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Cerner Corporation Enters At No. 69 In 2013 InformationWeek 500
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq:CERN), a leading health care information technology and services provider, today announced that it ranked No. 69 in this year's InformationWeek 500 – a list of the top technology innovators in the U.S. The distinction represents Cerner's first entry in the InformationWeek 500 and marks the 2nd recognition for innovation in as many months, as Cerner was recently ranked by Forbes as the 7th most innovative company in America and 13th in the World.
InformationWeek recognized Cerner for its deployment of Cerner Skybox SM Network Connect, a nationwide carrier-grade network dedicated exclusively to the health care industry. Built, managed, and support by Cerner, the network provides fully redundant and secure connectivity, handling data traffic between client health care venues and Cerner's US data center facilities. The full deployment of Cerner Skybox Network has delivered significant improvements in both the reliability and performance of network connectivity for Cerner's clients, in additional to improved scalability and operational cost reductions.
"Network connectivity represents a foundational component of hosting and cloud service delivery. As our solutions and services increasingly leverage hosted data and cloud computing, delivering world-class network connectivity becomes all the more important," said Bill Graff, Senior Vice President of Cerner's Technology Services organization. "Our clients look to Cerner for class-leading hosting and cloud services, and it is through innovations like the Cerner Skybox Network that we can continue to drive service improvement across our entire client base. We are very pleased to have Cerner recognized by InformationWeek for our innovative use of technology, and we thank our clients for all of their support as we continue to pursue new innovations on their behalf."
"The theme of this year's InformationWeek 500 is digital business. It's a movement, rooted in data analytics, mobile computing, social networking and other customer-focused technologies that are turning companies and industries on their ear," said InformationWeek Editor In Chief Rob Preston. "Every enterprise is now a digital business — or needs to become one fast. The organizations in our ranking are leading the way." InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual InformationWeek 500 listing, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative practices of some of the best-known organizations in the country. Past overall winners include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, PACCAR Inc., The Vanguard Group, CME Group, National Semiconductor, Con-Way and Principal Financial Group. Unique among corporate rankings, the InformationWeek 500 spotlights the power of innovation in information technology. Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/500 . About Cerner Cerner is contributing to the systemic change of health and care delivery. For more than 30 years Cerner has been executing its vision to make health care safer and more efficient. We started with the foundation of digitizing paper processes and now offer the most comprehensive array of information software, professional services, medical device integration, remote hosting and employer health and wellness services. Cerner systems are used by everyone from individual consumers, to single-doctor practices, hospitals, employers and entire countries. Taking what we've learned over more than three decades, Cerner is building on the knowledge that is in the system to support evidence-based clinical decisions, prevent medical errors and empower patients in their care.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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As your child tacks on another year, it can be increasingly difficult to come up with fresh birthday celebration ideas. Let your kid be the star of the show at his next party as he bounces, climbs, engages in pretend play, paints or zooms down a zip line at one of the following places.
Guilt free mess making
What could be better than a place that lets kids slop paint on a work-of-art and then has a clean up crew to take care of the muddle? Make-a-Messterpiece, located at 2050 Tower Dr. in Glenview, is not afraid of a little paint on the floor and in fact they encourage kids to invent and imagine without inhibitions. Birthday parties are full of artistic fun. Rent out a private party room and invite all of your child's pals. The birthday party package includes two Mess-Masters that will help you from start to finish, a canvas for each guest to paint on and the use of the Bubble'ology machine to create multi-colored bubble paintings.
"At Make-A-Messterpiece families can host an unforgettable party. Kids experience the ultimate mess while our Mess-Masters take care of the clean up, set-up and all the messes in between," said April Pingol, marketing communications manager at Make-A-Messterpiece. "Parties are filled with fun creative play and messy hands-on activities that lead to critical thinking and problem solving skills."
Party packages could also include lunch or dinner, balloons, invitations or goodie bags. For more information, or to book your next party, visit www.makeamessterpiece.com.
Bringing the outdoors in
Do you remember how fun it was to play in a tree house when you were a kid? Now, you can romp around with your little monkey indoors at The TreeHouse, located at 985 South Rand Rd. in Lake Zurich. This 7,700 square foot mammoth playground has rocking bridges, huge slides, swings, ramps and even a soft basketball court. While the kids at the party are running around and expelling all of their energy, parents can sip an espresso and chat while sitting in overstuffed leather chairs. The TreeHouse is the perfect mixture of kid fun and adult comfort.
"Birthday parties are fabulous and full service at The TreeHouse," said party host Sandra Finn.
The birthday party package includes 2 hours of reserved seating, pizza, drinks, balloons and a party host to set up everything, serve the food and drinks, clean up and organize the event. Check out www.thechicagotreehouse.com for more information.
A little of everything
Gymboree Play and Music is an excellent place to host a party if you're looking for something specific for your child. Specializing in parties for children turning 1 to 5 years old, the party planners will put together an event based on what your child enjoys most. Whether your toddler has an affinity for dinosaurs, construction vehicles, princesses, art or music, the open-minded staff will design a birthday party your kid will adore.
"There are quite a few things that are distinctive. The host has nothing to do. We take care of everything," said Steve Sulkin, owner of the Vernon Hills Gymboree Play and Music. "We are opposed to the birthday mill kind of thing. People have the option to buy out the Gymboree as a private party. You never have a feeling of being in a mill with lots of kids."
Gymboree Play and Music is a stand out with an instructor-led birthday party.
"Children need direction. They like people to play games with them," said Sulkin. "We have a teacher there and we actually run a birthday-oriented class with activities and games. The parents are also involved."
With locations all over the Chicago land area, including Northbrook, Skokie, Vernon Hills and South Barrington, Gymboree Play and Music is as convenient as it is fun. Parties may include the private use of the facility, a knowledgeable and energetic Gymboree teacher, all serving items, balloons, invitations, a gift for the birthday child and party gifts for the guests. For more information, visit www.gymboreeclasses.com.
Let's get physical
Let the professionals at My Gym put smiles on your child's face as they pilot a birthday party full of surprises and fun. With a focus on fitness, all of the kids at the party will have a blast climbing, jumping, bouncing and flying down a zip line. Songs, puppets and games will keep the children entertained for the entire length of the party and you'll have exclusive use of the facility. Enjoy the party and your guests without worrying about setting anything up, cleaning or organizing.
"The best thing about My Gym birthday parties is that we make sure everyone has a wonderful time all the while keeping your child the star of the party. We make sure to do the best games and activities," said Lindley Wisnewski, owner of the My Gym in Skokie. "We plan, coordinate, and lead an amazing, memorable occasion for the whole family."
My Gym has multiple locations, including Buffalo Grove and Skokie. Visit www.my-gym.com for more information.
Get the wiggles out
The Blast Zone, located at 645 Lakeview Pkwy. in Vernon Hills, is an ideal party place for children age's 4 to 12.
"As moms leave and they are thanking us for a great party they always say that the kids had a blast," said general manager Carlos Rodriguez.
The Blast Zone has games, rides, trampolines and climb on structures with the highlight being the Turbo Tub Speedway. Kids can race in a bathtub on a winding course. Party packages may include a party host, a private room, invitations, food, piñata, goody bags and balloons. Visit www.theblastzone.com for more information.
Bounce, bounce, bounce
For the active child that loves giant inflatable climb on structures and slides as well as rock walls and games, try Pump it Up in Glenview on 1857 Elmdale Ave.
