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The newest phenomenon discovered in medicine is one few people want to discuss, even businesses that are probably snickering in delight. It's called the Obesity Survival Paradox. Essentially it means that fat to obese people live longer than people of normal weight. Apparently Reverse Epidemiology became known in 1999 with heart failure patients. It was found that a body mass index (NYSE:BMI) of 30.0 to 34.9 enjoyed lower mortality than normal weight patients. The same for peripheral artery disease and post recovery from cardiac bypass surgery.
Even fat people with health problems live longer than thinner people. Go figure.
Scientists point out this isn't the case for morbidly obese where there is a 30% higher risk of death. This news could crush the entire medical, fitness and exercise industries if highly publicized. But at this point it seems so counterintuitive than most people would still think their health was at risk with additional pounds.
Plus, there's still the feel good factor. There is no doubt thinner is sexier these days (paintings from the Old Masters suggest that wasn't always the case). Until Tom Brady's wife leaves him for one of the offensive lineman, being thinner also means being more attractive.
Still this is rattling a lot of cages.
Consequently I've read how this is an anomaly based on the fact older thin people are typically afflicted with something that skews the data. In other words, they are suffering from an ailment that actually makes them skinny in the first place. Or that the BMI isn't a good indicator of obesity since it reads muscle just as it reads fat. And there are so many health risks that are more prevalent in overweight people like high blood pressure, sleep apnea and diabetes. But, I bet now that you've read this you'll have less guilt eating that chocolate éclair tonight.
The Debt Ceiling is Only Symbolic
While President Obama was throwing down the gauntlet yesterday Ben Bernanke was taking a more nuanced approach to the debt ceiling debate. Calling it symbolic and suggesting it be removed once and for all, the Federal Reserve Chairman threw his weight behind the White House. Of course, considering their relationship one could argue runaway spending in Washington (none as prodigious as this administration) has created a symbiotic relationship between the Fed and White House.
In the meantime, President Obama talks about negative implications of our mountain of debt, but at the same time never mentioning how he plans to turn back the tide. I'm not talking about slowing its growth, as there isn't a lot of difference to when we hit the tipping point, the only question is what the magic number might be. You see, President Obama is treating the debt crisis as if it's not a crisis at all. In fact, one could say his administration sees something akin to a Debt Paradox.
The administration claims we are okay at the moment and there is no way to endure even a modicum of pain, let alone the kind of pain that comes from cutting back on mindless yet addictive spending. Right now our debt is obese and on its way to higher grades of obesity. Yes, it's something of a miracle we've been able to get along this far, but let's not mistake luck and legacy for a notion the debt ceiling isn't a big deal or even more could be a good thing. The clock is ticking and we could confound common sense and math for a bit longer.
In our heart of hearts and in our gut we know this is wrong but it feels too good. Maybe fat people live longer but I'm not going to stop hitting the treadmill and our nation should practice prudent and healthy choices before it's too late. That will not happen, even if brave lawmakers make a stand. Eventually the debt ceiling will be hiked and our economic BMI reading will go off the charts. You know ... maybe you should just have that chocolate éclair after all.
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The movie, boasting an all-star ensemble cast of Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt and Orlando Bloom, is set for a home entertainment release on April 7th 2014.
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug is the second movie in The Hobbit trilogy, which has been adapted by Academy Award winner, Peter Jackson. The film centres around the ongoing quest that Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and the Company of Dwarves find themselves on as they continue through Middle-earth in search of Smaug; a vicious dragon who has taken residence in the home of the Dwarves. This is an epic tale filled with outstanding action and special effects.
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Dark hair twisted in a sleek, classic knot Exotic eyes the shifting colors of the sea A delicate curvy body that made him burn from the inside out
A sharp rapping on the door of his Sydney hotel suite jerked Zane Atraeus out of a restless, dream-tossed sleep. Shielding his eyes from the glare of the morning sun, he shoved free of the huge silk-draped confection of a bed he'd collapsed into some time short of four that morning.
Pulling on the jeans he'd tossed over a chair, he dragged jet-lagged fingers through his tangled hair and padded to the door.
Memory punched back. An email Zane had found confirming that his half brother Lucas had purchased an engagement ring for a woman Zane could have sworn Lucas barely knew. Lilah Cole: the woman Zane had secretly wanted for two years and had denied himself.
His temper, which had been running on a short fuse ever since he had learned that not only was Lucas dating Lilah, he was planning on marrying her, ignited as he took in glittering chandeliers and turquoise-and-gold furnishings.
The overstuffed opulence was a far cry from the exotic but spare Mediterranean decor of his island home, Medinos. Instead of soothing him, the antiques and heavily swagged drapes only served to remind him that he had not been born to any of this. He would have to have a word with his new personal assistant, who clearly had a romantic streak.
Halfway across the sitting room the unmistakable sound of the front door lock disengaging made him stiffen.
Lucas Atraeus stepped into the room. Zane let out a self-deprecating breath.
Ten years ago, in L.A., it would have been someone breaking in, but this was Australia and his father's company, the mega wealthy Atraeus Group, owned the hotel so, of course, Lucas had gotten a key. "Ever heard of a phone?"
