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The second largest gaming company in the world by revenue, MGM Resorts International (MGM) has recently installed energy efficient parking area lighting and controls at 65% of its U.S. facilities. With 20 U.S. facilities in NV, MI, and MS, MGM lighting projects have covered more than 8 million square feet of parking area. By replacing more than 4,400 existing metal halide and high-pressure sodium light fixtures in the parking facilities with a mixture of LED and induction fixtures, MGM saved 4.5 million kWh per year across their portfolio.
Most impressively, at the MGM Grand Detroit Casino–a 401-room hotel and gaming facility— the company achieved 4 million kWh of annual energy savings by replacing medium-wattage metal halide fixtures in a 2.6 million square foot parking structure with high efficiency, low- wattage LED fixtures.


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"I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." -- Harriet Tubman
HTS costs up to $300 a month to operate. We need your help!
hahahaha the end is so confusing, 10/10
But i do see some spelling errors >_>
hf&^ft% + b348hi + hf&^ft%
b348hi delimited by f&^ft%
hf&^ft%b348hihf&^ft% = confusion
nice tutorial!
How random to come out with this. It\'s good though, no spoilers and it reads well.
For this, I give you a 10/10.
Thanks everyone for commenting!!! Really apreciate it, comment on my profile too(IF YOU WANT OFCOURSE!!!) Some more articles comming soon(I HOPE!). Thanks for the 10\'s, i really apreciate that too.
u wipe ur own but
hmm, I think there shouldn\'t be a tutorial for a real mission as easy as this one :)
but anywayz 7/10
//EDIT: 8/10 cuz you\'re nikolanicic
Nice tutorial. Although I suggest Cain-great hash cracker and a lot more....
its nice dat every one got their comments over here, n i try to put one of mine too......... Its nice to get a tutorial like this.(to be frank its really confusing cos Im new to this). I would like to know abt cracking into windows , hacking into a site etc,. If possible any one please help me know abt the basics of hacking.............
i cant seem to find the site when i google it, could you name the search phrases please.
just a correction: theres no MDCrack GUI version, at least not in that site.
There is a GUI here, lol
almost dead ,all the collision finder are just some code that never can be compile
and that hash string never can come back to it real source you just combine your info
do not give the tools for a game...
i\'ll give you 1/10
where the hell do i get a collision finder ?? i need links .thanx
good article but your too young to write articles
What the hell kind of comment is that? Age doesnt matter. It was a good article.
One thing that I though could use a bit more explanation was the character set used. You mention when we open the file with notepad you now know the charset and algorithm. I used notepad++ and notepad and while I saw the algorithm I didnt see anything saying what the charset was for sure so when I ran MDCrack I assumed it was alphanumeric. Also note that MDCrack does not support regular expressions for the charset so you can either type out every letter used or use the built in shortcuts %u (uppercase) $n (numeric) %l (lowercase).
Thanks to Fors4ken for leaving such an informing comment.
lol Great artical and iv been trying to crack the md5 with rainbow charts lol never thought that bruteforce would work.
I have tried this but am having problems, I got the md4 hash from /secret/admin.bak.php and the hash file that tells me the character set and algorithm from /lib/ and I have fed the 32 character hash into MDCrack, selected md4 and entered the character set found, but it cannot seem to decrypt. It racks up loads of time before failing.
I also tried entering the hash into online bruteforcers and reverse-lookup databases to no luck, they all say it cannot be decrypted.
Could you help me please, is the hash I got impossible or am I doing something wrong ?
The md4 hash the mission gives me is:
If that helps. Thanks, Juleshs312.
Actually, Fors4ken, I think this is the char set ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
could someone do mine for me and send it to me in a pm?
because i can not find a working MDcracker......
you dont need to google it,because password field reports to secret/admin.php
yeah,lecture is good,
Nikola bravo majstore!
Thanks for Sharing!!! 10/10!
Now, everyone keeps saying this is easy. Lol. It may be just me, but it's taken me a couple of days before I had to come and look for this tutorial, and I still only have a sliver of an idea of how this was solved. I ended up finding a direct shot to solving it because the directory given through exploring the site didn't quite work. Different extension?
Anyway, if anyone would please message me as to HOW I would have been able to access the directory without the "Invalid Password" error, I'd really appreciate it. I want to learn more about this so I can say "its easy". Lol :)
Ok, now that I see that there have been spoilers posted in these comments, now I feel free to ask: HOW did you know to get admin.bak.php? And HOW did you know about the lib directory? Lol that's been my issue this whole time was getting the hash. The source points to secret/admin.php, but each time it gives me the "Invalid Password" page. Point me in the right direction so that I may be able to re-do this the right way. Meaning, where would I look to find out about these two directories?
I've also looked on forums and one post says "Remember Basic 1, 3 and 8." Nothing in those missions pointed me in the right direction lol.
So, anything helps. :P
like the man said, think about how you would stop a search engine indexing pages on your site
i cant open the aplication
i have to create the folder "application data", "mdcrack" and the file latest.mds
how i can decrypt the hash???
You can also find directory names by looking at the form action on the login page.
I initially had trouble with MDcrack, it just ran forever and never produced anything. If you change "AUTODETECT" to MD4, it cracks it in about 15 seconds.
the password isn't "flash"! I suggest you check your algorithm!
great tutoriul, helped alot

subset: commoncrawl


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August 22, 2010, 10:12 pm
BarlowGirl concert causes military strife
The U.S. Army is investigating whether soldiers who refused to attend a BarlowGirl concert were "punished" by being banished to their barracks.
At Fort Eustis in Newport Beach, Va., a staff sergeant told soldiers they could attend the Christian music concert or stay in their barracks. But the 80 to 100 or so soldiers who decided not to attend the concert were told they had to stay in the barracks and clean them. They were also told not to use cellphones or computers. Here's a link to the AP story.
The officer apologized to the soldiers and said it was not his intent to proselytize.
What do you think about this?


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kindle formatting
For those who really don't want to, or find the task too daunting, I am now offering a formatting service for Kindle eBooks and POD print books, using Word to a publishing standard. All formats produced to include zip ready kindle file for upload, .Mobi, ePub and pdf. For a quote, email me at email@example.com
FREE. How to format your book for Kindle. This guide also works for smashwords. The only difference with smashwords is you upload as a word 2003 doc and have to include "smashwords edition" on your copyright page. Also you need to word license notes as follows to get in to the premium catalogue and use their free ISBN.Note: I have used a (-) instead of the copyright symbol. This is because some platforms will alter the symbol to say a question mark.
Be Careful What You Wish
Declan Conner
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011- Declan Conner
All rights reserved.
Edited by Steve Ward.
Smashwords Edition, License notes
This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold, or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and you did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return it to smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
© Declan Conner and declanconner.com, 2011.
Adding pictures to your file is now included at the end of this guide.
There are many reasons to upload your book to kindle direct, not least because they are the leading platform for sales in the world. It is also easier and quicker to make changes to both your book, prices and your cover should the need arise.
The first thing you are going to need is Kindle. Don't worry you can download it for Free to your PC. You will then be able to sample for free, read and buy books. If you have an Amazon account, then you have a kindle account. If not, it is simple to sign up.
If you follow the links below, scroll down and on your left hand side there is the Download for Kindle to PC or other devices (free.)
If you then go to Amazon .com for US Customers , or Amazon,co .uk, for UK customers, or Amazon.com.de for Germany, through the links below, you will then be able to sample my book to look at how it turned out (free). Of course if you decided to buy it, then I would be delighted. The full copy would enable you to see how I've used the end of the book to talk to the reader and put links to the paper book and forthcoming publications. It will also enable you to test out fully the navigation of the hyperlinks to work your way around the book. Survival Instinct (The dark side of dating) thriller book. You will also see the copyright page.