"At Pump It Up, the focus is on the birthday child, we don't share parties here. All parties are private, meaning that the children play only with their guests and friends," said general manager Adam Bandari. "Parents can relax and enjoy knowing that their kids are in a safe private environment where we manage the whole experience. From Pizza to goodie bags to balloons we take care of it all."
A party here is sure to raise the excitement level for your child and all of the party guests. For more information, visit www.pumpitupglenview.com.


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Howard Stern Splices Dolly Parton
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I guess everyone has heard the rigamaro with Howard Stern splicing together Dolly Parton quotes to make it sound like she is foulmouthed and a racist, but I am amazed how offended Dolly is. She might even sue. Now I am pretty sure you can hear the actual clip on Howard Stern's website or Youtube, but I am not going to make a link to it for two reasons: 1. Fear of being sued, 2. I do not want to be blamed for your intelligence diminishing while you hear the rantings of an unfunny shockjock. This is not the first time Stern has done this. He has spliced together William Shatner and Oprah to make lewd comments. Parton should just shrug it off. Dolly is only going to bring more listeners to Stern's show. What do you think she should do? Sue, or let it go?


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Quick post because i woke up way too early, read the last 10 or so pages since i passed out 4~ hours ago, going to pass out again but - - 28 AD/lvl is not final and i've said across many posts i'm looking to increase this. Damage numbers were kept low to see 'How worth it is this item for these types of bonuses without a heap of AD forcing you to get it?' I have less issue with this getting more AD - this is generally why i don't post numbers because they're constantly in flux. Seeing so many people saying 'I like it/could like it but the AD is so low it seems useless' is why numbers are a tuning point. - I don't want to seem stubborn when i say that i'm going to continue to test this no-stealth version (Testing is testing, and i'm going to see how it goes) but you guys are pretty loud and clear about needing stealth in some form for this to be anywhere near what you want. I've seen enough posts/feedback that 'Like the changes, concerned/worried about loss of stealth' that i think there are some solutions to have it be back on the kit. Previous iteration to this (Full stealth + Warning) had issues. Current iteration (Much longer duration, Much higher MS, Much shorter CD + No Stealth) seems to be hitting the gameplay that we want but loses the Stealth that you guys really want. I think there's a way to introduce Stealth back in - i have a cool idea that might be really dumb but it's too early in the morning to know. Gonna go back to crashing, but i'll be back when i'm up to talk more. (To those of you who actually like the No Stealth changes - this isn't about me buckling under pressure - if the 'No Stealth In Any Form Whatsoever' Ult is best for our game, i'll do it in a heartbeat. I just want to do some more exploration/prototyping on some ideas that may reincorporate Stealth for those fans who feel it makes/breaks his uniqueness.) Thanks for continuing to post - you're all very passionate about the changes, and i am never someone to turn down feedback, even for those of you who don't care for me or where i've taken it so far. I'm listening. I hope the next time i have an update it will be something that most of you can agree with!
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Can there be a buff to the lvl 1 abilities, so he can jungle a bit better his lvl 1 and 2 is kinda scary, his final lvls be the same power but lvl 1 buff so he can clear a bit better?
From what I can see, Rengar's gameplay is going to be a lot more different. 1) Laning It got a massive nerf, no strong straight up damage for trades, and now that bola strike is a skillshot, harassing is out of the question now. 2) Teamfights Rengar is now almost useless in teamfights, no really strong upfront burst to kill the carry, and no stealth, he's a sitting duck, not to mention his battle roar will make him blow up faster. So, the fun parts of Rengar are getting nerfed. I always loved ganking with his r and being invis, as well as surprise bursting my poor enemy laner 3) Dueling Kinda iffy, his Q chain will allow for continual sustained damage and the ultility changes (ack, my armor pen QQ) will help him chase the target down, the E changes to his bola strike don't help though. His battle roar helps with dealing against burst (Provided he can get into melee range) Overall, if he can stick to the target, his damage got a buff, but since him being in melee range the entire time is unrealistic in most cases, he got a little weaker 4) Backdooring Oooh boy, hehehe. With his ult changes, he can basically apply global pressure. If the other team is getting dragon, he can clear 2 towers at top, the Qs will wreck towers and he'll be able to escape fairly easily with his ult So, all in all, he's gonna get nerfed and the playstyle that makes Rengar, Rengar, is going to go, and I don't like it. But that doesn't mean he'll be useless, just not nearly as fun. (Unless wrecking towers with no interaction is fun) tl;dr got weaker/nerfed and will pretty much be a boring backdoor champ. Not gonna be fun anymore
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Leave Kitty alone.
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If he loses the stealth I want another refund.
I don't mind what you do to him, I just don't want to see another assassin in LoL turn into a semi-tanky DPS thing that can't kill even the squishiest AD carry. There should be room in League of Legends for a champion that can independently assassinate another squishy champion, so long as their skill is obviously greater or they have been playing well that game. As it stands I find a lot of the assassins in the game lack the ability to scale and assassinate well even when they're ahead, looking at Eve and Katarina, once single target assassins now geared more towards teamfighting.


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Can anyone help me out with finding a set of oversized piston ring's (.060) for a cross flow (kent) 711m engine have been to burton power but they only have the piston's. And my local engine specialist say's they havent heard of that size so im a bit stuck.
I am trying to find out the correct carburettor for the same engine. I was told it's a weber but dont know which one. any help would be appreciated.
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NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover is the biggest, most expensive, and most technologically advanced planetary expedition ever attempted. At the same time, Curiosity's entry, descent, and landing (EDL) was, without a doubt, the most ambitious. The EDL phase started when the spacecraft reached the Martian atmosphere, at a distance of roughly 125 kilometers or 78 miles above the surface, and … Read More
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(Undated) -- Spending is on the rise. The latest Gallup Consumer Spending Measure shows people spent more freely last month, marking the best February for spending since 2008. Americans daily spending averaged 87-dollars, rebounding from January's spending slump. Most of the spending was fueled by lower and middle-income consumers.


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by Dr. tatiana Stanton |
Wild goats travel long distances looking for food and often play on rough rocks and hard ground. All this activity helps keep their hooves somewhat trimmed and cared for. If their hooves do get too long, the tips usually break off naturally. This makes the goat pretty lame for a few days. Too bad for the goat if it encounters a wolf during these lame days (Bye, bye goat!). Tame or domesticated goats count on you to trim their hooves regularly. Otherwise, their hooves will get too long and they may even become lame from the pain. This may cause them to go off feed and to stop exercising. A wether needs to eat and play a lot to develop a good meat carcass. One of your most important duties as your wether's owner is to regularly trim his hooves. Be warned, the first time you trim his hooves, you will probably get exhausted and it may even seem a little scary. But the more practice you get, the easier it becomes. Plan on trimming your wether's hooves about every 6 weeks. Remember, the longer you let your goat's hooves get, the harder the job will be.
Most people use foot rot shears or hoof trimmers to trim goat hooves. You can buy them through livestock supply catalogs and at some feed stores. Pruning shears also work. Pocket knives are pretty dangerous to use since your goat may jump around and you can easily cut yourself. Some people like to use hoof nippers to cut off the tip of the hoof or rasps to file it down. It is generally best for the beginner to invest in shears or trimmers. Even these are very sharp and should be handled with care.
Before you trim your goat, look at the drawings on this page or better yet check out the hooves of a newborn goat kid. See how each hoof of the goat has two toes. The sole of each toe is surrounded by a little wall. This "hoof wall" is what tends to overgrow. You want to trim this wall down until it is level to the sole and parallel to the foot's hairline. The heels of the hoof and the dewclaws (especially on an older goat) may also develop extra tissue that needs to be trimmed off.
