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Strasburg beaten by Harvey, Mets in opener
WASHINGTON -- It was billed as a pitchers' duel between Stephen Strasburg and Matt Harvey on Friday night at Citi Field. As it turned out, Harvey was better as the Mets defeated the Nationals, 7-1.
Strasburg had one clean inning and threw a lot of pitches (111). However, he lasted six innings, allowed four runs -- two earned -- on five hits and struck out six batters. Strasburg allowed the first two runs in the first inning, an inning in which he threw 28 pitches.
Jordany Valdespin led off the game and reached base on an error by shortstop Ian Desmond.
"I booted it. It is as simple as that," Desmond said. "[Valdespin] is quick. I make it more times than not. But what are you going to do?"
After he reached third on a single by Daniel Murphy, Valdespin scored on a wild pitch by Strasburg. Murphy then scored on a single to left by John Buck to give New York a 2-0 lead.
"[Strasburg] was missing all night, pitching behind hitters all night, threw a lot of pitches, but we had our chances," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said.
New York then added to its lead off Strasburg in the bottom of the sixth inning, when Ike Davis and Lucas Duda hit solo home runs to make it a 4-0 game.
The Nationals couldn't do anything against Harvey during the first six innings. He allowed two hits and struck out six batters in those innings.
"He threw the ball well. He is a good young pitcher. I was impressed," Johnson said. "He had a lot of things working good for him. He made a lot of quality pitches. We had our chance and we didn't capitalize on it."
Desmond said it didn't help that the Nationals haven't faced Harvey much in recent years.
"He is good. We don't have many career at-bats off him. He has electric stuff. He is an ace," Desmond said. "It kind of takes time to know who you are facing. I think we may have seen him once before. But he is on a hot streak. ... He has good stuff."
During the bottom of the sixth inning, Mets fans knew, on Friday, anyway, who won the first round of the rivalry between Harvey and Strasburg. The fans could be heard chanting, "Harvey's better!" But he ran into trouble in the seventh inning. With runners on first and second, Chad Tracy singled to left field, scoring Adam LaRoche to make it a 4-1 game.
The Nationals then had the bases loaded with no outs, but couldn't take advantage of the situation as fans chanted, "Harvey! Harvey! Harvey!" Kurt Suzuki struck out, pinch-hitter Roger Bernadina popped to Buck behind the plate and Denard Span grounded out to Murphy at second base to end the inning.
Johnson thought about using Ryan Zimmerman as a pinch-hitter in that inning, but Zimmerman couldn't play because of a left hamstring cramp.
"It's very disappointing," Johnson said. "We have been swinging the bats decently. Awful temptation to hit Zim. With his leg, I couldn't take a chance on that. But we had the right guys, we had pitches, we didn't get the hit."
After watching Harvey get out of the inning, Mets manager Terry Collins believes he has a special pitcher on his hands.
"That's the mark of a true ace right there," Collins said. "It's late in the game, you're getting tired -- and he was, he was getting tired -- and he knew he had to get out of that inning. And he reached back for a little extra and made huge pitches. That's why we can't say enough things. This kid's at the beginning of a long, very successful career, and games like tonight can make you expect great seasons."
Washington's bullpen then showed once again that it has become a weakness this year. Reliever Drew Storen pitched the eighth inning, and the Mets played home run derby on the right-hander as Davis and Duda both homered again. It marked sixth time in his career that Davis has had a multihomer game, while Duda has four multihomer games.
Harvey won Round 1 in the pitchers' duel with Strasburg. How did Strasburg feel about the hype leading up to Friday's game?
"It's funny, you guys want to make a big deal out of all this, but every game is huge for me," Strasburg said. "I want to go out there and help this team win. It doesn't matter who is facing us. We are all out there as a collective group to try to get the job done. We weren't able to do that tonight. We have another game tomorrow. Hopefully, Gio [Gonzalez] can go out there and shut the door, get the bats going and win the series."
With the loss, the Nationals dropped their record to 9-7.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I've been watching the selloff in the yen for the past month and a half, and I continue to scratch my head in wonderment at just what is behind this. Sure, I know that Japan elected an old "new" prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and he has been all bluster about what he is going to do to stimulate Japan's economy. I get it that speculators sold the yen in anticipation of Abe's return to power, but the currency's severe slide since then has me thoroughly confused.
Since the election, Abe has been doing a lot of talking, but that's about it. The proposed stimulus that he has been talking about still has yet to happen. Moreover, the Bank of Japan, the institution that yen bears have been hanging their hat on, recently rebuffed Abe's demands for more asset purchases, saying that it would do so only in 2014. That also assumes that asset purchases have any impact on the yen at all, which they don't.
Anyone who understands central bank monetary operations realizes that asset purchases merely change the composition of the assets held by the public; they don't create any "new" yen. Of course, the government of Japan can print yen by engaging in massive-scale deficit spending, but it is not doing this. The idea is not even on the table. The only thing that is on the table is a very modest increase in government spending, which is likely to be entirely offset by higher taxes.
Furthermore, Abe has a history of fiscal conservatism, so why does everyone now believe he has changed his stripes? Historically, he has displayed an aversion to deficits. His passion, rather, was in matters related to Japanese nationalism and foreign policy. When it came to the economy, he didn't seem to have much heart to make the bold moves, and when it came to the budget, he preferred to err on the side of fiscal restraint.
So I really don't know what all this yen selling is based on. On the other hand, I can see who is doing it, and from what I see, there's good reason to question the move. A quick perusal of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Commitment of Traders report shows that speculators are heavily short the yen. And the small speculators, who are probably the least sophisticated, are the most short. They're short five contracts for every one that they're long. On the other hand, commercial traders, normally considered the "smart money," are heavily long the yen.
