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In recent years our corporate and investment sectors have been roiled by scandals that could have been avoided had regulators been on the job. The collapse of huge entities like Enron was the result of blatant and self-serving accounting manipulations that misled investors. And the current crisis in mortgage-backed securities is largely a consequence of an eyes-averted approach by federal banking authorities.
The lesson from these debacles is that investors need better protections and regulation enforcement, not less. Which is why we should be concerned that the Securities and Exchange Commission — the very body charged with maintaining fair markets and looking out for investor interests — is preparing a series of regulatory changes that could reduce oversight of the accounting and reporting practices of large American-based international companies.
In an effort to move toward a more seamless global financial marketplace, the SEC wants to give American companies the option of adopting international accounting and reporting rules. If that were allowed, some of the practices established since the Enron scandal would no longer be binding. And American investors would have to rely on foreign regulators to enforce rules that the SEC had no hand in designing.
This plan is worrying some Democratic lawmakers who wonder if it isn't a parting salvo of the Bush administration to relieve the corporate sector of some of the new, stringent rules it has chafed under.
The concerns were summed up by James Cox, a securities law expert at Duke Law School, who was quoted in the New York Times saying: "We would not for a moment tolerate having American auto safety standards set by China or India. Why should we do it for the financial safety standards?"
If foreign financial rules were utilized, companies could skirt the post-Enron conflict-of-interest rules that restrict the ability of accounting firms to also provide consulting work to the same client.
These rules came into being because the former accounting giant Arthur Andersen appeared to allow gimmickry to invade its financial reporting of Enron's fiscal health in order to keep fat consulting fees rolling in.
Also, when international standards are used to report earnings, companies are generally able to claim higher revenues. That means it will be very difficult for investors to make fair comparisons among companies using American versus international standards.
We know from bitter experience that businesses will too often look for ways to keep investors from knowing the truth about their financial standing. Any move toward a more integrated international financial system has to safeguard U.S. investors and the American market by ensuring corporate transparency and accountability. It isn't clear that the SEC's new direction would do that sufficiently.
These changes should be carefully considered, well vetted and not rushed. And the fact that a new administration will soon take the helm and may have a different approach to regulation and oversight makes waiting all the more sensible.

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Phil Mickelson and Butch Harmon.
As expected, it's going to happen.
The idea of Lefty working full-time with Tiger Woods' former instructor has been denied since Harmon worked with Mickelson on the range in Tucson before the Accenture World Match Play.
Speculation heated up when Harmon met with Mickelson on the Red Course at Doral before the final round of the CA Championship. Mickelson said Harmon would be his set of eyes when Rick Smith wasn't on tour.
And at the Masters, the rumor circulating was that a change would be made after the final round, but Mickelson told Golf World, "No, nothing has happened, everything's the same."
But sources have told Golf World the Mickelson-Harmon alliance will be made official before the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas. By then, Mickelson and Harmon will have worked at an undisclosed location in preparation for The Players Championship and ultimately the U.S. Open.
Sources have also told Golf World that Harmon and Smith have spoken and will remain amicable. Harmon had no comment. Smith did not return calls. Friends of Mickelson have said this is the toughest professional decision he's had to make. He and Smith have evolved as close friends and partners in golf course design.
The change in teachers is designed to straighten out Mickelson's driver -- and that push-block move that cost him the U.S. Open at Winged Foot last summer and the Nissan Open in February. Ironically, Smith implored Mickelson to hit the cut that won three major championships, but Phil wanted it both ways; a draw for more power that would end up in the fairway, not the corporate tents or kikuyu grass.
At Pebble Beach, Mickelson put on a driving exhibition, hitting more than 80 percent of fairways, making 25 birdies, and shooting 20-under to win by five strokes and record his 30th career victory. But he fought his tee ball all week at Riviera, made bogey from the left rough on the 72nd hole and lost a three-hole playoff to Charles Howell. His driving accuracy percentage of 58.80 percent ranks 126th on tour; at the Masters he hit 27 of 56 fairways to rank 56th among the 60 players who made the cut.
"Sometimes, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what's going on; sometimes you just need a little different communication," said David Leadbetter. "Butch is not going tell him a whole lot different than what Rick was telling him, but he might tell him a different way. Phil's inconsistencies with his driver have created a lot of problems."
The problem, as Smith explained after Doral, is that Mickelson gets steep and narrow on his downswing. They had a heated session on the range Saturday at Augusta, but Smith couldn't fix him. "It's not a problem with his short, compact swing [with his irons]," Leadbetter pointed out. "When he's moving, the club is moving. But with his longer swing, when he's moving, the club is lagging and he never catches up. You can see when he hits three-quarter irons, he has a lot more width in his swing and more consistency."
What it means for the Woods-Mickelson rivalry remains to be seen. Woods won eight of his 12 majors with Harmon's form of instruction and has always defended his change to Hank Haney, saying last year was better than the record-setting, three-major season of 2000. Following the Masters, however, there were rumors that Woods had become dissatisfied with Haney and was looking to make a change. Mark Steinberg, the business manager of Woods, denied the speculation this past Monday.
How long the Harmon-Mickelson relationship lasts is uncertain. They have worked together before, without much success. In 2003, Mickelson was looking to tighten his swing and spent time with Harmon prior to the Accenture Match Play at La Costa. If that happens again, Mickelson could end up back with Smith. As a source close to Harmon said, "Let the drama begin."
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Color Correction
So we have a photo with some brightness and contrast, but it looks like the subject overdosed on carrots. Apparently the darkening and orange tone can be problems in poorly fixed tintypes. I'll show you two ways to handle this. The first way is my usual way of color correcting an image. Unfortunately, in this case it did not work all that well, so I'll tell you how I cheated.
I usually use the Color Balance command in Picture Window to color correct images. This is a very handy command, and a little different from what I am used to in other programs. In this command, you choose what colors you would like to add and what you would like to remove for highlights, midtones, and shadows. Highlights tend to give you the most dramatic color change, depending on the photo. The following is a screenshot of using the Color Balance command on our photo.
On the left is our image as left at the end of the last page. On the right is the output image. The center dialog box shows the color balance command (note that it is being applied only to the masked area). By clicking on the remove box, you can choose a color to remove. In the background is the color picking screen that allows you to choose what color to remove. A color probe is available for the color picker, so you can sample the orange highlights in the original, and the program will try to bring the highlights toward a neutral gray. If you have an example of the right color tone for the photo (say another photo with that perfect hue), you can sample the dominant color to remove, and then sample the example photo for add color, to add in the new hue once subtracting the wrong tone has been removed. I've done this on occasion for discolored photo album pages, although the same technique could be applied to the photograph itself. For more on this see Case 3.
