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Deborah Amell touches the statue in the likeness of Kateri Tekakwitha after the Mass of Thanksgiving in honor of Tekakwitha at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, New York, Oct. 21, 2012. Pope created seven new saints on Sunday, including Tekakwitha, a sixteenth-century convert known as "Lily of the Mohawks", the first Native American to be canonized, as the Roman Catholic Church reaches out to its global flock to rebuff encroaching secularism.
Designated as the month of the Holy Rosary, Catholics everywhere were encouraged to pray with special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in October. Catholics believe that she is the most exalted among women, the only creature God created without fault other than her son, Jesus Christ.
The month also began with the feast day of St. Therese of Lisieux, a 19th century saint who died at 24. She is considered to be the patron of missions and was such a beloved figure that the church responded to huge public demand for her canonization and elevated her to sainthood just 28 years after her death. Known by most Catholics as the "Little Flower of Jesus," the most famous image of her shows a young habited woman with a delicate yet wry smile illuminating her shadowy eyes.
October marked the feasts of other important Catholic women, such as Teresa of Avila, a doctor of the church and a socialite nun born to an elite Spanish family. Hardly docile, Catholics laugh that she once in a moment of frustration told God in prayer, "No wonder you have so few friends!" She was such an intriguing figure that Marcelle Auclair, co-foundress of Marie-Claire, asked permission to enter the Carmelite cloisters in Spain to gather more information about her life. In a rare move, the Holy See granted permission, and Auclair spent two years completely emerged with the nuns of the order Avila founded. Upon re-emerging, the biography she wrote of Avila tells that Auclair admired "in her an essentially modern woman: inventive, practical, gallant and intrepid, with tremendous organizational capacities, whose genius permitted her to break through the restrictions of her time."
Candles are lit for Kateri Tekakwitha as her devotion is celebrated by the Catholic faithful Oct. 21, 2012 at the St. Francis Xavier Church in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada.
Especially significant, however, was the elevation to sainthood of two American women on Sunday by Pope Benedict: Kateri Tekakwitha and Marianne Pope. In fact, of the seven made saints, only two were Americans, and both were women. American Catholic women were reminded that the first American-born saint ever to be canonized, Elizabeth Ann Seton, was also a woman. Like Avila, she was a spiritual entrepreneur; she was a socialite, highly educated, and the founder of a religious order. American female converts often choose her as a patron saint, as she too was a convert, but also because she was a bold and modern woman in her time.
Tekakwitha is an especially beloved Catholic figure. At the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washingon, D.C., this past weekend, her statue was adorned with candles and lilies. Catholics lovingly refer to her as the "Lily of the Mohawks" for her gentle and diplomatic presence amid tumultuous relations between the Native Americans and the Europeans settlers. Of Tekakwitha's elevation to sainthood on Sunday, Pope Benedict praised the "courage of her vocation" and entrusted her with the "renewal of the faith…in all of North America."(As an aside, the Basilica is the eighth largest religious structure in the world and devoted entirely to Mary. A plaque in the minaret, donated by the male group, the Knights of Columbus, vows of their eternal devotion to the Virgin.)
Finally, October saw the first feast day of the newly beatified Pope John Paul II. Adored by Catholic women, Pope John Paul the Great was a champion of the rights and dignity of women. In her article "Pope John Paul II, Feminists, Women, and the Church," theologian Janet Smith writes, "There are many injustices in this world; one of the greater among them is the perception among feminists that the Catholic Church and Pope John Paul II are not friends of women." Indeed, Pope John Paul II was a champion of the legal, sexual, and social rights of women.
His respect for women can be seen vividly in the conclusion of his apostolic letter, Mulerius Dignitatem, (On the Dignity of Women), where he writes:
Recently, there has been a proliferation of articles and opinion-editorials devoted to the issue of "female ordination" or women's rights within the Catholic Church. The suggestion seems to be that we are oppressed and marginalized within our faith. Yet after a month like this, lay Catholic women like myself are left wondering why. In our view, our sex has taken its rightful place within the ranks of theologians, doctors, and saints of the church. Like Blessed Kateri Tekawitha, we are spiritual leaders, respected and revered as much as any man.
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Nearing two decades in the game, Nas is embraced with high esteem, as his mere presence demands attention given his innate knack for leadership coupled with unrelenting lyricism. We've watched from the sidelines as Nas achieved a lot: obvious career highlights include his prolific debut with 1994's Illmatic, the boldly titled 2006 release of Hip Hop Is Dead, and the gall which once found him at odds with dominant New York City radio entity Hot 97 after a legendary battle with Jay-Z. Like most rappers carrying a movement on their backs (in this case, it's arguably Queens), the impetus for stellar work weighs a ton. Faced with lofty critical expectations, Life Is Good is an up close and personal tenth release from Nas.
Regularly praised for his versatility, Nas wears the multiple hats of ladies man, urban griot and voice of the people, fine tuning these roles to near perfection on Life Is Good. Having traveled various confusing paths over the years causing detractors to charge him with coasting off of early accolades, this album lends serious credence to the notion that he holds a fixed seat in Rap royalty dating back to the golden age. A reminder of his glory days, "Loco-Motive" finds Nas in a zen-like state musing, "I know you think my life is good cause my diamond piece/but my life been good since I started finding peace," the song ending with an all too welcome backhanded compliment, "For my trapped in the '90s niggas." Other intentional nods to the past are "Reach Out" (as singer Mary J. Blige does a New Edition rendition) and "Bye Baby" (which samples New Jack Swing group Guy), an open letter to his ex-wife Kelis that gracefully comes to grips with the permanent ending to their marriage. While always introspective, Nas boldly chooses to discuss a topic on the latter track that has been under intense public scrutiny. Sonically, though, these portions of the album indicate a desire to reach an older audience that has loyally followed his career's many phases to date. The downside to that though, is boxing out a demographic more likely to follow a rapper half Nas' age with the same fraction of skills.
The complete package displays an obvious maturation from the veteran that is effectively in tune with a focus many have considered missing for some time, as "A Queens Story" (honoring deceased hood legends and Rap talents from Nas' borough) and "No Introduction" are adventurous moments sure to please original subscribers and younger fans alike. While subject to debate, "Summer On Smash" (accentuated by Swizz Beatz' infectious hook and Miguel's vocals) also attempts effectively bridging the gap between today's radio demographic and aging listeners, much like the provocative non-fiction of the recent single "Daughters." Minor infractions such as "Stay" and "You Wouldn't Understand" can be overlooked given a vocal command, delivery and passion from Nas largely thought to be almost obsolete. The biggest disconnect on Life Is Good lies in Nas' ability to couple his strong lyrics and discussion topics with well-rounded songs. While clever wordplay and social commentary are strong suits, they tend to take a front seat to a complete composition. In a world where the value of a song outweighs the value of the words it contains, this can pose a problem to even the strongest career - including a living legend. Still, Nas carries the torch for what many artists today are lacking, and in continuing to do so will always have that lane primarily clear. It's one he mastered at the onset of his career and doesn't appear to be surrendering any time soon.
Life Is Good is a dual relief for Nas and his supporters as its title lends itself to interpretation as a reconciled statement to gossip obsessed tabloids. The weight lifted from his shoulders has provided with him a reinvigorated energy unifying the masses, rectifying the ongoing harsh criticism of his poor beat selection and strengthening the case for his importance throughout Hip Hop's folklore.

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The Vampire Diaries
The Originals Season 1: A Flashback Episode Already?
If there's one thing we hope The Originals takes from its Vampire Diaries predecessor, it's lots of flashbacks. According to some recent tweets from the new CW show's crew, things are looking good on that front.
Writer Declan De Barra took to Twitter to praise the cast recently, writing, "To all #TheOriginals actors and extras who had to perform in the murderous heat dressed in period costumes today, sorry. You were legends!"
