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If you refer to Carolina Herrera's 212 Sexy Men, then I'd say it's a great club fragrance that lasts. It's got medium sillage, great longevity (too much in my opinion, I find it rather cloying in warm weather). This stuff stays and stays.
for those of you who own this, how does it project/stay on u? this keeps comong and going on me
If you refer to Carolina Herrera's 212 Sexy Men, then I'd say it's a great club fragrance that lasts. It's got medium sillage, great longevity (too much in my opinion, I find it rather cloying in warm weather). This stuff stays and stays.
"Burn their homes and churches.Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again.
For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a new Armenia."
William Saroyan.
Using: Antaeus, The Dreamer, Eau Sauvage and Voyage d Hermes
Wishing: Tuscan Soul by Ferragamo and Concentré d Orange Verte
im talkin about the original 212 men. not any of the flankers like 212 sexy
The original 212 men is grassy, peppery, thick and a little 'stuffy'. The strange thing is that it doesn't smell like it should last but it does. Not only does it last for ages, it projects. It really has a kick to it. Because of its musky nature I recommend you giving a test run next time you are in a department store because I'm certain some people will have trouble smelling it.
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This (the original 212) was probably one of my most worn fragrances in college a few years back. Yes its somewhat generic smelling, but I wore it consistently because it seemed like "me" then, and EVERYBODY liked it. I would get compliments on it more than 12 hours after application when I couldn't even smell it anymore. Yet, it was clear that they could still smell it and loved it. In summary, projection AND longevity are great...and it continues to project for its entire time on your skin.
I smell better than you.
Also important to note, this fragrance strikes me as one that smells better "walking by." In other words, the sillage this emits is what grabs attention, not necessarily when a lady is nuzzled up in your neck. But for situations like...sitting at a table with friends/family, I think the average person would really appreciate the smell this one gives off.
I smell better than you.
Great sillage and longevity for what it is. Very safe scent. I got bored with this after a couple of months and swapped away my bottle.
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August 23, 2015
"In yourself right now is all the place you've got." ― Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
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August 23, 2015
Here's one of my latest articles from RheumatoidArthritis.net, if you're interested. It's a bit of a sad one, unfortunately. But I'm happy to say that I've met some wonderful new friends since this was written!
I find the older one gets, it's harder and harder to make friends. Especially good friends. Making new friends and nurturing good relationships while having a chronic illness is even harder, I would argue. But not impossible!
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So I just got an email from someone at ABC News about an arthritis Twitter chat happening TOMORROW with moderator Dr. Richard Besser, ABC's chief health and medical editor. ABC News is looking for people to discuss all aspects of arthritis: symptoms, treatment, etc. And they want to hear from researchers, clinicians, bloggers, and patients.
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So this is what it looks like when you run out of 5 mg tablets of prednisone. Luckily I still had enough 1mg pills, but this is not really my preferred way of doing things. Sometimes it's just hard to stay on top of all of this stuff, you know? Since this photo was taken, I did manage to get a refill for the 5's. Whew.

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After probing the deep recesses of the study participants' noggins, the profs also asked at what age participants would claim Social Security payments. It was then a simple matter of identifying what psychological traits were — and here's that word again — linked with those who planned to file at the earliest ages.
Here's what was discovered:
Life expectancy
Many people justify early Social Security claiming by arguing they likely won't live long. The study confirmed this tendency, finding those who figured they'd cash in their chips early also cashed in on benefits early. But even expectations of longer lives skewed toward earlier claiming. For every 10 additional years folks thought they would live, Social Security filings were delayed by only six months.
Fear of loss
The respondents with the greatest fear of financial loss generally planned to claim their Social Security checks earlier. The irony is that studies have shown that people tend to live longer than they think they will, and that Social Security plays a larger and larger role in funding their lives the longer folks live. By locking in lower payments late in life, they're trading fear of loss for assurance of loss.
The system's fairness
The professors asked respondents how strongly they agreed with statements such as "I feel I've earned these retirement benefits." The stronger the agreement, the earlier participants planned to seize their checks.
Patient study participants were more likely to report planning to take benefits later, while those with the least patience planned to line their pockets sooner.
Conclusion There you have it. Despite all the evidence they will benefit by waiting to turn on the Social Security payment stream, people still let their psychological and emotional leanings outweigh their analytical selves.
In short, you can show people the math, but all too many retort: "Show me the money."
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Recent reports charging harsh working conditions in manufacturing plants in China are prompting Chinese Internet users to examine the nation's labor laws and the way they are implemented.Two articles last week in The New York Times looked at U.S. technology giant Apple's supply chain in China. The reports detailed harsh working conditions at plants operated by Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles most of Apple's products.The Times described "onerous work environments and serious, sometimes deadly safety problems." It said employees work excessive overtime, in some cases seven days a week, and live in crowded dormitories.Foxconn denies such conditions exist, and Apple chief executive Tim Cook has circulated an e-mail to employees saying any suggestion the company is uncaring is "patently false." The company did not return phone calls from VOA's Mandarin service.The New York Times reports also quoted a former Apple executive saying the flexibility and diligence of Chinese workers makes it far more efficient for the company to conduct its manufacturing in China than in the United States.Beijing-based financial magazine Caixin posted Chinese translations of the two reports on its website. From there, they circulated widely online, prompting hundreds of reader comments.One anonymous reader said he was speechless to read that companies are drawn to China because it is easier to exploit Chinese laborers. "Devoid of conscience has suddenly become a point of superiority," he wrote.But Liu Mengqi, a professor at the Guangdong Academy of Social Science, argues that pressure from foreign companies has helped to improve Chinese working conditions, especially in the southern and coastal areas where the foreign-owned plants are concentrated."Standards like minimum wage, government inspections, and companies' auditing processes have increased dramatically," says Liu, who advises the government and industries on corporate social responsibility. She adds that workers have become more aware of their rights."Now, the goal is to create a system that protects the rights of workers indiscriminately, regardless what sector or type of company they work in," Liu says.Lee Kai-fu, a former head of Google China, acknowledges Apple's efforts on behalf of its workers but says the company should do more."On one side [Apple] incessantly requests that suppliers provide a safe environment for the workers; on the other, it asks suppliers for the lowest price," Lee writes on his microblog account, which is followed by more than 30 million people. He says the company should use more of its profits in "bettering the work environment, and save laborers."Since 2008, China has adopted new labor legislation, which -- on paper -- requires employers to provide unprecedented protection to their workers. But labor rights groups say implementation of the law has been slow. Chen Baizhu, professor of economics at the USC Marshall School of Business and senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Science, says the new law for the first time enables workers to sue their employers for contract violations. "The atmosphere in China now is that the government is leaning more than it did before towards labor [protection]," he says. Chen says Chinese officials want the nation's economy to move toward better paying and more sophisticated jobs, a drive which should improve working conditions."If you look at the many local Chinese governments, what they have been doing in the past couple of years, is that they have been raising costs, enormously, to drive out labor intensive industries from their regions," Chen says.Chinese workers themselves may eventually tire of exhausting and repetitive factory work.One 28-year-old Internet user said that after working in a factory for six years, he decided to open up a small business."The reason is that I saw no future there," he says, advising young people against working in factories for too long. "It is most likely going to be a hopeless experience," he says.