The problem with the above photo is that we do not have a very consistent hue and saturation in the orange cast. Trying to color balance this photo can bring this out some. I did some manipulation using the remove color until I found the most pleasing color cast, as shown in the following.
Note that there is still a distinct (though much less overwhelming) orange-yellow cast to this. If I sample the orange and try to remove all of it, I get a smattering of gray-orange and gray-blue (complement of orange if you look at the color wheel in the color picker above), with the variation in colors giving a grainy appearance. The above is more orange, but gives a more uniformly pleasing tone (to my eye). Interestingly, we can now start to more easily see that someone hand-tinted his cheeks on the original photo (alas, we are going to lose this momentarily, though I could electronically paint it back in). This is essentially the image we went with for the genealogy website, but on further reflection for this tutorial, we decided to change this a little.
A well preserved tintype will have more of a neutral gray appearance than you see in the above photo. So, we are going to cheat, and desaturate the tintype to provide a more neutral cast. I used the Saturation command in Picture Window. An alternative way to do this is with the Color Curves command (essentially providing the same controls for hue, saturation, and value as available on the brightness curve). I've found the curves helpful in underwater photography, but we can get away with the simpler command here. The following is a screen shot of the saturation command.
Again, the original image is on the left, and the output is on the right. I used the command on the masked image, and the command is only applied to the tintype. I reduced the saturation by 50%, essentially trying to create a primarily monochrome image with just a touch of yellow-brown cast to it. The resulting image is shown below.
This image is more consistent with tintype images than the color balanced one, so we chose to go with this as the image to continue working on. Notice that with the loss in saturation we have almost completely lost the hand-tinting in the cheeks, which we gave up to get the monochrome image. If we had wanted, we could retint the cheeks (although I made the executive decision that this was straining my artistic talents to get it to a way that I liked it).
Next, we'll tune up the album page a bit, and then we will clean up the defects in the photo and the album.
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A well-toned blonde in a red feathered headdress, a thong, and nipple tassels looks down from high above a long, narrow club decked out in cushioned gold walls occasionally licked by a swirling green laser light. Perched on a black swing, she pumps her shapely calves to the tune of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" and soars from one side to the other as a well-heeled crowd gazes up from plush leopard-print couches.
Directly below the tassled beauty, Joey lounges on a chair snagged from a reserved VIP table. He's a double-chinned 31-year-old in a flannel button-down who's so preoccupied with the pendulum of flying ass that he's unaware of his awkward positioning in the middle of a dance floor.
"I find the butt the most intriguing part of the female body," he says as his irises, the shade of black-eyed peas, burn holes into the dancer's lovely lady-hump. "She's got a nice one, but it's a little small... definitely not the kind of booty that could launch a thousand ships. But I'd still hit it."
The Strip
So what constitutes a Helen of Troy-esque pooper?
"I like my women like I like my food: supersize. I guess you can say I'm a chubby-chaser."
If that's the case, it's slim pickings for Joey at the Strip (330 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; 305-532-2330), a new burlesque joint pumped full of Twiggy-like chicks fresh from the Pussycat Dolls factory. Despite the club's name, it isn't a strip joint — there's no nudity. But there is a full (and pretty pricey) bar. Because the combo of booze and bare breasts is illegal on the Beach, girls here employ more subtle arts and various styles of jug-covering to lure the Lincoln Road party set away from the bustle, across Washington Avenue, and onto an offensively touristy block dotted with neon lights, bums, and cheesy mega-gift shops.
Question is: Will this brand of siren song work? Because, really, how powerful is seduction anyway?
Daniela, a stunning 28-year-old brunette with ample cleavage pouring from a low-cut dress, doesn't seem particularly taken by the free show. She stands before a large, ten-by-ten-foot gold picture frame behind which two raven-haired beauties in black bustiers lick, tickle, spank, and occasionally motor-boat one another. Daniela gives the scene a side glance and continues texting on her iPhone.
"I don't have a penis... or a Loew's discount card, so all this," she says, dismissively waving her manicured hand toward the girls as they whip each other, "isn't doing much for me. But I do know firsthand that power of attraction. Actually, I have a clean driving record thanks to it.
"I was raised here in Miami, so I like to drive fast, and because of it, I get pulled over a lot. But I rarely get tickets. Before the cop gets to my car, I always unbutton my blouse, put on a pair of glasses, and act very apologetic, submissive, and sweet."
Why the four-eye action?
"I think I do it to offset my boobs hanging out. Besides, a lot of guys have fantasies about naughty librarians and secretaries, so where's the harm? And, hey, the innocent act works. I remember once getting pulled over literally five minutes from the address listed on my driver's license and telling the officer I was driving recklessly because I was lost and unfamiliar with the area. He was very understanding and let me off with a warning. When I got home, I realized that part of my nipple was kind of popping out. Thank God!"
So, what happens when a female officer pulls her over?
"I did say I rarely get tickets," she reminds. "Not never."
Upstairs on the second floor, a large balcony is outfitted with a bar and couches. A sleek black railing leads to a stage where a small crowd is forming. Suddenly, a girl dressed as Alice skips out with a man clad as the Mad Hatter. They sit at a table and begin to drink tea. After a few sips, Alice's eyes bug out, she drops her cup, and her cheek plops with a resounding thud onto the table. As she sits limply, the Mad Hatter grabs her by the hair and dunks her face into a cream pie.
"I know that feeling," says Matt, a pudgy 29-year-old in an Ed Hardy T-shirt.
He knows what it's like to be a running gag?
"No, I mean I know what it's like to be tricked by someone you trust," he says as the Mad Hatter drags Alice's unconscious body to the center of the table. He flips the little rabbit-chaser on her back, takes her legs, covered in white tights, and demonstrates her flexibility to the audience by pulling her feet to her ears.
"When I was in college, I was talking to this girl I really liked that I had met in a class. She was superhot and we were hitting it off. We had gone on a few dates when all of a sudden, she dropped off the face of the planet. I couldn't figure it out, but not long after, this other girl in that same class started talking to me. She wasn't as cute, but she was cool... and interested, so a few months later, we're a couple.
"A year into my relationship with my second choice, my girlfriend tells me that she knew I was more into that other girl. But she wanted me. So she told the hottie a couple of lies about me to scare her off, like that I had multiple kids with different women, anger issues, and — my favorite — only one ball."
