikova V, Phongtongpasuk S, Hodges NJ, Hannon MJ. Arginine conjugates of metallo-supramolecular cylinders prescribe helicity and enhance DNA junction binding and cellular activity. Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jun 21;47(23):6575-
Cosimo Ducani, Anna Leczkowska, Nikolas J. Hodges#, Michael J. Hannon#. Non-Covalent DNA-Binding Metallo-Supramolecular Cylinders Prevent DNA Transactions in vitro. Angewandte Chemie International edition. Article first published online: 8 OCT 2010 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201004471. # Corresponding Authors
Hotze AC+, Hodges NJ+, Hayden RE, Sanchez-Cano C, Paines C, Male N, Tse MK, Bunce CM, Chipman JK, Hannon MJ. Supramolecular iron cylinder with unprecedented DNA binding is a potent cytostatic and apoptotic agent without exhibiting genotoxicity. Chem Biol. 2008 Dec 22;15(12):1258-67. +Joint first authors.
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Q: Being a broke college student, I don't always have the funds to feed my baking addiction. So my very sweet grandmother took it upon herself to stock me up with flour, white sugar, brown sugar, and butter. Unfortunately, she purchased me a hefty amount of SALTED butter.
I don't use much butter aside from baking, so I'm wondering if leaving out the salt that recipes call for and using salted butter would make a difference in flavor or texture?
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Editor: Amanda, how totally sweet and thoughtful of your grandmother! That's a splendid gift. Honestly, even though we also only use unsalted butter, we are not too worried about substituting it here. We would start by reducing your salt by half, and then taste as you go.
Also, remember that butter can be frozen. If you want to save this butter for your bread and toast, and also for other cooking (like caramelizing onions, which salted butter is great for) then freeze this and bring it out stick by stick as you need it.
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I have to say, I routinely use salted butter in baking recipes that call for unsalted, and I've never noticed a difference. It's fairly immaterial, unless you're making something incredibly delicate.
As above, that's usually what I do - I just leave out the salt and then add in extra to where it tastes amiss. I do have to admit though to a slightly salty-tooth and some sweet dishes actually taste quite better with a little dash of it: usually if there's a rich caramel flavour, like flapjack or even caramel corn (add a little salt and black pepper - sounds weird but it's sooooo right).
For baking I usually just half my pinch or leave it out unless I'm making a savoury but often other ingredients will take the place of salt, like bacon, ham or cheese. Mmmm, that reminds me, I really fancy making parmesan, black pepper and fennel scones. If there's ever a case for using salted butter, that's the recipe that'll do it for me!
I used salted butter before and simply omitted the salt asked for in the recipe. While I think unsalted works better for baking (I can taste a bit of a difference), you can totally use it.
You could see if someone wants to buy a bunch of unsalted butter and swap with you...?
If you know the store where she bought it, take it back (at a NON-busy time) and ask (nicely) to exchange it.
There is no set amount of salt in salted butters therefore you need to go to the back of the box and figure out the mg of sodium then goto the back of the salt you use and find out how many mg of sodium are per serving and reduce appropriately.
I never use unsalted butter in my recipes. I find that the extra pinch of salt (I use very little other added salt) just adds more taste to things, be it chocolate cakes or savoury items.
I just use salted butter and cut the salt from the recipe. I guess I've never known the difference, but things still turn out well.
Unless you're a broke college student who is currently enrolled in the pastry chef program at CIA, I seriously doubt it's going to make any difference whatsoever. I've baked with salted butter if that was what I happened to have on hand, followed the recipe as usual, and never noticed any difference.
I'd only start compensating and substituting and doing the math on milligrams of sodium if you bake something that is noticeably over-salty.
The only thing I'd worry about using it in is in things that really shouldn't be at all salty, like buttercream frosting. (I used salted butter in frosting once by mistake and it was really gross.) But for baked goods, I think an extra bit of salt can be tasty, or you can just leave the salt out of the recipe.
I only use salted (because I can get it direct from a farm), and the only recipe I could ever taste it in was a flavoured butter I made to go with pancakes. But then, being English I've never really put salt in my sweet baking-try none and work up from there maybe?