The first time you trim your wether's hooves either put him in a milk stand or position him next to a wall. If he is not locked in a milk stand, have a friend hold on to him or tie him up by a leadrope attached to his collar. Start out with the front leg that is farthest from the wall. This way you can brace him against the wall to hold him still if you need to. Facing your goat's tail, lean down and pick up his front leg at the pastern. Bend his knee so the bottom of his hoof is facing up at you. Try not to twist his leg way out to the side. This will push him off balance and he may squirm a lot trying to get comfortable. Instead, let his knee fold into its natural position. If you want, you can squat down and rest his hoof on your knee. Now,
with the point of your shears, clean out any dirt that has gotten
stuck between his walls and soles;
carefully cut off the wall at the tip of his toe so that it is even
with his sole;
cut away any bent over or excess wall until it is level to the sole
all the way around;
trim away any rotted out areas between the sole and hoof wall;
trim the tissue on his heels until the floor of his hoof is
level to his hairline (this also stimulates the heels to grow and helps
prevent contracted heels);
Great, only three more hooves to go! Some people like to straddle their goat when they reach down to do the back legs. If you are doing a goat whose hooves have been allowed to get very overgrown, you may not be able to cut the wall at the tip of the hoof completely down to the sole without causing the goat to bleed. Instead, trim off small amounts of the tip until you see pink. Stop at that point and don't cut the tip any further. Instead, work on the rest of wall going around the sole. Come back in a week and trim the toe some more. Do this weekly until the hoof looks normal.
If the hoof has a lot of rotten tissue, dip it in hydrogen peroxide or bleach (be careful not to get the bleach on your clothes) when you are done trimming. Do not use a copper product like Koppertox on a market wether. It is illegal because it can leave residues in the meat. If the goat appears to have foot rot or foot scald, set his hoof for 5 minutes in a coffee can filled with 1 part zinc sulfate (available as a fertilizer at agricultural stores) to 9 parts water and then isolate him from any other goats or sheep you own.
If the hoof bleeds while you are trimming it, don't panic. Press on the spot where it is bleeding to help the blood clot. You can also sprinkle blood clotting powder on it (corn starch will work in a pinch). If it is really spurting blood you may want to cauterize the spurting blood vessel with your disbudding iron or pinch it off with some sanitized needlepoint pliers (this rarely, if ever, turns out to be necessary). Give your goat a tetanus booster if his last one has expired.
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If you are
a beginner, help a friend trim their goat's hooves before tackling your own.*
If your
club feels like you could all use more practice hoof trimming, contact a goat
producer with lots of goats and see if your club can trim their goats'hooves.
As you are trimming, discuss the differences in leg and feet conformation
that you observe among different goats.
Teach a friend how to trim hooves or prepare a poster
explaining how to trim hooves.
Learn to sharpen shears or trimmers.
Survey a goat farm that is pasturing its goats and one
that is keeping its goats in a bedded barn all the time and observe if there is
any difference in how their hooves wear after trimming.
* activity is suitable for cloverbuds.
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The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) has urged Test playing nations to reject the controversial proposals that would effectively place Australia, England and India in charge of the world game.
A working group of the International Cricket Council's Finance and Commercial Affairs committee has come up with the proposal recommending international calendar and revenue share be controlled by the three boards who bring the most income to the game.
The cricket boards of South Africa and Pakistan have already objected to the restructuring proposal - which is due to be discussed by the 10 full-member nations at an ICC meeting on January 28-29.
FICA chairman Paul Marsh said: "After reviewing the working group's proposal, the FICA board and our members are extremely concerned about the future of international cricket.
"This proposal is designed to vest control of the game in the three boards of India, Australia and England.
"It is not in the best interests of the global game and we have real fears that it will only serve to strengthen the 'big three' countries whilst the rest are left to wither on the vine.
"The game deserves far better than this and all within FICA call on the other seven ICC board members to reject this proposal at next week's board meeting. The future of the game depends on them doing so."


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Green Day: Barbie's money making vs. Greenpeace's fist shaking |
Written by Stephanie Finnegan |
Thursday, 09 June 2011 13:41 |
Some weeks it's not my decision what to blog about, because the Big Twitter Universe is pushing a column and a conclusion in my direction. THIS is one of those moments. On Tuesday, June 7, protesters scaled the Mattel Corporate Headquarters in El Segundo, California, and unfurled a huge poster slamming the toy giant for its unfriendly eco ways. The main allegation: Mattel is buying paper from APP, which Greenpeace charges is a company hell-bent on profit at the expense of rampant destruction in Indonesia. The pink-and-blue sign showed a frowning Ken, who declares, "Barbie, it's over. I don't date girls that are into deforestation." The protest against Mattel and its environmentally "suspect" ways received lots of press attention because it featured costumed people rappelling down an urban building, a girl dressed up like an aerobics Barbie (pastel Spandex workout togs) driving a pink bulldozer, and scads of real uniformed L.A. cops having to respond to the furor. It was a stunt that attracted much media coverage (thank you, Los Angeles Times, for these photos) because it combined all the elements of a juicy quick news fix: an evil capitalist corporation; a passionate, selfless, socially progressive organization; dewy-eyed believers; dead-eyed industrialists; a blond female doll that embodies shallow, superficial ways (and has encouraged girls to starve, vomit, and bleach); plus a male doll who has been enthralled to the aforementioned plastic vixen, and he's now searching for redemption. Shakespeare would salivate for a tale this tangled! But to believe or not to believe—that is the question of the day. Greenpeace hasn't always been 100 percent forthright in its charges. And Mattel doesn't stand alone as the only manufacturer—let alone the only toy company—that utilizes APP for its paper packaging needs. (Lego, Hasbro, and Disney, among others, have Indonesian wood and pulp in its toy packages, too. They were spared from the wrath of the activists.) When Greenpeace was asked to explain why they are targeting Mattel as the central villain in their onslaught, a spokesperson explained how Mattel has a huge social media presence, has millions of Facebook fans, and is followed by a huge number of folks on Twitter. (More than Anthony Weiner, but not as many as Charlie Sheen.) In other words, Greenpeace is picking on Mattel because it is the most successful name in the toy market. If you're going to kick up a fuss in the cyber schoolyard, you might as well aim for the biggest player. Plus, when it's all said and done, Barbie equals a lot of toy sales around the world, which means a lot of cash flow and a lot of revenue. This is a matter of greenbacks versus Green. I must admit that I never stopped to consider what was the source of my Landmark Barbie or Monster High packaging (though the Landmark dolls seem to be mostly sealed in clear plastic, not cardboard or paper—oy vey, I'm sure that's the next shoe to drop). What most fascinates me about the fuss is that Greenpeace swaddles itself in the cloak of righteousness and moral superiority: they care more than you and me about the planet, the oceans, and the skies. However, they fly around the world making their mischief, take to the seas to confront fishermen, and drive in autos to show up and protest loudly at environmentally irresponsible companies. Sounds pretty irresponsible to me. With the world following an unshaven and shambling Charlie Sheen via his Twitter account and his homemade YouTube ramblings, and disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner becoming the latest poster boy for middle-aged men behaving badly, it's quite apparent that you can capture a news cycle for days, weeks, and months without even having to put on a pair of pants. (Check out the Weiner shots.) For all its teeth gnashing and hair pulling about the practices of Mattel, I wonder how much was about the deforestation and how much was about getting onto the local news stations in a splashy, over-the-top way. Greenpeace should borrow a page from PETA, which has grown incredibly media savvy regarding its stance against what they label as animal cruelty. PETA has drafted the services of famous celebrities who gladly