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Streamlining Your Content to the Web
Technology is generally meant to make life easier, but often users are bogged down in complicated process with programing, uploading and sharing their many different gadgets. Eye-Fi, the maker of location-aware memory cards that can wirelessly upload data, has continued to expand their capabilities. Just this week, they added a new card that can wirelessly upload video and another that can automatically geotag your video.
The system automatically uploads your data onto sites you deem appropriate, such as Flickr, YouTube or Facebook. The newest geotagging-enabled card automatically labels your photos by location and lets you upload from more than 10,000 WiFi hotspots around the country. This type of technology simplifies the process of sharing your personal content. By streamlining the already simple process, these developments continue to shrink the divide between those who want to share their content and those who know and do share it (like at our Good Ideas Presentation). Our continuing coverage of sharing in the modern age expands with the inclusion of personal photo and video. However, we hope that users are aware of the potential for privacy violations with this technology, so maybe it isn't a streamlined process at all. What do you think?
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Chris Nybo '02 presents, "Running for Office: From UChicago Law to State Representative"
A former State Representative and Elmhurst Alderman, Chris Nybo is currently a candidate for the Illinois Senate. While in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2011-2013, Nybo successfully led efforts expanding the availability of live-saving allergy medicine for school children (known as the Epi-Pen Law), prohibiting politicians from putting their names and faces on taxpayer funded signs (known as the Blagojevich Billboard Ban) and reforming workers' compensation so that it's easier to do business in Illinois.
Born in Elmhurst, Chris is a lifelong resident of the western suburbs. He graduated from Fenwick High School, Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude) and University of Chicago Law School. He is an active supporter of the Ray Graham Association for People With Disabilities, the York Senior Center, Elmhurst Youth Baseball, and Immaculate Conception Parish. His honors include selection as a Harry S. Truman Scholar by the United States Government.
In his legal work, Chris assists small and large businesses on a variety of employment matters, and he has been honored on the 2011 and 2010 Illinois Rising Stars list featuring outstanding young lawyers in the State of Illinois. He currently lives in Elmhurst with his wife Faye and their three children.
Organized by the Office of the Dean of Students. Co-sponsored by the Law School Republicans and Democrats.

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Here's the Washington Post on Sen. Collins' explanation for her vote against Pryor (as opposed to her votes for Owen and Brown):
Collins said in a statement that she was worried about Pryor's temperament and "respect for the judicial system." She noted that he once said of a Supreme Court death penalty ruling, "This issue should not be decided by nine octogenarian lawyers."Some have wondered whether Collins wasn't really figuring that many Maine voters would welcome a vote against someone who was both a Southern white male and a devout Catholic. (The fact that Collins herself is Catholic would not weigh decisively against, and might even weigh in favor of, such a calculus.) So it's good to hear a reason that doesn't indulge racist, sexist, and religious prejudice.
But how good is Collins' stated reason?
A proper respect for the judicial system must be reconciled with a proper respect for the power of American citizens to exercise their rights of self-governance. When judges overstep their bounds, political officials (Pryor was Alabama's attorney general at the time of his comment) have an obligation to respond with vigor. Pryor himself acknowledged this his particular phrasing was "overheated political rhetoric," but that is a far more minor offense than that of our many senators who celebrate or acquiesce in judicial power grabs.


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Guardhouse becomes tiny venue for Cold War art project
By Emma Anderson
(Reuters) - A German artist has turned a tiny surveillance booth used by the communist regime in the former East Germany to monitor citizens into an art exhibit and venue, which will be installed in a museum near Los Angeles dedicated to the Cold War.
The one-person guardhouse measuring 2 meters (yards) by 1 meter was originally located in the parking lot of state-run news agency ADN so that authorities could keep a watchful eye on reporters. Artist Christof Zwiener rescued it from demolition.
Guardhouses were an integral part of state surveillance in East Germany (GDR), stationed not only at borders but in places where they could monitor ordinary people going about their daily lives.
"The guard, he or she, controlled the people coming in or out but on the other hand, the people going in also watched him," said Zwiener. "There are a lot of forgotten things in East Berlin still, but nobody cares about them anymore."
Berlin tourist attractions on the GDR theme include Checkpoint Charlie and the Stasi Museum and DDR Museum, both of which focus on the Stasi's sinister surveillance apparatus.
Ten artists have showcased their work in the closet-sized booth, many focusing on surveillance which is a sensitive issue in Germany because of the way the Gestapo and Stasi spied on citizens in the Nazi and communist eras.
The project has coincided with revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on citizens and institutions in Germany, including Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
The exhibit by Berlin-based artist Sonya Schoenberger, which ends this month, consists of thousands of keys once used in Stasi police barracks, hanging from a vertical metal rod. Continued...


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Hi friends. During class time, I don't get any free time to just make a card but I did this one a few weeks ago and hope I haven't posted it before. Lately I've been a little obsessed with my Unity Itty Bitty stamps and the Oliver Paper Pad by Basic Grey. This is a very clean and simple, yet masculine card with my patterned paper but the ink colors that I chose really brighten it up a bit and go perfectly with my paper.
Let's see if I can find any challenges to enter this card into:
By Lori Designs, BLD40, To Use a Sentiment
Charisma Cardz Challenge #6, Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy #37, Show Your Favorites
Cute Card Thursday #256, An Eye For Detail
Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today. God bless you. It's a great card to give to anybody. Enjoy!
Ephesians 5:25. Husbands, love your wife, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
Ephesians 6:1. Children obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Change out the patterned paper to make more of a feminine card.
Change the ink to make a feminine card too.
Very clean and simple card thatI know you will enjoy.


