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MOUNT VERNON, Indiana — A Pakistani-backed company planning to build a $2.6 billion fertilizer plant in southwestern Indiana announced Thursday it has withdrawn its request for state economic incentives.
Midwest Fertilizer Co. said it will devote its efforts to supporting Posey County's bid to win state funding for a bypass around Mount Vernon, an Ohio River city 20 miles west of Evansville.
Midwest Fertilizer President and CEO Mike Chorlton said in a news release that "the incentives offered by Posey County are critically important to making this project a reality. As a result, Midwest Fertilizer has withdrawn its request with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation for state incentives which were modest relative to the size of the project."
Midwest Fertilizer plans to break ground on the plant this quarter at a 219-acre site near the river and have the plant fully operational in 2018, The Evansville Courier & Press reported (http://bit.ly/14zw7gU ).
Gov. Mike Pence announced last April the state was reopening talks on economic incentives for Midwest Fertilizer, whose lead investor is Pakistan-based Fatima Group. Earlier, Pence had withdrawn state support, citing concerns that U.S. military officials had about fertilizer made by Fatima Group being used in explosives in Afghanistan. However, Pence said in April that a review by the U.S. Department of Defense found the project's developers have been cooperating with the government.
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When it comes to disease risk, having an appleshape is less desirable than a pear shape, where fat is concentrated more around the thighs and buttocks. Extra abdominal fat--especially the stuff that surrounds the organs, called visceral fat--increases the risk of developing insulin resistance, which is a forerunner to diabetes. The fat that lies just below the skin's surface (subcutaneous fat), doesn't seem to be as strongly linked to diabetes risk.
In an effort to better understand what contributes to abdominal fat, researchers involved in the Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis Family Study (IRAS) asked 1,114 Hispanic Americans and African Americans (average age 42 years at the beginning of the study) about lifestyle aspects including dietary patterns, smoking history, and physical activity. The participants' height, weight, and abdominal fat mass (calculated by CT scan) were measured at the beginning of the study and five years later.
Researchers found that the people who ate more soluble fiber and engaged in regular exercise were less likely to gain visceral abdominal fat over the years, regardless of changes in BMI (body mass index). For each 10-gram-per-day increase in soluble fiber, the rate of visceral fat accumulation went down by almost 4%.This effect was most pronounced in African American men. Soluble fiber didn't seem to affect the way subcutaneous fat was deposited around the body.
Exercise also helped keep visceral fat accumulation down over the years. Engaging in vigorous physical activity (defined as participating in exercise that makes you sweat, or increases the heart rate or breathing rate) one to four times per week had a 7.4% decrease in the rate of visceral fat accumulation and a 3.6% decrease in subcutaneous fat accumulation.
Current smokers tended to have slightly less accumulation of subcutaneous fat, but smoking status didn't affect how much visceral fat the people accumulated.
"Although the fiber-obesity relationship has been extensively studied, the relationship between fiber and specific fat depots has not," commented the study's authors. "Our study is valuable because it provides specific information on how dietary fiber, specifically soluble fiber, may affect weight accumulation, specifically through abdominal fat deposits."
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MooMooScaryGirl's Low Cal Cookbook
Along with the Isagenix I am doing, I can have 400-600 calories per day...I would like to find recipes in that range that I will make and eat...:)
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These lamb kabobs are marinated in very little oil or salt, but the flavor is lively when wine, lemon juice, rosemary, and garlic are added. Carbs: 23g | Fat: 9g | Fiber: 4.7g | Protein: 23.2g | Calories: 274
Very Good 4.5/5
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Submitted by CAL2806 Carbs: 32.4g | Fat: 12.6g | Fiber: 9.5g | Protein: 20.6g | Calories: 316.7
Submitted by SHANNJ77 Carbs: 46g | Fat: 2.5g | Fiber: 5.6g | Protein: 24.6g | Calories: 286.4
Five ingredients, 10 minutes of work. One delicious dinner. Submitted by 2BHOTT Carbs: 15.1g | Fat: 3.4g | Fiber: 0.5g | Protein: 34.4g | Calories: 232
Very Good 4.2/5
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Needed to use up a bag of potatoes and thought this might freeze well. Submitted by DVTBABCD Carbs: 20.7g | Fat: 13.6g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 10.6g | Calories: 245.1
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These almonds will be the hit of your party! Carbs: 7.5g | Fat: 19.9g | Fiber: 4.4g | Protein: 7.7g | Calories: 223.9
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Submitted by JODYREICH Carbs: 19.5g | Fat: 7.1g | Fiber: 5g | Protein: 23g | Calories: 239.6
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This is just something that I threw together the other day, but it turned out really good! It would also be a great veggie meal, just leave out the chicken! Submitted by STELLAR185 Carbs: 37.9g | Fat: 9.7g | Fiber: 6.5g | Protein: 11g | Calories: 263.4
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Modified from " Low Fat Sweet and Sour Chicken with Brown Rice" to make it serve 2 & use products readily available. make it Beachie, amount of veggies increased & sugar free orange marmalade used. Used mostly frozen veggies as they are out of season & makes for quicker prep. Submitted by 60SIXTY Carbs: 48.9g | Fat: 9g | Fiber: 10.2g | Protein: 34.3g | Calories: 415.8
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similar to other recipes but Submitted by JANIEGIRL123 Carbs: 23.3g | Fat: 16.6g | Fiber: 1.9g | Protein: 24.5g | Calories: 345.6
Incredible! 5.0/5
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You can change any of the meat or vegetables for something you have on hand. If your vegetables are drier than the corn, you may to add another cup of milk. Submitted by LRUSSELLFAMILY Carbs: 38.8g | Fat: 13.4g | Fiber: 4.5g | Protein: 32.9g | Calories: 407.6
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Just what it sounds like! Submitted by PRAIRIEHARPY Carbs: 12.7g | Fat: 14.1g | Fiber: 1.9g | Protein: 11.5g | Calories: 225.5
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Submitted by LRUSSELLFAMILY Carbs: 21.7g | Fat: 14.5g | Fiber: 2.4g | Protein: 28.6g | Calories: 336.8
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Submitted by JELLY-BELLYMOM Carbs: 41.4g | Fat: 17.7g | Fiber: 4.6g | Protein: 23.2g | Calories: 431.4
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6 Points. We gave our creole extra sizzle by using hot, smoked Spanish paprika. If you can't find it, use ground, smoked chili powder instead. Submitted by BELLATROTTA Carbs: 33g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 3.8g | Protein: 28.1g | Calories: 313.2
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I threw this together with ingredients I had on hand since I couldn't get out to the store because of the snow and it was a hit with my DH and picky daughter. Delicious! Reminded me of a Cuban dish I had in Navarre, Florida while visiting a friend. Carbs: 41.5g | Fat: 5.4g | Fiber: 6.5g | Protein: 26.1g | Calories: 305.9
Very Good 4.9/5
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Submitted by LOLLIESCR Carbs: 10.2g | Fat: 9.3g | Fiber: 0.7g | Protein: 22.5g | Calories: 219.9
Very Good 4.3/5
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Spicy and creamy shrimp, pasta and vegetables. Submitted by MOXIE6 Carbs: 54.2g | Fat: 2.8g | Fiber: 7.6g | Protein: 28.4g | Calories: 335.8
Very Good 4.8/5
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Yummy filling meal for Mexican night! Submitted by M.M.BROWN Carbs: 46.8g | Fat: 16.8g | Fiber: 7.4g | Protein: 24g | Calories: 427.4


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Thread: How to count list size?