@cupcakemuffin, really? I've made frosting using salted butter, sugar and nothing else and never had a problem. There's really only enough salt in butter to make it taste like itself, not like salt.
I've never compensated one way or another, I wouldn't worry about it.
I love using salted butter for buttercream, it makes it taste carmel-like
I use salted butter in everything sweet and savory and never make any adjustments to the recipe.
Unsalted butter doesn't keep as long as salted butter, so recipes often call for unsalted butter to assure freshness (of the butter). It really doesn't make any difference to the dish...
I always use salted butter in my baking and don't adjust the salt. I am in agreement that unless it is something very delicate, I don't think it makes a huge difference.
If you are worried you could use it for slightly savory things like biscuits, crackers and such.
I've never adjusted any recipe for salted, or unsalted, butter. Some recipes I've seen call for it. I generally only buy salted, because it doesn't always end up in baking and instead goes on toast, and I like it to taste... well, like it always tastes. But I wouldn't worry about it. If you do bake something that ends up tasting off because of it, notate the recipe and proceed ;)
I love to bake and bake quite often, and I always use salted butter regardless of what the recipe calls for. personally, I like a little bit of salt even in my sweet baked goods, I find it just makes everything taste better--heightens the flavors.
I've never used unsalted butter in my cooking - mainly because you'd be hard pressed to find it for sale in the UK - I use salted in everything, sweet or savoury, and have never had a problem - just go for it!
am i the only one wondering how to "taste as you go" in baked goods that aren't batter-based?
Just use the salted butter in the recipe. I use salted butter in everything I bake and I have never, ever, ever noticed the difference. I never cut the salt to compensate, but have cut the salt when compensating for sodium restricted diet, usually by half.
Good Luck. And by all means freeze the butter. Frozen butter grates really well into flour for pastry crust.


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Inb4 anyone else.
Oh god dammit...
Akismet, I hate you with the heat of a thousand suns.
As technically incompetant as most management types are, it's unbelievable how often they make the right decisions.
Looks like your network was slow.
Well, they were looking for a junior network admin. Sounds like they found one.
Correct me if I'm wrong... but isn't that a perfectly normal and correct setup for "corporate interet"?
Of course, it requires either a separate proxy at each location, or very good connections between the locations. So am I missing something or is the only WTF that Tyson didn't realize the performance implications of his policy implementation?
It's never the fault of the design/software/implementation, the hardware just can't keep up with all of the things we are making it do. Faster hardware is the only way to make things faster.
From a technical standpoint, that's the only goddamn WTF I am seeing. If he wasn't such a worthless asshole, he would have seen a connection between slow traffic and funneling the entire company's traffic through one server and a single fucking T1.
So today's WTF is "sometimes management know what they're talking about"? Meh.
Tomorrow's WTF is going to be a snippet of well-written code.
I don't see a big WTF here. The guy was telling the truth: "Get a better connection upstream".
//posted via single-entry-point corporate proxy some 4 timezomes away from where I'm sitting
Fortunately out central proxy allows thedailyWtf.com
"swirled the drain"?
Remy, put down the thesaurus and back away with your hands where I can see them. It's "circled".
Was actually a pretty good article other than that!
The only WTF I see is that they iced him for 1.5 hours and he was *still* there for the interview at 1pm.
Hey, if you come 1.5 hours early for an interview, what do you expect? I mean, if I have nothing else going on, I probably don't mind moving it up. If I have a meeting or something... well, I'll get to you when I told you I would when we made plans. And if you move it up around lunch time, so I am hungry when I interview you, that may not be the best thing for you.
Re: Dirty Laundry
2011-03-15 11:21 • by Jabrwock (unregistered)
But he was using that as a blanket suggestion to "shut up" his CTO. The WTF is that the guy didn't understand that that would actually solve the problem. The proxy at head office was the bottleneck not "some websites on the net" and "porno".
Hm. I was expecting the punchline to be that the former CTO and the Interviewer were friends, or at least acquaintances, and that CTO was actually a decent, smart guy.
But the jackass, self-assured, ignorant interviewee works just as good.