US http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8K2S8 Survival Instinct
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004PGN24G Survival Instinct
Germany https://www.amazon.de/dp/B004P8K2S8 Survival Instinct.
I've produced this guide as someone who is not computer literate. My guide will hopefully assist those like me that are baffled by computer speak. It may not be the only way to format, but it worked for me. Ignore what is in bold below and you book will be rejected. This formatting got me in the premium catalogue through Smashwords and Kindle at the first attempt.
I am assuming your MS is not already formatted as a book with headings, numbers and contents pages and it has no text boxes.
The first thing I would ask you to do is to forget completely how a book should look on the page. When formatting for kindle, there is no need for page numbers, headers, justified text, or text boxes to line up chapter numbers and blank pages to ensure chapters start on the right hand side. If you take the steps in this guide, Kindle's system will convert it to how it should look as an eBook. Their system automatically justifies the text.
The second thing I would do before starting is to send a copy of your original MS to your email address as a back-up copy, or save a copy to a pen drive. If ever your computer crashes or is stolen, at least you will have access to your original MS.
Open your MS in word 2007.
Open a new page in Word 2007.
Click on the top left hand 'office symbol button'. Go to the bottom of the pull down and click 'options'. In this drop down, click on 'Proofing'. This will open a new box and you should click on 'Auto correct options' which will bring a new box into view. Click the mouse on the 'auto correct', tab and uncheck all the ticks and press ok. Do the same with 'auto format as you type', and click ok.
If images are not clear. Click to enlarge. Note: If you need to type curly punctuation quotes after you have unchecked everything as below. Go back to "Autoformat as you type" and re-check the "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" box. You can uncheck it before you save the document.
Normalising your document
Settings exactly as above, although I no longer use 1.5 line spacing and set it at single space. Don't forget to press save on your document.
Go to your manuscript. Now you can select Ctrl A on your keyboard to highlight the text. Copy and paste this to your new document.
Do not change the size or font at this stage. or try to re-centre anything.In the paragraph section there is what looks like a reverse 'P'.
Click on that and it will show dots for spaces between letters, and paragraph symbols on your document and also where indicated, arrows, if you have used the tab key in error.
You now need to go through your entire document to check you have no double spaces between letters. Also that there are no dots at the beginning of a paragraph before the first letter. If there are any Tab arrows, you need to back space to the previous sentence and use the return key to create your paragraph. (Be careful not to back space too far and delete you punctuation or text.) You also need to double-check all previously italicised sentences or anything you had in Bold are not lost. If they are simply put them back in.
At the beginning or top of the page of your MS you are going to add a title page….Press the return key to give you two spaces from the beginning of the document and type your book title ie Survival Instinct (you can use all capitals for Kindle but not for Smashwords.) Press the return key twice to give two more para spaces and type under that, 'By, Author Name'. There must not be more than 4 paragraph spaces snywhere in your doc.
Press the return key and go to page layout tab at the top of the page and select. page break and insert after'Author'.
Left click and hold down the mouse and run over the title page text to highlight. On the Home page click on the arrow in the corner of where it says paragraph. In the drop down box change the alignment to centre and set your 1st line paragraph space to Zero and press ok. (Whatever you do, do not use the symbols for left right centre.) Then go to the font and change to 14 pt. and save. (Do not go bigger than 16 point.)
Go to the top of the next page and click you cursor and put two paragraph spaces and then type Copyright. Then another paragraph and type the title. Another paragraph and type, 'Copyright 2011 – Author name'. (It is not recommended you put in the copyright symbol as on some devices it shows up differently.) Another paragraph and type All rights reserved. Repeat with paragraphs if you want to put anything else (I have some additionasl wording). The idea is to keep it short and sweet, so the reader can quickly get to reading the first chapter. If you want dedications, put them at the end. At the end of your text click on 'Page Layout' at the top of the page select page break as before. (Note if you have any page breaks or section breaks on your MS, other than the ones you are putting in, then back space them and delete them.) When the copyright page is complete. you can centre the text as per how you did the title page.
You are now ready to do your contents page. But first, don't forget that if you don't want a first line paragraph at the beginning of your 1st chapter, place your cursor before the first line. Go to the paragraph box, change first line to 0,01 (Note: where you don't want a first line indent, and you use the return key for a para, the you must give it a value of 0.01. If not, then when converted to a .mobi, it will auto insert a half inch para as it does not recognise "0″ as a value.) Don't be fooled, it will look okay on your word doc and on the filtered file and on Amazons look inside, but it will not look okay on the eBook device. 'OK'. You can then either type a list of chapter titles or simply number them in a line (using letters. ie, Chapter one ) Whatever you do, do not use text boxes, you will be using hyperlinks so there is no need to have both names and numbers.
Again two paras from top of page type, 'Contents' and then your list of chapters. When you have finished insert a page break as shown above.
Now you can start with your chapters. (Make sure there are no more than two para spaces between the page break and the title of all chapters.) Again start 2 paras down for your first chapter title and one para for the start of the chapter text. You now need to adjust your first line of text for your chapter title and your first line of text. Click your cursor in front of the chapter title. Go to the para drop down box and under special, change 'first line', 'to o.01. Then press save. Do the same for your opening para text. At the end of your chapter (and every chapter) do one para and type Contents. Then insert a page break
Repeat this through all your chapters. If you want the Chapter headings larger, change to 14 point and make them bold, but do not change the font. Remember, if there was any centering anywhere in your text, only use the drop down para box to re – centre.
After your last chapter, it is a good opportunity to thank the customer for reading your book and tell them of any forth coming publications, dedications etc.
Now all you need to do is to add the hyperlinks for the reader to navigate your chapters. Open th insert page with the tag at the top and click on Bookmarks to reveal the box below.
What you are going to do is to bookmark each of your chapters' in the body of your book 'uniquely,' so that you can find them.
Highlight the1ist chapter title (not in the contents). Click on bookmark icon next to hyperlink (Insert page) In the click down box type the title. You can type it in full, but for speed you can pick out a unique word. eg dark…. or use numbers ie one, two, three, and then click 'add'.
Repeat this on every chapter title in the body of your text.
When you have finished go back to your contents page. Highlight the first chapter under contents. This time click on Hyperlink. In the box that appears at the right hand side you will see 'Bookmarks.' Click this and your list of bookmarks will appear. Select the correct bookmark and click ok. You then have to click ok on the hyperlinks box and click OK. Repeat this for all your contents.
When finished Go to the end of the first chapter where you typed Contents. Highlight this. drop down the 'BOOKMARK' box and add the word contents as a book mark. Do this at the end of every chapter.
When finished go to your contents page. Highlight the title Contents. Select links and then select hyperlink as before.
Your document is now formatted.
Select the round Microsoft button at the top left, go to 'save as', and save as a word 2003 doc. (For smashwords submit this 2003 doc. smashwords automatically add your cover to be included in downloads.)
On the word 2003 doc go to 'save as' and then to 'other options'. Select "Web Page filter" and save.
You now have a html of your formatted document. Close your html document and re open from your document page. If you open this you can test all the content links.
It is this you submit to kindle. (html) once you have zipped it and added your cover/ pictures. (see adding a cover below) Note. When it is transferred to kindle or smashwords their software justifies it all. If you use their simple preview, it may not show indents for dialogue etc at the top of a page. Don't worry it will show up okay on kindle.
Note to submit to smashwords to get you on Apple, Nook Barnes and Noble, Kobo etc. You only need to upload as a word 2003 doc to smashwords. Just be careful to change your copyright to say " Smashwords Edition ' or you will not get it distributed. With smashwords you will need an ISBN but they provide one free. Amazon kindle do not need an ISBN.
I trust you will appreciate the work that has gone in to producing this guide which has saved many from the weeks of headscratching that I had to endure. As a token towards the upkeep of my site, I would appreciate if you could purchase one of my books which will make all the effort worthwhile of producing this and the free POD guide, in addition to the many insights into self publishing I have and will continue to produce. My next stage will be all the marketing advice I have accumulated.
