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Feeling Uncertain? Look to the Safe Havens
In a jittery, post-election world, keep an eye on the safe havens. We've seen a few notes to this point, and you saw it bluntly in the market yesterday, that the uncertainty of the election has quickly been replaced by uncertainty over the fiscal cliff and Europe.
This all should favor the safe havens, like the U.S. dollar and Treasurys (yes, we know, we know, warts and all. Hey, it's a world gone mad.) Citi noted yesterday that the 10-year yield seems poised for a move to at least 1.33%.
Brown Brothers' Marc Chandler thinks the dollar stands to benefit as well, even after that press conference yesterday with House Speaker John Boehner, in which he did a classic Washington political maneuver: reach across the aisle, and invite your opponents to help you solve a thorny issue — on your terms.
The 10-year is back up to 1.68% this morning, as stocks appear to have at least stanched the bleeding this morning. We'll see how long that lasts.
Obviously, continuing yesterday's sell-off would be a bad sign for the bulls.
"Overall, we'd say talk is cheap on both sides of the aisle, and markets will be watching for concrete progress," Chandler said. "So too will the ratings agencies. Uncertainty from the U.S. elections are out of the way, but quickly replaced by uncertainty regarding the fiscal cliff. That will likely weigh on the markets in the coming weeks, favoring the dollar outlook."
Chandler thinks the dollar will continue to gain on the euro, which is nearly flat against the greenback this morning, after falling to as low as 1.2716.
So, what's an investor to do? Erik Davidson, deputy chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank, advises investors to take advantage of the current landscape, which may include a move to "harvest gains this year, and harvest losses next year in anticipation of higher future tax rates."
Judging by yesterday's stock moves, investors got that point already.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


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noun[mass noun] North American
A shooting sport in which a clay target is thrown from a trap to simulate the flight of a bird.
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- Fausti guns are popular with trap, skeet and sporting clays competitors and, of course, with hunters.
- That's big news for all those skeet, clay and trap shooters.
1920s: apparently a pseudo-archaic alteration of the verb shoot.
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Weight Watchers Program
Stories of Success
The Weight Watchers @ Work is proving to be rather successful at our HSD Maywood Campus location. The Maywood campus began their Weight Watchers @ Work program in June 2011 and has grown to 40 members. Since the start of the program the Maywood participants have lost a total of 1200 pounds. 40 members losing 1200 pounds, in one year, that number is fantastic! We want to congratulate the Maywood Campus and encourage all participate to remain steadfast towards their goal of achieving a healthier lifestyle. Remember it is never to late to sign-up and start the program. If you have an incredible Weightloss story that you would like to tell submit your story to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Stay on track with Weight Watchers Quickbites
By now you may have heard of our brand new program, Beyond The Scale, and new food plan, Smart Points. If you don't already have a meeting at your location, call me today to find out how to get one started.
What is Quickbites? We've created this resource for you to send out to your employees (i.e. a current Weight Watchers group or all your employees for healthy tips and information).
With New Year's just days away, it's a great time to celebrate. And Weight Watchers is here to help with strategies for coping with any hectic-ness you might be facing, as well as some recipes that can hold their own at any holiday feast.
We start with Have a Holiday Game Plan, because we all know that the sugar and carb and saturated fat elves are lying in wait, ready to come out when we're most vulnerable. Show 'em who's boss with the seven strategies we've outlined for you.
Even in the middle of holiday madness you can find your peaceful, serene place. Check out our yoga-focused article Strong and Calm for stretching, strengthening exercises you can do when you like; no studio required.
Love holiday food. Who doesn't? But, as we at Weight Watchers tend to do, we've shakily lightened up a couple of classics so you can dive right into the spirit of the season without sending your calorie count skyrocketing.
We start with a creamy, Spinach-Parmesan Dip. Imagine all that cheesy, gooey deliciousness with a healthy portion of spinach, too. And with a SmartPoints™ value per serving of 2.
And how about a five-minute-to-prep main course that combines your favorite Christmas flavors? Our Cranberry-Orange Glazed Ham will proudly take center-stage on your holiday table, and will not reveal to your guests that an entire serving only has a SmartPoints™ value of 5. Oh yes!
Wishing you a happy new year!
What's happening in the meeting room in January?
January weekly topics are:
- 1/3–1/9: Start Smart
- 1/10–1/16: Your Toolkit
- 1/17–1/23: Believe and Achieve
- 1/24–1/30: Fitness
- 1/31–2/6: Eating Out
Happy workouts and happy eating. If you don't already have a meeting at your location, contact email@example.com today to find out how to get one started. Each location needs at least 20 participants to start and maintain at work meetings.
If you would like to sign up for Weight Watchers free healthy newsletter, to come directly to your inbox, click on the link below.
updated 12.30.2015
About the Program
- Join Weight Watchers® and you can attend traditional community meetings.
- You can select any payment option, but you must attend weekly sessions (online and at-home programs are not eligible for reimbursement). If you choose to participate in Weight Watchers you can access to free eTools, and other membership benefits via our specialized employee portal. Current Weight Watchers who current use the portal will need to CANCEL their account BEFORE LOGGING ONTO THE LOYOLA WEB PORTAL (history can be kept). Contact Customer Service to cancel 866-204-2885 for assistance. If you wish to sign up through Loyola University Chicago:
Employee Portal URL: https://wellness.weightwatchers.com/
Employer ID is: 58215
Company Passcode is: WW58215
There was another portal listed for Lakeside employees which
- Employees who sign-up for a Weight Watchers Monthly Pass via our online portal will receive a special rate of $44.95 for 12 months based on attendance.
- Employees are eligible for reimbursement for Weight Watchers® monthly membership cost up to $200 per calendar year. You will use our new Weight Watchers®form to track your attendance and have it certified by a Weight Watchers Representative. Lakeshore, Water Tower, Health Science Division and School of Nursing campuses are eligible for reimbursement. Physicians and other Faculty and Staff with Trinity must seek reimbursement and membership information from Trinity.
- Attend meetings for a three-month series: January 1 through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30 and October 1 through December 31. You can receive reimbursement at the end of each three-month series if you attend 80% of 13 consecutive meetings during the series.
- Your form must be received in Human Resources within 31 days of the end of the series in order to receive reimbursement. Late, incomplete or outdated forms will not be processed. Program and forms are subject to change at anytime so please visit the site frequently to make sure you have the most recent form.
*The reimbursement cost of a Weight Watchers®—type program is a Taxable Fringe Benefit that is considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service. Your reimbursement will be received via check however the amount reimbursed will be included as taxable income on your paycheck. All reimbursement request disbursed in 2016 will count towards the 2016 maximum reimbursement amount of $200 and the same for 2017 reimbursements. Membership rates increased in November 2015. Reimbursement amount and membership rates can change at anytime.
Weight Watchers Reimbursement Form (2016)
Weight Watchers Work Meetings
Due to low participation on our Lakeshore and Water Tower campuses we no longer have Weight Watchers at Work meetings. In order to keep the Weight Watchers at Work meetings we must have steady membership at our weekly meetings. We highly encourage current At Work participants to continuously attend the weekly meetings and spread the word if you wish to keep the convenience of on campus meetings.
Health Sciences Division:
- Location: Maguire Center—2160 S. 1st Ave, Maywood, IL—Lower Level 0899
- Wednesdays -Weigh In: 11:30 a.m., Meeting at noon. Contact Phyliss Straff firstname.lastname@example.com
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- Oakland: Sandra Coke's "obsession" with missing dog "got her killed," the defense says
- Mar 18:
- Oakland: Opening statements in Randy Alana murder trial of Sandra Coke
- Nov 7:
- Man accused of killing Sandra Coke wrote boastful letter to inmate before body was found
- Nov 5:
- Fellow inmate testifies against man accused of killing Oakland federal investigator
- Oakland: New details emerge in alleged murder of federal investigator by her ex-boyfriend
- Nov 1:
- Man accused of killing Sandra Coke wants speedy trial to clear his name
- Oct 23:
- Sandra Coke slaying: Coroner says federal criminal investigator was strangled
- Oct 19:
- Jailhouse exclusive: Alana hints that he was in motel with Sandra Coke night she went missing
- Oct 18:
- Sandra Coke case: Felon charged with murder of federal investigator in Oakland
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- Sandra Coke disappearance: Former boyfriend arrested as suspect in criminal investigator's killing
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- We were going to marry, says person of interest in Sandra Coke slaying in exclusive jailhouse interview
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- Sandra Coke Case: Family says it is 'devastated' by death of federal investigator
- Sandra Coke disappearance: Body identified as the missing Oakland woman
- Aug 12:
- Sandra Coke case: ID on body found in Solano County not expected until Tuesday
- Aug 10:
- Vacaville and Sandra Coke disappearance: No ID yet of body found Friday near Vacaville park
- Aug 9:
- Sandra Coke disappearance: Body discovered near Vacaville park
- Aug 8:
- Sandra Coke disappearance: Police begin search in Vallejo for missing Oakland woman
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- Oakland: Family of missing investigator fears foul play
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- Oakland: Missing woman's car found in parking lot
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- Police search for missing Oakland woman who disappeared from home
OAKLAND -- A judge revoked parole on Friday for a violent sex offender named as a person of interest in the death of federal defense investigator Sandra Coke.
Randy Alana, 56, appeared before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson on accusations that he violated his parole by having "numerous contacts" with Coke, failed to charge his GPS monitor, resisted arrest and absconded from parole.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office has deemed Alana a dangerous prisoner; unlike other defendants brought out on charges Friday morning, he was shackled and handcuffed. During his brief hearing Alana turned his back on the courtroom, which had about a dozen people, most of them media.
Assistant District Attorney Paul Hora said he did not know why Alana had been told to stay away from Coke but said the condition was specific to her.
Parole officials would not say how many times Alana contacted Coke, or when and where the contacts occurred. Police have said Alana and Coke were together on Aug. 4, the night she disappeared.
They also would not say if Alana's GPS was working when Coke disappeared.
Alana is due back in court on Nov. 1 for another hearing regarding his parole status.
A registered sex offender with convictions for voluntary manslaughter, rape and kidnapping, Alana has been in custody since Aug. 6. He was arrested in Contra Costa County after a confrontation with police, authorities said.
Coke's death is still being investigated, and no charges have been filed against Alana or anyone else. She went missing on Aug. 4 and her body was found Aug. 9 near a Vacaville park. Police have not said how she died or offered any more information on a possible link between her death and Alana.
Coke, 50, was last seen by her 15-year-old daughter about 8:30 p.m. Aug. 4 after leaving their home in the 600 block of Aileen Street in North Oakland, reportedly to meet someone with information about the family's missing dog. Later that night Coke had been seen with Alana, whom friends say she dated 20 years ago. Sources said that video has been recovered showing Coke's car crossing the Carquinez Bridge after her disappearance. Coke's car was subsequently found in a West Oakland parking lot, and one of her cellphones was found in Richmond last week.
A massive search unfolded in Solano County, beginning Aug. 8 at the Solano County fairgrounds in Vallejo and moving Aug. 9 to Lagoon Valley Park near Vacaville, where her body was found.