"But whatever. Four years later, I dumped her ass."
Onstage, the Mad Hatter has configured Alice's body into a spread-eagle headstand. He shakes a can of whipped cream and sprays a neat little swirl on her crotch. The audience howls. He leaps onto the table, uses the can as a makeshift penis, pretends to masturbate, and squirts the sticky white cream wildly all over the stage. Alice wakes up, she and the Mad Hatter curtsy, and then they both dash offstage.
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Big-band drum beats sound as the swinging blonde in the red headdress and thong saunters onto the stage. In the corner of my eye, I notice Joey. Instead of ogling the dancer, like he was before, he's now staring down into an empty glass.
"I spent 12 bucks on this and I drank it in two seconds," he laments. He looks up at the stage where the blonde is now gyrating her ass. "Nice," he says, quickly forgetting he was just ripped off.
"But seriously, I think I'd find her a little more attractive if she was doing that while eating a Big Mac."


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A high fiber diet will make your stool to be more solid. Increase the amount of salad, vegetables (including green leafy) and fruits. Benfiber (available without prescription) would also help in solidifying it. Following eatable can be added to diet which would be helpful;
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Hull Cleaning and Boat Washing
IT'S A FACT: It is illegal to perform underwater cleaning of hulls with soft, toxic coatings (ablative and sloughing). You can face a fine of up to $10,000. (RCW 90.48.080, WAC 173-201A)
Most boats used in marine waters have hulls coated with soft toxic paints (ablative or sloughing) to keep aquatic organisms from attaching. These coatings contain toxic chemicals, like copper, that are poisonous to salmon and aquatic life. Toxic chemicals are released when you disturb or clean soft toxic paints. In 2018, antifouling paint containing copper will be phased out of use on recreational boats.
If your boat hull has soft toxic paint, do NOT clean it in or near the water, or near a stormdrain.
Know your hull's surface before you clean it. If it has soft toxic paint, take your boat out of water to a facility that collects all discharges and debris. To do this work yourself on land, use a tarp and vacuum sander to collect all debris, and dispose of it properly.
What's the alternative?
New, hard coatings and epoxy-based hard paints are now available for boat hulls. They provide a slick surface and they are safe for in-water cleaning. The surfaces discourage organism growth, last longer, and minimize harm to the environment. Best of all, these surfaces can improve your boat's performance and save fuel costs.
Many alternatives to copper-based paints are already on the market. Northwest Green Chemistry is working with boaters to develop a scorecard of paints and costs to help boaters select coatings.
Washing Your Boat
We have determined that in-water hull cleaning may cause pollution (violation of water quality standards). We have also determined that it is not practical to issue NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permits to divers who clean hulls commercially. See our advisory for divers and boat owners which contains this information and should be posted at several areas in a marina. Read studies by University of California and learn more about antifouling issues.
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There is nothing worse than getting in some fluff mail and having to wait to begin using it because your little one has a rash. Well, this was the case for us with the organic bamboo fleece fitted Sustainablebabyish diaper we received from Thanks Mama. Thanks Mama is an awesome online store that carries practically everything you could need for your little angel. This isn't even an exaggeration, they carry diapers, baby care items, maternity items, baby gear like strollers & carries as well as nursery furniture and even toys!
Finally the rash is gone and we were able to try the diaper out on her little bum.
Made with organic bamboo fleece and a soft jersey outer, this diaper works great for heavy wetters. It also came with two soaker inserts, one that is a doubler for nighttime and one that is trimmer for using during the day. As a fitted diaper, it is not waterproof. However, there is enough absorbency that in my experience I still didn't need a cover. There are three snaps on each wing so you can be sure that you won't have to deal with the dreaded wing droop. There's also an additional snap on one wing so that you can get a tighter fit for skinnier babies. One other detail I really like is that the soakers use to snaps to stay secured in the diaper…and they snap into the front! I can't tell you how many times we have had issues with the soakers bunching inwards between my little girl's legs and they end up wicking around the legs.
Even with the thicker double soaker in use the diaper is still pretty trim. If you look closely, you may be able to tell that there is uncased elastic across the front. For diapers that have snaps, this extra elastic can be a great asset. It allows you to get still get a snug, precise fit and still have the durability of using snaps.
When I first got the diaper I was concerned that my messy little girl would stain the diaper up pretty quickly but it washes really well. I've probably washed it close to 10 times now and it still looks as great as it did before it was ever worn.
At only $24.95, that's a price I'm willing to pay for a reliable, organic diaper that can be used during the day or overnight without any leaks. You can choose from coordinating snaps and thread and also choose a contrasting combo. We chose the pink since a lot of our other diapers are gender neutral and I wanted something nice and pretty for my little girl.
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A masterpiece has been created. But not by the descendents of Picasso. The 2009 Aston Martin DBS has been declassified until recently when a few top agents were dispatched to Dallas, Texas to experience the luxury sports car's wrath.
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Hello everyone and welcome episode number two of the marketing show. I am Clay Collins and today we're going to be talking about the productivity system. I'm going to be showing you the productivity system that I use to make sure that my marketing efforts produce the financial results and numbers that I'm looking to hit. Now, as you may or may not know about me, I hate, hate, hate with a passion, productivity.
The first time I went online in a big way was a blog called the "Growing Life" where I pretty much just railed phonetically against productivity and the productivity industrial complex. I hate the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. In terms of my own personal productivity, I rarely get up before 10 in the morning, I've really enjoy sleeping in and I don't get more than one thing done per day. So, this show that I'm doing today, this is the only thing that I'm doing today but despite that, the income for my company keeps on going up and up and up. The results we're having are increasing steadily and I attribute that largely to the system that I'm about to share with you. So, let's head on into the computer and I will show you what I got.


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So I posted this in the finished costume scrapbook, but I figured I'd go into a little more detail here. So here we go!
I HAD to make the Aeon Flux (movie version) costume from the minute I saw it. Unfortunately time caught up with me and I ended up with only a few days to finish it. Fortunately, I already had the materials I needed at home: black tank top with grommets in straps, 3 pairs of shoe laces, satin ruffled panties (you'll see), black panty hose, long sleeved nylon shirt, black leggings, and of course boots.
Here's what I wanted it to look like:
And here's my version:
Front detail..
Cut the elastic waistband from the panties, sewed them to the shirt and then threaded the shoe laces through the loops in the waistband.