Closing the door behind him, Lucas tossed a key card down on the hall table. "I phoned, you didn't answer. Remember Lilah?"
The reason Zane was in Sydney instead of in Florida doing his job as the company "fixer" and closing a crucial land deal that had balanced on a knife's edge for the past week? "Your new fiancée." The tantalizing beauty who had almost snared him into a reckless night of passion two years ago. "Yeah, I remember."
Lucas looked annoyed. "I haven't asked her yet. How did you find out?"
Zane's jaw tightened at the confirmation. "My new P.A. was your old P.A., remember?" Which was why Zane had chanced across the internet receipt for Lucas's latest purchase. Apparently Elena was still performing the role of personal shopper for his brother in her spare time.
"Ahh. Elena." He glanced around the room. Comprehension gleamed in his eyes.
Now definitely in a bad mood, Zane turned on his heel and strolled in the direction of the suite's kitchenette. A large ornately gilded mirror threw his reflection back at himdarkly tanned skin, broad shoulders and a lean, muscled torso bisected by a tracery of scars. Three silver studs, the reminder of a misspent youth, glinted in one ear.
In the lavish elegance of the suite, he looked uncivilized, barbaric and faintly sinister, as different from his two classically handsome half brothers as the proverbial chalk was from cheese. Not something he had ever been able to help with the genes he'd inherited from the rough Salvatore side of his family, and the inner scars he had developed as a homeless kid roaming the streets of L.A.
He found a glass, filled it with water from the dispenser in the fridge door and drank in long, smooth swallows. The cold water failed to douse the intense, unreasoning jealousy that seared him every time he thought of Lucas and Lilah, the picture-perfect couple.
An engagement.
His reaction to the idea was as fierce and surprising as it had been when he had discovered Elena admiring a picture of the engagement ring.
The empty glass hit the kitchen counter with a controlled click. "I didn't think Lilah was your type."
As gorgeous and ladylike as Ambrosi Pearls's head jewelry designer was, in Zane's opinion, Lilah was too efficiently, calculatingly focused on hunting for a well-heeled husband.
Two years ago, when they had first met at the annual ball of a charity for homeless childrenof which he was the patronhe had witnessed the smooth way Lilah had targeted her escort's wealthy boss. Even armored by the formidable depth of betrayal in his past, Zane had been oddly entranced by the businesslike gleam in her eyes. He had not been able to resist the temptation to rescue the hapless older man and spoil her pitch.
Unfortunately, things had gotten out of hand when he and Lilah had ended up alone in a private reception room and he had given into temptation and kissed her. One kiss had led to another, sparking a conflagration that had threatened to engulf them both. Given that he had been irritated by Lilah's agenda, that she was not the kind of woman he was usually attracted to, his loss of control still perplexed him. If his previous personal assistant hadn't found them at a critical moment, he would have made a very big mistake.
Lucas, who had followed him into the kitchen, scribbled a number on the back of a business card and left it on the counter. "Lilah has agreed to be my date at Constantine's wedding. I'm leaving for Medinos in a couple of hours. I was going to arrange for her to fly in the day before the wedding, but since you're here" Lucas frowned. "By the way, why are you here? I thought you were locked into negotiations."
"I'm taking a couple of days." A muscle pulsed along Zane's jaw.
Lucas shrugged and opened the fridge door.
The shelves were packed with an array of fresh fruit, cheeses, pates and juices. Absently, Zane noted his assistant had also stocked the fridge with chocolate-dipped strawberries.
"Good move." Lucas examined a bottle of very expensive French champagne then replaced it. "Nothing like making the vendor think we're cooling off to fast-track a sale. Mind if I have something to eat? I missed breakfast."
Probably too busy shuttling between women to think about food. The last Zane had heard Lucas had also been having a wild "secret" affair with Carla Ambrosi, the public relations officer for Ambrosi and the sister of the woman their brother, Constantine, was marrying.
"Oysters." Lucas lifted a brow. "Having someone in?"
Zane stared grimly at the platter of oysters on the half shell, complete with rock salt and lemon wedges. "Not as far as I know."
Unless his new assistant had made some arrangement. If she was helping Lucas with his engagement during her lunch breaks, anything was possible. "Help yourself to the food, the juice." My girl.
The thought welled up out of the murk of his subconscious and slipped neatly past all of the reasons that commitment could never work for him. Especially, with a woman like Lilah.
Since the age of nine, relationships had been a difficult area.
After being abandoned by his extravagant, debt-ridden mother on a number of occasions while she had flitted from marriage to marriage, he had definite trust issues with women, especially those on the hunt for wealthy husbands.
Marriage was out.
Lucas took out the bowl of strawberries and surveyed the tempting fruit.
"It doesn't bother you that Lilah's on the hunt for a husband?"
An odd expression flitted across Lucas's face. "Actually, I respect her straightforward approach. It's refreshing."
Despite every attempt to relax, Zane's fingers curled into fists. So Lucas had fallen under her spell, too.
Try as he might, now that Zane had acknowledged that Lilah was his, he could not dismiss the thought. With every second that passed, the concept became more and more stubbornly real.
It was a fact that for the two years following the incendiary passion that had almost ended in lovemaking, he had been tormented by the knowledge that Lilah could have been his.
