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Legal Risks of IT Outsourcing & Remedies when gone awry
There is a great temptation for businesses to outsource IT functions to other countries, as part of cost containment efforts. While saving money on the front-end appears appealing, careful thought should be given as to whether this is a penny-wise, pound-foolish approach. When an outsourced IT project goes awry, the burden and expense of remediating the problem can be astronomical. And at times the only way to try to be made whole is to prosecute litigation against the IT companies who 'got it wrong,' either based on incompetence or even outright deception
May 27 2010
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I am somewhat reassessing my plan for the 8 day ride.
Initially, my goal was to circle the whole state, less "Downstate". My estimation was 1200 miles. I came to the conclusion that I should break it down to an 800 mile ride. I prefer slightly unreasonable goals to totally unreasonable. I figured that that 800 miles would cover the majority of what I wanted to cover anyway.
Now that I am into detail planning, I am finding my "800 mile" route is in actuality 988 miles, so my initial 1200 estimate for the whole state is way short. So I am now wrestling with the "is 988 too much?", as it is 8 back to back 120 mile days. Should I just plan 7 centuries, and give myself cushion? I think 7 centuries on the single speed may be sufficiently undoable to meet my needs.
With hiking and cycling, I like to set unreasonable goals that I am not guaranteed to meet. I hit 85-90% of them, but push hard to do. So if something is too easy, I don't do it, but unreachably hard I give up on. So I have to find that balance.
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I live my life as a practice drill for local rescue organizations.
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Who does seven centuries on a single speed? Crazy people.
Anyone see the Baum Corretto with the gulf oil paint? It's hot.
I might be a sucker for that color scheme. Bosberg, gulf oil CAAD10.
Not sure.
Moose back in the post-divorce days in a cramped apartment.
Cramped or no, you see I wasn't about to dispose of my Continental.
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdonSee, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smartkinsonTitanium Division
That Baum frameset is $8k. That's crazy talk.
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LAS CRUCES >> On a wide swath of too-often dry and usually wind-swept land along the northern reaches of White Sands Missile Range, ranchers and the military have long ridden herd on a cooperative, if occasionally grudging, relationship.
Now, the recent approval of the SunZia transmission line through the missile range — a compromise between the Department of Defense and the Bureau of Land Management in May — has again stirred concerns about access to federal lands and government transparency.
Tucked away in the national defense authorization act is a line that provides for "further withdrawal of federal land and transfer to White Sands Missile Range." That line, if given congressional approval and a presidential signature, would essentially shift control of 328,729 acres of BLM land to the DOD. It would only affect future utility construction across the military testing and training grounds and would have no impact on hunting or grazing leases that are in place, nor affect the planned SunZia transmission line, said U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M.
The change would give the DOD and WSMR an effective last word when deciding if future construction could take place on the range and the northern buffer zone currently controlled by BLM. BLM would still maintain the grazing and hunting leases and other land-management decisions, he said.
At issue is a corridor created to allow for the SunZia transmission line, which included an agreement that several portions of the line would be buried — five miles in all. The proposed transmission line will connect and deliver electricity generated in New Mexico and Arizona to population centers in the Southwest. The SunZia Southwest Transmission Project is planned to be about 515 miles of two single-circuit 500 kilovolt transmission lines and associated substations that interconnect SunZia with numerous 345 kilovolt lines in both states.
Pearce opposed the transmission line because of possible impact on training missions that could devalue the missile range's viability, and the possibility that would create a climate where the range could be closed in the future or its use lessened, he said.
Further construction along the same route could increase the chances of mission reduction at the range, he said. And having multiple agencies with possibly conflicting interests was not in the best interest of the range.
"The Department of Defense will be the dominant partner in this deal," Pearce said. "We're saying, 'look you can't have a split jurisdiction.'"
But there is history that has some ranchers concerned. When the range was formed in the 1940s, ranchers' land was leased and, in the 1970s, taken permanently to expand the area available for testing. Since then, what is known as the northern extension area — composed of private ranches and public lands leased to ranchers between U.S. 60 and N.M. 380 — has often been evacuated as a precaution when missile tests are scheduled.
"As ranchers, we all know it all boils down to DOD and national security against 40 ranchers," said Wes Wrye, who, along with his family, has been ranching in the northern extension area, near Bingham, for 80 years. "We are all team players. We don't want that transmission line going through there. But we are concerned about that land being turned over to DOD."
Pearce, by phone, held a meeting with members of the White Sands Missile Range Ranchers' Committee last week to ease fears of restricted access for grazing and hunting on what is now BLM land on which the SunZia line is to be built.
"I'm extremely concerned about any takings of land or property," Pearce said. "I'll fight the military. I will fight the government to prevent this. We are very sensitive to this.
"We took this (proposed land swap) to the Resources Committee, not the Armed Forces Committee," he added. "We want something that will protect the ranchers, hunters and fishers. We don't want the property devalued because of this change. But let's get rid of this quandary about who makes this (potential future development) decision. Let's protect this and get it done."
Wrye said the ranchers involved understand the need to maintain WSMR's capability, while retaining historic agricultural use of the land.
"Everyone is afraid that this is going to become a utility corridor for out-of-state corporations to cross the state," he said. "There's not one solution. It's kind of a tough deal. There was a lot of misinformation cleared up (in the meeting with Pearce). There is a lot of work to be done. There is not a solution that everybody would be happy with."
Ray Powell, New Mexico's land commissioner, has concerns about public input in the decision and agency transparency as well.
"We haven't been consulted on that at all," he said. "The major areas of concern are moving this land from an agency that is focused on multiple use — that has a lot of access for agriculture, community, sportsmen and recreationists — to another agency whose mission is national defense, who may not have that as a priority."