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What To Wear With Your Little White Dress
1. Stacked Bangles
WHY A solid white base leaves lots of room to play with bracelets of varying sizes, colors and textures. WHO Eva Mendes upped the old-school glamour factor with a simply chic stack of gold bangles, while Nicole Richie showed off her eclectic style with matching bracelets on each wrist and her arm.
2. Black Jacket
WHY A dark, crisp jacket lends a chic contrast to white sheaths. WHO Zoe Saldana chose a structured blazer with a draped dress style for a sophisticated evening look, while Kate Walsh gave angelic white an edge with a lightweight motorcycle-style leather jacket.
3. Metallic Accents
WHY Lustrous silver and gold accessories pop even more against a white canvas. WHO Supermodel Chanel Iman caught our attention with flashes of silver and gold, and Kate Bosworth worked both metals into her look with a gilded clutch and gleaming heels.
4. Tan Accessories
WHY This neutral hue gives crisp whites a casual, natural appeal. WHO Jennifer Aniston brought an eclectic vibe to her sleek silhouette with a wide textured belt, while Vanessa Hudgens deftly wrapped her shirtdress with a dark, skinny cincher before finishing the look with platforms in a lighter shade.
5. Sky-High Heels
WHY Towering stilettos are the perfect finish to a white-hot minidress. WHO While Diane Kruger got creative with an arty caged design, Jennifer Lopez jazzed up her look with a colored platform and heel.
6. Loose Scarf
WHYA breezy scarf wrapped effortlessly around your neck makes casual LWDs look chic. WHO Blake Lively skipped the knots and let her brightly patterned scarf hang loose-Alessandra Ambrosio gave her beaded sash a single loop on a leisurely evening stroll.
7. Chandelier Earrings
WHY Glistening chandelier earrings can serve as the focal point when wearing a shoulder-baring white style. WHO Selena Gomez's clustered pair fell within her look's snowy color palette but a slight shimmer made the pieces pop.
8. Bold Belt
WHY A dash of color instantly gives simple white sheaths a stylish direction. WHO First Lady Michelle Obama's gunmetal belt takes her shift down a more contemporary route, and Cameron Diaz uses her cherry red choice to perk up her girly lace number.
9. Long Chains
WHY A long necklace serves as a stylish centerpiece to draped or structured shapes. WHO Sarah Jessica Parker opted for a single gold chain with an oversize pendant, and Olivia Palermo piled on the layers to add texture to a pretty pearl ensemble.
10. Bright Clutch
WHY A vibrantly colored clutch adds a playful element and almost every shade matches a white palette. WHO Ashley Greene heat up her look with a spicy minaudiere, while Faith Hill kept her ensemble classic with a cool sky-blue piece.
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WHY A solid white base leaves lots of room to play with bracelets of varying sizes, colors and textures. WHO Eva Mendes upped the old-school glamour factor with a simply chic stack of gold bangles, while Nicole Richie showed off her eclectic style with matching bracelets on each wrist and her arm.
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Definition of select committee in English:
select committee
A small legislative committee appointed for a special purpose: [in titles]: the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
More example sentences
- The Government is not in charge of select committees - select committees are.
- It is a reality that all members of the House, at some stage or other, have to take leave from the Chamber to attend select committees and caucus committees, and for other natural reasons.
- Yet again I am appalled by the way this Government rams legislation through select committees.
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A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites, usually as a very simple form of content management.
Advocate for Community Documentation
Let's say that the most driven and driving developer on your team, who also happens to be a popular blogger, comes to you and asks why your end-user documentation doesn't allow comments or ratings. Rather than stammering something about Wikipedia's latest scandal, or reaching for imperfect responses that sound like lame excuses, do your homework and learn best practices from others who are implementing social web content that is conversational or based on community goals.
Gentle, Anne. Just Write Click (2010). Articles>Documentation>Wikis>Social Networking
An Almost Final Farewell to Desktop Word Processing
The era of desktop publishing is over, and I must bid Microsoft Word and several other desktop applications good-bye. In case you think I'm singling out Microsoft, it's not just MS Word, but also OpenOffice, GoogleOffice, or any application that makes what we used to call 'documents'. Nowadays, I'm simply using a wiki for collaborative information sharing and a blog for online reporting.
Albing, Bill. Carolina Communique (2007). Articles>Word Processing>Online>Wikis
Are Structured Authoring and Wiki Opposing Forces?
There are two camps in technical documentation. There's the "quick web" folks who connect easily and author easily, and then there's the "structured quality" camp that requires more thoughtful testing and time spent on task analysis and information architecture.
Gentle, Anne. Just Write Click (2007). Articles>Content Management>Information Design>Wikis
The Atlassian Contributor License Agreement Comes of Age
In early March we opened up the Atlassian documentation to the wider community. We added a CC-by (Creative Commons Attribution) license to our product documentation. We invited people to contribute to our documentation after signing an Atlassian Contributor License Agreement (ACLA). At that stage, the ACLA was just starting its three-month trial. The trial period has now ended, and we're delighted to say: it's a go!
Maddox, Sarah. Atlassian Blog, The (2009). Articles>Documentation>Wikis>Case Studies
One of the strengths of the Author-it is the help and support that members of the Author-it User Group provide to each other. But it occurred to me a lot of this useful information is lost and buried in the mountain messages and not captured anywhere. I also thought that it would be useful to have a repository of this great information.
Blunck, Hamish. HamishBlunck.com (2009). Articles>Documentation>Wikis>Author It
Baselining Documentation on a Wiki
The dynamic nature of wikis can cause a few headaches when you need to baseline documentation that's on a wiki to correspond with the release of your product. This blog post looks at some ways in which you can try baselining wiki content.
DMN Communications (2008). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing>Wikis
Beyond the Blog: Wikis and Blikis
Blogs are about to give way to a new development. Wikis are web sites within which any user can quickly and easily edit much of the content, without HTML. This idea regarding user-generated online content goes beyond the comment posting of a standard blog. Blikis are blogs that have wiki support, so that users can edit the comments posted.
Streight, Steven. Blogger.com (2005). Articles>Web Design>Wikis>Blogging
Learn about theoretical and practical examples of merging DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture), a structured authoring methodology, and wiki's freeform authoring and editing capabilities.
Gentle, Anne and Lisa Dyer. Intercom (2008). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing>Wikis
Building Web Pages With HTML 5
Depending on who you ask, HTML 5 is either the next important step toward creating a more semantic web or a disaster that's going to trap the web in yet another set of incomplete tags and markup soup. The problem with both sides of the argument is that very few sites are using HTML 5 in the wild, so the theoretical solutions to its perceived problems remain largely untested.
Webmonkey (2009). Resources>Web Design>Wikis>HTML5
Businesses not as Keen on Blogs and Wikis? We Had a Hunch
Despite all the excitement in the technical communications community over Web 2.0 technologies like wikis and blogs, it looks like companies are still reluctant to tie the knot for a variety of reasons.
DMN Communications (2008). Articles>TC>Wikis>Blogs
Can Lightweight Markup Languages Be Used for Documentation?
A lightweight markup language uses syntax that is similar to wiki syntax -- keyboard characters are used to define formatting. This blog post argues that if your documentation needs are simple, and you have a low or non-existent budget, then a lightweight markup language might be worth investigating.
DMN Communications (2008). Articles>Documentation>Programming>Wikis
The intention of this article is to open the readers eyes to the issues with trusting user edited content. Over time, the Wikipedia may balance out. Eventually, or possibly even now, user tests are being performed to see how much content is credible. Also, the academic communities could step up and decide unanimously that the Wikipedia is not a trusted body of information to use for research. Once this happens the Wikipedia will have to change the way information within their pages is handled to maintain existence.
Hall, Lawrence. Content Matters (2006). Articles>Research>Online>Wikis
Capabilities and Roles of Enterprise Wikis in Organizational Communication
The article alerts technical communicators to wiki technology, an emerging new medium that allows dispersed groups to create shared content via collaborative editing and different-time communication. Wiki-based collaborative content creation enables new communication practices and thereby challenges several assumptions of existing media choice theories.
Wagner, Christian and Andreas Schroeder. Technical Communication Online (2010). Articles>Content Management>Wikis>Collaboration
Care to Write Army Doctrine? With ID, Log On
In July, in a sharp break from tradition, the Army began encouraging its personnel — from the privates to the generals — to go online and collaboratively rewrite seven of the field manuals that give instructions on all aspects of Army life. The program uses the same software behind the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and could potentially lead to hundreds of Army guides being "wikified." The goal, say the officers behind the effort, is to tap more experience and advice from battle-tested soldiers rather than relying on the specialists within the Army's array of colleges and research centers who have traditionally written the manuals.
Cohen, Noam. New York Times, The (2009). Articles>Content Management>Documentation>Wikis
Catalyze is a member-driven community for all professionals involved in defining business systems, designing software applications and creating websites. If you are a business analyst, usability professional, UI designer, information architect, interaction designer, product manager, project manager or anyone else involved in the definition process of software applications, this community is for you and will be worth your time.
Consistency and Community-Generated Content
I've been collecting examples of wildly inconsistent writing lately. I'm not sure why these have stuck out to me, but when I think of book sprints and community writing events, consistency is an important, though sometimes difficult, goal and outcome.
Gentle, Anne and Janet Swisher. Just Write Click (2009). Articles>Documentation>Style Guides>Wikis
Constructive Interference: Wikis And Service Learning In The Technical Communication Classroom
Four service-learning projects were conducted in technical communication courses using wikis. Results confirm previous findings that wikis improve collaboration, help develop student expertise, and enact a "writing with the community" service-learning paradigm. However, wikis did not decenter the writing classroom as predicted by previous work. Instructors using wikis to scaffold client projects should calibrate standards for evaluation with students and client, and they may need to encourage clients to stay active on the wiki.
Walsh, Lynda. Technical Communication Quarterly (2010). Articles>Education>Service Learning>Wikis
Contributing to Wikis: A Useful Activity for Novice Tech Writers?
In this post, technical writer Milan Davidovic that contributing to wikis can help novices build skills and a portfolio. And he offers a simple roadmap for doing that effectively.
Davidovic, Milan. DMN Communications (2009). Articles>TC>Technical Writing>Wikis
The Contribution Revolution: Letting Volunteers Build Your Business
Intuit's cofounder challenges traditional companies to follow the lead of internet superstars—and of innovative peers such as Honda, Procter and Gamble, and Hyatt—in tapping the contributions of countless people beyond their organizations.
Cook, Scott. Harvard Business Review (2008). Articles>Management>Content Management>Wikis
Control and Community: A Case Study of Enterprise Wiki Usage
There are a wide variety of uses for Wikis and a level of interest in using them that's matched by an extensive range of Wiki software. Wikis introduce to the Internet a collaborative model that not only allows, but explicitly encourages, broad and open participation. The idea that anyone can contribute reflects an assumption that both content quantity and quality will arise out of the 'wisdom of the crowd.'
Clarke, Matthew C. Boxes and Arrows (2009). Articles>Web Design>Content Management>Wikis
Control and Community: A Case Study of Enterprise Wiki Usage
Like many companies, CorVu has extensive knowledge of its own products and a desire to make that knowledge available to customers. A major block to achieving that desire has been a lack of people with the time to either record the internal knowledge or to fashion the knowledge into a customer-ready format. We needed to spread the load so that a broad range of developers, tech writers, professional service consultants and others could all contribute what time and knowledge they had to a shared goal. Our hope was that a process built around several Wiki sites would facilitate this collaborative approach.
Clarke, Matthew C. Boxes and Arrows (2009). Articles>Content Management>Wikis>Case Studies
Review: Conversation and Community by Anne Gentle
Offers a strong recommendation to read Anne Gentle's Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation, which provides tips for incorporating wikislices, screencasts, and comment/feedback systems, into your user assistance.
Mulligan, Peg. PegMulligan.com (2009). Articles>Reviews>Documentation>Wikis
Creating Documentation With A Wiki: The DITA Storm Project
DITA is natural. Do XML/DITA conversion research now. Wiki is especially good for iterative writing. Structured wiki authoring in coming.
Abel, Scott. SlideShare (2007). Presentations>Documentation>Wikis>DITA
Daisy: WYSIWYG Wiki for PDF Books
If you need the collaborative aspects of a Wiki combined with DITA's modular topics and publishing capabilities, then DAISY might just be the system you need--and it's free. DAISY provides WYSIWYG editing for Wiki pages that can be combined to publish books, either in a PDF or as a single HTML page.
Armstrong, Eric. Sun Microsystems (2008). Articles>Content Management>Documentation>Wikis
What are your thoughts on whether wikis could be used for end-user technical documentation? I'd imagine that a more structured wiki based on DITA content (which may have already been created for end-users) might work well for technical documentation. Have you seen any good examples? I'd love to see a well-done example.
Gentle, Anne. BMC Software (2008). Articles>Content Management>Wikis>DITA