Period costumes! That's a good sign. (Too bad about the scorching weather, though.) And while we're sure there are still horses in present-day New Orleans, this could be another clue: "What separates TVD from The Originals? Why, horses of course!" executive producer Julie Plec tweeted, along with a pic of said horses. Um, is Klaus going to draw those black beauties? Because we miss his artistic skills.
Whether they're in the past or present, it seems the Originals are being their usual, murderous selves. "We're going to keep a body count for #TheOriginals to see which character has the most kills. I'll let you guess who's winning so far ;)," tweeted Joseph Morgan. What do you think? Is the smart money on Klaus?
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During her first song Wednesday night at the John Paul Jones Arena, "Dance in the Dark," Lady Gaga was backlit by a purple beam, her huge silhouette cast against a thin screen before the stage. With each change of pose, the audience erupted in an earsplitting euphoria. Soon, Gaga disappeared. A friend chimed in. "Where's Gaga? Now we'll never make it to the Monster Ball."
Hemp happens: A new flag flies at City Hall
A proud group of industrial hemp supporters hoisted an American flag made of the crop on the Downtown Mall May 25, announcing that it would be presented to Willie Nelson—another major advocate for its legalization—at his concert that night. "We're trying to end this insanity of prohibition,"
In brief: Another UVA coach out, unwelcome selfies and more
What's under that robe? UVA's enhanced, heavy-duty security for its 187th final exercises, which included the opening of the robes for grads and faculty before entering the Lawn, is considered a "best practice" common at other large, public research universities, according UVA spokesperson
Tom Sox players hope to move up to the majors
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The Greenbrier in West Virginia may no longer be a five-diamond resort, but in the food and beverage world, to be its director of fine dining is still a pretty sweet gig. Carmelo "Carmine" Carrozza held that position for barely two weeks before he told his boss he had cancer and was seeking
'Death by 1,000 cuts:' A win for Nelson pipeline opponents
Companies surveying for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline must provide property owners sufficient written notice before setting foot on their properties, a Nelson County judge ruled May 9. Though this doesn't stop the project, pipeline opponents say any ruling in favor of landowners is a success. "It
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In brief: Nelson cops indicted again, Route 29 & Rio get hairy and more
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The UVA Issue: The final words
As excited fourth-years take their final walk on the Lawn and up the portico steps of the recently refurbished Rotunda, they will no doubt be reflecting on their years at the University of Virginia. Just in the last school year, UVA has made headlines for scientific discoveries, Olympic
This land is your land: Efforts to save Fulfillment Farms continue
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Martese Johnson's suit against Virginia ABC moves forward
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Police recruits work to interpret their own biases
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Leaving a child in a car within 15ft and visable. Is it considered neglect?
I recently was yelled at by a mom and she made me cry. I parked in the school parking lot and walked my two older girls to where I could see them get in the door safely and where I could still see my two boys that were in the car. They are 1 and 3. I was approx 15 ft away. The car was running at 21.5 degrees and they were watching a movie. The doors were locked and I had the remote locker in my hand. Hugged my daughters goodbye and noticed a women standing by my car. She started taking pictures of my car. I walked over to my car and thats when she started yelling at me, saying how dangerous it is and that she going to report me!! I told her that I was standing right by and saw her and was watching them the whole time. But she just kept yelling and then stomped away. I was so shocked and scared that I would be reported. Nothing has happened, but now next week when I drop my girls off again, I'm so nervous that this lady will be watching my every move. Is what I did wrong?
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The question is how would you feel if a cop car pulled up to your car while you were 15 ft away with the car running? I had it happen to me when I have left kids in car within eyesight too. After this scary moment , I then read how a kid was towed away in a car when mom was away for just a few minutes and how scared kid was. I understand why you did it and many moms have. I don't fault you in anyway, but maybe it is something to consider... it truly isn't safe to leave kids in a running car. Anything could happen. I would take her warning, but she could have expressed herself in a MUCH kinder way and not so aggressive. Get a stroller and walk them in or get a friend to stay with them for a few minutes. Itposted 01/19/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
I am pretty sure leaving a child unattended in a car is a serious crime in many states. Don't risk it you could loose your children to CPS. I think its by state but NEVER leave a child in a car for any reason. We all mess up as parents at some point but I would agree that this is a DEFINATE no.posted 12/15/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
I agree, you did nothing wrong.posted 03/07/2012 by qahdprodtest13712
You did nothing wrong. That woman was over reacting and probably has no children. She might be old school too. You could see the car, you weren't that far away for it to be rediculous-like her reaction, and you were probably just gone long enough to hold your breath and get back in the car.posted 04/09/2011 by Cofjn
In your situation- no, you did NOTHING wrong! If you were to go inside a store or gas station, yes, you should take your kids. But no, you were outside and watching your kids. They were safe. You are a great parent!posted 04/05/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
I agree with jesskahn, I think the woman may have been a little too worked up and went overboard, I'm sure she didn't now you were right there. So next time just tell her to mind her own business, ignore her and leave because you were just right there. I'm one of those people that gets livid when I see parents leave there kids in the car, but in your case, you were right in front of the car where you could see them, so don't worry.posted 03/02/2011 by peanutwitt
I'm not all to hyped up about leaving children in cars. The other day I was in one of the local cafe's with my husband having a little date when this couple came in. The woman walked back out to the van and came back in and she stated out loud "I just gave them snacks, they should be fine." The couple continued to eat their meal inside, then the two kids walked inside needing to go to the bathroom. One was about 3 and the other looked 6. She got mad at them, then let them go to the bathroom. Then when they got done, the woman was telling her 6 year old how good the soup was, and too bad he didn't get to have any. THAT is something worthy of being reported, I think. If I knew this town wasn't so crooked, I would have. But what you did, you had a good reason. I would call the DHS and ask what would be ok and what wouldn't. It would show you are trying. Some people are out there just to cause trouble.posted 02/28/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
No. The car was on, they were strapped in their seats, and the doors were locked. You were right near them. The lady probably didn't realize you were so close, but was already so worked up that she went a bit overboard. I would've told her to back her rude self up and not to take pictures of my children. I wouldn't have given her the chance to yell at me. If you see her again, just ignore her. Get in your car and leave w/o paying any mind to her. I've seen little kids left in cars before in 101 degree weather w/ a parent nowhere in sight. They were jumping around in the car playing with the wheel, etc. Couldn't have been more than 3 & 4 years old. THAT would be something worth reporting. Even if this lady tried to report you, nothing would happen. Your children were NOT in danger. And they were NOT just LEFT in the car. You got out to bring your girls safely to the school doors, it's not like you left them in the car to go on a shopping spree... You did nothing wrong.posted 02/27/2011 by jesskahn
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Rental Registration and Inspection Program
City of Urbana includes over 10,000 rental units, comprising almost two-thirds of our housing stock. After an extensive public review and hearing process, the City of Urbana adopted a Rental Registration and Inspection Program.
The purposes of the program are to help ensure a safer rental housing stock, protect property values, and improve accountability of rental units. Residents throughout the City lobbied hard for such a program for many years. In fact, Urbana-Champaign has been the only city of any size in central Illinois that does not have such a program.
The program was developed with the assistance of the Mayor's Neighborhood Safety Task Force and was based upon a careful review of similar programs in other communities. The Task Force includes representation by all of the City's neighborhoods, as well as by local rental property owners, managers, and other experts.
The program requires the annual registration and payment of a fee for all rental properties in the City. The fees are located in the Schedule of Fees.
Under the new program, the City has a goal of completing inspections of all rental properties within a three to five year cycle. The timing of inspection will depend upon a number of factors which are outlined in the Ordinance.
Effective Dates
The program was approved by the City Council on January 16, 2007, with an effective date of February 16, 2007. The established program year will extend from October 15th of each year thereafter in order to better accommodate the annual leasing calendar.
For questions or additional information, please contact The Building Safety Division at 217-384-2443.
Check out the current list of Rental Inspection Grades.