Kind regards
Adding pictures and logos to your doc. Click to enlarge.
Note: Update on Kindle.
There is now a provision on the upload page to upload a jpg for your cover, which kindle will add to your MS. Note: As of 16th April 2012., Kindle recommend the minimum height of your book cover at 1,000. Check their site for the latest recommendations.
I use a logo and pics of my other books in the body of my MS so I continue to use the method below.
Note: There is no need to add your cover to your smashwords , or your Word 2003 document as they add the cover automatically. It is not a problem if you do add it, but be aware it will create two covers at the beginning of your book.
For those who really don't want to, or find the task too daunting, I am now offering a formatting service for Kindle eBooks and POD print books, using Word to a publishing standard. For a quote, email me at email@example.com
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Thanks, Declan, for all of this. I just wanted to ask you a few questions. You said not to have double spaces between letters (shows up as a dot or dots if there are more). What about after a fullstop? I usually have two spaces before the next sentence starts. Do I have to make it only one space for e-books? Also, I'm not having a contents page, so I guess I will just hit enter then do the page break. Lastly, in relation to having the text justified. I already have this in my word document. Should I revert it back to aligning the text to the left? Kind regards, Marita.
Thanks, Declan. I'll put in a table of contents then, and do those other things you've said. Much appreciated 🙂
Hi Declan. I was following a thread on Facebook where a lady was talking about her book coming out with some paragraphs having all the lines indented. Here is someone's answer to how to fix the problem:
"Definitely save the doc as a web page before you upload it to kindle. It solves the problem every time. Just open it in word, click on "save as" and then choose "web page, filtered" It will usually give you a warning that everything might not transfer but that's ok. Just click "yes" and it will save. That will save it is an html document. Then upload the html document to kdp and the formatting problem is solved."
Would you recommend saving it as a web page or do you think this could cause other problems?
That's a very user-friendly guide – thanks! Is there a maximum size for illlustration files for Kindle and Smashwords? I've seen Smashwords ask for tables to be inserted as jpg files but these don't always make it through the conversion process, it seems.
Should we also put in that the work is a work of fiction, etc, like below:
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or locales is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved, including the right to produce this, or portions thereof, in any form. No part of this text should be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded… etc.
Thanks, Declan. I'll make it brief.
Thanks, will do. I'm aiming for next week.
Last question (well, I hope so): I've finished formatting my book. I just wanted to know if the word "contents" is supposed to be showing at the end of each chapter (for the hyperlinks). I assumed that this would disappear when the reverse "P" was taken out, because of its connection to the page-breaks. Because it hasn't, I want to double-check that all I need to do is to delete the word at the end of each chapter (and nothing will be lost, other than the word). Thanks, Marita.
Sorry, one more question. Since I put a picture in my Smashwords' download (of me for the author's info page) do I have to zip the 2003 document like with Kindle? I only wondered because of the picture, otherwise I would've left it as a normal Windows 1997-2003 file. I'm uploading it tomorrow.
Thanks 🙂
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Does the advice and direction you give in this document at:https://declanconner.com/kindle-formatting/ apply to Word 2010 as well?
Thank you Jim
Just followed your instructions and got mine formatted. Thanks for sharing these, they're very well laid out and easy to understand.
Just got one little question. Is it possible to view what it will look like on the kindle for PC before pressing the publish button? I've seen the preview page when you upload, but I'm interested in seeing what it will exactly look like?
Hi Declan
Your Kindle formatting guide looks wonderfully clear and helpful. I've just uploaded my book to Kindle, but despite doing everything right – or so I thought – the book is still not appearing as I'd like it. It seems that Kindle is a little too new and that there are still 'teething problems' with it. I'm going to follow your instructions, because they seem the clearest I've seen so far. I notice you don't mention using Mobi on your Authonomy update; just uploading the HTML file; is this what you'd recommend?
Kind regards
Martin Johnson
Hi Declan
Thanks for these instructions for preparing a manuscript for Kindle and how the process is different for Smashwords.
I have a couple of additional questions, because I don't know anyone else who's published e-books online to either Amazon or Smashwords (I live in a small community).
I've been sniffing around online – on another site you gave the advise "upload to Smashwords, but check the box that says not to distribute to Amazon and then upload to Amazon direct" so I'm thinking of following this advise first time 'round at least.
The questions your advice raises for me however are – can you use the same book cover if you publish through both Smashwords and upload to Amazon direct or will I need a unique cover?
My second question relates to ISBN's. Smashwords issue a free ISBN number, but I don't think they would take too kindly to me using their free ISBN to get my book in some formats which they distribute, but then me uploading to Amazon direct using the same ISBN. So what do I do about ISBN's in this case? (Note: I live in Australia not the U.S).
Final question – out of curiosity, why did you say it is much better to upload directly to Amazon than go through Smashwords? I was wondering this BEFORE I commit myself to formatting my document for Kindle (in stead of letting Smashwords do it through their meatgrinder)
I hope my questions aren't too naive. I'm very new to the world of e-books – we still don't even own a kindle reader and we've only had a reliable internet connection for a short time.
I haven't uploaded anything yet.- to either Amazon or Smashwords – I've just got two finished e-manuscripts which have been formatted Smashwords style, two e-bookcovers and two blurbs ready to go and I'm now thinking of formatting them Kindle style..
Thanks for the troubleshooting tips – not just the ones you gave me personally but all of the above comments to others. It makes it so much easier to tackle ebook formatting in general first time round.
One last question about covers – other people reading your blog might also want to know this…
In the advise for "formatting your book" Smashwords tells you to make your covers 700 x 500 pixels, but in a different section of their site under "rules for inclusion in premium catalogue" , they say to make your covers a ratio of 1.6:1 (golden proportions) and they tell you to make the dimensions ~925 x 600 pixels (from memory).
I used their query form to ask them which size they preferred – (about two weeks ago) but they must be too snowed under to reply. I tried downloading a few people's covers from the section I'll be publishing in but the covers I downloaded were all different dimensions!
Do you recall what pixels you made your Smashwords covers? And did you use the same resolution for your Kindle jpg image.
First and formost… thank you for helping all us first timer's, navigate the process of formatting for kindle. I, myself sincerely appreciate your step by step rendition, bravo! I went thru step by step and thought I had it made … until you wrote, "if you open this you can test all the content links." When I opened it, and clicked on the highlighted links in each chapter name… it didn't go to the chapters… is it suppose too? I did the bookmarks, and then the hyperlinks. I started in word 2007, saved as word 2003, and then saved as Web Page filtered… when I did that it stated that 'web page filtered' could distort some of the doc and to use just 'web page.' Sheeeesh, what am I to do? Writing my MS's was a lot easier than formatting,… : )
Thank you Declan for making this process understandable to writers who don't want to be computer programmers! I've ended up spending more of my time with formatting than writing and have become quite frustrated.
Having read to the bottom of this comments thread just now, my heart has dropped! I've spent the past six months writing and perfecting my book on Word 2000 and now see that this version doesn't seem to have the "save as web-filtered" option.
When I save as "web page" and then convert file to Mobipocket, the results are visually perfect with the exception of a "image not found" warning (my one jpeg image inside the book.)
I hate to ask but do I need to upgrade to another version of Word? And is my entire document now unusable?
Sitting on pins and needles now…
Kind regards, Harry
Thank you so much for your detailed response to my questions. It is greatly appreciated!
Best Regards, Harry
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - Things got heated Sunday morning on CNN's Late Edition over the question of whether taxpayers have to bail out the government-sponsored mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"If they're in deep trouble, [should] U.S. taxpayers go out and bail them out?" host Wolf Blitzer asked Senator Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, a member of the Senate Finance Committee who was on the program with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut. Dodd jumped in to respond himself.