He had controlled the desire to have a reckless fling with Lilah. He had controlled himself.
Lucas selected the largest, plumpest strawberry. "Lilah has a fear of flying. I was hoping, since you're piloting the company jet that you could take her with you to Medinos when you leave."
Zane's jaw tightened. Everything in him rejected Lucas's easy assertion that Zane would tamely fall into place and hand-deliver Lilah to his bed.
He fixed on the first part of Lucas's statement. In all the time he had known Lilah she had never told him she had a fear of flying. Somehow that fact was profoundly irritating. "Just out of curiosity, how long have you known Lilah?" Lucas did spend time in Sydney, but not as much as Zane. He had never heard Lilah so much as mention Lucas's name.
"A week, give or take."
Zane went still inside. He knew his brother's schedule. They had all had to adjust their plans when Roberto Ambrosi, a member of a once-powerful and wealthy Medinian family, had died. The Atraeus Group had been forced to protect its interests by moving on the almost bankrupted Ambrosi Pearls. A hostile takeover to recover huge debts racked up by Roberto had been averted when Constantine had stunned them all by resurrecting his engagement to Sienna Ambrosi. The impending marriage had gone a long way toward healing the acrimonious rift that had developed between the two families when Roberto had leveraged money on the basis of the first engagement.
He knew that, apart from a couple of flying visits in the last couple of weeksone to attend Roberto's funeralthat Lucas had been committed offshore. He had only arrived in Sydney the previous day.
Zane had spent most of the previous week in Sydney in order to attend the annual general meeting of the charity. As usual, Lilah, who helped out with the art auctions, had been polite, reserved, the tantalizing, high-priced sensuality that was clearly reserved for the future Mr. Cole on ice. She had not mentioned Lucas. "Why not take Lilah with you?"
Lucas seemed inordinately interested in selecting a second strawberry. "It's a gray area."
Realization dawned. Lilah had not been subtle about her quest of finding a husband. He had just never seen Lucas as a candidate for an arranged marriage. "This is a first date."
A trace of emotion flickered in Lucas's gaze. "I needed someone on short notice. As it happens, after running a background check, I think Lilah is perfect for me. She's talented, attractive, she's got a good business head on her shoulders, she's even a"
"What about Carla?"
Lucas dropped the ripe berry as if it had seared his fingertips.
The final piece of the puzzle fell into place. Zane realized what the odd look in Lucas's eyes had been just moments ago: desperation. Hot outrage surged through him. "You're still involved with Carla."
"How did you know? No, don't tell me. Elena." Lucas put the bowl of strawberries back in the fridge and closed the door. "Carla and I are over."
But only just.
Suddenly the instant relationship with Lilah made sense. When Sienna married Constantine, Carla would practically be family. If it came out that Lucas had been sleeping with Carla, intense pressure would be applied. Under the tough exterior, when it came to women, Lucas was vulnerable.
He was using Lilah as a buffer, insurance that Carla, who had a reputation for flamboyant scenes, would not try to publicly force him to formalize their secret affair with a marriage proposal.
That meant that love did not come into the equation.
If Lucas genuinely wanted Lilah, Zane would walk away, however that was not the case. Lucas, who had once been in the untenable position of having a girlfriend die in a car crash after they had argued about the secret abortion she'd had, was using her to avert an unpleasant situation. As calculating as Lilah was with relationships, she did not deserve to be caught in the middle of a showdown between Lucas and Carla.
Relief eased some of his fierce tension. He didn't think Lilah had had time to sleep with Lucas yet. Somehow that fact was very important. "Okay. I'll do it."
Lucas looked relieved. "You won't regret it." Zane wasn't so sure.
He wondered if Lucas had any inkling that he had just placed a temptation Zane had doggedly resisted for over two years directly in his path.


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The message is more sobering and harder to fix: The private opinions included in the article create a picture of an incompetent administration. _
This same incompetence was on display in an article titled "The Spill, the Scandal and the President," by Tim Dickinson, (Rolling Stone Magazine, June 24, 2010).
"Like the attacks by al-Qaida, the disaster in the Gulf was preceded by ample warnings -- yet the administration had ignored them," wrote Dickinson. "Instead of cracking down on MMS, as he had vowed to do even before taking office, Obama left in place many of the top officials who oversaw the agency's culture of corruption.
"On April 6th of last year, less than a month after BP submitted its application, MMS gave the oil giant the go-ahead to drill in the Gulf without a comprehensive environmental review ... issuing only a mild suggestion that would prove prescient: 'Exercise caution while drilling due to indications of shallow gas.'"
The article goes on to note the obvious mistakes on the BP application that apparently had not been thoroughly reviewed.
"It had taken a full week after Deepwater Horizon exploded for the government to become fully engaged -- a critical lapse that allowed the crisis to spiral out of control." During this time, Dickenson noted, Obama spent a weekend on vacation with the first lady eating ribs and staying at "the Grove Park Inn, a golf resort and spa."
The contrast between Obama's Vanity Fair and McChrystal's dystopia is vivid. Obama, by focusing on the comments attributed primarily by unnamed aides, appears more interested in disport than in leading. We need a commander in chief who not only holds the position of power, but also uses it to lead effectively.