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An autopsy shows a landlord who was found dead had been shot several times in the head.
The body of 64-year-old Michael Burgwardt was found last November at Summer Place Gardens in Greenville.
An upstairs neighbor told WITN News that she saw Burgwardt's vehicle parked, with its trunk popped open. She went downstairs where his door was cracked open and she saw his legs on the floor and called 911.
The autopsy report from the Pitt County medical examiner shows Burgwardt had been shot three times in the head.
Neighbors say Burgwardt was a landlord for several tenants at the complex.


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|Valley City, Ohio >> Community >> Attractions >> Depot
................The Depot
The Depot was built in 1895 on the Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling Railroad line (later Baltimore & Ohio, then Chesapeake
and Ohio, now CSX), about 1½ miles east of its current location.
It served the community until 1968, known as Valley City Station. It
was moved to its current location and refurbished by volunteers in time
for the 1976 US Bicentennial. It houses archives of the Liverpool Township
Historical Society. It also serves as a meeting place for local groups.
The July 4th parade forms here.
In 1985 an old steam locomotive was purchased and, thanks to generous and skilled contributors and volunteers, was beautifully restored and moved to the Depot. It is a "Light Locomotive - Porter 0-4-0 - Fireless" class yard engine (Porter Dinky). It was presented by the Chamber of Commerce to the Township to commemorate the Township's 175th birthday.
Here it is today, recently restored by community volunteers. This is a definite tourist attraction. The age is unknown, but production of this class began in 1915.
This 1926 C-2031 caboose was built in the Baltimore & Ohio shops at Washington, Indiana. It is a Class I-5D caboose.
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In the past month, we learned that producer John Davis is planning a remake of the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle, Commando. Assigned to the script was David Ayer, who has writing credits on The Fast and the Furious and Training Day and also directed Harsh Times and Street Kings. Now, it seems that Ayer has produced a finished script for Commando and is pursuing the opportunity to direct.
Collider recently interviewed Davis and asked about the progress of the project:
We have a really great script. You know, I don't know if it really makes sense to call it Commando. Maybe it does or maybe doesn't. It is the reboot of it and all of that stuff. It is David Ayer, who did Training Day. He wrote it and wants to direct it. It is there and it is a brilliant script. It is just waiting for the right moment for the studio to want to make it and finding the right actor.
Davis also indicated that the movie would be especially violent, saying that the script is written with a "hard R" rating in mind.
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Navy, Marines to examine security at bases
Navy Yard shooting raises questions about whether military installations are vulnerable
The Navy and Marine Corps will do a full examination of security at bases, as the Navy Yard shooting in Washington, D.C., raises questions about whether America's military installations are vulnerable and if vetting of civilian contractors is broken.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on Tuesday directed a four-star admiral and a three-star general to conduct a speedy look by Oct. 1 at whether existing base security policy is being followed in the wake of civilian contractor Aaron Alexis' bloody rampage.
Authorities say he had the proper government ID to get onto the Navy Yard, which houses several high-level offices, including the commander of naval installations, the Navy's judge advocate and the home of the chief of naval operations.
How Alexis got into the NAVSEA building is another matter. People familiar with the building say visitors buzz to get in and then must present proper credentials to a guard. Indications are that Alexis shot his way past the guard.
A Pentagon Inspector General's report released Tuesday criticized the Navy for outsourcing its contractor base access process, starting in 2010 or 2011. The report has been in the works for some time but was made public following a request from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-Palmdale.
The report says that the Navy's access card system "did not affectively mitigate access control risks" and links the failure to the Navy's attempt to cut costs. As a result, 52 felons gained routine access to military bases, the report concludes.
In the longer term, the Department of the Navy plans to take a deeper look at whether it should increase security in ways that might fundamentally alter base culture — perhaps even akin to the way airport procedures changed after the September 2001 attacks.
Right now, troops in uniform, retirees, civilian defense workers and some mostly white-collar contractors must have a military-issued photo access card to enter Navy and Marine Corps bases in San Diego County. This is the kind Alexis had, according to a Navy official Tuesday.
Other civilian contractors get a separate access card, the kind criticized in the inspector general report.
In addition, guests invited to retirement ceremonies and other events can often drive on base by simply showing a drivers license.
Some military buildings require an extra credential to get inside. Not many require visitors to pass through a metal detector.
Will any of that change? Navy officials offered few details about their plans on Tuesday. Additionally, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called for a worldwide review of U.S. military base security, and President Barack Obama directed his budget office to conduct a government-wide review of security standards for contractors and employees.
Peter Daly, president of the U.S. Naval Institute and a retired three-star admiral, said getting to zero risk is probably not realistic.
"If you have a person who has already gone through one layer of your defenses because they have the credentials, and they are now an insider with some familiarity with your procedures, and they are armed and they are not concerned about their own life — that is a very daunting scenario to come out with zero losses," he said.
"Because the kind of checks and balances that you'd have to put in place may result in a situation where you are not able to function — because you need contractors and people to be able to do business."
Daly said that restricting car traffic, such as allowing only certain categories of people to drive onto base, might be a workable measure in certain locations. That could allow the use of metal detectors at gateway points, he said.


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It's going to be really tight at front come race day.
But just glad Lotus is showing some real pace after some people dismissed Melbourne as an anomaly.
Force India is not kidding around either. Merc will be hard-up to keep them behind.


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Championship Event
Penn FLL Championship Tournament
January 28th, 2012
University of Pennsylvania
Irvine Auditorium
3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Competition Schedule
7:30am-9:00am- Team Registration, Hall of Flags
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9:30am- Mandatory Coaches Meeting on the second floor balcony of Irvine
10:00am- Opening Ceremony- Irvine Auditorium
10:30am- Competition rounds and judging begins
1:00-2:00pm- Lunch Break
2:00-4:30pm- Competition rounds and judging continues
4:30-5:00pm- Entertainment in Irvine
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(ISC)²® Opens Nominations For Sixth Annual U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Awards
Recognizing Federal Information Security Workforce Leadership Key to Raising Cyber Security Awareness
PALM HARBOR, Fla., U.S.A., June 23, 2009 – (ISC)²® ("ISC-squared"), the not-for-profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers, today announced it has opened nominations for its 6th annual Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLAs).
The 2009 GISLA program was established as part of (ISC)²'s effort to recognize the ongoing commitment by federal information security leaders to build a highly qualified and ethical workforce. The program includes four award categories, with one category for federal contractor personnel (Federal Contractor Information Security Professional) and three categories for government employees (Senior Non-Information Security Manager, Senior Information Security Manager and Non-Managerial Information Security Professional) who have significantly contributed to the enhancement of the information security workforce by demonstrating a leadership role in any information security workforce improvement initiative, program or project.
A nominations committee comprised of eight members from the (ISC)² U.S. Government Advisory Board (GAB) will review and select winners from the four groups of finalists based upon the selection criteria and eligibility requirements. The GAB includes volunteer, senior-level information security professionals responsible for counseling (ISC)² on policies, trends and certifications within the public sector. The 2009 GISLA nominations committee includes the following GAB members:
"It is a unique time in this nation's history. Thankfully, the Obama administration is encouraging a national dialogue and large scale public awareness campaign for cyber security," says Lynn McNulty, CISSP, director of government affairs for (ISC) and co-chair for the (ISC)2 GAB. "A critical component of awareness is to raise the profile of those whose role is to ensure an ethical, qualified security workforce. The GISLA program honors individuals who have held to a higher standard in their efforts and aims to raise the bar for those currently in and those about to enter the federal information security profession."
The 2008 GISLA winners included:
(ISC)² officials and sponsors will honor the GISLA winners in October in the Washington D.C. Metro area. To nominate a federal executive or information security professional or for more information about the 2009 (ISC)² Government Information Security Leadership Awards, please visit www.isc2.org/gisla. The submission deadline for nominations is August 14, 2009.
