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What is Freedom Self Publishing?
Freedom Self Publishing is the most complete Kindle training course available. It teaches you exactly what you need to know to be successful at selling e-books on Amazon Kindle, and how to start making passive income online!
What's Included?
The recently updated 2.0 version includes over 40+ videos currently, showing you step by step how to publish a book on Amazon. It includes things such as:
- How to choose niches that are GUARANTEED to make you money
- How to pay someone else to write your books for you inexpensively
- How to get a book cover made for as little as $2.50
- How to get book reviews
- How to turn your book into paperback and audiobook editions
- How to double your profits by turning your Kindle book into a paperback and audiobook
- Advanced pricing strategies that will massively boost your income
- How to hire VA's to run your business so it becomes completely passive
- How to build a back-end to your business and make extra money selling high-end products
But wait.. there's more!
As a member of Freedom Self Publishing you will also gain access to our bonus, members-only, Facebook group.
In this group you will have personal access to myself, as well as many other successful and aspiring Kindle publishers.
This is a super valuable area where you can get your questions answered, organise review swaps, meet like-minded individuals, and stay on the cutting edge of everything Kindle Publishing!
Who Am I & Why Should You Listen to Me?
My name is Adrian Ingram and for the past 3.5 years I've been publishing books on Amazon Kindle.
I've been through just about every single Kindle course available, have watched the YouTube videos, read the blog posts, and tried and tested what feels like a million different strategies.
For the first year or so I failed miserably.
I didn't make much money and I in fact lost a lot of what I invested!
But.. luckily I stuck with it..
And just a few months later I was making over $6000 per month passively from my Amazon Kindle books!
I was able to quit my job, and work for myself full-time!
Since then, I've gone on to make over $12,000 in a single month in book royalties!
Just over 2 years ago now I quit my job, and haven't looked back since. I've been able to spend my time travelling and working on other business ventures – all thanks to Kindle Publishing!
Through a lot of trial and error, I discovered what does and doesn't work with Kindle. I've figured out a system that works, and that's exactly what Freedom Self Publishing teaches.
In this course you will be able to learn from my almost 4 years of experience with Kindle Publishing and jump on the fast-track to success!
I've been teaching people how to publish Kindle books for over 12 months now, and have been fortunate enough to help many of them earn several thousand per month on Amazon!
I've even had a couple of people so far be able to quit their jobs which is truly amazing!
I really enjoy helping others experience the same success that I have had with Kindle Publishing.
While I can't guarantee a certain level of results, I can guarantee that if you put in the work, and follow the steps I teach, you will be able to experience a great level of success with Amazon Kindle publishing!
What is Kindle Publishing & Why Should You Care?
Kindle Publishing is Amazon's platform for selling e-books.
Around 80% of e-books sold are currently purchased through Amazon Kindle!
That presents a huge opportunity for anyone publishing on Amazon. Absolutely anybody can easily publish a book on Amazon, which has totally changed the publishing industry forever.
This presents an amazing opportunity for you! With my method, you don't even have to write the books yourself!
You will simply learn how to select an amazing niche, how to create a book on the topic through outsourcing the process, and then how to make your book sell.
Once your book is live on Amazon, it will passively bring you income..
Did I mention that I only spend about 1 hour per week maintaining my portfolio of over 100+ ebooks?
Kindle Publishing is simply THE BEST way for beginners to start making money online..
Now it will take a bit of time to get started and get your book published in the first place, but once you've gone through the publishing process and have your book on Amazon, it will be almost completely passive!
Then, you can just continue to publish more and more books and build up a Kindle Publishing empire of your own!
So... What's Included in Freedom Self Publishing?
For the limited time purchase price of just $297, you will have lifetime access to the entire Freedom Self Publishing course.
Currently, that includes:
Core Lesson Area
This area contains 17+ videos where I show you the basics of Kindle publishing. If you follow along with these videos and complete the action steps in each one, you will have a book published on Amazon, complete with reviews, that should be making some great sales!
Advanced Lessons Area
Once you have completed the Core lessons, you can head here. This section contains over 19+ videos where I share advanced strategies that the top Kindle publishers use. Here you will discover the exact strategies that allowed me to more than DOUBLE my Kindle royalties almost instantly.
These strategies are seriously powerful, and are what you need to know to be successful with publishing in 2017 and beyond.
Virtual Assistant Training Area
Here you will learn how to hire a virtual assistant. I use virtual assistants to make my publishing business passive, and also to scale it. Having virtual assistants is what allowed me to publish so many books, and it's also what let's me maintain my Kindle income in only 1 hour per week!
In this section I show you how to find, hire, and train amazing virtual assistants to manage and grow your business for you. Not to mention, these assistants that I show you how to find will work for less than $5 per hour!