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December 20, 2012
How to Keep Your Developer Skills Sharp as a New Team Lead
The career path of a developer is a tricky one. On the one hand, you have pressure to advance into positions with more responsibility and authority. On the other hand, there is continuous pressure to maintain a technical edge.
This can be a difficult road to navigate: many developers fear that a move into management will weaken their developer skills, while others fear that staying too close to the code will limit their careers. Both are correct. The way to stay on top of the game will be different for every person, but I offer here a few lessons I've learned as I've tried to balance this in my own life.
Insist on code reviews.
Code reviews are part of establishing proper code architecture, keeping technical debt low, and shipping quality software. Like all quality activities, some stakeholders are quick to let code reviews slack when time or budgets become constrained. Other than quality, development team leads have another, more personal, reason for insisting on proper code reviews: it keeps your brain in the code, thinking like a developer, and using your expertise to help make others sharper, as well.
Follow the commits.
As your own time for work becomes constrained by team leadership tasks (mostly meetings), it's easy to stop paying attention to the finite details of what's going on in your code base. Similar to code reviews, watching the source control commit stream to see where and how changes are being made can be a helpful way to stay connected to the details of your project without having to read every line of code. Train your team on proper commit messages. Follow the messages and the list of files that have been changed. When something looks curious, dig in and find out what's happening before the formal review happens.
Schedule small tasks for yourself.
There are plenty of tasks on any project. The small and uninteresting ones usually aren't thought to be the best use of a team lead's time as conventional wisdom dictates that a highly experienced developer should focus on difficult or high level problems like system architecture. However, small tasks present an easy way to stay connected to a codebase without having to commit to large development time periods or block other developers. By scheduling yourself for the small tasks, you'll at least keep some part of your coding brain exercised and your developer skills sharp. It might not be the most fun or interesting problems to solve, but it might be the best way to make an impact without using too much of your time. And speaking of time….
Guard your time.
Development team leads are often put in the position of needing to "buffer" their team from outside meetings. Stakeholders want to discuss some element of the project, or more likely its deadline. Other disciplines (design, project management) want to coordinate their activities with development. There are an endless number of people trying to eat your time, and the meetings will continue expanding for as long as you let them. Don't let them. Block an entire day off on your calendar each week and refuse to accept meetings on that day for anything that isn't 100 percent mission critical. Reject meetings that don't have a well-defined objective and agenda. This may be difficult to do at first in a business culture that instills a fear of conflict and under-communication. But after a few weeks of holding the line you'll find that many of your coworkers and stakeholders will respect you more for this ability.
At the end of the day there's no simple solution for keeping your developer skills strong while also growing as a team leader. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Exceptional developers learn to find their own way to balance these competing tensions. It will be difficult, but it will be worth it.


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Football sells. In fact, it may be in danger of overtaking sex as the ultimate attention grabber. Over the past decade the sport has seen an inexorable expansion of its appeal and is now one of the only national events to transcend boundaries of class, age and, increasingly, gender. No wonder advertisers love it.
When the Renault Clio, the ultimate women's car brand, hires Arsenal striker Thierry Henry to front its advertising, it might be time for the shrinking bunch of non-football fans to admit defeat. For the past six months, everyone from Coca-Cola and McDonald's to the Nationwide building society has been trying to cash in on World Cup fever.
"I know a lot of people still moan about it but it's one of the few events that has true mass appeal, so it makes for very soft ground to connect with people," says Nick Bell, executive creative director of Leo Burnett.
"Having said that, I think this year's output has been disappointing. I don't see too many people being different. I still think Nike's Good versus Evil is one of the best football ads of all time, but Tarsem made that six years ago. As far as I can see, Nike is still doing the same thing in their ads, repeating the same formula of hiring in some expensive football stars and having them kick a ball around."
The iconic Good versus Evil ad, which saw a team of footballing greats captained by Eric Cantona pit their skills in combat against a team of demons and monsters, was made in 1996 and kick-started the current trend for ads that bring together the biggest footballing stars of the moment.
This year Nike has produced a glossy and hugely expensive film in which Cantona presides over a secret football tournament held on a disused cargo ship. Directed by Terry Gilliam and packed with stars including Henry and Ronaldo, the film is impressive, but rather soulless.
"It's a good idea, but the advert got a bit confused with all the special effects and that strange Bladerunner-stylesetting," says Richard Flintham, joint creative director of Fallon, which does Umbro's advertising.
"My reaction was well, yeah, but can we just see some football now please - it's nowhere near as good as Parklife where Cantona does that trick and you think, 'I can't wait to get outside and try that one out'. As a football enthusiast, this sort of lost it for me."
Umbro, by contrast, has made a virtue out of being a no-nonsense football brand that doesn't, in Flintham's words, make pink tennis shoes. Recent poster ads have used plain shots of Umbro products with lines such as, "Your sister definitely hasn't got a tennis dress with this logo on it" and, "All Umbro products are manufactured in a leotard-free environment".
The approach has helped it stand out from the star-studded glamour of the Nike and Adidas World Cup campaigns, which have won few plaudits. This year's Adidas campaign, "Footballitis", about a group of scientists investigating a serious condition that causes players and fans to be gripped by obsessive football fever, has been given the thumbs down. Among the politer responses from the industry were: "Of course they've got footballitis, they're professional footballers - tell me something I don't know", and, "It's not the freshest idea. I sort of knew that footballers were into football".
None of the creative directors we spoke to mentioned an Adidas ad as their all-time football favourite, which goes to show that even a star like David Beckham isn't enough to make your brand stand out. All had at least one Nike ad in their list, which must be particularly galling for Adidas given that, unlike Nike, it has forked out an estimated £30m to be an official sponsor of the World Cup.
So what about the brands with no obvious link to the sport? Can they still get a piece of the footballing action, or will they do themselves more harm than good by attempting to cash in on its popularity?
"Some brands have to work a lot harder than others to create that link," says Flintham. "As a football fan I was really annoyed when Coca-Cola started doing those 'Eat football, Sleep football, Drink Coca-Cola' ads. I thought, how dare you? You don't know anything about football, you're just trying to buy your way into it. But then they did those ads for Euro '96 with the eagle mascot and the blind guy watching football with his mate, and all of a sudden it was like they'd suddenly got it. They showed me that a brand I didn't think could understand football could."
McDonald's is another brand that has tried for years to capitalise on the success of football, with varying degrees of success. A burger chain is hardly the most obvious fit with sport of any kind, but the company's Alan Shearer ads - including a hilarious spoof of Cantona's philosophising Eurostar commercial - have at times been spot on.
John O'Keeffe, creative director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, believes the reason why so many football-related ads work is that agencies have to be spontaneous and react quickly to events. He says: "It's the ads that grab your attention that are the best. It's actually quite hard to get an ad away nowadays, and with tactical campaigns you have a much better chance of getting your ads through uninterfered with. You don't have time for lots of people to make their changes because you need to run the ads now or you miss the moment."
O'Keeffe cites Nike's Euro '96 posters featuring the line "1966 was a great year for English football. Eric was born" and a 1994 ad showing Diego Maradona clutching an Ikea lamp beside the words, "Starting June 27, the Ikea sale is the biggest event this summer" as tactical ads that have worked well.
But he warns that a tactical ad that backfires will have a disproportionately negative effect. An Argentinian condom company recently produced posters ahead of a crucial match against Brazil demonstrating just what the Argentinian team intended to do to their arch-rivals. Unfortunately, the Brazilian team ended up winning by a pretty convincing margin.
The Brazilians retaliated in kind using a slightly doctored image that cast doubt over the manliness of the Argentinian team beside the line, "It wasn't the first time. And it won't be the last". I can't see many Argentinian men using that particular brand of condom in the near future.


