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Chelsey Sullenberger famously piloted a disabled US Airways jet to safety in New York's Hudson River.
Updated: June 29, 2012 9:26AM
On Jan. 15, 2009, pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his disabled jetliner in the Hudson River. All 155 passengers and crewmembers survived.
After his best-selling 2009 memoir, Highest Duty, Sullenberger, 61, retired from US Airways to become a safety consultant.
He spoke with USA Today about his second book, Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage From America's Leaders (Morrow, $26.99), co-authored with Douglas Century.
Q. What inspired you to write about leaders?
A. There are lots of books on leadership for salespeople or CEOs. I wanted a book for everyone, no matter what their job or title, who, through their actions, can be leaders.
Q. In the book, Gene Kranz, a former NASA flight director, talks about learning from failure. Did you?
A. I didn't always act on my instincts and assert myself. It took me a long time to realize I could make a difference. I was a late bloomer.
Q. Before or after the landing in the Hudson?
A. Well before that. I was 57 when that happened. I'm talking about my 20s, when I could have done a better job if I had more confidence.
Q. In your book, John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, says it's impossible to lack integrity in one part of your life and have it in another. But John Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. were great leaders while cheating on their wives.
A. Not everyone in the book agrees with John. I'm not sure if I do, but I wanted people who would challenge my views. I think it's possible for someone who's flawed to be a good leader. But with the best leaders, their actions match their words.
Q. Three political figures in your book — former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and former Army officer Tammy Duckworth, who lost both legs in Iraq and is now running for Congress — are all Democrats. Why no Republicans?
A. The is book is apolitical. I didn't ask about or consider people's political persuasions. I chose people I admire.
Q. You're a registered Republican?
A. I am. I haven't been asked much about that. My answer to whether I'm a Democrat or a Republican is that I am an American. I don't mean to be flippant. But we need to focus more on the values we share, not what divides us.
Q. Another of your subjects, former baseball manager Tony La Russa, has said he wasn't aware of steroid use by his players. Is it to fair to ask if he should have known?
A. Oh, my gosh. That's a question for Tony. I wouldn't presume to answer for him. He's my friend.
Q. Have you read Chris Bohjalian's novel The Night Strangers, about a pilot who ditches his plane in Lake Champlain and survives, but loses 39 passengers?
A. No. I read mostly history. I think there's much to learn from previous generations.
Q. Do you miss flying?
A. I don't fly professionally, but I'm able to rent planes and take long-range business and family trips. I had the great fortune to turn my passion into a career. But the job changed so much over the last 30 years that it's almost unrecognizable to people of my generation who remember when being an airline pilot was entirely about flying. Now it's about security and all kinds of other things.
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The 4th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector car auction in Las Vegas concluded Saturday night with 46 Corvettes crossing the auction block over the 3-day sale. The Sales for Corvettes totaled $2,549,250 which includes the 10% buyer's commission. Check out the top sellers of the auction as well as the full results following the jump. The top
Article contributed by Steve Burns The Barrett-Jackson crew sets up shop in Sin City this weekend for their 4th annual Las Vegas sale. Nearly 50 Corvettes are set to cross the auction block between Thursday September 22nd and Saturday the 24th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino as their 40th Anniversary tour winds down.
General Motor's Vice President of Global Design Ed Welburn recently spoke with Automotive News while he was in Frankfurt and the subject of the Corvette's redesign came up. Specifically, Welburn talked about the difficulty in designing a new Corvette, which has 58 years of history and a very loyal fan base. "Everyone wants to design
Article and Photos contributed by Steve Burns A couple months back we had the opportunity to tour the immense car collection of Ken Lingenfelter, owner of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering. The diverse collection contains about 150 stunning muscle cars, exotics, classics, as well as several of LPE's latest creations. No car collection is complete without a

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Overlook Press, 2009 - Fiction - 319 pages
A dazzlingly rich and funny novel by "a real China doll" (Entertainment Weekly)
Rachel DeWoskin is a writer who has been lauded for her "razor-sharp descriptions" (The Wall Street Journal), her "considerable cultural and linguistic resources" (The New Yorker), and her rare ability to offer a "real insider's look at life in modern China" (The Economist). Now DeWoskin, author of the laughout-loud funny and poignant Foreign Babes in Beijing, returns with a new novel about modern China and one American girl's struggle to find herself there.
Aysha is a twenty-two-year-old New Yorker putting the pieces of her life back in place after her parents' divorce and her own nervous breakdown when a young Chinese student named Da Ge flips her world upside-down. In a love story that spans decades and continents, from the Tiananmen Square incident to 9/11, New York City's Upper West Side to the terraced mountains of South China, Repeat After Me gives readers an alternately funny and painful glimpse of life and loss in between languages.
