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Although it may appear that with each new day something electronic replaces a task previously performed by a person, there are still live people required to maintain those electronics. Information technology professionals earned median annual wages above the six figure mark according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2010 salary survey. The BLS notes the profession as one that it expects to see continue to grow through 2020, comparing favorably to several others in similar fields.
Growing Field
Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the 2010 through 2020 projected job outlook for the information technology field is "about as fast as average," the BLS notes that professionals in this field should expect a favorable outlook. Anticipated for the decade is a projected employment growth rate of 18 percent, adding approximately 55,800 jobs over the course of the ten years, taking the field from 307,900 in 2010 to 363,700 in 2020. The BLS expects a shift in where information technology workers are employed -- a 12.4 percent drop in employment in the electric power generation field, for example, but a 21.6 percent rise in wood product manufacturing. More information technology professionals will also be added to the plastics and rubber products manufacturing field, a change of 15.8 percent, and the furniture and related product manufacturing field, an increase of 10.4 percent.
Growth Factors
Information technology professionals may find themselves in demand as more processes are performed online and with computers. Workers in this field may also find themselves acting more as bouncers, sleuths and battlers, waging wars against what the BLS calls "cyber threats," which it expects to see increase. IT workers are in a position to enjoy the ripple effect – as more occupations employ information technology, the people who understand and harness that technology find more work in their field.
The outlook for the information technology field isn't entirely rosy. The BLS cites outsourcing as one issue workers face, as well as competition from within the country's boundaries. IT professionals may be laid off and replaced with younger workers with less experience and lower salaries. Because the IT field is ever-evolving, IT workers who do not keep up with the latest trends in technology and machinery will be left behind and find themselves having trouble being part of that 18 percent rise in growth rate. The BLS also noted that 24 percent of IT workers put in overtime to make their six figure salaries, working at least 50 hours each week. To land their positions, the majority of IT workers complete a minimum of a bachelor's degree, although a master's in the field may be required to move up or reach certain salary levels.
Field Comparisons
The information technology field's outlook compared favorably to that of computer hardware engineers. The BLS projects just a 9 percent growth rate and addition of just 6,300 new jobs during the same decade. The BLS projection for the programming field is slightly higher at 12 percent and 43,700 new jobs, while the field for database administrators is expected to soar at 31 percent -- though it may be interesting to note that at 33,900 jobs expected to be added, this is still below the projection for the 55,800 new IT professional jobs. Persons interested in the computer field may want to consider a career as a computer system analyst, with a 22 percent rise in jobs, adding 120,400 to the field, although the median salary of $77,740 is much lower than the IT professional.
- US Department of Labor -- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook -- Computer and Information Systems Managers, Summary
- US Department of Labor -- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Computer and Information Systems Managers, Job Outlook
- US Department of Labor -- Bureau of Labor Statistics: Computer and Information Systems - Similar Occupations
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A commercial diet plan that includes prepackaged foods, menu plans and access to counselors was better at helping people with type 2 diabetes shed pounds than a typical diet, according to a new study.
What's more, people who took part in the commercial diet plan had better blood sugar control after a year.
"I think this should be a huge ray of hope for people that lifestyle changes are possible and there are some things that don't cost an arm and a leg," Cheryl Rock told Reuters Health. She is the study's lead author from the University of California, San Diego.
Jenny Craig, the diet program used in the new study, funded the research and consulted with researchers during the development of the study. The company had no part in the collection, analysis and publication of the data in the journal Diabetes Care.
Over one-third of U.S. adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obesity is linked to a number of health conditions, including heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes, sometimes referred to as adult-onset diabetes, is when the body's cells are resistant to insulin or the body doesn't make enough of the hormone, so glucose remains in the bloodstream and can climb to dangerously high levels. Insulin gives glucose - or blood sugar - access to the body's cells to be used as fuel.
Past research has found that lifestyle interventions, including diet and exercise, can help people better manage their blood sugar and control risk factors for heart disease, write the researchers.
The Jenny Craig plan had been found to help people lose about 8 percent of their body weight after two years in a previous study. The plan had not been tested among people with type 2 diabetes, however.
The researchers recruited 227 overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes and randomly assigned them to one of three groups.
One group of 76 received so-called usual care, which consisted of two weight loss counseling sessions and monthly checkups.
A group of 74 was put on a lower-fat Jenny Craig diet, and another group of 77 received a lower-carbohydrate Jenny Craig diet.
People in the commercial weight loss groups received packaged meals, a menu plan and frequent one-on-one counseling sessions - all provided free by Jenny Craig. They were also encouraged to increase their physical activity.
