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Witch hunt: Wash. Times publishes falsehood-filled op-ed attacking Obama appointees as "radical rulers"
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Continuing its campaign to paint members of the Obama administration as radicals, The Washington Times published an op-ed attacking eight Obama administration officials. The attacks are suffused with falsehoods that do not stand up to minimal scrutiny.
Wash. Times piece falsely suggests Becker "pledged to force 'card check' " on workplaces
Wash. Times op-ed falsely claimed that NLRB recess appointee Craig Becker "pledged to force 'card check' " on employees. From an April 6 Washington Times op-ed by author and Washington, D.C., correspondent for Coral Ridge Ministries Robert Knight headlined "Radicals to rule us all":
What do Craig Becker, Chai R. Feldblum and Jacqueline A. Berrien have in common?
They're the latest left-wing activists to gain public office in President Obama's gallery of radical rulers, courtesy of recess appointments on March 27.
Mr. Becker is a labor lawyer who has pledged to force "card check" on the nation's workplaces, which would end the right to work without being a union member. Instead of secret-ballot elections determining whether a workplace would be unionized, which preserves the employees' freedom to disagree, card check would automatically unionize a workplace if a majority of employees signed a form or card. That would be done under the watchful eye of union goons, of course. No pressure there.
In fact, Becker testified that only Congress, not the NLRB, can change employers' right to secret-ballot election. During his Senate testimony, Becker testified: "Section 9 of the [Employee Free Choice] Act, in two distinct ways, makes clear that Congress has intended that a secret ballot election be precondition for certification of the union as a representative of the unit of employees." He later added: "So the law is clear that the decision as to whether a alternative route to certification should be created rests with Congress, not with the [National Labor Relations B]oard." From Becker's February 2 congressional testimony (around 46:55):
SEN. TOM HARKIN (D-IA): Some of your critics have suggested that you are coming to the board with an agenda and that you intend to implement card check -- administratively requiring the board to certify a union as employees select a bargaining representative on the basis of signed authorization cards rather than a secret-ballot election.
Now, I have noted that, in your responses to written questions for the record, from my Republican colleagues that you have refuted this claim multiple times, explaining that the card check process proposed in the Employee Free Choice Act would require an act of Congress. Can you provide more detail on how the National Labor Relations Act constrains the board's ability to implement the card check certification process administratively?
BECKER: Thank you for the opportunity to address that question, Senator Harkin. The reason the Employee Free Choice Act has been introduced in Congress and the reason that question is before the Congress and not the board is that the current Act clearly precludes certification in the absence of a secret-ballot election.
Section 9 of the Act in two distinct ways makes clear that Congress has intended that a secret ballot election be preconditioned for certification of the union as a representative of the unit of employees. But first, it so provides explicitly -- that is, it provides that the board shall certify the results of a secret ballot election. Moreover, it provides that employers, should they be confronted with a demand for recognition, based on evidence of majority support, for example, by signed authorization cards, may petition for a secret ballot election.
So, the law is clear that the decision as to whether a alternative route to certification should be created rests with Congress, not with the board.
Wash. Times piece distorts Employment Non-Discrimination Act to attack Feldblum
Wash. Times op-ed calls Employment Non-Discrimination Act a "nuclear gift to the radical left," but it has widespread support. Knight attacked Chai Feldblum -- whom Obama has recess-appointed to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- as "an author of the proposed federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), another of Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Barney Frank's nuclear gifts to the radical left." Contrary to Knight's characterization, ENDA, which would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, has the support of numerous large and small businesses as well as Republican members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
ENDA would not "put a gun to the head" of employers to force them to "promote the gay-rights agenda"; it prohibits them from engaging in employment discrimination. Knight claimed: "By elevating 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' into federally advantaged 'rights' categories, ENDA would put a gun to the head of any employer failing to promote the gay rights agenda in the workplace." In fact, the legislation prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Attacks on Feldblum suffused with anti-gay smears. Knight identified Feldblum as a "lesbian activist." Conservative media have often highlighted Feldblum's sexual orientation or used anti-gay rhetoric to attack Feldblum, including WorldNetDaily editor and CEO Joseph Farah, who wrote that the "database Obama uses to locate people like" Feldblum has "got to be Perverts.gov."
Wash. Times piece attacks Berrien for opposing sex discrimination at VMI -- but Supreme Court struck down VMI's policy
Wash. Times op-ed attacks EEOC commissioner Berrien for opposing VMI admissions policies. Knight wrote: "Joining Ms. Feldblum as chairman of the EEOC is Ms. Berrien, most recently of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund. Her resume is a litany of racial and feminist entitlement claims, and she filed a brief arguing that Virginia Military Institute (VMI) should be forced to admit women. Did I mention that she was a staff attorney for the ACLU?"
Supreme Court struck down VMI's admissions policy by 7-1 vote. In United States v. Virginia, seven members of the Supreme Court stated that Virginia's policies regarding VMI -- an all male state school -- constituted sex discrimination. One justice -- Clarence Thomas -- recused himself from the case, and one justice -- Antonin Scalia -- dissented.