Any limitations on access would have a significant impact on the state's ability to maximize revenue for the state's schools — the beneficiary of leased state land, Powell said.
And, he added, more discussion must be held with full public input and with an eye toward allowing future development in the form of other utilities to access the SunZia line to promote the state's green-energy industry.
"I don't see how that's possible if you preclude any other entities to plug into that project," Powell said. "The hope would be to put sunshine on this issue and get all the parties to talk about this. If someone is suddenly able to drop the hammer without public participation, that would not be a good thing."


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The Liv / Giant Avail Composite 1 is a striking, aerodynamic ride with excellent components, designed for all-day endurance riding. However, we'll come to all those aspects later because what really stands out is the ease with which you can change from the small to the large chainring on the compact chainset (50/34 tooth ratio) thanks to Shimano Ultegra gearing, which although not electronic, is electrifyingly good. If you've ever had difficulties pushing a stiff gear lever across with the overstretched fingers of your left hand mid-race, having to take your hand off the handlebars and use the whole thing, or even giving up entirely and pulling it across with your right hand, you'll know what I'm talking about. On the Avail Composite 1 however, you can flick instantly to the large chainring, proving both satisfying in training and blimin' hallelujah-worthy in races where the last thing you want is to miss out on the first stages of a place-gaining downhill because you're fighting with a gear lever.
So what about the rest of the bike? Well seeing as we're on the subject of the second-to-elite-level Shimano Ultegra gearing, I'll continue, and to balance it out let's address one of the downsides. In my opinion there needs to be a couple more teeth on that lovely, easily accessed large chainring. There are 50, but I'm spinning out down hill in mildly undulating Lincolnshire, so it's no match for the mountainous Lake District. And seeing as downhills are the only time I'll ever overtake anyone, powering down in a big gear is important to me. On the other hand, the 34 teeth on the small chainring allow you to take it easy up most hills, from Lincolnshire to the Lakes and everything in between. Well, with a bit of out-of-the-saddle and a lot of puffing that is in my case…However, this 50/34 compact chainring combination is common to all the other makes of bikes I've compared the Liv/Giant to, so this is just a personal opinion.
Bar the Shimano 105 10 speed cassette (11-28 tooth ratio), the whole groupset is Shimano Ultegra, so you're getting top notch, slick-moving componentry here. The brake levers are easily adjusted via a screw to accommodate smaller women's hands, and are quick and responsive on the Giant P-SL1 Wheel System which are strong yet light at 1187g/1776g front/back. The tyres they provide out of the box, the Giant P-R3 with Flat Guard, have harder rubber protection at the centre and provide excellent grip so I feel much more confident cornering at speed than ever before. A recent ride in the rain proved the quality of the braking, and while I definitely took the corners more steadily, my confidence in the tyre performance was confirmed.
However, during the course of just one month I got no less than four punctures, one front and three back. So despite their very pleasing performance when not succumbing to thorns, sharp rocks or pothole pinches, the Giant P-R3 tyres are just not tough enough. I haven't had any punctures on any of the other bikes I've ever tested on the same commuting route so this bike has been a joy, yet also a, "Not again!" nightmare to ride too many times. Get some more robust tyres on and the whole story would be different.
The frame uses Giant's Composite Technology, high performance T-600 Carbon Fibre. It's certainly light (7.87kg without pedals) and absorbs road buzz nicely, and it's modified monocoque construction means that the front triangle is assembled and molded as one continuous piece, then joined to the rear chainstays and seatstays in a secondary process. This eliminates the outermost woven composite sheet which reduces the weight of the bike without affecting the ride quality, strength or stiffness. The aero seat tube is made from Giant Vector Composite. This results in an aerodynamic bike that cuts through the wind on anything from an hours commute to a whole day sportive.
On plenty of Sunday morning and commuting rides around hilly Lincolnshire and not-so-hilly Cambridgeshire, I found the geometry of the Avail Composite 1 made for a very responsive ride that encourages pace. You feel efficient on climbs and sprints, but at the same time comfortable as the bike is designed especially for female riders as part of the dedicated brand Liv/Giant. The top tube slopes down, decreasing the standover height (height of the top tube from the ground) which is better for shorter female riders and reduces the weight of the front and rear triangles.
The Avail Composite 1 also features Giant's OverDrive steerer tube which is oversized for better handling and slightly taller to help your position on endurance rides. The Fi'zi:k Vesta saddle with manganese rails also helps with comfort. It feels good, cushioned in all the right places, but as a recent convert to Adamo double-pronged saddles, I must confess to swapping the provided saddle over to my other road bike. Whenever ridden, the Fi'si:k performed well however and felt comfortable for short journeys.
All in all, this lightweight carbon fibre bike has performed excellently on all durations of riding in hilly and undulating areas. The Shimano Ultegra gearing works brilliantly - quick and easy, so if you were thinking of upgrading to electronic gearing, fear not, you don't need to shell out. For an extra £850 you can get electronic Shimano Ultegra Di2 gearing on the Giant/Liv Avail Composite 0, but I'd say save yourself the money - plain Ultegra is good enough. This bike is a good compromise for women who don't want to fork out for the lightest weight carbon fibre frame and wheels, but do want to change gear efficiently. But you will have to change to some more robust tyres!
At a glance
|A high-performance, light, carbon fibre bike with quick, easy-shifting gears designed for endurance riding, but you will need to upgrade to tougher tyres.
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I spoke with producer Butch Vig at length about the all-analog approach he took to recording the Foo Fighters' kick-ass new album Wasting Light (Roswell/RCA) in bandleader Dave Grohl's garage.