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Looks like they're caught in the act! Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran were spotted displaying some affection in public at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on Sunday. Sitting next to each other in the audience at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, Ed Sheeran and Ellie Goulding were seen holding hands during the show. At one point in the night, Ed Sheeran even had his hand on Ellie Goulding's knee and there's pictures to prove it! Ellie Goulding, however, dismissed the idea that she and Ed Sheeran were anything other than just good friends, tweeting: "I love that holding hands with my friends means we're an item." Do you hold hands with your guy friends?
This is just getting worse. Khloe Kardashian's husband Lamar Odom has threatened to begin divorce proceedings against her if she doesn't let him back into their house. The couple are supposedly leading separate lives and he's in a hotel after two the rumors came out that he's addicted to oxycodone and crack cocaine, and that two women have come forward claiming that he slept with them. Now, Lamar Odom has issued Khloe Kardashian an ultimatum: "Let me move back into the house or I am going to file for divorce." As for Khloe Kardashian, my sources are telling me that she is trying everything she can do to SAVE Lamar Odom. Everyone is very worried about him. If this is as serious as it sounds, hopefully they can get him help!
There were no questions after Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke's performance at the VMA's Sunday night. It was bold and it was out there. It was so out there, that Robin Thicke even got his wife's approval for Miley Cyrus to dance up on him.
But it looks like Robin Thicke is the one that is pretty upset with how everything went down.
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The world is still currently in search of someone who thought that Miley Cyrus' VMA performance was awesome. Here's someone you CAN'T add to the list: Kelly Clarkson. She tweeted a pretty harsh (but let's be honest, funny) review of the VMAs, and even though she didn't call out Miley Cyrus by name, it's clearly obvious that she's talking about her. The tweet read: "Just saw a couple performances from the VMAs last night. 2 words...#pitchystrippers." Technically, Lady Gaga stripped onstage on well. Could Kelly Clarkson be attacking both of them? Either way, good for her for being honest and speaking her mind!
And speaking of the VMAs, even though we were confused by some of the performances, that didn't stop us all from watching! Sunday night's broadcast of the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards smashed ratings with 10.1 million viewers and snagged the title of the most-watched entertainment telecast of the year. In their encore performance, MTV snagged an additional audience of 2.8 million viewers bringing their total to an impressive 12.9 million viewers. The 2013 VMA's were up 66 percent from last year's telecast and the ratings jumped 47 percent. Maybe MTV should send flowers to Miley Cyrus, because her performance with Robin Thicke set a new Twitter record for tweets per minute, clocking in around three hundred and six thousand tweets per minute, surpassing the previous record holder, Beyonce's Super Bowl performance. So, maybe Miley Cyrus didn't ruin her career afterall!
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The Gustavus football team scored 22 second half points after facing a 16-0 halftime deficit, but it would not be enough as St. Thomas held on for a 30-22 victory to spoil Homecoming for the Gusties on Saturday in St. Peter. St. Thomas running back Ben Wartman ran for 196 yards and two touchdowns as the Tommies held the ball for 39:28 during the game compared to 20:32 for Gustavus. The Gusties dropped to 2-2 overall and 1-2 in the MIAC. St. Thomas improved its overall record to 3-1 and its league record to 2-1.
On its first possession, St. Thomas got on the scoreboard when Ben Wartman broke through the middle of the Gustavus defense with a 32-yard touchdown run on the 11th play of the drive to give the Tommies a 6-0 lead. The score remained 6-0 after the failed point after attempt.
Head coach Jay Schoenebeck's squad marched down the field on the next drive after consecutive gains of 11, 9, and 16 yards to the St. Thomas-24. However, the drive stalled and the Gusties missed the 34-yard field goal wide left to keep the score at 6-0 in favor of the Tommies at the end of the first quarter.
St. Thomas converted three third-down plays on its first series of the second quarter as it chewed seven minutes off the clock and got into the red zone. David Papas (So., Chanhassen, Minn.) and Ethan Armstrong (Sr., Wheaton, Minn.) broke up two pass plays on second- and third-down, forcing the Tommies to settle for a 26-yard field goal from Eric Taylor for a 9-0 score with 6:57 remaining in the half.
Wartman struck again later in the period when he took off along the right sideline before being hauled down by Gustavus safety Hamada Omar (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn.) for a 60-yard run at the Gustie 15-yard line. Four plays later, Ryan McCarthy capped off the possession with a one-yard touchdown run to give St. Thomas a 16-0 lead heading into halftime after the extra point. The Tommies ended the first half with 265 total yards compared to 97 for Gustavus.