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Don't write or post stories about stuff like this until after it's basically a done deal. The more air time and attention it gets, the more it reaches the public consciousness of the unwashed masses. Unfortunately, a significant portion of those unwashed masses includes supporters of climate change deniers in congress with the power to continually reject funding for such scientific endeavors. Once this rabid supporter base gets a taste of something like this it has a good chance of spreading to become an epidemic, basically forcing the aforementioned deniers in power to move against it.
So, please, for the love of science, keep stories like this on the down low until their basically about to launch (most of the funding is already spent), sharing it with only your closest and most trusted scientific allies. Let your giddy fancy slowly evolve to the point of nerdgasm as a close precursor to the final objective. Then, and only then, is it safe to share this news with those who cannot or will not appreciate it.
Google grows. Google more and more often takes business steps that are increasingly monopolistic, duh.
I, for one, would be interested to see some sort of psychological study to see at what point on the spectrum from start up to monopoly the general population considers a company to be more a monopoly than just your standard, run of the mill company.
Personally I think Google has crossed that mark. They are certainly not a textbook monopoly, but they behave far too close to one for me to have a positive view of them despite all their positive innovation.
...South American countries such as Chile and Mexico.
This just it, basic geography skills also lacking.
Iapetus has only a fraction of Earth's gravity (Iapetus radius 735 KM, Earth radius 6371 KM, you do the math, after figuring out the relative density for yourself). Wouldn't a hugely smaller gravity significantly affect the angle of repose they carry on about in that referenced scientific paper? I doubt you can compare the angle of repose of rounded particles (or snow and hail) on Earth with that of a very small _and airless!_ moon.
But I'll leave that to the astrophysicists to work out.
From the references in that exact article you criticize (but clearly didn't read):
"Kleinhans, M. G., Markies, H., de Vet, S. J., in 't Veld, A. C., Postema, F. N., 2011. Static and dynamic angles of repose in loose granular materials under reduced gravity. Journal of Geophysical Research 116, E11004."
So, yes, I'd say they did take into account the low gravity.
Either way, it's a bunch of people saying "fuck you" to the NSA.
The NSA can eat shit
You want to understand why the rest of the world is starting to lose patience for America? The NSA and their spying is a pretty good example -- self entitled assholes who think their wishes trump everything else.
The rest of us have no interest in giving up our rights for your benefit. Just because you guys are giving up all of yours doesn't mean we need to, or should continue to respect you.
Protip: every country spies.
That way, kids [are] less likely to go rooting through bedroom drawers.
That's asinine. Since when do educated kids not snoop around for things to play with and get into trouble?
Also, the parent keeping a gun in a bedroom drawer and not locked in a safe with a child in the house is doing it absolutely wrong.
I question how the motivation behind developing this app differs from, say, developing an app to allow others to publicly geotag homes of people believed to belong to a particular religion or political party.
How is it different? The public is legitimately concerned with its safety when firearms are involved. While someone wielding a Bible or campaign pin could technically kill you, it's VASTLY easier for someone wielding a gun to kill you.
"average" has many meanings, the simple median, mean, and mode among them. In this case, and in most others where you care about position within a distribution the median is the "average" that is actually relevant - the amount made "by the average Joe". The mean will almost always be biased significantly higher due to extreme income inequality.
Mean - average Median - the center value Mode - the largest group.
Mean is a strict average, and is thrown off if the distribution isn't even. Median is the middle. Half the people are making more, half are making less.
Mode is what the majority of people belong to.
You can't derive "the average joe" from any of those figures. Mode might give the best guess, but if's just the population with the largest grouping.
Mean and Median can be fooled quite easy by large populations at the extreme - mean is easy to see why, Median just means the center value and it reveals nothing with the distribution.
What you really need is the income distribution curve and figure out what the standard deviation is. If everything is a nice Gaussian distribution, the mean, median and mode will be identical. But once things get skewed, all three figures will be all over the place and the numbers are rather meaningless.
Small correction: mode would be the range that the plurality of people belong to, not necessarily (and not likely) the majority.
To a broader point, the median household income is far from meaningless. You just have to have an understanding of what it represents. Yes, that means knowing that 50% of the subject population make more; and 50% make less meaning that, if that stat is taken alone, you can really only tell if you're in the top or bottom half. The more factors you start to look at, the better the information you can gleam about where you fall in the population.
Probably the best example is unemployment. What would a lower median income and higher unemployment/underemployment tell you? It means the jobs aren't necessarily paying that much less than in other places with slightly higher median incomes, just that there are a lot more people making very little on unemployment/underemployment. However, if there's a higher median income AND a higher unemployment/underemployment, you could say that even the lower level jobs in the area are paying pretty well, you just might have a harder time finding one.
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BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, has capacity on its balance sheet for opportunistic mergers and acquisitions and may target copper, energy and potash, Chief Executive Officer Marius Kloppers said.
"The balance sheet has got capacity" for sizable M&A, Kloppers, 48, told reporters at a briefing in London. "Opportunity has always been the limiting factor, not ability to fund, and I don't think that that has changed."