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''Allah decreed the vengeance against you,'' one thundered. ''Muslims see what happened as divine retribution, carried out under the supervision of Allah by unknown soldiers,'' said another. In odd counterpoint, the big headline on the current issue revealed that the hijackers had been American, a scoop attributed to Iranian intelligence.
The editor, Badr Mohamed, didn't thunder, didn't talk about Allah. Instead, in measured but hard-line terms, he talked about the need for the United States to pressure Israel. ''Lots of people believe the U.S. and Israel are one country,'' he said. ''We see the killing of civilians on TV every day.''
That was the big difference between now and the Persian Gulf war 10 years ago. Then, the Egyptian authorities could ration the images their people got to see. Now, thanks to satellite TV, the country was flooded day and night with images of suffering Muslims, from Afghanistan and the dismal refugee camps of Pakistan as well as Gaza and the West Bank, making it hard to fasten onto the idea that nearly 5,000 bodies were still missing in Manhattan under the rubble.
Opinion in Cairo was likely to swirl instead of drift, but there was not the slightest sign that Mohamed Atta, still a nonentity in his hometown, would ever be put on a pedestal there. Plenty of people thought the Americans had it coming, some were even glad to see them bleed, but in hours and hours of conversation in Gaza and Cairo not a single person said the Sept. 11 suicide bombers -- as distinct from the Palestinians -- had earned their way to paradise. Osama bin Laden would not become a hero for calling for the ''neck smiting'' of Americans. If he became a hero, it would be because the Americans were seeking to silence him on satellite TV and because he was defiant in the face of their bombing. And because no Egyptian wanted or dared to take him on in the name of Islam.
I'd understood that the perspective of an Arab in Hamburg in the aftermath of a plot that appears to have been hatched in Hamburg could be different from that of an Arab in Gaza or Cairo; that a Hamburg Arab who had yet to put down roots, who was living as a member of a minority for the first time in his life, might be open to all sorts of contentions about the collision of cultures. But I hadn't imagined that Sept. 11 could be more of a live wire in Hamburg than it had been on my first two stops.
Now I was walking the same streets Mohamed Atta walked -- past the seedy downtown sex shops near the railway station to the Al Quds mosque, located over a bodybuilding salon and a Vietnamese food shop; past the billiards parlor where he hung out in a leafy working-class district heavily populated with Muslim immigrants, to the Technical University where he studied and gathered his prayer group, then on to the narrow sloping street where he roomed with two Arabs who wound up in America on separate flights that crashed in the same hour as his did.
Of course, I couldn't know what had been in his mind, but being there, it was easy to fantasize. There is no touch of opulence, but Harburg, as the district is named, can be seen as a minor triumph of urban planning, with its open pedestrian malls and the encircling low-slung brick structures that form the district's center. Yet how alien and unsettling it must have seemed to an apprentice urban planner on a winter evening when the dark came early and chill winds blew off the North Sea, alien enough to make the whole enterprise of urban planning seem soulless and, therefore, his whole existence there without purpose.
End of fantasy. Now many of Hamburg's 120,000 Muslims -- among whom Arabs may represent no more than 10 percent -- suddenly feel themselves to be on shaky ground, too. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Germans are not always very good at drawing distinctions between those who have lived among them all their lives and recent arrivals. ''These attacks were not only against America but against Muslims living here,'' said Ramazan Ucar, an imam of Turkish background at one of the older mosques. ''They ruined our peaceful life as well. They roused suspicions so normal German society now believes that every mosque probably has a few schl* fer,'' or sleepers. The imam was nonplused by a regulatory change in the aftermath of Sept. 11 that gave the authorities power to shut a mosque deemed to be inciting terrorism. But haunted by its own past, the new Germany hesitates to wield arbitrary power, so the mosques Mohamed Atta frequented were still open.
I spent some time outside the tiny Altauhid mosque, the one closest to Atta's Marienstrasse home in Harburg, in mutually cagey conversation with the imam, Ahmad Eman, another Egyptian who was only too glad to decry the wickedness of the American superpower and the ''terrorism'' of the Jews (to whom, as I was no longer surprised to hear, he attributed the Sept. 11 attacks). Americans needed to look to the future and reconsider their position in the world, he said.
Eventually, after I pressed him to introduce me to some of those who had gathered for prayers, he led out a lean, 30-ish Egyptian and introduced the man anonymously as an itinerant laborer who hadn't been in the country long enough to learn German.


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What's the problem?
What version of linux
I was just wondering what distro of linux Mitch is using? Just for curiosity :)
I've used SuSE since about version 6 or 7.
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
Give us OGV!
give us the option of downloading videos in a free format!
Many users like me come to this page and quit it without getting any content. I believe the community deserves a minimal consideration.
Help out us newbies
I agree. I am a newbie to Linux and am trying to learn as much as I can. These videos are great, but I can't watch them because I can't get Flash to work.
What's that? There's a video on how to set up Flash? Oh, wait...
There is..
Ironically, there is. And it is available in OGV format. :)
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This still doesn't satisfy the need for a free (as i freedom) and practical solution. I am having a hard time understanding your logic for going all the way to uploading it in flash and not even offering an ogv download option.
The flash should be an alternative to OGV downloads not the other way around.
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Thank goodness Dana Carvey never made a mistake. I would hate to see him get sued. His surgeon was neither incompetent nor uncaring, just human. Does any other occupation face a lawsuit whenever a mistake is made?
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Mr. Carvey was one of the lucky ones to survive a medical mistake. My father was not. Apologies were not forthcoming in his case either. Mistakes happen. When they do, doctors need to take responsibility and try to make sure they never happen again. Unfortunately, the code of silence is still intact and cover-ups are common.
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I was shocked to learn that Dana Carvey's surgeon was Dr. Elias Hanna. In 1972 my father was in the hospital having an angiogram when he coded. Dad was rushed into surgery and after many hours survived, thanks to a young surgeon—Elias Hanna. The triple bypass Dr. Hanna performed gave my father another five years of quality living. I am very sorry to hear of his "mistake" with Mr. Carvey. Unfortunately, though, he is human like all of us and was probably told by lawyers not to admit fault.
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You can be forgiven if you've never heard of the avant-garde pop star named Ebony Bones!, born Ebony Thomas. But despite not yet offering an official U.S. release of her debut album, Bone of My Bones, this Brit has been slowly gaining stateside appeal. Turns out the gal has already played alongside Yo La Tengo and Beck during an Obama inauguration party last year, and her far-out sounds and high-energy stage performance made her the toast of this year's SXSW.
"The only way to stand out from the crowd is to go nowhere near them," the 20-something firecracker says about playing the Austin, Texas, industry shebang. Her instincts told her that the band's sound and energy was different from that of every other artist there. "My band is my army; our war is against conformity, optimism our cultural rebellion," she says. "Oh dear, am I starting to sound like Bono?"
Yes, one could say she marches to the beat of her own drum. And she couldn't have been a better fit for the Art Basel crowd. Besides her electro-tribal-funk-punk — think M.I.A. with more edge and better beats — she boasts a futuristic, DIY style that looks like Mad Max in a Technicolor daydream.