The Gustie offensive struggles continued at the start of the third quarter as the unit went three-and-out on its first two possessions of the half. The defense continued to bend against the Tommie offense, but did not break as Dustin Kammerer tackled Fritz Waldvogel for a 14-yard loss at the Gustavus 38-yard line, forcing St. Thomas to punt.
As the ensuing Gustie drive began on their one-yard line, junior quarterback Jordan Becker (Easton, Minn.) dropped back in the pocket and looked up field for an open receiver. He connected with Chad Arlt (Sr., St. Michael, Minn.) along the right sideline around the 35-yard line. From that point it was a foot race as Arlt put Gustavus on the board and got the crowd of nearly 4,700 back into the game with the 99-yard touchdown reception. John Ostertag (Sr., Walker, Minn.) kicked the point after attempt to bring the score to 16-7 with 3:46 left in the third quarter.
St. Thomas answered the big play with one of its own early in the fourth quarter when quarterback David Sauer hooked up with Waldvogel for a 42-yard strike to bring the lead back to 16 points at 23-7. Gustavus responded on the next possession as Blake Noennig (Jr., Norwood-Young America, Minn.) dove for the pile-on after a 50-yard catch from Becker on third-and-10. The point after attempt cut the deficit to nine points at 23-14 with 12:57 left in the contest. Again, the Tommies countered with a touchdown drive of its own to go up 30-14 when Wartman rushed for the one-yard touchdown set up by a 55-yard pass play from Sauer to Waldvogel.
The Gustie offense was not finished, though, as it put together a 10-play, 55-yard drive that resulted in a three-yard touchdown pass from Becker to Arlt. Coach Schoenebeck and his staff decided to go for the two-point conversion to make it a one possession game. The attempt was good as Becker hit Arlt just inside the left side of the end zone. Gustavus now trailed 30-22 with 6:20 on the clock.
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In the offensive duel, Gustavus and St. Thomas combined for 775 total yards on 143 plays from the lines of scrimmage. Jordan Becker finished 26-of-47 through the air with 313 yards, three touchdowns, and zero turnovers. Chad Arlt continued to be Becker's primary wide receiver as he caught seven passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns including the 99-yard reception in the third quarter. Arlt and Becker tied the school-record for the longest pass play in history, tying the record set by Arlt and Jordan Stolp, who connected for a 99-yard touchdown play against Augsburg a year ago.
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Looking for excellence in photography, doing it simple, effective and the right way, be able to see and manage the magic light?
The main purpose of the extension course is to make you and not the camera the photographer. This implies that after the course you will know exactly which camera is the right tool for you and how to use it. Those days where you went into a photo shop to buy "a camera that takes good pictures" will be over. Because you as a person will know how to take great pictures with any camera.
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This of course will affect your enthusiasm for photography, as well as your ambitions as a photographer. But mainly you will be able to focus your talent on what is in front of the camera. I've had semi-pro photographers turn professional after the course, but everyone who attend will grow and become more active with better results.
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The people who attend the course are all ages - and range from professional working photographers to keen amateurs, to people who have just recently taken up the interest of photography again and now want to get updated on digital technology. Also a great many has as part of their job also to take photographs now and then, and this course is perfect for this.
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take off in the fact that "all photography has to do with light," which will turn out to be a large enough truth to keep us occupied for a while – because light exist in different colors, strengths and comes from many sources.
Focusing on what's on important
The extension course will make it easy to see which parts in photography is essential , and which are cool, but not even remotely essential.
One of the tricks is that the extension course covers all the stuff you thought you knew about, or you thought that the camera or your computer did automatically. In other words, there will be things to learn and be surprised about before we get into the real sexy parts such as composition.
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MADISON – Before you dress your dachshund as a hot dog or your pug as a minion for a happy little jaunt around the neighborhood, animal health officials encourage you to think about the safety aspects of the decision.
"Some pets have temperaments that will tolerate our quirky desire to dress them up in costumes, but many prefer their birthday suits," says Dr. Yvonne Bellay, Animal Welfare Program Manager for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection. "Putting them in costumes can cause undue stress for the animal, not to mention dangers that you may not immediately think of like allergies or choking."
Before making the decision to dress up your pet for Halloween, consider some of these important points:
Aside from the costume dangers, Halloween presents a number of other potential hazards for your animal. Try to avoid some of these scary possibilities:
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Susquehanna Community Development Association (SCDA) invited business owners to a pasta dinner for a discussion on future improvements to the business district and surrounding community. Held in the Borough Building, the admission fee was," Your Good Ideas".