From the bottom of the article:
I've got some dirty underpants here, where do I send them?
Pro tip:
Shitting on your former boss in an interview is not endearing to anybody. If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
[quote user="Jabrwock]But he was using that as a blanket suggestion to "shut up" his CTO. The WTF is that the guy didn't understand that that would actually solve the problem. The proxy at head office was the bottleneck not "some websites on the net" and "porno". [/quote]
They wanted a junior network admin. I've seen junior network admins with even less understanding of their field — hired and working. It's his attitude that's the WTF here, not his knowledge — and I wouldn't hire him myself, personality-wise — but that's a minor WTF.
inb4 'OP can't inb4'
Proxy Servers are like Domain Controllers -- A minimum of one per location, replicated from a central setup.
I can easily see myself in that sort of situation. Back when I was interviewing (many years ago), I would try to allow extra time for anything that could come up, especially if the interview was a distance away in an unfamiliar area. In fact, I was more than an hour early for the interview for my current job.
Then I would sit in my car for a moment & decide what to do. In my case it was an early morning interview, so I got coffee & a snack to calm my nerves. But, for a 1pm interview, I might have seen if the interviewer was available early. In the off chance that something had come up for the afternoon (an emergency meeting, a sick child, etc) s/he might be very grateful. Otherwise, I'd decline the conference room & go out for lunch.
In the exact situation given, however, I'd probably have sought out a department store & tried to find something off-the-rack which actually fit me.
Re: Kick 'em When They're Up
2011-03-15 11:53 • by School Bully (unregistered)
"Swirled" is obscure? Have you never heard of a swirly? I'll bet the average reader of this site has been at the recieving end of a few...
Re: Kick 'em When They're Up
2011-03-15 12:03 • by C-Octothorpe (unregistered)
NOOOO! All the memories flooding back! (pun intended)
+1. Someone please feature this.
As a hardware designer, I like that attitude a lot. Please keep coming up with more complex ways to do things.
Have your proxy contact my proxy.
Re: Kick 'em When They're Up
2011-03-15 12:37 • by Anon (unregistered)
The economy might have been swirling around the drain, (like it might have been circling it), but I doubt very much that the economy was swirling the drain itself.
Re: Dirty Laundry
2011-03-15 12:41 • by airdrik (unregistered)
Oh, don't you worry, we can find plenty of ways to make more hardware do less. You keep making the hardware faster and we'll keep making the software [s]slower[/s] "more complex". >:)
If you are unable to detect which employees are actually doing work and which ones are slacking off watching teh p00rnies, you might have a bigger problem than your network architecture...
In other words, web filtering is a technical solution to a human problem, and hindering all the productive people in your company is TRWTF.
I work somewhere like one of those branch offices. Today the upstream squid proxy that authenticates and filters web access for our entire far-flung corporate VPN went on the fritz for several hours, issuing frequent protests about inability to create TCP connections probably due to overload. How can I tell, from inside my workplace, whether upstream is using some decent form of load balancing or is as clueless as Tyson?
Re: Dirty Laundry
2011-03-15 13:04 • by Zaratustra (unregistered)
ISSUE: The traffic is fucking slow
STATUS: Fucking resolved
NOTES: The entire fucking company's fucking traffic was being sent through a single fucking T1, worthless asshole said issue could not be described to fucking management
ACTIONS TAKEN: Worthless asshole fired, replaced with new asshole
Not too shocked at the proxy concept. When I was working for a big multinational, this was their corporate policy - and they used to audit regularly.
The CTO complained about the -network- not the internet.... how is this related to the proxy?
Arriving early for an interview can be a good thing. I mean, building in a buffer, making sure you're on time, all good things. I was just reacting to the "OMG, you made him wait until the actual interview time" comment.
But yeah, if someone arrives for an interview an hour early cause they were worried they would get lost, the worst result I can imagine would be giving them a seat in the lobby with a coffee or tea until the scheduled time.
But I do try to schedule interviews so they don't interfere with lunch. Lunch time is when I go outside, clear my head or puzzle through a difficult problem (depending on whether the day is difficult or routine). Switching gears to interview someone before then just happens not to work well for me.