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Mobil 1 or other?
Does it really need Mobil 1 Synthetic, or can we use any Synthetic Oil that meets GM4718M as per the Owner's Manual? (Mobil 1 for 8 quarts is like $100 bucks.).
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I called the local parts store here and they said it'll be about $100 bucks for Mobil 1 5W30 with a filter (that's with a discount).
Local GM dealership said $120.00+tax to change it.
- 09-10-13 06:14 PM #2KRSTS Guest
Re: Mobil 1 or other?
Try Walmart. Around $50.
Re: Mobil 1 or other?
Mine here, Walmart, was about $ 26.00 a jug (5 Quarts)
Yes, on the first one you need 2 jugs, but then
there is 2 quarts left, and the next time, 2 more,
So on the third oil change , you only need to buy
one jug and the filter.
BTW, please only use MOBILE 1 filter.
It is recommended with Mobile 1 oil.
My guy here, lists a oil change for $ 19.95
So I go in and offer him a deal, I provide the
oil and filter, and he charges me $ 19.95,
to change them. I get the remaining oil.
I don't get my hands dirty,
and it's done, professionaly.
Happy Motoring !
- 09-10-13 07:43 PM #5Cadillac Owners Fanatic
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Re: Mobil 1 or other?
When I bought mine I put Valvoline FullSyn. When Valvoline scanned my vin, I saw that the previous owner also changed the oil there twice before I bought it.
Long story short - noisy lifters
My tech guy instantly asked if I put Mobile One. He recommended I put some Seafoam in it, drive it for a few hundred miles and put Mobile1 in. I gotta say that the Seafoam helped quiet them down a bit, will change the oil this week and keep fingers crossed.
Really weird, considering I ran my Escalade to 160K miles with plenty of heavy towing on Valvoline and never had a single engine problem... I guess they don't make them like they used to
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Re: Mobil 1 or other?
I have done some searching on motor oil couple of years ago. I agree that Mobil 1 is good oil. I use Walmart's Super tech full synthetic oil. What I found out is Mobil oil bottle it for Wal-Mart under Super tech brand. There a web site that break down all the oil. They also bottle for some of the off brand. So I buy Super tech for $17.47 for 5qt. Danny
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Re: Mobil 1 or other?
I like Rotella T6. Its about $19 for a gallon at the local Tractor Supply and I have had great results with my LS cars, Turbo cars, and the STS.
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According to the official Cadillac story, the oil used is supposed to be Dexos certified. That is, if you have a warranty right now, you should be using such oil. Here's the link to that list of Dexos certified oils:
Autozone has it right now for $32.99 with filter.
- 09-11-13 10:15 AM #9Cadillac Owners Member
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Re: Mobil 1 or other?
Mobil1 from Wally world
I would use the Mobil 1. I have a 2005 STS V8 with 194,000 miles and counting and she purrs like new. I've always used Mobil 1
- 09-11-13 01:19 PM #11Cadillac Owners Member
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Re: Mobil 1 or other?
Canadian Tire usually have it on sale every few months, price is less than Walmart.
- 09-11-13 02:50 PM #12Originally Posted by BarrySTS
It's not due right now but I'm going on a mini road trip on the weekend; wanted to do a fresh blood transfusion before that but I can wait.
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Re: Mobil 1 or other?
At the local GM dealer right now - $78 for M1 full syn and filter out the door, sweet


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Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
My amendment today maintains the State of Louisiana's ability to regulate hunting within its borders. In a decision announced March 1, 2012, the Forest Service Regional Forester located way over in Atlanta, Georgia, went over the heads of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to forever prohibit the use of dogs to hunt deer in Kisatchie National Forest.
Deer hunting has a long and important cultural history within the State of Louisiana. When French settlers first came to Louisiana in the 18th century, Louisiana was covered by thickets and dense timber. Most of these settlers had companion dogs with them, but the most treasured were the deerhounds. The use of dogs would help the hunter drive the deer out of the forest because deer were so plentiful and provided exciting races that provided sound nourishment.
Hunting in many forms has been for decades, and continues to be, a compatible activity on the 600,000-acre Kisatchie National Forest. Oddly enough, the Regional Forester does not prohibit the use of dogs for hunting raccoon, squirrel, rabbit, and game birds.
In 2011, the Kisatchie dog deer season was only 9 days and only applies to certain ranger districts. According to communication with the Forest Service, seven southern States allow hunting on national forests within their borders. They include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina; but in this case, not Louisiana. However, this is the first time the Forest Service has issued a ban on dog deer hunting, or hunting deer with dogs, within a specific State.
According to the Forest Service itself, they indicate that revenue generated on dog deer hunting, including expenses to care for dogs, contributes to approximately 18 to 29 direct jobs and results in roughly $890,000 to $1.4 million of income. By their own assessment, it is likely that some economic benefits will be lost depending on whether hunting with dogs for deer leave the area to pursue the sport elsewhere. Now this is about to kill even more jobs in Louisiana.
I would also like to emphasize that the State of Louisiana, the NRA, and the Safari Club all support my amendment; and I urge support of this amendment.
Mr. FLEMING. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to respond to some of the statements that were made.
I received a petition of thousands of hunters from Louisiana and several States who wanted this to continue. The State, not the Federal Government, is in the best position to make this determination. By October 6, 2009, the Forest Service had received 1,237 responses to its 2009 request for comments. Of these, 320 agreed with the proposed prohibition, but 917 were against it. That's a 77 percent majority of these respondents who were actually from central Louisiana where this Kisatchie National Forest exists. During October 2011, the Forest Service received over 1,300 more comments on the original proposal and environmental analysis. All but five letters--all but five letters, Mr. Chairman--were opposed to the proposed prohibition.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FLEMING. I just want to respond, again, the people of Louisiana, the State of Louisiana has full support of doing away with this prohibition. This was a decision made by somebody in Atlanta, a Federal person, that has to do with what is really a local issue. This is a tradition that goes back 300 years, and I think it's pretty obvious that the people of Louisiana support the continuance of hunting deer with dogs.
I yield back the balance of my time.
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With its cost issues now sorted out, Volkswagen (VLKAY.PK) has given the green light for a slate of small, affordable cars that could end up costing about 6,000 euros, or $8,300, in the Chinese market. The company was struggling to reach its cost targets for such a car, aimed at emerging markets, but with those targets now in place, the company is able to move forward with the project, Reuters cited Germany's Manager Magazin as reporting.
Senior executives at VW are expected to approve the budget car in the next few weeks, and the supervisory board is expected to sign off on the project by the summer, Reuters said. China is the biggest market for economy cars, and Volkswagen has reportedly been working for over a year to hit its internal cost targets to move forward with the project.
Heinz-Jakob Neusser, VW's brand development chief, said at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month that it was becoming more and more difficult to hit cost goals for the budget car, and noted that it made no sense to approve a vehicle that was not meeting in-house targets. However, Volkswagen is desperately lacking in terms of bottom-floor, no-nonsense vehicles for markets like China or India, where automotive growth is driven by that class of vehicle.
Further, Volkswagen is striving to become the world's largest automaker by 2018. To do so, it will have to unseat incumbent Toyota, and beat back Detroit-based General Motors — and neither company intends to slow down in the meantime. In terms of volume, it's nearly essential that Volkswagen have a competitive car in the markets with the strongest growth.