And Bones! feels good about capturing the attention of American forward-thinkers. "I feel the majority of Americans are far more open-minded and diverse than they are generally given credit for," she says, citing recent overwhelming response after gigs in Chicago and New York. "Music is the one thing that can galvanize all types of people into the same room — well, music and perhaps football." Uh, that's soccer, for us Americans.
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Bones! actually got her start as an actress, performing Shakespeare by age 12 and becoming a daytime soap star in the U.K. by age 15. Eventually she even snagged a "Sexiest Female" nod from the British Soap Awards, but by age 19, she says, she was bored with acting and took to music as therapy.
She doesn't really fret about being taken seriously as yet another actor turned musician either. "I haven't had to worry about that, because I was never a great actress," she says. She could never take direction anyway, for instance, always looking for ways to direct the directors, rewrite the scripts, and design her own costumes. "I'm just always thinking of ways to make things bigger, brighter, and magical," she says.
And what can we expect from her set at the sandy Art Loves Music stage? "Whistles, horns, and possibly puke." Right on; it will blend right in. Be on the lookout for the stateside release of her marvelous homemade debut, due out sometime next year.
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THE University of York has obtained a £175,000 grant to help get one of the most important collections of historical materials in England online.
The grant - from the US-based Andrew W Mellon Foundation, will support the first year of a project to digitise the Registers of the Archbishops of York, spanning four centuries.
It will mean Registers of 21 Archbishops, from 1225 to 1646, will online for the first time with more than 20,000 page added to the University of York's Digital Library (YODL).
Professor Mark Ormrod, the University's Academic Co-ordinator for Arts and Humanities, said: "The Registers are a vital source for understanding the historic role of the Church in the political, social, confessional and cultural life of the UK.
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- Available for student use: Digital Camcorder, digital camera, and tripod for use within the building.
- Also available for student use in the Team Rooms: adapters for 'apple' users - 3 Lightning Digital AV adapters (HDMI) and 4 Moshi Mini Display Port to HDMI (Thunderbolt to HDMI) adapters. These adapters do not require the form be completed. They are available in the Technology Commons Lab for checkout with a Driver License for security deposit until returned.
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Welcome from Southwestern Virginia.
This is a discussion on From NYC now in Las Vegas within the New Members Introduce Yourself forums, part of the Welcome To DefensiveCarry.com category; Originally Posted by retsupt99 from Central Florida! Close to $500 to have a pistol in your home? That, in and of itself, is a crime. ...
Don't get me wrong I miss a lot of things about my hometown, the place of my birth and 41 first years. I don't miss the anti gun mentality that has been so rampant in the liberal news. The ostracism one has to deal with if they want a gun to protect themselves in and out of the home. What bothers me about the liberal community so rampant in some areas are they are the quickest to both file Civilian Complaints against police for abuses of power allegedly, but will be the first to cry why weren't you doing your job when they experience a crime perpetrated on them selves.
I won't miss the financial and time barriers placed on us applicants.
My permits were Rifle/Shotgun at a cost of $170 every 3 years + $95.10 for finger printing. 4 months later another $340 +$95.10 fingerprinting for the application on Pistol-- carry restricted--residence premises only, except I could transport the gun only in the City proper to training ranges. I asked why within 6 months do I need to pay 2x for fingerprinting? The answer was that's just the way it is. A new file is created and hence a new investigation. Well what ever I wanted the permit. I believe that's the most expensive per annum for a handgun permit in the country never mind it isnt even CCW.
My story gets interesting with the complicated NYPD statutes. Because my gun was not for carry other than tona range and needed be locked and unloaded during travel, it doesn't qualify for FOPA protection because technically inam not allowed to possess the gun anywhere but my home and a range in NYC. i.e the gun isn't legally allowed to be brought out of NYC. Yet police from outside NYC will not enforce a NYC law, so whe I received my VA, Fla, Utah, and NV non resident CCWS I would be allowed to carry in the 30+ states that allowed me to as long as I wasn't caught leaving the city with my guns. I haven't been pulled over by police for anything in 20 years, so I wasn't worried about driving to PA for a shoot.
What I knew would be risky and I wouldn't chance is traveling by air to allowed states from NYC/PANYNJ airports as to the news regarding the arrests and subsequent challenges in court which eventually ruled non carry permits like mine do not afford me protection under FOPA. So when wanted to train at FRONTSIGHT before I moved here I rented my same guns from them. When I made to move I took a chance I know because I drove the guns across the country. But with my permits/CCWS as long as I wasn't stopped leaving NY(the only jurisdiction enforcing the invalidity of my restricted permit out side of NYC, any other jurisdiction incame across would recognize my travel under FOPA, and as an added benefit, once I left NJ I would in fact be able to conceal carry the entire route except Colorado. Imthought that was amazing, the first time I experienced the ability tom carry freely. Don't forget my car contained my possessions, wife, 2 dogs, a 1022/Mossberg 930 and 590a1/Ruger Mini-14/Springfield XD-9/ and my fun shooting HiPoint 995ts with red dot.
So I was glad to have myself packing when staying at the remotely located motels along the route.
Welcome from Southwestern Virginia.
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Welcome to the forum from SW Ohio. And congrats on "escaping" from NYC!
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One huge problem with States that are so restrictive as you have to kiss their rectums just to own a gun,but if you ever used the gun to defend yourself in your home there is a good chance they may charge you with a crime since you didn't use every means to escape your own home.
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
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Good for you!! Welcome to the forum from Montana! How are you liking Las Vegas?
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Welcome from Wisconsin>
Your climate is also better.
Welcome to the wild west.
A word of caution. NV has some rather unique laws and it would be in your best interests to check them out on handgunlaw.us.
You say you are now in Las Vegas. That is Clark County. In Clark County, once your residency is established, you have 60 days to register your handguns. In fact, if you are going to obtain a CC permit, you wont be able to qualify unless you have registered the gun(s). This will be covered in the course. Likewise, if you purchase a gun here, you have 72 hours to register the weapon.
Also, take care in N Las Vegas and Boulder City. Some of their laws are Grandfathered and are more restrictive that the rest of the state.
Congrats on your new-found freedom.
I miss California too - not bad enough to go back, though.
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Welcome from NYC. Yep that place. Vegas is a great place. I visit twice a year. I have been telling the DC family that it is possible for the average guy to get a resident permit. I just have one issue with your post. Who said that you could not transport your firearms out of the state?
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Don't be fooled by the CGI-laden, Narnia-lite trailers for Bridge to Terabithia: Far from a computer generated escapist fantasy, this film is an unpretentious and touching tale of preteen companionship and loss. Terabithia is the story of fifth-grade loner Jess Aarons (Josh Hutcherson), whose sensitive, artistic temperament isolates him from the towheaded bullies at school and his hardheaded father at home. Liberation from solitude comes in the form of sprightly Leslie (AnnaSophia Robb), whose exaggerated anime cuteness bring Jess out of his shell. The pair form a bond based on a made-up world called Terabithia. Director Gabor Csupo of Rugrats "fame" steer clear of cutesy tween stereotypes, but it's Jess's relationship with his father, played by Robert Patrick, that elevates Terabithia from a good kids movie to a classic contender.