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I was floored. Literally.
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[ANNC] New PHP FAQ
I decided to start a new thread for this, as my last one was more asking what anyone thought of it.
The faq thread is at: <http://codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=36143>
If you want to submit anything, you should use this format, I am going to put what could be an entire post, so you can see how it is meant to look:
Q. How do I write the most basic script?
A. Possibly the most basic script could be the single echo statement saying "Hello World". Here is an example of what the basic script could look like:
PHP Code:
echo 'Hello World';
Important things to notice
- I placed PHP code in PHP code blocks.
- Questions and answers have been bold/underlined in a certain way
- PHP functions that are not in code blocks have been coloured blue.
- <?php and ?> tags have been used.. This is important! It ensures that problems wont occur due to the php tags being left out.
- There is a resources section at the bottom which shows some of the important functions that were used and their links on php.net. For this, please use links in the form of http://www.php.net/function-name, not http://us.php.net/manual/function.whatever.php. (basically, ensure its always http://www.php.net/whatever)
Making a php.net link is very easy and does not require you to visit the site, simply (assuming its a function), use http://www.php.net/function-name, replace any underscores (_) in the function with hypens (-), and there it is, just a couple of examples:
strislashes = http://www.php.net/stripslashes
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Hey guys, I have written this for the PHP FAQ. Before you add it, do you think you could just take a read of it and tell me if there are mistakes or anything I should add. Thanks.
Q. How do I write to a file using PHP?
A. This question is often asked in many ways, it could be how to add something to the end of a file, empty a file, or create a file. All of these operations come under writing to a file.
Firstly, there is a basic pattern to writing to a file, it goes something like this:
- Open the file using fopen
- Lock the file using flock
- Write to the file using fputs or fwrite
- Unlock the file using flock
- Close the file using fclose
This is the order that the operations (usually) need to be carried out in. The following example shows you how to create a file, then write a string to the file.
Handle - The name often given to the variable defined when using the fopen function.
Mode - A letter that represents how the file should be opened when using fopen.
1. Now, to go over the example, the first line, where the fopen function is used, opens the file in writeable mode... If the file does not exist it will attempt to create it. The important thing to remember about using the "w" mode in fopen is that any data in the file will be truncated (emptied). There are other file handling modes, which can be looked up on the php website: <http://www.php.net/fopen>. Some of these other modes will also be covered later in this post.PHP Code:
$fp = fopen('filename.txt', 'w'); // set the handle to the variable $fp
// and open the file in "w" mode.
$string = 'Test String'; // set the $string variable
flock($fp, LOCK_EX); // lock the file "exclusivley" for writing
fputs($fp, $string); // write the data to the file
flock($fp, LOCK_UN); // unlock the file
fclose($fp); // always call fclose to close the file.
// forgetting to close or lock files is the main cause of
// files getting corrupted.
On the next line, we just simply set the variable $string to the value 'Test String'. This is the data that will get written into the file later on.
2. Next we lock the file using flock. Using an exclusive lock, which is set by putting LOCK_EX, the file is locked from other scripts writing to the file or reading from it while we put the new information into the file. If the file isn't locked and two scripts try to write to it at the same time, it can get corrupted.
3. The next part is the part that actually writes the information to the file. Using the fputs function it use the file path and data supplied ($fp and $string in this case), and writes $string to $fp.
4. From here, the file needs to be unlocked using flock again, otherwise no other scripts would be able to write or read it. To unlock the file, we use LOCK_UN.
5. Finally, we have finished with the file so we can close it. Using the fclose function we pass it the file handle ($fp) and it closes it. You should always do this as this is another thing that can lead to files getting corrupted.
If you try this and are still having problems, there are some possible reasons that it is failing, the most likley is that the file or directory you are trying to write to doesn't have the right permissions set. If you are on Linix machines (mosts PHP hosts will be running Linux), then you can CHMOD the file or directory to a value that will allow the scripts to be executed. For testing, I usually set it to 777. You can CHMOD from some FTP programs and online control panels. If you are not sure how to CHMOD on your hosting acount, you should contact your webspace provider.
This is the basics of writing to a file. Often, however, when you write to a file, you want to be able to add something on to the end of the file, and not delete everything that is in there first. This is very easy to alter, simply change the code:
This changes the file from opening to write mode (w) to ammend mode (a). When you write to the file now, anything you write to the file gets added onto the end after any existing data.PHP Code:
fopen('filename.txt', 'w');
// to
fopen('filename.txt', 'a');
Finally, to bring this to a close, just a couple more points...