"To suggest somehow that [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] are in trouble is simply not accurate," Dodd replied.
Last week shares of the two mortgage giants plummeted as speculators grew increasingly nervous that Fannie and Freddie would not be able to guarantee the $5 trillion debt they hold in mortgages. Dodd'S committee oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"The facts are that Fannie and Freddie are in sound situations," Dodd said. "They have more that adequate capital, in fact more than the law requires."
When pressed about the recent IndyMac Bank federal takeover, Dodd said that could have been avoided if there had been proper regulations in place to monitor the sub-prime mortgage market.
IndyMac closed on Friday after federal regulators realized that the bank was no longer capable of guaranteeing deposits. The bank was also a large issuer of sub-prime mortgages.
Kyl said Americans should not fear the money they have in banks is at risk. But he added that the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac situation is "of serious concern… They really are barely staying above water."
if it is so f+++ing sound, why are we bailing them out? Stop the rhetoric. Tell us the truth, do Americans have a future or has our fears come true, that the policies of greed has destroyed a superpower?
To say that there is no mortgage problem and everything is just fine, is like saying the War in Iraq is going smoothly and we should just go about our days without a worry in the world...
oh yes, Chris Dodd is a moron
The government is lying. 15 years and 127 Federal bank takeovers later and the banking system is sound??? If you believe that, there is a bridge that Dubai would like to sell you.
Our government knows 90 other banks that are in trouble, but we can't be told.
Why is our government preventing us from protecting ourselves? Out government is controlled by banks and all other corporations, not us.
It's time to get rid of all the incumbents – vote the rascals out – we should be warned !!!!!!!!!
They vote themselves BIG raises, and let us lose our money for their lobbyists.
If you have a 10.25 interest rate you brought that on yourself. While you may want the government to help you out you have to take responsiblity for your own dumb decisions. I'm quite sure Senator Dodd's credit rating is MUCH better than yours.
Shumer is just a loud mouth. How did he ever get that position in NY? He can't possibly represent the intelligent people of that state. Go ahead, loudmouth Shumer, and write all the banks in the country telling them to straighten up or he will come in and fix them like he did this one.
Uh oh! If Dodd is saying all is well, look out for a total bank collapse in this country.
Sen. Chris Dodd said it's 'not accurate' to say Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in trouble.
Yea you did it !!!
The bottom will not occur for another two years! Take my word.
Then how come the Feds are going to take it over then?
Their stocks are tanking, how is that sound? Oh I get it, it's more of that mental recession bull, you guys are shoveling.
Would you really expect Dodd to tell the truth?
After all, he IS a politician.
You can't prove the are sound.. But they just better be more honest as time goes bye... Faulter, and the public crasp it... They won't trust you again.... Good Will! Is the best policy.... Fail, and your credability goes with it Mr.... The 'Word', is truth until it become a Lie...
Have you lost your mind or just suffering from dilusions like your buddy Bush, andMcCain,? Rice and Chaney are just pure evil.
If you believe Dodd and Schumer and Obama, you should be committed to the nearest asylum. They just don't make any sense any more. Our economy is in shambles and the do nothing congress continues to do nothing. Seems to me that they should start by being real men and issue a new speed limit of 55 mph in the east and mid west and 65 in the 15 western states.
Second they should vote to drill in ANWR and other areas as soon as possible. Next they should bill Iraq for some of the cost of doing their freedom for them. Don't they know freedom is not free?
Senator Schumer, Dodd and Obama: my question is "who is too blame?" Seems that no one wants to take credit for this problem. I am not a whiner, but a pragmatic person. Someone should step forward. Someone should take the blame. Who was asleep at the switch?
Isn't Obama a piece of work? He only wants to go to Germany to copy JFK. What an idiot? Does he think he is JFK? I've got news, I knew JFK, JFK was a friend of mine and Obama is no JFK. Sooo quit being Hollywood Hussein.
Vote for McCain, a man who appreciates and will protect our values.
Let me get this straight, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve have just announced that they are going to prop up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with whatever funds they need to stay solvent but Dodd wants us to believe they are "sound". How did he say that without bursting in to laughter? The Democrats are liars of a Republican caliber. No wonder Congress' approval ratings are 9%.


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Fifty years ago, there was no controversy. If someone had organs that were failing, either from disease or poor genetic endowment, the only hope was medicinal therapy. Prior to modern-day transplants, surgical interventions focused primarily on replacing limbs or teethalthough success rates were dismal at best. During the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a number of animal organs were transplantedunsuccessfullyinto humans. But the seed took root. The first reliable report of transplant surgery is from 1823, when German surgeon Carl Bunger performed plastic surgery on a womans nose, grafting skin from her thigh. In 1906, Austrian ophthalmologist Edward Zim performed the first corneal transplant, paving the way for surgeons to use dead or donated material. But the major breakthrough occurred in 1954, when two medical doctors, Joseph Murray and David Hume, performed the first successful living-related kidney transplant from identical twins. This opened the door to what soon would become the promise of renewed health and life for literally thousands of individuals. Almost fifty years later, doctors have reported successful heart, pancreas, pancreas islet cell, intestine, lung, liver, and heart-lung transplants. But the question arises, Is this new medical technology in compliance with Gods will? What should Christians know about organ transplants, and can we support this ever-growing practice?
The Red Cross lists Statements from Various Religions regarding their acceptance or rejection of transplantation practices (see Red Cross). The spectrum of positions taken by the various religious organizations listed, ranges from those that strongly support and view organ donation as an act of charity, fraternal love, and self sacrifice, to those that are strictly against such donations. Under Church of Christ, the listing states very simply: Organ transplants should not be a religious problem. While this may appear to answer the question of whether or not it is acceptable to support organ donation and transplantation, the truth is that this statementin and of itselfis devoid of any real significance. The truth can be determined only from within the pages of Gods Word, and it is there that we must go for guidance in answering controversial questions such as these. Most arguments for or against organ donation and/or transplantation fall into three categories: those centered on loving ones neighbor; those dealing with treatment of the body; and those that discuss the resurrection.
Love Your Neighbor
One of the strongest arguments for organ donation is the love and compassion such an act exhibits toward others. We all are familiar with the biblical premises of loving our neighbors and doing unto others as we would have them do unto us as we try to emulate Christs unconditional love. While the command to love your neighbor was quoted by Jesus (Matthew 5:43), Paul (Romans 13:9), and James (James 2:8), it can be traced all the way back to Leviticus 19:18. From the earliest days in the Old Testament, we learn that Gods people were commanded to demonstrate a love for God as well as for their neighbors. Consider the sacrifice that Jesus Christ was willing to make as He gave up His body for all of humanity. John summed up the command well when he wrote: Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another (1 John 4:11).
As Jesus was trying to convey this message of unconditional love for others, He spoke of caring for the hungry, thirsty, homeless, naked, sick, and imprisoned (Matthew 25:35-46). He went on to clarify: Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matthew 25:40). Jesus also used the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) to teach that we, as Christians, are to be kind and to show love toward everyone. The Samaritan neighbor bandaged wounds, poured oil, and transported the injured man to a place so that he could recover. Medical history records that anointing with oil, bandaging wounds, and transporting a person to a place where he or she could rest, represented the very best medical care available in that day. Given a similar situation today, would we not use the best medical technology available to prolong the life of those in dire need? And do we not have the technology and ability today to successfully transplant organs? Success rates for properly matched kidney and heart transplants are well into the upper 80% range. If a practice or procedure is not contradictory to biblical principles, then it should be considered permissible, and can be supported by faithful Christians.
The Body is a Temple
It also is important to address the issue of mutilation, since some view organ donation as the ultimate form of mutilating the human body. Frequently, passages such as 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 are used to defend the idea that organs should not be harvested from a persons body. As stewards of Gods creation, we should treat our bodies with respect, and abstain from whatever is deleterious to them. However, when Paul wrote those words to the Christians at Corinth, he stated: Therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods (v. 20), indicating this was something that was to be carried out while the individual was still living. In the apostles second letter to the church at Corinth, he reminded them: For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens (5:1).
