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Making the most of their mat time
Wrestlers gain valuable experience
With the majority of the Gothenburg wrestling team being underclassmen, Swede coach Tom Scott wants mat time for his kids, and plenty of it.
"These guys are at all different levels throughout the team," Scott said. "They need experience more than anything and the only way to do that is on the mat."
The Swedes hosted Sidney in dual action on Friday, wrestling in only half of the 14 varsity weight classes.
"I don't like to throw young kids into varsity competition too early," Scott said.
With so few wrestling varsity, the Swedes struggled to score points. Sidney won the dual 64-12 with Gothenburg taking only two wrestled matches and a forfeit.
Skyler Kottwitz won his match at 170 pounds, defeating Brenton Christian of Sidney by a 7-3 decision.
Dalton Goodwin came back in the next weight bracket at 182 pounds to defeat Kelby Christian by a 6-4 decision.
Tyler Alvarez earned the forfeit victory at 120.
"A dual is a good way to ease into the season," Scott said. "It's only one match and it's not a long tournament day. We were able to pinpoint several areas for kids to improve."
The Swedes went full force at the Cozad Invite on Saturday, competing against 12 other teams in the first big invite of the season.
"We were able to see kids improve within matches and from one match to the next," the coach said. "The more time they spend on the mat in a day the more obvious those improvements are."
Gothenburg finished 11th in the team standings with 34.5 points and three wrestlers earning medals.
Aurora took top team honors with 211.5 points. The Huskies had two weight class champions and four runners-up.
Scott said the tough competition from a variety of schools is good for the Swedes as they work to get better.
Sophomore Tyler Alvarez was Gothenburg highest finisher, earning third place at 113 pounds.
"I think Tyler earned more wins over the weekend than he had on varsity all of last year," Scott said. "He's another year more mature and another year stronger."
Alvarez got pinned in the quarterfinals by Mike Nyugen of Lexington before coming back with a pair of pins himself for third place.
Swede senior Dalton Goodwin finished fourth at 182 pounds.
"Dalton's matches were all pretty close," Scott said.
He went 2-2 at the tournament, falling to Samuel Fiest of Minden in the consolation finals.
Junior Skyler Kottwitz, in the loaded 170-pound bracket, finished sixth with a tourney record of 1-4.
Kottwitz pinned Chaz Janssen of Adams Central in the first round in 5:31.
"Skyler ends up in a weight class with a lot of strong, athletic kids," Scott said. "It was a tough bracket."
Gothenburg travels to the Nebraska Duals at Columbus on Friday and Saturday for a full two days of wrestling.
Scott said the Swedes will be a little short handed on Friday because a few wrestlers will be competing in the state one-act play contest.
There are still a few question marks on weight classes, he said, but Gothenburg could potentially have entries in 12 or 13 of the 14 classes on Saturday.
"We're looking forward to seeing what we can do with a full team."
The Nebraska Duals meet begins at noon on Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.
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INTERNATIONAL FALLS (AP) - Wildlife biologists say the moose population is holding relatively steady in Voyageurs National Park in north-central Minnesota.
They say that stands in contrast to the rapidly declining moose population in the state's main moose range in northeastern Minnesota.
Voyageurs officials said in a statement Tuesday that the park's moose population is estimated at 46, based on data from an aerial survey this winter. That's similar to estimates from surveys conducted from 2009-2011.
The survey report says it's not clear why Voyageurs' moose population appears to be relatively stable while the moose population in northeastern Minnesota has declined 65 percent from 2009-2011.
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Londonderry man arrested for sexually assaulting girl, 10By APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
February 12. 2014 3:38PM
LONDONDERRY — A Londonderry man faces felony rape charges after police charged him with assaulting a 10-year-old girl on several occasions last summer.
Christopher Plummer, 49, of Cross Road, was arrested on a warrant at his home shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday.
According to Londonderry Police Detective Christopher Olson, the investigation into the incident began in late August when a family member reported Plummer to local authorities.
Investigations concluded this past Monday, with a warrant ultimately being issued for Plummer's arrest.
Olson said Plummer is accused of entering the little girl's room on several occasions when she was sleeping inside a Londonderry residence and sexually assaulting her.
Plummer may be facing additional charges for similar offenses reported in other nearby communities, Olson noted, but he did not elaborate.
Though Plummer is wearing a "Londonderry School District" T-shirt in his mug shot, police said the suspect is not a local school employee. He works for a local oil company "It's just a very horrible coincidence," Olson said.
Plummer faces three charges of aggravated felonious sexual assault/statutory rape and is being held at Rockingham County Jail on $25,000 cash bail. He will appear in 10th Circuit Court, Derry District Division, Tuesday.


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Flex Bieber
Justin Bieber is currently on tour in Australia. He just played Brisbane. Here are some photos from the show. As you can see, JB is all about the flex right now. He's a big boy with big boy muscles. Please look at the big boy and his big boy muscles.
In other big boy muscle news…
Have you seen his new fragrance ad? The scent is called The Key. The story – at least how I read it – is that JB pulls up to a hotel and is given access to a key. And he ends up entering the rooms of 3 different girls, who are sleeping, to slip into their dreams and give them the fantasy they didn't know they wanted. Some of those fantasies involve sugar and cakes. There's a lot of squinting into the sunset. This is supposed to be romantic.
I must be old. Because I find this creepy.
Can we break this down?
A boy opens the door to multiple hotel rooms while women are sleeping…!?!
In any conversation it's creepy! Why aren't more people finding this creepy? All videos like this do is reinforce the idea that women are just waiting around for men to do sh-t to them. It's gross. It's infantalising. It's dangerous.


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My Highlights from ArtRio 2014
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Pedro Varela's paintings and installations depict dense, graphic urban landscapes in a range of media, including acrylic, ballpoint and felt tip pens, and multicolored vinyl stickers applied to the walls, floors, and stairs of gallery spaces. Featuring architecture, minarets, small islands, and shrubs, Varela's urban environments consist of the outlines of historical buildings as well as imaginary ones, and sometimes include monochromatic planes and colorful roads that run along gallery floors, connecting different spaces. He also produces three-dimensional models of fictional cities composed of paper, wood, and acrylic, and blue paintings of imaginary groupings of plants and flowers.
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A talented midfielder from Edmonton, Alberta, Francesco Saporito joined Whitecaps FC Residency in Sept. 2011 following training stints in England and Italy.
Saporito travelled to London, England, to train with the youth academy set-ups of Charlton Athletic FC and Fulham FC.
The midfielder also had training spells with the youth programs of Italian Serie A giants Juventus and AC Milan.
Saporito started his soccer career with Edmonton Internazionale Soccer Club, where he played for the club in the Edmonton Interdistrict Youth Soccer Association from 2006 to 2011. As a member of Edmonton Internazionale's U-14 Tier I side, the midfielder helped them to the 2011 Alberta U-14 provincial championship title. Saporito also represented Alberta at the U-13 level in 2009 and 2010 before helping his home province to a bronze medal at the 2011 Canadian U-15 All-Star Championship in St. John's, Newfoundland. It was also in 2011 that the midfielder was invited to train in the Canadian Soccer Association's National Training Centre (Prairies region) program. Then as a member of Edmonton's Saint Francis Xavier Soccer Academy, Saporito played in the Torneo Pecci in Rimini, Italy, in 2010 and 2011, as well as the 2011 Torneo Padova U-14 invitational tournament in Padova, Italy.
Saporito represented Canada's U-15 boys' team at an eight-team tournament in Mexico in June 2012.
Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, the midfielder's parents are Carmen and Franco Saporito. A former Canadian Soccer League professional with Edmonton Brick Men, Franco is the program director/head coach of Edmonton's Saint Francis Xavier Soccer Academy. The midfielder also has a sister named Marie-Jeanne and a brother named Aurelio. As a student in Edmonton, Alberta, Saporito attended St. Philip Elementary School from 2002 to 2009 before attending Cardinal Léger Junior High School from 2009 to 2011.
An accomplished athlete, Saporito was an Edmonton City track & field gold medalist in the 400, 800, and 1,500 meters in 2010 and 2011. A fan of English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur FC, the midfielder is an admirer of Spurs and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric. One day, Saporito would like to play for Whitecaps FC on Bell Pitch at BC Place and at Spurs' White Hart Lane home. When not concentrating on his soccer career, Saporito enjoys basketball, Taekwondo, reading, volleyball, and playing FIFA on PlayStation. His favourite foods are lasagna and chicken wings.