- This only handles with writing to files, you can also read from filed but that is not discussed here
- There are many more modes for file handling, look at <http://www.php.net/fopen>
- There are also other types of file lock, and you can find these at <http://www.php.net/flock>
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I didnt know about to locking and unlocking thanks.
But fputs....never heard of that either, cant you just use fwrite?
fputs is an alias of fwrite.
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Q: How do I count using PHP? Eg: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc?
A: Using a loop is the best method of this. Below, I will show you two examples, using for() and while().
Be sure to read the pseudo code inside the PHP block. Also, it is a good idea to keep them. Pseudo code is a powerful way to remember and explain what your code is doing, for other viewers and yourself.PHP Code:
// Using the for() function:
for($i = 0; $i <= 10; $i++) { // $i holds our current count. 10 is where the loop will stop, as indicated by the second condition. Next it will add one too $i and loop again.
$comma = $i; // Set this too the current count.
$comma == 10 ? $comma = "." : $comma = ", "; // If comma equals 10 set it to a period, otherwise set it as a comma.
echo $i.$comma; // Echo the current count and appropriate $comma.
// Using the while() function:
$i = 0; // Set $i too 0.
while($i <= 10) { // Continue looping while $i is less then or equals 10.
$comma = $i; // Set this too the current count.
$comma == 10 ? $comma = "." : $comma = ", "; // If comma equals 10 set it to a period, otherwise set it as a comma.
echo $i.$comma; // Echo the current count and appropriate $comma.
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Q: What is the difference between using $HTTP_POST_VARS and $_POST for accessing POST variables?
A: The difference between $HTTP_POST_VARS and $_POST is that one is depricated, and one is not. $HTTP_POST_VARS (and others such as GET, SERVER, ENV, COOKIE, etc.) were all renamed in PHP 4.1.0 to variables such as $_POST, $_GET, $_SERVER, $_ENV, $_COOKIE, and so on. In later versions of PHP (possibly PHP6) they will be eventually removed.
It is noteworthy to say that the $HTTP_POST_VARS array and the $_POST superglobal array are not references...that is to say, they are separate variables. Changing the value of $_POST['foo'] will not modify the value of $HTTP_POST_VARS['foo'].
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nicely said Velox Letum, feel free to add this to the PHP FAQ at your own convenience.
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Q: Somethings not write with my PHP redirection!
Q: Something is wrong with my PHP Script. When I use this header() function I get some strange error saying the headers are already sent. What headers? The code is exactly the same as my friends!
Here is my code:
A: The reason your getting this strange error with the header() function is because this function specifically must be placed at the top of your file, or before anything is outputted.PHP Code:
$mypassword = "foobar";
if(isset($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['password'] == $mypassword) {
echo "Thank you for logging in, admin!";
header("Location: http://example.com/admin.php?pass=".$_POST['password']);
} else {
die("Wrong password!");
Lets call anything you see on your browser something thats outputted. We must trigger header() before anything is outputted.
Also, because you are using this function there is really no need to output anything at all because the function will redirect the client instantly, becuase its redirecting before anything is outputted.
So, to fix the code you would do the fallowing:
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$mypassword = "foobar"; // This is okay, client-side won't read this.
if(isset($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['password'] == $mypassword) { // This is okay too.
header("Location: http://example.com/admin.php?pass=".$_POST['password']); // Alright! The user is logged in, here we go!
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<title>Login: Failed</title>\n
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What is an include or require?
An include allows you to run a PHP a script (or some HTML code) from inside another PHP script. A require does basically the same thing, but the difference being when an include fails to run, it produces a warning, whereas a require would produce a fatal error instead.
Include_once and require_once will execute the include or require, but only once so as not to repeat the script.
How/Why would I do an include?
Why?PHP Code:
<?php include "dbconnect.php"; ?>
You are placing the same thing (ex:header) on several pages of a website, but it's not desirable to include the entire syntax of it on each and every page. You'd write the script once, save it and then use the include on each page to call the script. This is neater and more efficient.
Another great example is, you want to call a database on more than one page. You'd write something like this...
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//connect to mysql
$connect = mysql_connect("localhost", "username", "password") or
die ("failed to connect");
//select the desired database
Last edited by joviyach; 12-21-2005 at 08:10 PM.
joviyach: Could you possibly go into any more depth on your FAQ/Answer. its something that will be useful to post, but you should metion that:
- Includes and requires will run code from the PHP file you bring in
- You can use normal HTML as well as PHP, which just gets added to the page output
- You can use require_once and include_once to avoid repeating code.