Back view...
Cut the black nylon shirt into the tiny shrug thing on my shoulders, then cut the legs off of my panty hose and sewed them in as sleeves. Used a shoe lace for the back faux corseting.
Gratuitous photoshopped to look like a super hero view...
Used shoe laces for the front chest straps and for my laser gun holster.
Pretty much my favorite costume ever. Although I was a teensie bit on the cold side, it was totally worth it! Thanks for looking!!


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About Tesla
Palo Alto, California-based, Tesla Motors uses proprietary technology, world-class design, and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes to create a new generation of highway capable electric vehicles. We utilize an innovative distribution model based on Company-owned sales and service centers. This approach allows us to maintain the highest levels of customer experience and benefit from short customer feedback loops to ensure our customer needs are fulfilled. We believe our operational infrastructure provides us with a competitive advantage compared to traditional automobile manufacturers.
Project Coordinator, Service Operations
As the only U.S. automaker that builds and sells highway-capable EVs in serial production, and EV powertrain components, Tesla Motor's goal is to produce a full range of electric cars, from sports cars to mass-market vehicles â€" relentlessly driving down the cost of electric vehicles. We've delivered more than 2,200 Roadsters to customers in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific Region. Model S, the first premium sedan to be built from the ground up as an electric vehicle, goes on the market in mid-2012.
We're looking for a Project Coordinator to work on one of the most progressive vehicle brands in the world. This position requires a strong understanding of business processes and operations, as well as the willingness to adapt to and excel in a dynamic business environment. The position is located at the Tesla Factory in Fremont. If you are interested in becoming a part of a world-class team supporting the latest EV technology, we are interested in hearing from you. More details about the job are listed below:
- Work with and support the Project Manager on operations and strategy projects in Tesla's fast-growing Service Organization
- Research, gather, and analyze information and data, validate results, and deliver conclusions to the Project Manager and Management
- Coordinate work packages for internal and external process partners: define needs, set timelines, and drive to completion
- Accurately record and track information in core business tools (MS Excel/Word, databases, online tools)
- Manage and communicate timelines and tasks regularly to key project stakeholders
- Effectively handle multiple priorities, organize workload, and meet deadlines
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WASHINGTON, DC -- A U.S. District Court Judge yesterday overturned a 2007 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the gray wolf in the upper Great Lakes states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. The National Wildlife Federation maintains support for the 2007 decision to delist Great Lakes wolves, as they have met or exceeded all recovery goals.
Andy Buchsbaum, Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation's Great Lakes Natural Resource Center said in a statement:
"The recovery of gray wolves in the Great Lakes region is one of the most remarkable wildlife success stories in American history. This ruling complicates this accomplishment and creates a quagmire for future recovery efforts."Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, the gray wolf has recovered and is thriving in the Great Lakes. Unfortunately, this ruling undermines years of science and the reality that wolves have made a successful comeback.
"Great Lakes wolves are healthy and in good hands. The states should be able to manage the gray wolf population like any other wildlife species. The state management plans were designed to ensure the long-term survival of this species."
"The recovery of this population of gray wolves is the result of hard work and cooperation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state wildlife departments in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Judge Friedman's decision goes against science and ignores the fact that all recovery goals for gray wolves in the Great Lake States have been met or exceeded."
The National Wildlife Federation is America's conservation organization inspiring Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future.Contact: Marc Smith, National Wildlife Federation, 734-255-5413
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1) Why do you want to serve as County Commissioner for District 4? (100 words)
Jim Ische: I truly care about what happens here in Carver County. I have lived on the family farm my entire life and I firmly believe that residential development should be directed towards our cities and our rural area preserved for farming and agricultural use. My grandsons are the 5th generation of our family living on our farm land. As a County Board member, I strive to make good choices and common sense decisions for our future generations.
Jim Walter: I'm a working class / business owner who pays my taxes and wants less government involvement in our lives. I doubt anyone in Carver County has knocked on more doors in this county than I have. I personally hear the concerns of thousands of taxpayers in regards to county spending and county involvement with private sector business. The county imposes its rules and regulations on citizens of this county, yet the county does not have to abide by its own rules.
When elected I'll change that, close the "open checkbook" spending and stop county overreach in the private sector.
2) When it comes to the county budget, are there programs or services that should receive less funding? Are there ones that should receive more funding? In what cases would you support a tax increase? (250 words)
Ische: The County Board has held to a very conservative budget for the past seven years. 2013 will be the eighth year in a row that the county portion of your property tax has gone down. The Board has made many reductions and cuts in these past years. Our employees have done an excellent job of creating efficiencies and helping get through this economic down turn. One area that I would like to see receive more funding would be Public Works and our Road & Bridge Fund.
No one has the appetite to raise taxes in this economy. If there was some type of major disaster such as recent major flooding in Duluth, that washed out roads, culverts, bridges and storm sewers, or a major criminal investigation, such as Carlton County experienced in the Katie Poitier case or a major infrastructure expense, these would be examples of a need to raise taxes.
Walter: Services that should be cut are services that can be done in the private sector and set up on as-needed contracts. No wages, benefits or liability on the county. I'd support more funding for improving infrastructure such as roads, bridges and city streets and less funding for projects such as ballrooms, flower shops and regional trails. I would not support a tax increase. I feel we pay too much already. I will re-evaluate all county services, taking into account input from my constituents, to see where cuts can be made instead of increasing taxes. After all, it's the taxpayers who pay the bills!
3) What ideas do you have to help promote business and job growth in Carver County? (250 words)
Ische: Maintain a favorable tax climate because this is a top concern of business owners. To help promote business and job growth, Carver County uses every tool available. The county works with our cities by assisting with tax increment financing. The county may also help with needed improvements to roads and intersections by using tax abatement. Our biggest asset, in regards to helping and attracting new business is the Carver County Community Development Agency (CDA). The CDA helps businesses find grants and low interest loans when possible. Carver County and CDA also work with the state's marketing arm called Positively Minnesota. They hold numerous trade shows each year and our CDA has an opportunity to market Carver County business.
Carver County and CDA have members on the recently formed Greater MSP Economic Development Partnership. This model is designed to help attract business to all of our cities from the smallest to the largest. It has been very successful in other parts of the country and we are excited about it.
Finally, we are told that one of the first questions a business is looking to start up or re-locate is do you have fiber? Our fiber optic ring is nearing completion and will be very beneficial to our schools, libraries, cities, and most important, the county investment is paid back in five years and the county owns the fiber.