BONUS AREA - Private Member's Only Facebook Group
In this group you will have direct access to myself, along with other successful and aspiring Kindle publishers!
In this area you will be surrounded by like-minded individuals who are all working on their own Kindle Publishing businesses! This group can be seriously powerful!
Here, you can get your questions answered, ask for/give advice and feedback, organise reviews for your book, and build a super powerful network!
For a limited time only, Freedom Self Publishing is available for a once-off price of just...
Compared to what you can make from a single book, I'm giving away this course for a ridiculously low price!
WAIT!! First, I have something I need to let you know..
Before you sign up... let me just say that this IS NOT a 'get rich quick scheme'.
It is a course that teaches you how to create a REAL online business that brings in real passive income.
But, be aware that it will take some work. It's not a large amount of work, but this course is definitely NOT for excuse makers who aren't willing to put in the small amount of effort required.
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This course really does simplify the process to the point that I believe absolutely anybody can have success with this business model, no matter how many times you've failed at making money online in the past.
...But I don't want to work with excuse makers.
All you need to do is be willing to learn, have a positive attitude, and be ready to do what it takes!
I'm simply not interested in working with people who make excuses. If you're going to make excuses and not do what it takes, we'll just be wasting each others time..
I want to work with people who are serious about changing their lives.
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If you're serious about doing what it takes, and want to create a potentially life-changing passive income business, then scroll down and hit the 'Sign Up' button NOW!
"Freedom Self Publishing helped me get started when I knew absolutely nothing about Kindle publishing. Even without a list, I made sales the very first day I published my book. The advanced course content is something I have never seen offered elsewhere. I am amazed by the amount of value Adrian provides for a fraction of the cost of other courses."
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In 2008, at the height of the recession, Congress created an unemployment benefits program that was supposed to be temporary. Like many "temporary" programs, it has now become near-permanent, at least in the eyes of most Democrats and some Republicans. And while there has been no new extension since the end of 2013, due to Republican resistance in the Senate and House, it looks like a deal was struck last week that may get benefits back up and running retroactively, and apply through the end of May.
Five Republican senators have signed on to the measure, which would apply the benefits retroactively and pay for the roughly $9.5 billion cost through an accounting gimmick known as pension smoothing, raised custom fees in 2024 and an adjustment to payment procedures for single-employer pension plans.
Early indications are that those five — Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) — will be the only Republicans to support the bill. A spokesman for Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), who supported early compromises to pass unemployment insurance, said that he would not back this bill because it lacked "credible reforms."
The bill will end payments to millionaires, thanks to Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), but that will only save $20 to $30 million annually.
This is pretty bad news — the nation needs budget cuts and tax reform, not increases in both — but it looks like the House may ride to the rescue, at least temporarily:
House Speaker John Boehner said Friday he thinks a bipartisan Senate deal to renew expired benefits for the long-term unemployed isn't feasible, a remark that suggested the agreement is in trouble in the Republican-run House.
Asked Friday by The Associated Press what he thought of the Senate compromise, he said, "You mean the one that can't be implemented?"
Asked if his comment meant he didn't like the measure or that he wouldn't bring it to the House floor for debate, Boehner, R-Ohio, said, "I didn't say that."
An aide to the speaker later said that Boehner believes making the jobless benefits retroactive to when that program expired in late December, which the Senate deal would do, isn't workable.
Boehner is also unhappy that the Senate proposal lacks provisions creating jobs, the aide said, a condition Boehner has said must be part of any plan extending the benefits. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to publicly discuss Boehner's comments.
Unfortunately, Boehner's resistance may not be enough, if the Senate passes the bill. In an election year, with the word "compromise" being thrown around because Democrats are "only" applying the benefits until May, and Republicans already being viewed as the party of the rich, short-term political survival may win the day.
Nearly five years after the Great Recession ended, unemployment is still high and the American people are still suffering greatly from the government-induced economic crash and subsequent weak recovery. With the help of the mainstream and liberal media — yes, a somewhat redundant phrase — Democrats have been able to pretend that their policies are good for the nation. Meanwhile, Republicans continue to react to Democratic initiatives, not stand up around a cohesive regulatory, tax, and spending reform package that would get the nation finally up and running again.
And the GOP continues to suffer, as its attempts at Democratic-lite proposals are matched by an inability to initiate with sound policy proposals that would inspire conservatives and moderates alike, and take the advantage from Democrats.
In his latest column — a true must-read — George Will gave excellent guidance to Republicans on how spending in agriculture, food stamps, and Federal Reserve policies makes income inequality worse. May it give them guidance on how to find real solutions, not join Democrats in continuing the high-spending, government-growing status quo.