I will be happy to do this for you, but if you would rather do it yourself then please do.
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Q: What is the difference between addslashes() and mysql_real_escape_string() when running MySQL queries?
A: The difference between addslashes() and mysql_real_escape_string() is that mysql_real_escape_string() escapes all characters harmful to a mysql query (such as line feeds, carriage returns, quotes, and a number of other assorted special characters), while addslashes() only escapes quotes (both single and double), backslashes, and the NULL byte.
Related to this topic is magic quotes. If magic_quotes_gpc is enabled in the PHP config, it automatically runs the equivalent of addslashes() on $_POST, $_GET, and $_COOKIE data (and by proxy, $_REQUEST data). If magic_quotes_runtime is enabled, it runs it on almost all external data (file reads, database results, and so on). Thus, we would want to remove this from our data before entering, as when used with mysql_real_escape_string() it would double-escape values, and would cause errors.
One more warning is to not use mysql_real_escape_string() on integers. You can, but all it will do is convert them to strings, and there are ways to do so with far less overhead. You may want to write a function which acts as a wrapper for mysql_real_escape_string() and checks if it is an integer first.PHP Code:
$username = $_POST['username']; // Value is ' OR ''=', which would be executed as part of the query without escaping.
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc() || get_magic_quotes_runtime()) { // Check if either magic_quotes_gpc or magic_quotes_runtime are enabled.
$username = stripslashes($username); // Strip the slashes added by magic quotes.
$username = mysql_real_escape_string($username); // String is now safe to use in a query.
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Definatley post that up in the main FAQ thread Velox, Ive been asked that so many times...
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I'll do that now. Will this thread be switched in there at some point, or are we just adding these for a different purpose?
Edit: Oops, I spoke too soon. I saw the link in the main FAQ thread to add 'tutorials'. Should I also include things such as gzipping the output of a webpage to save bandwidth and transfer time?
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"$question = ( to() ) ? be() : ~be();"
This thread was started in 2004, and is just for posting up tutorials before posting them in the main PHP forum, to check for accuracy and whether its worth posting at all.Originally Posted by Velox Letum
Yeah, you could write something about gzipping output, I dont think thats there already.
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Sessions (a very brief tutorial)
Initializing and Destorying Sessions
Sessions are useful if you want to transmit data between pages without the use of query string (http://localhost/blah.php?user=buchard | this is the query string).
To begin a session, you place this simple fragment of PHP code at the very top of your .php file:
If placed in two pages, you are able to send session varibles, such as:PHP Code:
If you use the following code on another page:PHP Code:
$_SESSION["data"] = "This is a string which will be seen on another page";
You will receive the string that you set in the first page.PHP Code:
echo $_SESSION["data"];
To destory a session, you use the follow code:
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first implantable device for people 18 and older with severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss of high-frequency sounds in both ears, but who can still hear low-frequency sounds with or without a hearing aid. The Nucleus Hybrid L24 Cochlear Implant System may help those with this specific kind of hearing loss who do not benefit from conventional hearing aids.
Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form of hearing loss and occurs when there is damage to the inner ear (cochlea). It may be caused by aging, heredity, exposure to loud noise, drugs that are toxic to the inner ear (e.g., antibiotics), and certain other illnesses. People with severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss of high-frequency sounds may have difficulty hearing faint sounds, understanding people with higher-pitched voices, hearing certain speech sounds, and, in some cases, hearing high-pitched emergency vehicle sirens or common safety alarms, such as smoke detectors.
"Hearing loss greatly impacts the education, employment, and well-being of many Americans," said Christy Foreman, director of the Office of Device Evaluation at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. "This device may provide improved speech recognition for people with this kind of hearing loss, who have limited treatment options."
The Nucleus Hybrid L24 Cochlear Implant System combines the functions of a cochlear implant and a hearing aid. This electronic device consists of an external microphone and speech processor that picks up sounds from the environment and converts them into electrical impulses. The impulses are transmitted to the cochlea through a small bundle of implanted electrodes, creating a sense of sound that the user learns to associate with the mid- and high-frequency sounds they remember. The hearing aid portion of the device is inserted into the outer ear canal like a conventional hearing aid, and can amplify sounds in the low-frequency range.
The agency evaluated a clinical study involving 50 individuals with severe to profound high-frequency hearing loss who still had significant levels of low-frequency hearing. The individuals were tested before and after being implanted with the device. A majority of the patients reported statistically significant improvements in word and sentence recognition at six months after activation of the device compared to their baseline pre-implant performance using a conventional hearing aid. The device also underwent non-clinical testing, which included the electrical components, biocompatibility and durability of the device.