Admittedly, there is one legitimate bearish factor hanging over the yen, and that is Japan's steep current account deficit. Japan normally runs current account surpluses, so this negative position is quite unusual and represents a net "leakage" of yen into the global foreign-exchange markets. We know the cause of that trade deficit: It's the huge oil import bill that Japan has had to pay since shutting down its nuclear reactors in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima nuke plant meltdown.
However, those nukes may be restarting soon. Abe is firmly committed to a restart, and it's just a question now of reconciling Japan's nuclear safety concerns with the need for cheap electric power. Progress is being made toward that end, and if and when the nation's nukes get turned back on, Japan's trade deficit will likely disappear quickly, and with it, the gains on those short yen positions. Personally, I'd rather be a buyer of yen here rather than a seller.


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"This recipe brings back memories of the first time I went to San Francisco over 10 years ago. There is nothing like fresh bowl of cioppino and garlic bread at the Wayfare Tavern owned by Tyler Florence. This is my take on a dish that so many people call Seafood Stew," Chef Lee said.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hr
Serves: 6-8
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large fennel bulb, thinly sliced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 shallots, chopped
- 2 teaspoons HEB Kosher salt
- 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3/4 teaspoon Adams Reserve Crushed Red Pepper Flakes (HEB Cooking Connection)
- 1 pound Spanish Chorizo, cut into small cubes (HEB Deli Department)
- 1/4 cup HEB Tomato Paste
- 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes in juice
- 1 1/2 cup dry red wine (HEB Cooking Connection)
- 5 cups fish stock or HEB chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 pounds Dungeness crab (HEB Seafood Department)
- 1 pound littleneck clams, scrubbed (HEB Seafood Department)
- 1 pound mussels, scrubbed, debearded (Heb Seafood Department)
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined (HEB Seafood Department)
- 1 1/2 pounds assorted firm-fleshed fish fillets such as halibut or salmon, cut into 2-inch chunks
- Heat the oil in a very large pot over medium heat. Add chorizo, fennel, onion, shallots, salt and sauté until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and 3/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes, and sauté for 2 minutes. Stir in tomato paste. Add tomatoes with their juices, wine, fish stock and bay leaf. Cover and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until the flavors incorporate, about 30 minutes.
- Add crab, clams and mussels to the pot. Cover and cook until the clams and mussels begin to open, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and fish and simmer gently until the shrimp and fish are just cooked through, and clams are completely open about 5 minutes. (Discard any clams or mussels that do not open). Season the soup, to taste, with more salt and red pepper flakes.
- Ladle the cioppino into a bowl and serve with garlic bread.
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Lenny fears the axe.
It's not the actual tool that makes the middle-aged federal government worker uneasy. It's his job he's concerned about -- that it will fall under the axe amid the government belt-tightening to rein in the deficit.
"I'd say right now it's 50-50 that my job will be cut," says the married father of three late teenage and adult children.
"There are a couple of other jobs that I can go to, but I'd be in for a $20,000-a-year pay cut."
Lenny earns about $69,000 a year before deductions and taxes. His wife, Nora, also in her mid-40s, works for the province. She earns $36,000.
The couple plans to retire at 60 and while their work pensions will certainly be a large part of their retirement income, they also own a rental multi-unit rental property worth $620,000.
Lenny says the income property is the foundation of their retirement plan.
They still owe about $337,000 on the property but they expect, by age 60, they will have enough equity in the investment to realize a tidy profit. Any current annual profits -- generally about $5,000 -- from the property are invested in RRSPs.
The couple also has a $306,000 mortgage on a home worth $525,000, which won't be paid off at retirement, and they also owe $47,000 on a line of credit and $22,000 on their credit cards.
"We've had some unexpected expenses pop up."
Lenny says they're also worried about monthly overspending. Income from their rental property has helped them absorb many unexpected costs, as well as save for retirement.
But he says he is concerned a job loss in the near future may completely upend their retirement plan.
"We'd have to readjust everything," he says. "That's my biggest worry. If I take a $20,000 pay cut, how will that affect my calculations?"
Financial planner Trenton Mochnacz says the biggest problem facing Nora and Lenny isn't a potential job loss. It's spending more than they earn.
"Sometimes individual 'needs' and 'wants' become mixed up, and Lenny and Nora have been able to accomplish what they 'want' through the utilization of open-ended credit," says the certified financial planner with RBC Financial Planning in Winnipeg.
As they have noted themselves, life often comes with unexpected, costly turns and previous decisions that may have seemed inconsequential have profoundly negative effects today.
"We sometimes unintentionally create our own personal fiscal cliff," he says.
The most pressing problem to be remedied is their cash flow -- or lack thereof -- that will only get worse if Lenny is laid off.
Lenny and Nora have a fairly substantial net worth -- about $500,000 -- but they're eroding their wealth.
"Lenny and Nora are currently running a monthly deficit," he says.
"As a result, the open-ended credit -- credit lines secured by mortgages or credit cards with large limits -- have been utilized to accommodate their cash-flow deficits to fund the monthly expenses and lifestyle."
Obviously, this can't go on even if Lenny remains at his current job. By age 60, they would have accumulated more than $90,000 in additional debt, which would certainly put their retirement plan at risk.
Lenny and Nora need to get back to the basics. They must start budgeting and watching their spending very closely.
"It is critical for Lenny and Nora to start tracking their cash outflows, always asking themselves if the money they are spending is on a need or a want, so they can reduce their current expenses by at least $500 a month," he says.
While they may think all their income is accounted for in their current household budget, they need to become sticklers for detail. It's unlikely they'll be able to find lump-sum savings to make up for the entire shortfall. Instead, they will have to find a few dollars here and there to reach their goal.
And they need to address the problem immediately instead of waiting a few weeks when cost-cutting may be forced upon them if Lenny loses his job. If that happens, "strong consideration will need to be made to sell the revenue property," Mochnacz says.
Restructuring their debt, however, may offer them relatively quick and substantial savings. At present, their debt payments of almost $2,200 a month are unmanageable after accounting for all their household expenses.