Wash. Times piece rehashes falsehoods about administration officials it labels "czars"
Wash. Times op-ed falsely suggests that former "green jobs czar" Van Jones is a communist. Knight wrote: "These latest appointees fit right in with the 40 or so 'czars' Mr. Obama has appointed to high places in federal agencies. Since 'green jobs czar' Van Jones resigned on Sept. 6 after being outed as a self-described communist, Mr. Obama has been a bit more careful to appoint people who are merely radical leftists, not necessarily communists." PolitiFact examined the question of whether Jones is currently a communist and found that the article Jones detractors such as Glenn Beck have cited to call Jones a communist -- a November 2, 2005, East Bay Express profile of Jones -- also makes it clear that he no longer holds those views.
From PolitiFact:
Even before [STORM, a "socialist collective" Jones helped form] disbanded in 2002, the Express article says, "Jones began transforming his politics and work..."
According to the article, "He took an objective look at the movement's effectiveness and decided that the changes he was seeking were actually getting farther away. Not only did the left need to be more unified, he decided, it might also benefit from a fundamental shift in tactics. 'I realized that there are a lot of people who are capitalists - shudder, shudder - who are really committed to fairly significant change in the economy, and were having bigger impacts than me and a lot of my friends with our protest signs,' he said."
In recent years, Jones established himself as a leading, charismatic cheerleader for transitioning the American economy to green jobs.
The PolitiFact article went on to quote from Jones' book, The Green Collar Economy, and stated that it "doesn't sound Marxist to us." PolitiFact concluded:
Beck would have been on solid ground if he said Jones used to be a communist. Jones has been up front about that.
But Beck has repeatedly said Jones is a communist. Present tense. Although we could not find a comment in which Jones explicitly said why he is no longer one, we found ample evidence that he now believes capitalism is the best force for the social change he is seeking. So there's truth to Beck's claim in that Jones was a communist, but it's apparent he isn't any longer, as Beck suggests. So we find the claim Barely True.
Wash. Times op-ed falsely claims that "energy czarina" Carol Browner is "an outright socialist." Knight wrote that Obama "has an outright socialist as 'energy czarina' in Carol M. Browner, who is charged with making the case for the 'cap-and-trade' bill, which would cripple industry, impose the biggest energy tax in history and turn Al Gore into a multibillionaire. Ms. Browner, who was at the far-left Center for American Progress, was on the Commission for a Sustainable World Society, an elite arm of Socialist International. She also is a former board director of APX Inc., which facilitates -- surprise! -- trading in carbon offsets." In fact, Socialists International is an international federation of progressive parties that includes the British and Israeli Labor parties as constituent members.
Wash. Times op-ed takes "science czar" John Holdren's statements about mandatory birth control and abortions out of context. Knight wrote: "Mr. Holdren has the president's ear about how to spend our money on science. During the 1970s, he co-wrote a book with the overpopulation panic couple Paul R. and Anne Ehrlich in which they floated the idea of putting birth-control agents in public drinking water and made the case that mandatory abortions could be justified under the U.S. Constitution." PolitiFact has concluded that " a thorough reading shows that these were ideas presented as approaches that had been discussed. They were not posed as suggestions or proposals. In fact, the authors make clear that they did not support coercive means of population control. Certainly, nowhere in the book do the authors advocate for forced abortions." PolitiFact nominated the smear as one of its "Lies of the Year."
Wash. Times op-ed twists "foreign law czar" Koh's views into an attack on Mother's Day. Knight wrote that State Department lawyer Harold Koh "thinks the days of the United States as an exceptional nation are over and that our laws and court decisions should reflect international legal opinion." He later added: "He has testified in support of crackpot U.N. power grabs, including the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Among its activities, the CEDAW committee has attacked conscientious objections against abortion by doctors in Italy and the observance of Mother's Day in Belarus and has promoted legalization of prostitution." In fact, Koh has debunked the claim that a CEDAW Committee opposes Mother's Day. In a 2002 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law law review article (retrieved via Nexis), Koh wrote:
One such preposterous claim, for example, is that U.S. ratification of the CEDAW would somehow require the United States to abolish Mother's Day. This claim twists a statement in the CEDAW Committee's report on Belarus, which spoke negatively about a Belarusian holiday that discouraged women from working in the marketplace, by celebrating and encouraging only those mothers who work in the home. Rather than denigrating motherhood, the CEDAW's central aim is to support motherhood, by promoting women's freedom to make choices on an equal basis with men. Nothing in that goal conflicts with the American tradition of celebrating both Mother's Day and Father's Day, as expressions of this country's commitment to full gender equality, consistent with the nondiscrimination goals of the CEDAW.
Op-ed continues Wash. Times' pattern of labeling Obama administration officials radicals
Washington Times editorials have labeled judicial nominees Sonia Sotomayor, Edward Chen, David Hamilton, Louis Butler and Goodwin Liu radicals. The Times has also affixed the "radical" label to positions taken by Education Department official Kevin Jennings, nominee for Assistant Attorney General Dawn Johnsen, and adviser to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Rosa Brooks. In addition, on October 13, the Times published an editorial headlined, "An administration of radicals," which it billed as a "dishonor roll" of administration officials. The editorial named Jennings, Jones, Sotomayor, Butler, Holdren, White House adviser Tom Daschle, Koh, White House adviser Ezekiel Emanuel, and National Intelligence Council nominee Charles W. Freeman Jr.