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JavaScript has an important advantages: Reach. However, the language is not perfectly suited for larger development projects. The new language TypeScript offers a solution. It combines the advantages of type information for compile-time error checking and IntelliSense with the reach of JavaScript. In this session, Azure MVP Rainer Stropek demonstrates how you can make use of TypeScript to implement a web application with a node.js. See how you can share business logic code between server and client, and watch how to deploy your TypeScript application to Windows Azure Websites.
Using My Sample as a Hands-On Lab
If you want to get my sample running, you can copy-and-paste the code I show below on your machine. In order to be able to build and run it, you will need the following components:
For the source code you should create the following directory structure:
During my talk at the MVP Summit 2013 I talked about some of the basics using a simple example module implementing a Customer class. It was the starting point for my sample. Here is the code:
export module customer {
* Represents a customer
* @param firstName First name of customer
* @param lastName Last name of customer
export interface ICustomer {
firstName: string;
lastName: string;
* Represents a customer
export class Customer implements ICustomer {
public firstName: string;
public lastName: string;
constructor (arg: ICustomer = { firstName: "", lastName: "" }) {
this.firstName = arg.firstName;
this.lastName = arg.lastName;
* Returns the full name of the customer
public fullName() {
return this.lastName + ", " + this.firstName;
Note that the sample class uses a rather new feature of the TypeScript tooling: JSDoc support.
If you want to play with my sample, copy the code of the class in the code directory. Compile it using the TypeScript compiler: tsc Customer.ts. Now take a few minutes to take a look at the resulting Customer.js file. I encourage you to open the file in Visual Studio 2012 and play with IntelliSense, syntax checking, syntax highlighting, etc.
The first practical use of TypeScript that I showed at MVP Summit was using the basic TypeScript module shown above on the server-side with node.js. Let's assume we want to implement a very simple REST/JSON-based Web API to query customers. Users of our API should able to query a single customer using a URI like http://<myserver>/Customer/99 (asking for customer with ID 99). If the user needs all users, she would use a URI like http://<myserver>/Customer. Here is the code that I have developed during my session (copy it into the file server.js in the code directory):
/// <reference path="../DefinitelyTyped/node/node.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="../DefinitelyTyped/express/express.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="./customer.ts" />
import express = module("express");
import crm = module("customer");
var app = express();
app.get("/customer/:id", function (req, resp) {
var customerId = <number>req.params.id;
var c = new crm.customer.Customer({ firstName: "Max" + customerId.toString(), lastName: "Muster" });
app.get("/customer", function (req, resp) {
var customers: crm.customer.Customer [];
customers = new Array();
for (var i = 0; i<10; i++) {
customers.push(new crm.customer.Customer({ firstName: "Max" + i.toString(), lastName: "Muster" }));
var port = process.env.PORT || 1337;
Before I draw you attention to some details of the code, note that my samples uses the express.js framework for implementing the Web API. In order to get it, you need a reference to the module in your package.json file. Here is the code (copy it into the code directory):
"name": "hello-world",
"description": "hello world test app",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"express": "3.1.0"
After you have copied the package.json file to the directory, you have to run npm install in the directory. It will inspect the package.json file and get the referenced modules from the web. It will place it in the node_modules subdirectory.
After you successfully compiled both TypeScript files, you are ready to test your Web API locally. You run the server using node: node server.js. If it started without an error, you can try it in the browser or in Fiddler: http://localhost:1337/customer/99. You should see the JSON result from your Web API call.
If your Web API runs locally, deploying it in Windows Azure is a piece of cake. Here is how you do it:
Watch closely how git deploys your Web API into the cloud. Notice that we did not add the express.js package to git. It is just referenced in package.json. Deployment to WAWS pays attention to this reference and gets the referenced package during deployment.
That's it. Your Web API is online. You can try it using http://<yourwebsite>.azurewebsites.net/customer/99.
Now we have a Web API in the cloud, we need a client consuming it. We are going to implement a very simple client that uses JQuery to load customer data and display it on a website. In this scenario, TypeScript gives us a lot of advantages over writing the client using pure JavaScript:
In order to use our Customer TypeScript module, we have to use Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD). We are going to use the Require.JS framework to load AMD modules. I will not go into the details of AMD and require.js. If you are interested follow the links. They will bring you the more detailed information on the topic including samples.
In order to safe time I suggest that you download the pre-built client and open it in Visual Studio 2012: Download Source Code. I will walk you through the interesting parts of the project in a second. You should extract the ZIP file with the source code directly in your code directory so that it contains a subdirectory called website and a helper-file called .gitignore.
Before you open the downloaded solution in Visual Studio, you should open the file SharedSource.csproj in a text editor like Notepad++. I would like to draw your attention to the PropertyGroup elements for Debug and Release configurations:
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
Note the line <TypeScriptModuleKind>AMD</TypeScriptModuleKind>. This forces Visual Studio to use the --module AMD switch when compiling TypeScript files. Let's take a look at the consequences of this compiler switch. Here is the JavaScript code generated from Customer.ts without the AMD switch:
(function (customer) {
var Customer = (function () {
function Customer(arg) {
if (typeof arg === "undefined") { arg = {
firstName: "",
lastName: ""
}; }
this.firstName = arg.firstName;
this.lastName = arg.lastName;
Customer.prototype.fullName = function () {
return this.lastName + ", " + this.firstName;
return Customer;
customer.Customer = Customer;
})(exports.customer || (exports.customer = {}));
var customer = exports.customer;
Now let's compare that with the JavaScript code when compiled with tsc --module AMD customer.ts:
define(["require", "exports"], function(require, exports) {
(function (customer) {
var Customer = (function () {
function Customer(arg) {
if (typeof arg === "undefined") { arg = {
firstName: "",
lastName: ""
}; }
this.firstName = arg.firstName;
this.lastName = arg.lastName;
Customer.prototype.fullName = function () {
return this.lastName + ", " + this.firstName;
return Customer;
customer.Customer = Customer;
})(exports.customer || (exports.customer = {}));
var customer = exports.customer;
As you can see the AMD version will work perfectly fine with require.js.
Now that you have seen what happens behind the scenes, we can concentrate on the actual source code. Open the downloaded solution in Visual Studio. I suggest that you open the file app/AppMain.ts. It contains the JQuery code accessing the Web API we have created previously. Play around with the code. You will see IntelliSense and type safety for our customer class and JQuery. We have reached one of our main goals: We share code (Customer class) between server and client.
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Of course we now want to test our application. To do this we add a single line to our server.ts file:
app.use("/", express.static(__dirname + "/website/"));
var port = process.env.PORT || 1337;
The important line is the one with app.use(...); It enables access to the static files in the website directory. When you have added the line, don't forget to compile everything (server.ts and the solution in Visual Studio). After that you are ready to test it locally. Run node server.js and open the static website in your favorite browser:
Last but not least we will push the changes including the website using the Web API into the cloud. Here is how you do that:
Done! Try your website in the cloud:
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LOS ANGELES (April 4, 2013)--Spacecraft in orbit around Mars and rovers on the surface are taking it easy this month because of interference from the sun.
For much of April, the sun blocks the line of sight between Earth and Mars and the alignment makes it difficult for engineers to send instructions to spacecraft or hear from them.