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Zimbra 6.0 this morning has stopped without any intervention of moderate on the configuration file or another.
You can not access the administration console program, clearly they access the web client
When you restart the console linux gives me the following error:
Starting ldap ... Done.
Unable to Determine enabled services from ldap.
Enabled services read from cache. Service May Be inaccurate list.
Starting logger ... Done.
Starting mailbox ... Done.
Starting antispam ... Done.
Starting antivirus ... Done.
Starting snmp ... Done.
Starting spell ... Done.
Starting mta ... Done.
Starting stats ... Done.
It 'installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a distribution server and it worked fine until today
May depend on what this error?
Now I had the bright idea of following a forum Zimbra and I run the following commands
chown-R Zimbra: Zimbra / opt / Zimbra
/ Opt / Zimbra / libexec / zmfixperms-verbose
Now when I start Zimbra # zmcontrol start is a new error
Host localhost
Unable to Determine enabled services from ldap.
Unable to Determine enabled services. Cache is out of date or doesn't exist.
now does not start nothing, no service Zimbra
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NE drafts Tim Tebow with one of their first 4 picks in the 2010 if he's available. Grooms him to be Brady's eventual replacement, no rush as they will most likely resign Brady following the 2011 (he'll be 34) season for an additional 3 years or so. Grooming a QB long term seemed to work well for San Fran in the 90's (Montana to Young) and Green Bay could see the same pay off soon with Aaron Rodgers who sat behind Favre for 3 years before getting his chance to start last year.
The guy is a winner, he's built like a brickhouse, has leadership skills that are off the charts and is very smart, tough and athletic. Essentially he's what you want, leading your team into battle. He also has an NFL caliber arm, can make all the throws and is mobile. He will need some extended time under center/dropping back and reading NFL defenses, but that is where the development time comes into play, again, he's an extremely smart/cerebral player. It would only be added value to have a QB who can throw AND run if needed, with some wildcat possiblities.
I'm crazy for thinking NE would look at a spread QB? Well NE is one of 4 teams that have consulted Florida HC Urban Meyer about the spread offense and Tebow.


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Are you still swallowing bile about the mortgage crisis? Still mad that no Wall Street banker went to jail for gambling billions of dollars on the housing bubble and sending homeowners into foreclosure?
Hope springs after President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. White is a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who prosecuted terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and mob boss John Gotti.
"You don't want to mess with Mary Jo," Obama said in an Associated Press report.
Let's hope Wall Street won't want to mess with her.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has been toothless for a long time. I wrote about the dot-com era, from its questionable accounting to outright deceit, for the news side in the late '90s. Reporter David Heath and I exposed accounting tricks in a series on InfoSpace, a Bellevue Internet company that turned its founder Naveen Jain into a billionaire and its small shareholders into paupers. What did we hear from the regulators? Crickets.
It's too soon to tell whether White will be the bulldog I've been waiting for. After leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, she worked for law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, where she defended a major financial institution over subprime loans, a major pharmaceutical company and numerous companies in SEC enforcement proceedings, according to the law firm's website. Let's hope she figured where the commission's soft spots are, and how to turn them into abs of steel.
The Senate should confirm White.


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Outstanding Alumni named
by Laura Grund
September/October 2002
Each year, the Graduate School graduates thousands of students in more than 100 degree programs who then contribute their expertise to the greater public good. This past May at the Graduate School Convocation, Pulitzer Prize-winner Gail Caldwell and James Allison of the University of California-Berkeley were awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award and recognized for their achievements.
Amarillo native Caldwell, BA '78, MA '80, is the Boston Globe's chief book critic and was the 2001 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. She has been with The Boston Globe since 1985, serving as staff writer, book editor, and chief book critic. Her reviews and essays have appeared in The Village Voice, The Washington Post, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Caldwell was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1993, 1996, and 1999 before winning the prize in 2001. She also has been a finalist in criticism for the American Society of Newspaper Editors Award and has served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Of her time at UT, Caldwell says, "The rigors (and occasional cruelties) of American studies really forged my sensibility. Whatever critical acumen I possess, I think, was honed by those who were running the department two decades ago: Bill Goetzmann, Bob Crunden, Al Crosby. Now I write on deadline every week for more than a million readers, and I still find myself working out an intellectual problem in print the way graduate school taught me to think: with care, with analytic rigor, and always - I hope - with humanity."
James P. Allison, BS '69, PhD '73, is a distinguished professor in the Division of Immunology at Berkeley. Originally from Alice, Texas, Allison has been a professor at Berkeley since 1985, where he has also served as head of the Division of Immunology.
Allison has been at the forefront of immunological research for many years. His work on the importance of positive and negative costimulatory molecules in the regulation of immune responses by T lymphocytes has had enormous implications for the development of vaccines and treatments for diseases such as cancer and AIDS. He was named a National Academy of Sciences member in 1997, an American Academy of Microbiology fellow, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator for his achievements. In 2001, he was awarded the international Centeon Prize for Innovative Breakthroughs in Immunology. Allison often returns to UT to give lectures, and he has supervised a number of UT graduates as postdoctoral fellows in his Berkeley laboratory.
"Not only do I try to do good science, but I also try to understand when the things we learn can be applied to the betterment of the human condition," Allison says. "In my case, this has meant trying to understand the molecular processes that regulate the function of lymphocytes in the immune system, and trying to develop new strategies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. I attribute both the quality of my scientific education and the sense of obligation to repay society for that education to my years at UT."
The Graduate School awarded the Gail Caldwell Fellowship for 2002-03 to Alison Perlman, a doctoral candidate in American Studies, and the James P. Allison Fellowship for 2002-03 to Shailja Pathania, a doctoral candidate in microbiology.


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Holy 2014! Where did you come from exactly?
Hopefully you had a festive new year celebration. It is odd for Joel to not have to work on NYE so we enjoyed our own little night of merriment and saw our first Key West new year's eve party live. Funny enough we actually saw the coverage of Key West's new year's eve party last year from Curacao on CNN. Yes, we were home, just us and the dogs, watching the world celebrate. We are rock stars like that.
Remember the wall-to-wall closet we made for our guest bedroom way back in 2013?
She has definitely come in handy to house all of our stuff that doesn't have a real home yet. Right now that consists of all of my project supplies, lamps and lamp shades, vacuums, unhung artwork (which is basically all of anything we have ever hung on a wall except these guys) and all of my clothes and shoes can be found in there. Oh, not-yet-built-master-closet how I yearn for you.
I have high hopes for more organization in time as we get to creating what I hope to become a craft corner in the guest room and an office nook on a wall between the living and dining room. But, until then, this closet is probably my most used accessory.
And, what once looked like the picture above, after a few short months started to look more like this.
One thing that I've learned from our house guests that doesn't translate well on the blog is just how tall these guys are. They are a full 8 feet tall, which is the height of the ceilings in many houses. Our ceilings are 9 1/2 feet tall throughout the house and I guess I don't do a good job of pointing that out on the internet.
And I'm not really sure how I can. Picture me trying to figure out what I can place next to our closet doors to give a good proportional shot of just how tall these babies are. My cousin suggested a banana, however hilarious I found that idea I'm not sure it will do the trick. So let's just agree, they're tall, and lanky and they were feeling somewhat awkward until I retrofitted them with
braces magnets at the bottom.
We added small magnets at the top of each door so they would shut in perfect alignment with each other when we first installed them.
This can actually be considered the first update of this "two little closet updates" post. When we first installed the top magnets I was worried the short little screws were too long and would go through the entire width of the doors so we just hot glued the magnets to the back of each door.
It actually worked pretty good but the magnets on the two most used doors eventually stopped sticking to the hot glue and just stayed stuck to the other side of the magnet attached to the door frame. But, being the quick thinker I am, I realized that the glob of now dry hot glue still stuck on the back of the door added just the right amount of depth so I could now screw the magnets into the back of those doors and they wouldn't go through the whole door.