"There is no additional cash flow at the end of the month to make an additional payment beyond the minimum payment on the credit cards," Mochnacz says.
But Nora and Lenny should be able to consolidate their line of credit and credit card balances into their mortgage, he says.
"With a new mortgage of $376,000 and a new mortgage payment of roughly $1,800 a month, they eliminate a majority of the cash-flow deficit and simplify their debt portfolio," he says. "And there should be no breakage costs to refinance as long as they are not switching institutions."
Many lenders will allow homeowners to blend the current balance at the pre-existing rate with the additional debt based on available rates.
"It is possible that in order to re-register a new mortgage, legal fees to run around $485 and a processing fee of $250."
If they can cut costs and Lenny keeps working at his current job, the couple should be able to retire as planned at age 60 and meet their expected income needs of $3,000 to $4,000 net a month. Income from CPP, OAS and their work pensions should be enough to fund most of their retirement income goals.
"And the expected net gain -- after taxes -- on the sale of the revenue properties at retirement should be adequate to ensure that all debts are paid in full," he says.
Their RRSPs can largely be used to fund trips and other extras in retirement. Any future contributions, however, should be invested in the spousal plan.
"This will maximize income-splitting opportunities early in retirement since they won't be able to split his work pension until age 65."
Yet, their retirement plan hinges as much on their ability to cut their monthly spending as it does on Lenny keeping his job.
In fact, if Nora and Lenny can eliminate their monthly deficit, they should still be able to attain the lower end of their retirement income goal -- $3,000 after taxes a month -- even if Lenny's job is cut and he has to take a job with lower pay, Mochnacz says
"The good news is retirement is still achievable."


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Is it really that hard to understand why it's simply BAD business to allow older devices to have the same capabilities as new ones? If older iPhones can do everything the 4s can, there's little to no reason to upgrade! The new release devices must have at least some exclusive features.
FaceTime doesn't really affect me but the concept of limiting older devices seriously pisses me off.
I totally understand limiting these functions for the 2G and 3G iPhones, and heck even the 3GS is getting old now but why the 4? As far as I'm concerned the iP4 is still pretty new so why is it being limited from FaceTime over cell data and also Siri? Apple really needs to get this iP4 business straight and stop trying to eliminate users from using it and forcing us to upgrade. I was going to upgrade this year for the new iPhone anyway, that works out for me, but it's still bad practice.
This is bad business in so many ways. iPhone 4 is what brought FaceTime it should get the ability to do it anywhere. iPad 2 is exactly the same as 4s y can't it have Siri? I understand wanting people to upgrade but what about those that can't pay the $500 bill and wait for the new stuff to come out so the others go down? If your going to make something you should support it to its fullest .and since the iPhone 4 came out with FaceTime the 4s brought Siri what's the 5 got?
I don't get why apple does this. Most people that get an iphobe is stuck in a 2 year contract so why not give them all the new features I mean. By the time my contract ends the iphobe 5 should be out so I'll go and get that as my new upgrade. Don't see the point off the iPhone 4 being limited. I can understand why apple won't give it Siri and thats fair to me. But won't the iphobe 5 have better spec and probably a new feature that the iPhone 4s don't/can't have. Gets on my nerves really. I want the new features but I'm not about to pay my contract of early just do that. Even if apple does give the iphobe 4 and Ipad 2 the new features (except Siri) the iphobe 4s / Ipad 3 are better anyway. And I'm sure most people know/understand that anyway. I mean if apple wants me to upgrade then make the networks do a 12 month plan and I would upgrade to the new iPhone every year.
The Facetime was announced on the iPhone4 then why no Facetime over cellular on the Iphone4..AS Stevejobs said Facetime over wifi for 2010.. cellular data soon for iphone 4 ..Not happy.. Still Jailbreaking
I would like to see them make something that would be harder to support with an older iphone... not something that can be easily fixed with a jailbreak.
That irrates me, since I have an iPhone 4. I don't see how it could be an issue to just support it. Well that is why jailbreak exists and shall never go away.


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LRI and S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Join 79 Groups Calling for Revision to Proposed Medicaid Rule
LRI and the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation were among 79 patient groups in the "I Am Essential" coalition delivering a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today urging revisions to a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would give states the right to determine Medicaid coverage and fees for newly eligible beneficiaries. Our collective concern voiced in the letter is the potential for the proposed guidelines to jeopardize access to patient care.


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A 15-year-old boy who died after falling ill at Saturday night's rave in East Croydon has been named locally as Rio.
Scotland Yard said the cause of death has still to be confirmed and a post-mortem examination is being arranged.
And he is yet to be formally identified.
The incident happened at the Royal Mail disused sorting office in Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The boy was taken from the venue by ambulance to hospital, where he died today.
A 19-year-old man, who also become ill at the event, remains in hospital in a stable condition.
Scotland Yard said it is aware of six other people who were taken to hospital with injuries.
All six have since been discharged from hospital.
The rave was spotted by officers on routine patrol who saw "large numbers of people inside, outside and heading towards" the disused building where music was being played on Saturday at around 9.40pm.
Violence broke out after police tried to clamp down on the rave by trying to stop more revellers from getting close to the building. More police were called in and cordons were put in place.
Scotland Yard said that "a number of people in the crowd became violent, and missiles were thrown at police officers. The window of a police vehicle was also smashed."
Officers continued to surround the venue until they raided it on Sunday at about 8.30am.
In total 14 people were arrested in connection with the event for a range of offences including drugs offences, violent disorder and money laundering.
Two men have been charged with violent disorder and drugs offences and a 47-year-old man along with a 30-year-old man were given adult cautions for possession of class A drugs.
Another three men were arrested on suspicion of money laundering, a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and a 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
All five have been bailed pending further inquiries.
Scotland Yard said another five men are still in custody after being arrested today for handling stolen goods and criminal damage offences in connection with the investigation.