BHP today said second-half profit climbed to a record $13.1 billion, beating analyst estimates, after prices of copper, iron ore and coal reached all-time highs on Chinese demand. The Melbourne-based company agreed to buy Petrohawk Energy Corp. for $12.1 billion in July, adding to a $4.75 billion purchase of Chesapeake Energy Corp. shale gas assets in March.
"It's fairly clear that major acquisitions from a regulatory perspective in iron ore and potentially even in coking coal would be quite difficult," Kloppers said. "Non-organic growth really has got to come from perhaps base metals, copper, or petroleum, oil and gas, or potentially in potash. The universe of potential things that we would be interested in is not that large."
BHP, a partner in the world's biggest exporter of coking coal and the third-largest shipper of iron ore, rose 2.3 percent to 1,932.5 pence by the 4:30 p.m. close of London trading.
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BHP is "very comfortable" with gearing of about 27 percent after the Petrohawk deal, Kloppers told Bloomberg Television in an interview. Prior to the acquisition, the company had gearing of 9 percent as of June 30, it said today in a statement.
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Jason Kidd refused breath and blood tests for alcohol after crashing his sport utility vehicle in the Hamptons, according to details released by Southampton Town Police Monday.
The 39-year-old NBA player, who signed with the New York Knicks less than two weeks ago, "smelled heavily of an alcoholic beverage" and was "very unsteady on his feet" when he exited his 2010 Cadillac Escalade, according to a report by Melissa R. Elliston, the officer who arrested and charged Mr. Kidd at the scene with driving while intoxicated.
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This chapter explores key issues that have impacted on the nursing role in the clinical setting. Since the early 1960s, there has been great change in the content of medical and nursing work. Such change has occurred as a result of technological, professional, political and more recently, economic pressures. The fact that health care service workload continues to increase, is undeniable. From 1990 to 1998, acute activity in the UK rose by 38 per cent, and emergency admissions rose by 28 per cent from 1992 to 1998 (Buchan and Edwards 2000). This has resulted in an ambitious employment strategy (DoH 2000b) at a time when recruitment and retention of medical and non-medical health care staff is problematic (Caines 2001). This situation is not unique to the UK, with similar trends being noted worldwide (World Health Organisation 2001). Whilst all health care staff have been required to re-consider the remit and content of their work activities, it has been nursing and other non-medical staff who have predominantly developed their roles in order to meet the increasing service demand.
In this chapter, the impact of such pressures, at a time when the nursing profession is pushing its academic, clinical and professional boundaries, are explored, and the responses made by nursing to such changes are discussed. To illustrate the key issues raised in greater contextual depth, I will introduce the clinical field of intensive care. From examination of developments within this specialism, I make explicit the influence on the nursing role. Through this section, I hope that the reader will also become oriented to the specific clinical environment that acts as the central focus of this book.
In this section, a contemporary review of clinical role developments is undertaken encompassing both national and international perspectives. This review will demonstrate that there is clear evidence about the drivers for workforce developments in health care and that there remains much confusion about the developing role of the nurse per se. Several issues will be clearly evident: that


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What are your field trips???
any field trips this week???
no real field trips this week just a few outings she considered field trips...lol :)
she got to go to the doctor with her aunt & hear her unborn cousin's heartbeat & to the laundry mat to do some laundry that was to big for our washer. she was excited by the laundry mat since it was a place she has never been before, we have a washer & dryer so it was a chance to see how others do laundry.
we do not have museums or zoos local to us. we have to really plan ahead to do things like that since they are over an hour away. we try to make the best of what we have :)


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Death is sad, always. Let's just get that out of the way. Perhaps not for the dearly departed, but for those that are left behind that are closest to them. However, that does not make every death a tragedy. It's tragic when children die, regardless of the cause. Children by definition are innocent so their deaths are always felt more. The events of 09.11.2001 were a tragedy. Terrorist actions anywhere in the world are a tragedy. It was a tragedy when over 2,000 British and American soldiers needlessly died or were injured at the Battle of New Orleans 16 days after a peace treaty had been signed to end the War of 1812.
The death of the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Brown, Jr. doesn't reach that level. His death is sad, and his family, friends, and teammates will surely miss him, and for them, it may appear to be a tragedy. It's not. At best, it is simply a horrible accident born out of Josh Brent driving at irresponsible speeds. If published reports are true, and Josh Brent failed a field sobriety test, then it was a senseless, stupid loss of life.
I've never been a professional athlete, so I can't say with certainty what is going on in their minds in the moments before an incident like this occurs. I imagine that in the case where they drive while under the influence, their line of thinking is similar to non-athletes the nation over: "I can handle my liquor. I can drive, let's go." Maybe there's a little god-complex mixed in, too. Perhaps for some, reaching the pinnacle of their chosen career makes them feel invincible. Maybe the feeling of invincibility is a necessity to make it as a professional athlete. I simply don't know.
When incidents like Jerry Brown, Jr.'s death are spoken of as 'tragedy', it does a true disservice not only to the word, but to the situation. If the reports end up being true, and Brent was driving while intoxicated the message that comes from every corner of the landscape should be loud and clear: "DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE!" It's simply ridiculous that grown men cannot be responsible enough to make plans for how they're going to get around when they know they are going out drinking. There are car services, there are taxis, and I'm certain that there are a plethora of people who would be available to come help out with one phone call. There's simply no excuse for anyone, but particularly a professional athlete who has reached the highest level of the game he plays. Be responsible. Watch out for your own life, and for the lives of those that you call friends.