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2011-03-15 13:31 • by Franz Kafka (unregistered)
Really, that pales in comparison to the whole ego-fueled rant during the interview. Seriously, what the hell?
Also, the proxy setup was effing stupid. And not hosting the website in a colo.
I have a fun proxy story. So, this company I worked at for many years decided it was time to start tracking, filtering and reporting on all employee's Internet usage. Sure, I get it, that a company wants to make sure people are working and using the network for job-related functions, no problem.
However, they decided to use the reporting to go after people. Everyone had an allocated amount of "personal time" to browse the Internet. The company started using these numbers against people during reviews and weekly status meetings.
Enter my department: the developers. As a developer, you'll understand the Internet is "The Developer Handbook". Google is your best friend, and blogs are like the gold mines of the coder's treasure trove. Needless to say, our first few "reviews" by the CIO were not good. He was red in the face, on the verge of screaming and was ready to make heads roll (yes, it was a typical CIO that could barely utilize Outlook, let alone understand the needs of his developers).
So, after a month of dealing with this crap, I decided to take action. We had a co-location hosting facility down town, where we had our QA, staging and production servers for web-based applications. The web filters/reporting system was not monitoring these systems, so I installed a lightweight proxy server on the QA machine.
Fast forward a year later, all of our developers had zero (0) minutes of Internet time, and the CIO always referred to "his awesome team" when it came to the Internet usage report.
After the company was sold to a competitor and I left, I told the network engineer about it. He was pissed at first, but soon got over it and had a good laugh. Mr. CIO still doesn't know to this day.
Oh, and my current company blocks TheDailyWTF.com, but that doesn't stop me. Muhahaha.
Just disconnect VPN and surf.
That's an interesting thing to say, considering which would look like the bigger idiot.
Wow. I worked at a place that was just like that. Corporate was located in Los Angeles and we were in Spokane, WA. All network traffic was proxied through their server in LA, so we had to wait every Tuesday and Wednesday night for hours and hours while gigabytes of files were transfered from downtown Spokane to our print shop, which was only about 20 miles away. It was faster to drive downtown with a external hard drive and transfer the data via sneakernet.
To those who don't see the WTF, let's start from square one:
1. Interview Attire
2. Decorum
3. Not trash talking your old boss in the interview
And those are just the WTFs. Everything else is "meh".
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Couldn't resist :-)
I've never quite understood what the purpose of filtering at work is in this day and age.
My workplace is the perfect example. Anything "fun" is blocked via proxy, but anyone with a smartphone (or in my case, iPad w/MiFi) has an free connection - and that includes the company provided phones! - so everyone's still screwing around, they just are taking more time doing it.
Re: Dirty Laundry
2011-03-15 14:28 • by C-Octothorpe (unregistered)
Spoken like a true recent grad...
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PerformancePoint Services includes PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer, a tool that dashboard authors use to create powerful, dynamic dashboards. These dashboards are referred to as PerformancePoint dashboards. Reports that are created by using Dashboard Designer are referred to as PerformancePoint Web Parts.
You would typically use PerformancePoint dashboards to bring together a variety of reports and scorecards that use data from a variety of sources, including SQL Server, SharePoint lists, and Excel Services. You would also use PerformancePoint dashboards when you want powerful, robust dashboards. These dashboards can include reusable dashboard content and linked items, such as key performance indicators in a scorecard that are linked to other reports.
To learn more about PerformancePoint Services, see the following articles:
Excel Services extends the capabilities of Microsoft Excel by using server technology to store and manage information. Using Excel Services, users can publish Excel workbooks to SharePoint Server and specify certain settings, such as user permissions. Then, you and other users can easily access those workbooks by using a Web browser, even if Microsoft Excel is not installed on your computer. If Microsoft Excel is installed on your computer, you can open and view the entire workbook.
You would typically use Excel Services to create or use secure, centrally managed workbooks. Excel Services workbooks can contain a variety of charts and report types, including PivotChart and PivotTable reports. These charts and reports can also be displayed as individual reports in PerformancePoint dashboards.
To learn more about Excel Services, see Getting Started with Excel Services and Excel Web Access.