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HOUSTON - Los Angeles officials have announced a victory on that city's massive traffic problems – they claim they have managed to synchronize every one of their nearly 4,400 traffic lights. But Houston's mayor may be raining on their parade.
Mayor Annise Parker said Thursday "synchronization" is a somewhat meaningless phrase.
"We prefer to use 'optimize,'" Parker said.
In the case of Los Angeles, "synchronizing the lights" essentially means traffic signals are all tied together on a central system and signal patterns can be changed on the fly to match current traffic conditions.
Parker admitted Thursday that Houston does not currently have that capability, but nearly all of the city's traffic signals are on a predetermined and linked system.
The city of Houston is also in the midst of a "Traffic Signal Performance Improvement Program," as it is called.
The effort, started in 2009, aims to update signal timing at every one of the city's 2,300 traffic lights. The program includes intersection studies and new timing technology for traffic signals. It is slated to be completed later this year.
But Houston's public works department points out that traffic flow studies never end and lights around the city are tweaked when necessary.
If you have any questions or comments about the city of Houston's Traffic Signal Performance Improvement Program (TSPIP), contact Houston TranStar at 713-881-3172.
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Veterans Day Holiday Schedule for Fairfax County Government
Oct. 29, 2008
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- Schedules for Fairfax County Government offices and services for the Veterans Day holiday on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
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County Government – Closed
Courts – Closed
Public Schools and School Offices – Open
Libraries – Closed
Fairfax Connector – Regular weekday schedule, except Routes 595 and 597 (no service*)
Fastran – Not in service
Park Authority – RECenters will all be open on their regular schedules. Nature centers and historic sites will be closed; Frying Pan Farm Park is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Country Store and Visitor Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Green Spring Gardens is open from noon to 4:30 p.m., the Historic House is closed.
Community, Teen and Senior Centers – Closed **
County Trash and Recycling Collection – Open; have trash and recyclables properly set out at curb by 6 a.m. to ensure collection.***
Recycling and Disposal Facilities at I-66 and I-95 – Open
*Riders can take Fairfax Connector buses to West Falls Church Metro Station to continue by Metrorail.
** Reston Community Center's Hunters Woods facility (2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston) will be open from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. The Lake Anne facility will be closed.
*** Residents receiving trash and recyclables collection service from private collection companies should contact their service provider directly to learn of any schedule adjustments for the holiday.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Every parent wants to see their child's face light up on Christmas morning, and for some children, that perfect gift is a puppy.
But before you head out and select a puppy for Christmas, the reality is, one in every ten pets gets returned to the shelter, according to the American Humane Society. The ASPCA has just released information saying adopting a pet for Christmas isn't quite as taboo anymore, but local shelters disagree, saying it's a problem that's even more likely over the holidays.
For Samantha Gomez, all she wants for Christmas is a puppy.
Her parents, Sam Gomez and Gloria Jordan-Gomez wanted to grant that wish, but wanted to make sure they found the right fit. So they turned to Local 6 for help.
Local 6 teamed up with the SPCA of Central Florida, and decided to surprise Samantha with a trip there to pick out her new furry friend.
Diane Anderson, an Animal Behaviorist with the SPCA met up with Local 6 to guide us through the process. She said the first thing you need to do as you walk through the shelter is pay attention to the cards that are hanging on the dogs' kennels.
"Every dog is going to have a card, pink is girls, blue is boys," said Anderson. "It's going to have the name, how old they are, when they came, if they're spayed or not spayed yet, and important information in here. Obviously you have kids in the home so you're going to want to look and see if they're good with kids or not, it also tells you if they're good with other dogs, or housebroken, or other notes that."
The next step, she said, is to be honest with yourself on what you really plan to do with the dog-- and not just consider the prettiest faces.
"A lot of times these really beautiful dogs are super-duper high energy," said Anderson. "So maybe you wanted a couch potato and you came home with a border collie, whoops. So you want to ask yourself what you really want to do with the dog and look at the personality traits of the dog, because the worse case scenario for us is you bring the dog back."
After speaking with Samantha and her family, Anderson had just the dog in mind. Samantha said she wanted a young, small, dog that has enough energy to play with, but that can also sleep in her bed.
Anderson brought out Oreo to meet Samantha, a ten-month-old Terrier mix.
"He's only ten months old, so he's still just a baby," said Anderson. "He's a Terrier, which means he'll have a lot of energy and wants to play, he's good with kids, good with other dogs. It says he's almost housebroken, so you would need to train him a little bit."
For all of that information, Anderson consulted the profile papers Oreo's previous owner filled out. All animals at the SPCA are owner-surrendered, which means that this type of information is available on nearly all of them. That allows the adoption counselors to better pick the right match for your family.
Samantha thought Anderson made a great choice, because it didn't take her long to decide Oreo was going to be her new best friend.
The Gomez family was able to pick Oreo up the next day. With all adoptions, the animals are tested for heart worm, they receive their annual vaccinations, they are spayed and neutered and micro-chipped before they can go home, which is all included in the price.
Micro-chipping is important, because as long as you keep your contact information current, if the animal ever gets loose or goes missing and is found, they can be scanned for the chip and you can be contacted.
Now, though Oreo's adoption was easy, and the Gomez family told Local 6 he fits in just right at home, that's not always the case.
In order to ensure the smoothest transition, Anderson first recommends your whole family goes with you when you pick out your new pet. It's better not to surprise anyone at home, but rather have everyone in the home be a part of the event. That way, you can be sure the animal gets along with any children you may have as well as anyone else they'll see on a regular basis.
Also, your existing dogs don't need to go with you to the shelter, but don't forget to tell the adoption counselor about the personality of any dogs you already have. To introduce your new and old friends, Anderson said a neutral location is best.