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Thanks for the reply but it really does not help me.
I will be by myself in a 23 ft Grady White. I understand the eastbound trip, where you are descending, is relatively easy since turbulence is minimal.
Nevertheless, a two-person crew is required by the Seaway regulations and my question was "does anyone have experience in getting a temporary second crew to go through the various locks?" That would be most likely a different person for each lock or one person for locks that are nearby, like Eisenhower/Snell. Peter
|I'd recommend a crew of three. I, the captain/owner did not have to handle a line and thus could watch the process and take action where needed. For example, keep the boat off the wall and in our case keep the sailboat's spreaders from catching.
St Lawrence Seaway lock transit
Am planning cruise through StLawrence Seaway from Oswego to Sorel and then south to Hudson River through Lake Champlain. Will be done in June 2010. I have a 23 ft Grady White (sorry-is power-but used to sail). Problem is I will be by myself and wonder if anyone has experience getting a second crew to transit the locks, since even on a small boat like mine a two person minimum crew is required. Peter
|Informative, thank you.
Coping on a late fall cruise, Lake Ontario to Quebec
A quick note on the trip:
- Found a total crew of three was best for transiting the Locks on the St. Lawrence seaway. One each on fore and aft line and myself to watch. Check the spreader does not catch on the lock's walls.
- We were transiting the locks in late October and the public dock were removed. We could not contact the lockmaster as we needed the dock to get to the telephone to contact the lockmaster. The VHF channel for each lock was different than the last. The staff at one lock usually did not know the channel for the next. Consult the Radio Aids to navigation government of Canada publications.
- Most yacht clubs close at the end of October. event thought they are closed, they were hospitable and gave us space, There is a slight discount for off season, usually 10%, but seemed not enough for a lack of services.
- Found few sheltered anchorages in Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River except for the Thousand Islands section.
- Great scenery in the Thousand Islands granite outcroppings, magnificent houses/cottages, islands; unique and not to be missed.
- Snow on deck is dangerous, very slippery.
- Even though this is a populated area, emergency health care is not readily available. Immediate help can be hours away.
- Tips for when the temperature is low. Some days we had temperatures below freezing. Needed felt lined boots. Because we have a metal destroyer steering wheel, heavy mitts (snowmobile mitts) were great for the helmsman.
- Floater suites, like Mustang's, were great for laying around, but too warm for work.
- Cabin heat is a necessity. Otherwise no way to get dry. More comfortable for eating and lounging.
- SOSpender's inflatable lifejackets were comfortable and readily worn by crew. The integrated harness made it easy to clip on when going on deck. And because the harness is integrated, the crew always has a harness on and do not have to take time to take off a life jacket and put one on.
- Togues are great hats.
- A permanent dodger over the cockpit kept us warm and out of the elements. Recommended for cold weather sailing.
- Self steering would have been useful. We hand steered the whole way and stood at the wheel. A helmsman chair would be useful, a necessity if singlehanded.
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- by Kelly Bitter, DCW editor
After a one-year trial of the new Drum Corps International-Midwest division, member corps of the old Drum Corps Midwest circuit voted September 13 to reinstate DCM. Despite the result of the vote, DCM will not be the same in 2004. At a September 19-20 DCI board of directors meeting a decision was made to create a DCI Central Division. The week following the meeting, eight division I members of Drum Corps Midwest (all but Pioneer) sent a note to DCM show sponsors announcing that they planned to schedule their show participation through the DCI Central Division.
Last year, the Midwestern corps had voted to allow DCI to run the Midwest division, including the schedule and the championships in De Kalb, IL, for one year and to meet again to discuss plans for the future after the trial season. With all but two of the Midwestern corps in attendance at the DCM meeting (Phantom Regiment and the Decorah Kilties were not represented), the final vote was 10 votes to 8, with one abstention, to return to DCM. The four senior corps, division I Pioneer and five of the division III corps that are members of Drum Corps Midwest voted for the return, while the remaining seven Midwestern division I corps (Capital Regiment, Madison Scouts, Southwind, Bluecoats, The Cavaliers, Colts and Glassmen) and division II Capital Sound voted against the motion. The Americanos abstained.
DCI Executive Director Dan Acheson said the new DCI Central Division will be open to more than just the division I corps. "The central division is open to division I, II and III corps," he said. "As has been our practice in the Atlantic and Pacific divisions, there have been opportunities for senior corps to perform, but ultimately we will serve division I, II and III corps just as they are currently serviced in the Atlantic and Pacific divisions."
Acheson also said the boundaries of the new division would exceed those that the Midwest has held traditionally. "We intend to service any corps that wishes to participate in the central division," he said. "We will open up the opportunities to Memphis Sound, Eklipse (and) Revolution, for example."