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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Training
Daniel F. Maixner, M.D.
Director of Electroconvulsive Therapy Program
Physician Training:
Visiting psychiatrists can attend our ECT training program which is tailored to those physicians who are interested in establishing their own ECT program or who wish to update their ECT skills and knowledge. One or two day seminars can be arranged. An ECT textbook and recent ECT articles are provided. The learning experience consists of observing ECT treatments conducted by our team and didactic lectures. Lecture topics include:
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Anesthesiology Considerations in ECT
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Our ECT nurse coordinator provides half-day training to nurses covering ECT nursing procedures with a focus on a team approach. In this concentrated format, participants will have the opportunity to observe several ECT treatments performed by the ECT team. Sequential materials and lectures with the ECT treatment nurse offers information about the basics of ECT, standards of ECT nursing practice, and pre and post assessments/management of ECT patients. In addition, nursing documentation pertinent to ECT is reviewed.


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I had a nose piercing and unfortunately made the mistake of wearing silver stud. It oxidized and now that I've taken out the ring, there is a dark spot. I believe it is argyria. I tried using hydroquinone to remove the spot, but to no avail.
Are there other options, topical or surgical that I can do? Thanks in advance.


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How does the 'grocery gripper' attach
The grocery gripper seems like a fair idea to keep plastic grocery bags from flopping all around in the cargo area. Has anyone gotten one and how does it attach? Also, is it worth it or just another gimmick?:dunno:
I installed this on my '05 x3, and it involved a bit of drilling through the side cover in the cargo area. NOt hard, but it was a bit frightening taking a drill to the car. They worked OK, but flexed enough when I had very heavy bags that I never used them much. I had some bags pull off the grovery gripper.
From the phto for the F25 series x3, it appears that attach to the rear of the back seat. The older method work not work wit htis because I had to have access to the back of the creaws to attach nuts. I would not want to have to take my seats apart to install them.
Some sites have the PDF installation instructions, so you can see ahead of time how they are installed. I would check that out before buying them.
My dealership told me they are not worth it at all. If you have the dealership install they charge 30 mins so $50+ bucks to install a $36 part that can't hold heavy bags well.
I would just use the two hooks on either side of the cargo area and a cargo net if you have that many groceries.
I am going to install mine soon and will post pics. I had one in the 06 and liked having it. Worth it...yes.
Got mine for $17.00+
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This week, I have become a columnist for the Catholic Herald. It is a short piece under the Leader called "Catholic Dilemmas." (People ask questions and I try to answer them.) The first one is about relics and what to do with them.
The Editor, Luke Coppen has given me a very kind notice in the Editor's Blog.