"You want to go for a walk where everybody's smelling, everybody's sniffing, and everybody's getting to know each other," said Anderson. "You want the dogs to get tired, tongues-hanging-out-of-the-side-of-their-mouths tired. Everybody walks in the house together, we go find a cool spot on the tile to lay down, and when they finally wake up, it's like, 'oh, you're still here, you're old news, you've been here all day'."
And most importantly, be patient. It may take your new furry friend to adjust to its new surroundings.
"Don't give up, a lot of people give up really too quickly. They'll take a dog home and it eats the couch in a day and they'll bring it right back," said Anderson. "You can't expect a dog to adjust in a day or even a week. They had a family, they had a life and all the sudden that life was completely ripped away from them. We as people tend to think they're supposed to love us in a snap, 'why don't you love me yet, you're my dog now?' They don't know that yet, show them that you're their family and this is their home now."
For a list of questions you can ask at the shelter, plus the best ways to give a pet as a gift for the holidays, click here.
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Corn futures dropped sharply Thursday. The drop was somewhat surprising since the equity markets were making new highs, but concurrent U.S. dollar gains seemed to weigh upon commodities. That seemed to exaggerate the bearish impact of near-perfect summer weather. September corn futures fell 11.5 cents to $4.875/bushel at Thursday's close, while December dove 12.0 cents to $4.67.
The soy complex was mixed Thursday. The same weather and currency developments that were depressing corm weighed upon beans and meal. Conversely, rebounding palm oil prices rather obviously boosted soyoil values as well. September soybean futures tumbled 15.5 cents to $12.3425/bushel in Thursday morning trading, while November beans plunged 13.75 cents to $11.925. September soyoil climbed 0.40 cents to 42.60 cents/pound, while September soymeal sagged $6.3 to $397.7/ton.
Wheat futures bounced from early lows Thursday. The surging U.S. dollar probably played a role in the early wheat slide as well. The weekly Export Sales report seemed neutral, but a morning report from the World Grain Council may also have undercut prices. And yet, wheat futures erased much of their early weakness later in the day, as export optimism and domestic quality concerns once again evoked support. September CBOT wheat dropped 6.25 cents to $6.585/bushel in late Thursday trading, while September KCBT wheat was unchanged at $7.0675, and September MGE futures edged 0.5 cent higher to $7.4175.
Flat cash prices dragged cattle futures downward Thursday. Despite general expectations for cash and wholesale strength during the coming weeks and months, recent events make traders wonder if the premiums already built into Chicago prices have already incorporated the rise. Midsession news that Southern Plains trading had stalled once again seemed to exaggerate early CME losses. October cattle sank 0.98 cents to 124.50 cents/pound at its Thursday settlement, while December tanked by 1.02 cents to 127.35. September feeder futures bounced 0.28 cents to 157.25 cents/pound on the corn weakness, and November added 0.20 cents to 160.25.
Hog futures bucked the general downward trend Thursday. In contrast to the cattle premiums, discounts built into hog futures seemingly leave them room to rally even when current conditions don't seem particularly bullish. Still, late morning news of cash and wholesale weakness may have limited CME gains later in the day. October hog futures closed 0.57 cents higher at 83.90 cents/pound Thursday, while December advanced 0.40 cents to 80.90.


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3D printing technology is gaining fresh momentum in Department of Energy (DOE) research endeavors. 3D printing is achieved using an additive manufacturing process that creates 3D objects directly from a computer model, depositing material layer by layer only where required. This technology is expected to exert a profound impact on an increasing array of applications in architecture, engineering, construction, industrial design, automotive, aerospace, military, engineering, dental and medical industries, biotechnology, apparel, eyewear, education, geographic information systems, and many other fields.
Warmer winters are changing bird migratory patterns, warmer seawater is linked to coral reef bleaching in the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico, and more extreme climate events are affecting society and ecosystems. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), the increasing air and water temperatures, decreasing water availability across regions and seasons, increasing intensity and frequency of storm events, flooding and sea level rise have caused major issues to the energy sector over the past decade. Our world as we know it is evolving because of climate change.
Fifteen years ago was the genesis of DOE R&D Accomplishments. It was established with the purpose of featuring U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agency past research accomplishments whose benefits are being realized now. As the individual responsible for the growth and development of this Web product, the journey has been challenging, fun, exciting, and thought-provoking -- but never boring.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has historically played a leading role in supporting human genome research. March 2014 is the anniversary of the 1986 Santa Fe Workshop, which brought together participants from government, academia, and the private sector to explore the possibility of sequencing the human genome. This workshop was sponsored by DOE and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Human Genome Project (HGP) was formalized in mid-February 1990.
In honor of the anniversary of the Santa Fe Workshop, DOE R&D Accomplishments has published a new feature page, Human Genome Research: DOE Origins. This page describes the key role played by Charles DeLisi, then Associate Director of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER) in conceiving the idea for a program to sequence the human genome. The Santa Fe Workshop met DeLisi's goal of laying out an approach to sequence the human genome.
Once again, dedicated representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters program offices, field offices, national laboratories and technology centers are convening along with OSTI staff for the DOE Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP) Annual Working Meeting. This year the STIP Annual Working Meeting will be held March 31-April 4 in Richland, Washington. The meeting will be hosted by DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).


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First, Brandon Prust had his hearing with Brendan Shanahan via phone today, said he was able to argue his case for his elbow to the head of Anton Volchenkov, and then went out to join an optional skate, not knowing if he would be suspended.
Some gamesmanship going on, too, as John Tortorella first accused Volchenkov of staying down trying to draw a penalty, suggested that maybe his team should do that, said his players have been instructed to get up if they're not really injured (and indeed, Brian Boyle, for example, skated off after his concussion; and came back to play another shift). Tortorella also brought up some hits by the Devils that were up high, and added that the Devils set illegal picks on faceoff plays, especially on the power play, to get Ilya Kovalchuk open shots.
Tortorella and his players all defended Prust as an honest player who has never been suspended, and who doesn't have a single elbowing penalty this year, and all were annoyed at Peter DeBoer's accusing Prust of being a head hunter.