Eight of the division I corps have announced they intend to be exclusively DCI Central Division corps. As for division II/III corps and Pioneer, Acheson said, "If it fits into their mission to do some shows in Drum Corps Midwest and do some shows in the central division and that serves them well, then we consider that to be a positive."
DCI Central Division corps will not be restricted from performing in Drum Corps Midwest shows if they choose to do so; however, Acheson said he doesn't foresee that happening. "There is nothing that states that they cannot do that, but I believe that the corps are very committed to making the central division work, to the point where I don't think they're going to choose to go participate in Drum Corps Midwest events."
Cavaliers Director Jeff Fiedler said his corps will not remain a member of DCM or participate in DCM shows.
"The Cavaliers are a member of Drum Corps International and feel that it is important for our organization to support that in every way we can," he said. "We are proud of our 25 years in Drum Corps Midwest; however, it is important for us to look to the future where our resources are maximized and our shows and image are marketed professionally. To maintain the status quo is moving backwards."
Colts Director and DCM chairman Greg Orwoll said although the potential exists for tremendous change, one thing that will not change is the philosophy of the Midwestern corps of working together and supporting one another. Orwoll said he was disappointed with the result of the DCM vote because he had hoped all DCM members and participants would be comfortable moving together. Now, he said, it will be up to individual corps to make their own choices.
Fiedler also said he was disappointed with the result. "In some ways, I had a feeling that many folks had made their decision to return to DCM despite the fact that the agreed-to metrics — number of shows, number of performance opportunities, pay for units and the increased exposure of the championship show — were all achieved," he said.
DCM Director Roman Blenski said he was pleasantly surprised with the way the division III and senior corps stuck together to achieve their desired outcome.
"DCM has given great service to all the corps for 25 years," he said. "I think the vote is somewhat reflective of that tone of appreciation. I'm just shocked at the determination of the II/IIIs and seniors."
Blenski said he thinks the vote turned out the way it did because "what happened last summer (with DCI-Midwest) wasn't better than what DCM was doing." He said the division II/III corps and seniors get more attention, recognition and respect as members of DCM.
"The issues speak for themselves: it just was not a better deal for the II/III and senior corps," he said.
Kilties board of directors president Bill Roetzer said his reaction to the result of the vote was mixed. "DCI does have a lot to offer, as does DCM, and there is no doubt in my mind that DCI is a wonderful organization, as is DCM," he said. "My concerns lie with the division II/III (corps and) seniors having no voting voice if DCM dissolved and a new entity lead by DCI was set into place. In DCM, all corps that were members had equal voice and equal vote; I think that is democracy at its finest."
Americanos Executive Director Butch Kolosso said he also had mixed feelings about the result of the vote. "I felt DCI had offered some things that maybe should have been listened to and I didn't feel that they were," he said.
DCI's offerings were outlined in a six-point proposal drafted by Fiedler with the assistance of Glassmen Director Brian Hickman. The proposal would have had division I members become associate members of DCM for a probationary period of one or two years. They would receive no pay, no vote and would not be able to hold any elective office in DCM. In return, DCM would continue to suspend operations for one or two years in order to allow DCI to develop the regional association, a Midwest advisory committee that would include all members of the association and an elected Midwest advisory group executive board.
Under the compromise, DCM would meet again in September 2004 (and in 2005 if the two-year period was chosen). At that time, only division II/III and senior corps would vote on whether to continue operation as a DCI Midwest division.
Orwoll said this proposal would have given the division II/III and senior corps more time to decide if a move to a DCI Midwest Division was in their best interest before the move was made permanent, and since the division I corps had offered to give up their vote, it would be entirely up to the II/III and senior corps to make the choice.
For Minnesota Brass Director Brent Turner, the vote to keep DCM as an independent organization was in the best interest of his corps because it would allow Minnesota Brass and the other senior corps to have a voice and a vote.
"It gives us real power," he said. "With DCI, the II/IIIs have a voice but no vote." He said the senior corps could be part of a regional advisory committee, but would also have no vote with DCI.
Turner said he had hoped the corps would be able to come to a middle ground where DCM could remain viable and DCI could have its national tour. Now, he hopes the two organizations will be able to coexist.
"I hope the friendships we've built and the way we've done business through trusting each other is something that will continue," he said.
Turner said the point the two sides could not agree on was who would retain control of individual shows and the De Kalb championships. He said in the future, it would be a good idea to look at the possibility of "blended ownership" of the championships between DCI and DCM.
Acheson said he had not heard what DCM's scheduling intentions are for De Kalb this season, but he said, "At this point in the scheduling process (DCI) intends to hold an event in De Kalb on July 10 for the central division corps."
Capital Sound Director Lauren Ripley was the only non-division I corps director to vote against the return to Drum Corps Midwest. She said she wasn't surprised by the result of the vote, but she was disappointed that the outcome wasn't different. Although Capital Sound will remain a division II corps, Ripley said the corps will probably not remain a member of DCM.