make videos, provide voiceovers, and pose for anti-fashion layouts on behalf of the animal activist group. PETA gets its point across these days by crafting videos that go viral and pushing their platform so hard that the press comes to them. It's not the other way around. PETA never has to take to the streets at the drop of a fur-trimmed hat anymore. They have learned to send out their musings and manifestos in a totally cyber/networked way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txa-XcrVpvQ Greenpeace has their video, too, but they had to go "old school" to get the news out about it. I do hope that Mattel does change its packaging, but not because Greenpeace has cowered them into doing so. (Isn't there anti-bullying laws in California?) I hope they do it because it seems unnecessary to be buying brand-new paper from an Asian paper mill (APP stands for Asia Pulp and Paper.) Most of Mattel's doll manufacturing is done overseas in China, and there is a vast amount of rubbish and trash generated there every day. Why buy the paper when there are tons and tons of disposed-of goods waiting to be recycled? Surely, a deal can be worked out where Mattel is permitted to harvest all that cast-off junk to make it into totally recycled, reused, and rebranded boxes. Plus, if Mattel does the PR behind this repackaging with just the right amount of fanfare and fancy footwork, collectors will never throw those boxes away. We all know collectors have a hard time letting anything go—especially the boxes! So, Greenpeace, even if Mattel has been naughty in the past with its APP purchasing, a healthy number of its consumers have not littered the earth with the questionable boxes. I can guarantee you, as far as the adult Mattel shopper goes, those boxes are sitting on shelves around the world, not being discarded, and not clogging up landfills. Turn your wrath to APP and demand more reforestation, and clamor for more of their profits to be put back into the ground to grow more trees. Leave Barbie and Ken alone. Sheesh, those two crazy kids just got back together again over Valentine's Day. Please don't shake their family tree! (And, by the way, I hope the poster you unfurled wasn't made with any toxic dyes, printed on eco-unfriendly canvas, and depleted cash that could have been used to plant more trees. Just saying.)ViagraTrackBack URI for this entryViagra...
Arobics Barbie Is SOOOOOOOO 1977.... Why not? who Wants A Person with speedos on to save the rainforest? Not Me!!!!
Green peace is a joke. They came to Seattle a few years ago and several people were killed in the downtown because of the riots they started. Have you ever noticed what the "green peace" movers look like? At this riot, and because Seattle is so liberal as like California, the law did nothing but watch a young man be killed. They (the mayors office) were afraid it would lead to a natioanl matter.
This story didn't make news on the East Coast (we were way too consumed with Mr. Weiner here)…but, no matter….. I stopped donating to Greenpeace years ago, for several reasons. First, as you correctly mentioned in your article, they use their moral superiority complex to expend large amounts of fossil fuel to stage their protests. Secondly, they frequently break the law by throwing a "peaceful protest" that often puts their members and law enforcement personnel in serious danger…their stunts are often not harmless. Third, they are intimidated and don't stage protests against countries where environmental damage isn't a national agenda, and far exceeds the damage Americans inflict on the environment. When they try to solicit donations from me, I tell them to take an environmentally friendly WALK!
An interesting article thanks, I'd missed this news story until now, so thanks for sharing and the intelligent and entertaining debate
A thought provoking article, and this is the first I've heard of this story, so thanks for sharing


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(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) Fred Hoxie, the Swanlund Professor of History at the University of Illinois, will speak at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as part of SIUE's bicentennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
SIUE's celebration, Exploration: The Legacy of Lewis and Clark, continues with three more events throughout the 2003-04 academic year and a Lewis and Clark Institute during summer 2004. Two of the celebration events in November and March also are part of the university's Arts & Issues series.
Hoxie, a widely recognized expert in Native American history, will speak about the Impact of Lewis and Clark on Indigenous Peoples at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, in the John C. Abbott Auditorium on the lower level of SIUE's Lovejoy Library.
Under direction by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, the Corps of Discovery began the trek May 14, 1804, at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, near what is now the campus of SIU Edwardsville. They camped on the Mississippi's Illinois shore during the winter of 1803-04 in preparation for the journey.
After finding passage via several waterways, the explorers arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River at the Pacific Ocean in November 1805. The expedition returned to St. Louis on Sept. 23, 1806.
Admission is free to Hoxie's Sept. 8 appearance. For more information, contact Ryan Browning, (618) 650-5618, or by e-mail: email@example.com. For the complete Arts and Issues season, visit the Web site: artsandissues.com.
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(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) A "special jam session" and Kansas City-style jazz will highlight an evening of fun, food, music, and dancing at the 15th Annual Friends of Music Jazz Supper at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Reservation deadline is Sept. 19. The evening is co-sponsored by TheBANK of Edwardsville and the SIUE Department of Music.
Set in Meridian Ballroom, on the first floor of SIUE's Morris University Center, the Jazz Supper offers "Kansas City Cuisine" and dancing to the big band sounds of SIUE's Concert Jazz Band, as well as other "surprise" musical guests.
This year's event also includes a "Special Jam Session," featuring an audience member who makes a donation that evening. "For a contribution to our scholarship fund," Department of Music Chair John Korak III said, "an audience member can sit in and play a few bars with the band. It's all part of the fun-filled and enjoyable evening we have planned." Korak said the department will make available a few percussion instruments and a piano for the jam session, or a participant can bring an instrument.
Tickets for the Jazz Supper are $50 per person; a table of eight may be reserved for $375. The Friends of Music is a support organization for the Department of Music; proceeds will benefit the Friends scholarship program for SIUE music students. For reservations or more information, call Martee Lucas in the department, (618) 650-3799, or, from St. Louis toll-free, (888) 328-5168, Ext. 3799.
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(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) The Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club begins its 17th year of twice- monthly meetings at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, in Room 1007 of Building B on the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus, 601 J.R. Thompson Drive. The club is named for SIU Edwardsville Professor Eugene Redmond, a member of the English Language and Literature faculty.
All writers-beginners and veterans-are invited to attend the meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, September through May. While tutoring and giving exposure to writers, the group offers cultural and literary events such as the "Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration" and "Fresh and Ancestral" each year.
Members of the club also collaborates with the SIUE English department to publish Drumvoices Revue, a multicultural literary journal, and to conduct Break Word With The World, a literary event scheduled this year for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Crown Hotel on the East St. Louis waterfront.
Board members of the organization include Associate Professor Dallas Browne of the SIUE Department of Anthropology; Professor Redmond; Darlene Roy, president of the EBR club and a published poet, and poet Evon Udoh.
For information about the group's calendar, call (618) 650-3991. or write the EBR Writers, P.O. Box 6165, East St. Louis, IL 62202.
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(EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.) Harold Melser, director of Planned Giving for the SIUE Foundation, as been named to the board of directors of the National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG). Melser will serve a three-year term.
Melser, who joined the SIUE Foundation staff in September 2001, has 27 years of fund-raising experience, including planned giving. Before coming to the university, Melser had been development director for The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) World Mission since 1997. He also served for 17 years as executive director of The Deaconness Foundation in St. Louis.