If there can be any good that comes from a situation as terrible as this one, it might be that others will remember this incident the next time they think about getting behind the wheel after drinking. There's simply no reward to drinking and driving. In situations like this, it is always better to be safe.


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Race Entry Fees
Personalized bib deadline is August 9 @ 11:59 p.m.
VIP Experience
$45.00 until August 9
$50.00 until September 13
5K Run/Walk
$25.00 until March 29 @ 11:59 p.m.
$35.00 until August 9 @ 11:59 p.m.
$40.00 until September 8 @ 11:59 p.m
$50.00 at Packet Pick Up
Participants must be 5 years old to participate in 5K.
Sprint Triathlon
$95.00 until February 28 @ 11:59 p.m.
$110.00 until August 9 @ 11:59 p.m.
$125.00 until September 8 @ 11:59 p.m.
$130.00 at Packet Pick Up
Bike-Run Only
$85.00 until February 28 @ 11:59 p.m.
$90.00 until August 9 @ 11:59 p.m.
$95.00 until September 8 @ 11:59 p.m.
$100.00 at Packet Pick Up
Three-Person Relay Teams
$255.00 until March 1st @ 11:59 p.m.
$270.00 until August 9 @ 11:59 p.m.
$285.00 until September 8 @ 11:59 p.m.
$300.00 at Packet Pick Up
Two-Person Relay Teams
$180.00 until March 1st @ 11:59 p.m.
$190.00 until August 9 @ 11:59 p.m.
$200.00 until September 8 @ 11:59 p.m.
$210.00 at Packet Pick Up
IRONMAN Foundation - Team RWB
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Individual $200.00
Three-Person Relay Team $360.00
Two-Person Relay Team $280.00
TRIATHLON PARTICIPANTS ONLY Note there is an additional $12.00 fee for non-USAT members to cover your one-day permit through USAT.
You must be 15 years old to participate in the triathlon event.
Transfer & Refund Policies
All participant entries are non-transferable and non-refundable. You may not transfer or sell your race number to another person and we do not offer deferrals to events in the next season or another event in the series.
USAT Age Up Rule (TRIATHLON ONLY)
All USAT races, including the Iron Girl, will use the "Age Up Rule" for award distribution and ranking. The age up rule means you are racing based on your age as of 12/31/2015. This action aligns regular U.S. age group racing with the method used by USA Triathlon for its National Rankings Program
All participants are expected to attend packet pick up Saturday in person. This is due insurance liability mandates. All participants must show a photo ID, and all USAT annual members additionally must show their membership card. Per USAT rules, each participant must pick up their own packet. NO EXCEPTIONS. A unique wristband will be affixed at this time which must remain on through to the end of the race.
Learn more about USAT at www.usatriathlon.com.
Special notice to participants in regard to USAT Membership for Registration
Participants MUST bring proof of annual membership or purchase a one-day permit. Athletes who do not bring/show proof of membership must purchase a one-day OR will not be allowed to race. If you purchased the one day license when you registered, your name will be on a list we have and you do not need to bring anything other than photo ID.
Participants who forget their USAT membership cards will have four options:
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National Strategy
This document sets forth the US government's strategy in Iraq in keeping with its original mission as declared in 2003. It addresses political, economic, and security issues.
Published November 2005
This document sets forth the US government's strategy in Iraq in keeping with its original mission as declared in 2003. It addresses political, economic, and security issues.
Red Team provides an in-depth investigation into the work of red teams, revealing the best practices, most common pitfalls, and most effective applications of these modern-day devil's advocates. More
Ashley's War tells the poignant and gripping story of a groundbreaking team of female American warriors who served alongside Special Operations soldiers in Afghanistan. More
Smith's insightful book explores the policy issues testing the Japanese government as it tries to navigate its relationship with an advancing China. More
India now matters to U.S. interests in virtually every dimension. This Independent Task Force report assesses the current situation in India and the U.S.-India relationship, and suggests a new model for partnership with a rising India.
Rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries are increasing faster than in wealthier countries. The report outlines a plan for collective action on this growing epidemic.
This report asserts that elevating and prioritizing the U.S.-Canada-Mexico relationship offers the best opportunity for strengthening the United States and its place in the world.
Mac Thornberry, U.S. Representative (R-TX) and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, joins Princeton University's James Shinn...
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The Standard hotels are anything but! Check into our hotels in New York, Miami, and LA (virtually or for real) and make sure to explore some of our tips.
Dry martini
The hotel has a beautiful bar lounge with well-priced drinks...but service is slow
Amazing views and really great decor.
Definitely the place to be in summer.
Upstairs you have the Boom Boom Room, whose views of the city is unparalleled, and Le Bain, perhaps the only place where you can gaze over Manhattan in a hot tub with a vodka tonic in your hand.
IT is a must visiting New York. Have a drink and watch the view. Dress code at night
Walk along the old raised railway line, lots of flowers and cool views (into people's apartments for deviates like yourself.)