Ripley said she voted with the division I corps because she felt DCI could provide good shows in bigger venues with larger crowds. "I wish the best for the division I, III and seniors and I hope this will work out to be advantageous for everyone," she said.
Corps voting for the return to Drum Corps Midwest
Blue Stars
Chops, Inc.
Marion Glory Cadets
Lake Erie Regiment
Racine Kilties
Minnesota Brass, Inc.
Racine Scouts
Corps voting against the return to Drum Corps Midwest
Madison Scouts
Capital Sound
Capital Regiment
The Cavaliers
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The Family
The Manzonis, an infamous mob family, are relocated to Normandy, France, by the witness protection program, where they have some difficulty fitting in. When local problems arise, they respond the only way they know how: mafia style.
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Parents need to know that The Family is a mix of comic hijinks, mobster violence, and, to a lesser extent, melancholy. Because it's about an ex-mob boss (now in the Witness Protection Program), there are many scenes filled with Mafia hit jobs, with varying degrees of violence, from smacks to beatdowns to fatal shootings and explosions. Expect plenty of strong language, too, particularly "f--k" (the word's supposed ability to express so much is a running theme), and a scene in which an adult beds a teenager (no sensitive body parts shown, but it's clear they're having sex). Some drinking, smoking, and product placement as well.
- Sexual Content
- One scene shows an older man having sex with a high school student; no sensitive body parts are visible, but it's clear that they're having intercourse. Sexual innuendoes between a married couple.
- Violence
- The movie's mood is often comic, but there's nearly an endless parade of scenes showing mobsters (and their families) avenging themselves or exacting punishment, including beating others with tennis rackets, bats, and other implements; dragging people down the street by a rope; shooting them point blank; blanketing them with bullets from semi-automatics; planting and exploding bombs; etc. The (rough) opening scene sets the tone: A family is sitting down for dinner when there's a knock at the door; when the father goes to open it, he's blasted across the floor. Then the man at the door walks in and point-blank shoots the mother and the two children.
- Language
- Many uses of "f--k." Also "s--t," "hell," "a--hole," "ass," "damn," "goddamn," and "sonofabitch."
- Social Behavior
- There's nothing like family to make things better, even if they're wacky (or just busy whacking somebody).
- Consumerism
- Products/brands seen include Peugeot, Citroen, and other French brands, plus Coca-Cola, BMW, Cadillac, and Brother.
- Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol
- Some wine-drinking and cigarette smoking. Although one kid is said to run the cigarette concession at her school, she's not shown smoking. Giovanni's son fakes an injury to get to the school nurse's office. While there, he steals two vials of prescription drugs (pills) and deals them to a student.
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- Not an issue
- Depends on your kid and your family
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In 1985, a three-story shopping center on Lower Manhattan's Pier 17 opened to great fanfare as part of the South Street Seaport, one of a set of themed entertainment and retail centers built in U.S. cities in an attempt to lure traffic and investment to struggling downtowns.
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Excel users are often faced with spreadsheets that summarize sales data for multiple areas, such as states within the U.S. or individual countries.
Functions such as SUM or AVERAGE let you summarize your data as a whole—but it can be difficult to find the totals, averages, or counts for subsets of that data. For example, suppose you want to find the total of all sales to Canada. To do that using a standard SUM formula, you would have to identify cells that contain values for all sales to Canada and then create a formula for just those cells.
Fortunately, there's a set of conditional functions in Excel that let you specify which values should be included in a sum, average, or count calculation. Those functions are: SUMIF, SUMIFS, AVERAGEIF, AVERAGEIFS, COUNTIF, and COUNTIFS.
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By Curt Frye | Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Excel workbooks let you summarize your data using a powerful set of built-in functions and features such as sorting and filtering.
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Setting up worksheets often means entering long strings of data, such as row numbers or dates, to create a framework for your data. This work can be repetitive and boring. What's worse, it takes time away from analysis.
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Ever accidentally leave tracked changes in your Microsoft Word document for all the world to see?
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Business users of Microsoft Excel take advantage of many of the program's built-in functions. One of the most popular tools is the VLOOKUP function, which lets you search an Excel worksheet as if it were a database table.
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Excel is a powerful and versatile tool you can use to analyze data—but not every capability you might want is built in.
Using the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) language, you can script custom processes in Excel. VBA is an object-oriented language, which means that elements of Excel—such as workbooks, worksheets, and the program itself—are represented as objects. An object has three main components:
By Megan O. Read | Friday, January 22, 2010
This week, lynda.com published five new Microsoft Office Beta 2010 online training courses.
Gini Courter, author of countless Microsoft Office books and partner of TRIAD Consulting, has been busy authoring many of these new releases, including Powerpoint 2010 Beta: Real-World Projects, Word 2010 Beta: Real-World Projects, Access 2010 Beta: Real-World Projects, and Outlook 2010 Beta: Real-World Projects.
Also available now are Curt Frye'sExcel 2010 Beta: Real-World Projects, and David Rivers' Office Beta Preview.
With more Office 2007 and 2010 online courses in the works, this is a rapidly expanding and exciting area of training for lynda.com. Let us know what you think.