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How to count list size?
I have a list and i have added class object to list. My code is as follows
public class HeaderReason
private String sRejCode;
private String sDescription;
public void setCode(String sCode)
sRejCode = sCode;
public String getCode()
return sRejCode;
public void setDescription(String sDesc)
sDescription = sDesc;
public String getDescription()
return sDescription;
public class HeaderReasons extends ArrayList<HeaderReason>
I have added items to list as below code
objHReason = new HeaderReason();
objHReason.setDescription("Rejected for more than one reason.");
When return lstHReasons and check the size it is showing me as 2 but it contains only one record at [0]. When i loop through this list as getting error as nullpointer
stmt = conSqlServer.prepareStatement(sqlQuery);
for(int i = 0; i < lstHReasons.size(); i++)
stmt.setString(1, sEstdFileRefNo);
stmt.setString(2, lstHReasons.get(i).getCode());
stmt.setString(3, lstHReasons.get(i).getDescription());
How to loop through this list and add contents to database?
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Re: How to count list size?
Hi athar,
The code is not complete enough to say where your issue lies but you said you have added items to the array as opposed to just a single object.
Can you provide the complete code you have used to add the items to the list.
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Re: How to count list size?
Please wrap your code in [code] tags [/code] so that it retains its formatting.
Many of us won't bother reading unformatted code.
Next, please post the full exception including stack trace, highlighting the line on which it is thrown.
Finally, presuming it's this line:
Java Code:stmt.setString(2, lstHReasons.get(i).getCode());
Looks to me like somewhere you are adding a null into the list.Please do not ask for code as refusal often offends.
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Try movies form Studio Ghibli. like totoro, Laputa... then Macross series.
By classic, I dont mean old. What are some titles you feel are "required viewing" for anime fans? I've just gotten into it a few months ago, and thanks to BT (and massive purchasing) I've already seen quite a bit, but now it's time check out the more essential ones. So help me out. I've seen the many of the ghibli movies (Including nausicaa) slayers, Escaflowne, sailormoon, Eva (ones I feel are required viewing) What else should I check out?
I got a feeling someone's gonna say Gundam...
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Try movies form Studio Ghibli. like totoro, Laputa... then Macross series.
Oops, yeah, I've seen all the major ones, including nausicaa. Didnt mention that. Shame on me. *sigh*Originally Posted by Kira
I edited my first post.
Well, maybe you can pick up Cowboy Bebop (a must see for every animefan), Trigun, Kenshin (although the manga is better than the anime), Noir and one more recent title would be Fullmetal Alchemist. Obviously there are many more, but this is a start right?
what about Noir or hajime no ippo??? have u seen them...if not u better get downloading
I have an ambition...that I have no intention to leave as just a dream
Noir was great, but too much filler. It could've been a 13 episode series, and made a bigger impact. But there were too many "hits of the day" episodes which slowed the momentum of the story down.
And Fullmetal Alchemist is still my favorite anime series of all time, so far.
Essential classics, eh? Here is a small list in no particular order...
Bubblegum Crisis (the original OAVs, not the 2040 TV series)
Macross TV series(not Robotech, although that may also be considered classic by some)
Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Here is Greenwood
Maisson Ikkoku
Ranma (the first season at least)
Urusai Yatsura
Gundam (had to say it, although I would limit the list to Z Gundam, ZZ Gundam, and Gundam 0083)
Golden Boy
Dirty Pair (again, the original OAVs and TV series, not Dirty Pair Flash)
Fist of the North Star
Five Star Stories
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Only Yesterday
Whisper of the Heart
I Can Hear the Sea
Grave of the Fireflies
And of course, just about every Ghibli movie...
Just because it is older, and therefore a "classic" in my eyes, check out Irresponsbile Captain Tylor! It's awesome!
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Hinsdale Middle School language arts teacher Barbara Johnson is leaving nearly 40 years of history behind when she retires at the end of the current school year.
Q. You started teaching in 1973. Have you been at Hinsdale Middle School since that time?
A. I took a year of maternity leave off for the 1980-81 school year. I came back in September 1981, but I was let go because of a reduction in force for one year and taught at Gower (Middle School) in 1985-86, before coming back.
Q. Did you ever consider staying at Gower, instead of returning to Hinsdale Middle School?
A. I wanted to come back after 12 years; this was my home. And even though I had to start from step one in seniority, I knew that I would be needed the rest of the way to teach there. I knew I would be working my whole life, and I was happy to be here. There really is no mobility for teachers like there is in the business world. When you move to another job as a teacher you generally go back to the beginning and make less money.
Q. When did you first think you might want to be a teacher?
A. I decided when I was about 6 years old. I liked the teachers I had contact with, and I always loved children. I went to camp when I was a kid, but I also ran little summer camps for kids when I was 9 to 13 years old. Maybe, I was just bossy.
Q. What was it about teaching that you enjoyed?
A. I've always liked interacting with children best. I like hearing what they have to say. Every kid has something to say that's important. I think I'm a people person by nature.
Q. How did you end up teaching in District 181?
A. I graduated a semester early from Drake University. There were a lot of people looking for teaching jobs at that time, and I thought graduating early would give me a head start. I applied to all of the high school and elementary districts in Will, Kane, Cook, DuPage, and Lake counties, and I had three interviews, here in District 181, Salt Creek (Elementary District 48) and the Skokie Fairview elementary district. I ended up being hired for a job at Hinsdale Junior High, which became Hinsdale Middle School.
Q. Have you always taught language arts?
A. Yes, but I also have taught social studies and U.S. history.
Q. What have you enjoyed most about working with middle school children your entire teaching career?
A. I've grown to love this age group. I could have ended up as a high school teacher, but this is where I ended up, and I've really enjoyed it. To some extent, they're still children, but they also are turning into adults in some ways.
Q. Were you ever interested in being a school administrator?
A. I have the necessary certification to be an administrator, but I prefer to be a teacher. I don't have to be so politically correct as a teacher. If you find something you really love and are comfortable with it and are good at it, it's a great place to be.