Such communication blackouts occur every two years when Mars disappears behind the sun.
No new commands will be sent during this period because they can get scrambled.
Engineers sent up commands in advance, but otherwise work will be scaled back.
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8 Uses For Coconut Oil That Might Just Change Your Life
This trendy oil still reigns supreme, but we wanted to know: Is coconut oil a multipurpose miracle or marketing hype?
Use For Coconut Oil: Frizz Fighter "I have fine hair, so I was extremely conservative with my coconut oil application. I put 3 drops in my palm, rubbed my hands together, and smoothed away a few flyways. While I didn't notice any major frizz-fighting benefits, the coconut oil made my hair soft, and my ends looked less fried. I'll stick with something more potent for frizz fighting, but I'm loving the coconut oil as a dry-end treatment." --Dawn, Beauty Director
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Gordon approached the Ridge Theater, and soon after, he and Morrison embarked on a cinematic-symphonic collaboration, invoking the model of ''Fantasia,'' only this time, keying to themes of decay and dilapidation. Morrison already had many images to work with from his time in the Fox archive in Columbia. ''I managed to dig up the nuns with their wards at their Arizona mission that very first day, along with that footage of a boxer'' (shades of his beloved grandfather). ''The boxer footage in particular was unbelievably evocative: the guy -- according to the reel's label, his name was Ritchie -- had clearly been jabbing at a punching bag, only for some reason the chemical content of the bag imagery had deteriorated far in advance of the rest of the frame, so that it looked for all the world as if Ritchie were engaged in a desperate struggle with the roiling abyss itself.''
He kept returning to Columbia, and after digging through the archives for more than 100 hours, he managed to excavate footage (including the camel caravan, the Indian Ferris wheel, the Central Asian wool-spinner, the planes and the parachutists and an uncanny sequence of a high diver hoisting herself up a silhouetted ladder that itself looks like a strip of film) that would come to comprise 36 minutes, a good half of the eventual completed film.
He also ventured out to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside Dayton, Ohio, where the Library of Congress houses its phenomenal (and phenomenally volatile) nitrate-film collections. Here Morrison tracked down the silent melodrama footage of the judge and the harridan, the waves breaking on the shore and the solitary man traipsing across the mission plaza (further shades of his grandfather). ''It was a bit of a challenge,'' Morrison concedes. ''After all, I was looking for the stuff most archivists tend to hide.'' But he gradually got the archivists to warm to his daffy quest. ''Many visitors are amazed at the sorts of decay you come upon around here,'' Kenneth Weissman, the head of the Library of Congress's Dayton operation, subsequently told me with a sardonic drawl. ''But few seem to enjoy it as much as Bill.''
In addition, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, an avid collector of much of Morrison's work at the Ridge Theater, granted him unprecedented access to their film vaults.
''I wasn't just looking for instances of decayed film,'' Morrison recalls of his two-year excavation. ''Rather, I was seeking out instances of decay set against a narrative backdrop, for example, of valiant struggle, or thwarted love, or birth, or submersion, or rescue, or one of the other themes I was trying to interweave. And never complete decay: I was always seeking out instances where the image was still putting up a struggle, fighting off the inexorability of its demise but not yet having succumbed. And things could get very frustrating. Sometimes I'd come upon instances of spectacular decay but the underlying image was of no particular interest. Worse was when there was a great evocative image but no decay.''
And now fast-forward again, past further years of dusty, musty labor to the revelatory intertwining of Morrison's images to synthesized approximations of Gordon's score; and then onto a triumphant premiere of their combined piece in Basel in 2001; and further weeks in the editing room as Morrison honed his procession of images to Gordon's now, at long last, orchestrally recorded score; and past Sundance and onto the New York premiere of the completed film on the very last day of screenings at the Modern's vaunted Titus 1 auditorium last spring before it was closed for renovation, where it was shown along with an exquisitely well preserved silver print of ''Casablanca.''
After one of those screenings, an audience member contacted Morrison by e-mail (at www.decasia.com): ''Congratulations! You have created the first post-postmodern film.'' Morrison rolled his eyes as he told me the story.
And yet, in a strange way, the guy was onto something. Because for all its antique sources and resonances, ''Decasia'' is a film absolutely of the moment. In fact, it couldn't have been made a minute sooner: it took precisely this long for time to exert its magnificently inspired ravages upon the source material. This is what this stuff looks like today -- and now here it is, preserved for all eternity.
''Oh, yeah?'' Morrison shot back, smiling, when I tried this notion out on him. ''Just wait a few years.''
Photos: Previous page: A celluloid still from ''Truthful tulliver'' (1917), now a piece of the Bill Morrison film ''Decasia.'' Above: Decaying stills from ''The Man Who Could Not Sleep'' (1915). Below: ''old Spanish Missions of southern California'' (1917). (Previous Page: from the George Eastman House; Rochester, N.Y., this page from The Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center); From ''The Mind Cure'' (1912), featuring the actress Pearl White. (Film Still from The Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center)


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Twentieth Century Fox
March 15, 2012
Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Also be sure to stay tuned for the new trailer on Saturday! Prometheus opens in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on June 8.
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The Skinny Rules
The Skinny Rules
The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin
Ballantine Books, Hardcover, 9780345533128, 278pp.
Publication Date: May 15, 2012
With so much conflicting weight-loss advice out there to confuse your efforts, it's no wonder you haven t been successful losing weight and keeping it off. But with Bob Harper, superstar trainer and co-host of NBC's hit show "The Biggest Loser" as your personal authority and coach, you can and will finally shed the pounds whether you want to lose two or two hundred
Distilling Bob's vast knowledge of nutrition, weight-loss strategy, and human nature down to twenty simple, nonnegotiable principles, "The Skinny Rules" will help you step away from a reliance on processed foods and the need for so much sweet and salt and step into a newly thin lifestyle. And Bob's methods couldn t be more straightforward.
Taking the guesswork out of implementing the Skinny Rules," "Bob offers a month's worth of menu plans and more than 90 delicious, rule-abiding recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks to keep you cooking and eating skinny for life. You ll be happily astounded to see the variety and volume of the tasty food on your plate He also includes terrific tips for what to stock in your fridge and what to prepare every weekend in order to set yourself up for success during your too-busy-to-cook weekdays.
A virtual GPS to your weight-loss goals, "The Skinny Rules" takes the mystery out of the process, offering the fastest route to your skinny destination.
Rule #3: Eat protein at every meal, making some kind of fish your go-to protein as often as you can. Take your weight and divide it by two that's more or less how much protein you should be eating in grams every day.
Rule #15: Eat at least ten meals a week at home (and cook them yourself). Restaurant portions are usually 40 to 50 percent bigger than what you d serve at home the more you eat out, the more you overeat. Set yourself up for success by preparing my turkey meatballs, hummus, and roasted vegetables on the weekend so that you will have go-to staples and no excuses
Rule #18: Go to bed slightly hungry. Denied fuel for more than five hours, your body will start burning its own fat and sugar. Make a point not to eat after dinner and you ll be burning fat while you re sleeping.
Rule #20: Enjoy a splurge meal once a week. Unlike episodic bingeing, splurge meals are an ingredient in your diet. When you plan something, you are in control.