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Faces of Italy
Bella Cucina
Chef Kevin shows the ease of Italian cooking! Preparing a 5 minute Alfredo sauce from scratch as well as a ...
Faces of Italy
One Skillet Wonders
One skillet wonders to delight your family! Chef Kevin starts with a simple Italian Beef Skillet, then creates a tasty ...
Faces of Italy
Friday Funday
Bring out your deep fryer as Chef Kevin shows that deep frying can be healthy and delicious! Starting with fried ...
Faces of Italy
Cooking for the Crowd
Chef Kevin starts with a new twist - Mini pizza rolls, Chicken Fingers and then Italian Style Fried Onion Rings.
Faces of Italy
Mouth Watering Morning Pizza
Chef Kevin has a new breakfast favorite - Pizza! Kevin then tantalizes the taste buds with Turkey Tetrazzini.
Faces of Italy
New Twist on Tasty Tacos
New twist for Tasty Tacos! Yes- they're Italian! Kevin also prepares Zucchini Provençal and Snapper with a Lemon Butter ...


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Some things are meant to be. One is that the last piece of music Claude Vivier wrote, but never finished, would be played in a disused Tube station. That will happen next Friday when Hugh Brunt's London Contemporary Orchestra plays it on the abandoned platforms of Aldwych station in Central London.
The location couldn't be more apt, because in Vivier's piece (its English title is Do You Believe in the Immortality of the Soul?) a narrator describes being attracted to a young man on the Paris Metro. The last line that Vivier set, before breaking off, is: "Then he removed


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A 40-year-old northern New York woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a two-car crash that killed a man in April.
Local media outlets report that Deborah Kerwin of Watertown was arrested on charges of second-degree manslaughter, reckless endangerment and failure to keep right.
The wreck on April 13 in the Lewis County town of Harrisburg killed 39-year-old Renee Beyer of Lowville.
The Lewis County Sheriff's Office said Kerwin drove into the path of Beyer's car.
Beyer was a senior planner for Lewis County.
Kerwin was arraigned and is being held at the county jail. Court officials weren't available to say if she has a lawyer or entered a plea.