Q. What has changed most over the years for you about teaching?
A. What was good about being a teacher is still what's good about being a teacher. The core of teaching hasn't changed. Technology has changed many of the way we do things. And accountability has changed a lot. It's much more about numbers and a test, which is sad. Children aren't made up of replacement parts. You can't just analyze everything based on numbers.
Q. Why did you decide to retire now?
A. It's just time. I'll find another job, just not in teaching. My dream of working at Borders (Books) was dashed, but I'll give myself until September to start finding something.
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Arlene Berger, Marilyn Bottorff, Nancy Costea, Vicky Freiberg, Joanne Medenis
Hinsdale Middle School
Maria Bradley-Farias, Barbara Johnson, Mary Ellen Kuikman, Stephanie Stewart, Theresa Wilkie
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23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you. | 23 Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city's director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. |
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I find myself enjoying this rather plain outfit because it's the details that bring it to life. It gets compliments when people draw near enough to notice things. For example, you can't see it (lousy lighting), but the dress has a lovely woven texture to the material that give the delicate blue shade some interest.
The lacey floral pattern on the belt looks so pretty against the blue and...
My (one of my new favourite) shoes have little flowers on them! Whee!
Dress: Chia's Amcorp Mall Thrift Shop (RM15)
Belt: Online blogshop (now closed and sadly I don't remember the name) (RM20)
Shoes: Amcorp Mall (yes I shop there a lot) Shoe Fair (RM20)
Monday, 4 April 2011
4 comments:
- plue said...
actually i saw a similar belt but in different colours sold at F Block in Kota Damansara :)
I remember seeing it in red/ black/ tan brown.
and i adore your shoes! it's cute! - 4 April 2011 at 09:57
- rinnah said...
I'm coveting that belt of yours! It looks so much better than the usual cinchers that seem to be all the rage now. :)
- 4 April 2011 at 11:19
- Kahani said...
Hey Plue & Rinnah was about to say that I spotted something similar - but thinner with an elastic band around the back at the denim bag shop in 1U next to FOS. The shop's called Dolly-something or other and the belts are RM19. Not quite as nice but it's the closest I've seen since.
- 4 April 2011 at 14:49
- lavender said...
the belt is so nice! I love your fashion sense.
- 4 April 2011 at 21:58
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5 Weird And Notable Engagement Rings
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4. Another one on our wishlist: the Chopard Blue Diamond ring. Naturally-occuring blue diamonds are extremely rare, and the Chopard Blue Diamond ring comprises an oval-shaped 9-carat jewel on an 18-carat white gold band encrusted with diamonds. While this bad boy is still up for sale, the late Princess Diana wore something similar during her engagement to Prince Charles: an 18-carat blue oval sapphire surrounded by fourteen diamonds.
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom and the Aga Khan Development Network have agreed to jointly fund scholarships to students from Iran, Kazakhstan, The Kyrgyz Republic, Syria, Tajikistan (and others to be agreed upon in the future). The scholarships will be tenable at universities in the United Kingdom and will be known as the "Aga Khan Development Network-Chevening Scholarships".
The aim of the programme is to provide opportunities for postgraduate study in the United Kingdom for students and/or young professionals who demonstrate both academic excellence and the potential to become leaders, decision makers and opinion formers in their own countries. The scheme will start in the academic year 2002-03 and will provide for up to six awards annually. The awards will normally be for a period of up to 12 months for study on taught courses leading to a Master's degree in the following agreed areas: Health, Education, Agriculture, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning and Land Management, Economics, Accounting and Finance, Public Administration and Management. As is usual with Chevening scholarships, the British Council will be responsible for the administration of the programme.
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Mahan died in 1914, missing the great bloodletting of World War I. How he would have explained away the fact that both Germany's and Great Britain's massive surface navies were reduced to near uselessness throughout the war is anyone's guess. Churchill probably best explained British naval inactivity when he pointed out that Admiral John Jellicoe, commander of the Grand Fleet, was "the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon." Given the rapid advancements in missile technology, it is possible, maybe even probable, that the day is not far distant when U.S. policymakers may judge, as Jellicoe and Churchill obviously did, that their nation's surface fleet is much too precious to risk in a conflict zone.
In any event, as it was during the war against Napoleon, Britain's blockade in World War I was a hindrance but never had a decisive impact on the brutal land war, though it led to mass starvation once hostilities ceased. As mentioned above, one must look very hard, indeed, to discover any conflict that was decided by sea or air power. Rather, for 2,500 years of recorded history, the ultimate arm of decision has always been a state's or nation's army.
Many historians also neglect the fact that the losses the Ottomans suffered at Lepanto were replaced within a year, and that the Ottoman threat to the West was not ended until the sultan's army was broken before the gates of Vienna. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, on the other hand, did have serious repercussions that continue to echo down through history. But it is unlikely that Spain would have allowed that defeat to stand, except that its resources had already been exhausted by its 80-year land war with the Netherlands. Similarly, the Battle of Trafalgar may have shielded Great Britain from Napoleon, but French power was not broken at sea. That was accomplished deep in the Russian vastness, at the Battle of Leipzig, and finally by solid British infantry at Waterloo. In the modern era, Midway is correctly credited with turning the tide of the Pacific war. Still, victory at Midway did not negate the need for three years of bloody ground fighting across the Pacific island chains.
One may ask if air power has achieved any greater strategic success. Here, of course, the historical track record is much shorter. Air forces were important but not a major strategic factor in World War I. By the time of the Second World War, however, air-power enthusiasts were making huge claims for the efficacy of air forces as the decisive element of war. And, while the respective air forces of the principal combatants did, indeed, accomplish much, nowhere, except in the Pacific theater, did air power produce the decisive results claimed for it. The Luftwaffe, for instance, failed to bring Great Britain to her knees. Similarly, as we have seen, Germany, despite the Allies' massive strategic-bombing campaign, produced more war matériel in 1944 than it did in 1942. Only in the Pacific did air power deliver a decisive outcome, and then only through exterminating cities with atomic bombs. Prior to that, even the incineration of Japan's wooden cities with fire bombs had done little to break Japan's will to continue the struggle.
Despite the advent of the atomic era, the Korean War reminded America and the world that the utility of land power was not an end. As the historian T. R. Fehrenbach wrote, "You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it, and wipe it clean of life — but if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men in the mud." Nothing in the succeeding decades has done anything to alter the fundamental truth of Fehrenbach's observation.