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Carrie L. Cox was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1847. Family history says she married a Yankee (George A. Stoner) on Oct. 19, 1865 and her family disowned her. Carrie and George moved to Southern Illinois, Pulaski Co, where they had several children. Including my grandmother Annie Lenear Stoner Ridenhour. Other Children are Wm Henry, Lucy E., Franklin Moses, Samuel E., Edward H. & my grandmother the youngest. George Stoner died in 1884 and Carrie lived until 1929. Who were her parents and siblings? Is the story of being disowned true? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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mazda3_2010 Posts: 1I am so glad you posted this thread. My 2010 Mazda3 had premature clutch failure at 36,000 miles which starting as a slipping clutch and failed completely after two days before I got it to the shop. I am the sole owner and driver with 35 years experience driving manuals with no failures. I drove two cars from new to well over 100k so this garbage from Mazda about normal wear and tear is infuriating.
thanks for providing some guidance - get in touch with the district manager is my lesson.0
I am sorry for the long delay on my update... but here is the outcome:
The district manager got involved and from our first conversation began doubting the accuracy of the dealer service dept's diagnosis. Specific questions about the symptoms revealed that other than the grind/ double shift that I had reported, no other typical symptoms of clutch wear had occurred... nor had I been able to replicate the noise myself since having the car returned to me being told that the dealership was finding problems in all shift points, not just the 1st to 2nd that I had reported as irregular in frequency. After talking with the tech who diaged, he asked me to take him on a drive so he could point out to me what he heard. I put the car through the paces running it through the gears up and down with quick accurate shifts to show him and the DM how capable I was in using the clutch. No sound/grinds, clean shifts. Tech acted surprised. I implied in response that he or the service writer were looking to "take me" for a new clutch. The district manager then drove it. He declared it fine. I pointed out that had I not gotten him involved, I would have been out $1200 and that the service dept gave that figure as the one that included the district manager's initial offer of a factory price clutch(when I first complained) without mentioning what the DM had shared with me privately... that he had also authorized giving me the factory service rate. Lots of embarassed faces when I added that if he had stolen the $1200 by burglary, it would be a felony. Given a family crisis I'm dealing with that played a role in the delay of this update, I have not followed up with NYS Consumer Affairs. The district manager considers this a settled case, but the dealership has taken no responsibility... just an embarrassed apology and the service writer Mike, treated me with cold distain in closing out the paperwork, I suppose offended by my felony comment. Now that I have time I intend to let the dealer know how I feel and will follow up with consumer agencies if I don't get appropriate follow up. Thank you all for your feedback.
PS Still get that little grab going first to second... rare, but on certain quick shifts or shifting while riding over rough road... otherwise perfect.0
Just got through replacing my clutch @ transmission shop. 2011 Mazda 3 hatch with 21,000 mile.
Filed claim with Mazda, reponse is below. Tried to get DM and Zone manager's contact info, but local dealer which is owned by Terry Taylor group out of West Palm would not give out. I'm done with Mazda, trading car on last day of month/quarter for a Subaru AUTOMATIC. I'm done with manuals. Mazda ought to put in their 3 year 36 month warranty, Manual transmissions only covered for 12 months, 12,000 miles. I could go on and on, drop fbombs etc. I will file a claim with NTSB and US Consumer affairs.
Dear Mr. xxxx
Thank you for contacting Mazda.
I would like to apologize for the issue that you have been experiencing with your 2011 Mazda3. Rest assured, we have documented your comments regarding your experience in our corporate record. We continuously evaluate these records as part of our ongoing commitment to provide only the highest quality products and services to you.
Information pertaining to parts that are not covered under the New Vehicle Limited Warranty for your 2011 Mazda3 can be found on page 15 in your vehicle's Warranty Information Booklet under the heading Maintenance is at Owner's Expense. It states that normal maintenance services such as cleaning and polishing, lubrication, and replenishment or replacement of oil, fluid, coolant, worn wiper blades, filters, worn brake and clutch linings, spark plugs, fuses, keyless transmitter batteries etc. are not covered under your vehicle's New Vehicle Limited Warranty. Unfortunately there is no assistance that can be provided towards this repair.
Once again I would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to give me a call at the number below and reference the file #143xxxxxxx.
Best Regards,
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Just got through replacing my clutch @ transmission shop. 2011 Mazda 3 hatch with 21,000 mile.
Filed claim with Mazda, reponse is below. Tried to get DM and Zone manager's contact info, but local dealer which is owned by Terry Taylor group out of West Palm would not give out. I'm done with Mazda, trading car on last day of month/quarter for a Subaru AUTOMATIC. I'm done with manuals. Mazda ought to put in their 3 year 36 month warranty, Manual transmissions only covered for 12 months, 12,000 miles. I could go on and on, drop fbombs etc. I will file a claim with NTSB and US Consumer affairs.0
Sooner, I would not accept that outcome. Despite their 12/12 warrantee, there is an argument, a solid one, that their warrantee does not meet the requirements of general merchantability law. No clutch goes at 21k without some kind of driver abuse... what is it that they are claiming you did to cause this? If they can't show how driver/owner caused such utterly premature damage, you have a case... with plenty of case support available. I'd contact a lawyer.0
autonomous Posts: 1,769intend to let the dealer know how I feel and will follow up with consumer agencies if I don't get appropriate follow up.
After putting you through the wringer the dealership offered you a somewhat confused verbal apology. I would mention to the management of the dealership the amount of your time that was expended (wasted) and the type of treatment (i.e. disdainful) to which you were subjected in this case. At minimum, the dealership should send you a written apology with a token offering (e.g. free oil change). A good dealership would go farther. It is understandable that mistakes can happen, but your case illustrates that in a service industry customer care is paramount. If the customer feels "taken" or is treated with "disdain" what do the service providers expect?
Finally, do you an alternative (i.e another Mazda dealership)?
Enlightening! Thanks for sharing your experience with the various representatives. It seems that0
cassia Posts: 1I have a Mazda 3, manual, 30,000km. Three weeks ago it failed to get into any of the gears. After few minutes pressing the clutch few times I was able to move the car. Took it to Mazda, it was OK for the test drive. THey haven't done aything. The issue got cleared and for three weeks it was fine.
Same issue showed up yesterday. Sometimes I will not be able to throw it in any gear and after pressing the clutch two times it will hardly get into gears. Sometimes it will drive with no problem. The issue is intermittent.
I have two more weeks and the car has three years and gets out of warranty. Mazda wants to replicate the issue which is hard as it's intermittent.
If it's the clutch, the dealer will say it's wear and tear and it's my fault. I'm driving standard cars since 25 years ago and in none of my old cars I had to change the clutch. Especially at this mileage.
Any advice?
I can only say that this nonsense that experienced drivers of manual trans miraculously forget how to properly clutch in their new Mazdas can be countered with your knowledge of general merchantabilty law (in the US)... clutches are reasonably expected to perform far beyond Mazda's warrantee thus negating that warrantee argument. My Mazda regional manager as much as acknowledged that. That my shift from first to second grind remainder wildly intermittant, and didn't really impact driveability, allowed me to wait on my issue knowing that it had been documented for the purposes of a bigger trans problem in my future.
Now, enter Hurricane Sandy to my beloved little city of Long Beach NY and problem solved... my Mazda was totalled by the ocean! Got $17, 800 for the '11 3s hatch with 43K miles.
I now own a brand new '12 3sGT hatch b/c other than this issue, I did love the car and couldn't think of anything else that combined function with ZOOM ZOOM (the Skyactiv I drove lacked torque/guts)... From the same dealer Autonomous... after finding out that the service writer who tried to screw me for the new clutch was fired (not sure if that related to his handling of my case). Unfortunately in the NY Metro area there are not a lot of Mazda dealerships and none are known for outstanding customer care.
I was lucky enough to access two new cars, the Mazda and a '12 Honda Fit for my wife early on in this Hurricane catastrophe... cars are flying out of dealerships as over 100000 cars have been TOTALLED by salt water in this area and some 25000 brand new waiting to be delivered to dealer vehicles were destroyed at the NJ ports. Adding insult to our woes, I had to replace a 250 mile tire for sidewall puncture already... hurricane rip out debris is falling out of trucks as the challenge to remove it continues.
So, while I see you state your mileage in KM, maybe general merchantability arguments carry weight in your jurisdiction. GOOD LUCK.0
mbfloyd Posts: 1My 2010 Mazda 3 Hatchback has 2 issues.
1. Every so often when I shift rough or almost stall, the honk will softly honk.
What could be causing this?
2. After drivign for about 20 minutes the stereo speakers will pop and the audio will sound like the CD is skipping, even if I'm listening to teh radio.
Any help would be helpful.0