During his first 18 months at SIUE, Melser has developed gifts totaling more than $3 million and has worked with donors on several planned gifts, including a bequest expected to total more than $2 million as well as charitable gift annuities totaling $650,000. He also has assisted in the planning of the Meridian Society, an organization for women in philanthropy begun last month with $21,000 in membership gifts and pledges for its Impact Fund.
Since joining the SIUE Foundation, Melser has created several initiatives for the support of the university, including the Planned Giving Council with 17 attorneys, financial planners, trust officers and realtors; a charitable gift annuity program; the development of a real estate acceptance policy; the creation of a Heritage Society Marketing Committee; and a Donor Advised Fund Program.
One of the founding members of the St. Louis Planned Giving Council in the 1970s, Melser said he is honored to serve on the board. "I believe I can assist NCPG through my years of experience as a planned giving practitioner and educator," Melser said. "I will assist the organization in its mission to help donors and their advisors see the benefits of planned giving as part of their charitable giving plan.
"Primarily, I plan to help the NCPG increase the skills of fund development professionals and gift planning advisors through educational programs."
Melser received a bachelor of science in Education from Ball State, and a master's in Communication from the University of Nebraska. He and his wife, Amy, live in Columbia.
NCPG and its 115 planned giving councils represent more than 11,000 individuals nationwide, including fundraisers, attorneys, and financial advisors involved in the process of planning and developing major charitable gifts.
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This question is mostly directed towards the atheists (as I know we have some non-athiests amongst us).
(FYI for the religious, atheists tend not to get married in churches but in a registry office or City Hall etc)
I'm not specifically talking about gay marriage, just marriage in general.
Would you get married? Or have you got married for the legal privileges that go along with marriage and perhaps as a gesture of love to a special person. Maybe you are one of these people who feel as long as you are together thats all that matters?
Personally I am all for marriage as a romantic gesture and the legal benefits are just a really great bonus that go along with it.
Waste of money. Just another cash flow for registries/church..
I'm married - because it was the easiest way to live in the same country than my husband.
If there was no benefit such as immigration or tax benefits, being married would be way less trivial at least for us.
Then again, I kind of like being a mrs, and his last name is definitely cooler than the one I had before. And because it's kind of romantic to be married too. (note: completely civil thing in the city hall, a 15 min speech/procedure with hands on law book, nothing religious).
I wrote several entries in my ERCP blog comparing the benefits and hazards of legal marriage and of commitment by cohabitation. The texts are long, so here is the links:
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I'm interviewing fellow Art Producers to give a little insight in to our world and learn more about my colleagues. I first met Celeste Holt-Walters the summer of 2003, I was the Art Production Department Intern and she was the Art Production Coordinator at BBDO. In the world of NYC office spaces it's never fun to have an intern thrown in to your office so I'm forever thankful that Celeste welcomed me with open arms even though I was cramping her office space. I spent the summer organizing film (yes film!) and doing stock searches, when Celeste moved on to McCann I moved in to the Art Production Coordinator position.
How did you get in to Art Production/Buying?
I studied photography at RIT and knew that I wanted to do something in the photo industry that put me in the middle of everything, without actually being the one taking the pictures!! So, I interned one summer for the Photo Editor at Spin magazine and thought that I definitely wanted to be a photo editor. Then, my senior year in college, I came on a class trip to NYC and we visited O&M's Art Production department. After that trip and seeing the similarities and differences between the two occupations, I thought that I wanted to be a Photo Editor OR an Art Producer..! When I graduated in 02 and moved to the city I went on a slew of informational interviews and just tried really hard to get my foot in the door at either a publication or an ad agency…a few months later I was offered a job as the Art Production Coordinator at BBDO and have been in Art Production ever since.
What Art Producers/Buyers have influenced your career?
Elise Daher and Andrea Kaye are the two most influential Art Producers in my career. Elise was the one who 1st took me under her wing. She was an Art Producer at BBDO when I got my 1st job out of school and she really taught me everything that she new about the business at that time. In addition to being a really fantastic mentor, she put an immense amount of trust in me and not only let me shadow her, but also let me produce small projects from start to finish really early on. If it was not for her support I don't know if I would have stayed in the business (I was quickly getting bored of stock searches!!). When I left BBDO it was to come to McCann and work for Andrea. I have been in her department for almost 6 years now and still feel insanely lucky to be working for someone like her. She is brilliant at what she does and a great person, regardless of what level you are at, to learn from and strive to be like. You want so badly to impress her with the work that you are doing, that you can't help but become excellent at what you do!
What would you tell recent college grads that are interested in a career in Art Production/Buying?
I would say that Art Production is a really interesting, fun and exciting career to have, but that it is also what you make of it. I love my job because it is ever-changing. I am not only learning something new on each new project and constantly looking for amazing new talent in the print world, but am also wildly curious about interactive and digital production and talent as well. The advertising industry is changing rapidly and with it is the way that we do our jobs, as well as what people expect from us. If you are curious and excited about the changing industry then, whether or not you are an Art Producer, Broadcast Producer, Interactive producer, etc…you will find yourself in a good place. I think that it's important for kids to be open to taking on many rolls and wearing many hats. Be curious and learn as much as you can.
What photographers have you enjoyed working with the most?
This is a tough one…it's fantastic that we get the opportunity to work with such a wide range of talented artists. There are a small few of photographers out there, like Kareem Black, who not only leave you with really amazing images, but also with the feeling that you just spent the day partying with your friends! I won't lie, the most enjoyable shoots have almost all been with Kareem…(who doesn't like having a DJ on set and a gin and tonic at the end of a job well done..?) But on the flip side, it's usually the most stressful and/or complicated projects that really reveal how brilliant and creative a photographer is. Some of the largest and most challenging shoots of my career have been with Stephen Wilkes and he is an absolute pleasure to work with and also an amazing mind to watch work.
Who would you like to work with that you haven't worked with before?
I would love to spend a week traveling through rural USA with Stephen Shore. I think his work is fantastic. Also, and this may be totally masochistic, but I wouldn't mind spending a day on a CRAZY shoot with someone like….(insert uber famous diva photographer here)… :)
There is a bit of confusion for outsiders and insiders with our job titles, Art Producer v. Art Buyer, what do you like to be called and what are your thoughts on the issue?
I like to be called an Art Producer. I think that it paints a more accurate picture of what we do. The thing that I love most about this job is the putting together of the puzzle and it is totally production heavy. We don't buy art, we produce it.
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PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Office of Tourism is currently accepting applications for the Great Service Star Designation Program. The program is designed to identify and recognize businesses who complete a set of criteria for hospitality training, offer a comment mechanism for visitors and recognize employees for great service.
Participants meeting the criteria are awarded a star symbol to use in marketing their business and to demonstrate to visitors their commitment to great service.
All applicants are also considered for the George S. Mickelson Great Service Award. The winner receives a $1,000 credit toward participation in the Office of Tourism's cooperative marketing programs in 2009, including newspaper and magazine inserts.
Great Service Star businesses will be notified in November. The recipient of the George S. Mickelson Great Service Award will be announced at the Gala Banquet of the 2009 Governor's Conference on Tourism, January 21-22 in Pierre.
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The Great Service Star Program is part of the Governor's Office Hospitality Program, which is part of Goal 1 of the 2010 initiative to double visitor spending in South Dakota. The Office of Tourism serves under the direction of Richard Benda, Secretary of the Department of Tourism and State Development.