Despite dropping more ordnance than was used in World War II, air power was not decisive in Vietnam. Nor could it bring an end to the internecine fighting in the Balkans. That was accomplished only when the 1st Armored Division, under the most trying of conditions, crossed the Sava River and enforced peace by placing American land combat power between the warring parties. Air power was a crucial ingredient in the Coalition success in Operation Desert Storm. Still, after six weeks of heavy bombing, the Iraqi will was not broken, and it was left to Coalition land forces to defeat the Iraqi army and evict it from Kuwait. The same held true after 9/11. Although air power contributed its full worth in both Afghanistan and Iraq, land forces remained the crucial ingredient of success.
History, therefore, presents one inescapable conclusion. Air and sea power are necessary, sometimes even crucial, ingredients for strategic success, but they are never sufficient in and of themselves to attain positive strategic results. If the next century is to be another American century, with the continuation of the Pax Americana, then this nation must possess a land force — Army, Marines, and Special Forces — of sufficient capacity to meet the numerous challenges, as well as opportunities, an uncertain future will present.
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MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire/ — A "leadership deficit" in the nonprofit sector, projected at 101,000 open positions needing to be filled during 2009, makes attracting and retaining top talent a top priority, even in these economically challenging times. A new study from The NonProfit Times and Bluewater Nonprofit Solutions provides nonprofit decision makers the comprehensive salary and benefit information they need to successfully compete for qualified leaders from both inside and outside the nonprofit sector.
The sector also boasts a low full-time nonprofit employee turnover rate of 14.54 percent according to the new study. Greater employment stability, along with a mission-based focus and more competitive salaries and benefits, make nonprofit sector jobs particularly attractive today.
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- If the nonprofit sector were a country, it would have the seventh largest economy in the world according to GDP data compiled by the World Bank.
- With 9.4 million employees and 4.7 million volunteers, the nonprofit workforce consists of more than 14 million people and is 10.5% of America's workforce.
- The nonprofit sector contributes almost $322 billion in wages to the American economy.
- The nonprofit workforce outnumbers the combined workforces of the utility, wholesale trade, and construction industries.
Last year, 25 percent of nonprofit leadership vacancies were filled through internal career advancement, 44 percent through in-sector hires and 21% from the corporate sector, according to The Bridgespan Group. Other studies show that about half of trailing baby boomers (44 to 50 year olds) are interested in moving into the social sector.
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It's the most obvious thing you get told when you have depression: try exercise, it will make you feel better. While it's true it's also one of the most difficult and hopeless things to even think of.
When you have depression getting out of bed feels like a marathon. On the worse days getting through the day is like wading through quicksand. So getting out of the house to the gym or for a walk seems like the advice-giver is having a particularly cruel joke at your expense.
I have struggled with depression for a few years now. I've also seen it from the side of a carer so I also know how painfully frustrating it can be to suggest even mild exercise, desperate to help but knowing that it will most likely feel very unhelpful to the listener. I also have a fairly rubbish history of exercise – I hated PE and our teacher's comments which were repeatedly cruel and hurtful, and combined with the natural grace and coordination of a cabbage, that has left me with a lifelong hatred of anything that resembles physical activity. You can guess the result – I am chronically unfit, overweight and suffer from lower body pains most of every day.
And I'm supposed to exercise to beat depression? Uh-huh.
Except the only thing I can say is, actually, yes.
I was referred to my local gp fitness scheme. I've been to the gym 3 times (yes! count 'em!) and there has been an impact already. I couldn't have done my Memory Walk on Sunday before this. I have done gardening. I have even been able to say that I don't feel depressed – I don't remember the last time I could say that.
So, honestly, all I can say to anyone feeling depressed (and ready to throw the nearest heavy object at the next person to use the 'E' word) is: don't give up.
If you want something more specific, I'll try. One of the least helpful things in depression is general, vaguely-positive bits of advice. When you're depressed you don't want to know what you should do. I KNOW I should exercise, I hear it all the **/@^*^/$* time. What I need to know is HOW.
1. Try, in the good spells (you will have them, promise) to be open to suggestions of different kinds of activity. Activity isn't necessarily going to the gym, it is anything that lifts your heart rate and gets you moving even a little bit. As far as I'm concerned, all of the following count:
Wiggling your bum to spotify or radio or anything with a beat
Wii games – yes dance or wii fit but anything will do to start
An extra trip up the stairs
Any length walk if it's longer than you might usually do – I mean just 5 minutes longer
Obviously, swimming, dance classes, tennis or any other vaguely sporty thing
2. If you ask me, the important thing is to do something that's a tiny increase on your current level and congratulate yourself for it. You get the self-esteem boost and you get a little taste of the endorphins that everyone bangs on about. You might not do another thing for the next 3 months but that one little step will make it that bit easier next time, and the time after, and the time after that.
3. Be kind to yourself when you really, really can't do it. I know you feel worthless but a) you will not always feel like that and b) when you do, it's really not helpful to have another thing you can beat yourself up for. Activity is an amazing thing when you can do it but it's not a crime when you can't and any other attitude will beat you down every time you even think about being able to try something. "Oh what's the point, I never stick to anything, I'm too unfit, some days I can't even get off the couch so how do I expect to do exercise?" Yes, I know sweetie. Have a hug, have a lazy day (or two), then when you feel better (can't say it enough, you WILL) have a go at something that takes your fancy. No pressure.
4. Make sure you rule out physical factors that get in the way. Yes I'm unfit and depressed but the levels of tired I felt a couple of months back were off the scale. Sometimes you know deep down the difference between the sludge of depression and just plain old bone-aching exhaustion. If so get it checked out. My thyroid levels needed checking as it turned out; you could also need to check iron levels, underlying infection, inflammation, diabetes. If there is something it is usually easily treated, so why leave yourself with an unnecessary extra burden?
5. While you're at the doctor's, ask about talking therapies. CBT can help you tackle thoughts and feelings that are basically ruining your life and help you solve problems like how to build gentle activity into your routine. And tackling unhelpful thoughts about one thing can lift your mood a fraction, enough to make other things seem possible that just weren't before.
6. Be patient. It might take years, medication, courses of therapy and a kick up the bum to get you into the place you need to be to make exercise an option.
For me it was chronic pain and health risks, and I might easily fall back into depression tomorrow for all I know. But hopefully, if and when that happens, I can build on what I feel are very real victories here and it will be that tiny bit quicker and less painful to help myself again.
A few weeks ago on a whim I signed up for the Memory Walk at Chester-le-Street in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. It is a fantastic cause and my grandma has dementia so it's a personal cause too.
Now, it's only 3 miles but it is worth bearing a few things in mind. First, I'm coming from a basic activity level of 0 and the fitness levels you might expect as a result. Second, I suffer from pains in my legs and lower joints so it's going to be a bit of a push. Below I've written up the walk as it happened, only really cleaned up mobile-thumb-typing errors.