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A common mistake I have seen in PHP code (which I made myself when I began writing PHP) is to not do various things to secure user input.
When accepting input from a user, there are three simple things you can and should do to make your project more secure.
1. Use GET and POST accordingly.
2. Take a list of known-good characters, and filter the rest out.
3. Check your lengths!
Step 1: Use GET and POST accordingly.
We'll start with a very simple form that contains a person's email address, and will be used to subscribe to a mailing list by way of entering the email address into a database.
Now, this form has a single user-modifiable element: Email.Code:<form name="MailingListForm" action="./Signup.php" method="POST"> <input type="text" name="Email" maxlength="45"> <input type="submit"> </form>
On the PHP script side of things, the first thing you need to do is get the data from the form.
This is where I find programmers are either lazy, or simply haven't learned any better, and they don't use the PHP4+ arrays $HTTP_POST_VARS or $HTTP_GET_VARS. As you might guess, these two arrays contain both POST and GET variables respectively. If you do not access and set your variables manually this way, you cannot guarantee that your variables are being set in the proper fashion, and it introduces a level of insecurity.
Unfortunately, PHP does not require the use of these two arrays, as if you simply access a url via script.php?var=value then $var gets created on the target script (whether you need it or not) and is set to "value".
The difference between POST and GET.
The simplest way to observe the differences between POST and get is to look at how they are read in by the PHP interpreter.
A GET variable is passed onto the script via the URL in the form of: script.php?var=val&var2=val2.
A POST variable is passed onto the script via a form with the script as its action, and the method set to POST.
How to use them effectively.
First, you need to establish which method you will need. In our example, we would only want the data from the Email variable to be POSTed, so therefore, we will set $email to the value of $HTTP_POST_VARS["email"].
In this manner, someone accessing email@example.com would get an error that reads: Error! No email address entered!.Code:$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS["email"]; if (!$email) { echo "Error! No email address entered!"; exit; }
It is always a good idea to set your variables yourself, so that you have more control over what data is able to get to your script, and what you do with it once it is there.
Note that this will only prevent someone from simply typing in said url from setting the $email variable. If they create their own form, they can still bypass this, which leads us into the next section.
Step 2: Take a list of known-good characters, and filter the rest out.
The next step is to filter out characters you don't want. Email addresses must conform to a certain standard, therefore, you have an exact idea of what you will need to appear in the variable.
Everything is great, unless you encounter a malicious user who is attempting to inject SQL into your database server, or perhaps even alter some PHP. Keep in mind that PHP can run shell commands using the backticks (`), so it's a good idea to filter out any unnecessary characters.
To do that, we will pass our variable through a list of known-good characters using the preg_replace function. We'll integrate this right away into our script.
Now, if someone tried to enter in something like "firstname.lastname@example.com ' ; delete from users ;", which is an attempted SQL injection, it would end up looking like: "firstname.lastname@example.com delete from users ". this way you can at least filter out any dangerous characters. You would obviously want to add some specifics for email checking, but that is beyond the scope of this document.Code:$email = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9.\-_@]/","",$HTTP_POST_VARS["email"]); if (!$email) { echo "Error! No email address entered!"; exit; }
To simplify this process, I often use a centralized set of functions to do all the above for me.
Using these functions gives you a tremendous advantage in that the process is both centralised (meaning its simpler to add characters) and it also reduces your code to:Code:$KG_CHARS="A-Za-z0-9.\-_@"; function getPOST( $postvarname ) { return preg_replace("/[^$KG_CHARS/","",$HTTP_POST_VARS[$postvarname]); } function getGET( $getvarname ) { return preg_replace("/[^$KG_CHARS/","",%HTTP_GET_VARS[$getvarname]); }
3. Check your lengths!Code:$email = getPOST("email");
One of the more often overlooked things when it comes to database connectivity is length checking on user input. As some of you may know, when you create a database table in any SQL server, you decide upon and set the field length in characters (with certain exceptions). Many lazy programmers simply set the maxlength parameter on the form and ignore any such checking on their variables before attempting to insert them into the database.
As you've no doubt noted, the maxlength parameter is used in the form above. This is a good thing, because it will let the user know if they're using an email address that's too long for your site to accept. However, it should not be your only method for checking the data's length.
The danger here is that most SQL errors will spit out the full path to the database server's installation, which can help an attacker in determining how and where the database has access to, if there should be any SQL-injectable code. It is also not very good to have bug-riddled sites.
To prevent this, simply perform an strlen() operation on it to determine the length. I often create functions for this purpose as well, which return true or false if there length exceeds the requirements of the database.
And in your code, you would do something along the lines of:Code:function lenCheck( $var, $maxlen ) { if (strlen($var) > $maxlen) { return false; } else { return true; } }
so that your error checking code would grab the email address and say it is of an invalid length.Code:if (!lenCheck($email, 45)) { $email = NULL; }
A complete, functional example would be:
It's also a good idea to try to be verbose and direct the user to to things that will possibly correct the error.Code:<?PHP $KG_CHARS="A-Za-z0-9.\-_@"; function getPOST( $postvarname ) { return preg_replace("/[^$KG_CHARS/","",$HTTP_POST_VARS[$postvarname]); } function getGET( $getvarname ) { return preg_replace("/[^$KG_CHARS/","",%HTTP_GET_VARS[$getvarname]); } function lenCheck( $var, $maxlen ) { if (strlen($var) > $maxlen) { return false; } else { return true; } } $email = getPOST("email"); if (!lenCheck($email, 45)) { $email = NULL; } if (!$email) { echo "There was an error while attempting to enter your email address into our mailing list database. This may be caused by one of the following reasons: -Your email address is not entered in the correct format. -Your email address is longer than our 45 character limit. -You accessed this page in an incorrect fashion. "; exit; } // Place code here to handle inserting the email address into the database. ?>
I hope this helps, and I look forward to any/all feedback.
PS: Edited for formatting. No code was changed, it was merely spaced differently to prevent horizontal scroll.