Walter: To promote business and job growth I would be aggressive in regards to projected year property tax breaks along with exercising tax incentive financing to aid city and business projects. There are far too many empty storefronts and the domino effect on existing businesses which end up with more of the tax load needs to stop.
4) What is the most pressing issue in Carver County? If elected, how would you address it? (250 words)
Ische: Most pressing issue in my opinion would be transportation. Our road system is critical to our local economy. People driving back and forth to your work or farmers hauling grain, milk or livestock to market or business moving goods and services to their customers all have a common need and that's good roads.
As oil prices have stayed high likewise blacktop costs are very expensive. Agricultural land prices have gone up substantially causing right of way costs to be very costly. Fuel prices alone put a big strain on our budget and cause the bids for road work to increase dramatically. Couple these facts with less state and federal funding and your ability to overlay or upgrade or repair roads get tougher each year. An example would be instead of overlaying 10 miles of road per year we overlay eight miles per year. You can do that for several years, but it is not a long term plan. Using that scenario, in three years you have paved 24 miles on the fourth year you need to pave 16 miles to catch up. That's not affordable. We have worked very hard to keep Carver County roads in good shape, but it gets to be more of a financial challenge each year.
I want to give credit to our Public Works employees. Whether it signing our roads, summer maintenance or winter snow and ice control, they do a great job.
Walter: The most pressing issue in Carver County is accountability. Our current commissioners seem to think that stimulus, Met Council and grant money is "free" money. I've read statements made by commissioners that we can buy this or install that because we are getting paid back with stimulus or Met Council money. Where do they think this money is coming from? You, and I, the taxpayers. There is also the issue of the commissioner's expense check of $500+ per month with no accountability of expenses. How can we hold county staff accountable for spending when the commissioners are not held accountable? I would also encourage county staff to reduce spending by offering an incentive program for cost savings.
5) What makes you the best candidate to serve District 4? (100 words)
Ische: My experience and relationships with my constituents are why I have the best background for this job.
I served as a Hancock Township Supervisor. I'm the current Chairman of the Carver County Board of Commissioners. I've worked closely with the five cities and seven townships in District 5 to learn about any issues or concerns they may have with the county as well as how we can partner on projects.
My committee experience includes Association of Minnesota Counties Board of Directors, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, Carver County Fair Board, Carver County Planning Commission, Carver Soil and Water, Carver District Courts Committee.
Walter: What makes me the best candidate to serve is I don't tell people what they want to hear. I say it the way it is. I'm constantly having people share their concerns about county issues with me. The taxpayers of this county want to be heard and their input taken seriously. This isn't happening right now. If you don't like the path that your current commissioner is taking you down now, I'd like the opportunity to take you down the path of accountability, credibility and respect.
6) Please tell us about your background and/or experience. (100 words)
Ische: I graduated from Central in 1970 and married my high school sweetheart. Pam and I live on our family farm in rural NYA where we raised four children. We operated a dairy farm until 11 years ago when a tree cutting accident occurred and four vertebrae were broke in my neck. Eight months later, I was asked to consider coming to work for Medallion Cabinetry in their newly formed Engineering Department where I am still employed today.
The committees I'm on and the boards I represent as stated earlier have given me experience that make me a very viable candidate for District 5.
Walter: I owned a restaurant/bar for five years and dog training and kennel operation for 27 years while also working as a sheet metal fabricator for 30+ years. I have experience in budgets, payroll and employee relations. I was elected State Delegate for the Republican Party and have received the Republican endorsement. I've been a sponsor for Pheasants Forever, MN Waterfowl Association, Ducks Unlimited, and a life member of the Friends of the MN River Valley.
District 5: Benton Township; Camden Township; City of Carver; City of Cologne; Dahlgren Township Precincts 1 & 2; City of Hamburg; Hancock Township; Laketown Township Precinct 1; City of New Germany; City of Norwood Young America; San Francisco Township; and Young America Township.


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An analytical method of matching the mode of an input laser to the lowest-order mode of a passive resonant ring laser gyro is described, as are the steps in determining the location and focal length of cylindrical mode matching lenses. Results were obtained with no mode matching, with a compromise spherical lens, with horizontal mode matching only, and with the proper cylindrical mode matching lenses. Compared with no mode matching, the latter case shows that the amplitude of the lowest-order mode is increased ∼2.5 times. In addition, the number and intensity of higher-order modes are reduced to near zero, and the relative intensity of the lowest-order mode to the higher-order mode increased from ∼5 to ∼60 times greater.
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Don't blame index funds for the commodity bubble
As the U.S. subprime housing bubble began to burst in early 2008, another price run-up had formed in the commodities market, one that would soon lead to record high gasoline prices as well as spikes in basic ingredients like wheat, corn, and cocoa.
Press outlets from Barron's to Bloomberg warned that a crash similar to the one taking place in housing would soon come, which it inevitably did in June 2009, when commodities futures prices fell back nearly to pre-mania levels.
Photo (right): Robert E. (Bob) Whaley, Valere Blair Potter Professor of Management in Finance and Co-Director, Financial Markets Research Center
The culprits they fingered were reckless speculators who had poured more than $250 billion into commodity index investments by the end of 2009 -- a 50-fold increase from a decade earlier, according to Barclays Capital -- as a hedge against a swooning stock market. Congress quickly joined the chorus of blame, casting commodity index traders as the latest Wall Street villains to score big gains at the expense of Main Street.
"In the last three years, speculators have spent billions of dollars on commodity indexes, and the financial firms selling those index instruments have purchased billions of dollars in commodity futures to offset their financial risks, creating price disruptions for producers and consumers," Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said in 2009.
Photo (left): Hans R. Stoll, The Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker, Jr., Professor of Finance and Director, Financial Markets Research Center
Levin made the statement upon the release of a 247-page report prepared by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which he chairs, condemning the role played by commodity index traders in triggering the price swings of raw materials.
"It is another case of speculative money overwhelming a market," Levin said, "and federal regulators failing to take the steps needed to protect the market."
Or is it?
New research from Vanderbilt University professors Hans Stoll and Robert Whaley indicates that commodity index trading is likely not to blame for the commodities bubble and subsequent burst that took place between 2006 and 2009. Even so, commodity index trading may come under closer regulatory scrutiny as part of a new financial reform bill signed by President Barack Obama in July 2010.