Hosted by Darlene Slocum, one of the original founders of the organization, business leaders, elected officials and interested residents from the Tri-Boro area came together to discuss what could be done to add to the many improvements already in place. The organization was founded by Atty. Myron Dewitt, Gerald "Chet" Walker and Slocum when a $1,000 grant was offered by the Susquehanna County Chamber of Commerce to start a local organization similar to a Chamber of Commerce.Through their efforts an organization grew that made it possible to improve Susquehanna's downtown area while working with the PA Department of Economic Development, the PA Downtown Center and Trehab. The sidewalks came first followed by new street lighting and the Memorial Brick Project.
Ideas discussed at the meeting was the possibility of a parking ramp from Main Street over Schneider's parking lot to alleviate a growing parking problem for Main Street businesses as well as organizations holding events. An idea that would add to the Christmas holiday spirit was to have piped music around town and to add ice sculptures. It was also suggested the various eating establishments offer special incentives to encourage more people to eat out.
The officers of SCDA asked those attending to form groups of three or four members made up of local residents and/or business owners willing to take an idea and make it workable.
SCDA's Events Committee is busy throughout the year decorating the downtown for holidays; working on plans for Home Town Days; Christmas Tree Lighting and Breakfast with Santa (they co-sponsor with The Men's Club from St. John's Catholic Church). With help of the American Legion the committee has added an Easter Egg Hunt.
Other than the Special Events Committee, members volunteer to work on: Safe, Clean and Green; Garden Club; Parks and Recreation; Neighborhood and Economics; Promotions and Design/ Facades for businesses and homeowners.


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I've done a search and couldn't find anything, but was curious to know why many airline did not paint the engines of their 737-200's, and instead just chose to keep them in the metal silver finish.
I was just looking through a number of photo's and in my opinion, it really makes the engines look out of place against the nice livery of an aircraft. Once the 737-300 and new 737's come along this seem to no longer happen.
I suppose as a kid the airline that his stood out most on to me, was Britannia Airways... I always use to think the 737-200's looked out of place compared to the 757's and 767's that had the engines painted with the cheat lines.
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Stephen King's 5 Best Lead Characters
By Steve West 2 years ago
4. Stuart Redman - The Stand
While the narrative changes throughout The Stand, and Stuart is not the only major player in the story, its always good ol Stu we come back to. Hes the one we follow morally, and hes the one the reader latches onto as the leader. Its true that there may be people in the novel who are better than this man, although not many. The story of The Stand has a lot of metaphors and various meanings, but if you want to narrow this thing down: its about a man who tries to stand for something good.
Perhaps Stu is a better character, or person, than some others higher on this list. Its his goodness as a figurehead in a changing world that has landed Mr. Redman on the list at all. Unfortunately this epic tale is filled with characters, good and bad, who rival Stu for the role of most pivotal to the story. Calling Stuart Redman the lead character of The Stand is more of a feeling than actuality. When you read those last lines and realize that even after all hes been through and witnessed, even Stu isnt sure if mankind can learn its lesson.


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A Case for Merit Pay: It's Easier to Identify Good Teachers than to Train Them
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Florida Governor Charlie Crist vetoed a merit pay plan passed by the state legislature. Rumor has it that he did so in order to gain teacher union support for his independent campaign for a U. S. Senate seat. But is there a substantive case to be made for keeping the current system of recruiting and compensating teachers instead of adopting innovations like merit pay?
Decades ago progressive reformers persuaded states and districts to put school boards under tight controls when they hired and paid teachers–on the theory that they would otherwise appoint their friends and neighbors to the job and pay them according to their political connections. Teachers could be hired only if they had a state-certified teaching license earned at a school of education. After a few years, teachers were given tenure and could be removed only by means of a complex, quasi-legal process. Salaries were based solely on their academic credentials and teaching experience, not according to the whim of any supervisor.
Now we are learning that almost every one of these decisions was wrong-headed. A just-released paper prepared by Matthew M. Chingos and myself for a Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance conference on merit pay (which will take place on June 3-4) shows that Florida teachers who majored in education in college are no better at teaching math and reading to elementary- and middle-school students than those who did not. Even those teachers who attended the most selective universities in Florida, such as the state's flagship university, the University of Florida, are no better at lifting student performance in reading and math than those who attended Florida's less prestigious institutions. Nor can we identify any benefit from earning a master's degree, despite the fact that school districts tend to pay 8 percent to 10 percent more to teachers who hold such a degree.
We do show that teachers become more effective in the classroom over the first ten years of their teaching experience, but (except in elementary reading) we show no further gains—and some declines–in effectiveness as teachers enter their second decade of teaching. Yet salaries of teachers often climb steeply in their second decade of teaching, as I noted in a blog post last week.