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Commerce Dept blocks Chinese telecom, headquartered in Plano, from helping build national wireless network because of spying concerns, site reports
Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant whose North American headquarters has been in Plano since 2001, is being frozen out of a deal to develop a U.S. wireless network for first responding emergency workers, such as fire and police, the Daily Beast reports.
According to the website:
Current and retired U.S. intelligence officials tell The Daily Beast the longstanding concern about Huawei is that the company's chips, routers, and other technical equipment will be bugged in a way that gives China's government a cyber back door into sensitive information networks.
Among the 9/11 Commission's recommendations were to develop a nationwide radio system so that first responders can communicate in large scale emergency incident.
Huawei had wanted a piece of the project, but U.S. officials are reluctant, the Beast reports. In recent years, China has emerged as a chief U.S. rival in the ongoing war for dominance over cyber spying.
The U.S. government has long been wary of Huawei, according to the Beast's article:
In 2008, the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States blocked a proposed sale of the U.S. software company 3com to Huawei on national-security grounds. More recently, the National Security Agency and the White House discouraged Sprint Telecom from using Huawei components in the company's proposed bid to expand the 4G network.
Here's the company's response to Commerce's decision to block their participation in the interoperability network project:
William Plummer, Huawei's vice president for external relations, tells The Daily Beast that the Commerce Department's decision was without merit.
"Given that to the best of Huawei's knowledge neither the Commerce Department nor any other agency of the U.S. government has conducted any audits of our equipment, such a determination seems utterly capricious," he said. "Due to our heritage in China–where all of our competitors also conduct R&D and code software and build solutions–Huawei's business activities in the U.S. have been repeatedly and unfairly challenged due to vague supposed security concerns that have never been substantiated."
On Oct. 1, Gov. Rick Perry presided over a ribbon cutting to celebrate Huawei's expansion of its Plano headquarters.


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Star Jones and Gladys Knight have both slammed 14-year-old Paris Jackson for broadcasting family business via Twitter.
According to the Huffington Post, Knight, a longtime Jackson family friend, had harsh words for Michael Jackson's daughter, whom she accused of lacking respect for Janet Jackson and her other older family members.
Appearing on CBS' "The Talk," Knight said, "Paris is 14? How old is Janet? Who's the one to try to direct the other one here? I would think it's a good thing (Janet) lets Paris know who she is. If (Paris)) called me that, she would have no teeth .That's how we were brought up. You respect your elders."
So, in this scenario, Joe Jackson is always right and LaToya should be punching Randy in the face?
I'm glad I didn't grow up in Gladys Knight's house.
And because America also desperately needs her opinion, Star Jones took to Twitter to give her opinion on Paris' loose-lipped Twitter feed.
"Somebody PLEASE take @parisjackson phone! She's a CHILD So STOP it," Jones tweeted. "I have 8 aunts and if I was 'tweeting' our family info that's being used for TABLOID fodder ONLY! They'd check me with a quickness," she added.
So who in the Jackson family should "check" Star Jones for blithering about their family for tabloid fodder?
Contact Tony Hicks at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks.


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Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game Chapter 1 Summary
How It All Goes Down
- The chapter starts with two people discussing whether this one kid is right for their program. (You'll notice that this opening section of the chapter has a slightly different font – so you aren't going crazy if you thought something changed.) Are they murderers or kidnappers?
- Well, they say that they need this kid to fight off the aliens, so… they're probably in the military. Though we suppose they could be rogue advertisers, seeking the perfect kid for some illegal photo shoot.
- They decide to try the kid out, even though his brother and sister didn't work out. The secret ingredient here will be… isolation. Since this kid if a bit of a joiner, they'll keep him independent by making everyone hate him.
- Andrew "Ender" Wiggin gets his monitor out, which makes him think the military is no longer interested in him. He also thinks that getting his monitor removed will hurt because the nurse says it won't. And adults always lie. And since this book is named after Ender, he's probably right.
- Ender hopes that his brother Peter will stop threatening to kill him now that he no longer has his monitor.
- Brother? Kill him? Yes, you read that right.
- Back at school, Ender gets picked on by a bully named Stilson. (Though check this out: since he's just had surgery, Ender has trouble remembering Stilson's name and for a moment thinks that Stilson's name is Peter (1.48). Orson Scott Card really wants us to know that Peter is a bully.)
- We get clues that Ender is super-smart – he learned arithmetic when he was three, and he cracked the school's computers. Did we say clues? These are more like giant neon signs: Ender is smart.
- We also get told that Ender is a "Third" – he's the third of three children in a world where having more than two kids is weird. So that's why Ender gets picked on: because his classmates have a highly-developed sense of what the overpopulation of the world means. Or possibly because they're just a bunch of bullies and jerks.
- But it's not Ender's fault that his parents had three kids – the military asked them to have another kid after bro and sis didn't work out.
- Stilson and some friends jump Ender after school, but Ender tricks Stilson into single combat (oh, so gallant, like a story about knights) and then beats Stilson terribly (or maybe not so much a story about knights). Ender even kicks Stilson when he's down, even though Ender knows that's wrong.
- And here's why: "I have to win this now, and for all time, or I'll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse" (1.78).
- By the way, Ender is only six years old. (But instead of naptime, his school apparently has beat-down time.)
- After beating Stilson and threatening the other kids, Ender goes off and cries. Ender worries that he's just like angry, mean Peter. And he feels awful about that. (Although, let's be honest: Stilson probably feels worse.)


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June 18, 1998
Release # 98-128
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to search for and stop using previously recalled child products, in particular the "Playskool Travel-Lite" portable crib, which was manufactured by Kolcraft from 1990 through 1992 and recalled in 1993. In May of 1998, a Chicago toddler died after a Playskool Travel-Lite portable crib collapsed.Manufacturers of portable cribs and play yards are joining in the effort to warn consumers and childcare providers to stop using the more than 1.5 million portable cribs and play yards that have been recalled in past years. Top rail hinges must be turned to set up the cribs and play yards. These top rails can collapse, entrapping children and suffocating them. Twelve children have died from suffocation in collapsed play yards and portable cribs manufactured by various firms. Current production play yards have top rails that automatically lock into place when the play yards are fully set up."A death caused by a previously recalled product is a tragedy," said CPSC Chairman Ann Brown. "We urge consumers to make an all out effort to search their homes and daycare centers for these portable cribs and play yards and stop using them." The Playskool Travel-Lite portable cribs have two nylon mesh sides and two blue solid plastic ends. "Playskool" appears in white letters on a red background on each end. The portable crib folds in the center for storage and handling. Stores nationwide sold 11,600 of the products from 1990 through 1992. Kolcraft has gone to great lengths to renew their recall efforts. Kolcraft is offering a $60 refund to consumers for the return of the Travel-Lite portable cribs. They also are notifying pediatricians and childcare providers about the recall. Consumers should call Kolcraft at (800) 453-7673 for instructions on disposing of the products and receiving the refund. A number of portable cribs and play yards manufactured by other companies also have been recalled because of the risk of suffocation posed by collapsing top rails. Consumers and childcare providers should check for the following recalled play yards and portable cribs. If these products are found, consumers should call the company.
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Obama to Tout Auto Bailout's Trickle-Down Benefits
President Barack Obama isn't just visiting a Chrysler auto plant today as he highlights his own role in helping revive the domestic auto industry.
In Toledo, Ohio, he'll stop by at least one small business to make the case that bailing out Chrysler helped dry cleaners, grocers, hardware stores and other businesses that depend on auto workers' patronage.
"Even though they don't work at Chrysler [they] have significantly benefited from the turnaround at that company," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said aboard Air Force One, en route to Toledo. "This is a broader story we're telling about the American economy."
The trip, on a day that began with a bleak jobs report for May, is the latest in a series of events and remarks aimed at highlighting the White House decision to rescue Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co. and help them emerge from bankruptcy protection. The bailouts are unpopular in much of the country, but voters in states like Ohio that depend on domestic auto makers credit the moves with saving the companies.
Mr. Obama is also expected to officially announce the government's sale of its remaining 6% stake on Chrysler to Italian auto giant Fiat SpA.
And he'll address the new jobs report, which found U.S. hiring slowed significantly in May, with payrolls rising by just 54,000, as the unemployment rate ticked up to 9.1%.
Mr. Earnest tried to put a positive spin on the figures, noting the dire situation when Mr. Obama took office.
"Our trajectory is moving in the right direction and we're pleased with that," he said. "This is a long term recovery digging out from a very deep hole."