"The surge in prices appears to be the result of other factors, principally expectations about inflation and future demand," write Stoll and Whaley, co-directors of the Financial Markets Research Center at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management. The research was published this summer in the Journal of Applied Finance.
The Senate subcommittee report, they write, "concludes that the increased commodity index investing caused the futures price increase. The statistical evidence provided to support such a claim, however, is scant."
Labeling index investors as speculators is misguided for several reasons, according to Stoll and Whaley.
Speculators take positions in individual commodities, while indexers hold well-diversified portfolios of commodities. Also, speculators buy or sell commodities based on a directional view about prices, compared to indexers who only buy long positions to reduce the risk of their overall investment portfolio. They also typically use leverage, buying only on margin for example, but indexers are always fully collateralized.
Stoll and Whaley acknowledge that, "it is possible that (index investors') actions affect the prices of all index commodities." But after investigating that claim, they found little or no evidence to suggest a link between index trading and commodity prices.
In fact, what they discovered stood in direct contradiction to the Senate subcommittee's core findings. "Commodity futures markets appear to be quite resilient in their ability to absorb the demands of index investors," Stoll and Whaley write.
Stoll and Whaley examined three distinct elements of commodity index investing to determine what, if any, disruptive effect it may have on the market.
The first area they studied were the price movements of index commodities. They explain, "Commodity index investing is a mechanical trading strategy based on a set of well-defined and well-known rules … If the commodity index trades are large enough to push prices upward, the prices in all markets should move up concurrently. Put differently, the returns of all futures contracts used in index replication should be highly correlated."
But that expected level of correlation was nowhere to be found. "To the contrary, we find that the average level of correlation in daily returns during the period January 2006 through January 2009 is surprisingly low," they write.
The second point Stoll and Whaley considered was the price movements of futures contracts during a four-day period each month when investors must roll out of expiring contracts to avoid having to take possession of actual raw materials.
Stoll and Whaley's research showed roughly the same price disparity between rolled contracts as found in a normal bid/ask spread. Looking at wheat contractsan area of prime concern for the Senate Subcommittee's report—the average return differential between January 2006 and July 2009 on expiring contracts was 0.09 percent, less than one-tenth of one percent.
Oil was the only commodity that showed a price change that varied directly with the notional value of the quantity of contracts that had been rolled. But if index investments were the cause, a similar relationship would appear in other commodity futures. "Clearly, the futures market has an enormous capacity to absorb commodity index roll activity," Stoll and Whaley write.
The third analysis draws upon an empirical framework to determine the price effects of money inflows or outflows from commodity index investing. In this case, the authors found that "scant evidence of causality appeared in either direction."
Since the Senate Subcommittee report, the press has vilified commodity index investments, as in the July 26, 2010 Bloomberg BusinessWeek cover story, "Amber Waves of Pain." That story warned investors that when "commodities go up, the commodity ETFs often don't."
But whatever the potential risks may be for commodity index investing, Stoll and Whaley argue that the one thing it's not is speculation.
"Commodity index investing has been described as speculation and has been blamed for the upward surge in commodity prices in 2007 and 2008, largely because it grew over the period," they write. "This study shows that the ascribed blame is baseless."
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An explosion shook the largest city in northern Mali early on Monday, just hours after Islamist gunmen battled French and Malian troops following two consecutive days of suicide bombings.
Malian troops said the sound of the blast appeared to have come from the north of Gao, possibly from the checkpoint at the city's northern entrance, the target of the suicide attacks on Friday and Saturday.
Sunday's gun battle launched by Islamist fighters on territory reclaimed by French-led forces, was the first large-scale urban guerrilla assault of the conflict.
Rocket-propelled grenade explosions and shots resounded late into the afternoon before dying down in the evening, when a power cut plunged the city into darkness.
Even after the fighting died down, however, French and Malian troops expressed concern that snipers might still be ensconced in the city.
One security source said scores of insurgents had been involved in Sunday's fighting and a Malian army officer said several Islamists had been killed, but journalists could not verify this.
The fighting in the city started early in the afternoon when Malian soldiers clashed with Islamists in the centre of Gao, near an empty police station the rebels had used as their base until being driven from the city last month.
One witness said that after a fierce gun battle, French troops had intervened.
He reported seeing one body, which he thought was probably a civilian caught in the crossfire.
Colonel Mamadou Sanake of the Malian army said the rebels had infiltrated the city by motorcycle and via the Niger River.
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao), one of the al-Qaeda-linked groups that seized control of northern Mali for 10 months after a military coup in March last year, claimed the attack and a suicide bombing on Saturday, its second in two days.
A French-led force, backed by air power, has driven the Islamist group from its strongholds over the past month. But Mujao has vowed to continue fighting French and government troops. – Sapa-AFP


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St. Pete has new noise ordinance
ST. PETERSBURG -- Good news for city dwellers who hate loud noises.
The city passed a new noise ordinance today that uses a barely audible standard. That means police officers can now determine what exactly too loud means based on what they hear.
Before, police had to use noise meters to determine whether someone was breaking the city's noise ordinance. But they complained the noise meters made enforcement difficult because the devices are subjective to environmental factors like wind and rain.
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I am relatively new to the diabetes game...
general question - in the past few weeks I have seen a sudden jump in my morning fasting numbers, 170, 150, 130, although sometimes 90 - there doesn't seem to be a pattern.
Now I think I am noticing that I need to visit the bathroom more often than normal - or it's just in my head after trauma of being undiagnosed and waking up 4 times a night or more...
What are the causes for sudden jump in fasting numbers.
I take Levemir and NovoRapid - before recent I always had between 80 and 100 for fasting #'s
Hi Shea
I see you were diagnosed over a year ago. It is entirely possible that your honeymoon period is coming to an end and you are producing less insulin on your own and so need more injected insulin. If the higher numbers you are seeing are mainly fasting, then you need to up your basal. If you take it at night try increasing it by one unit for a few days and see how that affects the fasting. But depending on how often you test, if you are experiencing increased urination than perhaps you have highs at other times too. Do test on a regular basis (if you don't already) and keep good notes to determine when the highs come to see if you need to consider increasing your I:C ratios as well. But for now I would recommend upping your basal slowly and seeing how you do.
Thank you, this is very welcomed and helpful advice! I will put this into practice and see what comes about. My numbers in the day seem to be usual, raising up sometimes to 140 - 160, but usually coming down within a reasonable time frame.
I am going to keep an intensified testing period of a week and work from there.