Also, Stu Bickel very probably will be the fourth-line right winger if Prust is suspended.
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The Rays v. the Royals — hard to imagine a bigger mismatch.
..see also.
Well, its not like the Royals decided to host a still-reeling Mitt Romney in their dressing room right before Game 7.
That honor goes to a certain congressman from the Philippines
I'm starting to wonder if, as part of the Republican 'Outreach Program,' Mitt didn't meet Macho Camacho last week for lunch.
Romney apparently did meet with Pacquiao right before the match with Marquez. . .
I was not aware that (as Manju points out) Pacquiao is a member of the Phillipine House of Representatives.
And said; "Hi, Manny. I ran for president. I lost."
So, ya gotta 31 year-old Starting Pitcher and some Relievers for him, and Jeff Francoeur remains in your outfield instead of Myers?
Yup, great deal!
And on my Yankees, we still haven't found a 3rd Baseman to replace the other half of "The Sunshine Boys!"
So, sometime during the season, I expect to see Jeter playing with a cane, and, if we're "lucky," A-Rod out there either with a walker, or in a wheelchair.
Paging Mr. Nettles.
Paging Mr. Graig Nettles to the courtesy phone.
Mr. Graig Nettles?
Mr. Nettles…
Well at least the Rays can stay competitive with Toronto now.
I believe that Kevin Youkilis is being paged.
Just what my Yank's need – an aging and bitter clubhouse lawyer taking the place of the injured "Prince of Vanity."
Been having a lot of trouble winning the division with a clubhouse full of vanity-poisoning victims? What's one more?
Is it really that bad? Shields is pitching as well as he ever has, and Davis has turned out to be a damned good reliever, although he still pines for a starting slot and will presumably have a shot at one in KC. And compared to a lot of pitching talent right now, they come relatively cheap.
Myers has yet to see a major league pitch and has been playing as low as AA.
I don't care what their minor league stats are — I'm never sold on these kids until they've stood up to a few 98mph fastballs whizzing past their heads and have shown they can get the bat around before a major league heater zooms by them.
You might have a point, if Jeff Francouer weren't so unbelievably awful.
I'm not saying it's a great trade or even a smart one (for either team), but the overwrought reaction so far has been largely along the lines of OMG This Is As Bad As Vernon Wells.
And it's only December. There's lots of time for KC to make other moves.
There's lots of time for KC to make other moves.
With what?
It really is that bad. It's a win now trade for a team that is not ready to win now. They just gave up six years of control over the top hitting prospect in the game, plus two good pitching prospects and a decent third base prospect for two years of James Shields and a back of the rotation starter and/or reliever. Terrible trade. They mortgaged their future so they can be mediocre next year.
Yeah, the comparison isn't so much the Wells trade as the Bedard trade. Shields, I'll grant, is better than Bedard, but then Myers is a better prospect than Jones was.
It's a win now trade for a team that is not ready to win now.
Can't argue with that.
The author's premise that we are converging towards some sort of asymptotic competence across all baseball front offices seems… overly optimistic? I mean it certainly seems like overall competence has improved and people no longer evaluate players on their gut instead of statistics, but it seems to me there will always be management that prioritizes short term gain and does so ineptly.
I think his bit about there being one final stupid trade is wrong, but generally speaking I agree – the clubs that are using this new-fangled "analysis" thingy are doing a better job of getting more wins out of less money, and over time (or more realistically, once all the "baseball guys" die off) it'll become the standard approach to running a club, with most teams doing it most of the time.
Naturally there will always be management that prioritizes the short term over the long term. But I think it is true that it will soon be nearly impossible for "short-termism" to be the guiding managerial principle of a major league organization.
But your missing the crowd effect. Someone will always sniff out a stat that the market is undervaluing and fleece somebody on that basis. Then everybody starts valuing that stat and it becomes overvalued and the next smart guy moves finds a different undervalued stat to arbitrage. And the whole converging thing assumes that somehow baseball executives will stop being stupid, power-mad idiots, which is part of the selection process and won't stop being that anytime soon.
Not to mention the management that prioritizes cash for the owner over actual winning.
Yes, that's certainly true enough, and there are plenty of examples of fan bases who are dumb enough to keep turning out for teams that show no interest in getting any better (I'm looking at you, Detroit Lions …).
I didn't really intend to argue that there would soon be no shortsightedness or stupidity in sports. That'll always be there, just like in any industry. Of course, sports franchises don't compete in anything like a free market environment, and fans often don't make anything like a "rational" decision (in the economic sense of the word) when it comes to team allegiances … so maybe you're right. I still find it difficult to imagine that things aren't trending toward smarter management approaches in general, but it's pretty clear that exogenous forces that would have an effect in more competitive industries might not apply in sports.
The weakest link in the chain in many organizations is the ownership. The GM can only be as good as the owners let him be, and the only requirement for own ing a baseball team is money.
people no longer evaluate players on their gut instead of statistics
Uh, you might want to re-think that statement:
KEATING: My favorite passage in the book is when you write about how enough time has passed for you to evaluate the PECOTA forecast. The guys you projected to do the best as minor leaguers added, I think, an estimated 546 wins, or generated 546 wins for their teams, and the top picks by Baseball America generated 630. And on the surface that's disarming because it's like, Well, look, the scouts actually did better and were adding something. But it undermines the whole stats vs. scouts debate because scouts use stats, right? So the whole question of there being a diametrically opposed war is sort of ridiculous.
It's actually a little bit of both and will probably always be.
As a lifelong Royals fan, I can say: the consensus among Royals-watchers who are even mildly inclined toward analysis is that this is a terrible trade for the Royals. As Rany says, it's a clear Moral Hazard problem: the front office needed to win now or lose their jobs.
The worst part? That for the combined salary of this deal and Hochevar, the Royals very likely could have had Anibal Sanchez and kept all four prospects, and/or dealt some of them for a mid-rotation arm.