10.35 Arrive at Chester Park. Loads of people already here mostly in small groups. Quite a few elderly in wheelchairs.
Go to the gazebo with AS on to see if I need to register or sign in but no, it's all done online. I'm given a tag, though, to write about why I'm walking to hang on a memory tree during the walk.
10.50 A guy is leading warmups. You need to either have the honed body of an athlete or be in a group to pull this off and I'm on my tod so I watch, kind of wishing I was in one of those categories. Ideally both.
11am Someone from Beamish is leading a Geordie folk singalong with Blaydon Races, Cushy Butterfield and Keel Row. Great atmosphere! Local MP Kevan Jones cuts a banner and we leave. The family in front of me are wearing the official t-shirts but have printed on a photo of the old lady they're walking for. It's a lovely, poignant touch.
11.20 Arrive at memory tree. A couple of people taking a moment. Most people taking photos. I'm fairly near the start so there's not really many on yet.
Doubling back we can see the end of the walk. We're pretty much back at the start now, I think that's the 1 mile walk finished maybe.
Yes, a steward is directing us right to finish the 1 mile, and left to continue the 3 miles, so that's half an hour and a third of the distance gone.
11.35 Passed the amateur rowing club. I had no idea there was such a thing here. There's a group all ready to go out on the water.
A volunteer is sitting on a bench with an old man, probably in his 80's or early 90's. He can't walk any further, but rather than give up and get help back to the tent he's waiting and will rejoin the walk on the way back.
It is surprisingly hard to type on the move! Plus I want to enjoy the experience. My ankles are giving me some pain but the rest of me is fine. It's quite warm but there's a lovely, very welcome, breeze.
12pm Left the wilderness of the riverside path behind and cut through a housing estate. We are much more spread out now; only a group of 3 in front of me and none directly behind. Think I gave them a shock in the last wooded bit as the text alert on my phone sent the hunger games whistle out…
12.10 Keeping a nice steady rhythm going. It doesn't matter that I'm alone or that my ankles are hurting or that I'm really hot. I feel calm and happy.
We are doing a circle, not going back the same way. I hope someone's told the old man who was having a rest…
12.15 Arrived at finish line! I'm one of the early group back and met by smiling husband and kids. Got a medal and a perfectly timed bottle of water!
I would totally do this again. Get my fitness levels up and go for a more ambitious one too perhaps! I didn't raise that much but it was so worthwhile; I enjoyed it, and I put myself out for something. I'm proud of myself.
There's a myth that's been around for a few years and I'm coming to realise how damaging it is, on very many levels. It's the myth of the Fairy Liquid Ad.
I'm not having a go at Fairy Liquid itself, per se; I'm sure it really does clean with the power of an overnight soak in just ten minutes *sparkly wink*. It's more the idea behind it. Check out the video below: beautiful, perfectly made-up mother with healthy, glowing daughter and an immaculate house. There's an obvious, feminist objection to this, but it's SO obvious that I'm not going to waste space on it here. What I'm really becoming aware of is the idea that life should be like this, sparkling and happy and whatever troubles you have, they can be washed away like the built-on grease that other detergents just can't shift *repeat sparkly wink*.
I can't take the credit for this observation, it's my mum's, but I am coming to realise how true and how damaging it is. Just don't tell her, or she'll be unbearable. The truth is that so many of us struggle with the idea that life should be perfect. Not just mothers with an immaculate house and/or a successful career, but a general Happy Ever After for everyone – the perfect job, the perfect house which is in the perfect neighbourhood with perfect decorations and perfect children singing Christmas Carols around the piano which Mother plays perfectly while Father puts the perfect star on the perfect Christmas tree. Or, perhaps, the perfect holiday in a Mediterranean resort where children splash merrily while Mummy relaxes with War and Peace and Daddy doesn't need to check his stockbroker because his perfect PA is taking care of everything (but he might just check in anyway to make sure). And after they come home from their wonderful holiday the rest of the summer is a glow of green and gold and blue and paddling pools and fresh orange juice every morning. Anyway, you get the idea. Advertising has been drumming it into us for the last, what? 50 years? that unless you have some version of this life, you are a FAILURE. You have failed your family, your society, your own potential. You contribute nothing to the community, you are a waste of space, you're obviously not trying hard enough. Is it any wonder so many of us end up with depression and anxiety?
There's a growing awareness of this pernicious culture, for example Oliver Burkeman's book The Antidote or The Happiness Trap by Dr Russ Harris. But I'm not sure there's enough, given the growing invasion of advertising into our lives. We still persist in the idea that there's some elusive THING – a book, a gadget, an experience, a way of life – that will give us the life of the Fairy Liquid adverts. I was delighted lately at a meeting of school governors to hear that County Durham is intending to roll out a mindfulness programme across its secondary schools; I wish everyone had access to something like this. I'm trying to begin meditation and mindfulness myself, to become aware of the fact that this, what I'm living now, this is my life. It's far from perfect (particularly lately) but it's what I've got and the Fairy Liquid advert isn't just difficult to obtain, something that I can aspire to – it's completely fictional. IT IS NOT REAL. It is unattainable and two of the greatest lies being fed into our brains at the minute are that it is attainable, even necessary, and that if I'm not there yet it's because I'm just not trying hard enough. It doesn't help that there's a scarily fast-growing blame culture – our problems, the reason we're not in the Fairy Liquid ad, aren't just our fault, they're the fault of immigrants or single mums or the unemployed. If I'm not trying hard enough, they mustn't be either. Well guess what – they're trying their damndest too. We all are. So don't blame them, or your spouse, or yourself, if you're not in the Fairy Liquid ad.
No-one is, and no-one ever will or should be.
So, here's a random thought that's been building up in my mind over the last couple of weeks. Ever since I completed the political philosophy unit of my OU degree actually, so it really is very random, with no pretensions to political, economic or any other kind of expertise.
How are countries formed? They'd appear to be formed by processes of landgrabbing by various parties, usually begun centuries ago. So the country boundaries we end up with today are basically the arbitrary results of these long-long-term processes. In this way you get countries made up by the elite few in government which will contain various communities with their distinct identities, languages, cultures, and the borders are made to suit the particular political and economic needs of the governments concerned at the time. Sometimes the boundaries are set by outside governments who are remote from the countries that they're playing around with – I'm looking at you, UK and USA.
This situation will come back to bite sooner or later. Look at the Middle East, Ukraine, Ireland, India. Those arbitrary political borders suit the top guns but cause divisions where there don't need to be, and lump together different communities because they happen to be geographically close. And we don't yet know what will happen in the future; there are probably many old sores caused by these types of policy. A Victorian attitude that lingers like a nasty smell was that Africa was made of savages who had tribes rather than countries; luckily for them, we went in and sorted that out and created nice civilised political boundaries (with nice, civilised armies and guns to maintain them) and rearranged the place to our hearts' content. I think we could perhaps take another good, hard look at ourselves there, people.