Others have suggested that passages in which Jesus taught that we should rid our bodies of our hands, feet, or eyes if those parts cause us to stumble (cf. Matthew 5:29-30, 18:8-9, and Mark 9:43-48), permit and support organ donation. Understanding these passages in their proper context reveals, however, that Jesus was not advocating self-mutilation or organ donation. He was, in fact, emphasizing the seriousness of permitting sin into ones life, and encouraging extreme measures to prevent sin.
The Resurrection
One of the most prevalent misunderstandings among Christians is the idea that the entire body needs to be present and preserved in some fashion for the resurrection. As such, many Christians are reluctant to donate organs because they believe that resurrection itself requires a complete body. Where does this idea leave the countless millions who died more than 50-100 years agobefore vaults were used to help delay the decomposition process? If you were to visit the gravesites of individuals who passed away before the twentieth century, both the body and the casket already would have decomposed. When God was handing out punishments at the Garden of Eden, he told Adam: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it was thou taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (Genesis 3:19, emp. added). Thus, God vowed that one day, our earthly bodies would return to the soil.
Additionally, we need to possess a proper understanding of what will transpire at the resurrection. Paul, in writing to the Corinthians, provided some insight as to the difference between the physical body at death (which may be disposed of in a variety of ways), and the spiritual body of the resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:35-49). He used the analogy of the difference between a seed and the product of that seed to illustrate the difference between the earthly body and the resurrected body. He then went on to comment: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body (v. 44). If we believe that the bodies raised at the resurrection represented simply a reoccupation of our earthly bodies, then we possess a false concept of our resurrection as presented in the Bible. We are told that the earthly bodythat of flesh and bloodwill not enter into the heavenly inheritance (1 Corinthians 15:50). Revelation 20:13 informs us that the seas will give up the dead that are in them, thereby indicating that even those buried or lost at sea will be accounted for on the Resurrection Day. Based on these facts, Christians should not fear or reject organ donation merely in an attempt to keep the physical body intact for the resurrection.
While the Bible does not speak against organ donation, people who revere Gods Word still feel a certain amount of reservation concerning the harvesting of organsand for good reason. There is nothing ethically wrong in recovering organs from the dead, but most successful organ transplants require that any prospective organs be kept alive with blood and oxygen flowing through them until they are removed from the body. This quandary is indeed problematic, for we cannot, and must not, support the termination of life in favor of organ donation.
In the late 1960s, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was passed into law in every state in this country. This piece of legislation allows individuals, while still living, to authorize the donation of any parts of their body after death. If the deceased person has not authorized such donation, but also has not specifically prohibited it, then family members are permitted to give authorization. Around this same time (in 1968), an ad hoc committee at Harvard recommended a neurological criterioncessation of brain activityas the determining factor of death. Prior to this, the medical profession used cessation of heart and lung activityi.e., a cardiopulmonary criterionto mark the point of death. But medical technology had progressed to a point where it was possible to sustain (via a respirator) heart and lung activity for days or even weeks after a patient had irreversibly lost all brain function.
The Harvard committee simply wanted to establish a criterionbrain deaththat physicians could use to determine death. Their original criteriawhich included lack of responsiveness, no breathing or movement (when removed from a respirator), no reflexes, and a flat EEG (electroencephalogram)were intended to determine when all brain activity had ended, and thus when whole brain death had occurred. This criterion was largely accepted, and subsequently was written into law. However, a person can suffer the loss of higher (cortical) brain function (thereby losing the capacity for awareness of self-consciousness), while still possessing brain-stem functions (such as spontaneous breathing, eye-opening, etc.). According to the original Harvard criteria, this loss of higher functions alone did not constitute death, since it was not total brain death. Thus, we were to think of death as the irreversible and complete loss of heart, lung, and brain function.
But in 1972, cyclosporine, the first powerful immunosuppressive drug, was discovered, which made it possible for patients to receive (and prosper after receiving) organs that were not exact matches. If the immune systems rejection of potential donor organs could be overcome, the possibilities seemed endless. Therefore, in an effort to increase the supply of donated organs, many medical professionals began to call for an update in the criteria for determining death.
It has become increasingly clear in recent years that the thirst for transplantable organs is so strong that we are, in fact, redefining death in order to produce and procure the needed organs. In 1994, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association (AMA) issued its updated opinion that it is ethically permissible to use the anencephalic neonate as an organ donor (see Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs). This decision came in spite of current law, which recognizes anencephalic babies as living. [Anencephaly is a condition in which an infant is born with a fully functioning brain stem but without any cerebral hemispheres. Thus the baby never can have any awareness of his or her own existence or surroundings, and often dies from complications within hours or days of delivery.] How many more laws and definitions will be changed in the future as the demand for usable organs continues to outnumber the supply. As science begins to mount the slippery slope, we must remain vigilant in supporting organ donation only in those cases in which death has been determined by every criterionincluding complete loss of brain functionrather than just by one or two criteria. God forbids intentional killing (James 2:10-11); thus we must carefully determine, in light of the teachings found within Gods Word, whether a respirator is simply oxygenating a corpse, or sustaining a living human being. Then we must act accordingly. But we cannot count on the scientific community to make ethical decisionsfor as Paul Ramsey described, patients often no longer are viewed as people, but as a useful precadaver (1970, p. 208).
The bidding for a human kidney offered on the Internet auction site eBay hit $5.7 million before the company put a stop to it (see AP Report, 1999). Internet bargain hunters drove up the price of one human kidneyadvertised for sale on August 26, 1999 for $25,000to $5.7 million before the on-line auctioneer put a stop to the macabre offer. The second kidney, posted the following Thursday afternoon with an asking price of $4 million, did not receive any bids before it was pulled. But why would individuals bid such exorbitant amounts for a kidney? The answer is found in the old economic principle of supply and demand. As of August 30, 2002, there were 80,383 individuals in the United States waiting for an organ transplant. However, only 24,076 transplants were performed in 2001 (see, UNOS Information). As a result, one of the most important ethical questions involved in organ transplantation is: Who gets the organ? Should we do as the Chinese, and begin harvesting organs from condemned prisoners? Or should we pass laws that take organ donation from the viewpoint of an act of altruism, and place it into the realm of regulated policy?
The other alternative is to offer incentives for organ donation. On May 3, 1999, CNN reported a first-of-its-kind pilot program in Pennsylvania that paid organ donors $300 toward their final funeral expenses (see Kahn). Some people see no difference in the selling of organs and the selling of blood, plasma, or semen. Proposals to pay for organs are not new, and many countries actively participate in the trade of money for organs. But the United States has enacted federal laws that strictly prohibit the sale or trade of human organs. Consider what changes might occur if payment for organs were permitted: (1) it could exploit people who need money, but who normally would not donate; (2) it could motivate families to decide to discontinue treatment sooner; and (3) it would provide the rich an unfair advantage of obtaining organs.
Are Xenografts the Answer?
This lack of viable donor organs has led researchers to find alternative methods. Artificial organs (such as the Jarvic 7 or new AbioCor artificial hearts) leave the patient with a dismal prognosis; thus, doctors have been busy attempting cross-species transplants (known as xenografts). Xenotransplantation has long been considered an answer to the critical shortage of available human donor organs. As patient waiting lists have become longer, the inadequate supply of donor organs has become critical. Nationwide, at least one patient dies each day while waiting for a liver transplant, and this figure is increasing with each passing year.