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-- Will Durant --
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The quality of the philosophy program at Florida Atlantic University is enhanced by an active research faculty that produces numerous professional publications and conference presentations, both at the national and the international level. See Faculty
The Philosophy Department offers an undergraduate program of study prepares students for various career opportunities. For an interesting article on the many benefits of studying philosophy, please see Patricia Yollin's "Philosophy's Popularity Soars: Devotees Find It's More Than 'An Interesting Path to Poverty'" .
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Attachment 1. Statement of Objective (SOO)
1.0 Program Scope
1.1 The Phase II GBS system consists of three segments; the space segment, the broadcast management segment, and the terminal segment. Each segment will be acquired by a different agency.
1.2 The GBS space segment has been awarded by the Navy (PMW-146) as part of the UFO program. Commercial augmentation may also be used to provide additional capability and coverage.
1.3 The ground terminal segment (consisting of the Primary Injection Point (PIP), Transportable Theater Injector (TTI), Fixed Ground Receive Terminal (FGRT), Transportable Ground Receive Terminal (TGRT), and Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) elements) will be acquired through contracts by PM MILSATCOM.
1.4 This contract consolidates procurement of the broadcast management segment (Satellite Broadcast Manager (SBM), Transportable Satellite Broadcast Manager (TSBM), Receive Broadcast manager (RBM), GBS Resource Allocation Tool (GRAT), GBS Broadcast Coordinator (GBC), and any associated INFOSEC).
1.5 Service-unique receive terminal components will be contracted for by the individual services and common items (i.e. RBM and IRD) will be procured as needed from the respective segment contractors.
1.6 The Government will use the GBS CONOPS testbed and the JITI to assist the warfighter in refining the GBS CONOPS and JORD, and to validate operational utility. The JBS is an operational precursor to the GBS, currently supporting EUCOM, using leased commercial Ku-band transponders and commercially available ground hardware.
2.0 Specific Objectives
Provide a near worldwide GBS operational capability; provide an integrated system, including equipment and software, compatible with UFO 8, 9, and 10. Evolve the system from an initial capability with UFO 8 as defined in the SRD appendix 4 to the SRD threshold requirements with UFO 10. Upgrade the Phase I systems specified elsewhere within this RFP to Phase II capability.
2.1 Systems Management
2.1.1 Plan, organize, direct, and control the design, development, production, and delivery of an integrated GBS.
2.1.2 Execute the program in an Integrated Product Team environment.
2.1.3 Provide electronic accessibility for program data.
2.1.4 Develop and execute a System Protection Program
2.2 System Design, Development, and Test.
2.2.1 Deliver System Sets in accordance with the CLIN structure, SRD, and IRS.
2.2.2 Leverage use of commercial equipment and software, NDI materials, and open systems.
2.2.3 Provide upgrade path for phase I systems per CLIN structure.
2.2.4 Identify, minimize, and control environmental, safety, and health risks
2.2.5 Perform system security engineering
2.2.6 Conduct test and evaluation of GBS elements, segments, and total system
2.3 Systems Integration
2.3.1 Perform total system integration (total system integration responsibility).
2.4 System Operations and Support
2.4.1 Support operational test and evaluation.
2.4.2 Develop and perform operations training and maintenance training.
2.4.3 Take maximum advantage of existing service logistics support infrastructures.
2.4.4 Provide contractor logistics support.
2.4.5 Provide 'help desk' support to GBS users.
2.4.6 Minimize man-power to operate and maintain the system.
22.214.171.124 Minimize required level of personnel clearances for designer, operators and maintainers.
2.5 System Evolution
2.5.1 Design the GBS system to allow delivery of an interim capability in support of UFO-8.
2.5.2 Upgrade interim capability to threshold capability by the launch of UFO-10.
2.5.3 Design the GBS System architecture to accommodate evolutionary hardware and software changes after launch of UFO-10 to achieve Phase II objective requirements.
2.6 System Affordability
2.6.1 Deliver an interim system capability within current program cost constraints and minimize cost of upgrades to threshold capability.
2.6.2 Minimize recurring unit cost of the Receive Suites.
2.6.3 Minimize Phase II system life cycle costs.


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AVON PARK — The Avon Park football team has been preparing for the upcoming season and the Kickoff Classic on August 22. The team has been running drills and filling positions that were left open when players graduated. Several team leaders have stepped up and coach Wade Jackson is excited about his young team.
The team has several players who saw plenty of playing time last season, such as Josh Jones, Bryan Johnson and J.C. Cobb, but there will be plenty of new faces roaming the "We are young," Jackson said. "We have some talent, some speed; overall I really like them. We are making some mistakes that young teams make but the players are learning and not making the same mistakes twice. That is a sign that things are going good. I like the energy and effort that has been given so far. I'm excited about what is going to happen."
The team has been working hard, hitting the weight room, and working on the field nearly everyday. Adarius Council has stepped up and become a leader. Council is a sophomore this year and will be playing quarterback. He knows he is in charge of the offense and what is going on. He is a leader and that is what Jackson is looking for.
Jackson is hoping that more players will come forward as leaders. He is looking to see who will step up to be his defensive leader because he is in desperate need for one. Several of the players are leaders by example but the team needs a vocal leader. Coach Jackson said he needs everybody to step up and do their job.
"So far practices are going OK," he said. "Last week we were able to go in the morning and it was a little bit cooler, today we went in the afternoon and it was a lot hotter and you could tell it obviously affected the players. The weather was wearing out the players. Overall I've been pleased with the practices; the energy and effort have been there. We are nowhere near where we need to be but we are getting there."
The Red Devils lost a number of seniors from last year's team and Jackson is looking for players such as Johnson and Jones to assume leadership roles and push the other players on the team.
"Those other kids, I guarantee they are going to bring it," Jackson said. "They are not scared and they get after them. They just need game experience."
As is often the case this early in practice, the offense is trying to find its rhythm, while the defense is farther along in the process.
Offense takes timing, everybody has to be in the right spot," Jackson said. "The defense is ahead, but offense is getting there. In a game-time situation everything can change. We are having lots of positive things happen and we are getting better."
The Red Devils have some solid offensive players in the backfield, such as
J.C. Cobb, Claudy Antione and Jaques Gordon. Cobb, who made the All-Highlands team last year after rushing for 425 yards, is more of a slasher, while Antione and Gordon are like freight trains.
Jackson is entering his second season as the Avon Park head coach.
"This year it has been a lot easier," he said. "I have a great coaching staff. When they come out here I don't have to worry about anything. They do their jobs and they are great coaches."
Avon Park will continue to practice in preparation for its Kickoff Classic on Friday, Aug. 22 against Lakeland's Tenoroc High School. Kick-off is 7:30 p.m. at Joe Franza Stadium.


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Aliases for WWC1 Gene
Aliases for WWC1 Gene
External Ids for WWC1 Gene
- Entrez Gene: 23286
- Ensembl: ENSG00000113645
- UniProtKB: Q8IX03
Previous GeneCards Identifiers for WWC1 Gene
Summaries for WWC1 Gene
The protein encoded by this gene is a cytoplasmic phosphoprotein that interacts with PRKC-zeta and dynein light chain-1. Alleles of this gene have been found that enhance memory in some individuals. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]
GeneCards Summary for WWC1 Gene
WWC1 (WW And C2 Domain Containing 1) is a Protein Coding gene. Diseases associated with WWC1 include schizophrenia. Among its related pathways are Signaling by GPCR and Hippo signaling pathway. GO annotations related to this gene include transcription coactivator activity and protein binding, bridging. An important paralog of this gene is WWC3.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot for WWC1 Gene
Probable regulator of the Hippo/SWH (Sav/Wts/Hpo) signaling pathway, a signaling pathway that plays a pivotal role in tumor suppression by restricting proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Along with NF2 can synergistically induce the phosphorylation of LATS1 and LATS2 and can probably function in the regulation of the Hippo/SWH (Sav/Wts/Hpo) signaling pathway. Acts as a transcriptional coactivator of ESR1 which plays an essential role in DYNLL1-mediated ESR1 transactivation. Regulates collagen-stimulated activation of the ERK/MAPK cascade. Modulates directional migration of podocytes. Acts as a substrate for PRKCZ. Plays a role in cognition and memory performance.