Dustin Siggins is the Washington, D.C. Correspondent for Lifesitenews.com and formerly the primary blogger with Tea Party Patriots. He is a co-author of the forthcoming book, Bankrupt Legacy: The Future of the Debt-Paying Generation. His work has been published by numerous online and print publications, including USA Today, Roll Call, Hot Air, Huffington Post, Mediaite, and First Things.


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Note: Since this post was published I have done many further spectroscopy projects which I recommend checking out such as making a low-cost colourimeter for water quality sensing, fluorimeter for oil detection and a laser cut spectrometer which vastly outperforms the spectroscope shown in this post.
As light passes through a liquid it can be absorbed by chemicals found in the liquid. Different molecules will absorb at different wavelengths.
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I used a great program made by Alexander Scheeline and Kathleen Kelly from the University of Illinois who put together the Cell Phone Spectrometer website with a program that takes two pictures from a cell phone of a spectrum, a reference and a sample. Giving an absorbance reading that can be exported as comma separated values (.csv) file that can be imported into a plotting program.
To test the spectrometer a pink sample of Purpurin in methanol which is an anthraquinone was used. Anthraquinone's have been used as a dye in many paintings. In the lab were I am working a student is doing a PhD project trying to understand how these molecules break down in order to be able to aid in art restoration. The absorption spectrum was found using a halogen light source and an Ocean Optics USB-4000 mini spectrometer. Both spectrometers where referenced with methanol and compared in the following graph.
Arduino controller spectrophotometer
Digital camera transmission grating spectrometer
Digital camera spectrometer
Simple LED LDR spectrophotometer
Cell phone spectrometer (with some great software)Cereal box spectroscope


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Add this to your list of hangover cures.
According to scientists, asparagus (yup, asparagus) will help get rid of your nasty morning-after symptoms. Researchers believe that the amino acids and minerals in the veggie will not only protect your liver cells against toxins, it'll alleviate the physical effects associated with a hangover (headache, tummy trouble, and omg flashbacks).
Btw, asparagus is sort of a power vegetable. It's a diuretic, meaning it'll make you pee and get all that alchy out of your system. It's also packed with vitamin C and other antioxidant nutrients, which boost your overall health.
So the day after that New Year's Eve bash, when you're not feeling 100 percent, grab some asparagus. It'll make you feel better.
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Supporters of George Zimmerman, the volunteer watchman charged with murder for shooting Trayvon Martin, say new evidence that shows Mr. Zimmerman was beaten and bloodied about the head and that Mr. Martin's knuckles were mangled should bolster Zimmerman's claim that he shot the unarmed black teen in self-defense.
As pieces of evidence in the case begin to trickle out, the second-guessing of the prosecutor's decision to level second-degree murder charges in the case has begun in earnest, with many seeing Zimmerman's injuries as a reason to throw the case out altogether.
The evidence, they say, raises questions about whether the decision to charge him at all had more to do with politics rather than facts. A medical report obtained by ABC News states that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head, and needed psychological counseling after the fight.
Zimmerman escaped prosecution for six weeks until Gov. Rick Scott – amid a national uproar and the arrival of civil rights leaders – appointed a special prosecutor, Angela Corey, who charged Zimmerman on April 20.
Zimmerman has maintained from the beginning that he feared for his life before shooting Martin. Ms. Corey has said public pressure, including that from civil rights organizations, did not play a role in her decision to charge Zimmerman on April 20, more than six weeks after the shooting.
Evidence that Martin hit Zimmerman hard enough to draw blood from different places on his face and head and skin his own knuckles, according to some legal experts, has made second-degree murder conviction a long shot.
If accurate, the medical report obtained by ABC "is a game-changer," says Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz, who suggests prosecutors acted inappropriately by not referencing the extent of Zimmerman's injuries in their sworn affidavit to the court.
"A jury that's not afraid of causing a riot, an objective jury, is not going to convict somebody of second degree murder after his nose was broken, eyes blackened, and his head banged against the ground," he says.
"The prosecution's best case is that Zimmerman provoked Martin, absolutely improperly followed him, and confronted him," Professor Dershowitz adds. "But as a result of that, a battle ensues and Martin's on top, banging his head against the ground, and [Zimmerman] reasonably believes that his life is at stake and pulls out the gun. It's classic self-defense, and if it's not self defense, it's at worst involuntary manslaughter."
The new details of the aftermath of the fight, however, are part of shifting perceptions around the case, which led to a national debate on how race plays into increasingly liberalized US gun and self-defense laws.
Initial reports of the fight, accompanied by pictures of Martin as a baby-faced 14-year-old, created the perception of an unbalanced fight between a gun-carrier adult and a young teen. But at the time of the fight, Martin stood at 6 feet 3 inches and 150 pounds, towering over, but not outweighing, Zimmerman, who is 5-foot-8, and 185 pounds. Zimmerman told the court on April 27 that he thought Martin was an adult and said he didn't know if he was armed or not.