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Thank you so much Bryan! I didn't notice that before but yes it looks quite shimmery when scrolling! :-)
I agree with TaLins: wonderful color choices! Additionally, you can never go wrong with pics of balls! ;-)
Wayne, thank you so much for your stimulating comment! Actually I wouldn't call those elements strictly balls, one is a wireframe globe (ok... a ball! ;-)... the other is a wireframe torus. Usual problem with small previews here, hard to notice the finer details which doesn't help intricate work like mine, or yours indeed!
This is such a great image that I'm pinning it to my Pinterest public S6 favorites board with the hope that it will drive more traffic to your wonderful art!
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Hello, Okay so Friday I attempted my first brew. I decided to jump right into all grain since I would end up there anyway. So I put together my brew system and away I went. BUT, I think I made too many mistakes this time to have a beer worth drinking. First off, My Mash temp was 160 for the first 30 minutes. And of course I didn't take a reading until half way through. (duh) So I'm pretty sure the enzyme activity I was looking for was destroyed. I cooled the mash down to 150 and let it sit for another 45 minutes. I did notice quite a bit of bubbling at this point, not sure if that means anything. Anyway, I decided to continue on, I figured even if everything fails due to this pretty major mistake, at least I get a little experience with the rest of the process. Everything seemed to go well after this until after the boil. I put the chiller in there and it dropped the temp FAST, until about 80. It didn't seem to drop much further. I am figuring the water temp that was entering wasn't much cooler than 80 (Florida). Since I didn't have any ice on hand (for some reason) I went ahead and put it into the fermenter. The next morning the fermentor was bubbling and gurgling like crazy! I thought perhaps there was hope yet. However I checked it a little bit ago, and it seems everything has stopped. The top doesn't even have bubbles anymore. Here is a pic: So here is what I think might be going on: My extreme mash is the problem. Not enough fermentable sugars were produced. The yeast did what it was supposed to do, but basically ran out of sugars, and stalled out. So what I have is, a jug of sticky but nice smelly liquid. My question is, should I dump it, and start the next batch. Or shoudl I leave it and see if anything else happens.
Oh and please excuse the duct tape. The stopper was to large!
What was your starting gravity? What is it now? There are recipes that call for mashing at 160, so at the very least, it'll still be beer. Your cooling process was fine, and won't hurt anything. Next time, you could think about using a pre-chiller, but it's not completely necessary.
We really can't make useful recommendations without the gravities.
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If I read it correctly 1.045. My Hydrometer didnt come with a container to float it in like I've seen others doing. So I sanitized and floated in the cooled wort. Was difficult to read since the pot is so deep but I grabbed it with my thumb as a marker. Anyway that was the reading that I got. As far as gravity now, I was nervous to check it so early in the game. But I'll go do that right now and post what I find.
Looks like its 1.02
What was your OG? .045 might be mid ferment for a .075 OG Wort. From the looks of the picture alone, it appears you had good fermentation, lots of yeasties in the bottom and a fair amount still susspended in your wort. Looks like beer to me. Is it a Heff?... if not a cold crash after full fermentation (you reach the target gravity of the recipe) it could easily clear and be a nice beer! So what did the wort OG sample taste like?
It could still be going. Check again in 3 days to see if the grav has dropped. Krausen and bubbling is a sure sign of activity but lack of doesn't mean no activity.
My guess is that your beer is fine. Dry yeast will go crazy at times and then look like its doing nothing. I've had batches finish up pretty quick with dry yeast. I think the fastest was just under 2 days. I left in in the ferementer for a couple of weeks though. It looks like you had fermentation by kraeusen ring ring on you carboy. I mis-read your post the first time. I thought you were saying it was 1.045 currently, but that was your Starting gravity.
I got the recipe here:http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/cent...10-gall-42841/ Okay so the wort tasted kinda like sweet cereal with some hop flavors. I did taste the sample I just took and it tasted like beer. =0D So I will let it sit for a few days and test it again to see if it still changing. The recipe said the final gravity should be 1.008.


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Gillingham goalkeeper Ross Flitney has joined Blue Square Bet South club Eastleigh on a month-long loan deal.
Ross Flitney made his return to action on Tuesday night as a Gillingham XI triumphed 2-0 in a friendly at Tonbridge Angels.
Team news for Monday night's League Two clash between Gillingham and Southend at Priestfield (kick off 7.45pm).
Gillingham goalkeeper Ross Flitney is facing around a month on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery.
Gillingham have announced the signing of six new players for the 2011/12 campaign for next season.
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HP Software's community for IT leaders // March 2014How IT leaders can better relate to the business
Author and consultant Dean Meyer says better communication with the business depends on communicating—and managing your department—like a business.
IT leaders face a number of challenges within the enterprise, many of them driven by tight budgets or the perception of IT as a cost center. Budgets get cut while expectations stay steady or rise. Business units complain about their cost allocations, outsourcing or shadow IT is held up as an alternative, and infrastructure maintenance and innovation get short shrift.
Consultant Dean Meyer says the way to overcome the challenge is to run IT as a business within a business—governing internal resources like a business, and communicating those costs in a way the rest of the enterprise can understand.
Drawing from his book, Internal Market Economics, Meyer discusses how IT can shift to better manage resources and expectations, and, as a business within a business, better communicate and collaborate with the rest of the enterprise.
Q: How do market economics apply to a shared services function like IT?
Dean Meyer: The old way of thinking is this: We give IT a fixed budget to pay planned costs (compensation, vendor services, training, etc.); and in trade for that, we expect them to supply everything we need and want—infinite demand with fixed resources! That can't work.
So thinking like a business, let's turn this paradigm around. We're not given money to pay our costs. We get money when customers buy our products and services. The revenues from those sales give us the money to pay our costs.
Q: That's clear when IT is fee-for-service, but what about direct budgets and allocations?
DM: Think of budgets and allocations as pre-paid revenues—money put on deposit with you to buy your services throughout the year. Those pre-paids form a checkbook that belongs to the business (until you earn it); so business leaders get to decide what checks to write. No doubt 70 or 80 percent of that checkbook will go to keeping the lights on. Then clients invest the rest in discretionary projects and services through the year. With this paradigm, we can implement market economics without actual chargebacks.
Q: How does this help IT manage clients' expectations?
DM: Clients know how much is in their checkbook, and what things cost. It's up to IT to be the best deal in town. But it's up to the business to pay for what they get, and to manage demand and live within their means. At the end of the day, all IT's commitments have to be funded by one channel of revenue or another.
Q: How does this align IT with the business?
DM: Clients buy what they most need, and do without lower-payoff services. Alignment is virtually automatic.
Q: If you want IT to be the source for cloud, what should you do?
DM: Bureaucrats manage the resources they've been given; entrepreneurs manage businesses. When you're running a business, if a customer wants something and is willing to pay, you provide it.
Customers decide the what; suppliers decide the how. If the best way to provide the service is not to "make" it but to "buy" via external cloud, you should be the first to offer it. In that sense, every vendor and contractor in the world is part of your team. If you follow the business-within-a-business model, the only constraint on your ability to deliver is your customer's ability to pay.
Q: What does IT need to do to implement this paradigm?
DM: First, forget about allocating your cost to the business. Remember, you don't pay the grocery store for its rent, electricity, and check-out clerk; you pay for products. So the first step is, like any store—and like cloud vendors—you need a catalog of your products and services with rates.
Q: How will internal market economics affect the way we budget?