Although early attempts at xenotransplantation date back as far as 1905, new understanding of the immune system, and subsequent new drugs, created a scientific climate favorable for several attempts in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1963 and 1964, physician Keith Reemtsma performed chimpanzee-to-human kidney transplants in twelve adults at Tulane University. The only real success story was one recipient who lived with the chimp kidney for nine months (without evidence of rejection) before dying of an infection. As word of this success leaked out, other surgeons made unsuccessful attempts to transplant chimpanzee hearts and kidneys into humans. Thomas Starzl even performed kidney transplants in six adults using baboon donors. The patients lived for 19 to 98 days after their transplants. The most famous xenotransplant occurred on October 26, 1984, in a tiny infant that became known as simply Baby Fae (the childs middle name, which was used to protect the familys privacy). In just three weeks, the little girl was known and loved by more people than practically any other infant in history. Hearts broke as she was shown listening to her mothers voice over the phone. With the transplanted heart of a baboon, she made medical history as the first newborn recipient of a cross-species heart transplant. However, just twenty short days later, Baby Fae diedmost likely due to the blood-type incompatibility that existed between the donor baboon heart and the small infant.
Between 1963 and 1984, twenty-eight clinical procedures involving solid organs from animal donors were performed in the United States and South Africa. However, the results were less than optimal. The differences in outward appearances between animal organs and human organs are the least of the concerns. Animals have different blood types, antigens, and proteins that are recognized as foreign in humans. Those that have shown any glimmer of success have done so due to the immunosuppressive drugsputting the patients at greater risks for sickness and tumors in the future. Patients who accept donor organs from animals face a lifetime of expensive medication in order to stave off rejection.
So what is the solution? There is indeed a critical need for donors. But since xenografts have shown very little promise, the only viable alternative appears to be increasing the available supply of donor organs. The key is education.
Can Christians support organ donation and transplantation? Yes. It is one of the greatest acts of compassion and love for others. Even living donations (such as donating a kidney) are acceptable; however, we must remain alert that we do not allow living individuals on respirators to become donors. We cannot justify having a bed-ridden patient turned to prevent bedsores, or having their lungs suctioned in order to prevent pneumonia, and then turn around and treat that living body as dead simply to harvest the organs needed to keep someone else alive. Simultaneously, since most transplants come from donors who have been declared neurologically dead, it is important that we fully understand the criteria the medical profession is using to define brain death. Only when a patient is determined to be irreversibly and completely brain dead should he or she be considered a candidate for organ donation. We need to understand that science will continue to press forward with what is known as the technological imperativeif it can be done, it must be done. As Christians, we need to balance our lives and occasionally be prepared to say No! to medical advances that are ethically questionable. We need to demonstrate to the world that while we appreciate medical advances, they do not dictate in the realm of morals and/or ethics.
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Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (1995), The Use of Anencephalic Neonates as Organ Donors, Journal of the American Medical Association, 273:1614-18.
Kahn, Jeffery P. (1999), Organ DonationWell Make It Worth Your While, CNN Interactive [On-line], URL: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/bioethics/9905/organ.donate/template.html.
Ramsey, Paul (1970), The Patient As Person: Explorations in Medical Ethics (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press).
Red Cross (no date), Statements from Various Religions, [On-line], URL: http://www.redcross.org/donate/tissue/relgstmt.html.
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For those who have played and enjoyed the Dark Dreams maps from Red Virus and myself, i can proudly say part 5 is nearing completion.
Now i'm not going to give any spoilers of what to expect but what i can say both Red Virus and myself have gone all out on this one. We are hoping within the next few weeks it will be finished as it is jam packed full of MT and getting very close to the 2mb track limits. For those that have been following the story line we created within the previous maps we reveal the truth behind the Dark Dreams. This series was only ever meant to be just a single map but it hasn't turned out like that.
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I have been using Google Plus (Google+) almost since the first day it was made available and in general I like it okay. The ability to segregate your associations into circles gives me the degree of control that I always felt was lacking in Facebook.
Well, now Google as announced a new feature called Google+ Pages that gives businesses the ability to create Google+ Profiles, which you and I can add to our circles. You can read the details in the official Google Blog.
You will no doubt notice that the number of companies and organizations with Google+ Pages is very limited right now, but we are promised that everyone will be able to join in the fun eventually.
The Initial list of Google+ Pages
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|Exhibit A: Topless, hat-less and most definitely wearing SPF 0.
But back then, your parents sent you out the door first thing in the morning and they didn't see you again until you were hungry. So maybe you saw them at lunch and then at dinner. We spent our summers in the sun. There was no, "Wait, let me put this SPF 75 on you before you go and spend 12 hours on the face of the sun." I also recall getting so burnt in Florida that I had to go the hospital. I was throwing up from either heat stroke or sunburn, it's hard to say. They both happened in the same window of time. In any case, SPF 4 was not sufficient coverage for a pasty white kid like me.
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My mother, on the other hand, used to oil herself up with Hawaiian Tropic Dark Tanning Oil. She smelled like coconut cream pie. She was slick and slippery when you'd hug her. In the summer months, you'd often find her laying out on one of our folding chairs on the back patio. Chances are she'd be drinking a Tab, smoking a cigarette and flipping through Cosmo while she browned in the sun smelling like dessert.
Babies don't tan, Mother.
I didn't inherit my mother's ability to tan. I'm like my father — I pretty much alternate between pasty and burnt. There's no middle ground of "tan." That's not to say I didn't try to get a tan when I was a teenager. My friends and I would line large cardboard boxes with foil and lay inside them. We'd spread baby oil all over ourselves and shiver in the foil box over spring break in Michigan, trying to approximate the tan our other friends were getting on vacations in warmer climes.
Despite all my efforts, I never really got tan. I even spent a summer in the south of France as a foreign exchange student. I came back from the Cote D'Azur considerably blonder, but not much darker. Fortunately my failed attempts discouraged me from any sort of lifelong dedication to tanning. As soon as they came out with SPF 15, I was wearing it and I've worn every increasing denomination of sun protection as it has been unveiled.
Anyway, this morning at the dermatologist, I told the doctor that I stay out of the sun and wear sun protection. She examined me from ears to toes. She asked if I had any moles I was concerned about and I said no. But then I reconsidered.
"It's the same size, shape and color as it's always been," I said. She was spending too much time looking at it and it was making me nervous.
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Alpha Kappa Psi Hitch Cover
• PERFECT FOR OUTDOORS: Fits most trailer hitches on automobiles and RVs.
• PREMIUM QUALITY MATERIAL: The Greek Life Custom Made Hitch Plate is made from high quality durable plastic and features a designed aluminum logo plate.
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This custom hitch plate is the perfect accessory for any car, truck, or RV. Show pride for your fraternity with your custom Greek Life Hitch Plate. Our custom designed hitch plates are manufactured with high quality durable plastic and an aluminum logo plate. The hitch plate measures 51/8" W x 37/8" H. The custom designed aluminum hitch plate features the logo, motto, and name of the organization. Buy yours today and show pride for your favorite fraternity.


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hexcollective necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Hex Collective
Hex Collective is the new name for a small web design studio based in the UK.
Most of our work comes from word-of-mouth. So far, we've never put a penny into marketing and we attract new clients through consistently producing good work and meeting those deadlines!
We write our own web applications and are constantly pushing ourselves to create better approaches, thought forms, information.
We do: custom web apps, cms builds, ecommerce builds & information architecture amongst things.
UK-based small to medium-sized businesses.
New media agencies.
Individuals looking for intuitive web apps (SAAS)
- Business cards (use both sides)
With space for: first & last names, title, mobile phone number, web address (hexcollective.co.uk)
- Letterhead (ready for printing and also in .doc format)
landline phone number, web address
- Compliment slips
landline phone number, web address
On all 3 formats - please add space for a slogan (approx: 16 characters)
Our logo is attached.