The best view from toilet in the whole of NYC! Haha
Walk right under it! Stay there to avoid the wait and fees for the rooftop entertainment
It is indeed a nice hotel overlooking MPD
Amazing cocktails, live music and great views!
Fantastic oasis in the city
Great location, beautiful rooms with awesome views
Breakfast, whole wheat pancakes, omelette, cappucino
Amazing view 😍
Amazing hotel - from the design to the service, The a Standard is exceptional.
Good for a sunset view.
Great drinks!! Great mai tais, excellent wine choices. Salmon with creamed spinach A+ highly recommend
My go to stay-cation spot 😍 perfect for a sexy-chic little getaway
Trendy hotel! Fashion everywhere! Great rooftop! Good restaurants! Best neighborhood! But NY have better luxurious hotels at the same price!
Outstanding views of the Hudson & High Line. Enjoy the beer garden, nightclub, hotel bars & hotel restaurants!
Love this place, great ambience
Looking for a room with a view? Look no further.
The best hotel for its rooftop bar restaurant and night club. Must check in summer.
There are more drug dealers hawking coke and Molly outside this hotel on a Thursday night than the parking lot of any phish show. Also on Tuesday and Wednesday
The worst hotel's service I've ever seen!
Rooftop bar has beautiful view!
Art in the street
Amazing view and good cocktails
I keep coming back. Very comfortable beds, great design, exceptional service, and incredible views.
The views are amazing! Go early as it gets crowded
If you are a guy go early along with girls, sometimes bouncers are terrible.
Treat yourself and spend a night here. Awesomely designed rooms with beds you won't want to get out of. Eat at The Standard Grill downstairs.
Get a corner room and enjoy the view
Try the restroom with the amazing view of the city! Best experience ever!
The High Line's headline hotel is a starry creation astride the railway, looking out over the park and the Hudson River. Read more
The Lower West Side design hotel offers more than sexy rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows. Note its rooftop bar & disco, Le Bain, as well as its popular, Bavarian-style beer garden. Read more
Best location in Manhattan for night life
Hippest hotel in New York.
Rooftop for NYFW 2014
Private party at the rooftop before 10pm. Not fair.
Built directly over the High Line, this André Balazs property offers outstanding views of the park and the Hudson River. Base yourself at this hotspot to soak in all this neighborhood has to offer. Read more
Very very cool place. Try to book a room with the sky line and hudson river view...well worth the money ! Tip: Room 1620! I know trust me.
A classic German beer garden with a sleek, yet subtle, downtown twist. Read more
Note its rooftop bar and disco, Le Bain, as well as its popular, Bavarian-style beer garden. Read more
You'll drool over the modern rooms (dig the soaking tubs) and the outdoor biergarten for the simple fact that it offers sausages, pretzels, world-class Bavarian brews and ping pong. Read more
Great view
Rooms with skyline or river views complement the German Biergarten and swanky Living Room lounge. - Google
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Stayed during a G Adventures trip for two nights. Rooms were very hot with no air conditioning. No hot water for showers. Far from the beach along a dirt road that was hard to walk on. Free wifi in the lobby. Breakfast was average.
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Software Requirements for Reporting Services
This topic identifies the software prerequisites and requirements for each Reporting Services component. Prerequisites are items that must be installed or configured on the computer that the components are being installed on in order for setup to run without error. These prerequisites are shown in the Setup wizard.
Required software components are additional software components that should be installed on the computer, but the absence of which will not cause setup to fail. However, their absence may cause features to not be available for installation, or features to not work after setup has completed. You can configure the computer after setup has finished to get the features to work.
For example, during installation, you can select the report server to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Setup checks to see if an SSL certificate is present on the computer. If it is not, you will receive a message indicating that SSL is not available. You must either install SSL and continue with the installation, or select to not use SSL at this time and later configure the report server for this feature. These system requirements and prerequisites are verified and displayed to you on the System Requirements Check dialog.
Setup Prerequisites
The following prerequisites are required by Setup.
Distributed Transaction Coordinator Service
Setup requires the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) service. Before you run setup, verify that the startup type for the service is set to Automatic or Manual. To view service state, point to Administrative Tools in Control Panel and click Services. To change the startup type, right-click Distributed Transaction Coordinator, and then click Properties.
Installation points
You can run setup from the product CD-ROM, from a file share expressed in Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format, or from a local folder. You cannot run setup from a mapped drive to a network share.
Component Setup Requirements
The following table lists the components of Reporting Services, and the required software and configuration settings on the computer before a given component is installed.
|Report server
|Web server with ASP.NET and Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or higher.
MDAC 2.6 or higher.
Connection to SQL Server 2000 SP3a instance.
Default Web site accessible through http://<servername>.
For Windows 2003, the computer must be configured as an application server.
For Windows 2003 to use the network service account to run the ReportServer service, you need SQL Server QFE 859. To download the QFE, go to Microsoft Support. Note that after you install the hotfix, you cannot rename columns in Enterprise Manager. Consider using a different account if you do not want to apply the hotfix.
|Report Manager
|Web server with ASP.NET.
IIS 5.0 or later installed and configured.