Visio Services extends Microsoft Visio by enabling users to save Visio diagram to SharePoint Server as Web Drawings. Using Visio Services, you can publish Visio Professional 2010 and Visio Premium 2010 Web Drawings that render data-connected diagrams. Visio Web drawings can display data from a variety of sources, including Excel, SQL Server, SharePoint lists, or any OLEDB or ODBC data source.
You would typically use Visio Services to transform complicated text and tables that might be difficult to understand into online Visio diagrams that communicate information at a glance and remain up to date.
To learn more about Visio Services, see the following resources:
Chart Web Parts enable you to create or use charts on a SharePoint site. These charts can be interactive and can use data stored in SQL Server, SharePoint lists, or Excel Services.
You would typically use a Chart Web Part to quickly and easily add a chart to a SharePoint site, such as a Web Part page, that is used by a group or an individual.
To learn more about the Chart Web Part, see the following articles:
SharePoint status indicators enable SharePoint users to easily create or view one-line reports that show whether performance is on or off target for a particular measure. Status indicators are items in a SharePoint status list, which is a special kind of a SharePoint list.
You would typically use status indicators to add basic performance information to a SharePoint site that is used by an individual or a group.
To learn more about status indicators, see Getting started with SharePoint status indicators.
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A variety of Help content and information is available to help you get started with SharePoint business intelligence.
Use the following table to get more information on how to create or publish dashboards, reports, scorecards, or status indicators.
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A new kind of life?
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Dallas speaks to NASA astrobiologist Dr Felisa Wolfe-Simon about the discovery of arsenic-loving microbes. Does this mean that life on Earth has arisen not once, but twice? If so, then it has profound implications for the Drake Equation and the search for alien life.
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By JAMIE LYNN DROHAN6 News Reporter
GREENEVILLE (WATE) - A Greeneville police officer's son is now charged in his father's murder.
Sgt. Roger Self was found dead in his home with a gunshot wound Wednesday night.
Thursday night Ethan Self, 18, was charged with first degree murder. The Greeneville High School senior is being held on $500,000 bond.
Greene County Sheriff Steve Burns says co-workers became concerned Wednesday night when Sgt. Self didn't show up for his 7:00 p.m. shift.
Officers stopped by his Love Street home and found his body. Authorities say Sgt. Self was shot at least once.
"Roger was a quiet, gentle officer who loved to do his job, didn't come to the forefront in a lot of things. He didn't want the publicity," said Sheriff Burns. "He was just a good man."
Sgt. Self's body was sent to Johnson City Medical Center for an autopsy.
His wife passed away three years ago.
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Truth be told I didn't even know they had electricity in Chile but apparently in between mass producing baby back ribs they managed to put out a horror movie titled "Hidden In the Woods". Well hold your poppers kids because Jennifer Blanc and Michael Biehn have already decided to remake the film for your fine English ears. The film focuses on two sisters who are terrorized by their father after they try to report him to the police for dealing drugs and in general being a prick. Those were all Chili's references if you didn't get it.
I've never seen a Kirk Wong movie before but I have seen at least two of his movies available for renting on netflix so I assume he's pretty famous. Well apparently Kirky boy (I call him Kirky boy) has decided to come out of retirement (I had no idea he was retired) to direct a new film simply titled "Six". Not to be confused with "Leonard Part 6" the film follows a doctor who fuses animals and humans together. Wait, that does sound a lot like "Leonard Part 6" doesn't it? Confuse away.
Is it racist that I just assumed that John Leguizamo has already been cast as a drug dealer in Ridley Scott's "The Counselor"? I mean it might be. But he has now so maybe that makes it not racist. I don't know. Let's just go with "no" and talk about how great I look today.
It's confession time here at BGH, folks. Truth be told I tell you about a lot of Blu-Ray releases and pretend to be excited but in reality have no real intentions of buying them. But this one folks I promise you will end up on my book case. Well it's more of a large dresser type thing. It sounds weird but it really completes the room. It's Ikea but surprisingly sturdy. Oh right the movie, it's "They Live" and it will be available on November 16th.