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Hixson Metal Finishing and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) have reached an agreement over air emissions at the Newport Beach, California, finishing plant.
The SCAQMD filed a motion in April to seek an order from its independent five-member hearing board to require Hixson to reduce its emissions and risk to the community on an expedited schedule. SCAQMD said it has monitored outdoor levels of hexavalent chromium for several years at two locations near Hixson, and its data indicated that Hixson was the source of elevated levels of hex chromium.
But Hixson President Douglas Greene said his company had done everything that the SCAQMD has asked it to do over the past several years, and that the high levels were not caused by his company.
"We have observed surrounding operations and believe that there are additional business activities that may contribute to these elevated and sporadic emissions," Greene says.
In May, the SCAQMD's hearing board adopted a "findings and order" that stipulated continued mitigation efforts by Hixson and testing by SCAQMD. The hearing board praised Hixson as well as its own staff for working cooperatively to develop a stipulated plan to continue to reduce emissions in the vicinity of Hixson's plant.
"As part of our continued cooperation with the district AQMD staff, we are pleased to be moving forward after the board's approval of the order," Greene says. "Our dedication to this community and industry is demonstrated through our top safety and environmental standards and through our open-door policy with the district. As a contributor to this community for the past 50 years, we are committed to the health and safety of our neighbors and employees."
Hixson has been actively working with SCAQMD for several years on improving its air emissions and has openly invited SCAQMD into its facility numerous times. That has resulted in more than $250,000 in facility improvements in equipment and filters, Greene says.
SCAQMD's executive officer, Barry Wallerstein, agrees that Hixson has taken steps in the past to reduce its emissions, "however, more work needs to be done," he says.
Greene says Hixson will continue to defend itself and that it is not the source of the additional pollutants. "We are proud to provide top quality processing services to the aerospace and defense industry in an environmentally sound and responsible manner," he says. "We strive to be the best supplier in the industry and have worked tirelessly to maintain and expand our corporate social responsibility initiatives."
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Heading into the 2012 Olympic basketball tournament, there are the teams that are penciled in to make a serious run at a medal. Teams like the U.S., France, Argentina, and Spain are certainly going to be battling and leading the way for Team Argentina will be San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili.
Ginobili will be guiding Argentina to another medal but another South American team hoping to one day be considered a basketball power house is Venezuela.
Venezuela competed for a spot to play in London last summer in pre-Olympic qualifiers against Manu and Argentina but did not secure a spot. However, Ginobili heaped praise on the Venezuelan team and says their future is bright.
"Venezuela will mature as their soccer. It is a great team and it showed at their Olympic qualifiers. Greivis (Vasquez) is a great player, like Hector (Romero) and Oscar (Torres). They play at a high level on this team."
As Manu mentioned, New Orleans Hornets' Greivis Vasquez is a solid player and will be the face of Team Venezuela for the future. But Manu sees lots of great things about Greivis and feels he has a great pro-basketball future.
"He's a good guy. He has much ability to play in the NBA. He's a great person, I always knew that I have served as his inspiration. His future is enormous, he just has to work non-stop and he will see the fruits of his labor."
And the feeling is mutual. Vasquez has looked up to Manu as one of the best Latino players in the NBA and sees Manu as a shining example.
For [his] humility greets you, know your name. Knowing that I am a newbie comes and asks me, "[Greivis] hello, how are you?" Not all players are like that, coming out of his way to greet another. Perhaps they made with the same status, but not with a rookie.
So Ginobili is the best of all time in Argentina and I think not only for his work ethic and humility. He has an unblemished image.
You always want to match the best or follow a model and he is. Not just for Argentines, but in the world. When presented Ginobili in the games San Antonio is the most celebrated player. To me it means pride, because he is Latino.
He opened the doors of the NBA many Latinos.
Spurs fans should know all to well how good a player Vasquez can be. He helped the eighth-seeded Grizzlies upset the first-seeded Spurs in the first round of the 2011 NBA playoffs.
But as far as Team Venezuela, Vasquez alone won't be enough if the team wants to compete with the world's great basketball team. He is a good cornerstone to build around, but more needs to be done if Venezuela wants its national anthem to be played during the medal ceremony.
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Also, Sarah is a finalist for a YWCA Tribute to Women award. The 2013 Tribute to Women will be held Aug. 15 at the Historic Bijou Theatre.
Knoxville News Sentinel: "Beauty Hunters' treasures: Women's fitness group finds all kinds of beautiful outcomes from workouts"
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Following Tom Shillock's letter 'Place the onus on drivers, not cyclists' (Insight, Sept. 25), I think something needs to be added to the bicycle debate.
I don't own a motorized vehicle and biking is my only means of transportation. I enjoy and appreciate the very civil climate that tolerant police and drivers have shown me.
This is going to change if some riders, especially young guys, don't calm down and show some consideration to pedestrians and drivers
They run lights and stop signs at night and, if they don't actually cause an accident, they anger drivers.
Sad to say, I believe too many bicyclists will abuse the privileged treatment Portland gives them, and their rude behavior is going to come back eventually - on all riders.
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Economic doldrums give planners time to think
If the paving over of Portland is slowing down, I don't necessarily think of that as a bad thing (Economic slowdown settles into town, Sept. 25).
It might give us a chance to save some of the open lots from becoming new condos in the short term as we rethink where our food comes from. We may need those open lots to grow food on.
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Hospitals' use of restraints needs impartial monitor
As far as I can see, the only reason hospitals will not reveal their data on restraint use is because they have something to hide (Hospital restraint numbers murky, Sept. 18).
As Beckie Child, president of Mental Health America of Oregon, says, people with mental health issues are still deemed less than others and, believe me, are treated as such.
I have been on both medical and psychiatric floors (such as at Good Samaritan), sometimes as part of the same hospitalization. The difference in treatment from staff on the separate units was like night and day.
On the medical unit, the staff members were incredibly kind, always professional and eager to be helpful. On the psych unit, many of the staff were rude, unprofessional and clearly inconvenienced by my needs.
But even if the hospitals end up having to spill this information, why would anyone believe them?
I mean, the informers are the same people who are under scrutiny. There needs to be an impartial, anonymous agency to monitor the activities of these hospital units.
Child notes that there is so much potential for abuse in the use of restraints; I am afraid that the abuse is both actual and common in psych units and cannot always be measured in something as clear as numbers.
Laura Crabtree
Northeast Portland
ESL system doesn't need fixing; it isn't broken
Personally I think this idea is a further waste of money for our schools (Initiative seeks to ban bilingual classes, Sept. 18).
School is there to teach children to learn, not to force them into speaking English at a rapid pace so that they'll fit in society. The ESL program works fine and, believe it or not, ESL students also pick up the language on the playground and at lunchtime in the high schools.
I believe the ESL classes give the non-English speaking children the closer, one-on-one approach that nurtures the learning of a new language and helps the children feel more secure in their new country.
The thought of destroying the ESL program that has worked well for so long is insane. It's not the teachers who are promoting the children's laziness, it is the children failing to apply themselves.
You're going to get the same thing no matter what, so why use this money to make 'assimilation,' as someone put it previously, a strict necessity, instead of using it for the ailing music programs in schools?
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The tablet's features, as listed by the retailer, include: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, a 7-inch display with 600 x 1024 pixels, 2MP rear camera, dual-core 1.2GHz Marvell PXA986 processor with Vivante GC1000 GPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, MicroSD card support, and a 3,600 mAh battery.
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Steve Sutterby posted this image on his Flikr profile and we just knew this needed to be shared. Who would have thought that a Lego Man would be scared of Jesus? Perhaps it's not Jesus and more religion in general, or perhaps he is more worried due to what he has been getting to with no redemption? Either way we will never know as Lego Men can always look happy and angry at the same time!
This photo from Max Spencer is a great illustration of the connection between toys and humans inability to separate images with real human feelings. No doubt you looked at this image and thought of real humans, not perhaps because you are sure they are limbs from humans more that it represents us all. A study by Suzanne Ive et al (2006), talks about how the Barbie doll may make young girls want to be thin. They concluded that young girls "experience heightened body dissatisfaction after exposure to Barbie doll images but not after exposure to Emma doll (or neutral control) images." So, when buying you daughter a doll, go for an Emma doll!
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To study the tao of burger would take a lifetime and one cannot live on burgers alone, but you also can't call it living without trying some of these awesomely unique Montreal burgers…
M:BRGR – $100 BRGR: Easily Montreal's most expensive burger; if you're going to splurge and fork out $100 on a burger, that burger better wash your car and drive you to work. The sheer extravagance of this burger rivals nothing short of what I imagine Celine Dion's bedroom to look like.
The burger features two Kobe beef patties, bacon, foie gras, and a honey truffle aioli. The delicateness of its ingredients does not sit behind the heartiness of the burger. The nectarous grilled pear, paired with the fig jam, compliments the richness of the kobe beef and foie. Well thought out, each element is as important as the other. This lavish burger leaves nothing to the imagination in terms of opulent burger toppings – unless you're imagining topping your burger with a healthy portion of Kate Upton. To describe the burger in one word, "Foodgasm" says owner Jeff Dichter.
Kazu – Shrimp Burger: Remember when you were growing up, you had that friend who was allowed to have soft drinks with dinner? And you wished your parents were that cool? Not to say that Chef Kazuo (the genius behind this shrimp burger) is some avant-garde parental figure, but you're going to wish that your favorite local burger joint were doing this kind of burger. A toothsome grilled shrimp patty topped with their homemade seasoned mayo sits atop a toasted sesame seed bun, peppered with Japanese chili powder and tempura flakes. Well worth the 45 minute lineup at this cozy Downtown izakaya.
Burger Bar Crescent – The Poutine Burger: This monstrosity is comprised of a AAA-beef patty, caramelized onions, topped with a poutine. The fact that poutine was inside my burger made me fight all urges to call it wrong, however, as I ate it, the more the poutine inside the burger seemed natural. It was like scratching a mosquito bite, you know it's something you shouldn't do, but it just feels so good. Not to be overshadowed by the poutine, the burger itself is solid. The patty was a nicely cooked medium, juicy and meaty; the sweet caramelized onions holds up and was evident throughout the burger and poutine itself, all being buttressed by a buttery brioche bun. When asked about the inspiration behind the poutine burger, the head chef Brian said he'd wanted to develop a burger that was "original and iconic".
Jukebox Burger – The Hulk: Remember that time you were in the mood for a burger, but you also wanted a grilled cheese sandwich as well? The guys at Jukebox burger beat you to your "Oprah Aha! moment" and while doing that, replaced the bun on your burger with two grilled cheeses sandwiches and then gave you a wedgie at the same time. Owner Elan said that they wanted to offer something "completely over the top". A bit off the beaten path (out in Dollard-des-Ormeaux), this path leads to certified Canadian Black Angus beef. Ground in-house daily, this assures the freshest of bovine to be nestled gently between two lunches fit for a 10 year old. To eat a burger comprised of two other meals within itself might be justification enough to being the only thing you eat all day.
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Mr Gore desperately needs the pundits to see him as the victor of last night's contest, in order to rally his campaign and stop Mr Bradley's recent underdog surge, which has put the former basketball star ahead of the vice-president in polls in key states.
The first of several scheduled Gore-Bradley encounters in the coming weeks was due to take place at Dartmouth college in northern New Hampshire, the state where the first primary contest of the election season will be held on February 1 2000.
Officially, last night's event was billed as an hour-long "town meeting" in which the candidates would answer questions from 200 local people, with little opportunity for direct cut and thrust between the two men.
But the rival camps were leaving nothing to chance, in view of the importance of the clash, and both Mr Gore and Mr Bradley spent much of the preceding two days preparing for the event. Later debates will revert to a traditional face-to-face format.
Mr Gore discussed likely questions with advisers and spent part of yesterday in a mock-up studio rehearsing his answers. Mr Bradley went for a campaign walk in the town of Hanover, before retreating to his hotel to mug up for the evening.
One of the main problems facing them was to find ways of differentiating themselves from one another in the light of their very similar views and policy priorities over the years. Before last night, Mr Bradley attacked Mr Gore as "timid", and Mr Gore has tried to depict Mr Bradley as a free-spending liberal from the centre left.
Last night's contest came as the latest New Hampshire poll confirmed Mr Bradley firmly in the lead over Mr Gore, with three months to go before the state's crucial primary. Mr Bradley had the support of 47% of registered New Hampshire voters in the Quinnipiac college poll, and Mr Gore 39%.
In a theoretical contest with the Republican party's likely presidential candidate, Governor George W Bush of Texas, the poll found Mr Bradley dead level with Mr Bush on 42%. But Mr Bush enjoyed a comfortable 49% to 36% lead over Mr Gore.
But recent national public opinion surveys have produced the first solid pieces of good polling news for Mr Gore in several months. A nationwide Gallup poll for the USA Today newspaper this week showed Mr Gore reversing Mr Bradley's recent inroads into his lead among Democrats. In the new poll, Mr Gore leads Mr Bradley by 25 points, with 57% of support. The previous Gallup poll at the beginning of October put Mr Gore ahead by 12 points with 51%.
After several weeks in which Mr Bradley seemed to be closing in on Mr Gore's previously impregnable superiority in the Democratic race, Mr Gore seems to have turned things around at least temporarily by adopting a more relaxed yet combative campaign stance. The vice-president's decision to move his campaign headquarters from Washington to Nashville, Tennessee, seems to have paid early dividends.
Tonight it will be the turn of the Republican contenders to debate in a similar forum, although the non-participation of Mr Bush, who has claimed that he is too busy in Texas, makes it a far less significant event. The remaining five Republican presidential hopefuls, who are all due to take part, are Senator John McCain of Arizona, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the publisher Steve Forbes, and the conservative activists Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes.
Mr Bush has agreed to take part in a debate in New Hampshire in December. He leads Mr McCain by 41% to 28% in the new Quinnipiac college poll, with Mr Forbes running third on 10%.