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Q&A: Switzerland's Central Bank Chief Philipp Hildebrand
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal's Deborah Ball and Dave Kansas sat down with the new head of Switzerland's central bank, Philipp Hildebrand.
We've already reported his comment's on the regulatory push out of Washington and his intention to fight any "excessive" appreciation of the Swiss franc.
He had plenty of other interesting things to say; here's the full transcript of Hildebrand's conversation with the Journal.
Q. What is your view of the current discussions around new international banking regulations?
A. There is very broad consensus on the structure and the thrust of the regulation. The piece that is missing – which is the most difficult piece – is the calibration of all of this, or the actual levels. At this stage all the banks know what is coming their way in terms of the thrust of the regulation. And on the whole there is broad consensus in terms of the regulation. The hard bit is the calibration and the actual levels, and the question of the definition of the quality of the capital. This work will be completed by the end of this year. Then we will go into the implementation phase, with a goal of meeting the new targets in 2012.
I think the banks fully know and have accepted that this is the framework they will be operating under. Where there is debate is what the effect of all these various measures in the aggregate will be, mainly on the macroeconomic environment. That's why this next phase is absolutely crucial in terms of determining the actual levels of capital and liquidity so that you know what the impact it.
Q. What do you think of the proposals the U.S. unveiled Thursday to restrict proprietary trading by banks?
A. One [important piece of new reform] is the treatment of trading book capital. I have no doubt whatsoever that this was one of the major weaknesses of the previous regime. It was a direct result of the market risk amendment which was introduced in 1996, when the capital requirements against the trading books of the big banks were drastically reduced. If you look at any chart of trading assets in the major international institutions, you will see that that was the beginning of the increase and eventually you had the explosion in trading assets, which was in turn one of the main contributors to the build up in leverage and one of the main causes of the crisis.
Now there is a discussion of whether we need to think further about trading books as conditions improve and how do we prevent the past from repeating itself. I certainly very much welcome that we focus intensely on the trading book treatment. Therefore the proposal yesterday is certainly something we are extremely interested in and broadly speaking we are very supportive of – of making sure certain activities, pure prop trading activities must not be allowed to grow again they way they did, or really explode again.
The issue here is not a pure return to Glass Steagel. It is clear to me that modern large international financial institutions need some trading assets to execute trading businesses on behalf of their clients. What is not acceptable is that you have this vast, huge risk that is purely focused on prop trading – narrowly defined – that has nothing to do with client business, but essentially puts the capital of the bank at risk in a highly leveraged manner with very little bearing in terms of direct effects on the economy. This is what is at stake here. Certainly, as long as governments are involved in these banks to protect deposit holders and certainly where you have implicit or explicit government guarantees to protect deposit holders, that kind of activity should not be prevalent in these banks. That's the thrust of yesterday's proposals and I think this debate is very much welcome.
What is your opinion of the 'too big to fail' issue?
A. The banks have fully recognized the problem. There is no one here who that argues that this problem doesn't exist, that in the event of a serious crisis, you can only choose between government guarantees or accepting total turmoil. The too big to fail problem is a political question. How much residual risk from these big banks is the country willing to accept? That is a fundamentally political question.
The hugely complex factor is that for [any measures to wind down troubled banks] to be effective it has to have some sort of international mechanism. The aim is to first get to the stage of having compatible national regimes and then ultimately find a way for these regimes to have some sort of link, whether through mutually recognized arrangements or even some sort of treaty amongst the main financial centers so that we can to some extent synchronize insolvency procedures. It's a very difficult process, there's no doubt about it.
The other question is what banks and regulators can do ex ante to facilitate an orderly wind down should we ever arrive at a similar scenario. There are some ideas about some organizational changes ex ante that would make it easier for banks and regulators to deal with it in such a case. Some of these structural changes that are being discussed here may also facilitate risk management within the banks. If you look at the history of what's happened here, you can also say that the problem was too complex to be managed. It was just too vast. Some of these proposals that are being examined now would not only facility an orderly wind-down in the future but could also enhance the ability of management to control the process within the banks, have more transparency and could enhance the ability of regulators to conduct more intense and effective supervision. We need much more intense and much closer supervision.
If you can't get international agreement on regulations aimed at addressing the "too big to fail" issue, will you proceed in Switzerland with some national regulations anyway?
That's a key question. To create as level a playing field is the raison d'etre of the Financial Stability Board (FSB). [Our] fundamental aim is to avoid slipping into a protectionist, fragmented global financial system and to create robust rules with a robust consensus at the international level. But in the end we remain responsible for the stability here in our own financial system. Therefore, it is quite possible that, depending on what comes out of the international process, we may have to have in certain areas stricter rules. It's something we've already had [in Switzerland]. It would be perfectly justifiable given [the large size of the banks relative to the Swiss economy]. It also depends on what the business model of these banks is going to look like in the future. That will determine to what extent we may require additional, more stringent requirement relative to that which will come out of the global process.
What challenges do you see still facing UBS?
The main challenge for UBS at this stage is to return to profitability. They have restructured the bank very aggressively and the solvency of the bank is assured today. The bank is stable. What is left is the challenge of returning to profitability and returning to a business model that can generate sustainable earnings going forward without generating the sort of risks that we have seen in the past. Here we go back to the trading discussion. It has to be a business model that doesn't simply depend on massive leverage to generate profits but can generate profits in a sustainable way. That is the main challenge and there is still a lot of work left to do. In terms of stability concerns and confidence, there is no question there.
Do you envision UBS allowed to repurchase the assets that you are now holding in the Stability Fund?
A. The timing of this depends on the strategy and the choices of UBS and will be dependent on our assessment as to whether such a transaction would reintroduce risk in terms of the stability of the institution. At the moment, it is clear from both sides and such a transaction is not on the table. We will see how things evolve. At the moment it is not an issue. The timing will depend on the evolution of these markets that are impacting the assets in the fund. We don't have people knocking on our doors en masse wanting to buy back these assets.
What are your views on the current debate about bank bonuses?
You can approach it from a moral, ethical, social equality, or risk perspective, I've always taken the view that we need to stick to the risk dimension. That is why we care about this as central bankers. What we care about is that compensation does not become an additional risk factor by creating incentives that run counter to financial stability priorities. I think the new compensation schemes of UBS and Credit Suisse have come a very long way in addressing and responding to the FSB guidelines and are vastly improved relative to the compensation schemes in place in the years prior to last year.
There is the other dimension, which not one where central bankers have a particular expertise to comment on, but that it is eminently in the banks' self interest to exercise restraint on (absolute pay) levels, because we know that levels clearly impact the political environment. The banks themselves have a huge interest in making sure that the level of compensation doesn't generate a political process that then really can begin to undermine the foundations of the market-based system. My big concern here in terms of levels is that unless the banks exercise self restraint, it can trigger a political process that can undermine the basics of a market based system.
I think they have not sufficiently taken this dimension into account. I would urge them to do so very quickly. This is a (political) process that is beginning to be visible. I can't imagine that they don't see this. It is very visible. Anybody who takes a longer term view in the interest of a market-based structure to our economic systems has got to be very concerned about what is happening. To the extent that they have not responded in trying to figure out what to do in terms of self restraint, it is high time they do so.
If a new international regulatory regime were different than what you have in Switzerland, could you envision adapting the rules here?
It depends on which areas. It also depends on how the banks reposition their business model. The more oriented the new business model is towards sustainable profitability and the more that excessively risk activities such as pure prop trading are reduced, and the more the banks address themselves issues such as compensation and organizational issues, the more we can be comfortable that whatever the new setting is is appropriate. The answer depends on the final calibration of the Basel rules and secondly the extent to which the banks at that stage will have reoriented their business models. Then we will have to revisit the question of whether we need an additional burden.
Could you imagine relaxing some of the tougher restrictions that Switzerland now has on the banks?
At this stage, it's hard to imagine. It would have to entail a very substantial reorientation of the banks' business.
The economy in Switzerland is recovering and the OEDC recently warned against sticking with the ultra loose monetary policy the bank currently has in place. At the same time, there are the problems in Greece, which is driving a flight to quality. All this could make it more difficult for you to prevent an appreciation of the Swiss franc. What are your thoughts?
The monetary environment in Switzerland is challenging. The reason is that in the short term, we continue to have huge uncertainty relative to the basic outlook. We have a moderately optimistic baseline scenario, around which you have very large uncertainty, particularly on the downside. Moreover, relative to our definition of price stability, we have very little room on the downside. We continue to have considerable residual deflation risks, particularly in the event that we were to be hit by a renewed shock of some sort. And clearly the exchange rate shock would be one that would be particularly damaging regarding deflation risks. So our policy is very clear in the short term. Given those risks, and given the deflation risks that continue to be in the system, we will not let those risks materialize through an excessive appreciation of the exchange rate. The trade-weighted Swiss franc in real terms has appreciated around 10% since the beginning of 2007. That's the short term picture. It gets challenging in the long term. We know that, as the OECD has rightly pointed out, we can't forever keep monetary policy as expansionary as it is. And so that's the balance that we're operating under.
When might you make changes in your monetary policy?
It's impossible to say because we don't know what the developments will be. The particular difficulty is that at the moment, while we have a moderately optimistic baseline scenario, the risks around that scenario are very wide. And so it is a question that I can't answer today. What we do know is that at the moment certainly raising interest rates would be inappropriate. Our policy is clear: We will resolutely prevent an excessive appreciation as long as there are deflationary risks. We are equally committed to preventing deflation as we are to preventing inflation.
We have used the interest rate mechanism all the way. We are obviously at a zero rate policy. We have very limited means to do quantitative easing the way that other countries have given the size and structure of our bond market.
What prospects do you see in securing true international cooperation in regulating the international financial system?
It is imperative that we all work together and continue in the spirit we had during the crisis and to make sure we go as far as possible in creating a common regulatory framework and together address these too big to fail issues. By definition these are very hard to address domestically. They are global multilateral issues. They involve a number of key countries, although the number itself is not that large.
In the end if we can create a common framework, and if we get together the UK, Germany, the US and Switzerland, we are a long way down the road. If we can create a common framework around the problem of proprietary trading, and if we can get this down to a common framework in the US, UK Switzerland and to some extent Germany, we've come a very long way. US leadership is key of course. It's crucial in all of this. That's why it's very important and why I welcome the initiative by the US to take a clear stand on a number of these issues, particularly on the trading side. If you think of this overall objective to create a common global framework, you can't get that done unless the US is part of it.