You ever go to sleep at night and wake up the next day and have no idea where you put your penis? No matter where you look it just doesn't seem to be in its usual place? No me either, but this guy in China had that happen.
I'll be honest I walk around the fine city of NYC every day and become a giant disgusting mess of sweat and filth. But I've never, ever, thought that washing my man bits in a fountain was a good idea. No one wants to see that. Turns out you can go to jail for it also.
To help my daughter sleep we have this stuffed animal with a small radio in the back that plays the sounds of rain falling or a river flowing for 45 minutes when you push a button. This morning at 5am somehow she rolled over in her sleep in pushed the button so I was awoken to the sound of running water blasting in our bedroom over the baby monitor. I've never believed in ghosts but for a split second this morning I honestly thought our house was haunted.
Because he isn't busy enough Guillermo del Toro has decided to take on the producer role for a new CG animated flick titled "Day Of the Dead". Jorge R. Gutierrez will direct the love story in the vein of "Romeo and Juliet" set against a Mexican "Day of the Dead" backdrop. That "Haunted Mansion" flick is still happening, right? I've been excited about that for over a year now and I'm starting to get a little pissy.
I have no idea what this means but I bet Casey is going to be as giddy as a school girl about it. Hammer Films has decided to open their script archive to the public. So I guess that means we can go there and just start reading stuff? I haven't watched a lot of their movies but from what I can gather the best part of them is the girls with all their parts hanging out so I'm not really sure how reading is going to make me happy.
Set your hunk-o-meter to stun folks because it's been confirmed that Michael Fassbender will in fact star in Ridley Scott 's next film which is titled "The Counselor". The movie is about a big time lawyer who gets mixed up with the drug selling business... and then aliens attack everyone. That last part isn't true but the thing sounds kind of boring right now so I hope they're open to suggestions.
If you kids can remember all the way back to our "Mother's Day" remake episode then you know the gang was all pretty positive on the film. I think. Honestly I can't remember back that far but let's just go with it. The point is the Darren Lynn Bousman film finally has a release date of May 8th for DVD and Blu-Ray and will also be getting a limited theater run starting May 4th. May the 4th be with you! I wonder if they thought of that when the picked the date. Man I hope so. I love that crap.
Here's a fun story about a guy who broke into a house and started trying on clothes because he said a small Asian boy invited him. The Asian boy turned out to be a bunch of flowers but he apologized so all is forgiven. Just kidding he's in jail.
A man in Quebec is in hot water after he pulled a buddy of his down the street on a couch tied to his car. The kids call it "couch surfing" I guess and apparently his friend wiped out head first into an oncoming car. I don't know what the French word is for cowabunga.
Hey did you watch The Grammy's last night? I didn't But I did take time to view some of the red carpet fashions and if you're wondering these are my scores. B+, C, D-, B-, C, C, F, and F. Yeah I know, I hate Adele too. Especially after reading her tour rider which stated "North American beer is not acceptable". Apparently she only accepts the "best quality European lager beers" like Stella and Peroni to wash her bite size Twix bars down her giant gullet. More for me, Adele! More for me!
Just to confirm a discussion we never had, Ridley Scott has been confirmed to be taking the directing role for "The Counselor". Written by Cormac McCarthy, the film follows a respected lawyer who tries his hand at the drug game... with sexy results. Wait no, terrible, not sexy. Not sexy at all.
If you're looking for more "The Evil Dead" casting news then this is going to be the best Monday of your life. Looks like Lou Taylor Pucci, who I don't know but only hate 1/3 of his name, is in talks to join the reboot. Lou would play a young smarty pants who's curiosity gets the gang into trouble. Whatever the hell that means. Pucci is the part of the name I hate in case you're wondering.
Looks like Universal is circling first time director Gary Shore to take on their new film "Dracula Year Zero". Russell Crowe is in talks to star in the film that tells the original story of Vlad the Impaler and how he eventually was turned into the character that Bram Stoker based is classic character on. Not really fair to pick a first time director. How am I suppose to make stupid comments about a guy I don't know? I bet he wears stupid hats.