"We've got about 6,000 songs to play for you tonight," Geddy Lee said to raucous cheers during the first set break at Rush's return to Madison Square Garden last night. Well, give or take some 5,974 other choices, the Canadian trio powered through 26 tracks at the NYC stop of the Time Machine 2011 tour. The set has remained the same since the two shows I saw last summer (Jones Beach in July, PNC Bank Arts Center in September), but hold your fire—the musicianship and vigor never waned.
In anticipation of the 30th anniversary reissue of Rush's truly seminal Moving Pictures as both CD+DVD (April 5) and CD+BD (May 3) deluxe editions, with PCM 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround-sound mixes by Richard Chycki, I'm dipping into my personal Rush interview archive to present a truly exclusive, incremental look at how the band's attitude toward bringing its vaunted studio material into the surround-sound arena has literally changed from "no" to "go" over the last decade.
"It's a timeless record with so much detail," says surround-sound remix guru Richard Chycki about Rush's 1981 masterpiece, Moving Pictures. "I'm glad you've clued into all of the nuances." Chycki is referring to what I said to him last week about the PCM 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mixes he did for MP's 30th anniversary reissue. Today marks the release of the CD+DVD version, something certainly worth getting if you're not equipped for Blu-ray — but the much preferred Holy Grail CD+BD version won't be out until May 3.
One of the very first things we saw in Season 2 of Lost was a needle dropping on the title track of Mama Cass's 1969 album, Make Your Own Kind of Music, inside "The Hatch" (a.k.a. "The Swan"), the underground locale that drove much of that season's action.
Godsmack, Boston's multiplatinum metal growlers, took the nation by storm this past April by debuting at #1 with their heavy-hitting, aptly named fourth album, IV (Republic/Universal). And though the band's drummer Shannon Larkin loves his iPod ("every single song on it came from my own collection"), he still has a thing for CDs.


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Moneywise Customer Service Awards 2015
We want you to tell us which financial services providers offer outstanding customer service and great value for money and those that don't.
We all value customer service, but it's especially important in the world of financial services. Good customer service breeds trust – and we're more likely to trust the firms that treat us right.
Now in its seventh year, the survey asks you to vote for the financial providers you rate most highly, based on the customer service experience you've had, so we can discover who are Britain's most trusted companies. We also want to know which firms are failing consumers.
The survey is now closed. Many thanks for all those who participated. The winners can be found here.
There's a £1,000 cash prize up for grabs as well as M&S five shopping vouchers of £100 each. Plus, we're also offering a free copy of Moneywise magazine delivered to your door as a thank you for taking part.
The results of the survey form the basis for our Moneywise Customer Service Awards. So cast your vote now and help us find Britain's most trusted companies.
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|Lindsay Sinclair, chief executive
"The Moneywise Customer Service Awards are like a barometer of best service within financial services. Unlike many other awards, these are voted for by real customers who have used the companies themselves. We are especially proud of our previous award wins and hope to maintain our winning streak in 2014!"
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FrontlineGeneral Frontline General YKTTW Discussion
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A general who spends more time on the frontline than in the war room.Tropeworthy? Description Needs Help Needs Examples
"There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer. Rally behind the Virginians!"A general officer -- though not necessarily a Four-Star Badass -- who spends more time leading his men at the frontline battlefields like a junior/field officer does than sitting in the war room and working on theater-level strategic plans. Depending on the setting or the branch of the military, this can be easily justified; a fleet of ships, or even a single larger ship such as a modern Supercarrier, will often be commanded by a Rear Admiral or higher. Pre-Radio Age armies would also be often directly commanded by generals on the field, too, to the point where it was almost common for generals to be killed in battle. In a modern land army, however, such a thing would be very unusual, and typically would only happen if the country gets invaded by complete surprise, and/or the enemy gets very deep very fast. Contrast Armchair Military (a.k.a. "Chairborne Ranger" in US Marine Corps lingo). See Outranking Your Job when this is taken too far. May overlap with Royals Who Actually Do Something in fantasy or historical settings. But doing this increases the chance of a Keystone Army by a lot. A Decapitated Army may result if the general dies.
-- General Barnard Bee at the First Battle of Manassas during The American Civil War
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- Prevalent in Star Wars:
- The Jedi in all Clone Wars-related media, such as Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, and the animated series Clone Wars and The Clone Wars. They are all automatically generals, and prefer to command from the frontlines. Probably because they don't fear enemy blaster fire. Pong Krell form The Clone Wars is an exception, preferring to stay in the back. But he has a good reason to do that. He's killing as many clones as possible and using Hollywood Tactics before he officially betrays the Republic.
- On the flip side, General Grievous was often on the front line during the Clone Wars.
- In The Empire Strikes Back the Empire's General Maximilian Veers not only prepares his troops for the Hoth surface attack, he's aboard the lead AT-AT that fires the shots which destroy the Alliance's power generators. He paid a price though: in the novelization Hobbie Klivian (Rogue Two) crashed his damaged snowspeeder into Veers' cockpit a couple minutes later. Veers survived but both his legs had to be amputated. His Rebel counterpart Carlist Rieekan was more cautious, commanding from an Echo Base bunker rather than the front lines.
- By the time of the Battle of Endor both Lando Calrissian and Han Solo were Generals. These men blew up the second Death Star and personally led the ground assault on its shield generator respectively. Admiral Ackbar also commanded from the front, leading to his legendary line "It's a trap!"
- Patton. The title general is portrayed this way several times. During the battle with the 10th Panzer he's on the front lines giving tactical orders. During the invasion of Sicily he's shown scouting out a ford across a river while under enemy artillery fire. On several other occasions he's depicted driving around in battle areas.
- In Gettysburg, Lee warns General Longstreet against his habit of going too far forward, as he's already lost a number of his generals (particularly Stonewall) to this trope and he feels he cannot spare Longstreet.