Be creative, think different and all that ;-
Here are a few inspirational items, whilst we're not looking to copy them, hopefully they'll serve as a measure of the kind of stuff we like:
http://creattica.com/business-cards…tson/19927 (minimal, good use of space, subtle design)
http://www.2expertsdesign.com/wp-co…ard-46.jpg (different, interesting use of space, minimal)
http://www.2expertsdesign.com/wp-co…ard-63.jpg (like the design and placement of items)


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Free Weekly Walks: Exploring Embroideries
Saturday 27th July
11:40 - 12:00
Description:Wells Cathedral Quire contains over a hundred beautiful embroideries from the mid 20th century, which tell stories relating to Bishops, local history, saints and legends. Knowledgeable guides will show you some of the treasures in these twenty minute free taster tours. No booking is required; please join a Guide underneath the organ in the Nave to begin the tour of your choice.
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At 7 Stars Limo, we understand the importance of professionalism and punctuality to every business traveler. Whether you or your client is traveling to/from the airport, the office, or a meeting, your chauffeur will ensure that you arrive at your destination in comfort and on time. Our fleet of stretch limousines, SUVs, luxury sedans, and busses will accommodate all of your transportation needs. Moreover the high level of professionalism displayed by our drivers is complimented with their throughout knowledge of the local area that offers every business client an exceptional experience when they utilize our services.
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Bisphenol A, known as BPA, is a toxic chemical found in polycarbonate plastic — a hard, translucent plastic, usually marked with recycling symbol (SPI) No. 7. Often used to coat metal, it can be found in water pipes and the resinous lining of food and beverage cans. It is also used for dental fillings, baby bottles and formula containers, water coolers and bottles, tableware, food storage and to-go containers. BPA can seep out of polycarbonate plastic into food and liquid, in particular when the plastic is heated, worn or scratched, or when in contact with fatty or acidic foods.
First developed in 1891, it was considered for use as a way to replace estrogen. Indeed, BPA's ability to mimic and disrupt hormones is what makes it so scary. Hormones stimulate certain cancers, which is why BPA is associated with prostate and breast cancer. A known endocrine inhibitor, BPA can interfere with metabolism, sex organs and neurological and reproductive development. It has been strongly linked to obesity, heart and liver disease, diabetes, early puberty, and learning and behavioral problems. Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A and phthalates (the chemical found in PVC) are two of the most likely causes of the genital abnormalities that are now the most common birth defects in American baby boys.
Over 100 independent studies have confirmed the concerns surrounding BPA, and 92 percent of 163 government-funded studies found "significant negative effects" from low-level exposure. That's serious stuff in the lingo of science research. In fact, the only studies that have not found "significant effects" seem to be funded by the chemical industry. Imagine that.
While the FDA continues to state that BPAs are "safe" (guess whose studies they considered?), the Journal of the American Medical Association, The National Toxicology Program — part of the Department of Health and Human Services — and other prominent health institutes have all raised concerns about BPA. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found detectable levels of BPA in 93 percent of urine samples collected. Keep in mind, the FDA has tested less than 15 percent of 100,000 chemicals in use; their claim that bisphenol A is "safe" is not exactly reassuring.
The effects of BPA on fetuses and young children is far greater than for adults, so the suggestions below are particularly important for pregnant and nursing women, babies and children. As Dr. Shanna Swan, Director of the Center for Reproductive Epidemiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, points out, "These fetal effects are permanent and irreversible." A note to pregnant women, or those who might become pregnant: bisphenol A is associated with miscarriages as well as birth defects.
So what to do? To stay on the green and healthy side of precaution, here are some guidelines:
• Use glass, stainless steel, paper, cloth, or ceramic containers for your food and beverages. If you feel you have to use plastic, SPI 4, 5, 1 & 2 are considered the safer options. Not all SPI 7 plastic contains BPA, but unless it is specifically labeled as "BPA-free," it's hard to know which do or don't.
• Never heat food in plastic, or put warm or hot food into plastic containers (that includes plastic cling wraps). Remember that "microwave safe" only means that the container or cling wrap won't deform; it has nothing to do with your safety.
• Avoid contact between fatty or acidic foods and plastic.
• Recycle any worn or scratched plastic, and don't put plastic in the dishwasher.
• Breastfeed. If not, use glass bottles and buy un-canned, powdered formula.
• Don't buy canned foods or beverages. Really.
• Wrap sandwiches in cloth or paper, and bring your own utensils. If you use a plastic reusable bottle (like Nalgene), make sure it is BPA-free.
• Invest in a filter, and keep water in glass or ceramic or stainless steel containers. Most water coolers, and the bottles that go with them, contain bisphenol A.
• Check what type of plastic your food processor is made from. Replace plastic coffee filters with ceramic or metal ones.
• Write to food companies and urge them to use less harmful alternatives to SPI 3, 6 and 7 plastics. Do the same for places you shop, and restaurants where you get food to go.
• In 1996 Bill Clinton signed the "Food Quality Protection Act" which promised a screening of endocrine inhibitors by the EPA. By 2007, although they had spent $80 million on the endocrine disruptor program, the EPA had still not tested a single one of the 15,000 chemicals promised. Tell the EPA it's time to get to work, and demand the FDA get serious about studying BPA.
Hope this is helpful — even if alarming.


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What is a Mojofied Job Seeker?
There are tons of people out of work; that is true. But employers are looking for switched-on people who know how to get things done, and sadly we are not trained to present ourselves that way on a job search. It's just the opposite: we're trained to bow and scrape and grovel our way through the job search process, as though the only thing that matters to companies desperate for talent is how docile and compliant a job seeker is. (Undoubtedly there are organizations like that, but who the heck would want to work at those places?)
You don't have to crawl over piles of broken glass to get a good job. You can show up on a job search as you, and not some robotic version of yourself whose highest goal in life is to please a first-level supervisor who doesn't get enough acknowledgement at work (or, perhaps, anywhere). We can feel compassion for people like that, but we don't have to work with them.
You can bring spark and mojo to your job search. The graphic at the top of this column, called "How to Spot a Mojofied Job Seeker," lays out how to do that. (To see a bigger version of the poster, jump here.)
A job-seeker with mojo makes his or her own path. That means that your past jobs and education inform, but don't dictate, your future career direction. Remember that hiring managers don't get approval for new job requisitions just by asking for them. Tight-fisted Chief Financial Officers don't approve new hires because they want to be nice — there has to be serious business pain to justify a new headcount in this economic environment. So who gets hired, in the end? It's likely to be a person who impressed upon the hiring manager how he or she is aware of and familiar with the business pain that hiring manager is facing. That's a matter of communication and moxie, not degrees or certifications.
The Mojofied Job Seeker program shoots for roughly equal amounts of job search time and energy spent on three job-search channels. The first is responding to posted job ads. The second is reaching out to your target employers on your own, whether there's a job posting in your area of interest, or not. The third channel is networking. Those three channels will get you a new job and build your flame far better than any one of those channels will do on its own, or any two together. You're going to be doing a lot of company research, and imagine what you'll learn in the process!
A Mojofied Job Seeker uses a Human-Voiced Resume (TM) rather than a zombietastic traditional one. You can read about Human-Voiced Resumes (and see a Before & After example) here. Putting a human voice in your resume doesn't just give a hiring manager a/k/a Your Next Boss more personality and more humanity that a traditional resume can convey. It also builds your mojo to write a Human-Voiced Resume (TM), and builds a little more every time you send one out.
A Mojofied Job Seeker skips the Black Hole recruiting portals and writes to hiring managers directly. Here's a story about that, and about using Pain Letters (TM) to let a manager know you understand what he or she is up against. If you were looking for someone to hire in your department, which person would you rather talk to: the one who writes "Here are my skills, talents and abilities" or the one who writes "Man! I love your products, and I can just imagine that you're swamped trying to get new releases out the door!" People like to hire human people. If you meet people who don't, beware! Life is too short to spend it working among zombies and battle drones.