Of the 50 individuals participating in the study, 68 percent experienced one or more anticipated adverse events, such as low-frequency hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ear), electrode malfunction and dizziness. Twenty-two developed profound or total low-frequency hearing loss in the implanted ear, six of whom underwent an additional surgery to replace the Nucleus Hybrid L24 Cochlear Implant System with a standard cochlear implant.
While the risk of low-frequency hearing loss is of concern, the FDA determined that the overall benefits of the device outweigh this risk for those who do not benefit from traditional hearing aids. Prospective patients should carefully discuss all benefits and risks of this new device with their physicians. The device is intended for use on one ear only.
The Nucleus Hybrid L24 Cochlear Implant System is manufactured by Cochlear Ltd., headquartered in New South Wales, Australia.
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NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: Cochlear Implants
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What like this? http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/Politics/article1096953.ece
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Hi "tom"
Well you cannot surely rely on anything the Murdock press says about politics. It is usually just lies.
Not sure either what is being alleged? Saving a future buyer tax or future mortgage payments?
What has this got to do with evading taxes by pretending to pay licence fees abroad?
Since you fail to ID yourself I assume that you must be part of the Starbucks dirty tricks campaign that is going on at the moment.
Starbucks - if you are in hole, rule no 1 is stop digging.
Pay your taxes and stop running stupid anon campaigns to try and persuade people you have any morals. You don't.
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Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Now Q&A session will begin. (Operator Instructions) The first question will be given by Geoff from CLSA. Please go ahead sir. Geoffrey Boyd – CLSA Yes, thank you for taking the time to do this call. Thank you very much. Just a quick question on the interest expense, I wasn't clear on the Excel file you sent around, but how much are you capitalizing of the interest, like in the past I think it was around 19% last year, but do you know what percentage is being capitalized this year? Unidentified Company Representative [Foreign Language – Korean] Unidentified Company Representative [Interpreted] Unfortunately we don't have the exact numbers with us, so please let us go back and check and get back to you at a later time. Geoffrey Boyd – CLSA Okay, thanks. And are you able to give us the updated view on 2011 in terms of your expectations for the full-year in terms of fuel expense and power purchased expense? Unidentified Company Representative [Foreign Language – Korean] Unidentified Company Representative [Interpreted] Talking about the first fuel cost by the end of this year, the total cost we forecast to be KRW21.780 billion. This is a 14.7% year-over-year increase. Read the rest of this transcript for free on seekingalpha.com
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I had not remembered that he bought Princess that early. Its been a very long time since I read any of his writings. In the mid-sixties he was still talking about restoring "Princess" like it happened yesterday. Joe was a colorful guy, and as a kid, he seemed way bigger than life to me.
His brother, whose name escapes me, ran a sailboat rental and sailing school on Manhasset Bay. As a kid, I worked at Sigsbee's Marine during the week, which maintained the wooden Pennant sloops that Joe's brother rented, and on the weekend I worked at the rental as a boat boy, prepping the boats at the beginning of the day and cleaning them up at the end of the day, and giving sailing instructions when requested or sailing with non-sailors to keep them out of trouble.
When I think about it today, I am amazed that even back in those simpler times, it somehow made sense to send out total non-sailors in leaky old wooden boats without an engine with only a 15 year old kid as the sailing instructor or chaperone, especially when I consider how little I knew then about sailing compared to what I know today.
I terms of my reference to capsizing and swamping, this refered to the older working Friendships which were worked in all kinds of weather, generally single-handed or with only a man and a boy. The yacht version tend to have higher density ballast, placed lower in the keels, and less sail area for their displacement giving them more stability and less likelyhood to capsize or founder. One of the glass versions that i sailed on had a self-bailing cockpit as well.
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ATLANTA, April 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Consumers need to know how to protect their identities and the identities of their children, including the need to take precautions when filing their taxes, signing their kids up for after-school activities, filling out medical forms, creating passwords online and going about their daily lives. On the heels of a recent announcement from the Federal Trade Commission that identity theft continues to be its number-one consumer complaint, Equifax (NYSE:EFX) today is launching a website with detailed information for consumers about this growing problem and how to help protect themselves.
IdentityProtection.com features tips from experts, as well as stories of victims, in areas such as tax identity theft, medical identity theft and child identity theft. Experts will also discuss what people can do after realizing their identity has been stolen. A sampling of content:
- Tax identity theft: Tax identity theft is growing at an alarming rate. Tax-related identity theft incidents identified by the IRS increased 265% in the first 9 months of 2012 versus the full year of 2011, and 2011 was up over 500% versus 2010. Third-party tax expert Bill Nemeth offers tips consumers can use to help protect themselves.