Remember 2009's "Legion" about an Angel who comes down from the heavens to save the world? Well Syfy is working on a show based on the film. Cause ya know, everyone loved it. Alright I loved it. I can't even be sarcastic about how much I love it. An old lady swears a lot. How can you not love that?
I know I write that these stories make me laugh a lot but this one really did make me laugh out loud. A Kentucky mother punched her 10 year old son in the face during an anger management session. Try to read that without chuckling. It's impossible.
This story about a 40 year old in Ohio who tossed his kid into a dryer as punishment isn't as funny though. Unless you're a real sicko. Then feel free to laugh away in hell.
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PolitiFact responds to criticism about the 2011 Lie of the Year.
By Bill Adair :: Published on Friday, December 23rd, 2011 at 12:44 p.m.
Mailbag: Lie of the Year 2011 Edition
Readers and bloggers didn't like PolitiFact's choice for Lie of the Year. Here is a sampling of their responses.
By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Friday, December 23rd, 2011 at 12:43 p.m.
Super PAC ad targets Gingrich in Florida
A pro-Romney group is going hard after the former House speaker and sudden front-runner.
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Erie County Sheriff's Office Report for April 13, 2012by jmaloni
The Erie County Sheriff's Office reports its officers responded to 153 calls from March 31 to April 6. Below is a sampling of only those incidents the ECSO reported to the Island Dispatch.
Sunday, April 1
•Bedell Road, loud music - A complainant stated that there was loud music coming from a nearby apartment complex. Patrol located the apartment in question and advised the occupants.
Monday, April 2
•Ferry Road, larceny - A complainant stated an unknown person stole a trailer for a watercraft from a marina. An investigation into the matter is ongoing.
Tuesday, April 3
•Bedell Road, loud music - A complainant stated loud music was coming from a vehicle in the parking lot of the same apartment complex noted on April 1. Patrol located the vehicle and advised the occupants.
•Bush Road, trespass - A complainant stated that a residence on Bush Road was entered unlawfully by unknown person. An investigation into the matter is ongoing.
•Bedell Road, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle - A complainant stated that his vehicle was stolen from his driveway by an unknown person. An investigation into the matter is ongoing.
•Colonial Drive West, suspicious vehicle - A complainant stated a suspicious vehicle with two occupants was sitting in front of her house. Patrol checked the area, but was unable to locate the vehicle.
Wednesday, April 4
•Staley Road, shots fired - A complainant stated she heard approximately 25 shots coming from the woods in the neighborhood. Patrol checked the area, but was unable to locate the source of the shots.
Friday, April 6
•Long Road, traffic arrest - Following a traffic stop, deputies arrested a 23-year-old man from Buffalo after a Department of Motor Vehicles check showed his license was currently suspended in New York state. The man was issued traffic tickets returnable to Town of Grand Island Court.


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Help! I have two beautiful crape myrtle trees planted between my two driveways. They offer great shade for our cars, but all summer long they drop a dewy mess all over the cars.
I have checked for pests but have found none. What might be the cause of this and is there a solution short of removing the trees?
Jo Veater, Citrus Heights
According to UC master gardener Carol Rogala, it sounds like your trees have aphids. The problem you describe is very common on crape myrtles. Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects with long, slender mouth parts they use to pierce stems, leaves and other tender plant parts and suck out plant fluids.
The dewy mess you mention is excretion from the insects, which is often very sticky. Almost every plant has one or more aphid species that occasionally feeds on it. Many aphid species are difficult to distinguish; however, species identification is not necessary to control them in most situations.
Aphids have many generations in a year. Most aphids in California's mild climate reproduce asexually throughout most or all of the year with adult females giving birth to live offspring (often as many as 12 per day) without mating.
Although aphids seldom kill a mature plant, the damage and unsightly honeydew they generate sometimes warrant control. Many aphid species prefer the undersides of leaves, so turn leaves over to check.
Natural enemies can be very important in the control of aphids, especially in gardens not sprayed with broad-spectrum pesticides. The most well known are lady beetles (a.k.a. ladybugs), lacewings and syrphid flies.
High levels of nitrogen fertilizer favor aphid reproduction because fast new growth is especially attractive to aphids.