Default website accessible through http://<servername>.
|Report server database
|Server with SQL Server 2000 SP3a.
|Report Designer
|Client workstation with Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET 2003 or another product that provides the Visual Studio 2003 shell (such as Visual Basic .NET 2003 or Visual C# .NET 2003) and MDAC 2.6 or higher.
|Administrative tools and utilities
|Client workstation with access to a report server.
|Reporting Services Books Online
|Client workstation, no prerequisites.
|Sample reports and applications
|Client workstation, no prerequisites.
If you need to install the MDAC 2.6 prerequisite, you can download MDAC from Data Access Downloads. System requirements and installation instructions are available with the download.
The following table associates the various Reporting Services editions with the client or server components available on each operating system.
|Operating system
|Evaluation Edition
|Server or client
|Win2000 with SP4, all editions.
Windows 2003, all editions.
|Standard Edition
|Windows 2000 Server with SP4 or later.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP4 or later.
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with SP4 or later.
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Datacenter Edition.
|Standard Edition
|Windows 2000, SP4 or later.
Windows XP Professional with SP1 or later.
|Enterprise Edition
|Windows 2000 Server with SP4 or later.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP4 or later.
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with SP4 or later.
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Datacenter Edition..
|Enterprise Edition, client components only
|Windows 2000, SP4 or later.
Windows XP Professional with SP1 or later.
|Developer Edition
|Server or Client
|Windows XP Professional with SP1 or later.
Win2000 with SP4, all editions.
Windows 2003, all editions.
General Requirements
This section lists the software components that are required for some features to function. They should be installed on the computer that the Reporting Services components are being installed on, but their absence does not cause Setup to fail. However, their absence may cause features to not be available for installation, or features to not work after Setup has completed.
Secure Sockets Layer
If you want to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to secure data on your reports, an SSL certificate must be installed on the machine and associated with the default web site on the machine that will be hosting the report server. Installing report server fails if the checkbox regarding the use of SSL on the Reporting Services Virtual Directories dialog is checked, but an SSL certificate is not installed on the machine that is hosting the report server and associated with the default web site. You can configure report server to use SSL for requests that contain sensitive data either during Setup (SSL checkbox) or in the configuration file (SecureConnectionLevel property).
If you configure the report server to use SSL during Setup, the certificate must be installed and associated with the Default web site in IIS. Setup also checks the value of the Require Secure Channel (SSL) checkbox, which is located in the Directory Security tab of the Default web site properties page. If the Require Secure Channel (SSL) checkbox is checked, then the configuration element SecureConnectionLevel is set to 3, which is the most secure and restrictive level. Otherwise, the value of the SecureConnectionLevel element is set to 2.
If, after Setup is run, the Require Secure Channel (SSL) checkbox is checked, the configuration file element SecureConnectionLevel is not modified from 2 to 3. You must manually change the value. For more information on how to change the SecureConnectionLevel in the configuration file, see Using Secure Web Service Methods.
Other Requirements
For viewing reports, users generally access reports and manage the report server through a Web browser. There are no minimum operating system requirements for viewing published reports, except that the browser used to access the reports must support HTML 3.2. For the browser used to access and manage a report server using Report Manager, the client computer must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), with scripting enabled. For more information about browsers and their use in viewing reports and managing reports, see Browser Types Supported by Reporting Services.
Edition Compatibility
Not all editions of Reporting Services can create a report server database on all editions of SQL Server 2000 SP3a. Setup determines whether the SQL Server edition can support a report server database, based on the following table.
|Edition of Reporting Services
|Valid edition of SQL Server
|Standard, Enterprise
|Standard, Enterprise
|Standard, Enterprise, Developer
|Standard, Enterprise, Developer, Evaluation
Component Update
When installing Reporting Services, several components need to be installed or updated in order for the installation to run correctly. The Component Update dialog of the Setup wizard lists the features that will be installed or updated. The components that are installed or updated may be one or more of the following:
- Windows Installer 2.0
- Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Setup Support Files
Once these components have been installed, they cannot be uninstalled or rolled back by Setup.
See Also
Editions of Reporting Services
Introducing Reporting Services
Hardware Requirements for Reporting Services
Choosing the Reporting Services Installation Method
Reporting Services Component Overview


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More than 70 percent of IT budgets are spent on operations and maintenance.2 System administrators face extraordinary demands as they plan IT infrastructures. But they also need to deploy assets to meet current needs and optimize them for maximum performance. More and more organizations are virtualizing their IT environments, and administrators face the daunting task of monitoring a complex infrastructure and fixing problems as they arise. These tasks may be complicated by multiple, non-integrated tools that offer limited automation and the explosion of data that is stressing limited resources—budget, people, power, storage capacity and floor space.
To meet today's complex and ever-changing business demands, you need a solid base of compute, storage, networking and software resources that is simple to deploy and can quickly and automatically adapt to changing conditions.
1+ IBM laboratory measurements taken in August 2010.
2+ National Analysts, "IBM Market Intelligence Time to Value Study," November 2011.
|Integrated management with IBM Flex System Manager
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|Maximum drives supported
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|Chassis support
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|Management software
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|Advanced features included with each system
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My neighbor lost his first wife, when his son was a senior in high school. Last year, he lost that same, now 25 year old son. When he lost his first wife, I prayed God would send him a good woman, and he did! They've been married for 5 years! All buttercream! TFL
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