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CD / double vinyl / downloadCreated by Robert Henke 2011
How I hate those dirty little flies. Impossible to sleep, it is too hot, no wind, just motionless humid air. Five weeks with no change and the gods are laughing at us. Every part of my body hurts, and I cannot think straight. Last friday the solar panel cracked in the middle of the night, I have no idea why and I almost don't care anymore, they will not find anything here anyway.Am I awake now?
They set up tons of equipment and the results so far: The strange noises during the nights got louder and louder. Some kind of monotonous moans that seem to come from nowhere. The scientists run around and pretend that they know what goes on but they have no clue. And they are frightened, I can see it. How they look around, how they stop chatting when they get closer. How they avoid talking with me about their work: Ah yeah, we make some progress, it takes time to initialize the system, we have some preliminary data but things need to be calibrated first...
The fact that Jonathan died in the cave whilst connecting the data lines does not help much to improve the situation. He was not afraid. I am also not afraid. I am just here to write things down. They tell me what they say is important for the world and I write it down. I had more demanding jobs. Apart from the flies.
I found a lovely spot on the hill near the east gate, my private little escape from the madness. I watch the birds, listen to the occasional rolls of distant thunder, and enjoy the saturated colors of the forest.
* * * The poison of the yellow-red frog acts fast and efficient. When Jonathan realized something went seriously wrong it was already too late. He tried to estimate if he could make it out in time, but his vision got already blurry. He thought of leaving a note to prevent the crew from coming down and making the same mistake, but before he could think any further his heart stopped beating. When his body touched the surface of the dark lake he was already dead * * *Watching the gecko watching the flies.
A1 - 01 Ghosts preview 5:05
A2 - 02 Toku preview 5:42
A3 - 03 Afterglow preview 5:14
B1 - 04 Hitting the Surface preview 7:42
B2 - 05 Discontinuity preview 4:49
B3 - 06 The Existence of Time preview 5:09
C1 - 07 Phenomenon preview 5:59
C2 - 08 Unstable Matter preview5:42
D1 - 09 Lilith preview 5:07
D2 - 10 Aligning the Daemon preview 4:51
D3 - 11 Foreign Object preview 5:19
Total running time: 60:43
During the creation of Ghosts several friends provided essential support, critical comments and inspiration: Justine Lera, Torsten Pröfrock, Susanne Kirchmayr, Gerhard Behles, Vance Galloway, Harry Ed Roland, Stefan Brunner, Matt Jackson, Johannes Kiersch, Tarik Barri, Daniel Teige, Daniel Dettwiler.Recorded bit by bit at the Foggy Playground Berlin.


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LASIK Eye Surgery (cont.)
J. Bradley Randleman, MD
Dr. Randleman received his BA degree from Columbia University in New York City. He earned his MD degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his residency training at Emory University, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. He then completed a fellowship in Cornea/External disease and refractive surgery at Emory University.
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
In this Article
- What is LASIK eye surgery?
- How does LASIK work?
- What is refractive error?
- What are the primary types of refractive error?
- How do glasses or contacts improve vision in people with refractive errors?
- What happens to vision when we age?
- Are there different types of LASIK?
- What is conventional LASIK?
- What is wavefront-optimized LASIK?
- What is wavefront-guided LASIK?
- What other types of refractive surgery are available?
- Am I a good candidate for LASIK?
- What is my doctor looking for during my evaluation?
- What are the risks of LASIK?
- How do I find the right doctor?
- What should I expect before, during and after surgery?
- What are the advantages of LASIK surgery?
- What are the disadvantages of LASIK surgery?
- LASIK checklist
- Find a local Eye Doctor in your town
Am I a good candidate for LASIK?
Refractive surgery is not for everyone. In addition to having a complete eye exam to find out if you are a candidate for surgery, there are certain questions you should ask yourself before considering LASIK or other refractive procedures.
- Am I willing to accept a low but real risk of surgical complications? Even though modern LASIK is extremely safe with rare complications, there are still times when unavoidable complications occur that can negatively affect your vision.
- Does my career allow me to have LASIK? Although there are now very few organizations that prohibit their employees or members to have refractive surgery, if there is any doubt, then it is important to ask your employer, professional society, or military service whether or not it is allowed for you to undergo refractive surgery.
- Has my vision been stable long enough to have LASIK? While minor changes in your prescription are not uncommon from year to year, if your prescription continues to get progressively stronger (for example, more myopic, more hyperopic, or more astigmatism) each year, then you may not yet be a good candidate for refractive surgery.
- Do I have any health conditions that make me a poor surgical candidate? Certain advanced autoimmune diseases, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, may influence postoperative healing.
- Do my recreational activities make me a bad surgical candidate? There is a lifelong risk of LASIK flap dislocation if there is significant trauma to the eye, so people who participate in contact sports such as boxing, martial arts, or wrestling are not likely not be a good candidate for LASIK. In these instances, other refractive procedures, especially surface ablation, may be more appropriate choices.
- Am I too young or too old to have LASIK? There are no hard and fast rules about the appropriate age to have LASIK. However, patients under age 18 are rarely stable enough for LASIK, and older patients may begin to develop cataracts or other eye health issues that preclude them from undergoing LASIK. Again, the best way to determine these things is have a complete eye exam.
- Do I have keratoconus? Keratoconus is a corneal disease resulting from decreased corneal strength that can be detected as an abnormal curvature on testing. Patients that have evidence of keratoconus are not candidates for LASIK or surface ablation, but new technologies may become available for these individuals.
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Weather Journal: December Comes In Like a Lamb
If you've made outdoor plans for the next few days, congratulations are in order: you've just won the December weather lottery. Thursday will begin a long stretch of sunny and seasonable weather across Greater New York, with the return of clear skies and drier air.
Temperatures in the suburbs and beyond will begin to dip to quite chilly levels on a regular basis despite the sunshine. For those in the five boroughs — where the temperature has yet to officially drop below the freezing so far this fall –early morning temperatures in the upper 30s will feel much cooler than the relatively warm and humid mornings of the past week. On Long Island and in rural areas, expect low temperatures may reach the mid-20s or colder this weekend.
Meteorological Winter Starts: After a warm and dry November (the fifth warmest in the New York City's weather record books), December is here — and that's historically the month that snowstorms really get cranking.
Last year's 20.1 inches of snow in Central Park made for the sixth snowiest December since 1869. Over the last 142 years, every December but two has had at least a trace of snow at some point during the month. After a snow shutout in November, New Yorkers are actually still ahead for the year in the snow department thanks to the record snowstorm in late October.
In an average year, December brings about five inches of snow to New York City. But here's why we may not make that mark this year: The latest long-range climate outlooks for December and the next three months point to a continuation of the warm weather that has been dominating the tri-state since the freakish Halloween snowstorm now more than a month ago.
This warm and dry weather over Greater New York has been locked in with the help of La Nina, and an anomalously stronger and stronger NAO signal, a shorter-term climate pattern more closely related to winter conditions on the East Coast. As Weather Journal discussed in our initial winter outlook back in September, this winter has a good chance of being delayed as a result of these two patterns.
A Hurricane Future? As a follow-up to Tuesday's post-mortem of the 2011 hurricane season, meteorologist Jeff Masters of Weather Underground has a fascinating, in-depth look at the near-miss worst case scenario the city escaped during Hurricane Irene in August.
He argues — and the State of New York agrees — that even if Irene turns out to be the closest hurricane brush the city experiences over the next several years, coastal flooding events will become increasingly common as rising sea levels accelerate with climate change. By one estimate, a flooding event (like Irene) that currently happens once per century will happen at 10 times that rate in the near future, with the worst events flooding up to one-third of the city's streets.
New York City, due to its unique coastal geography, is particularly vulnerable to storm surge flooding, with current defenses becoming less and less adequate to meet this potentially catastrophic challenge.
Thursday's Greater New York forecast roundup:
- WSJ Headquarters in Manhattan: Actual High: 50; RealFeel High: 47 Actual Low: 39; RealFeel Low: 36 Weather: Sunny and breezy
- Brooklyn: 49/39
- Queens: 50/40
- Bronx: 51/35
- Staten Island: 49/37
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 48/27
- Trenton, N.J.: 51/36
- Islip, Long Island: 51/32
- New Haven, Conn.: 49/28
Meteorologist Eric Holthaus contributes daily weather reports and analysis on Metropolis. For the latest on conditions in New York and elsewhere, follow his updates (@wxrisk) on Twitter.