GREG CRITSER is a longtime chronicler of the modern pharmaceutical industry and the politics of medicine. His columns and essays on the subject have appeared in Harper s Magazine, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the L.A. Times, and elsewhere. Critser is the author of Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World (Houghton Mifflin), which the American Diabetes Association called the definitive journalistic account of the modern obesity epidemic. He lives in Pasadena, California, with his wife, Antoinette Mongelli.


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Campus KRONOS Timekeeping Training/Instruction
Nonexempt employee KRONOS "punching in and out" instructions (PDF)
Nonexempt employee KRONOS "punching in and out" tutorial (PowerPoint - To ensure a quick download, please choose "save" rather than "open)
Supervisor Campus KRONOS timekeeping training – Supervisors of nonexempt employees will be able to register for the instructor-led Campus KRONOS timekeeping training via the LMS (www.uab.edu/learningsystem) beginning Aug. 8, 2016.
30-Minute Autodeduct Lunch Rule Quick Guide (PDF)
7-Minute Rounding Rule Quick Guide (PDF)
Lunch/Break Rounding Rule Quick Guide (PDF)
KRONOS-related questions can be emailed to email@example.com.
Campus KRONOS Timekeeping Changes FAQs
Q: What timekeeping changes are taking place at UAB?
A: New terminology will be a part of this cultural change. "Biweekly" or "hourly paid" employees will now be called "nonexempt" employees. "Monthly" or "salaried paid" employees will now be called "exempt" employees. There are additional terminology changes that will be discussed in future training sessions.
The biggest change however, will be requiring nonexempt employees to "punch in" and "punch out" using the KRONOS Time and Recordkeeping System.
This year, nonexempt employees will be asked to log into the Campus KRONOS system from a designated UAB computer each day in order to:
- Punch in at the beginning and out at the end of their work day or shift.
- Punch in and out for lunch when applicable.
When employees do not punch in or out, supervisors will be responsible for editing employees "missed punches" in the Campus KRONOS system.
Non-exempt employees will concurrently use TEL and the Campus KRONOS system for a defined period of time. This will ensure that everyone is familiar with punching in and out and resolving missed punches. In addition, Payroll will validate downloads from KRONOS for accuracy in future payroll processing.
HR Policies and Procedures are also being updated to become compliant with FLSA regulations.
Q: Why are these changes being implemented?
A: UAB needs to be in compliance with current government FLSA regulations.
Q: Who does this change affect?
A: This will impact all non-exempt paid employees and their supervisors .
Q: How do I prepare my department and employees for these changes if I am a supervisor?
A: There are several ways to prepare. You should:
- Talk to your nonexempt employees about FLSA.
- Talk to your nonexempt employees about the implementation of KRONOS on campus.
- Verify the Supervisor listed via ACT is correct for all your nonexempt employees. This information can be viewed and updated by the processing of an ACT Data Change Document.
- Ensure your area has the minimum PC requirements. IT will communicate these and the requirements will be posted on the UAB timekeeping website.
Q: How does this affect me if I am a non-exempt employee?
A: If you are a non-exempt employee, you will have to log your time in KRONOS in compliance with FLSA regulations. During the initial phase of the change, you will still be required to enter your time into TEL. In the future (scheduled for 2017), KRONOS time logs will automatically feed into TEL.
Q: When will the changes start taking place?
A: We understand it's going to take time for departments to get on board and trained in the Campus KRONOS system, so we will be phasing in the implementation. The first phase will primarily be getting your nonexempt employees trained and accustomed to punching in and out of KRONOS. Beginning June 20, 2016, an online tutorial and written step-by-step instructions will be available on the timekeeping website for employees to view. The target date for nonexempt employees to begin punching in and out using the Campus KRONOS system is July 10, 2016.
Q: How will these changes be implemented?
A: Employees will log into Campus KRONOS on a designated or approved UAB computer, punch in at the beginning of their work day or shift, punch out at the end of their work day or shift including punching out and in for lunch.
Campus KRONOS Timekeeping Changes
In 2016, UAB will be implementing Campus Kronos timekeeping software to be compliant with changes in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Please review this website for information regarding that transition.
July 10-Aug. 7, 2016
Training for nonexempt employees begins June 20 via online tutorial, featuring step-by-step instructions.
Utilization begins on July 10, when employees begin punching in and out of Kronos.
See the post-July 10 steps below:
Aug.7-Dec. 1, 2016
Training for supervisors begins Aug. 7 via classroom / computer training, featuring step-by-step instructions.
Utilization begins that date as well, including resolving "missed punches" in the Campus KRONOS system.
Campus' KRONOS is a cloud-based system accessed via a website using a single sign-on. It will run under:
Windows 7-10 with the following minimum requirements:
- Windows minimum hardware specifications are sufficient
- 100mb free space
- Adobe Flash 15+
- Web browser – IE11, Current – Chrome or Firefox
OSX with the following minimum requirements:
- OSX 10.9 or 10.10 (10.11 is not referenced in their documentation)
- 100mb free space
- Adobe Flash 15+
- Web browser – Safari
Java is 1.8x is only needed for certain administrative functions in Campus Kronos usually done by UAB HR.
FY16 UAB Compensation Guidelines
Due to the lack of incremental funding for UAB again in FY16, there will be no university wide merit pool program this year. However, merit pools not to exceed 3% will be allowed for the college/school/departments that are able to fund a merit increase. For those unable to fund merit increases, the exceptional performance program (EPP) remains in place as a way to recognize those faculty and staff who have exhibited extraordinary performance during past year. We are providing the option of a one-time lump sum payment to those Schools/units that have identified resources and put forth a distribution plan that focuses on recognizing only unique performance excellence and meets other guidelines set below. All payout plans associated with this program will require prior approval from the Provost or Vice President for Financial Affairs and Administration.
For October 1, 2015
- Faculty Promotion/Tenure
- Faculty promotions may be funded if endorsed by appropriate College/School/Library Dean.
- All faculty promotions will be effective 10/1/2015.
- Pay Ranges
- UAB General Pay Range Structure will not be adjusted for FY16.
- Faculty Ranges will not change for FY16.
- Salary Distribution Planning
- No later than 7/15/2015, each college/school/department must declare to the Provost or the VPFAA intent to either:
- Provide a merit pool and the estimated amount (FIPs are included), or
- Provide limited EPP adjustments
- Note: Employees are not allowed to receive both a merit increase and an EPP payment.
- No later than 7/15/2015, each college/school/department must declare to the Provost or the VPFAA intent to either:
- Merit Increases – For those school/college/units that elected to give merit-increases
- Each College/School/Unit must submit a merit-based, salary increase "Plan" for review and approval to the Provost/VPFAA no later than 8/1/2015. Plans should include total salary pool dollars to be made available (with % of total salary base this represents), planned ranges for individual increases (e.g. 1-5%), and planned distribution strategy (e.g. 20% of merit recipients to receive 5%, 40% to receive 2-4%, etc.). All Plans should identify funding sources utilized.
- Note: Faculty promotions and market/equity adjustments will be considered outside of the merit pool.
- All Plans must require that individual, merit-based salary increases align with level of performance reflected in annual evaluations.
- Any market equity components of plan need to be identified.