It's possible to get a better idea of actual communities by looking at the linguistic features of the landscape, as accents, dialogues and creoles etc don't respect political borders. People who form a community influence each other's, and their neighbouring communities', linguistic features through natural contact; people either side of a border will share features such as dialect or cultural practices. Why shouldn't these things be more important when the big boys are playing real-life Risk?
As an example close to home, the current campaigns for and against Scottish independence bring up interesting questions. If there is a yes vote, what happens to those border countries that share far more with Scotland than Westminster? What happens to Berwick, for example, which is de jure England but perhaps de facto Scotland? Obviously it would be impractical to have a Berwick referendum, so they are lumped, whatever the outcome of the vote, with the existing political borders. Further south, Northumbria is an area with a distinct heritage and identity, a distinct regional dialect (with its own subsidiary dialects and accents) that is often almost unintelligible to Standard English speakers, and ten times as far removed from London culturally as it is geographically. Maybe it should be independent too? From an economic and political point of view this is ludicrous of course, but I can't help thinking that if we could get past these ancient, arbitrary ideas of country and just look at communities, it wouldn't be quite so unthinkable.
And of course, independence (based on community) doesn't mean that anyone is taking their toys home in a huff. I mean, surely people can co-operate? I realise this is incredibly naive and idealistic, but let's face it, political and economic borders haven't really done wonders for World Peace now, have they? If Scotland vote for independence, it does NOT automatically mean they want nothing to do with England, and it does NOT automatically have to mean that England snatch back everything that they cast a possessive eye over, such as the sterling or the BBC. I don't think Scotland are rejecting The Great British Bake Off along with Cameron and his cohorts, and I don't see how it would benefit the UK to have such a dog-in-the-manger attitude. Share and share alike, eh? And perhaps respecting the boundaries of community rather than politics might make people MORE inclined to co-operate with each other. I don't know.
That's my five minute rant for today anyway. I expect there's a million reasons why this wouldn't work, most of them involving £, $ and € and anyone is very welcome to comment with those reasons. As I said, I have no illusions about my inexpertise or naivety. But that doesn't mean I can't have an opinion, however unrealistic, now does it? After all, being out of touch with reality never yet stopped someone getting into Downing Street…
I'm currently reading my way through Cooked by Michael Pollan, which I've been looking forward to since I first heard about it and was lucky enough to pick up for half price in Waterstones recently.
I love Michael Pollan's food writing; he takes a great deal of responsibly for slowly changing my attitude to food and grocery shopping. I highly recommend Food Rules, for more on this. In Cooked, he turns his attention to what is actually going on when we cook; the chemical reactions for example. I'm about a third of the way through and I love it. There are lots of moments when I think "ah, so that's why that happens…", and it makes me want to try cooking something a slightly different way.
More importantly, for me at least, is the fact that it's reawaking my desire to cook. I've enjoyed cooking for a while but not lately. I was struggling with depression again in the later months of 2013 and since January our family life has been completely overturned. But Cooked is helping me remember how much I like making proper, tasty food and rekindling an urge to get back into my kitchen, get my lovely recipe books down and spend some time planning meals that I will enjoy cooking.
An example, to ponder: Pollan has been talking about the chemistry of onions, followed by mentioning the fact that they contain powerful microbial compounds which help make meat safe to eat.
Cooking with onions, garlic, and other spices is a form of chemical jujitsu, in which the first move is to overcome the plants' chemical defenses so that we might eat them, and the second is to then deploy their defenses against other species to defend ourselves. (Cooked, Pollan,
2013, p145).
And now after all this talk of food, I'm starving so I'm off for some chemical jujitsu…
You know when you try to think of heroes – people you're inspired by, whose example you aspire to? I'm currently sitting in the swimming baths watching my daughter's swimming lesson and I think my children might be my heroes.
Daniel is 6. He's quiet, intelligent and analytical. But he's quietly confident, an intelligent leader among his friends, and a diligent, analytical hardworker. He has determination and he doesn't shy away from a challenge. He's caring and compassionate and draws people to him.
I want to be like my son.
Emily is nearly 4. She's dynamite – she lands with a splash wherever she goes and she doesn't know the meaning of quiet. But she is confident, funny and dances through
life. She has friends and she cares about people. She lives in the moment and she can focus when she needs to.
I want to be like my daughter.
My kids make me immensely proud; not just for what they can do, though what they can do constantly astounds me, but for the strong and wise people I see them becoming. They make me more than proud though, they set me an example, and this is a fairly new and startling revelation.
My children are definitely my heroes.
I've been struggling with my weight for a while now. Managing to hold on to my rather apathetic (to say the least) attitude towards exercise whilst losing the metabolism I had when I was 19 means that I am *cough* stone *cough cough*, have an embarrassing BMI and am heading towards diabetes faster than you can shout "jam doughnut". The problem is, I like food. I enjoy cooking – especially baking; I enjoy eating – especially cake; I like small social occasions – that involve cake. So any time I've tried, rather half-heartedly I'll be the first to admit, to diet, I've fallen off the carrot wagon rather spectacularly and without much regret. Until I come to try some outfit or other on or see myself in the mirror or a photo.
I thought I'd found a solution to this in the 5:2 way of eating. Y'know, where you eat normally 5 days a week and fast, restricting yourself to 500 calories or a quarter of your recommended calorie intake, for 2 days. You can mix it up, fasting for more days a week or cutting down to 1 day's fast when you've reached your target weight or you've had a particularly hectic social life. It sounded ideal, only limiting myself 2 days a week? Cutting out worries about fat, calorie or other monstrosity except for a piddly 48 hours a week? Plus all the other health benefits which were very convincing – hell yeah, I'm up for that.
At first it went pretty well. It wasn't as hard as I'd expected and I lost a few pounds pretty quickly. Then there were problems – I had the start of a down time with depression, I had an exam to study for, I had mad things happening at home and basically I struggled to both fit in fast days and enjoy them when I did. And the usual problem of dieting then stopping – the weight went back on, with interest.
Today I thought I'd give it another go. And I was miserable. Not that I particularly wanted to binge on Ben & Jerry's Phish Food (oh, but now you mention it…) but I was just getting so uptight about the calorie restriction and thinking of some actually very healthy food that I could have been eating instead. Such as the lovely sandwiches Beloved Husband and Emily had for lunch from the new village deli, or the nice granary toast Beloved Husband had for breakfast.