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Help Me Get Away With This
March 30th, 2008 by Dan Meyer
Mean, median, and mode are each important, each easily mistaken for the others, and, depending on context, misleading or completely meaningless.
I came across a scenario yesterday which highlighted their differences and limitations a little too perfectly:
- Consider every human being in the world.
- List each person's total testicles.
- What is the mean, median, and mode of that list, and what do they mean?
Is this even worth the trouble? If you aren't trying to shock or pander to or titillate your students, are testicles fair game? 'Cause the implications and extensions are really awesome here.
Like: the average human being has one testicle.
Or: the median number of testicles is either zero or two depending on gender majority.
And: the median and the mode will be the same number except under a few (also awesome) conditions.
How do I avoid panicking my principal here?
[via Jim Ray's cool tumblog]
21 Responses to "Help Me Get Away With This"
on 30 Mar 2008 at 7:46 am1 Mark Barnes
Dan, I say getting away with it is simple. When I first started teaching eons ago, a veteran enlightened me with this amazing declaration:
"It's always better to apologize later than to ask permission, now," he said.
I've done a lot of great things in the classroom, living by this axiom.
Keep us posted on the testicle lesson.
Huh. How progressive is your school? Your line of inquiry is legitimate from a biological perspective, but good luck dropping that example in class. Personally (and I say this as a science teacher), I'd stay away from it, especially in a math classroom.
What about using ovaries? Less sensational?
Not every man has two testicles. it's quite possible the median may be 1. (If you do this, it might be a good extension to figure out how many there would heave to be in order for that to happen, though.)
A quick search of the innertubes did not provide any useful data.
I'd stay away from it, but my kids are 13, and would spend more time giggling than thinking about the math.
Marzano says loop through your content at least twice, dude. So it's even worse than you think. By virtue of gender equality alone, you're going to have add an example using breasts.
Perhaps "eyes" would be equally fun, if not as shocking. Have them *draw* their answers, and then flash a picture of Cyclops up on the ol' Keynote for comparison.
on 30 Mar 2008 at 11:01 am5 Rich
Sorry, I have middle schoolers so I pretty much have to leave this one with you. My 6th graders found a cute YouTube video about mean, median, and mode – but then again, your high schoolers would probably turn up their noses at such a cartoon.
However, let me tell you that I'm thrilled when I have students searching for math content on YouTube with absolutely ZERO direction from me!
on 30 Mar 2008 at 11:14 am6 Benjamin Baxter
I'm with Dina, here, except that part about breasts. You don't have 'em — as far as I know — so you're probably better off not talkin' about 'em.
Uhhh…as much as I admire your thoughts on here, Dan, I have to question the wisdom of this one. Let us know how it goes, though.
I was thinking about the following bilateral human parts that might work: eyes, ears, breasts (yes, men have them too so technically that doesn't work), arms, legs, thumbs, kidneys, lungs, etc. None of those work though, as both genders have them. You need something gender-specific. What about chromosomes? XX (female), XY (male), XXY (Kleinfelter's), XO (Turner's), XYY (Supermale). Would that work? High schoolers would know that stuff by then, plus you could have the bonus conversation of gender/sex determination within our society. Whoa. The med school girlfriend and I are really nerding out here….
See this is exactly the issue. Outta all the gender-specific bilateral body parts, testicles work like none other.
Guys have breasts. Ovaries require explanation (which goes way outside my content area). Do high school freshmen know chromosomes? I mean like they know testicles?
Maybe I've just gotta try this. Next year. At my new school. During my first evaluated lesson.
@Mr. K, the median would also be one if there were exactly the same number of men & women in the world with no genetic abnormalities and no orchidectomies.
Our freshmen take biology. I know they do a unit on genetics and hence are familiar with chromosomes. It might be a nice way to do some cross-curricular integration. One could also tie in probability with the Punnit Squares.
As for the "Maybe I've just gotta try this. Next year. At my new school. During my first evaluated lesson." Yeah… let us know how that goes.
Here's a thought. What does your kids' health class look like at your grade level? Are they going to come across human anatomy or sexual reproduction this year? (Thinking of ways to CYA with a cross-curricula defense…)
Ahem. Dan Meyer does not know the
meaning of CYA.
on 30 Mar 2008 at 6:44 pm13 Dee
(collapsed on the floor, holding my sides, and laughing so hard I'm cryin!)
Can I be there? Seriously this is the best post and comments I have read in a while. If you have a "bookworthy" file – put this in it.
on 30 Mar 2008 at 7:08 pm14 sandy
How about using cows and their udders, or some such thing from the animal kingdom that is still fun and gimmicky (in a good way) but not so touchy? My sensitive and brilliant son (who also reads this blog, BTW, and is thinking of becoming a math teacher) would have been embarrassed TO DEATH to have had to sit through that discussion in early high school. Aside from any objections the administration might have, why make adolescents psychologically uncomfortable when you don't have to?
@Dee: I had a bookworthy file at one point but inside of a few weeks I was copying in basically all my posts, most of my e-mails, tweets, text messages. It got out of control. I'll let you know when that future chart-topper snags a publisher.
@Sandy: Okay. I definitely don't want to make adolescents psychologically uncomfortable. There is a very good probability that I would've been psychologically uncomfortable back when. But I have to believe that the class whose teacher approaches the material dry, factually, like it's no big deal, like he isn't trying to scandalize anybody, might just dodge that heavy-caliber bullet.
Plus, I dunno how comfortable you are with the math, but udders won't work. Cow testicles would but, I mean, c'mon, right? I'm hurting for alternatives, basically.
on 31 Mar 2008 at 12:55 am16 John Larkin
Dan, what about a different beast? The moose. Correct me if I am wrong but I think only the male of the species have antlers. Took me a while to nut that one out.
"But I have to believe that the class whose teacher approaches the material dry, factually, like it's no big deal, like he isn't trying to scandalize anybody, might just dodge that heavy-caliber bullet."
That's what I meant about investigating health-curriculum connections, smartass. (Smartietesticles?)
I get a lot of mileage out of using other people's handouts. Perhaps you can capitalize on the fact that the word might be one on a list of 25 to which they've already had to write out definitions and study for a matching quiz. Nothing like rote teaching to defuse the explosive nature of language…
on 31 Mar 2008 at 7:49 am18 Tony
I have to agree that the cross curricular argument just might be your best defense. Either way, you have to be really careful, because this one could get your picture in the paper real quick. Testicles definitely have shock value, but there has to be something else out there with instructional value equal to, if not exceeding, testicles. I'm not sure exactly what that is, but is has to be out there somewhere.
I think I'd go with the testicle example for several reasons:
(1) at my school 9th graders take Health, which includes information on testicles, so it's probably a curricular connection,
(2) It's effective. To be honest, I couldn't've adequately described the difference for mean, median, and mode off the top of my head until this post,
(3) testicles are attention grabbing. You're keeping it scientific (i.e. you're not using "balls") and discussing the mathematic principles of testicles is bound to catch their attention.
If I were in your shoes, I'd probably use it. Of all the comments, I think Sandy's worry about creating psychological stress in young adolescents is the only real worry. You know your students. If you think they're up to it, go for it. Don't let the "man" tell you what words can't be used in class. :-)
on 01 Apr 2008 at 7:51 am20 Tony
Sorry, Ben, but I have to disagree. Attention grabbing? Sure. Will it leave an impression? You bet. But you have to weigh how much more effective using "testicles" are vs. the potential of getting yourself in a wee bit of trouble. Depending on your administration and your students and how "uppity" their parents can get, it could be a bad decision.
This is way late but…
What about putting up a series of animals and counting their legs (mammals w/4, birds w/2, fish w/0)?
You could arrange it so that the mean would be 1 and the median 3, or something like that, and then only the mode would be useful.
I would LOVE to do testicles w/my 9th graders, but I don't think I should in my first year at a school :-/ I'll wait to build up some goodwill first :-)


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