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Lewis Hamilton has come forward stating that he's no longer under the control of others after he severed professional ties with his father Anthony, who was his manager, and McLaren boss Ron Dennis, who paved the British driver's path to Formula 1.
Now driving for Mercedes, having ended his relationship with McLaren which stretched back from the time he was 14, the 28-year-old is no longer under the gaze of his father and his former team's chief, highlighting the freedom he has gained with the German manufacturer.
"Very, very similar characters, my dad and Ron," Hamilton was quoted saying by the Mirror. "My dad is the head of the whole family. Everyone goes to my dad. He's like the Godfather.
"At McLaren, Ron is the Godfather. Naturally there does come that power. I don't know if it's about fear but there were definitely parallels.
"No one controls me now. I'm able to be my own man," he added suggesting that the two figures do not influence his life anymore.
Hamilton has repeatedly indicated that he was clearly stifled by the corporate machine that he was so often asked to pedal at McLaren, which affected not only his personal life but also his racing.
"No one controls me now. I'm able to be my own man," asserted the Mercedes driver. "I make decisions I want to make now. I'm my own man and that's what I always wanted.
"I'm happier now. I can do things and I don't have to report to anyone."
The 2011 season was perhaps Hamilton's worst, at least emotionally, when he got involved in several on-track incidents and was slammed for some controversial remarks as well.
"It was lack of energy, lack of motivation. It's almost like depression but it's not depression," he recalled his life during the McLaren stint. "It saps your energy and it saps your will to do want to do things. You are not able to focus on the job at hand.
"There was a point where I was driving and I was crashing for no reason. I was just not on the ball," he confessed.
"It has taken me all these years to get to the point where what people say doesn't bother me," he added.
Hamilton pointed his finger at the environment he was racing in, saying that he would have been protected if he had continued with McLaren, but instead preferred to start afresh.
"There's no time for mistakes. It's all on me," he said.