My next approach, ladies and gentlemen, is to try thinking rather more holistically. For a start, as I mentioned above, exercise and I haven't exactly been soulmates over the last 33 years. I'm pretty sure it's exercise's fault, not mine, but I'm prepared to be magnanimous and give it another chance. Our actual diet is pretty healthy to be honest – I could REALLY do with cutting my portion sizes down a bit and being more truthful with myself about how much I snack, but our meals are fairly balanced, nutritious and varied and my repertoire is expanding all the time thanks to books like Jerusalem, Plenty and the River Cottage gang.
It's funny though, how such an integral part of life, like eating, can be so emotive. You comfort eat (oh alright, I comfort eat), you swing from diet to diet. You turn something meant to be enjoyable into an engorgement where bigger is better (XL Big King, anyone? 32oz steak? triple chocolate fudge cake with whipped cream?) and you lose all sense of proportion. Or you become afraid of food and the horrors of carbs, fat, calories… Speaking of horrors, we turn into horrors ourselves, messing with the food chain to get those bigger burgers, cheeper chickens (boom boom. sorry.) or GM crops. You measure yourself constantly against everyone else – that sinking moment when someone says how horrified they are that they're so big, and it's a good 3 stone below your weight – when what you should really be doing is measuring yourself against yourself.
I am overweight, I am unfit and I need to change but not because I'm x size and the mums in the playground or on Facebook are y or z size. I need to change because I don't want to be monitoring my blood after every meal or feeling too big to wear the clothes I want to wear or avoiding pictures with my babies. I want to graduate in a couple of years with my OU degree and wear a lovely dress under my graduation gown. But I think I need to readjust my attitude to my body fairly significantly; start treating myself with a little more respect and doing what I need to do.
For various reasons I've been considering the relationship between leisure and relaxation. I suppose everybody has a basic definition of these two concepts – roughly, that leisure is what you do when you're not working and relaxation is what? Something that makes you feel refreshed and calm? It's a slightly harder one to pin down, although, as Beloved Husband said, you know inside when you feel relaxed. I know for example that I feel more relaxed when I'm lying down reading a book but it will take a more logical thought process to think through what exactly it is about that situation that is relaxing. And if it was a game of Taboo, in which I had to describe it without actually saying the word 'relaxation', I'd have to think about it a bit.
Leisure is slightly easier although, paradoxically, far more subjective. There is far too much that is leisure to one person but boring slog to another. I mentioned reading above – I know several people for whom reading is boring, hard work or just not their idea of a good time. Leisure could be described as what you do outside of work but I think it needs further clarification into 'that which is not salaried' and 'that which is not obligatory'. Many leisure activities are not salaried but people still have to do them – mowing the lawn for instance is obligatory if you don't want your garden furniture to disappear into the wilderness forever (possibly taking the children with them, depending on how caught up you are in your own particular relaxing activity…); it has to be done outside of work time unless your work is landscape gardening; and if you don't find gardening enjoyable it is not relaxing although it is, technically, done in leisure time. Cooking is a relaxing activity for many people, a chore for still more, and obligatory for all as we all need to eat (unless we've disappeared into the wilderness created by not mowing the lawn in which case we can eat berries or whatever).
Conversely, there needs to be a little consideration of the definition of work too. Presumably, if you're the landscape gardener I mentioned earlier, you enjoy gardening. So your work has the double bonus of being both enjoyable and salaried. Does this mean it's not leisure, even though you enjoy it and it relaxes you? Or does the fact that you rely on it for a living take away the enjoyment and turn a relaxing activity into a chore? What a shame! And an excellent argument for not doing what you enjoy for a living; then you would presumably finish work and go home ready to use your leisure time to the fullest; at least, once you've done all those rotten jobs that you don't get paid for but still have to do. Which would take all your time and energy and boom! You're back at work again.
Hmm – it's a thinker…


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How fitting to have this truck around Halloween because this thing's a monster. The 2011 GMC Sierra 3500 HD has amazing capability; for proof, just look at the numbers. This turbocharged Duramax diesel engine produces 765 lb-ft of stump-pulling torque, and it's available at just 1600 rpm.
The crew cab interior is spacious enough for four or five adults, and the leather-trimmed seats offer good comfort over long distances. The dual rear wheels make navigating urban areas a challenge, but people who buy a truck like this will likely rarely worry about that issue. Speaking of navigation, this truck wasn't equipped with the $2250 option. And with a rig this big, I'd prefer to have the rearview camera system to make trailer hookup a snap. For a $55,930 truck, a $450 backup camera system is a drop in the bucket, and a worthwhile option.
- Mike Ofiara, Road Test Coordinator


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10 On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; they shall serve you for remembrance before your God: I am the LORD your God." | 10 Also at your times of rejoicing--your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals--you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God." |
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I am proud to announce that we're now launching Steadfast Financial Networks at SteadfastFN.com. As our financial/trading customer base has been growing we decided it was a good decision to acquire RadiusIT, who had become a consulting partner of ours over the years. RadiusIT brings decades of experience in the financial network consulting business, which we can combine with our proximity colocation facilities, 24/7 on-site staff, and nationwide network to offer an end-to-end IT solution to financial and trading firms. If you're interested in any of these financial network services, such as network consulting, market feed data, proximity colocation, or in-depth 24/7 monitoring please contact us.
We have been offering them for a bit now as customer orders, but they're now a standard product offering, the Xeon X5660 2.8Ghz six core processor in a dual processor configuration. These servers come with 12GB of RAM and 2x 500GB hard drives (using our current RAID special) for $599.95 a month. This can serve as a great option to those currently running their Xeon 5520's to the max or simply need some additional headroom as it'll get you ~25% more processing power per core and 50% more cores for a nearly 90% performance improvement, assuming what you're doing can take full advantage of the additional cores. With this offering, you can get nearly twice the processing power and twice the RAM for just a 50% higher cost for the base system.
These servers can be ordered via our usual dedicated server page: http://steadfast.net/services/dedicated.basic.php
Steadfast Networks is happy to announce our new line of Managed Network Security services. These services are all monitored 24/7/365 from a SAS70 Type II certified Security Operations Center (SOC) and allow you to easily become compliant with regulations such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, and FISMA. Many people overlook various aspects of a complete security solution, such as keeping IDS/IPS rules up-to-date or daily monitoring of server and firewall logs. What good is a hardware firewall if you're not familiar with the rules that need to be in place and don't have the time to monitor it closely? A single item forgotten from a compliance checklist can easily equate to fines and lost business/reputation. Together with our security specialists we can assure that you're meeting all the compliance requirements and are operating as secure of a network as-is possible.
The new product offerings include a managed firewall, managed intrusion prevention and detection (IDS/IPS), managed VPN, vulnerability scanning, log monitoring/management, email security (spam and virus scanning), and general security and regulatory compliance consulting. The most affordable solution is our email security service, which is only $5 a month per domain, but you can also get a complete suite of managed firewall, IDS/IPS, and VPN for $650 a month. That bundled service is enough to meet the requirements for a vast majority of our customers and can cover an almost unlimited number of systems.