Little update number one complete in about point 2 seconds.
Now, onto the new magnets I added to the bottom. I actually found these double-wide brown magnets in the cabinet hardware section at the home improvement store.
I just closed one closet door and with the other side open, eyeballed where to attach the magnet and screwed it right into the floor.
We didn't do this when we first installed the doors because I thought the magnets would get in the way of sliding things into that bottom area. But these new magnets are directly in front of the center support we added below the bottom shelf so this little magnet doesn't get in the way of anything.
Ok, there's dust, too. I failed to include that in the list of things in the closet. Project supplies, a lamp, the vacuum and dust are all in this one little photo.
I actually had to use a 5 gallon bucket of primer nudging the door closed tight for a few days to retrain the door to hang straight again.
But now no one is the wiser that these 8 foot tall beauties were ever a little off kilter. And I don't gasp in disgust every time I walk by the guest room and see wonky closet doors out of alignment.
And now all of the dust is neatly tucked away behind perfectly aligned closet doors.
Probably out of sheer laziness, but I actually only attached the magnets to the back of the two doors that needed to be retrained to hang straight. The two doors on the right-hand side that are not used as much actually close lined right up with the new magnet. I may need to go back and add them over time … I hope I'll be able to remember the super special spot I put them.
For the full details on this DIY wall-to-wall closet and doors you can see where we started here and how we made them from scratch here and here.
And if you're still in 2013 mode, you can see the run down of our most popular posts for the year here.


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After two NYPD officers were acquitted in June of following a drunk woman into her own home and returning to rape her, the public outcry was electrifying. There were protests in front of City Hall, and a vigilante poster campaign in Kenneth Moreno's Brooklyn neighborhood (I did not participate in putting up the posters, but I live nearby and I sure was pleased to see them). Moreno's defense—that he had only snuggled with the semi-conscious victim and had only returned to the apartment with his partner, Franklin Mata, to lecture her about the dangers of drinking—was so ridiculous, so patently full of shit that you could smell it all the way up to the Bronx. But that didn't stop the jury from acquitting. In the article announcing the acquittal, the New York Times noted:
The jury's decision also underscores the difficulty of obtaining favorable results for women who say they were sexually assaulted, and who often are subjected to scrutiny and skepticism that keep many of them from speaking out. In this case, defense lawyers pounced on the credibility of the woman because she was very drunk on the night in question and did not remember many details.
Moreno and Mata were convicted only of official misconduct—"official misconduct" being perhaps the greatest understatement of all time. But while the judge could have sentenced Moreno to no jail time—as it was technically his first offense—he instead threw the book at him. Moreno got a year in prison—he's sure to be popular at Rikers!—and an unprecedented verbal asswhupping. Because apparently Justice Gregory Carro of the State Supreme Court, who presided over the trial, is no fool, and probably agrees with prevailing public opinion that Kenneth Moreno is a lying sack of shit rapist. He practically came out and said so:
"During your testimony," Justice Carro said, "you told a story that was incredible. Your testimony was classic for admitting what you couldn't deny, denying what you couldn't admit and classic tailoring of your testimony to the witnesses who testified before you."
When law enforcement officers commit crimes, it tears at the fabric of society, Justice Carro said.
"You, sir, ripped a gaping hole in that fabric in committing your crimes."
Justice Carro alternated emotions between anger and sarcasm and he recounted Mr. Moreno's testimony. At times, Justice Carro seemed like an angry father, appearing as though he was finished speaking, only to throw in more criticism off the top of his head.
Fuck yeah, Justice Carro! He couldn't overturn the gross miscarriage of justice that happened here, but I'll take any small victory I can get these days. Having the judge openly condemn Moreno in public and on the record is pretty sweet. It seems like public humiliation and condemnation may be the best we can hope for sometimes. Moreno's victim reportedly wept in the courtroom as the judge spoke, and I hope she got some small measure of satisfaction from hearing that the judge, at least, did not believe her rapist's lies.
Update: A few hours later, Moreno was released on $125,000 bail by Appeals Court Judge Nelson Roman so he can appeal his conviction on official misconduct charges. Good luck with your appeal, asswipe. You'll lose, and I hope the legal costs break you financially.


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Cleaning up the St. Johns River with Cox Conserves
On the morning of November 23rd 100 volunteers from Cox Conserves, Cox Media Group Jacksonville and Manheim Jacksonville gathered along the banks of the St. Johns River in Florida to kick off their inaugural river cleanup. This Jacksonville cleanup was the fourth cleanup Cox Enterprises has partnered with American Rivers and National River Cleanup® to host this year and the first in Jacksonville.
This cleanup emblemized the community building nature of river cleanups. At river cleanups across the country we see people from all walks of life joining each other to protect and preserve their local river or stream. On Saturday Cox employees from three different companies came together to give back to their community.
On the beach at Reddie Point Preserve our volunteers found jellyfish among the trash washed up on shore. Leatherback sea turtles feed on jellyfish and can easily mistake drifting plastic for their normal prey. With the Atlantic Ocean just a few miles downstream it's safe to say that every six pack ring and plastic bag our volunteers cleaned up helped reduce the threat to wildlife.
At Blue Cypress Park Cox volunteers removed more than trash from the river banks. With the help of the Army Corp of Engineers we were able to send a team into the surrounding forests to remove an invasive species, the air potato, which is dangerous to native plant life. These are examples of how the hard work put in by our volunteers will have an immediate and beneficial impact on the surrounding ecosystem.
As volunteers spread out across the shoreline picking up trash and debris people began to take notice, and they were gracious. Both parks we cleaned up are popular spots for recreation including, dog walking, jogging, fishing, and paddling. The people who use the park stopped to talk with volunteers about the St. Johns River and thanked us for helping to make their park and river a cleaner, safer, and more beautiful place.
This was our first cleanup in Jacksonville with Cox employees and the turnout and enthusiasm from our volunteers was more than we could have hoped for. I'm excited to work with these amazing volunteers in 2014 to continue their tradition of environmental stewardship during another successful cleanup in Jacksonville.
How have you used your river cleanup to bring together different parts of your community? Head over to the American Rivers Facebook page and share!


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Summer of Hope 90-DAY Challenge
Fresno Rescue Mission's 90-Day Summer of Hope Challenge is a community-wide effort to make an unprecedented impact providing real help and lasting hope to those who need us most this summer! Our goal is to reach $750,000 to help our hungry, hurting, and homeless men, women, and children this summer. And our challenge is to make that happen by August 24. To accomplish it, please respond to the Summer of Hope 90-Day Challenge with a big √ "I'm in!" by giving online today. Your Summer of Hope gift will help save lives, change hearts, and give hope as Jesus calls us to do! So please say, √ "I'm in!" by adding your name below to those of friends and neighbors from across Fresno meeting this Summer of Hope 90-day Challenge together! With your participation by giving and praying, we'll see more lives transformed by critical care, crucial recovery programs and Christian compassion than ever before! Thank you for being a part of it with your √ "I'm in!" right now, and God bless you for answering the Summer of Hope 90-Day Challenge!


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STARKVILLE, Miss. – On the eve of Mississippi State's SEC Tournament opener against Missouri, junior Martha Alwal was tabbed First Team All-SEC and co-Defensive Player of the Year by league coaches while Breanna Richardson was selected to the all-freshman team.
Alwal, who earned all-defensive team honors for the second-straight season, becomes MSU's first selection to the first team since Alexis Rack in 2010 and the first Bulldog to claim three league honors since Armelie Lumanu was named defensive player of the year along with all-defensive and all-second team accolades that same season.
Richardson became MSU's first rookie to receive the honor since Alwal claimed the accolade in 2012.
Alwal, Richardson and the Bulldogs head to Duluth, Ga., Wednesday to open the 2014 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament against Missouri. Tip for the contest is 5 p.m. CST on Fox Sports or SportSouth. Fans can also watch the game online on ESPN3.