DM: An "investment-based budget" forecasts the costs of what you plan to sell, not just what you plan to spend. Then, your clients in the business can defend your budget, because they need your services. And executives can look at your proposed deliverables, and base budget decisions on the needs of the business and the investment opportunities at hand. As a bonus, you leave the budget process with a crystal-clear definition of what the budget does and does not pay for, which takes care of the problem of expectations exceeding resources.
Q: How does this affect your culture and organizational structure?
DM: It's absolutely transformational. Managers begin to think like entrepreneurs, running their own businesses within a business. Each has his or her own catalog and rates, and is expected to remain competitive and stay up to date. And they're expected to deliver on every funded sale.
It also clarifies your organization chart by forcing your managers to define which business each of them owns. This brings real focus to jobs, and highlights overlapping boundaries where the same product is sold by more than one group.
Q: How does this approach help IT be a better strategic partner to the business?
DM: Great partnerships are not built on shared authorities and accountabilities, each meddling in the other's decisions, and no one clearly accountable for individual results. The best partnerships are based on respectful customer-supplier relationships, with clear individual accountabilities and authorities, and yet still an understanding that each needs the other to succeed.
The business-within-a-business paradigm, implemented through internal market economics, clarifies relationships; empowers clients to decide what they buy from IT, aligning IT with their priorities; empowers IT's entrepreneurs to run viable businesses, investing in sustainability; establishes clear and realistic expectations so that IT doesn't disappoint its customers for lack of resources; and induces mutual respect without muddled accountabilities.
Dean Meyer, president of consulting firm NDMA, has coached executives and facilitated cultural and organizational transformations based on the business-within-a-business paradigm for more than 30 years. Learn more about Internal Market Economics in a short video at the NDMA website. For more on the technology behind cloud success, visit HP.com/go/cloud.
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Challenges and opportunities for the CIO of the future.
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Windows XP certification training hasn't been trumped
When it launched in October of 2001, thousands of consumers and IT professionals lined up at retail stores to purchase Windows XP. By 2006, International Data Corporation measured over 400 million copies in use. As the operating system enters its second decade in the field, web analytics company Net Applications estimates that Windows XP has only recently dipped below 50 percent market share.
Microsoft officials have stressed their desire to see customers migrate to newer editions of its flagship OS, suggesting an April 2014 end-of-life deadline. After that, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates or provide end-user support for Windows XP. However, the vast number of enterprise clients still running XP make persistent demands on IT professionals who troubleshoot and develop applications for the operating system. Even after Windows 7 overtakes XP on the deployment leaderboard, Windows XP certification will play a major role in the careers of professionals who support PC users.
Windows XP's features drive user demand
Even though Windows Vista and Windows 7 offer improved speed, performance, and usability, users cite specific benefits when they tell researchers why they're reluctant to give up Windows XP:
- It has backbone. Built on the infrastructure that made Windows 2000 and Windows NT popular among enterprise users, Windows XP broke new ground for functionality in the office and at home. Though newer versions of Windows offer updated graphics, a Gartner study found that many users feel XP marks a sweet spot of usability and performance.
- It does more, faster. The older operating system requires fewer system resources than its newer counterparts, making it ideal for energy-efficient netbooks and low-cost office desktop PCs.
- It's secure. IT professionals have built a stable security ecosystem around Windows XP features like Internet Protocol Security and Kerberos V5. Switching to a new operating system can cost some companies millions of dollars in security and compliance auditing.
Although Microsoft emphasizes new Windows features in its press releases and on its website, user reluctance to switch helps ensure continued demand for Windows XP certifications among IT professionals.
Windows XP certification lives on
In keeping with its intentions to sunset Windows XP, Microsoft ended its formal support and sponsorship for Windows XP certification in the summer of 2011. The last remaining certification supporting Win XP, Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST), confirmed a professional's ability to support both the operating system and its desktop applications. Although the MCDST certification does not expire, Microsoft has urged IT professionals to upgrade their Windows XP certifications to newer equivalents:
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS). Redmond offers versions of the MCTS certification for many of its platforms. A Windows MCTS must understand how to deploy new desktop and server systems, including managing migrations from Windows XP.
- Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP). An MCITP must show mastery of Microsoft technology, demonstrating broad skills that can help corporate users manage a switch from Windows XP to a newer operating system.
Despite the new certifications' focus on current versions of Windows, most IT training programs still offer the same training used to prepare students for Windows XP certification. Although Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 share many key components, IT professionals who can support the broadest (and oldest) combination of technology stand the best chance of success in the IT support job market.


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Drivers at this weekends Formula 1 Grande Premio Petrobras do Brasil 2011 will have the choice of Pirellis soft and medium dry tyres. However, the soft will be a previously unraced compound that was tested by the teams during last weeks Abu Dhabi young driver test and during Friday practice at the Nurburgring in July.
During Friday practice at Interlagos, drivers will also have two extra sets of an experimental hard tyre which has already been trialled by Lucas di Grassi and Pirellis Toyota TF109 car in private tests at Jerez and Barcelona. The tyre is considerably softer than the current hard and the results will be fed back to Pirellis engineers to aid development for next season.
Preparations for the 2012 season are well underway, so it will be really interesting to hear the thoughts of the drivers about the new hard and soft tyres that we will be trying out in Brazil, said Paul Hembery, Pirellis motorsport director. Weve already collected plenty of information on the new soft tyre from the young driver test, so it will be useful to compare that to real race data.
Its important not to get too distracted by the names of the tyres though: what were calling a soft for now could end up as a medium for next year, as thats what the testing process is all about. In general, the tyres are going to be less conservative next year as the second half of this season has shown how well the teams have understood our product, allowing us to make some reasonably aggressive choices.
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Unless otherwise specified, all sessions take place in the Grand Ballroom East, on the 10th floor of the Seelbach Hilton Hotel.
Final Program
The Association for Documentary Editing
36th Annual Meeting
Louisville, Kentucky
July 24–26, 2014
Thursday, July 24
Registration Opens
(Grand Ballroom Foyer, 10th Floor)
James McClure, ADE President
Darrell Meadows, Local Arrangements
John Lupton, Program Committee
The Next New Things
Chair: Beth Luey, Editorial Consultant
Sherry Darling, Special Projects Manager, The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Regna Darnell, Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and First Nations Studies, University of Western Ontario
Sara Schwebel, Associate Professor of English, University of South Carolina
Thomas Slaughter, Arthur R. Miller Professor of History, University of Rochester
Membership Meeting
Reception, The Filson Historical Society
Round-trip bus transportation to and from The Filson Historical Society will be provided. Departure times are 5:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.; return trips are 7:45 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Friday, July 25
Reinterpretations in Documentary Editing
Chair: Barbara Oberg, Princeton University
Breaking with Convention to Explore the Eastern Edge of the Pimeria Alta
Dale S. Brenneman, O'odham-Pee Posh Documentary History Project, Arizona State University, University of Arizona
Things Aren't Always What They Seem: Franklin, the Turkey, and National Identity
Ellen Cohn, Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University
Editorial Fracking: New Insights from Overlooked Sources
Chair: Paul Israel, Thomas Edison Papers, Rutgers University
Paul Israel, Thomas Edison Papers, Rutgers University
Dan Feller, Papers of Andrew Jackson, University of Tennessee
Daniel W. Stowell, Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Lunch on your own
The ADE Forum (Posters)
Early Access Founders Online Project
Laura Baker, Susan Holbrook Perdue, and William Kurtz, Documents Compass
The Letters of Louisa Jacobs to Eugenie Webb, 1879 – 1911
Mary Maillard, Independent Scholar
The Letters of Albert Krehbiel: The European Education of an American Artist
John A. Lupton, Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission
Technology and Documentary Editing
Chair: David S. Nolen, Mississippi State University
New Publishing Alchemy: Creating Page Layout from XML Files for a World War I Memoir
James T. Connolly, Massachusetts Historical Society
Making Do with What You've Got: Using CONTENTdm as a Platform for an Online Documentary Edition—The Ida Honore Grant Correspondence, 1889 – 1893
Robert Karachuck, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University
Dictating Transcription
Emily Ross, Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society
(cash bar; Mezzanine Ballroom)
ADE Banquet
(fee event; Mezzanine Ballroom)
Saturday, July 26
ADE Breakfast
Marketing Editing Projects
Chair: Ann Gordon, Rutgers University
Ann Gordon, Rutgers University
Kathi Kern, University of Kentucky
Kate Culkin, Bronx Community College
Meeting Closes
Optional Tour to Thoroughbred Horse Farm and Bourbon Distillery
(fee event; includes box lunch)
Special Thanks
To The Filson Historical Society, Mark Wetherington, Executive Director, and Judy Miller,
Deputy Director, for organizing, hosting, and co-sponsoring the opening reception.