These managed security services can be added on to existing dedicated server and colocation packages, but you may need to make various network changes, including potential IP renumbering. If you're looking to start a new service, please make sure you contact our sales department with your security needs.
Chicago, IL Aug. 30, 2010 -- Steadfast Networks, a leading Chicago based data center and dedicated server hosting provider, announced today its #1359 ranking on the Inc. 5000 list, a list published by Inc. Magazine featuring America's fastest-growing private companies. The Inc. 5000 list ranks private companies according to highest growth in terms of revenue over a three-year period, from 2006 – 2009. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America's independent-minded entrepreneurs. Music website Pandora, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Brooklyn Brewery, and Radio Flyer, maker of the iconic children's red wagon, are among the other prominent brands featured on this year's list.
"The leaders of the companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression," said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. "The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs."
"Since our inception in 1998, we have always focused on providing the best service possible for the price," said Karl Zimmerman, CEO of Steadfast Networks. "At Steadfast Networks, our focus has always been based on value; not providing the cheapest service, but providing a high quality dedicated server hosting service where customers can feel appreciated at a reasonable rate. This model has allowed us to keep up consistent growth even during this tough economic times"
Over the past three years, 2006-2009, Steadfast Networks has maintained 215% growth. This is the third year in a row that Steadfast Networks has been on the Inc. 5000 list, having been ranked 370 in 2008 and 630 in 2009. This continued growth has been sustained organically, with no outside investment, while continuing to improve the service offerings and level of service provided to their customers, which include major Chicago institutions such as the Chicago Reader, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum of Broadcast Communications, and the MacArthur Foundation.
"To continue our growth, we have expanded our services out of the New York metro area through our acquisition of The New York NOC, opened a brand new data center facility and office at 725 S Wells St. in downtown Chicago, and are now entering the financial networks market by offering market data services and consulting service to financial and trading firms" said Zimmerman. "To further enhance our hosting services, we have extended our network to San Jose, Ashburn, London, and Amsterdam to improve our international connectivity and peering relationships."
In addition to ranking #1359 in the Inc. 5000 list, Steadfast Networks has achieved the #51 ranking in the Chicago metro area. The company's business model was developed specifically to help companies get a better handle on their IT needs by providing a reliable and complete solution that can easily scale when customers require more space and bandwidth. By allowing companies to outsource their IT load and data center needs, Steadfast Networks has been increasing the efficiency and responsiveness of their customer's IT staff while reducing their overhead.
"At Steadfast Networks, we believe that when you choose a company that demonstrates consistent and steady growth since inception, you receive additional benefits knowing that your equipment and data is being hosted and maintained by a hosting provider that will be here today, tomorrow, and well into the future," said Zimmerman. "Additionally, a company like Steadfast Networks has proven that we can grow quickly and consistently while maintaining our high levels of support and personal service."
Steadfast Networks' Inc. 5000 list profile including ranking and revenue growth information can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/steadfast-networks.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 712,647, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at www.inc.com.
About Steadfast Networks
Established in 1998, Chicago based hosting company Steadfast Networks, delivers high quality, powerful servers through reliable dedicated server hosting, colocation server hosting, virtual private servers, shared web hosting, and dedicated game server hosting. Steadfast's award-winning services and dedicated support staff help customers from all over the world 24/7/365. Customers can choose basic hosting or a customized, fully managed dedicated server hosting solution.
To learn more about Steadfast Networks, visit http://www.steadfast.net.
Note: As of July 2013 we are no longer utilizing Brocade MLXe-16 routers and have upgraded to Juniper MX480 routers due to their increased routing table capacity.
I'm sure at least some of you noticed the announcement this morning that we're going to be replacing our core routers. I figured it was worth a blog post to detail these changes and what they mean for you.
First of all, we've been using Cisco 6500 routers with the SUP720-3BXL management cards at our core, which handles all BGP with our carriers and peers as well as some customer VLANs, for many years now. These routers have worked out great and have served us well, but we're reaching the end of their useful lives for us, at least here in Chicago. There have been some incidents causing higher CPU usage levels than we'd like to see and some bugs on the BGP side, with the large number of sessions we have setup for peering and the like, and that had led us on the initial search for a replacement. It was clear the 6500 platform would not last us much longer as core routers in Chicago.
Our primary concern in looking for a new router was the processing and throughput capacity along with the density of 10 GigE ports and "future proofing." In the end, we selected the Brocade (formerly Foundry) MLXe-16, the newest member of the MLX family that isn't planned for official release until mid-September. It takes less of a footprint and less power than the CIsco 6500's, but gives us a significantly improved platform. We had also considered Juniper, and we love the Juniper OS, but we simply couldn't get the density and capacity we wanted.
Here is a comparison:
Processing for up to 400 Million Packets per Second
640 Gbit/sec of throughput
40 Gigabit backplane capacity per module
Up to 32 full line speed 10 Gigabit circuits
No support for 40 GigE or 100 GigE
Processing for up to 4 Billion Packets per Second
Over 6 Tbit/sec of throughput
240 Gbit/sec backplane capacity per module
Up to 128 line speed Gigabit circuits with current line cards, higher density line cards are in the works
Support for 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet are in the works and the backplane capacity exists to support it
As you can see, the Brocade gives us roughly 10 times the capacity as well as the ability to continue growing with 40 GigE and 100 GigE modules. In addition, the line cards for the Brocade all have their own forwarding processors. Having this distributed processing means that we are much less likely to face similar CPU issues as we did with the Cisco 6500's, and that we have significantly more processing power at the router level.
The pair of MLXe-16's we're starting with each come with 8x 10 GigE ports (SFP+) and 20 GigE ports (1000BaseT) and leave us with 14 additional slots for future expansion, including the possibility of 100 GigE ports. The units also each have redundant management cards, which allow us to do software upgrades and maintenance without downtime, redundant switch fabric modules, and redundant power supplies. These are extremely redundant boxes on their own, but we believe strongly in our 100% network uptime SLA and still choose to have two of these routers in place.
Note: The picture attached is from right after we got them and were doing the initial software upgrades and base configurations. Don't worry, they won't be sitting on the floor when we turn them live!


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Penny Carrot Salad
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Yield: 10 to 12 servings
- 2 pounds carrots, peeled and sliced (about 6 cups)
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 green bell pepper, cut in strips
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
Blanch the carrots in boiling water to cover for about 30 seconds. Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking. Drain well. In a large bowl, combine the carrots with the onion and green pepper.In a separate bowl or in a blender, combine the remaining ingredients to make the dressing. Mix until well blended. Pour over the carrot mixture. Toss to mix well. Cover and chill before serving.
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