The contest will also be broadcast in the Golden Triangle and surrounding areas on WMXU-FM 106.1, and live audio will be available to HailStateTV subscribers at www.hailstate.com/hstvlive.
Alwal enters Wednesday's SEC Tournament 10 points away from claiming 1,000 points for her career. She is the only Bulldog player in history to claim 900 points, 700 rebounds and 200 blocks.
The C Spire Gillom Trophy finalist has enjoyed a banner season offensively, averaging a career-best 15.5 points and a 50.3 percent shooting percentage that is third in the SEC.
"I was very overwhelmed when I found out I received these awards because it's such an honor to be selected by the coaches with all of the great players in the SEC," Alwal said. "I have worked hard this season to become a better basketball player, but these honors would not have been possible without the constant support and encouragement I have received from my teammates and coaches."
The Worthington, Minn., native once again ranked as the league's top shot blocker, pacing the SEC with 2.6 blocks overall and 2.8 in SEC play. Her 78 swats tied her sophomore total for fourth-most in MSU season history.
Alwal ranked third in the conference on the boards, averaging 9.1 during the 16-game SEC slate and 8.9 for the season.
"Seeing how overwhelmed Martha was when I told her about these honors is the reason you get into coaching. To know where she was as a freshman to see where she is today is a testament to her and the work she has put in with our staff," head coach Vic Schaefer said. "She has had a great season playing in the best conference in the country against the best players in the nation night in and night out."
She claimed 10 double-doubles this season to become the SEC's active career leader with 29 for her heralded career. She also tops current SEC players in career blocks with 238, a mark that is sixth among active NCAA Division I players.
Alwal averaged 17.4 points, 12.8 rebounds and 3.6 blocks the last five games of the season as Mississippi State (18-12, 5-11 SEC) clinched its first winning season since 2009-10.
The two-time SEC Player of the Week recorded MSU's first 20-point, 20-rebound game since 1988 and the SEC's first since 2008 when she scored 25 points and grabbed a career-high 23 rebounds against in-state rival Ole Miss. The 23 boards top the SEC this season, giving her the SEC's highest single-game rebounding total for the third-straight year.
Richardson has been a welcome addition along with Alwal on the frontcourt this season. The Conyers, Ga., native averaged 9.1 points and 5.4 rebounds, but she stepped up her play in league action, averaging 10.7 points on 44.8 percent shooting and 5.1 rebounds.
"It's a great honor. I appreciate the league coaches for selecting me," Richardson said. "It shows the hard work I put in trying to improve every day has paid off. It's a great honor and I am very blessed."
Richardson was fifth among freshman in scoring in conference play and second in free-throw percentage (69.4 percent).
"We're proud of all our freshmen because they have all contributed to our program in a big way. We're very excited for Breanna because she has worked hard and earned that accolade," Schaefer said. "Big things are still to come for all of our freshman, especially Breanna. I know her family is excited for her, and our staff is as well. I'm very proud of my staff for helping her develop through the season."
She claimed over half of her 14 double-digit scoring games in SEC play, including 17 points against No. 12 Kentucky last Thursday and a season-best 18 in the year's first meeting against Ole Miss.
"I'm appreciative to the other coaches in the Southeastern Conference for their acknowledgement of our players and their accomplishments. It speaks volumes for them and the true professionals they are. I appreciate them voting for our players," Schaefer said.
Richardson and Alwal both had big outings in the regular-season meeting against Missouri (17-12, 6-10 SEC), a game State won in Starkville 69-62.
Alwal recorded one of her nine double-doubles with 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Richardson tallied 15 points. Fellow rookie Dominique Dillingham paced the Dawgs with 21 points, the most by a Bulldog rookie since Tysheka Grimes had 28 against South Carolina in 2007.
Defending the 3-point arc will be key once again as Missouri enters the contest second in the SEC with a 37.6 percent conversion rate behind the arc. In the season's first meeting, State held the Tigers to 6-of-19 (31.6 percent), three below their season average.Bri Kulas, who had 14 points in the season's first meeting, rates second in the SEC in scoring at 18.6 points per game. Junior Morgan Eye tops the conference with 3.7 3-pointers per game and a 44.0 percent tally behind the arc.


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About Energy Balance
The National Cancer Institute's gives an overview of "what is energy balance?":
"Energy balance refers to the integrated effects of diet, physical activity, and genetics on growth and body weight over an individual's lifetime. Scientists are increasingly aware of the importance of understanding the effects of energy balance on the development and progression of cancer and on cancer patients' quality of life after treatment. Weight, body composition, physical activity, and diet affect many physiologic systems and can alter the cancer process at many points." Learn more on the National Cancer Institute's website.
Listen to our Journal Club Moderators Drs. Susan Schembre (pictured left) and Carrie Daniel-MacDougall (pictured right) talk about this exciting, complex topic!
Infographics About Energy Balance Topics
Click on each one to learn more!
- Obesity: Complex but Conquerable. 2012. Infographic. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington, DC. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress-in-Obesity-Prevention/Infographic.aspx>.
- Body Weight & Cancer Risk. 2013. Infographic. American Cancer Society, Atlanta. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://www.cancer.org/research/infographicgallery/body-weight-and-cancer-risk-infographic>.
- What You Need To Know About Obesity and Cancer. 2015. Infographic. American Institute of Cancer Research, Washington, DC. Web. 2 February 2015. <http://www.aicr.org/learn-more-about-cancer/infographic-obesity-and-cancer.html>.
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Home > Blogs > Options Trading: The Total Return Covered Call Model
When you compare returns for covered call writing, what is the potential total return? This is not as easy to calculate as you might think.
You might focus on a comparison between premiums for various choices of a covered call, even on only one stock. But this means you might be overlooking the total picture. Calculating return requires that you consider at least five criteria:
Premium income: The premium you receive for selling a covered call is just the starting point of your transaction. You probably look at writing covered calls as the "cash cow" of your portfolio, and rightly so. It is extra income, above and beyond capital gains and dividends. You can write calls as often as you want, letting them expire or closing them at a profit. You can roll them forward to avoid exercise. Or you can just let exercise happen once a covered call goes in the money.
Annualizing the return: The premium comparison is going to be inaccurate if you only look at the dollar values. In fact, although later-expiring calls will yield more cash, they usually produce lower returns. To make sure your side-by-side comparison is accurate, you need to annualize returns. This is a calculation of what your return would be if the position were left open for one full year. To calculate, divide the dollar amount by your basis to find the percentage of return. Next, divide the return by the number of months to expiration. Finally, multiply the answer by 12 (months). If expiration occurs in less than one year, annualized return will be higher than the simple yield. If the time is longer than one year, annualized return will be lower.
What is your basis?: This is a complex question. Do you base return on current price of the stock, on your original cost, or on the exercise price? These are likely to be three different prices per share, and the one you pick could drastically influence the answers you find. Any of these methods can be used, although the exercise price (strike) may be the most consistent. It also provides meaningful comparisons of annualized yield if your comparison is going to be based on options with different strike levels.
Capital gain on stock: It is important that the strike you pick for your covered call is higher than your basis in the stock. You want to ensure that in the event of exercise, you will earn a capital gain and not incur a capital loss. You also need to be aware that you should pick strikes fairly close to current price per share, for two reasons. First, if you write a covered call too far out of the money you will receive very little income. Second, if you write a covered call deep in the money, it may be classified as an "unqualified" covered call meaning you could lose long-term capital gains status, and end up paying the higher short-term rate.
Dividend yield: Once you calculate the consistently figured, annualized return from writing two or more covered calls, don't forget to also add in the dividend yield. to make this complete accurate, figure out how many ex-dividend dates occur between the write date and expiration date; and add one-fourth of the annual dividend rate for each of those dates. Dividend yield represents a large portion of many covered call strategies, often more than half. But it is easily overlooked. Using dividend yield as part of the overall equation makes comparisons more valid and selection easier.