The medical report "doesn't prove that George Zimmerman acted lawfully, but it breaks the narrative that Zimmerman was not injured," writes William Jacobson, a Cornell University law professor, on his Legal Insurrection blog.
But while the extent of Zimmerman's injuries could certainly influence a jury, the injuries are only part of a broader calculus that led Corey and her team to charge Zimmerman with murder – including Zimmerman's mindset as he pursued Martin on foot, which a police dispatcher specifically asked him not to do. Zimmerman spotted Martin as he was returning to where he was staying with an iced tea and a bag of Skittles.
The Justice Department is also pondering a federal hate crime charge, if they determine that Zimmerman profiled and shot Martin because he was black. A hate crime charge could put the death penalty into play if Zimmerman is convicted on all counts.
In fact, the prosecutor in the case, legal experts say, isn't trying to argue that Zimmerman wasn't hurt, but that he ultimately instigated the fight by getting out of his car and "confronting" Martin, who was "minding his own business," and then shot him and killed him when the situation slipped out of his control. The fact that Zimmerman used massive and deadly force on a teenager armed only with his fists suggests to prosecutors that he displayed reckless – and thus criminal – indifference to human life, the definition of second degree murder.
"You lose the [self-defense argument] if you are the aggressor or if you do not have a reasonable basis for fear or serious harm or death," George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told the Guardian newspaper recently. "Even if he is not the aggressor there will remain the question of escalation or confrontation."


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Dwarf hamsters are hardy creatures that come from dry areas that experience extreme temperature fluctuations, such as Mongolia, Siberia, China and Kazakhstan. Dwarf hamsters in the wild can live in areas as different as semi-deserts to wooded forests. The typical dwarf hamsters that are pets in the United States are captive bred.
Dwarf hamsters are stout, round-bodied rodents with small dark eyes and tiny, stubby tails. They have small, furred paws with small claws. Dwarf hamsters have internal cheek pouches, which extend from their mouth to nearly as far back as their hind legs. Like deer and many other animals, hamsters have "harderian glands" behind their eyes. Aside from lubricating the eyes, these glands aid in the detection of light and the maintenance of body temperature. Hamsters make a variety of sounds to communicate with one another. Many of these sounds are ultrasonic, so are not audible to the human ear
Very social & engaging - generally very gregarious. Unlike their larger, Syrian cousins, dwarf hamsters are happiest living in groups of two or more. It is sometimes difficult to introduce new dwarf hamsters to each other, so it is best to purchase them at the same time from the same cage at the pet store. Also be sure to purchase groups of the same sex, as dwarf hamsters reproduce readily. Dwarf hamsters are easily tamed, even if they are difficult at first. The more you handle and work with your pet, the tamer it will become. A hamster will bite in defense if it feels threatened. Remember to work with your pet after dusk, as it will be more willing to cooperate since it is a nocturnal animal. Place your pet's cage in a place in the home where it will be around the family, yet protected from direct light, drafts and excess noise during the day. Also be sure it is high enough to be out of reach of dog noses and small children's hands. Hamsters are prey animals and can feel threatened by large bodies looming above them or in their faces. Like many rodents, hamsters have cheek pouches, which in the wild allow them to hoard and transport food. Although their food is readily available to them in captivity, many hamsters still instinctively pack their food into their pouches and run frantically around their cage to find a hiding place.
Vegetarians / grain eaters - will eat an occasional insect such as crickets or mealworms. Commercially prepared hamster diets are available at all pet stores. Plain pellet diets are best, as they offer a complete balanced diet. Diets that include seeds and treats seem to be nicer for your pet, but many hamsters will only pick out the treats and not eat the pellets. This may result in malnutrition and obesity. You can feed seeds as a treat for your pet and use them for training and taming purposes. Be sure to replenish the food in your hamster's cage often. Hamsters are notorious for food hoarding. They will take food to various places in the cage for storage, bury it and often forget about it. For this reason it is important to spot clean your hamster's cage daily to remove foods that may become spoiled. Seeds and pellets can remain in their hiding spots.
FRESH FOODS: Healthy, fresh fruits, vegetables and grains can also be fed to your hamster. Offer these treats in small amounts, as they may cause diarrhea if fed in too great an amount.
** Please avoid feeding sugary treats such as yogurt drops or honey sticks to your hamster. These treats contain far too much sugar and can cause several health issues such as diabetes.
If fed a balanced diet, supplements are not necessary for your hamster.