By Megan O. Read | Friday, November 20, 2009
When Curt Frye started working with lynda.com, we were all very excited about the slew of new and much needed Microsoft Excel courses he was planning for us. With the state of the economy, and more people doing their own finances, as well as tightening their belts nearly to the point of of asphyxiation, it is becoming more critical for the general public to understand their finances, even on a very basic level.
In the November 2009 issue of the Harvard Business Review, The Forethought column "Teach Workers About the Perils of Debt." states:
"It's widely known that many consumers have poor numeracy–they can't figure out percentages or do other elementary calculations–and have barely a rudimentary grasp of economics. In our research, we looked deeper, studying consumers' 'debt literacy,' the ability to understand how interest rates work and make simple decisions about borrowing. We found it to be strikingly low."
Curt's aim in creating a course on financial analysis was to teach skills required to analyze debt. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, image #3154423
"My aim in creating Excel 2007: Financial Analysis was to teach the skills required to analyze debt," said Curt Frye of his first lynda.com course. "I'm hoping that it helps subscribers better understand some critical skills that not everyone is taught at home or in school."
Curt is currently working on a new book, as well as new lynda.com courses. For a full list of his training, visit his author page.
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From time to time, FareCompare lets readers know about hot destinations, generally cities that have acquired a lot of airline competition which keeps ticket prices down. These include Boston, Denver and more recently, Seattle. Will Salt Lake City be joining them? Here's what's happening.
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1998 Catera thats in trouble !!!! Need Advise !!!
okay the back story. i bought the car about a year ago. and have put maybe 200 miles on it. i bought the car to run to were my grandparents live. well the last time i drove the car ( 5 Months ago ) i started to get white smoke rolling out from under the hood. luckily it happened right as i pulled into the street i live on. so i drove it to the driveway. shut the car off and waited from the motor to cool off and hen went back out to see what was going on. i found oil in the coolant ( F#$%) blown head gasket right! WRONG !!!! Warped head!!!! so i have ( with a few friends ) pulled the whole top end of the motor apart . bought all new part. Over nighted headers from England. to fix the wrapping head problem as well as every thing else to put the car back together. now heres my problem. my wife is telling me to scrap the car and buy a new one. OH OH Oh and the day i cranked it to drive it home it started reaved to 1000 rpm and the shut off. it did that to me 5 times before i called my local repair guy who replace the crank sensor for me just to drive it home. so i have about 2000 in parts sitting here. and a car i only paid 1000 for. what do i do?????
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Its an OLD car. put it bac together and sell it for $1500 and chalk it up.. unless your willing to invest some moeny on an ongoig basis.
To be honest.. for that price on parts .. you should have thought about it more.. you can get a replacement motor for way less. I am a fan of used parts.. most will allow u to get a 6 month warranty for a couple hundred more.. so a used motor would have been like $1500 and you would have had a gurantee.
But since you are where you are.. I say fix and sell..
It seems odd that you would invest that kinda money into something you never even drive anyway.. just seems odd.. Its like my firebird.. I only drive it 3 months out of the year.. if it needed $2000 in repairs.. i would just sell it and add the $2000 into my pocket.
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Well i tend to baby my cars. i also have a 300 zx twin turbo that has a ton of work done to it a i have only put 65000 since i bought it brand new in 1995. so it not that unusual for me. i bought the catera because what it really is. the Opal Omega. I had a Opel calibra while i was stationed in Germany and just fell in love with the car.
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hey do u wanna sell parts let me know have same year iam in canada and its an american car runs other than heat problem the thing r


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The relationship between the United States and the World Cup has been a bit of a rocky one that has been peppered with some success and a whole boatload of failure. Before qualifying for the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the U.S. hadn't played in a World Cup since 1950 when they handed Great Britain an epic 1-0 defeat but still failed to advance past the first round. So what happened? How could a nation with an embarrassment of riches – in terms of resources – be so woefully inept when it came to the world game?
During the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, the U.S. was a force to be reckoned with. They beat Belguim 3-0, Paraguay 3-0, before finally losing to Argentina 6-1 in the semi-finals. This still stands as the team's highest finish as well as the highest finish of any team outside of CONMEBOL and UEFA, the South American and European confederations. Not a bad start for their first go-round in the World Cup. Sadly, that was by far the best they were ever going to do. America was bounced in the first round in 1934 in Italy, didn't qualify for the France games in 1938, and really didn't experience any other success on the international stage until that victory over England in 1950.
Many thought that the victory over England would truly help bring soccer from a niche sport to the mainstream here in the U.S., but it didn't quite work out that way. There was no heroes' return when they came back from Brazil. In fact, there wasn't any warm welcome at all – aside from the players' immediate friends and families. That same team wasn't even assembled again for another two years. Their next real competitive match happened three years later in a rematch with England at Yankee Stadium, where they tasted a bitter 6-3 defeat.