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Michael R. Otterson, managing director of public affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), wrote on the "On Faith" blog today about the Latter-day Saint practice of baptism for the dead:
This entire labor of love, as Mormons view it, rests on the premise that those who have passed on have the choice to accept or reject the gesture. I knew when I performed the proxy baptism for my father that he was a devout Christian, christened as a baby in the rites of the established Church of England. My gesture in his behalf took nothing away from him, the life he lived and who he was at his core. If there is an afterlife — a belief clearly shared by both of us — then I added opportunity to the goodness of a short but purpose-filled and worthy life.
Read the full blog post at the Washington Post.
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With some of the highest space-to-passenger and service ratios at sea, Seven Seas Navigator sails to Alaska in summer months, Canada and New England in autumn's peak fall foliage season, and spends winters in the Caribbean with an occasional voyage that ventures as
far south as the Amazon River.
The first ship outfitted uniquely to Regent Seven Seas' specifications, the Seven Seas Navigator is a particular favorite of returning passengers for its small-ship intimacy, big-ship features, and comfortable, well-designed accommodations, which are all considered suites.
The generous use of wood and the addition of deep-tone accents to the predominantly blue color palette give even the larger lounges an inviting feel. Artwork and elaborate flower arrangements add a bit of sparkle and interest to the somewhat angular modern decor.
Due to the aft location of the two-deck-high main show room, the only lounges that afford sweeping seascapes are Galileo's—typically the most popular public space, with nightly entertainment—and the Vista Lounge. Although views from the Vista Lounge are spectacular, there's no permanent bar, and it's primarily a quiet spot for reading when there are no lectures or activities scheduled there.
The 1994 merger of Radisson Diamond Cruises and Seven Seas Cruise Line launched Radisson Seven Seas Cruises with an eclectic fleet of vessels that offers a nearly all-inclusive cruise experience in sumptuous, contemporary surroundings. The line was rebranded as Regent Seven Seas Cruises in 2006, and ownership passed to Prestige Cruise Holdings (which also owns Oceania Cruises) in 2008.
Even more inclusive than in the past, the line has maintained its traditional tried-and-true formula—delightful ships offering exquisite service, generous staterooms with abundant amenities, a variety of dining options, and superior lecture and enrichment programs. Guests are greeted with champagne on boarding and find an all-inclusive beverage policy that offers not only soft drinks and bottled water, but also cocktails and select wines at all bars and restaurants throughout the ships. Round-trip air, ground transfers, and shore excursions in every port are included in the cruise fare.
On board, casinos are more akin to Monaco than Las Vegas. All ships display tasteful and varied art collections, including pieces that are for sale.
What You Should Know
- Library is excellent and includes a wide selection of both books and DVDs
- Fellow passengers might be as wealthy as Midas, but most are unpretentious
- When nothing on the menu appeals to you, just ask for what you'd really like to have
- Computer room is next to the library and can cause noise and congestion when Internet use is heavy
- If you book a suite in the far-aft section of the ship, be prepared for an annoying vibration
- Unless you prebook tables in specialty restaurants online, you could find them unavailable after boarding
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- Entered Service 1999
- Gross Tons 33,000
- Length 560 feet
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Today was a furry sad day at our house(boat).
Our dear friend and my almost brofur in law, Felix Mendelsshon had to be helped to the Bridge with the help of his Meowmi, Laura.
i knew he was not doing well but i didn't know his time was so near.
Last night his Meowmi laid in bed holding him for a long time remembering the good times...19 1/2 years of good memories.
i know the whole furamily is sad too.
i hope time will heal their broken hearts.
i wish i could help in some way.
i feel so helpless.
i know Frederic Chopin knows i love him and will be here for him if he needs me.
*hugs to his sad furamily*
Last night Mr Frederic Chopin asked me to marry him.
Well, what do you think i said???
i said............................
of course!!
He is just a sweetheart...he just sent a diamond ring, too.
i am so very happy!
~the future Mrs Frederic Chopin
i should start at the beginning....
There i was in my heated igloo on the dock next to my favorite peoples house(boat). They are very kind to me. They bought me my own house and gave me heat and they feed me several times a day...not a bad life, but i have to admit that i am lonely...
That was then...
And this is now!
On January 4th, the lady brought me into the house(boat)! She was talking softly to me as she put me into a kitten playpen. Hey, not bad! Its warm in here too.
On the following Monday i went for tests at the vet, all NEG, and on Wednesday i was spayed. Wow, that was quite a week! The lady came to get me and brought me home after my surgery and i was living in the playpen.
After i was healed more, the lady let me out of the cage and i became a member of the family. The lady is now my mommy!
i have been doing very well ever since.
i didnt think things could get any better when mommy made me a page on Catster and i began to make friends...
AND... i have a boyfriend!
i met him and he has my Heart...he is such a handsome guy...Fredric Chopin is his name!!! MOL
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Brimah set for surgery on Friday
UConn freshman center Amida Brimah will have surgery on his left shoulder on Friday morning to repair a torn labrum.
The procedure will be done at the UConn Health Center in Farmington. His recovery period is expected to last four to five months.
Brimah, a native of Ghana, led the team in blocks with 92. He averaged 4.1 points and 3.0 rebounds while appearing in all 40 games for the national champions.
His left shoulder bothered him during the season. It was determined that surgery was necessary to fix the problem following a recent MRI.


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Deerfield's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
The schedule for Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities is posted below. A morning of student presentations and community break-out sessions is followed by a performance by a highly regarded troupe of musicians and actors from Denver, CO, who will take the audience on a multimedia journey through the civil rights movement.
8:30-9:00am: Registration (MEM Lobby)
9:00am: Flag ceremony (Large Aud)
9:20-10:25am: Student Presentations (Large Aud):
- The Madrigal Choir: "Ain't Got Time to Die" by Hall Johnson
- The Academy Chorus: "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand" arranged by Stephen Key, with John Van Eps (piano)
- The Academy Chorus: "Seasons of Love" from Rent arranged by Roger Emerson
- Cast Members of Voices in Conflict
- Uruguay Presentation
- Deerfield Step Team
- Dr. Curtis
- "I Have a Dream"- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
10:35-11:55am: Community Break-out Sessions, led by members of the Diversity Task Force (please refer to the room assigned to you at registration; see below for faculty room assignments)
12 noon: Sit-down Lunch (Dining Hall)
1-1:30pm: Afternoon Registration/Questionnaire Pick-up (MEM Lobby)
1:30-2:30pm: Guest Performance by At the Table with Dr. King, a multimedia journey through the civil rights movement
2:30pm: Closing Remarks
**Co-Curricular activities will run in the Afternoon**
Faculty Room Assignments
1. Crow Common – Acton, Flaska, Meier
2. John Lewis – Ahbel, Freda, Melvoin
3. Louis Marx I – Albertson, Friends, A. Moorhead
4. Louis Marx II – Anderson, Fritz, B. Moorhead
5. English Office (Arms) – Apostol, Fry, J. Morsman, Wright
6. Lobby Kendall Building – Baker, Graves, Moushabeck
7. Mem Lobby – Bakker, Greenidge, Nilsson
8. Choral Room (performance well) – Barnes, Hagamen, M. O'Donnell
9. Dance Studio – Berger, S. O'Donnell, Warsaw
10. Art Studio Corridor – Bergeron, Hannay, P. Bonanno
11. Hilson Gallery – Sam Bicknell, Harcourt, Palmer
12. Black Box – Stuart Bicknell, K. Heise, K. McConnell
13. Star Field – Bishop, T. Heise, K. McConnell
14. Garonzik (speaker's well) – Ott, Hemphill, Reese
15. Barton Common Room – R. Bonanno, Henry, Robbins
16. Kravis Room (Mat 1) – Howell, Roihl, Cabral, Jacobs
17. Kravis Room (Mat 2) – K. Calhoun, Invernizzi, Savage
18. Trophy Room (outside the Greer) – Burker, Karbon, Schloat
19. Team Room (in Greer) – R. Calhoun, Keller, A. Creagh
20. Ro-Sho Common Room – Cary, P. Kelly, Silipo
21. DeNunzio Common Room – Shepherd, X. Kelly, Taft
22. Room 27 (American Studies Room) – B. Creagh, Latham, J. Taylor
23. Dance Loft – Cullen, Loftus, M. Taylor
24. Common Area on Third Floor MSB – Cullinane, Liske, Teutch
25. Front entry lobby of MSB – Lempicki, Thiel, Ellis
26. Dining Hall Lobby – Dancer, Lyman, Thomas-Adams
27. East Gym left – Davis, C. Lyons, Trelease
28. East Gym right – Dickinson, J. Lyons, C. Feng
29. West Gym Lobby – Scandling, Manory, Van Eps
30. West Gym left – Dohrmann, Marge, Veiga
31. West Gym right – McVaugh, Veit, Whitcomb
32. Arms 57 (large classroom) – T. Emerson, McKinlay, Marino