- Employees must have completed their six month probationary period in order to be eligible for a merit increase.
- Individual salary increases of more than 15% under Plan will require prior Provost/Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFAA) approval.
- Each College/School/Unit must submit a merit-based, salary increase "Plan" for review and approval to the Provost/VPFAA no later than 8/1/2015. Plans should include total salary pool dollars to be made available (with % of total salary base this represents), planned ranges for individual increases (e.g. 1-5%), and planned distribution strategy (e.g. 20% of merit recipients to receive 5%, 40% to receive 2-4%, etc.). All Plans should identify funding sources utilized.
- Exceptional Performance Payment (EPP) Program - For those school/college/units that elected this option
- The Exceptional Performance Payment program is designed to recognize faculty and staff for exceptional performance with a lump sum payment.
- EPPs may not be used as across-the-board lump sum payments.
- EPPs must be funded at department level and approved by the Provost or the Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFAA).
- Eligible faculty and staff must meet the following criteria:
- Most recent performance review (within last 12 months) must reflect higher than satisfactory performance and must be documented and on file.
- Employee is not in probationary period.
- For those faculty and staff paid from sponsored projects, EPP payments must be spread out and paid in equal installments over 6-12 months. Further instruction will be provided regarding how to process these payments.
- Plans for EPPs must be submitted via Compensation Request Form (CRF) for Human Resources (HR) review prior to Provost/VPFAA approval. Submissions are due 8/1/2015 with an effective date of 10/1/15.
- Market, Internal Equity, and other Adjustments
- Due to increasing external pressures to increase the starting salary levels of many jobs, some local organizations are moving to $10 and $11 per hour as their minimum wage, all school/college/departments are asked to provide special focus on any employees whose base rate is lower than $9.00 per hour. Efforts should be made to make market adjustments to all employees below $9.00 per hour.
- All College/Schools/Units may fund market adjustments and/or internal equity adjustments where appropriate and when current satisfactory performance review is on file.
- Plans for market and internal equity adjustments must be submitted via Compensation Request Form (CRF) for Human Resources (HR) review prior to Provost/Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFAA) approval. Submissions are due 8/1/2015 with effective date of 10/1/15.
- Market adjustments address pay differences as compared to markets external to UAB. Since range midpoints generally reflect market averages, salaries considered below market are only those between pay range minimum and pay range midpoint.
- Equity adjustments address pay differences as compared with others internal to UAB. Requests for equity adjustments should consider all like employees in a School/Unit (i.e. similar titles, grades, etc.).
- Base salary increases for employees who are above range maximums will not be considered.
- Base salary increases for employees who are between pay range midpoints and maximums will be considered in limited cases where there are recruitment and/or retention issues and employees have extensive related experience.
- Across-the-board base salary or one-time increases for all College/School/Unit employees will not be considered.
- Incentive Plans
- Previously-established compensation incentive plans must be submitted via CRF for recertification as required by existing UAB incentive program guidelines by 9/1/2015.
- New incentive plan proposals must be submitted via CRF by 9/1/2015 to be considered for implementation in FY16.
- Please refer to UAB incentive plan guidelines for further information or contact your HR Consultant or HR Compensation.
- Lateral Transfers
- Salary adjustments for lateral transfers greater than 10% should be submitted/reviewed by HR with support/approval by the applicable College/School/Department VP, Dean, or Library Director. HR will review and submit to the appropriate UAB senior administrator (Provost/VPFAA) for final approval.
- New Hires
- New hires may proceed in accordance with established UAB and departmental policies provided funding is available. New Hires do not require HR approval if within a pay range. Internal equity must be considered when determining new hire pay rates.
- New Positions/Position Reclassifications
- New positions/reclassifications may be requested under established HR procedures via CRF. These will be reviewed by HR Compensation to determine appropriate job title and pay grade for position. These requests require approval from applicable College/School/Department, VP, Dean or Library Dean. Please note: once a position has been reviewed for reclassification, it is not eligible for review again for a minimum of 12 months.
- Retention Salary Adjustments
- Retention salary adjustments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Review and approval is required from College/School/Department, VP, or Dean.
- Salary Adjustments
- Salary Adjustments for probationary, job rate and established step rate programs (including graduate assistantships/stipend increases, resident progression and student salary adjustments) may proceed in accordance with established UAB and departmental policies provided funding is available. These adjustments must be funded by College/School/Department and approved by appropriate VP or Dean.
- Supplemental Duties – Additional Pay
- Requests for additional compensation for supplemental duties must be approved by College/School/Unit VP, Dean, or Library Dean prior to submission via CRF for HR review. Please note: additional/supplemental duties should be temporary in nature (less than six months).
VP/Dean/Library Dean Approval only. Requires no review by HR:
- Graduate assistantship with annual stipend increase
- Lateral transfer with increase of 10% or less
- New hire with proposed salary within pay grade
- Merit increases
- Probationary increase of 10% or less
- Resident progression increase
- Salary share adjustment between two or more funding sources where the total salary does not change (e.g. HSF/UAB/VA/UABHS)
- Staff promotion of 15% or less or to range minimum
- Student salary adjustment
- Probationary increase greater than 10%
- Reclassifications
- Requests for new positions
- Staff promotions greater than 15%, if higher than range minimum
- Supplemental duties additional pay
- Retention salary adjustments less than 10%
- Faculty tenure/promotions
- FIPs
- Incentive Plans – new or previously approved
- Equity/Market Adjustment/Exceptional Performance Payment Plan (with justification)
- Exceptional Performance Payment (EPP) Program payments
- Lateral transfers with increases greater than 10%
- Merit-based salary increase Plan
- Must include any market equity component
- Must include justification for any merit greater than 15%
- Retention salary adjustments greater than 10%


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Testy, testy, 1, 2, 3
So the Knight Science Journalism tracker writes an article titled, "Lots of ink and perplexion: Climate happens. But what, exactly, happened at Bali?" The article's goal is to explain that nobody knows what happened or why — by quoting different explanations from various blogs. He writes (testily):
"The US humiliation angle comes from this little AP piece, brought to our attention by Joe Romm at the rather testy Climate Progress blog. It reports that one small nation's scolding triggered such a wave of hooting that American delegates promptly pulled in their horns."
Testy? Testy? Testy? Who's testy?
Seriously, I suppose it isn't the worst of epithets, though I confess I'm shooting for snarky, not testy. Also, from a website by journalists, I'd like an explanation of why they think that, rather than just a snide aside. I would argue that for any rational human being who cares about the health and well-being of life on this planet, including ours, being "testy" is about the mildest state of mind one can reasonably have, especially given what Bush has been doing for the past seven years (muzzling climate scientists, blocking international action, and on and on).
Still I must accept the fact that I've been dissed by not merely one of the best science journalism tracking websites I have found, but in fact the only one I could find…. I hope that wasn't too testy.
UPDATE: Earl Killian notes that the entire world got rather testy at Bali, thanks to the Bushies. As one eyewitness put it:
Then occurred one of the most remarkable sounds that has perhaps ever been heard in the annals of international diplomacy–like a collective global groan–descending then to a murmur, then increasing in volume to a full-throated expression of rage and anger and booing and jeering, lasting for a full minute, so that finally the Minister had to call the meeting back to order.