Our results are based upon an analysis of student-level data provided by the Florida Department of Education covering students in grades four through eight who took the state reading and math tests between 2002 and 2007. Teacher effectiveness was measured by their impact on their students' test scores, taking into account a wide variety of student, classroom, school, and, where appropriate, teacher characteristics.
The one bright spot in our data set is the finding that teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards are, in fact, better teachers. The board asks teachers to submit evidence of quality teaching. After a careful review of their work, they certify about half the applicants.
The National Board certifies teachers after they have proven their effectiveness. That they do a pretty good job of identifying effective teachers suggests that picking good teachers is a lot easier than training them. It's not clear that Florida's governor Charlie Crist had a good substantive reason to veto the merit pay plan the state legislature passed.
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How does one determine what makes teachers good at what they do? What measure does one use? Test scores only? As a teacher myself, I am dismayed at the amount of students who tell me that they simply did not try or that they are not going to try because the test has no bearing on them. So are we to then punish the teacher? Not every student does this, but some do. What about teachers who get students that score far below basic on the previous test and then on next year's test the majority of the students score basic? That is significant growth, but will the teacher be reprimanded because the majority of students did not score proficient? What measure do we use to even determine if teachers are doing a good job? That first has to be agreed upon. There are so many variables outside of the teacher's control. Test scores are affected by a student's home life to whether or not they had a good breakfast. Most teachers I know want feedback and want to improve their craft. If I worked in corporate America and needed training, the corporation would provide that training. Teachers today pay for their own training and hope to get reimbursed if the school budget allows it. It is time to stop blaming teachers and start finding solutions to this problem. Did you survey teachers and find out what they thought about the current state of education in America?
Maybe the Governor wanted union support, or maybe he thought there are flaws in merit pay that have to be addressed before implemented. It is time to find solutions and stop pointing fingers.
I believe that the key is better trained teachers. Students are only as good as the leader. The body will follow the head! Next I would look at other college majors to teach in our schools. Here again they would need training but why not if they can teach. I think that we need national standards so that we can truely look at what we need as a nation. I think that we should look at school models that work across the nation and copy . Why are we doing the same things over and over again thinking that it is going to be diffrent. How can educators be so smart yet so slow about change. I beleive that all things must change to become better when working with people. Schools of education across this nation must be real about what they teach their students. If we know what they need why don't we prepare them!
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James Taylor Testimony on Kansas Renewable Power
February 14, 2013
Kansans suffer from the highest electricity costs in the U.S. Energy Information Administration's West North Central Region. Renewable power mandates in the Kansas Renewable Standards Act are raising electricity prices and inflicting severe punishment on the Kansas economy and residents throughout the state. Action to repeal or delay more stringent renewable power mandates will tremendously benefit the Kansas economy.


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Rhodes Professor 'Will Miss' Memphis
Art Carden has ended his six-year-stint as an assistant professor of economics and business at Rhodes College, his first academic job out of grad school.
A contributor to Forbes, Carden recently compiled the things he'll miss most about Memphis for the publication that often ranks it "miserable."
Carden has also been a valuable source for The Daily News and The Memphis News, speaking candidly against the Transportation Security Administration during the November 2010 body scan scandal and recently providing his viewpoints on Austrian economics.
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I'm just back from my very first 400 km (actually 418 km) completed in just under 24 hours... And it was hard... Much harder than the 300 km brevet I did 3 weeks ago!!!
First thing I did wrong: started too fast for the first 150 km, my friend and I paid for that later!!
Then second thing: eat a pizza at dinner... It just didn't work, and we spent the whole night feeling like throwing up (my friend actually did throw up in the middle of the night) and consequently we didn't eat during the night and had a really hard time making it through the night!
The good things now: my lights system which worked really well (the NightHawk halogen and the EL500 Cateye for the downhill plus the headlight to fix my friend's puncture in the middle of the night), and a great hour of "sleep" wrapped in a space blanket at the bus stop... great memories...
Other interesting thing: I didn't know you can get REALLY sleepy on a bike... Always thought that you would feel OK even with the lack of sleep because it's outside, there is fresh air and you have to stay concentrated... But during the night it is very dark around and it gets tempting to close your eyes sometimes...
Anyway, I'm done with my pre-PBP brevets, and I've done a few mistakes I won't do again next year!
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Lots of farmers will be excited to know that this will make their crafting profession run much smoother with easier to navigate functionality.
As mentioned, this new upgraded feature is currently disabled and will probably be rolled out in phases.
Here are some screenshots we grabbed from the new UI.
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- After selecting your term from the search results a list of possible diagnoses will be generated. If the list is too long, you will be able to narrow it down by entering additional terms.
- Do not enter values such as "heart rhythm 110" or "sodium 125", instead use "tachycardia" or "hyponatremia".