- Star Wars Expanded Universe:
- After Wedge Antilles is promoted to general in Isard's Revenge, he still leads Rogue Squadron in the field for at least the remainder of the book. In later conflicts (among them Kueller's uprising and the Yuuzhan Vong War) he continues to put himself directly in harm's way, though not necessarily from a starfighter cockpit.
- The prequels weren't the first time the Jedi were Frontline Generals. During the Sith Wars of 4,000 and 1,000 BBY (seen in the Tales of the Jedi comics, Knights of the Old Republic, and the Darth Bane series among others), the Jedi frequently led the Republic military against Sith forces.
- In The Lord of the Rings, virtually anyone equivalent to a general (Eomer, Theoden, and eventually Aragorn) is only too glad to be right in the thick of it with their men.
- In A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones the noblemen and knights commanding armies often take to the field with their men, of particular note are Robb Stark and Tywin Lannister, even Tyrion rides into battle the few times he is trusted with men at arms.
- Played with in The Wheel of Time, where it's repeatedly stated that this is a bad idea, because the general makes of himself a target and if he's killed, his command is going to collapse. However, by dint of bad luck Mat keeps finding himself in the midst of the enemy force, especially if he was trying to lead his army in a retreat at the time (though, thanks to good luck, he then turns those debacles into crushing victories), and other generals have had times when they stay in or near the front lines because of a need to keep communication lines short or just because they just need every man they have.
- Stargate SG-1:
- General Hammond was more inclined to lead from the rear, but he wasn't above going into the field on occasion, most notably in "Into the Fire" where he rode second seat in a modified Death Glider to provide air support to the rescue of his troops.
- After O'Neill replaced Hammond for season 8, he likewise mostly stayed in the boardroom until his ATA gene was required to fly a puddle jumper in "It's Good to Be King". He took out a Goa'uld mothership with it.
- An actual game mechanic in Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000: the minimum to play is two units of troops and a general / HQ unit. Depending on their stats, you either keep them the hell away from attack (see Tau Ethereals) or are horrifying death machines to be rushed into melee as soon as possible (orks, some Chaos leaders). In the fluff, however, the less insane armies keep their high command well out of harm's way.
- Taken even further in Dawn of War: the Imperial Guard's general is their only melee unit until they get to the later tech tiers.
- In Stratego, the Field Marshal and the General are the two most powerful pieces on the board, and are often placed on the front lines for this reason. (Of course, it's dangerous for them to get too aggressive because of the risk of hitting a bomb.)
- The various incarnations of the G.I. Joe franchise have Hawk, a general who spends much of his time leading the G.I. Joe forces out in field.
- Whoever is made monarch at the end of Dragon Age: Origins (Anora, Alistair, or the Warden) will personally lead the armies against the Darkspawn in the endgame.
- An Escort Mission in the flight sim Sabre Ace Conflict Over Korea has you protecting General MacArthur as he flies up to the front lines for a personal inspection.
- Halo: Sangheili Generals are often seen battling with their men, kinda justified by their formidability in battle and extra-strength energy shields. Human generals are more practical, however, and remain safely in bases or command warships instead.
- Metroid: Other M: Adam Malkovich is a General, and leads a group of five men in a special-ops mission. Sometimes he is away in a command room, other times he is personally fighting with them.
- In Radiant Historia, Field Marshall Viola spends nearly the entire game on the front lines. Although she's highly formidable in combat, many characters point out the absurdity of having such a high ranking officer in the thick of battle; she's only there because the de facto leader of the country, General Hugo, fears her popularity and wants to get rid of her.
- Words Worth: While Sharon and Ceasar are the Tribe of Shadow's top generals, it's Sharon who is acknowledged as their fiercest combatant, and spends much of the series in the thick of battle. Which is how she gains the attention of King Fabris, who also exemplifies the trope.
- The "general" support unit in Rise of Nations is best kept slightly back from the front as he can't actually fight, but he does need to be nearby to provide the bonuses to your troops.
- StarCraft likes this.
- General Edmund Duke in StarCraft I isn't just a frontline general, but fully capable of soloing the mission you get to use him in (assuming you prioritize targets correctly and are willing to patch him up frequently). Unfortunately his tendency to lead from the front eventually gets him killed in Brood War, and he's for the most part a General Failure due to his unfortunate tendency to be on the opposite side from the player character.
- Protoss Executors and Dark Templar Prelates also do this, as evidenced by Tassadar and Zeratul, both of whom appear as powerful hero units on the front lines of several levels apiece.
- General Horace Warfield in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty takes the field with his Marines and fully qualifies for Four-Star Badass, killing an entire zerg force by himself at one point and losing an arm in the process.
- The Avatar in Fire Emblem Awakening can be this, depending on how much you use him/her.
- This was actually fairly common until recently and is at least as old as the Roman Empire. However in armies where there were actual generals (command and control specialists) as opposed to warleaders (badasses who point swords and say charge), the custom was to ride on a horse back and forth along the line allowing the commander to personally intervene in a crises. This was dangerous work in itself, often more dangerous then being a private. But it wasn't the same as personally using weapons.
- Lieutenant General Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson of the Confederate States of America received his famous moniker at the First Battle of Manassas when Brigadier General Barnard Bee, trying to rally his unit, saw Jackson sitting erect atop his horse in the midst of a barrage of Union gunfire and said the page quote. There's some debate behind the exact meaning of the statement[[labelnote:*]]Most view it as a rallying cry; others think Bee was angry at Jackson for not moving to support him.[[/labelnote]], however, given that Bee was ironically killed a few minutes later.