Thank you again - it's a big relief to be able to get such a speedy and helpful response
In addition to the fact that you may be ending your honeymooning, I would suggest that sometimes things just change. I believe modern medicine does not have the tools to accurately predict insulin needs sometimes. Weather changes be related to decreased activity, increased weight, stress, changing dawn phenomena, etc. The important thing to realize is that things sometimes change and you must adapt to maintain (near) normal BGs. Sometimes you should not beat yourself up trying to figure out why because you will never figure it out.
I recommend that if your fasting numbers are creeping up higher than you want, that you increase your basal very gradually for 2-4 days, then take a look at your results and assess if you need further changes.
Thanks so much for your advice, I hear what you are saying - many things may effect the BGs.
My basal is Levemir. Is there a normal amount that one should inject or is it dependent on the indvidual. Someone told me they took a course in the UK and was told any more than 28 units a day is unnecessary. I inject 22 in the morning and 22 at night. Plus short term at meals...
Great point, Capin! I've been on insulin for 3 1/2 years now and I still can't shake the obsession with "why". Sometimes there is a why, and it's important to know because it tells you what to change. (Like say a certain food always spikes you or a certain type of exercise always drops you or for pumpers you may have a bad site). But the most important thing is to recognize patterns (as opposed to occasional occurrences which are normal to Type 1's.)Then when you recognize a pattern in your insulin needs, slowly change your doses (I:C, basal or ISF). What I'm getting better at is doing that more quickly and not losing days (or weeks!) in the "whys".
My goal in insulin management is to achieve (near) normal BGs. Everyone is different so I would go as far to say that if anyone tells you a hard fast rule about diabetes, they are most likely wrong! Except insulin will make your BG go down (or not up as fast) and carbs will make it go up (or not down as fast).
I do not care when or how much insulin I take, instead I care about what my BG is. My total daily dose is 57 units/day with 42.5 units/day being basal, on average.
I would suggest that you consult or physician about how to increase your basal dose or make an educated guess using information about the "average" activity profile of levemir: http://www.levemirpro.com/efficacy/once-daily-24-hour-effect.aspx. I have never used levemir (I used lantus), it appears that a typical user sees pretty constant coverage with a peak around 10-12 hours?
Perfect example of weird numbers. Last night took 24 units of Levemir around 8pm with dinner and 6 Novo Rapid for meal.
perfect example, last night and this morning:
before bed, 2145 - 76 (after going low and coming up with a spoon of honey and 3 crackers)
woke up 2310 - 114 (took 3 units novo rapid to see if i could maintain between 70 - 100 over night)
woke up as usual at 0400am - 170
checked again before leaving the house 0440am - 197 (took 4 units novo rapid to bring down)
got home at 0720am - 118
I am a type 2, but I struggle with high morning numbers as well. I don't consider my morning numbers my "fasting" level. My fasting level is the level 3-5 hours after a meal. My morning numbers are my Darn Phenomenon (DP) numbers and are basically disconnected from my fasting numbers. DP happens to a lot of us, different people have different explanations, but in the end our livers dump glucose in the morning which cause a sometimes disturbing rise in blood sugar. You can fight this by raising your overnight basal levels, but for many of us you can only go so far, when basal levels go too high we have hypos during the day.
My approach to DP has been to establish a basal rate (about 24 units/day) that keeps me right on target when fasting between meals and when I sleep. I split my basal injections, so I take a morning shot of about 12 units. At night, I take the rest of my basal, but I also stack up more insulin to help my overnight numbers. And I stack about 3 times my basal rate, attempting to time my evening injection to peak in the early morning hours of 3-5am. Despite this, I still often struggle with higher morning numbers. So I just do my best, and accept that if I awake high I will have to correct.
Your insulin still has a tail on it at 3 hours. there is no insulin on the market that is fully finished at 3 hours. the 3-5 is the post meal number. Have you actually skipped eating for at least 8 hours and tested?
Yes, I have done fasting tests throughout the day. My point was really that morning fasting levels often reflect DP, not actual fasting levels that are seen between meals.
There is a difference in basal needs the week before your period and I think can happen during ovulation for females. Our teen's basal needs overnight do change and do not remain the same and I don't think it is always exercise related. I get a blood sugar at midnight after there is no insulin on board and 1:30 am and 2:30am. This is how I gauge the basal overnight and I adjust her day's pattern based on this. If she is dropping on the basal for these three checks I lower all basals from midnight to 5pm the next day. Same for rising on her existing basal pattern. Ideally, you are supposed to get three days data before you make a change. But we have been at this for seven years and this works for her. There is also a difference in weekday and weekend basal patterns due to activity level, different arising times from sleep. Get Pumping or Using Insulin by John Walsh, Think Like a Pancreas Gary Scheiner and Type 1 Diabetes Ragnar Hanas. Lots of tips. I believe everyone is different so I think you should find your own patterns and not adjust like we do, but use three days worth of data before making any changes.


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Here's what I know about the culprit so far: The person owns a dog, likes to shop and lives in my neighborhood.
Oh, and there's another thing I know: This neighbor isn't very neighborly.
For weeks now, someone has been walking a dog, picking up after it and then tossing the bag of goods into my trash cans. If this were to happen once (maybe the bag was really heavy that day), I would understand. But since Christmas, my trash cans have become the daily dog bag collection site. While shoveling the sidewalk this week, I peered into the can to find nine bags – and I only counted what I could see.
The trash cans had not been on the curb for collection, they were in my yard behind the shrubs, which means the culprit had to walk onto my property to make his delivery.
I suppose the person gets credit for actually picking up after the dog and not allowing the pet to make a direct deposit in my yard. But we have a dog and our own bags to manage. If we were willing to deal with twice the number of bags, we'd get a second dog. Besides, one of the trash cans is for grass clippings and leaf mulch; you add some doggie bags into the mix, and come the spring thaw we'll have a diabolical stew that even the trash collectors won't touch.
It is time for some sleuthing. Judging from the bags, this person shops at Marshalls and T.J.Maxx, so I'm guessing female. And also, this woman has a very large dog. A few local St. Bernards and German shepherds come to mind.
"Sit in the upstairs window and watch," my friend said. But people in this neighborhood walk their dogs at all hours. Would someone really have the nerve to walk into my yard with a bag of that in broad daylight? No, I suspect it's happening before dawn or way after dark, and I'm asleep then.
"Hide in the bushes and jump out at them," my friend said. That's not happening either. It's four-below out there.