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IdentityProtection.com will feature robust, fresh and shareable content in written and video formats. With content provided by experts from Equifax and other organizations, consumers will be empowered to help them make the best decisions for themselves and their families."Identity theft is an increasingly pervasive problem, particularly in today's digital economy," said Trey Loughran, president of the Personal Solutions unit at Equifax. "This new website will be a rich resource for people who want not only to educate themselves about the problem, but also to take steps to help protect themselves and their families. Consumers who are armed with useful knowledge and tools can be a powerful deterrent to the rapid growth of this 'invisible' crime."
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DCP Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DPM) (the Partnership) and DCP Midstream, LLC (DCP Midstream), the owner of the general partner of the Partnership, announced today that effective May 11, 2012, Angela A. Minas, the Partnership's vice president and CFO, has decided to leave the Partnership to pursue other interests and Rose M. Robeson, currently group vice president and CFO of DCP Midstream, will be appointed to the position of senior vice president and CFO of the Partnership. In conjunction with this move and as part of periodic rotational management changes within the overall DCP enterprise, Sean O'Brien, currently vice president financial planning and analysis and treasurer of DCP Midstream, will be appointed to the position of senior vice president and CFO of DCP Midstream. O'Brien joined DCP Midstream in 2009 from Duke Energy, where O'Brien served in several senior financial leadership positions. In addition, Scott Delmoro, who is currently in a developmental role in the commercial organization, will become vice president and treasurer of DCP Midstream. Delmoro also previously served as the vice president and controller of DCP Midstream.
"We would like to thank Angela for her significant contributions to the Partnership's successful execution of its growth strategy. During Angela's three years with the Partnership she performed a crucial role in the design and execution of our financing plan and positioning the Partnership for success. We are also very pleased to have Rose, who has overseen DCP Midstream's overall financial plans and relationships with its investors and commercial banks, rotate within the DCP enterprise to provide a seamless transition to the role of senior vice president and CFO of the Partnership. Rose brings a wealth of experience to the Partnership having over 25 years of industry experience, most recently as the group vice president and CFO of DCP Midstream for the past 10 years," said Mark Borer, president and CEO of the Partnership. Robeson also previously served in leadership positions at Total Petroleum and Kinder Morgan (formerly KN Energy).
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I knew a girl in high school that received a DUI according to the DUI laws in our state, and what was worse was that two people were killed.
This wasn't a open and shut story; however, the story was that she was drinking all night and was responsible and stayed the night at the party and drove home in the morning.
The thought was that it was still too early for her to drive, and she was convicted of vehicular manslaughter. He vehicular manslaughter punishment was a little jail time, a year or two of house arrest, and then probation following that.
From what I have been told of the situation following all of the punishment, was that the worst punishment of them all still remains - having to live with knowing that drunk or not, her driving killed two people.


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Frostblade on 7/15/2012 6:29:00 AM more reviews by Frostblade
Age: 19-24 Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
This is my go to mascara because it doesn't irritate my eyes like other mascaras. There is no scent.
It only works with a base. I don't think it has any curling properties, but then I don't have the lashes to make it work.
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gildoush22 on 7/6/2012 3:53:00 PM more reviews by gildoush22
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Brown
i love it, it combines two mascaras : lenght and volume, BUT dries out so quickly so i actually prefer Definicils over it. i tried to make it usable again by putting the tube in hot water, but the stick broke inside the tube so i had to chuck it out , it was barely a month old.
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uniqsol11 on 6/14/2012 2:58:00 PM more reviews by uniqsol11
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
I was skeptical at first, due to several years worth of try & trashing other mascaras. After reading review after review of success stories, I ordered it on-line from Nordstrom's. Their price was $30.
I absolutely love this mascara. I have stick-straight lashes. They have a fair length, but it's a moot point when you can't see them! This mascara made them CURL. 8^O
I'm amazed at the look when I use this product. My lashes actually have curl to them with this mascara.
It dries quickly, but I am still able to use my lash brush to separate my lashes a bit.
I haven't noticed any smudging issues throughout the day.
I have not noticed much volumizing with this product, however. I didn't see a "lush" lash look. But I was on the hunt for a curling mascara & am very pleased with this product.