- General Erwin Rommel in World War II, who frequently got up front to see what was going on and was nearly captured on three different occasions: on the last time he tried to reach a war front, an Allied aircraft strafed and trashed his car, seriously wounding him. In more recent years: the Western intervention in Yugoslavia in the early 1990's saw a race between NATO and Russian troops to control a strategic airbase. The Russians got there within minutes of the British, who were ordered by the American general officer commanding to capture the airbase, whatever it took. Fortunately the British officer leading from the front was General Jackson, a man with the clout to take the radio, point out to the Yank that odd numbered world wars tend to begin in Yugoslavia, the next world war would be number three, an odd number, and he wasn't going to go down in history as the man who started World War Three for anybody. It is possible a lower-ranking officer might have been intimidated into doing something stupid.
Indexes: Characters as Device, Military and Warfare Tropes, Older Than Feudalism (from Real Life)
Quotes.Frontline General
- General Maximilian Veers: Distance to power generators?
Walker officer: One seven decimal two eight.
Veers: Target, maximum fire power.
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Helped by fewer medical claims and higher across-the-board revenue, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) on Thursday revealed a stronger-than-expected 10% gain in fourth-quarter profit.
The Minneapolis-based company posted net earnings of $1.04 billion, or 94 cents a share, compared with $944 million, or 81 cents a share, in the same quarter last year, beating the Street's view of 84 cents.
Revenue for the nation's largest managed-care company was $24.03 billion, up 10.3% from $21.78 billion a year ago, ahead of average analyst estimates polled by Thomson Reuters of $23.75 billion.
Growth was attributed by the health insurer to gains across four of its business units, including Medicare and Retirement, Community and State, Ingenix and Prescriptions. It also saw a boost from $200 million in favorable development in medical reserves established earlier in the year and $140 million in favorable prior-year reserve development.
The company's medical-benefits ratio, or the amount of premiums used to pay patient medical costs, declined to 79.6% from 81.3% a year ago. Health insurers have benefited in recent quarters from lower medical claims costs as people visit medical professionals less often in an effort to save money.
Looking ahead, UnitedHealth sees 2011 revenues of roughly $11 billion, a reflection of strong customer retention and new growth across its businesses. It also reaffirmed its earnings guidance in the range of $3.50 to $3.70 a share.
Also on Thursday, UnitedHealth announced the promotion of executive vice president David S. Wichmann to chief financial officer. Wichmann succeeds G. Mike Mikan, who had been CFO since 2006, and will now oversee the company's information-technology businesses.


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Iowa sophomore linebacker Quinton Alston said he is going to make his first collegiate start Saturday when the Hawkeyes stroll in to the Big House to take on nationally ranked Michigan at 11 a.m. on ESPN.
Alston stated Thursday night on his Facebook page that he was excited, blessed and thankful for the opportunity to be starting his first collegiate game.
That means Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz's hope to get his starting linebackers healthy was not successful.
"Guys that play a lot tend to be a little bit worn down or run down," Ferentz said Tuesday during his weekly press conference. "I think we have that case right now. But there's no reason to think that they don't have a chance to be ready Saturday, so that's what we have to do, get them ready to go."
No word was given yet on who Alston is starting for. He was listed behind middle linebacker James Morris on this week's depth chart, which was released Monday. Anthony Hitchens also was benched last week for what he called "performance reasons."
If Alston is starting Saturday, it will be for the first time in his career. He has played significant snaps this season but Iowa will still be losing a quality player in front of him, whoever that may be.


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12" Rey action figure?
I can't believe I'm using an ask on this but I can't google an answer on it. Is there a 12 inch action figure available for the Rey character in Star Wars? I want to get my daughter Finn and Rey as a pair of 12" dolls and Amazon has plenty of 12" Finns, but I can only find a 3.5" Rey there, and poking around online, I can't find anywhere selling or confirming that there is a 12" action figure for Rey - am I using the wrong name or is it possible that there really isn't a matching 12" figure for her?
A Long Time Ago in a Podcast Far, Far, Away...
As I delve deeper back into the sublime grip of Star Wars fandom (I had escaped for a while), I've decided that I'd like to add a podcast or two to my podcast listening habits. I've seen "Star Wars Minute" referenced in previous answers, but I was curious if there were any other Star Wars podcasts of top quality to listen to which MeFites would recommend?
How much gravitational force does the Death Star exert?
What would happen if Darth Vader parked his Death Star in our neighborhood? [more inside]
Physiology Question for Star Wars Fans
What is the appearance of Dathomiri blood? Color, viscosity, anything like that. [more inside]
What music is being used in this trailer?
There is a hilarious parody of the new Star Wars trailer done in the style of Wes Anderson. Does anyone know what music is being used? All I can tell is that the singing is in French. [more inside]
Slavery and sentience in Star Wars for droids?
My kids rewatched A New Hope this week, and I ended up lost on Wookieepedia trying to find a broadly-definitive (by fans, not so much Lucas) take on droids like C3PO and R2D2. I understand slavery of sentients was eventually outlawed by the New Republic, but are droids emancipated? Can a droid be a Jedi (I saw the Skippy story)? Are droids AI or something else? How is Jar Jar Binks considered fully sentient in law, but not R2D2? Can a droid be murdered? What about copying a droid - is that like cloning a sentient being? Droids 101, please
A cake recipe long ago in a galaxy far away...
I have this amazing Star Wars ships silicone moulded cake pan. I have no idea what kind of cake works best with it. What cake recipes work best with fancy moulds? Help me eat the Death Star!
You are my only hope, Obi-Mefi-Kenobi
Ok, I'm blowing my question on this because I can't find it and I need to watch it right now. There's a YouTube video of courier typewriter text and voice-over which talks about "A fucked up situation" that the author is recalling. If the title doesn't indicate enough of the video to you, spoilers below the fold to help you find it... because I can't find it. [more inside]
You're my only hopes.