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E*Trade (NYSE: ETFC) is a leading online brokerage firm, which also offers retail banking services, such as checking and savings accounts and CD accounts. [1] E*Trade makes money by charging commission fees to its customers for transactions made. These fees are variable and are based on the size of the client, the size of the trades, and the frequency of the trades. For the full year 2010, E*Trade reported a total revenue of $2.4B and a net loss of $1.3B.
The online brokerage firms have been facing increased competition and downward price pressure as traditional retail banks, such as Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC), have entered the industry. This pressure prompted E*Trade to find another retail outlet: retail banking.[2].
E*Trade provides online brokerage products and investor-focused banking products, sweep deposits and savings products to individual retail investors. The company's subsidiaries include E*Trade Bank, which is a federally chartered savings bank that provides investor-focused banking products to retail customers nationwide and deposit accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), E*Trade Capital Markets, LLC, which is a registered broker-dealer and market-maker, E*Trade Clearing LLC, which is the clearing firm for the brokerage subsidiaries and is a wholly owned operating subsidiary of E*Trade Bank, and E*Trade Securities LLC, which is a registered broker dealer.
E*Trade Financial Corporation provides online brokerage and retail related products directly and through its numerous subsidiaries, many of which are overseen by governmental and self-regulatory organizations. Its most significant subsidiaries are as follows:
E*Trade's core business is its trading and investing franchise, which focuses on two primary groups of customers: active traders and long-term investors. The franchise offers two branches of products and services:
The Trading and Investing segment is E*Trade's main service sector. It provides an online investing and trading platform that allows clients to trade market and limit equity, options, futures, exchange-traded funds, and bond orders. Its retail banking arm which includes checking, savings, sweep, and money market accounts, along with certificates of deposit (CDs), as well as mortgage, home equity, margin, and credit card products.
The Balance Sheet Management segment generates additional net operating interest income by leveraging loans (previously originated or purchased from third parties) and customer cash.[3] Net interest income is generated by taking customers' deposits and loans, and reinvesting them where they hope to earn a high return. Although this can be a risky practice, it can keep the difference, also known as the spread) between the two interest rates. The more money E*Trade has in its clients' accounts, the more its can earn on the interest rate spread.
E*Trade's clients include both individuals and corporations which account for approximately 2.7 million active brokerage accounts, 1.0 million stock plan accounts and 0.8 million active banking accounts.[3] E*Trade earns revenue by charging commission fees on its clients' trades. The amount of the commission varies from client to client, depending on the size of a client's account and how often she execute trades. Rising competition has driven down commission fees in the industry, leading E*Trade to focus on mass affluent investors, asset accumulation, and interest income.
E*Trade has faced increased competition for its online brokerage, which has effectively dropped trading prices and commissions. To grow revenues, E*Trade expanded into the retail banking industry business in an attempt to attract new customers and offer its existing customers a broader range of products and services. To further differentiate itself, it has introduced enhancements to its product and service offerings. For example, it has increased its customer services by launching 24/7 phone and online chat services for potential customers, as well as current customers who may have investment related questions. It has introduced personal finance planning tools to aid its customers with retirement, tax, and trading activities.[4] In addition, it has even extended its trading capabilities to Blackberries and iPhones. MobilePro, its free trading app, was the most downloaded finance app for iPhones and had more than 2 million Blackberry log-ins in less than one year.[5] E*Trade is considered to have the leading mobile platform among its online brokerage competitors TD Ameritrade Holding (AMTD) and Fidelity Brokerage Services. E*Trade has also partnered with PNC Financial Services (PNC) to add a line-up of actively managed portfolios to their line of products.[6]
Revenues based on commissions are susceptible to swings in the stock market, which are linked to general economic conditions. In a bearish market, the trading volume is relatively low and this in turn decreases revenue from commissions. On the flip side, an upturn in the market will increase trading volumes and hence commission revenue for E*Trade. In periods of economic uncertainty, trading volumes can spike significantly, reflecting investors' apprehension about the future of the economy.
Furthermore, the Fed's interest rates directly affect broker-dealer's net interest revenues. A decrease in interest rates could hurt E*Trade's net interest margins and put pressure on revenues. E*Trade is particularly leveraged to interest rates since interest income makes up a larger percentage of its total revenues than any of its main competitors.
E*Trade Financial faces strong competition, most importantly from Charles Schwab (SCHW),TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Fidelity, and Scottrade. E*Trade and TD Ameritrade are very similar in structure: they both run a no-frills investing platform geared towards self-guided investors. Asset accumulation can be difficult for E*Trade and other no-frills online brokers as they're competing against firms that offer more advanced guidance for investors. As a result, E*Trade is far behind their "high-touch" counterparts when it comes to wallet share because they don't offer investment advising products and services. Charles Schwab--which has more comprehensive offerings--has been more successful in attaining a greater share of its clients' total assets.
By stepping up its retail banking offerings, E*Trade has decreased its dependence on commissions, but it has become increasingly reliant on interest income as a principal source of revenue. Changes in interest rates can, therefore, have a significant impact on earnings. This is especially true for E*Trade, which derives a larger percentage of its revenue from interest income than its main competitors, Charles Schwab (SCHW) and TD Ameritrade (AMTD).
Wells Fargo (WFC) and Bank of America (BAC), who are new in the brokerage industry, have offered fee-free online trading to a number of their customers. Offers like this will apply great pressure on the well established broker-dealers to cut their fees even further. To make up for lost commission revenues it will be necessary to increase revenues in other areas such as net-interest revenue. If the current trend continues it is likely that trading fees will continue to fall in the years to come.