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svprior on 6/12/2012 10:01:00 AM more reviews by svprior
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Red Eyes: Green
Truly this mascara deserves a 5! I have tried almost every mascara known to womankind - and have loved Diorshow Original for many years, however, I find that it dries out now faster than ever - and I'm really not into buying a new mascara every 2 months. Iconic is fantastic - it seems to last forever. It has a much wetter consistency, but this enables you to build up layers and layers - depending on how volumised and intense you want you eyes to look. The chestnut coloured one is gorgeous - a rich brown black that makes blue eyes pop. Unlike Diorshow original, you do need an eye makeup remover (not a waterproof one), but it comes off easily. Does not flake, smudge or irritate the eyes (I wear lenses). Basically, I shall be buying this from now on as I think it's a superior mascara.
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xapplex on 4/26/2012 8:38:00 AM more reviews by xapplex
Age: 19-24 Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Green
I have at least 30 mascaras in my drawer and this is by far the best!! I love this! It provides beautiful long lashes and separates. It is the only mascara I have tried that holds a curl all day/night - without even using an eye curl.. It doesn't smudge or flake and I love that my lashes doesn't feel stiff. If I wear it on top of the Dior Maximizer, wow! - stunning long lashes and perfect volume. I have tried to buy alternatives to this mascara because it is somewhat pricey, but they're all a big disappointment compared to this one! I have wasted so much money trying to find anything similar, but now I realized that I just gotta go with the one I love and it is worth every penny! HG!
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Yvonax on 4/8/2012 7:31:00 AM more reviews by Yvonax
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Relaxed, Fine Eyes: Hazel
This mascara is amazing if you have short lashes and if you're looking for lenght, definition and curl hold. It really holds the curl like most mascaras can't. I find it does clump a little bit, but nothing major. I actually quite like it as it also adds a bit of volume to my lashes. It layers on really well as well so its perfect if you're looking for that lashy, dramatic look. I find Dior mascaras to be slightly more waxy than other brands which I love, as they allow you to take your natural day lash look to dramatic lash look for the night in a second. I've gone through load of lenghtening high end mascaras and this one is my absolute favourite so far. I actually feel like it makes a difference to my lashes and is worth the 32 euro it costs.
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sheenabeena on 3/25/2012 12:32:00 PM more reviews by sheenabeena
Age: 25-29 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium Hair: Red Eyes: Blue
It's not that I wouldn't buy this again, it is just that I didn't get addicted to it enough to continually go back to this brand. It is a great mascara and my personal favorite in the Dior line.
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louwee on 3/6/2012 6:49:00 AM more reviews by louwee
Age: 30-35 Skin: Acne-prone, Medium Hair: Black, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
This mascara is highly recommended for those who just wants a VERY natural no-make-up look. It is the best lengthening mascara for women with medium to long lashes and a great eye-opener. I don't recommend it on shorter lashes because the coverage is very light. I first tried the sample/travel size and loved how it made my eyes open. so I purchased the real thing straight after.
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Darinka91 on 2/17/2012 9:58:00 AM more reviews by Darinka91
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I have found true mascara love. Finally! This mascara took me from literally using ten mascara to just using one. I use to pile on the mascaras to archive dramatic, thick, long, look-at-me lashes, with this I just use one and I get the look I love. I love the brush it works perfectly for me. It's not wet, but not too dry, and the black is really black. I say price tag is worth it. I won't ever let this baby go. It has become my new addiction. It is my best advice that if you want amazing lashes to try it!
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marijean on 2/10/2012 4:35:00 PM more reviews by marijean
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Green
I should start out by saying that I already have a HG mascara: that old standby, Diorshow. I ended up with Diorshow Iconic last month, however, when I ran out of my normal mascara in Tokyo and (after an ill-advised experiment with a disgusting drugstore mascara) broke down and went to the Dior counter there. To my horror, the saleswoman told me that they didn't carry regular Diorshow anymore--only Iconic. Resigned, I put the 4,300 yen tube on my credit card and took it home.
Iconic feels like a very different formula from regular Diorshow. It's slightly wetter and produces a more toned-down effect, at least on my lashes. When I first saw the wand I thought I would hate it, but it lays the formula on evenly and without clumps. Notably, it produces and holds a curl very well--something the original Diorshow is terrible at. I assume this is why they've decided to market Iconic in Tokyo and not the original.
This is a very good mascara for daytime professional situations. As long as you stop yourself at one or two coats, it creates a refined-looking lashline with no clumps and no smudging. It gives length and definition without tacky spidery-ness. However, it lacks the drama of regular Diorshow on my lashes, which are already long and have a natural curl but need definition and volume.
PROS: Creates and holds a slight curl, no clumps, layers well, smooth and elegant formula you would expect from a Dior product
CONS: Just doesn't produce the drama I'm used to from Diorshow--in particular, doesn't volumize as much
TAKEAWAY: This is a great alternative to original Diorshow if you need something that will hold a curl. My lashes don't need that, but I'll probably keep a tube on hand anyway because it's practically smudge-proof with my eye cream and creates a nice, classy conservative look for those days I'm the only woman in a meeting with a bunch of old men.