During this time there was no formal federation or training program for these players, while there were many overseas. The guys playing on the national team were normal, working class guys. Walter Bahr, a player on those teams, recalls that rematch game with England: "I drove from Philadelphia to New York, roughly 100 miles. The game was called off [due to rain], I drove back to Philadelphia. Monday morning I taught school, left school at 3 o'clock, drove up to New York and got there just a half-hour before game time, and we played the game that Monday night."
Preparation for the World Cup consisted of getting the players together the day before they were to leave, have a warm-up game, and then head out, which is not exactly a stellar training regiment. In World Cup qualifying the U.S. is part of CONCACAF, which basically covers all of North and Central America. Until the past 20 years, Mexico was the powerhouse in that federation. They still are to a certain extent, although the gap has closed. Between 1954 and 1966 Mexico eliminated the U.S. from qualifying every time. Mexico had the resources, desire, and most importantly the infrastructure to cultivate and develop talent.
In 1970, the World Cup was held in Mexico, and therefore Mexico was automatically qualified for the tournament. So, this was the American's shot. With their perennial nemesis finally out of the way, they could make a legitimate push to qualify. By this time the NASL (North American Soccer league) was established, although on very shaky ground, with 17 teams. Even though owners for the teams were only mandated to have two North Americans on the field at any given time, there was at least an infrastructure in place. Players were playing and training year-round and were much better prepared than in years past. Throughout qualifying, the U.S. beat Canada and Bermuda to set up a semi final with Haiti. The Americans lost to Haiti in both legs and didn't qualify. Many blame the miserable defeat on the fact that during this time, the NASL was in severe dire straits, shrinking from 17 teams to 5 and many of the talented players worried about where their next paycheck was coming from. Others argue that there still wasn't enough focus on the development of American players.
In the years following, the NASL had a bit of a rebound but also started its troubling (and often damaging) relationship with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). The USSF was set up to look after the national team's interests. Although, due to some errant structuring, much of the funding for the USSF came from revenue collected from the NASL. As I've mentioned in previous posts, one of the biggest problems with the development of the NASL is that team owners weren't 'soccer guys.' In fact, many of the people in leadership positions weren't that familiar with the game. Therefore, there were many bonehead moves that really make you scratch your head. For example, many of the team owners didn't want to release their players for national team duty. They had a product and wanted to sell it and could really care less about the development of American soccer. It was shortsightedness at its best. Because the USSF was getting most of its funding from the NASL, it couldn't really put up much of a stink. Again, it displays the constant failure to create an infrastructure for development.
Between 1971 and 1975, the USSF went through seven national coaches. It was difficult to attract any semi-talented coach because they didn't want to deal with the headache of working with the NASL. That is until 1976.
Walt Chyzowych took the reigns for American soccer in 1976 and is really part-responsible for where the program is now. When he took over, Chyzowych did everything ranging from his regular national team coaching duties to development and coaching of the Olympic team, as well as for all educational programs and professional development of coaches in his system.
America thought it caught a break when FIFA increased the amount of teams CONCACAF could send to the World Cup in 1980. Although during that time-frame, what little structure existed in America (the NASL) fully dissolved and pushed any player with his salt either overseas or indoors. To qualify for the 1986 World Cup (where Maradona had his famous hand of God play) all the U.S. had to do was tie Costa Rica, at team they had beaten 3-0 the year before. The U.S. subsequently lost 1-0 at home in California.
With the depressing reality of World Cup '86 behind them,two very important steps happened for U.S. Soccer. First, USSL President Werner Fricker put his money where his mouth was and put his property development business up for collateral to establish a $500,000 line of credit to fund the national team. Secondly, because most of the established American players were overseas, former player and now-head coach Bob Gansler decided to roll the dice on some young, up-and-coming, college kids including the likes of Eric Wynalda, John Harkes, and Marcello Balboa.
As to be expected, this move was widely criticized because Gansler was basically putting the future of American soccer in the hands of college kids. Although, to be fair, he couldn't do much worse than what happened in the previous 30 years. Nevertheless, the move really paid off. America qualified for Italia '90 after a thrilling 1-0 win over Trinidad and were off to their first World Cup since 1950. Even though the tournament was kind of atrocious for the team (losing all three initial games), it really changed the mindset for American soccer.
Old U.S. Soccer ally Werner Fricker was instrumental in getting the '94 World Cup in America (although I'm sure FIFA saw some financial opportunity for the game if it were to really take off in the biggest economy in the world). FIFA had concerns about the tournament going smoothly so they urged the USSL to put Alan Rothenberg, whom had run a successful Olympic soccer tournament, as its president…which they did. Rothenberg gutted the system, put on a great World Cup in 1994 that served as a spring board to the MLS and was integral in establishing a solid domestic development process…finally.
The United States have now qualified for the last four World Cups, are a perennial powerhouse in CONCACAF and look to repeat their quarter-finals showing from Korea in 2002 or even match what they did in Uruguay in 1930 and make the semi-finals.
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The market for mobile game apps is expected to grow to $17 billion this year from just $6 billion in 2010, analysts said, and wearables could fuel growth in the years to come.
An array of new smartwatches and devices like fitness tracker Fitbit will go on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, heralding a potential breakthrough for the devices in 2014.