I heard a snippet of a song this morning on the radio. It was an awesome Star Wars theme mix and included a snippet of the Cantina Band song and later, R2D2 noises. I must have! [more inside]
Star Wars EU: just the good parts.
What parts of the Star Wars Expanded Universe are worth exploring? [more inside]
What exactly did Disney get when they acquired Lucasfilm?
I'm trying to identify what assets were acquired in Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm. Since Disney is a publicly traded company, would this information be located in any type of detailed document? One area I'm particularly wondering about is movie props from the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films - does Disney own them or did Lucas keep them?
Two droids walk into a bar. And talk about death.
I remember reading a passage in a Star Wars novel in which R2-D2 and C-3PO have a conversation about death - both their own deaths, and what it is like to be a mechanical thing who has flesh and blood friends who will eventually die. I am pretty sure it was somewhere in the New Jedi Order, because it was definitely in the context of "OMG everyone is dying and what will happen to us" (probably after Chewbacca's death?), but also it could've been somewhere else. Which book was it in?! Google is failing me.
Help me get in to the world of cosplay and -cons
At 37 I am discovering my inner sci-fi and TV series/movie fandom. And my nine year old is already there. I am thinking we would probably enjoy comic-cons and other -cons, but have no idea how to research this. [more inside]
Getting back into Star Wars
I read the first six Young Jedi Academy books, but only a few of the adult expanded universe novels... and the ones I read I don't remember. What should I read before the new movie comes out in 2015? [more inside]
Sculpted (not printed) Han Solo in carbonite iPhone 4 case?
Are there any iPhone 4 cases that feature Han Solo frozen in carbonite that are sculpted/3d, and not printed? The only one I've managed to find is this, which seems a little dicey.
Star Wars novel where Han Solo uses an interstellar telescope?
Which Star Wars novel features a scene where (I believe) Han Solo is using a telescope to look at a planet in another system, and can resolve it well enough to actually see what people on that planet are doing X years ago, where X is the number of light years that planet is away from the one he's on?
Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner. Harrison Ford. A gun, a gun, a whip.
Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner. Harrison Ford is in all three movies, and he has a recognizable/signature weapon or tool in each one. Are there any other similarities between the three? [more inside]
Old-school Star Wars
What's the best way to watch the non-special versions of the original Star Wars movies? Is it worth getting the laserdiscs? [more inside]
I've got a bad feeling about this. Is there anything out there like Star Wars Arcade Falcon Gunner.
I love Star Wars Arcade Falcon Gunner. What other games for iPod Touch will I like? [more inside]
SantaFilter: My five-year-old son wants a "real" Star Wars light saber for Christmas.
There are approximately one billion models of light saber toys out there. I'm looking at reviews, but it occurs to me maybe someone here has a great rec for a sturdy, non-lame light saber toy. [more inside]
What fictional holidays can we celebrate this year?
What are your favorite fictional holidays? This winter, my partner and I want to celebrate as many Christmas-like made-up holidays as possible. Our list includes Hogswatch (Discworld), Winter Veil (World of Warcraft), Crimbo (from Kingdom of Loathing), Festivus (which is increasingly less fictional), Life Day (from the Star Wars Christmas Special), and the Ice Festival (from Maria V. Snyder's fantasy books). Are there any more that we can add to our calendar?
Show me the Awesome!
I'm looking for images, most likely illustrations but photos might do, that depict the most absurd, over-the-top awesomeness. Imagine someone sat down and said "I'm going to draw the silliest, most awesome thing ever." [more inside]
Help me build Hoth!
I'm crafting my first real substantial diorama (read: not made out of construction paper and a shoe box) and I need some construction assistance. Bonus! It's the ice planet of Hoth! [more inside]
Deep Space Feline?
Clever name for a cat? [more inside]
What's on the the 91 minutes of spoofs on the new Star Wars Blu-rays?
What are the spoofs on the Star Wars Blu-rays? [more inside]
Why are old films supposed to be better on new formats?
I'm aware that re-releases of old films (eg, from the 70s, Star Wars I'm looking at you) are common as and when new formats become available, but what is the logic in this other than commercial? [more inside]
Help me score the original Star Wars Trilogy on DVD.
[StarWarsFilter] For my friends' wedding, I am trying to get them a copy of the unremastered, original Star Wars Trilogy (Hope/Empire/Jedi.) Is there somewhere I can get it that isn't Amazon? [more inside]
Fan-made genre online games
Can you recommend any good/amusing/simple fan-made online games based on genre franchises such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Lost, '80s Transformers/GI Joe, etc? [more inside]
you're my only hope
I'm trying to find a particular article that laid out a theory for Yoda being the real evil in Star Wars. [more inside]
The force is not with me in remembering this video.
Looking for an 80s progressive rock video featuring Darth Vader [more inside]
Star Wars: Clone Warss recommendations
My nephew is almost 6 years old and loves watching Star Wars: Clone Wars with his father. What other shows should I get for them? [more inside]
Clone Wars for youngsters
Star Wars:Clone wars cartoon series - Which episodes are appropriate for a 5 year old Star Wars enthusiast? [more inside]
What is that stuff called, anyway?
Star Wars Nerdery: Once, an indeterminate time ago, I was reading something about the making of the original Star Wars models. They used a term (named for one of the model makers?) for a certain kind of detailing. More specifically, it was used to describe the horizontal trench running along the length of a Star Destroyer. What is this term?
Or would I just be wasting my time?
Is this a good plan for selling on Craigslist? [more inside]
A New Hope
What is a good age for a child to watch Star Wars for the first time?
Are these 1970s Star Wars figures worth anything?
How much are these original Star Wars figures worth? [more inside]
What was Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III referencing?
What was the opening of Robot Chicken's Star Wars Episode III referencing? [more inside]
Mefi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope
Help a recovering Star Wars addict with his relapse. That is, update me on what's worth reading the Expanded Universe. [more inside]
OMG I can't believe they shoved this on me now.