Clean, fresh chlorine-free water must always be available. Change it daily. All water given must be 100% free of chlorine and heavy metals. (Not all home water filtration systems remove 100% of the chlorine and heavy metals from tap water). We recommend that you use unflavored bottled drinking water or bottled natural spring water; never use untreated tap water. If tap water is used, you should treat it with a de-chlorinating treatment. De-chlorinator is available in the fish department. If you do not want to chemically de-chlorinate the water, you can leave an open container of tap water out for at least 24 hours. Do not use distilled water, which can cause severe medical problems, since it lacks minerals that are essential to important body functions.
|10 gallon sized glass cage with locking top, or similarly sized plastic hamster cage.
|Hamster wheel with solid running surface. Non-solid surfaces can cause injury.
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Many different types of hamster cages are available at the pet store. Do not buy the smallest cages thinking that because the pet is small, it does not need much room. Hamsters love to run and explore. A larger cage will allow it to create several "rooms" as hamsters will do. They like to have separate bedrooms, food storage areas and play areas. A ten gallon glass tank is an excellent sized cage for two to three dwarf hamsters. These cages will allow you to choose different toys and hiding places that can be interchanged within the cage. Choose several hiding places, a solid walled plastic wheel and chew toys. Small cardboard boxes will also be appreciated. When designing your cage set-up, be sure to include a mesh wire top for the cage that can be secured snugly with cage "locks". Hamsters are escape artists and WILL find a way to escape if it is possible. The plastic cages with tube accessories are also excellent cages that all hamster types usually enjoy. You hamster will undoubtedly chew on parts of this type of cage, so monitor the cage daily so your pet does not chew an escape hole.
HIDE HOUSE: The hide house is extremely important to the hamster, and will most likely become your pet's main 'bedroom'. Two to three (depending on cage size and number of hamsters) will be appreciated even more. Hamsters will not often relieve themselves inside the hide house or 'nest', so it is not necessary to disturb the nest to clean it daily. Cleaning of the hide house can be done during the more intensive bi-weekly cleaning.
WATER BOTTLE: A full water bottle must be available at all times; refill it daily. Be sure to clean out the inside of the bottle thoroughly during the more intensive cage cleaning sessions every week. Water bottles will often become slimy inside, which will in turn harbor harmful bacteria. Clean the bottle thoroughly with a mild bleach solution (1 beach: 32 water) . Be sure to rinse the bottle extremely well after the cleaning to ensure no bleach is left behind! Your pet will most likely chew a bottle that is inside the cage, so be sure to attach the bottle to the OUTSIDE of the cage. Check the straw daily for any blockages to make sure your pet always has access to the fresh water. If you cannot place the bottle on the outside of the cage, purchase a metal water bottle guard. This will keep him or her from getting to the bottle.
BEDDING: We recommend an aspen bedding or soft recycled newspaper bedding such as "Carefresh". Neither of these choices will cause allergic reactions or respiratory distress and it is easy to clean. DO NOT use cedar chips, as they contain dangerous phenols, which are toxic to your pet. Place enough bedding in the cage so your pet can happily tunnel underneath it. Spot clean your pet's cage daily by simply removing the soiled portions of bedding.
TOYS: Several types of toys must be available to your hamster. Chewing toys such as wooden hamster toys (available at the pet store), hide houses, wheels, "run-abouts" (clear plastic balls for your hamster to run around the house in), cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes and dried, untreated fruit tree branches are all excellent toys for your hamster. Hamsters MUST chew constantly in order to wear their teeth down, which grow on a continual basis. Therefore, toys that allow the hamster to chew and wear those teeth down are invaluable. Stick to toys bought at the pet store, as these are generally made of pet-safe materials.
DUST BATHS: Like chinchillas, dwarf hamsters love to take dust baths. Dust bath sand is available at the pet store; it is a fine grain sand ideal for small mammals. Pet stores also offer small dust bath containers for dwarf hamsters. These containers are generally made of glass or plastic with a roof and small opening in the front to contain the sand while the hamster is flailing about inside. The dust helps keep oils controlled and the pet clean. Offer the dust bath to your pet inside his cage at least once a week. It can be removed from the cage when the hamster is finished.
Daily maintenance should consist of spot cleaning by removing soiled substrate, cleaning water bowl thoroughly and wiping glass clean.
The entire tank should be cleaned thoroughly at least once every couple months with:
As long as dust baths are offered, it is not necessary to clean or bathe your hamster. They are extremely neat and will groom themselves! If it seems as if your pet has not been grooming him or herself, he may be ill. Contact your exotic pet veterinarian.
Healthy hamsters have a rounded, full body and smooth, even fur with no bald patches. The nostrils, under-tail area, under-chin area, ears and eyes should be clear and free of discharge - fur should not be damp or stained in any way. Your pet should have bright eyes; teeth should be even and well aligned with no staining around the chin; breathing should be even and not labored, with no wheezing or gurgling sounds. Healthy dwarf hamsters are very energetic and busy; although there are nocturnal and may be caught napping during the day.