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Not just "testy," Joe – "RATHER testy."
It's all a civil person can do to not be "insufferably obnoxious" under the present circumstances.
Better be careful, talk this "testy" thing up to much and that is what you will always be known as. Is testy good enough?
As a journalist and avid reader of both your work and Charles's, I'd say "testy" is an appropriate description of what I come here for. I don't think "testy" is an attempt to police the discussion, so much as an accurate description of this blog.
As for your second point – "most journalists poor coverage of the topic for two decades" – it is my experience in many years of journalism that the losing side in a political argument (which is where you currently reside vis-a-vis US climate policy) generally blames the media for its poor coverage. It is also my experience that it is not uncommon for both sides in any polarized debate to accuse the media of being biased in some fashion in favor of their opponents. In fact, it is not uncommon for each side to level the accusation with regard to the same story.
The Boykoffs notwithstanding, I personally think my colleagues in the media have done a respectable job on this issue. The polling data shows a significant majority of the public understands the issue properly (that is, accepts the scientific descriptions of the problem) and says something needs to be done about it. Given that the media must be assumed to play a central role in creating that public understanding, I'd still like you to defend your accusation that "journalists poor coverage of the topic for two decades has helped put us in the desperate position we now find ourselves!" Sure, there's been lots of bad coverage, but there always is on any interesting question. Success in any political/policy effort needs to be robust to that problem. It seems to me that the reasons for the U.S. failure to successfully enact meaningful greenhouse gas reductions are rather more complex.
Perhaps I'm just being defensive on behalf of my poor, bedraggled profession, but I tire of people blaming journalists when they don't win the battle at hand, whatever it might be.
P.S. No reason for you not to be testy, either. As I said, that's part of why I come here. You're an articulate spokesman for the testy wing of the movement. :-)
It was politicized by the likes of Al Gore and cronies. If it wasn't political, there would be no 'need' for propaganda. If it was all science, there would be no 'need' to lie about it.
Joe –
OK, I'll buy your ranking of who deserves how much blame. I'd be hard pressed to find an important societal problem where the news media doesn't deserve at least that much blame for its failings. As for the others, at the risk of sending you running shrieking testily from the room, one of the reasons I find Nordhaus and Shellenberger's analysis interesting is their characterization of the problems of the modern environmental movement. It coincides quite nicely with my own observations of environmentalisms failures in the public policy processes that I cover as a journalist on a daily basis.
On the Boykoffs, I've laid out my argument regarding their first "balance as bias" paper elsewhere, and won't belabor them here:
Note that I'm not arguing that "balance as bias" is not a problem, but rather that the Boykoffs' methodology was flawed in a way that overstates its prevalence.
It's worth noting that the methodology of their more recent paper seems less problematic, and the resulting "balance as bias" problem decreased substantially. It's possible that reporters are actually doing it less. Or perhaps the methodology of the original paper was flawed.
The media can be said to be a reflection of society, John. And we certainly are not doing a good job at addressing our problems, so blaming the media is to me, er…convenient. Certainly the corporate mouthpieces are there, but so are other voices as well.
Oh, and yes – testy.
You and I both know that Gore's movie and speeches are full of disinformation, half truths, and quite a few outright lies. We could pick it apart and argue about it, but that's not really necessary, is it?
And his propaganda wouldn't even be a big deal if he didn't get so much press, if he wasn't the defacto leader of the anti-carbon movement and Pope of the Church of Global Warming, and if so many people hadn't bought into it. But he does, and he is, and they have – so he is fair game for criticism.
You say above that this isn't a political issue, but I stand by my statement that it IS a political issue. First and foremost a political issue. It was created as a political issue. The hype and propaganda give this fact away. It's always been a political issue. There are real scientists doing real climate work, but the real science is still very uncertain and tentative – a far cry from the way Al Gore, the United Nations and many bloggers portray it.
It's not about saving the planet. It's about global governance.
And I don't know which Deniers or Delayers you think I've specifically bought into; I've actually done my own thinking on this, not just read the press releases.
A weak hypothesis, plus dishonest hype, does not equal strong science.
As I said before, if it was just about the science, the propaganda would be unnecessary – and inexusable by otherwise scientifically-minded folks like yourself.
And your willingness to say that the end justifies the means also reveals that your own agenda is political and not scientific.
Shorter denialst:
There's no global warming because Algore is fat!
Joe wants his "testy back"…
I don't want to insult you, but you are as much to science as a butcher is to a heart surgeon or a mechanic to an automobile designer. You're not qualified to be a judge of science. Being a Climatologist or any kind of science is so much more than just playing science. Don't claim for things you don't have.
A question. You say that there are real scientists doing real climate work, but the real science is still very uncertain and tentative; could you name them?
And you said that if it was just about the science we wouldn't need the propaganda. Well what would that science look like that's different from what global warming science is now?
I'm still trying to figure out where you get the tentativeness of climate scientists…I think you are only looking for hypotheses that confirm your libertarian point of view…never a government action you liked except maybe one that made war on another country. You seem to be trimming the world to YOUR political viewpoint….the climate doesn't care about that though, I'm afraid.
In part because of people like you and the influential political pundits in the media who espouse free market religion, scientists have had to yell and scream to have their DATA and conclusions from the DATA heard.
Show me the mass of data that contradicts the IPCC and just about every climate scientist and then you might have a leg to stand on.
You don't think the science is as uncertain and tentative as I do – that's fine. I wouldn't expect anything different from you Believers. But it's interesting that you don't have an argument about the propaganda.
Just explain to me why the propaganda and lies are necessary to your cause. And why it doesn't embarrass you.
False premise 1: AIT is propaganda and lies
False premise 2: The "cause" needs propaganda
False premise 3: "algore is fat!!" is a compelling argument
False premise 4: denialists' arguments matter.
The planet is discussing what to do. Get on board. Or not, and continue shouting into the wind. From here, the rest of the planet can no longer hear you, but hey – whatever. Gives the denialists something to do.
Weren't you calling yourself "IANVS" before?
I don't know that acronym and my topic was your arguing from false premises.
Pithy, perhaps, but not testy. Why not venture over to ScienceDaily? They also have a great daily science news digest with a specific category for climate and earth science.


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Tackle Food Cravings With Exercise
Any physical activity, from swimming to running, that gets the heart going will raise serotonin and lower cortisol levels, Peeke says. Though most experts recommend working out for 30 minutes, four to six times a week, even a 10-minute walk will put a serious dent in your cravings, she says.
Plus, if you sweat a lot, you'll get rid of water and feel less bloated, Wurtman says. And once you get going, anger dissipates, "so you may not feel like murdering your colleagues."
Some studies suggest that mind-body activities such as yoga and tai chi can help calm a woman while lowering cortisol and increasing serotonin levels, Peeke says. And a massage by an experienced therapist evokes the same benefits. "That's also why a good massage makes you so sleepy."
Supplements Combat Food Cravings, Too
While there's no proof that taking supplements can help curb food craving per se, studies have shown that certain vitamins and minerals can help improve your mood and make you more amenable to a healthy diet, Peeke notes. All Weight Loss Clinic members are encouraged to take a daily multivitamin/mineral in addition to eating their nutrient-dense diets.


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