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- Anti-basement membrane (BMZ/EBA/Collagen iv) skin - Increased
- Beta-galactasidase defect/Skin fibroblast cultures/assay (Lab)
- HAIR/Arsenic levels - Increased
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Chess - the unrivaled champion of strategy games has been attracting players of all ages for countless centuries. Battle vs. Chess takes up the mission of adapting the time honoured classic for the 21st century, seeking to breathe new life into the boardgame without abandoning the essential concepts that have made it so timeless. The game is based on the simple yet ingenious concept of creating a fusion between professional chess software and upbeat, combat oriented game mechanics, complete with richly animated game pieces.
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• Multiple richly crafted army sets combined with six different gameboard envi-ronments introduce an unheard of visual complexity
• Utilizing the famous Fritz11! chess software program, equipped with 10 distinct levels of difficulty, participants of all skill levels are provided with an appropri-ate degree of challenge
• The state of the art 3D graphics engine powers the breath taking visuals through the incorporation of HDR and particle effects
• Cinematic animated sequences pull players into the action of the game
• The innovative fusion of professional chess software and action oriented fighting simulations result in a strategic action experience unlike anything before
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NBA Superstar LeBron James Welcomes Healthy Baby Girl to His Family
The NBA superstar LeBron James welcomes a healthy baby girl to his family. King James now has place for his princess in his inner courts. Congrats to the entire James family.
The NBA superstar LeBron James welcomes a healthy baby girl to his family. King James now has place for his princess in his inner courts. Congrats to the entire James family.
There is this guy named LeBron James and he can play basketball really well. He has a new shoe coming out, the Nike LeBron 12 'NSRL.' What do you think of his new shoe?
Cedar Point has officially announced that their only stand up coaster, 'The Mantis', will officially be closing in October, but what will replace it?
If you thought LeBron James was reserved when not playing ball, you're wrong. The Cleveland Cavalier star happily cheered for his son during an AAU championship game. It is good to see the superstar athlete support his kid, publicly.
Have you ever been in a relationship and had a funny suspicion it was on a verge to end, even though there were no clear signs of any turbulence.
The world can continue now that LeBron James has decided to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers next season. In 2010, King James left home to pursue a championship with in Miami. Now he returns to his roots.
Did Cedar Point just help Lebron make up his mind?
The Nike LeBron 11 EXT 'Blue Suede' will be releasing this week and they are patterned after LeBron James' fashion taste. No, this is not your parents blue suede shoes, they're fit for a king.
LeBron James reached a career milestone of 61 points in a game against the Charlotte Bobcats. Immediately becoming the talk of the sports world, the Nike LeBron 11 'Watch The Throne' hit the internet.
Lebron James shows off his crazy dunk skills for his teammates after practice.
LeBron James used his Instagram account to show off his sense of fashion by wearing the Nike LeBron 2 'Animal Print.' If you're wondering if you ever seen this pair of shoes before, you have not.


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Bryant & Stratton College has Been Educating America's Workforce for Over a Century
We were founded in 1854 based on a desire to provide a practical education that not only gave our students the theory but also the experience to succeed in their careers. Sure, a lot of things have changed over 160 years but our commitment to our students and staying on the forefront of education and the workplace has not.
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BuyClub.ch: CHF 59 for 'Discover Scuba Diving' Class with ADN Diving
Today's vouchers are valid 1 year, incl all summer 2012
Discover Scuba Diving with ADN Diving
ADN Diving is a 5 star PADI dive center operated by Felix Klein - a certified PADI & CMAS Instructor with years of experience and a ton of patience. ADN specialize in courses for small groups of 1-3 students per instructor, where the instructor can give each participant the attention he/she deserves and there is no pressure to 'keep up' or impress others. ADN courses take place in a heated pool during winter and in the lake during summer and can be taken in English, French or German.
About the Course
The Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) course - recognized by PADI - is the perfect way to try scuba diving and find out if you like it without commiting to a more advanced / expensive course. The course takes about 3 hours and includes:
ca 1 hour theoretical training covering basic skills and safety rules, then
ca 30 minutes to prep & learn how to use the scuba equipment, then
ca 1 hour of actual diving, depending on the participants & the water temperature
The diving always starts in the shallow water and, depending on your comfort level, you may go deeper or stay in the shallows. The course includes all the equipment you'll need and will be in a group of 1-3 people + a qualified instructor, so you always feel protected and safe. After completing the course you'll get a first 'PADI Discover Scuba' Certification that is normally accepted by PADI dive schools worldwide.
Summer dives in the lake; winter dives in heated pool
The winter dives are at Piscine de Varembé heated swimming pool.