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Blaines and guests, Bar Harbor, 1889Item 20919 info
Maine Historical Society
At the summer residence of politician James G. Blaine (1830-1893) in Bar Harbor are, front row, from left, James G. Blaine Jr., Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, President Benjamin Harrison, Harriet Stanwood Blaine, wife of James G. Blaine, who is next to her, and Harriet Blaine, their daughter.
In the back row, from left, are Henry Cabot Lodge, Walker Blaine, son of James Sr. and Harriet; and E.W. Halford, private secretary to President Harrison.
Blaine served in the Maine House of Representatives, the U.S. House, where he was Speaker from 1869-1875. He was U.S. Secretary of State in 1881 and 1889-1892 and a candidate for president in 1884.
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts at the time the photo was taken. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1893-1924.
Theodore Roosevelt, Old Orchard Beach, 1902Item 134 info
Maine Historical Society
President Theodore Roosevelt waves to the crowd that surrounds his train at Old Orchard Beach in 1902.
Roosevelt was known for his conservation efforts -- preserving parks and forestland. He served as president from 1901-1909.
He won a Nobel Peace prize in 1906 for his work in negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended the Russo-Japanese War.
Theodore Roosevelt visiting Portland, 1902Item 156 info
Maine Historical Society
President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) waved his hat to an excited crowd outside the home of Thomas B. Reed in Portland.
Roosevelt was president from 1901-1909. He was William McKinley's vice president, elected in 1900. McKinley was assassinated, dying on Sept. 14, 1901 and advancing Roosevelt to the presidency.
Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902) served in the U.S. House from 1877-1899. He was Speaker of the House from 1889-1891 and 1895 until his resignation in 1899.
President Taft arrives in Biddeford Pool, July 28, 1910Item 23621 info
McArthur Public Library
The president of the United States, William Howard Taft (in dark coat and white yachting cap), can be seen stepping across the landing, after leaving the launch from the presidential yacht Mayflower.
The white Mayflower can be seen offshore, to the right of Stage Island. Notice the clothing trends of the time (especially the woman in the white dress).
President Taft campaigning, Sanford, 1912Item 9564 info
Sanford-Springvale Historical Society
In his bid for reelection, President William Howard Taft made a rare campaign stop in Sanford on October 23, 1912, for half an hour. He is believed to be one of the only sitting presidents to visit Sanford. Taft is the large man standing in the open car with his back toward the camera.
The police officer standing directly before President Taft is Joseph Frechette (1878-1932). The man wearing the derby standing next to the left-rear bumper is believed to be Clifford Holdsworth, who lived to be more than 100 years old and donated Holdsworth Park to the Town of Sanford. It is noted on the original photo that Russell Goodall is also standing next to the car.
William Howard Taft, Houlton, 1917Item 18465 info
Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Former President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) visited Maine on May 17, 1917.
Taft, an Ohio Republican, was elected president from in 1908 and served one term. He was chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1921-1930.
President Harding, Poland Spring, 1921Item 6752 info
Maine Historical Society
President Warren Harding (1865-1923) visited Poland Spring in 1921, enjoying the recreation offered by the resort.
Harding, who was elected in 1920, died in office in 1923.
The Ricker family, owners of the resort, began operating an inn informally in 1793. They built the Wentworth Riccar Inn in 1797. By the early 20th century, the popular resort offered golfing, swimming, fresh Maine air, walking trails, horseback riding, the noted Poland Spring mineral water, and other amenities.
President Roosevelt, Eastport, 1936Item 23406 info
National Archives at Boston
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt looks over the model of the Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project, which was intended to utilize the power of tides to generate electricity.
Roosevelt managed to fund the project for one year during the Great Depression. Housing and other facilities were built in Quoddy Village before the project was abandoned.
This photograph was taken on July 30, 1936.
Nixons and Guy P. Gannett, 1952Item 6117 info
Maine Historical Society
From left, Richard M. Nixon shakes hands with Guy P. Gannett, publisher of the Portland Press Herald and head of Gannett Publications. Patricia Nixon and Fred Scribner are looking on.
Nixon, a California Republican, was elected vice president in 1952 and again in 1956, running with Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Nixon was elected president in 1968 and re-elected in 1972.
'Yes, I'll Try a Pair' cartoon, 1964Item 12115 info
Margaret Chase Smith Library
Vic Runtz worked for the Bangor Daily News, which published his political cartoon on January 28, 1964, showing Senator Margaret Chase Smith at a sporting goods store picking out a pair of running shoes. Margaret Chase Smith was running for US President in 1964.
The shoes have a sign over them saying "GOP Presidential Primary." A little man representing Maine is waving a Dirigo banner watching the Senator and a little press cat is writing "'Formidable' is the word for Margaret!"
Margaret Chase Smith campaigning for President, New Hampshire, 1964Item 12112 info
Margaret Chase Smith Library
Margaret Chase Smith stood in front of a pile of pulp wood at the Groveton Paper Company in Groveton, New Hampshire, during her Presidential campaign in 1964.
Margaret Chase Smith for President Campaign Button, 1964Item 12114 info
Margaret Chase Smith Library
A button from Margaret Chase Smith's 1964 presidential campaign.
The button has a picture of the Skowhegan Republican on it, with her name and "For President."
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) took over the U.S. House seat held by her husband, Clyde Smith, after his death in 1940. She served in the U.S. Senate from 1949-1973.
We Want A Woman In The White HouseItem 12229 info
Margaret Chase Smith Library
Sheet music of a song written by Bucky Searles and Dick Nirenberg and copyrighted in 1964 for Republican Margaret Chase Smith's presidential campaign.
The words to the song are as follows : We want a woman in the White House, we want some hist'ry to be made....To make the country hustle, give Uncle Sam a bustle, and make the Gen'ral Staff the ladie's aid. We want a woman with some know-how....Someone to carry on the fight....She'd eliminate a war and be home again by four, She's a woman and a woman's always right. She has a secret weapon that would cast a peaceful spell. It's "Bingo" played by Hotline with Nikita and Fidel. Evacuate the Pentagon; On this we're standing pat....But leave the building standing and we'll put in a laundromat. WE WANT A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, Someone who really knows the score she would make the G.O.P. join the Democrats for tea, With a WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, and you know that it's the right house, with a woman President in Sixty-Four.
Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Portland, 1964Item 9542 info
Maine Historical Society
Majorettes and band members stand amongst the crowds during Lyndon Johnson's visit to Portland September 28, 1964 during his campaign for re-election as President of the United States.
Johnson, a Democrat, became president when John F. Kennedy was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963. Johnson was elected in 1964 and served one full term.
Lyndon B. Johnson in Portland, 1964Item 9544 info
Maine Historical Society
Lyndon B. Johnson came to campaign in Portland, September 28, 1964, for re-election as President. The visit included parades, processions, a rally, and speeches.
Vice presidential campaign poster, 1968Item 10622 info
Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
This poster was used during the 1968 vice presidential campaign. Muskie, a native of Rumford, was the running mate of Vice President Humbert H. Humphrey, the Democratic party's presidential candidate.
Muskie was Maine governor from 1955-1959, U.S. Senator from Maine from 1959-1980, and ran in the Democratic primary for president in 1972. He did not win the nomination.
Edmund S. Muskie and family, 1968Item 10815 info
Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
Senator Edmund S. Muskie, his wife Jane, and son Ned, age 10, await the 1968 election results.
Muskie was the Democratic vice presidential nominee, running with Hubert H. Humphrey.
Muskie bumper sticker, 1972Item 10625 info
Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
This bumper sticker is from Sen. Edmund S. Muskie's 1972 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
California governor campaigning, 1980Item 10945 info
Maine Historical Society
California Governor Jerry Brown shakes hands with supporters in Saco, January 31, 1980, as part of a campaign tour. He sought the Democratic nomination for president.
Democrats share laugh, Lewiston, 1980Item 10976 info
Maine Historical Society
Maine Senator George Mitchell, left, First Lady Rosalyn Carter, and Governor Joseph Brennan, share a laugh at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Lewiston, October 27, 1980. Mrs. Carter was in Maine promoting the re-election bid of her huband, President Jimmy Carter.
Willman worked for United Press Interational, a wire service that provided news and photographs to various organizations.
Edward Kennedy campaigning, Portland, 1980Item 10956 info
Maine Historical Society
Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy gave a "fire and brimstone" speech in Portland on February 1, 1980, in his effort to gain Maine Democratic support for his presidential campaign.
Senator Kennedy on campaign tour, 1980Item 10946 info
Maine Historical Society
Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, standing with Maine Governor Joseph Brennan, greets a crowd in Lewiston on January 15, 1980, as part of Kennedy's campaign tour for the Democratic nomination for president.
John F. Kennedy Jr., Portland, 1979Item 10657 info
Maine Historical Society
John F. Kennedy Jr. and Maine Governor Joseph E. Brennan are shown at a campaign stop in Portland, December 8, 1979.
They were supporting the candidacy of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy for the Democratic nomination for President.
Gus Hall, presidential candidate, 1980Item 10979 info
Maine Historical Society
Gus Hall, the Communist Party presidential candidate, spoke to reporters in Portland on October 21, 1980. He was the first Communist Party candidate on the Maine presidential ballot since 1940.
Gene Willman, the photographer, worked for the wire service, United Press International.
George Bush, presidential candidate, Portland, 1979Item 10648 info
Maine Historical Society
George H. W. Bush makes a point to reporters at a news conference on August 8, 1979. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. He lost the nomination but became the vice presidential running mate of Ronald Reagan. The pair was elected.
Candidate Bush on beach, Kennebunkport, 1980Item 10969 info
Maine Historical Society
Republican Vice Presidential candidate George H. W. Bush responds to cheers from onlookers at the beach on Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, his family's summer estate.
He was running with Ronald Reagan for the presidency in 1980.
Gene Willman, the photographer, worked for the Kennebec Journal. The cut line reads: "esw/Gene Willman.
George Bush, Dorothy Walker Bush, Billy Graham, Kennebunkport, 1980Item 10968 info
Maine Historical Society
Republican Vice Presidential candidate George Bush, his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush, and evangelist Billy Graham pose near the Bush family summer estate at Walker's Point on August 3, 1980.