Google Glass is expected to launch broadly sometime this year. So far, its user-testing version has only been available at a $1,500 price to about 15,000 developers and consumers who registered to be part of its early adopter program.
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In reporting that the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs rejected a proposal to create an independent Office of Public Integrity to investigate ethics violations by members of Congress, March 3 articles by The New York Times and The Washington Post ignored Democratic support on the committee for the measure. In fact, more Democrats on the committee voted for the proposal than against it, while only one Republican supported it.
In reporting that the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs rejected -- by a vote of 11-5 -- a proposal to create an independent Office of Public Integrity to investigate ethics violations by members of Congress, March 3 articles by The New York Times and The Washington Post ignored Democratic support on the committee for the measure. Times reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg noted only that despite strong support for the proposal from committee chairwoman Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and ranking member Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), support for the measure was "scant," and named only Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) -- a non-committee member -- as another senator who backed the proposal. Post staff writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum reported simply that "Democrats joined Republicans in killing the measure." In fact, more Democrats on the committee voted for the proposal than against it, while of the nine Republicans on the committee, Collins was the only one to support it.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has 16 members -- nine Republicans and seven Democrats. As The Hill newspaper reported on March 3, "Eleven committee members, including three Democrats, voted for an amendment offered by Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio), chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics, jettisoning the provision for the office." Therefore, four Democrats on the committee -- including Lieberman -- voted to establish the Office of Public Integrity, while Collins was the only Republican to do so.
The omission of Democratic support by the Times and the Post is particularly glaring, given that the bill owes its existence to Democrats. The bill was introduced by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), and its only two co-sponsors are Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA).
From Stolberg's March 3 Times report:
Senators backed away Thursday from expansive lobbying law changes for the second time this week, overwhelmingly voting down a proposal to create an independent office to investigate ethics abuses in Congress.
The plan for a new Office of Public Integrity was rejected, 11 to 5, by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
The measure was struck down despite the strong backing of the committee's chairwoman, Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and its senior Democrat, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut. Support was so scant during the debate that as the discussion drew to a close, Senator Collins issued a half-joking plea for help.
"If there are any members of the committee who think there's some possibility that Senator Lieberman and I are right," Ms. Collins said, "I would love to hear them speak."
Instead, the panel adopted legislation that would strengthen disclosure rules for lobbyists, requiring them to report their activities more frequently and to do so electronically, in a format that could be easily searched by the news media and the public.
Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, who has been spearheading the bipartisan effort on lobbying law changes, said he would push for the full Senate to adopt the proposal for an independent ethics office. He complained that his colleagues had voted against the plan "because it puts teeth into things."
But opponents of the new office, including the Republican chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee, Senator George V. Voinovich of Ohio, said it would duplicate what that committee is already doing. "There is no need to reinvent the wheel," Mr. Voinovich said.
From Birnbaum's March 3 Post article:
A Senate committee yesterday rejected a bipartisan proposal to establish an independent office to oversee the enforcement of congressional ethics and lobbying laws, signaling a reluctance in Congress to beef up the enforcement of its rules on lobbying.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted 11 to 5 to defeat a proposal by its chairman, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), and its ranking Democrat, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.), that would have created an office of public integrity to toughen enforcement and combat the loss of reputation Congress has suffered after the guilty plea in January of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Democrats joined Republicans in killing the measure.
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Python is language of choice for fields like scientific research , neural network , networking , game development , web technology , data science etc.
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One of the important concept of OOP is data hiding, i.e., a nonmember function cannot access an object's private or protected data. But, sometimes this restriction may force programmer to write long and complex codes. So, there is mechanism built in C++ programming to access private or protected data from non-member function which is friend function and friend class.
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Sen. John McCain has just issued a statement calling on President Obama to classify photographs documenting the abuse of detainees held in U.S. custody.
The Arizona Republican, Obama's presidential opponent last year, made the recommendation as House Democrats prepared to strip a provision from a spending bill that would have banned release of the photographs. President Obama initially had supported their release, but announced last month that he had changed his mind out of concern that the photos might provoke retaliation against U.S. troops.
Releasing the photos poses "a clear and grave risk of inciting violence and riots against American and coalition forces, as well as civilian personnel, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan," the administration said in a motion filed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing to win release of the photos.
The administration's move has prompted an outcry among some liberal groups. Democracy Now! accused the president of backing censorship.
McCain, who underwent torture in a Vietnamese prison camp, said Obama should end the argument once and for all by using his executive power to classify the photos. He used the same argument he did when he opposed the now-banned "enhanced interrogation policies" put in place by President George W. Bush's administration: the need to protect U.S. troops.
"Releasing the photos would not supply new information about the issue of detainee abuse, but rather expose graphic evidence of past wrongdoing and put our fighting men and women in greater danger," McCain said in a statement. He called on Congress and the president to "put the lives of our troops ahead of left-wing, special-interest politics."
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The 24-year-old, who would love to add a second grand slam title to his 2009 US Open triumph, added: "The doctors tell me that with this tape and some anti-inflammatories I can play. If they say something different, I will think.
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