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I spent some time with my in-laws in England this Summer. As usual, I was on the lookout for interesting signs and type
These gems were found in the pantry
This bread bin is at least 50 years old. I think the type treatment is quite modern, or is it?
I believe this little bottle is about half a century old, too
The old street signs are interesting, too
Note the pointing hand!
a close up
Lovely. But something tells me that bottle predates the 1950s.
Great shots! I especially like the 2-part "To Spring" "Gardens Lane" sign.
Thank you!
The bottle apparently came from my mother-in-law's childhood village, judging by the address on the lable. She's over 70 now, perhaps she took the old bottle with her when she got married?
Funny thing about the Spring Gardens Lane is, that as far as I know, that route doesn't work anymore. The house the sign is on is ancient, one of the oldest in the area.
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Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ:MHGC)
An integrated hospitality company that operates, owns, acquires, develops and redevelops boutique hotels in gateway cities and select resort markets in the United States and Europe.
Stock is a just starting to break a profit, so the P/E is not really a good indicator of value on this one. Rather, the growth trend is looking favorable. I also like the insider buying by the CEO (Mr. Scheetz). He has a record of successful insider purchases, including his transactions with NorthsStar Realty Finance (see WSJ article on regarding his favorable insider buying history dated 5/16/07).
Well, Mr. Scheetz has been buying and selling shares of this stock like a regular trader. Most recently, he sold... 8o( Not a good sign for the company's long term outlook. Oh well, I'll keep tracking this stock, but not seeing value here yet, even with the stock at 1/6th of where I started rating it over 2 years ago.


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June 14 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa's central bank posted a loss for a second consecutive year as the cost of building foreign currency reserves to curb a stronger rand soared.
The loss widened to 1.17 billion rand ($172.9 million) in the financial year through March from 1.05 billion rand in the previous 12 months, the central bank said in its annual report, released in the capital, Pretoria, today.
The bank bought $10.3 billion of foreign currency in the year as near-zero interest rates in the U.S., Japan and the euro region fuelled demand for emerging-market assets such as South Africa, where the benchmark interest rate is 5.5 percent. Even with those purchases the rand gained 14 percent against the dollar and Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan described the currency as overvalued.
"We have been committed to continue to build reserves as and when appropriate," Marcus told reporters in Pretoria today. "The fact that you incur losses isn't something unimportant, but we can't determine the decisions we make as a bank on whether we make profits or losses."
The central bank issues domestic bonds to mop up excess liquidity resulting from selling rand for dollars in a process it refers to as "sterilization." The bonds have a higher yield than the central bank receives on its investments in foreign reserves, creating a loss.
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Stephen Strasburg allowed seven runs on a career-high four homers, and while the Washington Nationals (62-52) nearly completed a seven-run comeback, they could not quite complete it, and fell to the Atlanta Braves (59-56), 7-6.
Strasburg (L, 8-10) was utterly miserable, but a closer look at his stats might indicate that his performance tonight was somewhat out of his control. First, the raw numbers. If you're particularly sensitive, I would look away now: 5 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 9 K. He entered tonight's game with a 5.79 ERA at Turner Field, a number that obviously got worse. But tonight's key stat was the fact that Strasburg gave up four home runs, doubling his previous career high of two. In fact, every run-scoring hit he gave up was a homer: three two-run bombs and a solo shot.
Some might be concerned by this, but it can be blamed on luck as much as anything. Of the five fly balls Strasburg gave up, four left the yard, which computes to a HR/FB rate of 80%. Strasburg's career HR/FB rate is 10.6%. You don't need to be a mathematician to see that what actually happened was pretty unlikely. But lucky or not, the end product was not pretty.
Even after falling into an early hole, the Nats did not quit. In fact, they almost pulled off a colossal comeback.
In the sixth, Asdrubal Cabrera knocked an RBI single and Anthony Rendon rocked his 15th home run of the season, a three-run shot, to cut the Nats' deficit to three runs. Wilson Ramos hit a solo homer and Cabrera had a sacrifice fly to make it 7-6, but Denard Span was stranded on second. The Nationals would then go in order in the eighth and ninth, snuffing out the momentum the Nats had going after the seventh.
Though another loss to the Braves has to hurt, the Nats should be proud of themselves for battling like they did. If the Braves have to hit four homers off the Nationals' starter to win every game, the Nats should feel great about that. And with two more games in Atlanta to go, the Nats still lead the division by 3.5 games.


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