A Mojofied Job Seeker uses his or her network, and grows it all the time – not just looking for help, but helping other people. An MJS has done enough salary research to know what he or she is worth, and doesn't believe that any job offer at all is necessarily worth taking. When we know our value, our step is springier and our confidence is higher on a job interview. If the market value for your talents is $X, why on earth would you settle for less? After all, the market value is determined by the market – you didn't dream up that number. The more knowledge of the talent marketplace you've got, the more mojofied you'll be!
A job seeker with mojo brings his or her whole self to a job search, and to every job interview. If they like you, that's wonderful! If they don't, that is awesome too. Nothing about getting or having a job requires that you shove your light under a bushel or pretend to be someone you're not. When the plumber comes over to fix your tub drain, you don't expect the plumber to leave half of his personality (or hers) at home. You say, "His jokes are odd, but he's a great plumber" and you go on with your life.
Gen Y is doing us all a great service in this department, if the many stories are true: their collective message seems to be "Here's me. You hired me, so deal with it." God bless them for that!
A Mojofied Job Seeker knows that a job interview is a conversation between equals. We have as much to learn about an organization as anyone in the organization has to learn about us. It's a match-making process, not an oral exam. A job seeker whose flame is high views a job offer negotiation as a pleasant problem-solving conversation, not a test of wills or a sulkfest. (If they didn't offer you enough money because you didn't tell them what you expected, can you blame them?) A Mojofied Job Seeker knows that his or her career is a business, just like any other business. Our employers aren't running our careers, even if we love our jobs and love our co-workers. We're in charge of our futures now. Job security is something you carry around with you, not something an employer gives you. (How could they? No one has the power to guarantee lifetime employment – not even the Vatican!).
A Mojofied Job Seeker knows that his or her brand is a story, the story of a young man or woman who followed a path and ended up here, today, ready to take on a new challenge and eager to learn. The old-fashioned, useless Skills dogma is a relic of the 1990s. We don't know what Skills are, and they don't have any weight. We have all read enough LinkedIn profiles to know that Excellent Communication Skills are the three cheapest words in the English language. (If a person really had excellent communication skills, they'd never use those three hackneyed words to convey it!) Our stories are stronger than lists of anything, from skills to software programs to certifications and other flotsam and jetsam that we've convinced ourselves makes us valuable to employers. We are valuable without any of that stuff. When we find our mojo, we're unstoppable.
When your mojo is back where it should be, you'll wonder why you ever let a job search or a job interview stress you out. Some organization is going to be lucky to get you!


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ProfileCategories Home
- Friending the Past: The Sense of History in the Digital Age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018
- "Digital Humanities Diversity as Technical Problem" (full text of talk presented at MLA 2018)
- Open Letter to the Polish Government: "The Fate of Cultural Studies in Poland" (1 January 2018)
- Blog essay: "Assessing Data Workflows for Common Data 'Moves' Across Disciplines" (6 May 2017)
- Article: "Hacking the Voice of the Shuttle: The Growth and Death of a Boundary Object." Social Media Archeology and Poetics. Ed. Judy Malloy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016. (Full text — open-access author's pre-copy-edited final version in institutional repository)
- Article: "Is Digital Humanities a Field? — An Answer from the Point of View of Language." Journal of Siberian Federal University: Humanities and Social Sciences 7 (2016): 1546-1552.
- Article: "N + 1: A Plea for Cross-Domain Data in the Digital Humanities." Debates in the Digital Humanities 2016. Ed. Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein. University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
- Blog essay: Drafts for Against the Cultural Singularity (book in progress) (2 May 2016)
Alan Liu is Distinguished Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an affiliated faculty member of UCSB's Media Arts & Technology graduate program. Previously, he was on the faculty of Yale University's English Department and British Studies Program.
He began his research in the field of British romantic literature and art. His first book, Wordsworth: The Sense of History (Stanford Univ. Press, 1989), explored the relation between the imaginative experiences of literature and history. In a series of theoretical essays in the 1990s, he explored cultural criticism, the "new historicism," and postmodernism in contemporary literary studies. In 1994, when he started his Voice of the Shuttle Web site for humanities research, he began What is the relation between the seductions of literature and of information?to study information culture as a way to close the circuit between the literary or historical imagination and the technological imagination. In 2004, he published his The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information (Univ. of Chicago Press). In 2008, he also published from Univ. of Chicago Press his Local Transcendence: Essays on Postmodern Historicism and the Database.
Liu founded the NEH-funded Teaching with Technology project at UC Santa Barbara called Transcriptions: Literature and the Culture of Information and his English Dept's undergraduate specialization on Literature and the Culture of Information. During 2002-2007 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) and chair of the Technology/Software Committee of the ELO's PAD Initiative (Preservation / Archiving / Dissemination of Electronic Literature).
Digital initiatives he has recently led include Transliteracies: Research in the Technological, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading, a University of California multi-campus, collaborative research group (2005-10); and RoSE (Research-oriented Social Environment), a software project funded by a NEH Digital Humanities Start-up grant (2011-12) that is the culmination of Transliteracies. He is also co-founder and -leader of the international 4Humanities advocacy initiative as well as 4Humanities@UCSB (the UCSB 4Humanities local chapter formed as an Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Research Focus Group).
Liu is currently working on books about the digital humanities and the relationship between media and history.
After serving as Chair of his department during 2008-12, he was on leave in 2012-13 with an ACLS fellowship and short-term fellowships at the National Humanities Center and the Australian National University Humanities Research Centre.


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Sneak peek: Saturday's front page in progress
Wanted to take you behind the scenes here on the design desk, showing you where we were with the front page of Saturday's paper as of early Friday.
We had decided on Thursday afternoon that the "Buyers Sellers" story would be a solid display package for Saturday morning. All the pieces were there: an interesting and relevant story from business reporter Aldo Svaldi, a nice portrait photograph by AAron Ontiveroz, and a contextual chart showing home prices rising in the metro Denver market with inventories running low. Matt Swaney, our design director, fashioned the display, making good use of a warm red color palette and creating a type treatment that's easy to access and read. It's all a very disciplined approach — which we like.
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terrellm precisava de um novo design de página da web e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 27 designs enviados por 16 designers freelancers.
We have our logo designed, now we need a website design. The Cattle Pages, a popular cattle industry website since 1996, serves as an information resource, community, and directory for cattle ranchers.
The Cattle Pages
The Internet Guide to the Cattle Industry
Desired Color Scheme:
Browns and other earth tone colors
Desired Style:
Colors to use: browns
Things we don't want: ropes, cow bells, black and white spotted cows, cows with long horns, and Wanted! poster or other old-west style fonts, barns, and farm houses.
Accepted File Formats:
Hi-Res PSD file (with layers)
The Cattle Pages website just got a new logo from a SitePoint contest and now needs a new website design! The site began in 1996 as one of the first websites with information for beef cattle ranchers. Our target audience consists of cattle ranchers, many of whom are between 40-60 years of age.
Our slogan is The Internet Guide to the Cattle Industry and consists of a directory of cattle ranchers and equipment companies, photo gallery, classified ads, discussion forums and information articles.
We recently held a SitePoint contest for our Logo and chose http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplac…ryid=15513.
We also held a contest for a masthead that will be used in some printed materials. You have the option to include it, but we are also interested in seeing other ideas.
The feel of the site should be high-end and rich, and represent the lifestyle of cattle ranching.
One of the key elements of our site is navigation. Your design must allow for an 800 pixels wide horizontal navigation dropdown menu. The areas of navigation are: Home, The Cattle Pages, Features, Community, Interactive, Directory, Products, Resources, Search.
Things we don't want: ropes, cow bells, black and white spotted cows, cows with long horns, and Wanted! poster or other old-west style fonts, barns, and farm houses.
We will guarantee a winner will be selected from the entries received. If there are several close entries, we may optionally add a second prize to encourage revisions.
I am online and will be checking in often, so feel free to ask any questions or request clarifications.