To the Kentucky Historical Society, Kent Whitworth, Executive Director, for co-sponsoring the opening reception, and for hosting and providing logistical support for the annual meeting.
To ProQuest, Barbara Olson, Senior Marketing Manager, and Rachel Hally, Academic Project Manager, for co-sponsoring the opening reception and providing refreshments throughout the meeting.
Program Committee: John Lupton (chair), Amanda Gailey, Paul Israel, Beth Luey, Daniel Stowell
Local Arrangements Committee: Darrell Meadows (chair), Jane E. Calvert, Tony Cutis, Tom Downey, John Fierst, Sara Georgini, Patrick A. Lewis, Bob Karachuk, and Whitney R. Smith


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World's longest-serving leaders: Where does Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe rank?
(Read article summary)Robert Mugabe this week marks his 30th anniversary as president of Zimbabwe. Here's a list of the world's longest-serving leaders.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe marked his 30th year in power this week. He announced plans to stand for reelection in 2012 if his party nominates him, though he still has a number of years to go if he aims to become one of the world's longest-serving leaders.
Iron-fisted Mugabe took the helm of the south African country on March 4, 1980. Despite losing parliamentary elections in 2008, his party won a violent run-off that ultimately put him in a power-sharing agreement with opposition Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Even after three decades in power, the 86-year-old barely cracks the Top 10 list of world's longest-serving elected leaders.
IN PICTURES: Top 10 longest-serving leaders
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Floating on Air
While teaching the chapter on lifting and moving to EMT classes, I routinely joke with the students, saying "If you don't have any back problems yet, you will." Out-of-position lifting, over reaching and just plain large patients account for countless provider back injuries every year. The Hovertech International HoverMatt Single-Patient Use Transfer Mattress could virtually eliminate caregiver injuries related to lateral transfers and repositioning. The inflatable air mattress and the patient float on a cushion of air. The patient can remain on the HoverMatt mattress during the entire transport as well as their entire hospital stay. There are integrated handles for ease of use, and straps to help secure the patient to the matt during moves. There's also a limited chance for cross contamination because the mattress is disposable.
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Close to 30% of all needle stick injuries occur when healthcare workers attempt to dispose of needles using a sharps container. Research has also shown that more than 80% of sharps injuries are preventable. The Sharps Terminator, one of the Hot Products selected at the 2012 EMS Today Conference & Exhibition, is an effective way to help eliminate sharps-related injuries; it renders syringes and needles harmless and turns needles into stubs and inert ashes in three seconds. Here's how it works: The needle body completes a circuit between two angled copper electrodes. The resistance from the needle creates heat that destroys the metal portion of the needle. The plastic hub is then cut above the metal needle. The debris then falls into a cleanout tube at the bottom of the unit where it is exposed to UV light to eliminate contaminants. The remaining syringe is now harmless and can be disposed of in a regular medical waste container. This entire process can be accomplished with one hand while you're at the patient's side, so you no longer have to reach across your ambulance or walk to another area of the room to dispose of your needles.
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The BBraun Introcan Safety 3 Closed IV Catheter has a passive safety needle shield that deploys automatically and cannot be bypassed, which aids in the prevention of needlestick injuries. The multiple-access blood control septum helps prevent blood exposure each time the catheter hub is accessed. Introcan Safety 3's integrated stabilization platform improves catheter stability and minimizes movement within the vessel, reducing a number of catheter-related complications such as phlebitis, infiltration/extravasation, site infection, dislodgement and catheter kinking. In addition, the advanced hub design allows for easier connections and less touch contamination, and the catheter's smooth ergonomic surface optimizes patient comfort. Introcan Safety 3's innovative design features are designed to protect EMS professionals from needlesticks and blood exposure, as well as help maintain site access during patient transport.
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Headache, fatigue, weakness, flu-like symptoms—one of the most overlooked causes of these signs and symptoms is carbon monoxide poisoning (CO poisoning). It's also important that firefighters are checked and monitored for CO poisoning after exiting a hazardous environment. The Micro Direct Micro CO is a non-invasive monitor that accurately tests exhaled end-tidal CO levels in less than one minute. The measurements are obtained from a single expiration and instantly displayed on a liquid crystal display. Disposable cardboard mouth pieces are used for each person tested. This product also meets NFPA 1584 Standard on the Rehabilitation Process for Members During Emergency Operations and Training Exercises.
Size: 6.5" x 2.5" x 1"
Weight: 5.6 oz.
Power: 9V battery
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Harness the Sun
The Streamlight SolarStream supplemental solar charging panel helps offset battery drain from computer systems and other rechargeable electronics when an emergency responder vehicle is off. It extends battery life and limits battery-related vehicle maintenance. Using a thin-film amorphous silicon charging panel, the Streamlight SolarStream adheres to a variety of contoured surfaces. The panel allows for 14 watts of maximum power in full sunlight, but it maintains a trickle charge to the vehicle battery even in low sun and cloudy conditions, and is both heat and shade tolerant. It has encapsulated amorphous silicon technology, which offers exceptional durability and weather resistance. And it's tested for wind resistance up to 120 miles per hour.
40.88" long by 13.07" wide
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Warranty: 5-year limited
Price: $400
All-in-One C-Spine System
How many times have your head blocks, towel rolls, tape or Velcro slipped, slid or failed to keep your patient fully immobilized? Also, reflect back on how often you've attempted to apply C-Collars that just wouldn't fit your patients properly. The Emergear X-Collar Plus is a splinting system that utilizes bi-lateral and vertical adjustment that create a customized fit for patients with body types ranging from pediatric to extra large adults. The inexpensive X-Collar Plus also has an oversized trachea opening to allow for carotid pulse checks and advanced airway procedures. The most unique feature of this product is the integrated Head Restraint System, which replaces the use of head blocks or towel rolls. The system includes a height adjustable Occipital Support Pad, which ensures proper spinal alignment, and the integrated Velcro straps secure the patient to the backboard.
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A Charles City County (Va.) Sheriff's deputy was killed while responding as backup to another deputy, when he cruiser struck a tree.
Deputy Michael Walizer, 36, lost control of his patrol car on Route 5 about a mile west of Route 155. The 36-year-old deputy died at the scene, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Deputy Walizer was wearing his seatbelt at the time. He was an 11-year veteran of law enforcement.
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