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Techie Tip of the Week: Redirect Web Pages to New Locations – permanent redirect methodFriday, March 2nd, 2012
Last week, we talked about using the META REFRESH method to redirect visitors to your web pages to new locations. This week, we'll show how you can manipulate the web server to permanently redirect visitors to the new location even before the old web page opens.
Permanent Redirect Option
To permanently redirect visitors to new locations:
- Create a text file with the filename
- In this .htaccess file, enter the following, substituting
oldlocationwith the relative reference to the redirected page (relative to the root level of the web server) and
newlocationwith the fully-qualified (complete, full address) URL of the new location:
redirect 301 oldlocation newlocation
So, for example, if the old location was http://www.stanford.edu/group/widgets, and the new location is http://www.stanford.edu/dept/cgi-bin/widgetdepartment, the .htaccess file should read:
redirect 301 /group/widgets http://www.stanford.edu/dept/cgi-bin/widgetdepartment
- Save.
- Upload the .htaccess file to the appropriate directory on your web server.
Another way to implement a 301 (permanent) redirect:
Upload a .htaccess file in the directory you wish to redirect from with the following:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) newlocation$1 [R=301,L]
So, in our example:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*)
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/cgi-bin/widgetdepartment/$1 [R=301,L]


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This post is for my dear friend Bliss.
She requested some insights into chair upholstery,
but Bliss should know she would get a bit more than what she asked for.
Below is how our chair was found.
Ladies, we can rebuild her.
We have the technology.
We have the capability to build the world's best chair.
Our hero will be that chair.
Better than she was before.
and more fascinating.
Okay enough of the open theme to the popular 70's show
The six million dollar man.
The toughest part to reupholstery I find is the tear down.
It's dirt and dangerous to your hands with all the old rusty nails and staples.
I use 2 manual staple guns loaded with different sized staples,
1/4 inch and 1/2 inch.
Keep in mind,
Not every piece has to be upholstered the same as the way you found it.
This chair was upholstered with a set of white quilted pillow shames found second hand,
and edged with new trim from the fabric store.
I know there are many of you out there with an upholstery project staring at you
wanting to know when you will get started. I'm no different.


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Random Thoughts: The Quiet Riot
The streets are filled with acrimony.
What actions speak louder than words? Societal acrimony.
I speak to alotta smart fund managers and market players. They're edgy, frustrated, angry, tense and snappy.
Why does that matter?
Social mood and risk appetites invariably shape tapes.
Adding to that dynamic, I've noticed a lot more homelessness.
On my seven block, three avenue walk home from work yesterday, I counted a dozen--12--beggars or cardboard box homes.
That's in midtown
In 2006, I spoke of "something entirely more depressing than a recession" at MIM3 in Vail.
When I finished, there was considerable consternation as my words lingered and thoughts drifted throughout the audience. It's not a happy message-it's not something that one would wish for-but it is what it is and we'll do what we must.
There will be a recovery-it will be "outside-in" just like the prognosticators offered early last year. But just as the dot.com prophecy didn't prove true before the tech crash, globalization won't happen until after the debt crash.
How we get there--via credit cancer or car crash--remains to be seen.
My point is this--take a breath.
It's an angry world as societal acrimony percolates. We spoke about this as one of our ten central themes of 2008-stateside into the election and globally as the imbalances permeate-and it's coming to fruition.
Think before acting, breathe before snapping and appreciate what you have rather than lament about what you don't.
It will get tougher before we recover-that much is assured-and lucidity, patience and perspective are critical, not only for success but in some cases survival.
I write these words for myself as much as ye faithful for its easy to forget.
Appreciate your friends-cut 'em a break!-reach out to your family, give something back.
If you're not part of the solution, chances are you're part of the problem.
And this world, as we know, has plenty of problems already.
Random Thoughts
Our "best guess" before yesterday's opener was a press (lower), rally attempt, siftage of winners from sinners, higher close, muddle forward and then a harsh downdraft (in time) as the difference between drugs and medicine manifests and other financial institutions fail.
That still seems valid although nothing is linear-between the macro movements (dollars), forced fund flows, government mandates, debt issuance and geopolitical agendas, the forming storm is gaining steam.
Risk management over reward chasing remains an intelligent approach.
Bill Miller's Value Trust fund owned 79 million shares of Freddie (FRE), according to the latest reports. I don't point that out to rub salt in anyone's wounds (not our style), I'm offering it as proof positive that it's hard out there and nobody is smarter than the market.
Why were the master betas (Google (GOOG), Research in Motion (RIMM), Apple (AAPL)) down yesterday? Part multiple compression (deflation comes in many forms), part forced selling (as hedge funds raise money for redemptions), part credit crisis (as it cycles through tech on the consumer and enterprise side).
How "sure" am I on my USO calls? Sure enough to to trade them from the long side into par (crude $100) for a bounce but disciplined enough to respect the reaction to news (crude vs. Hurricane risk, dollar vs. GSE bailout) while understanding that my broader, secular thesis is deflation (lower crude).
Minyan C-Poe is unleashing his film at the Boston Film Festival on Saturday. Area faithful are encouraged to attend!
Hit 'em hard, Minyans, and keep an eye open for President Tyler!
The doors to Festivus 2008 are officially open! Lock your spot for the critter trot as last year's soiree sold out. This is our annual event to commingle our professors, partners and Minyans while chowing down and listening to live music. The very best part? It's for the kids in the good name of my grandfather.
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Apology From Medicare Chief To House Panel Over Website Problems
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Obama administration official is apologizing for the problems that have kept Americans from successfully signing up for coverage at the government's health care website.
Marilyn Tavenner, the head of the Medicare program, told a House panel that "the website has not worked as well as it should."
Tavenner is the first senior official to publicly answer questions from lawmakers. She's being grilled not only on what went wrong with HealthCare.gov, but also whether lawmakers can rely on promises to have things running efficiently by the end of November.
The Medicare chief told lawmakers that improvements are happening daily. She wouldn't provide current enrollment numbers, saying repeatedly that they won't be available until mid-November.
Her appearance followed last week's testimony from outside contractors who said there hadn't been enough time to test the complex online enrollment system. It froze up on the day it was launched, October first.
The Republican who heads the House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp of Michigan, is asking whether it's fair for the IRS to impose penalties on those who don't sign up for health care, if people "can't navigate" what he calls a "dysfunctional and overly complex system."