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Courses take about 3 hours and can be taken on Mondays or Wednesdays from 19h-22h, pending availability. Bookings are mandatory and can be done via 022 340 40 58 or felix[at]adn-diving.ch.
Classes can be canceled up to 24 hours ahead of time. Late cancelations and/or no shows will count as voucher used.
Tel: 022 340 40 58
Email: felix[at]adn-diving.ch
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Mon, Wed 19h-22h
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Summer: lake
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Full-time, 61 year old babysitter from Tower, MI with 10 years of experience and a background check available upon request
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I am a mother of one son, age 26. I raised my son without any help from my relatives or friends. I have been married to my husband, Harry, for the past 26 years. Presently, I have retired from my former job of over 32 years where I worked with the COP Educational Service District, and I have worked with students, parents, and enjoyed interacting with all youth ages. I also have worked as a teacher's aide in the Inland Lakes School system. I love working with children in all age groups. I also have kept up on my knowledge of childcare, with knowledge about first aid and CPR. I am safety conscious when it comes to watching children and infants. I use common sense whenever it comes to making decisions in which I keep safety concerns first. I never take my eyes off children when they are playing outside. I interact in their play time, keep them aware of following rules of safety. On the educational side, I am a highly skilled preschool tutor that loves to teach early childhood learning, with kids ages newborn-6 years. Reading is a love or should I say, "passion" in my life. I love books, and love to read to children. Another area of expertise is art expression, teaching painting, and drawing to children. I love to entertain children both inside and out of doors. I am prompt, punctual, and responsible. I live in Tower, MI and would be willing to take on jobs in Afton, Indian River, Onaway, and Wolverine.
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Mortgage holder buys Steamtown mall
The mortgage holder bought The Mall at Steamtown for taxes and costs at a sheriff's sale Tuesday morning at the Lackawanna County Courthouse.
The property was listed at $43.7 million, although LNR Partners, the real estate company representing the mortgage holder, set an upset price of $37.2 million.
The only bid came from a representative of businessman Bob Bolus, for taxes and costs plus $1. The bid, which was rejected, was contingent upon Bolus obtaining a casino license.
Department store owner Al Boscov, a principal in Steamtown Mall Partners, was at the sale, joined by nephew Jim Boscov and attorney Scott Esterbrook. Boscov did not enter a bid, but said he will negotiate with the mortgage holder.
The mall entered foreclosure March 7 after owner Steamtown Mall Partners defaulted on a principal balance payment of $37.1 million due last July on its 2003 mortgage, setting up the sheriff's sale.
Boscov said he was unlikely to bid, saying he anticipates the asking price will be too high. He has been unable to strike a deal with LNR to acquire the mall.
Boscov said the issue is not just the sale price but how much more it would cost to make the mall successful. To attract the tenants to make that happen, he said, will require a major investment in remodeling to bring the mall up to date.
"We understand if we get the mall, we may be spending $10 million or $20 million just to get it leased," he said.
Regardless of what transpires Tuesday, Boscov's department store remains committed to the mall, he said.
"Boscov's is dedicated to staying," Boscov said. "If a major mall developer would get it, we would not be leaving. We are happy there, we are doing well there and we would always be an anchor store."
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The Business Value of Convergence - Interview with Duncan Campbell of HP
VSM: As an early advocate of infrastructure convergence, can you outline the major advantages of implementing a Converged Infrastructure?
DC: There are three key advantages to Converged Infrastructure – speed, agility and cost. When the facilities and IT resources, which include server, storage, networking and management, are more integrated to work together, it increases the overall speed of the data center. It also means faster deployment of IT services through simplified automation, making it easier for IT to respond to different business needs and climates. When an organization is able to achieve these efficiencies through consolidation and virtualization of resources, they see a reduction in spending on both hardware assets and operating costs. We've found that this translates not just into better IT outcomes, but better business outcomes, as IT managers have more time and money to spend on innovation with a data center that is automated and efficient.
VSM: Can you expand on how those advantages translate into actual business value?
DC: One substantial result we consistently see is that customers are able to shift IT resources from operations to innovation. This is a significant improvement given that a typical organization spends about 70 percent of its IT budget just keeping the lights on. For example, before HP deployed a Converged Infrastructure for the Dallas Cowboys, they were using 10 racks of servers and spending about 80 percent of their IT budget on operations. After they deployed HP Converged Infrastructure, they consolidated the 10 racks into just one, and flipped their budget from 80 percent operations to 80 percent innovation.