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A Sopranos Reunion, Sort Of
By Rossiter Drake on October 25, 2010 3:00 PM
David Chase, creator of HBO's dearly departed The Sopranos, is planning to reunite with one of his best-known stars from the New Jersey-based mob drama, but no need to choke on your Cannoli – it's not James Gandolfini.
Longtime E Street Band guitarist and Sopranos co-star Steven Van Zandt will produce the music for the director's feature debut, an as-yet-untitled music-driven coming-of-age story set in 1960s suburbia. Production is set to begin in January 2011.
Also a creative force behind the 1990 CBS comedy series Northern Exposure, Chase revealed that actors John Magaro (Wes Craven's My Soul to Take) and Jack Huston (HBO's Boardwalk Empire) will star, with the first-time director working from an original script.


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Welcome !! Your english is fine (at least as good as mine) You may want to check THIS out
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I'm a french guy coming from Paris. (sorry for my english )
If I'm here it's for Map for Role Play. And really How To in english are not easy, but it's like this. It is the only forum which I found for cartography. No French forums on Web. I obliged to risk my level of English here.
So, I already like music (Ac/DC, Simon et Garfunkel etc.) cinema (Batman). And if you know The Big Bang Theory.
Au passage, d'autres français se cachent-ils par ici ?
Doit bien en avoir un ou deux avec qui partager un bout de fromage !
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Welcome aboard. You are doing fine so far and if you run into any real problems with translation I believe we have a few French speakers around here.
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County pitches meals tax to legislators
Henrico County officials made their pitch for a 4-percent meals tax to the county's General Assembly delegation last week, telling the group that the proposed tax was their last resort to create revenue and close an $18-million shortfall in next year's budget before raising real estate taxes, cutting services or laying off employees.
Henrico lacks the authority to implement such a tax on its own, so officials want the General Assembly to grant it that authority, with the provision that the county's Board of Supervisors must unanimously support it.
A total of 204 other Virginia localities already have meals taxes, including 45 other counties – four of which were specifically granted the right to implement the tax by the General Assembly.
"We have evaluated all the alternatives, and this has the very least consequence," County Manager Virgil Hazelett told the nine delegates and senators who attended. "People will object – some people – but they will not object to police officers, to teachers [and other county services]."
Hazelett and Finance Director Brandon Hinton presented an impassioned argument to the Assembly delegation, recounting how in just their past three fiscal years, they have trimmed nearly $97 million from their total budget and eliminated or frozen 721 vacant government and school positions in an attempt to compensate for $84 million in lost revenue from declining real estate taxes and state funding.
The county also has refunded $317 million in debt through bond refinancing since 2009 and has weathered the storm without cutting services, laying off any employees or raising taxes, Hazelett said.
But a significant jump in the amount localities must pay into the Virginia Retirement System on behalf of employees looms large on the horizon, as do road maintenance and construction needs in Henrico that total $418 million but have no current funding source.
County officials have pointed to the fact that Henrico is the only state locality that maintains its own secondary road system but lacks the authority to collect a meals tax. (Arlington, the only other county that maintains its own roads, was granted the right to implement such a tax in 1990.) Locally, Richmond imposes a 6 percent meals tax, Ashland a 5 percent tax and Louisa County a 4 percent tax.
Henrico officials estimate that about 40 percent of all prepared meals purchased in the county are bought by non-Henrico residents, which would lessen the impact of such a tax on county residents. And unlike a real estate tax increase, residents would be free to avoid a meals tax by not dining out or by limiting their dining excursions, Board chairman Dick Glover said.
"A meals tax is not something we'd impose on them that they can't dodge if they want to," Glover said.
A 4-percent meals tax would generate between $18 million and $20 million annually, Hazelett estimated. He and board members told the Assembly delegation that they likely would not designate that money for any one particular use but rather apply it as needed.
Delegate Jimmie Massie wondered aloud whether it would be difficult to convince other members of the General Assembly to support a tax increase for just one locality.
Deputy County Manager John Vithoulkas, who will assume Hazelett's position in mid-January, suggested that the delegation could take another route by supporting the passage of language that would authorize all counties that maintain their own road systems to have the same taxing authorities as cities. (Cities inherently have the right to implement meals, cigarette and admissions taxes.)
Henrico could enact a meals tax if a majority of voters supported the idea in a referendum, but they seem leery of trying that route again after voters defeated it in 2005 by 153 votes.
Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson told the delegation that without the Assembly's approval of the issue, Henrico's would not survive unscathed.
"If you can't support a meals tax, then our issues are not going to go away," he said. "This is a last resort. A tax is going to come up or we will have to cut services or lay people off. We don't do that in Henrico, and we don't want to do this, but this is where we are. We need your help."
19th Annual Asian American Celebration planned May 21
Citizen Staff Reports 05/16/2016
The Asian American Society of Central Virginia will hold its 19th Annual Asian American Celebration on Saturday, May 21 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. 3rd St. in Richmond, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.
The theme for this year's celebration will be "Our Heritage," in recognition of May as the Asian Pacific American Heritage month, designated by the U.S. Congress in 1992. > Read more.
The theme for this year's celebration will be "Our Heritage," in recognition of May as the Asian Pacific American Heritage month, designated by the U.S. Congress in 1992. > Read more.
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The Founders Club of Sandston presented lifetime membership to Charles W. Sydnor at its 12th annual meeting last month.
Sydnor, who grew up in Sandston and later served as president of Emory and Henry College for eight years, was honored by Founder Club President Alice Taylor Baldwin at the April 23 event at Sandston Memorial Recreation Center. > Read more.
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The task is to create a 30-60 second video to promote OI File Manager. The video shall enhance the experience for the OI File Manager Market description. You have all artistic freedom in creating the video. The video can be based on real life situations in which the application is used on a real Android device (e.g. use file manager to manage photos). The video can also be based on emulator screencasts. It can either showcase the great diversity of features, or tell a captivating story.
Your solution should be a link to your YouTube video. The video format should be high-resolution (1280x720, YouTube HD Video). All third party content used (images, background music, sound effects, ...) must be available by an open license without fees (freeware or creative commons license). The origin of contents must be mentioned in the description of the video and/or in the credits.
IMPORTANT: Before you start, get early in touch with OpenIntents developers to discuss your concept. Optionally you may send early drafts of your concept or previous video work. If you do not present your concept at an early stage, OpenIntents reserves the right not to accept your final video entry.
- Difficulty: medium
- Time limit: 21 days
- Optional prerequisites: Download the Android SDK (instructions)
- Requirements for completed entry:
- IMPORTANT: Discuss your concept idea early with OpenIntents. OpenIntents reserves the right to refuse an entry if the concept has not been discussed previously.
- Send a link to a 30-60 second YouTube video.
- The video resolution must be high quality (1280x720, YouTube HD Video).
- All screencasts must be based on the latest Android SDK emulator.
- All media content used (images, music, sound effects) must be freely available (freeware or creative commons license).
- All content used must be mentioned in the video description and/or in the credits.
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I would like to work on this task.
How can i contact the mentors?
Sorry but if i cant contact you then i cant do the video
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Hello. Sorry for the delay, but we are not online 24 hours a day, unfortunately. The best way to contact us and to discuss your video is through our developer forum: http://groups.google.com/group/openintents. Chances are highest that you will receive a timely reply there.
I would like to work on this task.
For my idea i'm thinking of doing a relatively humurous/overly dramatic video in which the main character forgot their homework at home but was able to pull it up on their phone and access it and turn it in by using OI File Manager. To keep the video entertaining, it is going to focus more on the journey rather than all of the features -- however it would still showcase the app as being the key to the main character's evenual A+ on the project. Would this be an acceptable idea for a video or would you like something less entertaining and more informative?