We recommend physical exams every year with an exotic pet veterinarian for small mammals. If your vet sees your pet regularly, many common conditions that afflict your pet can be caught and treated early. If not caught early enough or if left untreated, many of these conditions can become far worse if not fatal.
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|See your exotic veterinarian for treatment.
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|See your exotic veterinarian for treatment. Cuts must be cleaned properly and antibiotics may be necessary
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|See your exotic veterinarian immediately. The abscess must be drained and antibiotics administered
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A new analysis by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center says the state ranks 40th for overall business taxes, and is second lowest in New England
Business groups and state officials have been saying it for years, and now an independent study confirms it: When it comes to taxes, the state once nicknamed "Taxachusetts" is actually business-friendly.
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center says the state's business tax rate is lower than the national average, and is the second-lowest in New England, as measured by a share of the gross state product and pre-tax profits.
As of 2012, Massachusetts ranked 40th in the nation for combined state and local taxes, with 4.1 percent, and 30th in the country with 9.7 percent combined state and local levies on pre-tax profits. In New England, only Connecticut ranks lower in both categories.
The national average is 10.2 percent of pre-tax profits and 4.8 percent of gross state product.
The Budget and Policy Center said the state's 4.1 percent state-local tax level meant that Massachusetts businesses kept $2.5 billion in revenue, compared to what they would have paid at the 4.8 percent national average.
The state's business-tax rankings are virtually unchanged from similar Budget and Policy Center studies in 2007 and 2010. Massachusetts was 40th in 2007, as measured by percentage of gross state product, and 42nd in 2010.
The state was 42nd in total business taxes in 2007. The center didn't report that tax figure in 2010.
The 2014 report is based on analysis by Ernst and Young and the Anderson Economic Group, and Gov. Deval Patrick's economic development secretary Greg Bialecki said it matches tax data he's seen for years.
"It's a conversation we bring up (with prospective companies), because for many businesses, it's not what they expect," Bialecki said. "Especially if a business is out of state."
He said that Massachusetts pitch has been successful on two fronts in recent years – on the one hand, convincing firms that the Bay State shouldn't be lumped in with higher-tax places like New York and New Jersey, and on the other hand, that it's also competitive with New Hampshire, a state with a low-tax reputation.
Bialecki couldn't immediately confirm whether any out of state firms had relocated to the South Shore in recent years. As examples, he said the Smith and Wesson gun manufacturing company moved their production line from New Hampshire to Springfield in 2011, as part of a consolidation. In 2012, the Rhode Island Novelty toy and party supply company moved to Fall River.
The Smith and Wesson deal kept 818 jobs in the state and added 225 more. The Rhode Island move brought 100 new full-time jobs to the state.
Bialecki said companies have told state officials that at first glance New Hampshire looks more attractive because it has no state income tax. "We have to point out that they need to do the math. And if they do the math on the total taxes on all kinds of business operations, including property taxes, Massachusetts is very competitive."
South Shore Chamber of Commerce executive director Peter Forman agreed that out-of-state businesses probably wouldn't look at the state and local tax levels by themselves. Instead, he said "they look at the overall cost of doing business here" – everything from the cost of living and energy expenses to corporate space needs and the price of such things as business permits.
He and Bialecki both said companies weigh all those costs against "the benefits of doing business here" – especially the access to a well-educated work force, and for high-tech and biotech firms, being close to research and development companies in their fields.
"If a company is looking for the lowest-cost environment, the cheapest place to do business, they'll look to other states," Bialecki said. "We don't advertise ourselves that way."
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For most students, speech and informal writing flows naturally. When it comes to more formal writing, however, students frequently choose passive voice constructions because to them, the verbs sound more academic or more formal. This minilesson explores verb choice in a variety of online resources then encourages students to draw conclusions about verb use. They then explore the pieces they are writing, check for active and passive voice, and make necessary revisions.
Active and Passive Voice: This resource from Purdue's OWL site, provides information about using active and passive voice in your writing, as well as examples of each.
Grammar comes naturally as humans acquire language. When it comes time to write a formal paper, however, a student writer's concern for formal, "proper" language can result in stilted, awkward constructions. As Brock Haussamen et al. explain in Grammar Alive! A Guide for Teachers, "it is not language itself that is the crucial issue here; it is people, and the match between the language they use and the circumstances they find themselves in. Language is 'correct' or 'incorrect' depending on the circumstances. For adults as well as children, speaking in formal Edited Written English when you are joking around with your family is as out of place as writing a job application that includes instant messaging abbreviations" (11).
Inviting writers to discover the relationship between the actor (or subject) and the action (or predicate) in passive and active voice can provide students with more details on how the constructions work, better enabling students to choose the best language for their writing situation.