…and now I have to watch Francoeur fail to get to anything in RF and fail to get on base.
Is there room on the Nationals bandwagon?
Is there something we can do for Rany? His twitter feed yesterday was very close to being evidence of a nervous breakdown.
He must feel like a therapist working with an addict who he knows will relapse, but must keep trying to help in any event. Honestly, I feel for the guy.
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Worcester Arts Workshop is welcoming people to the Sansome Street venue for a range of free taster sessions, demonstrations and workshops on Saturday, July 5 from noon until late.
Visitors can see the art hubs' tutors doing their thing as well as trying their hand at drawing, oil painting, water colours, pottery, textiles, printmaking, performing arts and more.
Local artists will provide live music and Belizean food and a barbecue will be available.
Children's activities will be going on through out the day from face painting, getting creative with textiles to make teddies, paints, colouring-in, pottery and performing arts.
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THE search is on for volunteers to bring alive one of Worcester's most historic locations.
Tudor House Museum in the city's famous Friar Street is on the lookout for people of all ages to help run the charity-funded venue.
These include roles as costumed interpreters telling visitors about the 550-year old building that was once a notorious pub and is reputed to be haunted by three ghostly nuns.
The museum has recently seen an upsurge in visitors, with an extended programme of events and longer opening hours.
Volunteers are also needed to help run the coffee-shop and to help digitise the museum's collection of nearly 8,000 archive images of Worcester.
The museum is running two open days next week when people with an interest in local history can find out more.
Curator-manager Elizabeth Pimblett said: "No special knowledge is required, just an interest in history and a keenness to share it with visitors, There's so much history here and we're keen to find like-minded people to help us make it come alive."
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I have been trying to simulate mechanical waves in a phantom tissue, having some different tissue properties such as shear modulus, using COMSOL. When I used poroelasticity waves under Acoustic Module, I could not simulate the waves since COMSOL gives an error. Therefore, I have been using Initial Stress and Strain Module under Solid Mechanics in order to generate mechanical waves; however, I am still not able to simulate mechanical waves.
Could someone please help how to generate mechanical waves using Solid Mechanics module? Should I use Initial Stress or Strain or something else in order to generate mechanical waves? Also, I want to generate the mechanical waves from a specific part of the phantom and observe its propagation in other tissues. Whereas, the mechanical excitation waves is about 50 Hz.
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When processing a template with data in one environment (in Output Designer for example, or on the development server), the output seems fine; but when the same data and template are tested somewhere else (a different Designer, a different Central server), the reult is that many pages are printed, some blank, some with data in the wrong place, some data lacking.
Solution #1 – the afxon option is not properly specified
This is most likely to be due to a single argument that has been omitted in your processing parameters : "
From the Print_Ag.pdf documentation file:
To discard data for unknown fields, start Print Agent with the
To place data for an unknown field in the next field on the template, start Print Agent with the
-afxoffoption. This is the default.
In Output Designer, these options are set under menu [ Tools : Options : Print options ]. You can add here any number of command line arguments, separated by spaces, that will apply whenever Test Presentment is run.
In Central server, arguments can be placed at two different locations
1) In the Job Management Database
You can access this under [Central install directory]/Server/jfserver.jmd
Note the syntax of the JMD: the list of arguments holds on a single line, enclosed in quote marks. Within this string of characters, double quotes must be escaped by typing two consecutive double quotes.
I posted previously about checking JMD validity – if you have Python 2.x installed, you might want to try out the following: Tamble JMD 0.2a
2) In the data file
You can add arguments in the JOB line of your data file.
If the first line of a data file starts with ^job, the Central engine (if run using Central Control on Windows, or launching the jfdaemon or jfserver on *nix) will take the arguments listed and append them to the ones already extant in the JMD. Since they are applied afterwards, they take precedence.
So if you have an argument -afxoff in your JMD, and you specify -afxon in your JOB line, -afxon will be applied when processing.
Solution #2 – you are using non-SAP compatible templates on a Central activated for SAP data
You may find that the above solution does not seem to apply (but please, test that one first as it is the most likely). In which case, there is a second potential explanation.
Central Pro can be obtained with an SAP adapter which needs to be used with templates specially compiled for this use. To activate this special compilation mode, you need to set the value of the following key to "0"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Output Designer 5.x\5.x\JfDesign\Compile\
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Jennifer Aniston in a bikini raises some serious questions
These are shots of Jennifer Aniston in Cabo over the weekend and… and… what in the-? Is anyone else seeing her vagina from an almost impossible angle? Seriously, is it lopsided, or do I need to start boiling some water? Ladies, you're the experts here. No, wait, I mean, I'm the expert. Ha ha, I've seen hundreds of these. Let's see, yup, there's your problem: No unicorn jumping out of it. Probably want to get that looked at.
NOTE: Pic links to potentially NSFW version unless there's such as a thing as "crotchular cellulite." In which case, my bad, everybody.
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New response time targets will be set for South Western Ambulance Service (SWAS) in rural areas including Wiltshire.
It comes as SWAS has struggled to achieve the eight minute target to send an ambulance to the most urgent calls - such as cardiac arrest - in Wiltshire.
The target was set nationally and expects ambulances to reach a patient in eight minutes 75 per cent of the time.
Latest figures show that in the year to the end of February SWAS achieved 59 per cent in Wiltshire compared to 88.7 per cent in Swindon.
Broken down into local authority areas in Wiltshire, SWAS has revealed that it takes an ambulance typically 15 minutes to reach a patient in the Kennet area compared to six and a half minutes in Swindon. In North Wiltshire it takes 11.6 minutes and in West Wiltshire 9.18 minutes.
The performance of SWAS in Wiltshire mirrors that of its predecessor Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) which also failed to consistently meet the eight minute response target.
SWAS merged with GWAS in February 2013 and covers Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Avon, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.