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I. In Focus This Week
Law & Order: Election Administration Unit
News Roundup: 2012 has been a litigious year
In the world of elections the voters are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the elections officials, who administer elections; and the lawyers and legislators, who create and litigate the laws. These are their stories.
For those of you keeping score at home 2012 has been a particularly litigious year so far in the world of election administration. From the U.S. Department of Justice suing states to states suing the department the action this election year has been as much in the courtroom as it has been in the state house.
While voter ID lawsuits and the multiple lawsuits in Florida over the state's voter purge seem to have stolen the spotlight of late, elections officials, civil rights groups and government attorneys are in court for a lot more.
Here is a sampling of some of the many election administration lawsuits pending or recently concluded.
National Voter Registration Act
Judicial Watch, a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group recently sued against the state of Indiana claiming that the state failed to comply with National Voter Registration Act by not maintaining clean voter lists.
The suit alleges that analysis of data from the 2010 election show that 12 counties had more people on their rolls than were actually registered to vote in the county at that time.
In Nevada, the NAACP and the National Council of La Raza filed suit in U.S. District Court claiming that the state is in violation of NVRA by refusing to help low-income residents register to vote.
Voting for America, an affiliate of Project Vote filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Texas this week arguing that the state law requiring third-party volunteers wishing to register voters be appointed as a volunteer deputy registrar violates NVRA.
Secretary of State Hope Andrade and Galveston County Registrar Cheryl Johnson are named in the suit that argues that state law have blunted registration efforts.
Although there have been countless lawsuits throughout this year's redistricting process many of them have been resolved without having to delay a primary. However, recently the Native Americans Right Fund filed suit in Alaska to stop the state's upcoming primary arguing that the old voting maps should be used instead of newly drawn boundaries that were approved under an emergency redistricting plan.
According to the Alaska Dispatch, the lawsuit grows out of fear of many Alaska Natives of their diminished representation because the emergency plan — a first in state history — will reduce the number of districts controlled by Native voters.
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Late last week a jury in Jackson, Miss. threw out the results of a city council runoff race saying the results were tainted because of illegal behavior at the polls. The week-long trial was filled with emotions and accusations of racism. Although it would have only taken nine of the 12 jurors to overturn the election, the jury ruled unanimously that the election should be thrown out.
In May, six of the seven members of the St. Croix board of elections filed suit in Virgin Islands Superior Court against a fellow member of the board as well as the V.I. Action Group. The complaint charges that the defendants "created scandal and produced and published false, misleading and offensive material about them to recall them" as members of the BOE. The defendants have said the suit holds no merit.
At press time, the city of Phoenix was preparing to sue the state of Arizona over a new law forcing cities and towns in The Grand Canyon State to hold elections on the same years as state general elections. Councilmembers for the city allege that the state is infringing on their rights of self-governance. The League of Arizona Cities and Towns is expected to join the lawsuit.
Also in Arizona, this week that state asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state's proof-of-citizenship law to remain in effect during the current election cycle. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the law, but the state is appealing.
In addition to being sued for failure to comply with NVRA, Nevada is also being sued over a quirky element in the state's balloting process. The state is the only one in the country that allows voters to choose "none of the above" on their ballot. However, despite giving voters the "none of the above option," state law prohibits elections officials from counting those votes.
A group of plaintiffs, including Republicans, Democrats, Independents and a variety former state and county officials argue that the votes should be counted because to not count the "none of the above" votes, the state is disenfranchising voters.
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Jeffrey Rowe has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of industrial design, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing. On the publishing side, he has written well over 1,000 articles for CAD, CAM, CAE, and other technical publications, as well as consulting in many capacities in the … More »
Just One Word . . . Graphene
December 10th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
Almost 50 years ago, The Graduate, a 1967 film about Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate who is talented, but aimless, premiered. It's a good movie even today, but one of the better scenes is one when Ben is asked and advised about his future plans. Remember this one?
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Today, I see a potential parallel to a material beyond plastics – graphene.
Conductive Ink Expands Electrical Design Possibilities
December 3rd, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
This week Nano Dimension Technologies announced that it had filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a proprietary copper ink that is used for printing electronic conductors.
The copper nanoparticle-based ink provides improved oxidation resistance with the ability to print copper with industrial 3D digital printers.
Copper, of course, is an electrically conductive metal, and its low price gives it a significant advantage when compared to silver (although copper is more electrically resistive than silver). However, copper nanoparticles rapidly oxidize upon contact with air that impairs electrical conductivity.
The patent application that the company has filed is an approach for overcoming the problem of copper nanoparticle oxidation. Overcoming this challenge introduces an effective and less costly method for industrial additive manufacturing of printed electronics by 3D printing.
Amit Dror, CEO of Nano Dimension, said, "Our conversations with companies across different industrial sectors indicate a strong demand for our 3D printed electronics technology. The demand is not limited to prototyping, but also includes industrial scale manufacturing applications.
The current global PCB market is estimated to be larger than $70 billion and is expected to reach about $100 billion in coming years. A high-performance copper nanoparticle ink presents an opportunity to significantly impact this huge market."
ZWsoft Gets Caught, Apologizes, Pays Settlement, Done. Or Is It?
November 25th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
In its latest legal challenge and triumph, Autodesk as plaintiff and WCAD Software Co., Ltd., ZWCAD Design Co., Ltd., HK ZWCAD Software Ltd., and GLOBAL FORCE DIRECT, LLC. (doing business as ZWCADUSA) (collectively, ZWSoft) have agreed to settle lawsuits pending in the Hague and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
In these lawsuits, Autodesk alleged that the AutoCAD source code had been misappropriated and improperly used when developing ZWCAD+. Autodesk had filed suit before the Hague in the Netherlands in February 2014 and in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in March 2014.
Although it initially denied the allegations, ZWSoft's subsequent internal investigation revealed that an employee had, in fact, improperly used AutoCAD intellectual property when developing ZWCAD+ (another AutoCAD wanna be) and concealed it from ZWSoft's management team. This sounds something akin to the VW emissions fiasco, and you have to wonder; how could this happen without the knowledge of management?
After the "discovery," ZWSoft and Autodesk worked to assess and remedy the inappropriate use of Autodesk's intellectual property. Upon learning these facts and admitting fault, ZWSoft stopped selling ZWCAD+. Customers who purchased ZWCAD+ are eligible for a free replacement version of ZWCAD Classic.
Check out the video below that demonstrates some of the features of ZWCAD+ 2015. Does it look or feel much like AutoCAD? You be the judge.
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Forget Just Data Interoperability; Remember Data Obsolescence
November 19th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
For as long as I can remember, CAD/CAM/CAE data (I'll just refer to it as engineering data) has been saddled with a perpetual problematic issue – interoperability. That is, the ability (or inability) of a completely understood load of code to work with other current or future products or systems without any restricted access or utility.
The term, interoperability, was originally defined for information technology or systems engineering services to allow for information exchange. A broader definition takes into account organizational factors that impact system-to-system performance. In other words, the tough task of building coherent services for users when the individual components are technically different and managed by different organizations.
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IronCAD Continues To Be Iron Solid
November 12th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
When I ask people in the MCAD community to name four or five mechanical CAD products, I get the same answers about 90% of the time. Just based on conversation, I've come to regard these four to five products loosely as "first tier," based solely on mention, not capabilities. This is more of a marketing thing than a functional thing.
When I ask the same people to name another four or five products, the answers vary all over the place. I'll call this "second tier, " or mid range, again based on frequency of mention, not capabilities. That's unfortunate, because a number of products in this tier (or range) have a number of interesting and often unique features and capabilities that can often provide a better user experience. Although I could name several in the so-called second (or mid-range) tier, a product I've followed for a long time is IronCAD.
Class Project Turns To Possible Class Action Lawsuit
November 5th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
As a first-year Denver Math Fellow (I assist math teachers and tutor in small groups), last week I was give a reprieve from my daily grind of lesson plans and teaching by participating in what my school calls Explore Week. This is a week where I was partnered with a teacher, chose a topic to explore with students, made a video promoting our explore class, and had students sign up to join us.
The topic my teaching partner and I decided on was "Creating Furniture Using Non-Traditional Methods and Materials." Our course included designing and creating furniture models from cardboard, as well as 3D printing simple models. It was a lot of fun, and as I said, a nice change of pace, not to mention I really felt I was in my comfort zone.
Explore Week was made possible by the efforts of several companies, including:
Software we used for the project:
Hardware we used for the project:
Example 3D printed models were generously provided by:
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Should Feds Fund U.S. Manufacturing Innovation?
October 30th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
Late last year I started following a federal-level initiative that's been around a while on establishing manufacturing hubs (known as institutes) around the country specializing in specific areas of expertise.
Some of these hubs include:
Together, this is known as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). This network may expand to as many as 16 institutes (there are currently seven to nine, depending on who you talk to) by the end of 2016. The vision is for an eventual total of 45 institutes, although no target date has been set for that goal, but a decade sounds about right.
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Metrology In Manufacturing: Not Just An Afterthought Anymore
October 23rd, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
A few months ago I went to an event that was new to me, Hexagon Metrology's big U.S. event, HxGN. The conference was specifically targeted for metrology (science of measurement) with regard to sensing, inspection, QA, and reverse engineering applications – in other words what, Hexagon Metrology is all about.
However, metrology was not the only area represented, as the company known as Hexagon AB also has a huge presence with its hardware, software, and services in other industry segments, such as geospatial (GPS and surveying); process, power, and marine (PP&M); and security, government, and infrastructure (SG&I). It was a lot to take in and I focused on industrial metrology and related technologies – sensors and software used for optimizing manufacturing processes and throughput. I was especially interested in optimizing manufacturing processes with metrology because I have felt that this is a gap that genuinely needs to be filled.
The core of Hexagon Metrology's business is sensing – the acquisition of information about an object with (touch probe, CMM) or without (laser, visible light) making physical contact for purposes of precise measurement for a variety of purposes. For example, measuring quality is becoming more prevalent earlier in the manufacturing process, and not just measuring a product as it comes off a production line. Earlier measurement and inspection to ensure ultimate quality are analogous to what simulation used to be – often an afterthought. Today, however, an increasing number of manufacturers are realizing the value that both simulation and measurement can provide if applied earlier in the design and manufacturing processes.
One of Hexagon's customers who spoke during the conference said that earlier measurement has made it reorder its priorities in making its products "better before cheaper."
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PTC Continues to Get Real With Augmented Reality Acquisition Of Vuforia
October 16th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
As part of its ongoing acquisition quest, earlier this week PTC announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire the Vuforia business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences for $65 million. Vuforia is a widely adopted augmented reality (AR) technology platform, that PTC is betting will enrich its technology portfolio and further foster its strategy to provide technologies that blend the digital and physical worlds. In other words, the next phase of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Under terms of the agreement, PTC will acquire the Vuforia business, including its developers ecosystem. PTC is committed to continued investment in the Vuforia platform and to the ongoing support and growth of the Vuforia ecosystem, but why wouldn't it? The deal is expected to close later in 2015.
It was first reported last month that Qualcomm was soliciting bids for Vuforia as part of its effort to cut costs and focus on its key mobile business. The surprise was that PTC was the ultimate suitor for the company and its technology.
Vuforia is a mobile vision platform that enables apps to "see" and connect the physical world with digital experiences that demand attention and drive engagement. Vuforia is supported by a global ecosystem of developers, and has powered more than 20,000 apps with more than 200 million app downloads and installs worldwide.
Vuforia's technology lets people use their smartphone or tablet to bring advertisements, toys, and other real-world objects to life. The effort has attracted a notable base of developers, but let's face it, augmented reality remains more of a novelty than a big business. Obviously, PTC is out to change that.
Simulating Mechatronics Systems With LabVIEW 2015
October 9th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
Simulation has received an increasing amount of attention through acquisition and integration with the CAD world. There have also been cases where simulation companies have acquired CAD technology. In any case, simulation has been a very active area in the realm of engineering and design technologies, and for good reason, simulating designs early saves money and headaches later in the design process.
National Instruments (NI) is an especially interesting simulation company that develops NI LabVIEW software as its flagship product.
I have followed NI for several years and really got interested in the company with LabVIEW 8.5 being used alongside SolidWorks. LabVIEW has followed a natural progression in the evolution of the NI product line for designing and prototyping complex systems, including robots, that are becoming increasingly pervasive in the world around us, and not just manufacturing environments anymore.
LabVIEW (short for Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench) is a system-design platform and development environment for a graphical programming language from National Instruments named "G" (not to be confused with G-code used in CNC machining). Originally released for the Apple Macintosh in 1986, LabVIEW is used for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation on a variety of platforms. The latest version of LabVIEW is LabVIEW 2015, released in August 2015.