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In 2009 and 2010, the Electrification Coalition released two major policy roadmaps designed to chart a course toward widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) among both typical consumers as well as commercial and government fleets. Since the release of those reports, the PEV market has evolved and developed in terms of policy, structure, and offerings. With these changes in mind, the Electrification Coalition is providing a fresh look at the current market for PEVs.
This report was informed by interviews with more than two dozen players in the electric vehicle space. Experts from the automotive industry, charging infrastructure manufacturers and service companies, battery companies, utilities, and deployment projects kindly agreed to be interviewed and their input has shaped this analysis.
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Profit From Funds!
The Motley Fool has spent a great deal of time discouraging you from investing in most mutual funds. We believe it makes sense for most investors who don't want to pick stocks to put their money in index mutual funds, which have much lower turnover and expenses than their actively managed brethren. This is no doubt very sound advice that I'm not going to contradict. There are few compelling reasons to pay 1% (and oftentimes significantly more) annually to managers who give you sub-par results. Nonetheless, billions upon billions of dollars have flowed into these funds. Why not take a free piggyback ride off those folks who are paying fees?
You can do this by using good-performing mutual funds for stock ideas. The overall disadvantage of mutual funds is not that portfolio managers are poor stock pickers (although that is certainly an issue for many funds). The larger problem arises from trading fees, operating expenses, and management expenses that are incurred year after year. This puts funds at a disadvantage to index funds, which minimize these fees. For example, let's compare the imaginary small-cap GumpFund (1.25% annual expense ratio) to an efficient Russell 2000 index fund (0.25% annual expense ratio).
Every year, the GumpFund has a one percentage point disadvantage to the Russell 2000. In a year when the Russell 2000 returns 10%, the GumpFund will need to post a gross return of 11% for fundholders to achieve the same 9.75% net return (10%-0.25% for the index fund, 11%-1.25% for GumpFund). Funds with higher fees simply have the odds stacked against them. The magnitude of this disadvantage is directly proportional to the size of fees charged to fundholders. Very few portfolio managers are able to overcome this handicap over long periods of time, hence their historical underperformance.
Knowing that the historical underperformance of funds is not always attributable to stock picking, let's consider how we can take advantage of the money the funds spend researching stocks. Fund managers (and their research analysts) spend lots of time determining the best stocks to pick. For the most part, these folks don't face the conflicts-of-interest held by brokerage firm research analysts (or as Tom Gardner would call them, sales analysts) who push stocks. People working at funds are almost always compensated based on the performance of their investment results (okay, the effectiveness of their marketing department is also important). Since funds periodically make lists of their holdings publicly available, there is no reason for you not to capitalize on this research. I believe a terrific source for new stock ideas is the top holdings and/or new buys of funds I respect.
Thousands of funds are now being sold. How should you decide which ones to look at? Many people will probably be tempted to find the hottest performer over the past year. That's fine, but remember that funds often outperform over the shorter periods of time because a specific segment of the market is in favor. That fund may go out of favor just as fast. Instead of looking at recent superstars, I prefer using mutual funds that have strong long-term returns and specialize in certain areas. This specialization may be in either a specific sector of the market (i.e., technology, real estate, pharmaceuticals, etc.) or an investment strategy (i.e., value or growth). Using these funds, individual investors can learn from managers who may have decades of experience and/or specialized knowledge.
Here's an example. I believe one of the best value investing investment firms is Memphis-based Southeastern Asset Management (SAM), which runs the Longleaf Partners Funds. These folks are very patient and have amassed an impressive track record, particularly considering the market's recent preference for growth stocks over value stocks. Earlier this year, I noticed that SAM had amassed a large position in FDX Corp. (NYSE: FDX), the owner of FedEx and RPS, in two of the funds it manages. I normally would have overlooked that holding (I generally don't invest in transportation stocks) except for the fact that the Longleaf funds took such a big position and I knew that both SAM and FDX were based in Memphis. Did SAM know something I didn't?
I pondered the question for a while. I even talked to an analyst who follows transportation stocks who told me to stay away from FDX. Still, the Longleaf purchase had piqued my interest. About a month after seeing Longleaf's FDX purchase, I received a plane ticket ordered over the Internet via FedEx. It finally dawned on me that if the Internet explodes, FedEx could be a prime beneficiary (along with privately owned UPS and everybody-owned U.S. Postal Service). I decided to tip my toes in the water of FDX stock upon that realization. Lo and behold, last weekend Barrons comes out with an article touting FDX as the next big Internet stock and the stock jumps several dollars. I don't know the exact reasons SAM purchased FDX stock. Perhaps it was the prospects of an Internet boom, perhaps it is the amazing employee loyalty that helped the company avoid a pilots strike this Christmas. It may have been something else. Regardless of why the Longleaf funds purchased FDX, I wouldn't have looked at the stock if the fund hadn't put FDX on my radar screen.
There are numerous places to get information on fund holdings. One of the easiest is Morningstar, where you simply type in the fund symbol or name. (Once a "Quicktake" pops up, click on Portfolio to get the fund's top-10 holdings.) In addition to the top-10, Morningstar also indicates whether the position has been increased or decreased in the latest reporting period. You will unfortunately have to become a "premium" member to get a list of the fund's entire portfolio. Have no fear, though. If you want more details (or don't want to use Morningstar), you can check out the fund company's Web page or call it's toll-free number to get the most recent quarterly or semi-annual report.
Another option is to check out a fund's EDGAR filings. I've been able to find semiannual N-30D and/or quarterly N-30B-2 for most funds. These documents not only include the listing of an entire portfolio, but also a letter to fundholders and other information regarding a fund's strategy. The biggest drawback to using EDGAR is that you'll have to enter a fund name (i.e., Fidelity Magellan) in the search field rather than a fund symbol (which invariable leads to a message indicating no documents are available). If that search brings up no documents, try just entering the fund family's name (i.e., Fidelity). You may have to search through a bunch of items, but you can eventually find information on most funds.
Don't invest in a stock blindly because it is purchased by a fund manager you like. Even the best portfolio managers regularly make bad decisions. The thing that makes them better is that the returns from good decisions overwhelm the losses from bad ones. Our own Fool Portfolio (soon to be renamed the Rule Breaker Portfolio) has experienced phenomenal growth because the astounding returns from good ideas such as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) made the losses from clunkers like KLA-Tencor (Nasdaq: KLAC), 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS), and Innovex (Nasdaq: INVX) virtually meaningless. Portfolio managers are making their investment decisions in the context of other stocks they own. You should do the same. Use the buy and sell decisions of mutual funds as a starting point for evaluation. Then do your own research to determine whether the stock is something you want to own.
A major drawback you will find using publicly available fund reports is that they may not be too timely. Portfolio updates are usually only released on a quarterly or semi-annual basis. A portfolio manager's perspective could change during the time lag between when the transaction occurs and when you find out about it. Of course, the stock price has probably moved as well (particularly in today's volatile market). This is another reason that you can't blindly follow the moves of professionals. As with any investment, you should learn about the prospective candidate and determine your own reasons for investing. Combining the stock ideas of some pros with your own investigative skills could prove to be a very profitable endeavor.
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