This sounds like a great idea. I'm looking forward to seeing the video :-)
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Really nice :-)
Would it be difficult to replace the final graphics by something more similar to the OI File Manager appearance in Android Market?
The graphics are available here:
Also, please add a YouTube annotation with a link directly to the Market page of OI File Manager, if that's possible.
I replaced the ending logo with the one from the Android market and added an annotation showing the url of the app. Unfortunately YouTube will only let me hyperlink to another video (or other YouTube-related thing) so I also inluded the hyperlink in the description.
Congratulations, this task has been completed successfully.
Thanks for your great work. The video is linked on our promotion page and will be featured on Android's market page for OI File Manager shortly.


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Above are some "behind the scenes" photos from our photo shoot in India, featuring some of the people our team met along the way…
And here's a little message and info about our featured model, Yulia.
"Say hi to all the Free People big kiss. i'm 19 years old, Born in St Petersburg, Russia but moved to London when i was 6 years old and have lived there ever since. i have been modeling for 3 years, full time for 2.
i love working with Free People because, I get to travel to amazing locations with wonderful people. We recently traveled to India to shoot a catalogue. It was beautiful, unlike any other place i've ever been. I love wearing the clothes and accessories, they are really fun, very comfortable and wearable in day to day life, there are pieces for every occasion. I always say that I wish their entire collection was my wardrobe. There is always a great atmosphere on set and we have a lot of fun working together. I always look forward to working with and spending time with the whole Free People crew its really a lot like hanging out with friends. big kiss yulia xx"
Check out the February catalog featuring Yulia here.
yulia & india
- -February 13, 2008, 1:02AM
I just got my catalog today! Absolutely gorgeous photos, and the model is stunning. Great work Free People!!
- -February 13, 2008, 2:44PM
That was a great catalogue. My daughter Elsa did a terrific job along with everyone else who worked on it.
- -February 13, 2008, 2:47PM
we love you yulia!!!
- -February 13, 2008, 4:11PM
Great work! Do you own any of Free People's clothing? I always wonder that about FP models!
Thanks :)
- -February 14, 2008, 9:22AM
Thanks Yulia and fpgirl, I've been really curious about Yulia and it's great to know a little more. Yulia, you're the perferct FP woman! The Feb catalog is great. Thanks
- -February 14, 2008, 10:48PM
Dear FP-
Your locations are always amazing and the photography is gorgeous!
Have you considered doing a set on some lovely wild moor in Yorkshire or Scotland or Ireland? It would be a treat!
- -December 7, 2008, 3:46PM
Hi Yulia,
Nice Job i liked your photoes very much and i love to send you some photos from my trips and my country. and i like to sure our experince in our trips im Siavosh and im 23 years old.
please reply me soon
take care
- -February 24, 2009, 1:08AM
Hmm, very cognitive post.
Is this theme good unough for the Digg?
- -August 1, 2009, 1:32AM
excellent work!!!
- -September 26, 2009, 2:36AM
I really wish you would do another catalog like this one. It's one of my all time favorites along with December 2008.
And we haven't seen Yulia in the catalogs for a while.
Thanks for the beautiful catalogs FP!
- -October 19, 2010, 10:43AM
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Julia_Ingalls presented tips from firms about What should be in your portfolio. One common theme was that applicants aren't expected to tailor their work to the specific types of projects the firm undertakes. As Lorcan O'Herlihy explained "Don't target work that mimics ours—we look for... View full entry »
Recognized by Wright as the earliest 'Usonian' house, La Miniatura is also the first residence to utilize Wright's highly inventive textile block building system. — architectureforsale.com
After hitting the market in 2013, La Miniatura (aka The Millard House, 1923) was originally listed at approximately $4.5MM. The final sold price hasn't been made public, but the house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is located in Pasadena's Prospect Historic District –... View full entry »
New plans for the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Arcadia has neighbors riled up.
Owners of the 1952 house want to turn it into more than just a home, but those living in the wealthy neighborhood aren't too happy about it.
[...] said the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house is "an example of what I consider to be an architecture embodiment of Arizona exceptionalism."
However, this landmark home now finds itself in the middle of controversy. — azfamily.com
It seems as if the tumult and intrigue that ran through Frank Lloyd Wright's life has lived on at Taliesin. After being embroiled in accreditation issues, suspending Fall 2013 enrollment, and working through rocky fundraising plans, Taliesin recently appointed Aaron Betsky to lead the school and... View full entry »
The United States is pleased to announce the nomination of a group of 10 buildings in seven states designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for inclusion on the World Heritage List. The UNESCO World Heritage List recognizes the "outstanding universal value" of the most significant cultural and natural sites on the planet. — U.S. Department of State
The nomination of ten buildings by the influential architect represents the first World Heritage nomination by the U.S. of works of modernist architecture. Entitled "Key Works of Modern Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright," the list includes:Unity Temple in Oak Park, IllinoisFrederick C. Robie... View full entry »
Sunday, January 25:Aaron Betsky To Lead Taliesin West: Effective immediately, Betsky will "set the intellectual tone or the School " as it undergoes a rough and potentially definitive funding period.Friday, January 23:Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House to reopen once again in February: So... View full entry »
"I look forward to continuing the tradition of experimental architecture he did so much to define." — A/N
Betsky seems to be the man of the hour these days, writing popularly discussive articles in defense of architecture and participating in social media. Congratulations and looking forward to seeing what becomes of the heavily branded institution in need of a new life. View full entry »
In the heart of Hollywood's Barnsdall Park, Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House will officially reopen on February 13, as recently announced by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell, and the Barnsdall Park Art Foundation. This isn't the first time the iconic house has been... View full entry »
Panel- What you do has anything to do with law?
FLW- Unfortunately yes.
Noted: Ladies of the panel don't usually get up to shake the mystery guest's hand but for Frank they do. Is that a sign how noble architect(ure) was? View full entry »
The architecture school run by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation will try to raise $2 million before the end of 2015 to ensure its future as an independent organization, the foundation announced on Monday, having approved a possible path toward the school's incorporation. [...]
The foundation's board had initially decided not to incorporate the school separately, for fear of losing control over its operations. But objections from school supporters prompted the board to reconsider. — artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
Previously: New Plan for Architecture School at Wright Foundation View full entry »
How many truckloads does it take to transport a 2,800 sq. ft house, designed by one of America's most revered Modern architects, more than 1,200 miles from New Jersey to Arkansas? [...]
Staff at the three-year-old Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art put that question to the test recently when Frank Lloyd Wright's 1950s Bachman Wilson House was moved from its flood-prone location on a riverbank in Millstone, New Jersey, to the institution's sprawling 120-acre campus in Bentonville, Arkansas. — theartnewspaper.com
Previously: Museum buys a Frank Lloyd Wright house with plans to move it from New Jersey to Arkansas View full entry »
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has approved a possible path toward independent incorporation of its architecture school – providing fund-raising targets are met, Sean Malone, the foundation's president and chief executive, said in a note sent Wednesday evening to people involved in the school. — artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
Previously: Spiralling Tensions at Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture School View full entry »
Friday, August 29:MIT's MindRider helmet draws mental maps as you bike: The prototype is currently being used to create a mental-map and guidebook for NYC, and an upcoming Kickstarter campaign will attempt to fund the project for commercial sale.In Beirut, a grassroots push for more grass... View full entry »
The architecture school run by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation on Wednesday criticized a decision by the foundation's board that will result in the school losing its accreditation.
Last week, the Higher Learning Commission, a Chicago-based nonprofit that accredits universities and colleges, told the school it would lose its accreditation in 2017. — artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
Previously: Taliesin faces loss of accreditation, suspends fall enrollmentUPDATE: New Plan for Architecture School at Wright Foundation View full entry »
Help save one of America's architectural gems; Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring House in Tallahassee, Florida. We at the Spring House Institute are trying to raise money through a crowdfunding campaign to acquire the House from the original owners - the Lewis'. The house was recently listed on the... View full entry »
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