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At Robert Wood Johnson, paninis are all the rage, the most popular being the Tuscany Panini, according to Tony Almeida, director of food and nutrition.
"We run four standard paninis every day," Almedia says. "Our most popular is our Tuscany panini. It's got grilled chicken, roasted red peppers, mozzarella cheese and fresh pesto."
Almedia thinks the way the paninis are displayed is part of the reason they are so appealing. The station goes through about 200 to 225 paninis a day.
"Signature items bring customers back," Almedia says. "If it's a good quality sandwich, people will keep coming back. We're bringing them items that they can't make at home."


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Hi toastie, I know you're worried about this but let me tell you that you're not the only one in this situation, i know atleast three more. Many applied EA, and were deferred and then still Complete. I personally think being "complete" is a good sign. They have liked you so far and want to keep your file in the running. Many people, including some with stellar numbers, were dinged and some of them even applied RD -- which one would think should take longer to make decisions on since EA folks applied before them -- but thats not how it apparantly works at gulc. Also, I highly doubt any offers will be made either from the "complete" status group, or from the "waitlisted" group. This is because all seats are now taken. I know this is a discouraging news. GULC has started to waitlist people that they thought were qualified but they just dont have spots available.what are your stats, have you applied to other DC area schools (GW/AU/GMU/MD)?
GULC has started to place students on waitlists and preferred waitlists - this is coming directly from GULC (not my speculation): The people who are placed on "preferred waiting list," (not just regular W/L) are the ones that are very qualified to get admitted, and the school wants them included in their transfer class. However, due to no space being available, they can't be offered a spot. I cant speak for others, but it is a reasonable inference that given applicants are already being placed on such a list, that all seats are taken, at least for now.


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Some kind of method to request/pull data from wowheroes to be used on third-party (guild) sites.
be.imba allows this through SOAP, but XML (tailored with the url string), or WebServices (.NET version of SOAP), would work also.
What data should be available?
As much as possible. Pull the data from your cache so it doesn't put too much load on the armory, since it's oh-so-picky about that.
Specifically, I'm interested in:
A flag to determine if the character is in pvp gear
Raw Score
Enchant Score
A list of Item ID's the player has equipped
A list of what gems and enchants belong to those equipped items.
I'm sure there's more, i just can't think of it right now... it's too hot in here/outside!


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We caught up with Jenny Cooper, head designer for the J.Crew's adorable Crewcuts collection, for a typical day in her life.
5:15 a.m. I gasp my way around the track at Cadman Plaza near my house in Brooklyn.
6 a.m. Back home, I find Walker, 9, and Miller, 7, playing soccer with a stuffed lobster.
6:30 a.m. The boys can play 30 minutes of FIFA Soccer 12 before school if they make their beds and brush their teeth by 7:30. They get it done by 6:45.
11 a.m. I'm surrounded by 5-year-old models at a fitting for the Spring 2013 Crewcuts collection. I ask the kids to jump up and down to make sure they can move comfortably and the clothes still look cute.
1:20 p.m. I treat myself to a Justin's Organic dark-chocolate peanut butter cup. Yum—I would live on them exclusively if I could!
3:15 p.m. Forward an e-mail to the team from a friend who spots a Crewcuts dress on the street. Squeals all around!
4 p.m. Meet with the knit team to review sketches for Summer 2013. We're all loving the pops of neon.
7 p.m. I nibble on leftover chicken tenders while helping Walker build a paper city for his urban planning project. His buildings come out much better than mine.
8 p.m. I'm in bed with Miller. Ever since he got a bit of a scared watching ET, the only way to get him to sleep is by reading The Lorax five times.
8:55 p.m. I pull up Netflix and watch Inspector Lewis on my iPad. Nothing beats a good murder before bedtime.


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Let's start with the background image. Fill the layer with solid color...
... double click on layer to open its blending options, add gradient (overay) and a bit of inner glow (black, overlay).
To make this background look like a wall, I took the real photo of a wall (taken by me some time ago), turned it to grayscale (Ctrl-Shift-D) and sharpened the wall texture by increasing image contrast.
then I pasted this image to our file and set its blend mode to soft light.
Next, we'll need a picture in a frame. Let's start with the frame itself. Create a new layer set, new layer inside it, and draw a dark-red rectangle.
in menu, find select > modify > contract and contract selection by around 20 pixels.
hit Del to remove selected image.
Add the following layer effects: Stroke (1pixel, outside, almost black), bevel (3-4 pixels, overlay mode), shadow (not too big). Tweak settings carefully, to make frame as realistic as possible.
underneath this layer, create new layer, fill it with darker grey, and add black Inner glow effect.
Now simply duplicate this layer set several times and distribute the copies here and there. For each frame, hit Ctrl-T (transform) and rotate but very slightly (not more than 1 degree).
Our frames are empty - we need pictures inside them. My idea is to have one photo sliced into pieces. But before that, I need a single layer which would be container" for this photo. Select all frames (to do so
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The Staff Council of Bluegrass Community amp; Technical College will be hosting their annual Community Involvement Week March 17-21 during spring break.
The weeks events will kick off Monday, March 17 with a Staff Breakfast and full meeting of Staff Council. Events will be held Tuesday through Thursday with partner agencies Backpack Buddies (Lawrenceburg), Seedleaf, and the International Book Project.
In addition, there will be ongoing clothing and food drives for the BCTC Career Clothing Closet and the Lexington Traditional Middle School Family Youth Service Center. Everyone is invited to participate in these drives.
The week will come to a close with a celebration luncheon and Decades of Service costume party fundraiser for the purchase of a walkway brick for the Newtown Campus on behalf of the staff of the college.
For more information or to sign up for an event, please visit the Staff Council web page.
Information on accompanying student and faculty events to come.