Bachelor party in Edmonton, help! [more inside]
For how long was Han Solo frozen in carbonite?
For how long was Han Solo frozen in carbonite?
Star Wars fan edits, which and how?
Star Wars Episodes I, II and III disappoint me. For me, the they're in love with scenery and expense and try to make up for it with plodding exposition. They need editing. I think I would enjoy something like The Phantom Edit. But how do I get ahold of it? Is it the best edit? Are there other fan edits of I, II and III that are worth seeking out? And how do I get and watch them?
How to best dispose of my unwanted stuff?
I am working on getting rid of a lot of old possessions (baseball cards, electronics, clothes, etc.) that I've accumulated since childhood. I am not certain of the best way to dispose of some of these things. What's the best way to make sure most of it doesn't just end up in a landfill and/or might also bring me some profit? [more inside]
The money pit: money goes in, it doesn't come out.
How can I sell my Star Trek/Star Wars Customizable Card Game cards and Miniatures game pieces for the best balance of money/hassle? [more inside]
I promise to shoot first if you help me.
Inexpensive but decent Han Solo costume...for a curvy girl? [more inside]
Help me find that Star Wars techno song!
Help me find that Star Wars techno song! I'm looking for a track that fell off my psytrance/electro house Pandora station recently... [more inside]
What was this Star Wars convention film I saw?
Seeking name/link for early Star Wars fan film. Tie fighters in Manhattan! [more inside]
Is the force trainer a scam?
My wife bought me the Uncle Milton Star Wars Force Trainer. It's suposed to use brain waves to control a sphere. My rational self is convinced there is a scam on this. Does this thing work like they say it does or am I right? [more inside]
You should have bargained, Lucas
I watched a film called "Return Of The Jedi" recently. Perhaps some of you have seen it. In the first act, a motley band of heroes executes an ingenious plan to rescue a comrade from an obese crime lord. Wait, what exactly was their ingenious plan? [more inside]
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of a Fun Size Kit-Kat.
My son wants to be the Death Star for Halloween. Awesome. I can do this. But I'm stuck as to how to make a sphere. Help! [more inside]
Need to find book sales stats
How can I find sales stats and chart statistics for books released over the past 30 years? [more inside]
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This is well said and I respect your statements.
But remember the OP and the questions he asked. Apparently this is a new fellow and he was asking what setting he should set when he makes the frame larger, say from 8x10 to 16x20.
I know you were trying to help, but you mainly stated what you did and what you would. The experience from someone with 30-year experience vs someone just starts out is so different. I have seen this happened so many times, so I stopped asking newbie questions any more (I'm still a newbie in many things). We really need to step our feet in the OP's shoes to see how we can help him progress.
Actually B&W is technically simple. With the safelight, open trays, it is quick to have several test strips made. Assume the OP knows the basic photo optic theory, when he tries to print larger frame, he should increase the exposure. This can be achieved by openning up the aperture or increase the exposure time, or the combination of both. Changing aperture may impact the VC and longer exposure time may impact the reciprocity. Of course he can make 5-6 test prints and make a subjective judgement. But a very simple meter, like the EM10 ($25), can read one important highlight (negative), then helps him to achieve the same measure with a larger frame. EM10 does not need calibration and it is objective, not subjective. And this can clearly cut down 4 test prints.
The hurdle for color printing is even higher. This is one of the main reasons home color printing is not very popular. Color analyzers can help greatly if the users know how to use them. I believe at places like Costo, there are auto light meters in the Noritus machines and there is very little human involvement. The print quality is very acceptable.
All the devices are tools and they do not take out the fun we can have, but they certainly lessen the frustration we experience.


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i was wearing thighs boohoo :c but it was cold and there were duck poo EVERYWHERE YUCK
and i like how small i look when compared on to those rocks, okay well i am small but those rocks were pretty big too !
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Hi everyone I have only just started climbing recently and have only really climbed indoors. But I'm really looking forward to doing some outdoor stuff.
I have completed a basic climbing course so I know how to climb, belay and tie e on safely so now I just want to build up my xclimbing experience.
Best Climbing Experience
Very limited as I'm a noob but I would say foundry at the moment
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Mountainbikes, motorbikes, cheap lager. Most outdoors stuff
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Anyone can us a climb sometime come say hi :)
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Indoor - 7a+
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Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
- matter - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)
Anything that takes up space is called matter. Air, water, rocks, and even people are examples of matter. Different types of matter can be described by their mass. The mass of an object is the amount of material that makes up the object. A bowling ball, for example, has more mass than a beach ball.
- matter - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
An electron, a grain of sand, an elephant, and a giant quasar at the edge of the visible universe all have one thing in common-they are composed of matter. Matter is the material substance that makes up the physical universe. A beam of light, the motion of a falling stone, and the explosion of a stick of dynamite all have one thing in common-they are expressions of energy. Energy and matter together form the basis for all observable phenomena.


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Wilko Johnson, Games of Thrones Star, Has Terminal Pancreatic Cancer
Game of Thrones star Wilko Johnson is preparing for the end of his life. The British actor and musician, 65, has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, his manager confirmed to BBC News."I am very sad to announce that Wilko has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas. He has chosen not to receive any chemotherapy," his manager says in a statement.
"He is currently in good spirits, is not yet suffering any physical effects and can expect to enjoy at least another few months of reasonable health and activity."
PHOTOS: Stars who have battled cancer
Johnson played the character of Ilyn Payne -- a mute executioner -- on seasons one and two of the smash HBO fantasy series and is also a member of British blues band Dr. Feelgood.