Neil Le Chevalier, deputy director of delivery at SWAS, told a joint scrutiny committee of councils in Trowbridge on Friday that SWAS had agreed to meet the national response targets trust wide this year but said they could not guarantee meeting them in each Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area.
Last year some GPs on Wiltshire CCG's governing body said they thought a 20 minute response time would be more realistic.
Mr Le Chevalier said: "What we have promised to do is to set trajectories of what the minimum response target will be for each CCG area - what we should be achieving and working with CCGs on how to improve that. Money is not the solution, we have to look at more innovative ways."
One initiative SWAS is doing is distributing 120 defibrillators to public places in Wiltshire as part of a £500,000 investment across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Avon. In Wiltshire the locations identified so far include Westbury Railway Station and Southwick.
SWAS also wants to recruit more members of the public to be volunteer community responders, particularly in rural areas. They are trained to use a defibrillator.
Currently there are 171 volunteers in Wiltshire and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service have agreed that its retained fire fighters who are community responders can attend medical emergencies in their own car rather than go on a fire engine, as happens now.


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import sys
import os
import Image
while True:
print "What photo would you like to see?"
photo = raw_input("> ")
exist = os.path.isfile(photo)
if exist == False:
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print "I found your file!"
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At school Mohammed was a model student, a fine athlete and an active member of the school community – but when his aunt married and had children of her own his uncle could no longer afford to send him to school.
A distraught Mohammed was on the verge of dropping out when Lebara Foundation India intervened, providing a scholarship worth 1000 rupees (€15) to pay his school fees. The Foundation also provided nutrition packs for his young cousins, further easing the money worries of Mohammed's aunt and uncle.


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The Bikecast Episode #7a: Human Futures, The Race Between Complexity and Chaos
In this bikecast, I anthropomorphize the tendency of matter to increase in complexity when provided an energy source. In the case of earth, I posit a race in which DNA attempts to give rise to an organism complex enough to escape the destruction of the earth and the end of the sun. A specific episode of this race is the rise of humankind–a species entirely capable of spreading off planet and out of the local solar system. If we fail, but the earth and sun remain, DNA will carry on building increasingly complex organisms which will face their own clock in trying to survive and escape.
The other position is that we manage not to eradicate ourselves, embrace stateless atheism and stay one step ahead of entropy until heat death of the universe–or maybe beyond as in this must-read Azimov short story: http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
I believe the highest hurdle before DNA-as-human spreading throughout the universe is the rationally trivial but psychologically near-impossible task of accepting the equality of all humans and recognizing as vile and anti-human the use of violence as a means of social organization.


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This dataset contains fiscal year data from 2010 through 2015 and is currently available in the following formats:CSV | XLS
This dataset contains yearly data for fiscal year 2016 and onwards; data for 2016 is based on a 52-week reporting period. The dataset is available in the following formats:
This dataset contains yearly data for fiscal year 2016 shown two ways—we base one on a 52-week reporting period and one on a 53-week reporting period. See explanation below in the Notes section.
The goal of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is to improve core services provided to the public and provide alternative methods for conducting business with the agency. In support of this goal, SSA is committed to providing equal access to services for limited English proficient (LEP) individuals. The above datasets provide annual volumes of the Social Security Retirement & Survivors initial claims at the national level for Asian & Pacific Islander language preferences.
Agency Program Description
SSA administers the Old-Age, Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund. The OASI Trust Fund is a separate account in the United States Treasury. A fixed proportion (dependent on the allocation of tax rates by trust fund) of the taxes received under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Self-Employment Contributions Act are deposited in the fund to the extent that such taxes are not needed immediately to pay expenses. Taxes are deposited in the fund on every business day.
Under OASI, monthly benefits are paid to retired workers and their families, and to survivors of deceased workers. A retired worker who worked in covered employment long enough to be insured, benefits are paid based upon the attainment of age (62 or older).
When you work and pay Social Security taxes, you earn "credits" toward Social Security benefits. The number of credits you need to get retirement benefits depends on when you were born. If you were born in 1929 or later, you need 40 credits (10 years of work). If you stop working before you have enough credits to qualify for benefits, the credits will remain on your Social Security record. If you return to work later on, you can add more credits so that you qualify. No retirement benefits can be paid until you have the required number of credits.
Your benefit payment is based on how much you earned during your working career. Higher lifetime earnings result in higher benefits. If there were some years when you did not work or had low earnings, your benefit amount may be lower than if you had worked steadily. Your benefit payment also is affected by the age at which you decide to retire. If you retire at age 62 (the earliest possible retirement age for Social Security), your benefit will be lower than if you wait until later to retire.
Data Collection Description
SSA collects language preference data when members of the public contact us to apply for Social Security and Medicare benefits and services. We use our electronic systems to capture this information. The Social Security Unified Measurement System (SUMS) provides work measurement data for all workloads processed throughout SSA. SUMS Counts Demographics Data (SCDD) is the data source for SSA's LEP reports. SCDD is populated by associating the agency's SUMS workload data with demographics data, which is housed in the SUMS client tables and is sourced by the Integrated Client Data Base. Demographics data includes spoken language, written language, age range and gender.
Data Dictionary—Fiscal Years 2011 through 2015
Field A: Asian & Pacific Islander Language used for oral communication.
Field B - G: Receipt Counts for each fiscal year from 2010 through 2015.
Data Dictionary—Fiscal Year 2016 and Onward
Field A: Asian & Pacific Islander Language used for oral communication.
Field B Onwards: Receipt Counts for each fiscal year beginning with 2016.
Data Dictionary—Fiscal Year 2016, 52 weeks and 53 weeks
Field A:Asian & Pacific Islander Language used for oral communication.
Field B: Receipt Counts for Fiscal Year 2016 based on a 52-week reporting period.
Field C: Receipt Counts for Fiscal Year 2016 based on a 53-week reporting period.
SSA's Open Data Themes