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Haussamen, Brock, et al. 2003. "Discovering Grammar." Grammar Alive! A Guide for Teachers Urbana, IL: NCTE.


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Santa Clara men's soccer goalkeeper and San Jose Earthquakes academy product Kendall McIntosh was invited to the U-21 U.S. National Team training camp last week at the U.S. Soccer's National Training Center in Carson, Calif. McIntosh was joined by Stanford forward Jordan Morris as the only two non-professional players selected for the 21-player camp. The Sonoma native played in the second half of a 2-1 win against Mexican amateur side Club Tijuana. This was the first time McIntosh had been called up for under-21 duties after impressive stints with the U-20s and U-17s.
While playing for the U-20's, McIntosh made three starts and played in four games heading into the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In 2012, he played 495 minutes in six starts, accumulating a 3-1-0 record and a 1.00 goals-against average.
In two years with the U-17's, McIntosh appeared in the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Jamaica, posting two clean sheets against Jamaica and Canada and a win against El Salvador to help the USA advance to the FIFA-U17 World Cup in Mexico.


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The Msilcoinminer could come back on your PC or Mac several times if you do not manage to detect and remove its hidden files and main objects.We suggest that you download an advanced removal software for your computer as it will scan for all types of malicious objects, installed with it. Removal attempt with a professional cleaner for Mac or Windows can happen in about 15 minutes time and may save you hours in trying to uninstall Msilcoinminer by yourself.
Further information on SpyHunter and uninstall guide. Before proceeding, please see SpyHunter's EULA and Threat Assessment Criteria. The Privacy Policy of SpyHunter can be found on the following link. Bear in mind that SpyHunter scanner is completely free. If the software detects a virus, you can also remove it with a delayed removal or by purchasing SpyHunter's full version.
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Msilcoinminer is a confirmed detection of a malicious process which is responsible for various different types of malicious activities on the victim's computer. The process aims to mine for cryptocurrencies while using the CPU or GPU of the infected computer.
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|Aims to mine for cryptocurrencies on the computers infected by it. Removal reccomended.
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|A new registry entry created and files dropped in Windows' system folders.
|Via malicious web links or files.
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The primary method which you can use to detect a Trojan is to analyze hidden processes on your computer. This is achievable by downloading process monitoring apps, like Process Explorer. However, you will have to have a trained eye on how to detect the malicious processes and how to remove those without damaging your computer. This is why, as a swift solution, a Trojan-specific removal tool should be used, according to security experts. Such removal software will automatically scan for Trojans like Msilcoinminer and get rid of them quickly and safely while protecting your computer against threats in the fut
Booting in Safe Mode
For Windows:
1) Hold Windows Key and R
2) A run Window will appear, in it type "msconfig" and hit Enter
3) After the Window appears go to the Boot tab and select Safe Boot
Cut out Msilcoinminer in Task Manager
1) Press CTRL+ESC+SHIFT at the same time.
2) Locate the "Processes" tab.
3) Locate the malicious process of Msilcoinminer, and end it's task by right-clicking on it and clicking on "End Process"
Eliminate Msilcoinminer's Malicious Registries
For most Windows variants:
1) Hold Windows Button and R.
2) In the "Run" box type "Regedit" and hit "Enter".
3) Hold CTRL+F keys and type Msilcoinminer or the file name of the malicious executable of the virus which is usually located in %AppData%, %Temp%, %Local%, %Roaming% or %SystemDrive%.
4) After having located malicious registry objects, some of which are usually in the Run and RunOnce subkeys delete them ermanently and restart your computer. Here is how to find and delete keys for different versions.
For Windows 7: Open the Start Menu and in the search type and type regedit –> Open it. –> Hold CTRL + F buttons –> Type Msilcoinminer Virus in the search field.
Win 8/10 users: Start Button –> Choose Run –> type regedit –> Hit Enter -> Press CTRL + F buttons. Type Msilcoinminer in the search field.


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New study Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) Market, Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020. The 2014 study has 679 pages, 250 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the cloud computing for utility infrastructure and the smart phone communications systems for apps are put in place.
IBM Leads Foundation for Cloud Computing: Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)
IBM SOA is used to implement cloud systems that stretch the boundaries of the enterprise to user end points, permitting marketing departments to target smartphones, implementing management decentralization and supporting user empowerment. SOA forms the base for business intelligence (BI) and analytics systems. It enables organizational ability to perform diagnostic analytics.
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IBM is the leader in SOA overall. IBM is the leader because it has invested in integration and analytics technology needed to achieve comprehensive IT systems implementation that achieves support for collaborative systems. The implementation of SOA depends on a broad set of technology frameworks that interact seamlessly to achieve the end point integration needed to manage complexity of modern IT systems. IBM stands alone in the IT industry with that capability of managing complexity.