Some towns are using DNA to link dogs to their doings, so owners can be prosecuted and (I wish) incarcerated, which doesn't seem too extreme a punishment. But our town doesn't do forensics like that. I know because I looked it up on their website (which does say it's against the law to ditch your dog bags on anyone else.)
So, I put a sign on the mulch can, a sweet little note asking the dog bagger to stop, please. And then I closed the lid and put a heavy brick on it. The next day, I found the sign in the can with a full bag on top of it, proof that the culprit is made of the same stuff that's inside the bag.
But here's what would work. A drone. It would lie in wait inside the trash, and when a dog bag lands, the drone will come alive, grab the bag in its claws, and then fly out of the trash can and follow the human to either a.) politely hand it to her or b.) drop it on her head. This is not a crazy idea: Amazon is planning to use drones to deliver packages in pretty much the same way.
For now I've moved all the cans as far away from the sidewalk as possible. It's inconvenient for us, but the goal is to make it less convenient for the dog walker. Really, is it that much trouble to carry the bag home to your own trash? We all have our own crap to deal with.
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- Revenues of $71.6 million, up 14% from a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $16.4 million, up 50% from a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin was 23% of revenue, up from 17% from a year ago.
- On a constant currency basis third quarter revenues would have been $0.3 million higher.
- Year to date revenues of $209.0 million, up 16% from a year ago.
- Year to date Adjusted EBITDA of $43.0 million, up 38% from a year ago.
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2013. Third Quarter 2013 comScore achieved record quarterly revenue of $71.6 million; GAAP income before income taxes of $0.7 million; and GAAP net loss of $0.1 million, or $0.00 per basic and diluted share. Third quarter and year to date metrics compared to pro forma* results for the third quarter and year to date of 2012 were as follows:


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SemanticSpace Technologies, a leading global software solutions conglomerate with a track record of providing enterprise project services, today announced it latest version of its feature rich project and portfolio management solution PPM Studio for Agile Software Development.
The new version of PPM Studio gives software-driven organizations unprecedented project visibility and improved team communication, and quickly establishes a uniform agile development process. It combines comprehensive agile project management capabilities for rapid software iterations and releases with integrated workflow for requirements, test cases and defect tracking to dramatically improve team communication and productivity.
Speaking about the new PPM Studio version, Shivaji Mukthavaram, Vice-President (Product Engineering) said Todays competitive software development environments are rapidly adapting to agile software development methodologies and constantly looking at cost effective and collaborative platforms to manage their project teams. PPM Studios simple, intuitive management framework streamlines the process of scaling agile and iterative development and also provides greater flexibility and visibility of the teams that work on multiple development projects.
In this new version, the agile enterprises can now build frameworks, define role based access and manage all scrum artifacts within the PPM Studio. It also enables enterprises for better collaboration among scrum teams by tracking and monitoring sprint planning meetings, sprint review meetings, daily scrum meetings and scrum retrospective meeting and provide real time reports on release burn down chart and sprint burn down chart.
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Costa Rica coach Guimares quits his job
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, July 3 (Reuters) - Costa Rica coach Alexandre Guimaraes resigned on Monday after his team's dismal performances at the World Cup in Germany where the Central American nation suffered three straight defeats.
'Each person has his own destiny. I am very clear about mine,' Guimaraes said at a news conference called to announce his resignation.
The Brazilian-born Guimaraes said local media unfairly blamed him for their defeats against Germany (4-2), Ecuador (3-0) and Poland (2-1) in Group A.
Guimaraes said he feared for his safety after he was given a rude homecoming from Germany by a group of angry fans.
It was Costa Rica's third appearance at a World Cup finals. They reached the second round in 1990 but also failed to get past the first round at the last tournament in 2002.
Guimaraes took charge of the national team last year from Colombian coach Jorge Luis Pinto, who was sacked after a poor start to the final qualifying stage for the tournament.
Guimaraes was a member of Costa Rica's 1990 World Cup squad and coached them at the finals in Japan and South Korea four years ago.


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Will O.B. parking situation stop Target?
South Beach bar's agreement with Antique Center muddles situation
Julie Stalmer 5:30 p.m., Sept. 22
All along Orange County's north coastal region (Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach), formerly environmentally abused wetlands and floodplains are in the process of being restored to some semblance of an original condition. Talbert Nature Preserve, which lies alongside the channelized Santa Ana River a couple of miles inland from the ocean, is one such place. It's a work in progress, with a north part already revegetated with native plants and laced with wide, smooth trails for hikers, horses, and bikers, and a south part currently "under construction."
The planting of native vegetation in the preserve is being guided both by protection of the remaining native vegetation on site and by efforts to recreate plant communities similar to those that existed in this region before nearly every available acre was put to use for agriculture, housing, and industry. Plant "zones" in the preserve are identified by means of trailside interpretive plaques. The zones include coastal strand, native grassland, alluvial woodland, and wetland vegetation. Thus the preserve serves as a native botanical garden, a refuge for wildlife, an educational resource, and a recreational resource for Orange Countians and visitors.
The main access to the north preserve is by way of Fairview Park in the city of Costa Mesa. Drive into the park's main entrance, on the west side of Placentia Avenue, one mile north of Victoria Street, and find a free parking space. From the nearby restrooms, walk a short distance west, and turn right on the paved bike path. Follow the path north and then west down a hill until you reach the Talbert Nature Preserve's entrance on the left, which is marked by a dome-shaped restroom building and an information kiosk.
A wide, flat, decomposed-granite path suitable for hikers, cyclists, and horses runs toward the south from the entrance for a short mile, beneath the brow of a steep bluff. It then connects with a segment of paved bike path leading to Victoria Street. Short of that juncture, there are opportunities to branch west and loop back to the entrance using unimproved trails. Those alternate trails may turn muddy after significant rainfall.
Talbert Nature Preserve is an extraordinarily quiet place, effectively screened from traffic noise by the bluff rising on the east and levees on west which effectively deaden the din from the surrounding cityscape. During this late part of the year, you can often spot 10,000-foot Mount San Antonio looming in the north, its crest mantled with snow with the arrival of the first major storm of the season.


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#1: Has anyone tried soy butter?
I happened to try a gel with soy protein and my hair loved it. Unfortunately the gel had a change in the ingredient list and the new formula didn't agree with my leave in : (. I have read so many things about the dangers of soy products and consuming it except for the traditionally prepared fermented products. I was just wondering if anyone has used soy butter because it seems to be worth a try as my hair likes soy but if I wouldn't consume it how can I put it on my hair?