Another way to reduce aphid populations on sturdy plants is to knock them off with a strong spray of water. Also insecticidal soap, neem oil and narrow-range oil provide temporary control if applied to thoroughly cover infested foliage.
Many other insecticides are available to control aphids in the home garden and landscape. While these materials may kill higher numbers of aphids than soaps and oils, their use should be limited because they also kill the natural enemies that provide long-term control of aphids and other pests.
You can find additional information on the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Website online at www.ipm.ucdavis.edu.
A neighbor had two locust trees that had to be removed due to their very invasive root system that invaded my property and that of another neighbor.
The problem is that the roots continue to sprout in my yard. This has been going on for two years after the trees were cut down.
I use a Roundup type of product on the sprouts, but they continue to appear every week in another location and I don't like to use the herbicide to excess.
What can be done to stop this invasive root action?
I live in a shared-interest community and the home-owners associations says that this is a neighbor-to-neighbor problem.
Eric Herman, Lincoln
The locust roots will continue to sprout as long as they retain stored energy, according to the UC master gardeners. As long as the roots sprout, they can build up more energy and keep sprouting.
You need to limit the amount of energy these sprouts through photosynthesis are returning to the roots. Dig up sprouts, cut foliage as soon as it appears or apply Roundup as per manufacturer's instructions.
You also need to consider that these trees produce a vast number of seeds that retain their viability for many years, and that some of what you believe to be root sprouts are really juvenile trees.
To test this, try digging a few of the sprouts next time. If they have individual root systems (and aren't attached to a large root from the old tree), they're baby trees and not just sprouts from an old root.
Questions are answered by master gardeners at the UC Cooperative Extension services in Sacramento and Placer counties.
Send questions to Garden Detective, P.O. Box 15779, Sacramento, CA 95852. Send email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please put "Garden Detective" in the subject field and include your postal address. To contact your UC Extension directly, call:
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by Chase Stewart, Spartan Elite Athlete
In the Beginning
Reebok Spartan Race changed my life. Undeniably. Before Spartan, I was out of shape and I treated my body like crap. Anything negative I could do to my body I did, in excess, daily. I never exercised. Deep down I always knew that this wasn't me, that I was much more than that. I always wanted to be healthy and fit. One day during the summer of 2011, I decided to stop wishing I was better fit and actually get better fit. The only thing holding me back from being who I wanted to be was me.
Starting a New Life
So I gave up everything that wasn't good for me and never looked back. I took a last minute trip to Hawaii to visit my grandparents, who were house sitting out there. I needed to get away to get my mind right about what I was trying to do. When I came back, I was a new person. I started running and hiking 4 days a week.
A few months later I heard about Spartan and immediately knew this was what I was looking for. I needed something to train for, something to keep me focused on my goals. I started researching new workouts and signed up for the WOD's so that I could train specifically for this race. My race was the Arizona Super in 2012, I signed up for the elite heat because for me it was all or nothing. I placed 51st overall, awesome for me. I was hooked.
Going the Distance
I decided to go for the Trifecta, so I signed up for Colorado and Utah. After Colorado I checked out the global point standings and saw that I was ranked a lot higher than I expected, so I decided I had to do a fourth race. When Spartan HQ announced the Ultra Beast, I thought it sounded awesome. I also thought I wasn't ready, but after the Utah beast I decided it was the next step. I had completed the Trifecta, an accomplishment that seemed so challenging, suddenly realizing I could do anything I put my mind to. So I signed up for the UB and started logging the miles. Every race was an adventure and I knew the UB would be the ultimate adventure.
Completing the UB is one of my proudest accomplishments. Once I got my season pass I started signing up for races left and right. Today, I have completed 13 races with 4 Trifecta medals and a top finish of 6th overall and 1st in my age group. I am far from finished. Spartan gives me the competition I need to push myself to be better every day. The athletes in this sport are unlike those in any other sport. They are constantly pushing themselves past their limits to continually be better. They are also some of the greatest people I know, I have made countless new friendships in this last year. This sport has a camaraderie that I have never seen before. I look forward to watching this sport grow and am proud to be a part of it.
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