"Wilko wishes to offer his sincere thanks for all the support he has had over his long career, from those who have worked with him to, above all, those devoted fans and admirers who have attended his live gigs, bought his recordings and generally made his life such an extraordinarily full and eventful experience. Thank you," his manager adds.
Johnson is currently traveling in Japan and plans to work on a new album, music tour and concert DVD.
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Wilko Johnson, Games of Thrones Star, Has Terminal Pancreatic Cancer
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Foosball Bottle Opener
He dribbles, he shoots, he pops bottles!
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Pop open a frosty beverage with your new favorite Foosman!
This replica table football player is equipped with a bottle opener on his feet and is ready for action!
Painted in traditional red and white, the sturdy aluminum opener is the perfect addition to any stylish game room.
Features & specs
- Dimensions: 6.25" x 1.5" x 1"
- Material: Painted aluminum
Every game room needs one of these!
Some bottle openers are one-handed, some are mounted to your wall, and others used to be bullets. The Foosball Bottle Opener, like this R2-D2 bottle opener, is all about celebrating your fandom.
One of our most blatant cross promos ever!
We're often asked whether our bottle openers will open soda bottles. At first, this caught us by surprise — why would someone think that a bottle cap used on a beer bottle would operate differently than a bottle cap used on a soda bottle? How could the alcohol content of the liquid inside the bottle possibly affect the mechanism for removing the bottle cap?
Instead of wasting precious marketing copy on explaining that there is no difference, we figured this line of questioning would give us a perfect opportunity to devote an entire picture (and a good paragraph or two of website copy) to promoting our sodas — especially our food-flavored sodas like the bacon soda pictured below. And before you ask, yes, the Foosball Bottle Opener will also work on our Jelly Belly sodas and vintage sodas.
Tough, solid bottle opener
The Foosball Bottle Opener is made from sturdy aluminum.
This ain't some cheap plastic opener that's going to break when you throw it at the noob aimlessly spinning the rods. No, this sucker will leave a mark. Which is exactly what that cheater deserves!
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Can you hook up an Itouch to an external monitor like we use in our cars with touchscreen?
If so that may eliminate my carputer. I can use music and use the car monitor as a touch screen. That would be freaking sweeet.
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Can you hook up an Itouch to an external monitor like we use in our cars with touchscreen?
If so that may eliminate my carputer. I can use music and use the car monitor as a touch screen. That would be freaking sweeet.
Her is an article on what they can do so far:
You will see that its dependent on apps that are not currently available and it's very limited. They are using un-documented api's from a not-yet-released update, which may be a hint that apple might do what your looking for in a future update.
Wonder if anyone has figured this out yet, then can port the touch screen software to work on the itouch. Then I can use that as my "carputer" mainly for music and such.
I'm working on the same thing at this thread.
There are two options for video output, described here and in a video I did.
Currently, I have a bluetooth touchscreen for an EEPC that I will try to experiment with, but I don't know if that will work or not.
I just got done watching your videos and skimming your thread.
So the only way to control the itouch/phone from an external monitor is with the help of a pc?
Can't you take the touchscreen program and port it over to java to work on the itouch?
No, not as far as I can tell. To get rid of the computer requirement, you need a driver for the touchscreen to run on the iPhone AND you need a serial port connection to the iPhone. Even if you had that, you'd have to figure out how to make the touchscreen driver substitute for or mirror the iPhone's touchscreen.
It's not beyond the realm of possibility, but I'm not real sure how to make it happen.
Instead, I think the 3.0 SDK will make it possible to control the iPhone via Bluetooth using the keyboard and probably via touchscreen. I'm going to see what comes of that when they release it.
If apple was smart they would help us, then everyone would be buying one :)
the only hope i can see for the future of this type of project is in the new iphone 3.0 API. it lets you interface the port on the iphone/touch and thus someone theoretically could build a touchscreen that supports the iphone. that touchscreen instead of a usb input it would have an iphone plug with an accompanying app that would allow for the control of the phone from the screen. even with this api this type of app would most likely still have to be a jailbreak option since the app would have to run in the background. The crux of it all is that apple is at least giving developers access to control hardware, so it will open a lot of doors to us here.
It's possible to view what is on itouch's screen using an external monitor? (just view, withouth controling)
Just something to think about, isn't there an advertisemnet of a game on a touch or iphone with the video on a tv or monitor? Same idea, right?


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Scenario 1: Use lower film speed (with the same film) -> slower shutter speeds or wider apertures.
- Expose more = more shadow detail.
- Develop less = don't block up the highlights because of the increased exposure.
Scenario 2: Use the same film speed -> change developer.
- Use a speed enhancing developer. Xtol, TMax, Ilfotec DD-X, Ilford Microphen, for example.
Scenario 3: Change developing technique
- Dilute your developer more for longer developing times.
You can combine any or all of these techniques, depending on how much shadow detail you want/need.


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Chrome 38 beta for Mac makes jump to 64-bit code
updated 11:35 am EDT, Fri August 29, 2014
Google promises 'number of speed and security improvements'
For Mac users, the latest beta channel release of Chrome -- Chrome 38 -- makes the switch to a 64-bit codebase, Google has announced. The primary benefit is said to be speed, since it grants access to "a superior instruction set, more registers, and a more efficient function calling convention," according to Google. The company points out that in some cases Chrome can be the only 32-bit app that's running, forcing OS X to load 32-bit system libraries that consume extra memory and launch time.
Chrome for Mac is in fact dropping support for 32-bit NPAPI plugins, though 64-bit versions will be supported until NPAPI is stripped from Chrome entirely later this year. Google hints that Chrome 37 may be the last or next-to-last edition of the browser capable of running on first-generation Intel Macs.
The Windows beta channel is already on a 64-bit codebase. That could mean that the final release of Chrome 38 will adopt the technology as well.