Organizations that implement a Converged Infrastructure typically see simplified provisioning and management, as these solutions allow a single point of control and automated provisioning across networking, server and storage groups. Additionally, these organizations see a reduction in overall physical complexity of the infrastructure, with up to a 90 percent reduction in cable connections alone. The advantages of an HP Converged Infrastructure span from increased speed of IT service delivery to faster system uptime.
VSM: While there are significant long term savings associated with the transition to a Converged Infrastructure, there are also some upfront costs—what are the most common areas that require some initial spending in order to make the switch?
DC: Converged Infrastructure can work with an installed base as well as with new "green field" projects, and while deployment can require some initial spending, we truly do our best to make the transition as pain-free as possible. Certainly one of the more common areas is standardization, and the good news is that HP Financial Services can help. With IT asset recovery from HP Financial Services, we can assess current equipment to determine the highest resale value and ensure customers maximize ROI on aging technology and recycle only what is truly obsolete.
HP Financial Services also offers several leasing and financing options on new equipment, which can free up cash as you move from CapEx to OpEx forms of financing. Additionally, our sales force uses a tool called the Converged Infrastructure Maturity Model, which helps our sales team understand where each customer stands in terms of technology, including virtualization, automation, processes, governance and people. They can then make custom recommendations based on where that customer is setting the bar—where they are now, where they'd like to be in 18 months and where they'd like to be in several years.
Unlike some of the other vendors in this market, we don't require the customer to "rip and replace." It's all about leveraging an organization's existing environment as much as possible, never about getting locked into a new platform. Plus, in many cases, the evolution to a Converged Infrastructure can take place within our clients existing investments so they can gain value at each step of the journey, leveraging what they already have.


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2005-06 Highlights: Saw action in five games...got the starting nod on `Senior Night' versus Wright State on Feb. 25th...played three minutes at Butler on Jan. 2nd...pulled down a rebound vs. Butler on Jan. 30th.
2004-05 Highlights: Appeared in three games for the Flames...recorded one rebound and one assist versus Butler on Jan. 29th...missed his only three field goals attempts during the year.
2003-04: Saw action in six games for the Flames averaging 0.8 points and 0.2 rebounds in just under three minutes an outing...was a perfect 2-for-2 on the year from field...tallied a career-high two points and a rebound versus Youngstown State on January 5th...netted two points in the Flames' win over Cleveland State on January 17th...appeared in UIC's NCAA Tournament loss to Kansas on March 19th.
2002-03: Saw action in one game for UIC.
Prep/Personal: Two-year varsity letterwinner at Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose Park, Ill...guided the Broncos to a Private School League title as a junior, posting a perfect 14-0 PSL record...averaged 10.5 points and 6.0 assists per game as a senior leading the team in assists, free throw percentage (80%) and steals (2.2 spg)...state qualifier in the three-point shooting contest....also lettered in football at Walther Lutheran...son of Steve and Sophia Nelson...born on August 12, 1984...majoring in Criminal Justice.


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PTHREAD_KEY_CREATE(3) BSD Programmer's Manual PTHREAD_KEY_CREATE(3)
pthread_key_create - thread-specific data key creation
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_key_create(pthread_key_t *key, void (*destructor)(void *));
The pthread_key_create() function creates a thread-specific data key visible to all threads in the process. Key values provided by pthread_key_create() are opaque objects used to locate thread-specific data. Although the same key value may be used by different threads, the values bound to the key by pthread_setspecific() are maintained on a per-thread basis and persist for the life of the calling thread. Upon key creation, the value NULL is associated with the new key in all active threads. Upon thread creation, the value NULL is associated with all defined keys in the new thread. An optional destructor function may be associated with each key value. At thread exit, if a key value has a non-NULL destructor pointer, and the thread has a non-NULL value associated with the key, the function pointed to is called with the current associated value as its sole argument. The order of destructor calls is unspecified if more than one destructor ex- ists for a thread when it exits. If, after all the destructors have been called for all non-NULL values with associated destructors, there are still some non-NULL values with associated destructors, then the process is repeated. If, after at least [PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS] iterations of destructor calls for out- standing non-NULL values, there are still some non-NULL values with asso- ciated destructors, the implementation stops calling destructors.
If successful, the pthread_key_create() function will store the newly created key value at the location specified by key and returns zero. Oth- erwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
pthread_key_create() will fail if: [EAGAIN] The system lacked the necessary resources to create another thread-specific data key, or the system-imposed limit on the total number of keys per process [PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX] would be exceeded. [ENOMEM] Insufficient memory exists to create the key.
pthread_getspecific(3), pthread_key_delete(3), pthread_setspecific(3)
pthread_key_create() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 ("POSIX"). MirOS BSD #10-current April 4, 1996 1
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