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the foundation for modern transactional systems. As the Internet extends transaction systems to real time, SOA has been invented to extend the transaction systems appropriately. SOA supports the evolution of Internet based real time e-business and end-to-end business process integration.
In the next decade, the same SOA principles will be at the core of a new era of business engagements that transact at Internet scale across locations, devices, people, processes and information. IBM is able to manage scale and security. It has built a set of systems that have been criticized over the years for being too complex and too large, but now that the Internet and real time computing have evolved, IBM stands alone in its ability to scale reliably and securely.
IBM SOA is first and foremost tuned to supporting mobile application development, big data, and cloud computing. The SOA enterprise architecture supports mobile development by providing transparent seamless API support for all the different mobile smart phones. Infrastructure tools with business-user-friendly data integration, coupled with embedded storage and computing layers (typically in-memory/columnar) and unfettered drilling – accelerates the trend toward decentralization and user empowerment of BI and analytics, and greatly enables organizations' ability to perform diagnostic analytics.
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Cloud And Mobile Computing Redefine SOA, giving new thrust to well defined technology that has been widely implemented, but now will be leveraged and added to give it new functionality appropriate to cloud computing.
Cloud and mobile computing redefine SOA, providing ways for companies to implement analytics and mine social media data to create information that is usable for decision making. These initiatives depend on a solid integration foundation, permitting IBM to increase its already large market SOA share because IBM has such comprehensive SOA platforms that hide complexity from users, supporting efficient systems implementation.
SOA, mobile development, big data, API, cloud computing, framework architecture, enterprise architecture, mobile, and infrastructure tools are used to implement business-user-friendly data integration. Coupled with embedded storage and computing layers (typically in-memory/columnar) and unfettered drilling – accelerates the trend toward decentralization and user empowerment of BI and analytics, and greatly enables organizations' ability to perform diagnostic analytics.
According to Susan Eustis, principal author of the market research study, "Unstructured data accounts for 90% of the data in organizations. Unstructured data generated by machines, or as part of social media drive the need for SOA. Smart phones create information on a massive scale, driving needs to manage records of transaction activity, system behavior, application performance, user actions, security threats and fraudulent activity. SOA is used to handle the complexity or scale of massive volumes of unstructured machine data. SOA allows implementation of systems flexibility, it implements real time computing."
SOA supports providing a platform for use by IT in a market marked by big data that sits on widely dispersed resources that are heterogeneous. IT resources are heterogeneous because each business seeks to utilize technology that is best of breed for solving the particular set of competitive situations they address. This creates a variety of solutions in each business."
Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) market size at $5.7 billion in 2013 is anticipated to reach $16.4 billion by 2020. Significant growth is driven by the smart phone and social media in attrition to cloud computing market penetration. with smart phones beginning to get significant uptake all over the world.
Growth is a result of IT department efforts to reduce spending on run time, gaining the effect of more hires by decreasing operating costs. SOA delivers more efficient automated process. SOA enables IT to spend a higher proportion of the budgets on growing the business. SOA stacks of decoupled services are purpose built for the enterprise environment that is continuously shifting because of mergers and acquisitions. With decoupled software solutions, the web services and the SOA components can be portable.
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Utah State University men's head golf coach Dean Johansen was recently honored by the Professional Golfers' Association of America when he was named the 2013 Utah Section Teacher of the Year.
"It is always exciting when one of your own is recognized publicly, and we are thrilled for Dean that he was honored by his peers," said USU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Barnes.
Johansen is in his 14th season as the men's golf coach at Utah State University and in his 16th year with the program. He also spent two years as an assistant under former USU head coach Dan Roskelley. Johansen is also the assistant golf professional at the Logan Golf and Country Club, having served in that capacity for the past 16 years.
During Utah State's 2012-13 season, Johansen coached the Aggies to nine top 10 finishes in its 11 competitions, including a tie for third at the Weber State hosted Battle at the Tetons. Johansen also coached junior Tanner Higham to a first-place tie, losing in a playoff, at the Southern Utah-hosted Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational with a 2-under 142 (70-72).
Also during the 2012-13 season, Utah State was one of just 79 Division I men's golf programs to earn the All-Academic Team Award from the Golf Coaches Association of America with an overall grade point average of 3.265, while Higham became the first Aggie golfer in school history to be named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar.
During Utah State's fall portion of its 2013-14 season, Johansen coached a pair of Aggie golfers to back-to-back tournament wins when Higham shot an 8-under 205 (71-67-67) to win the Boise State-hosted Dash Thomas Memorial, while sophomore Seokwon Jeon shot a 7-under 206 (67-71-68) to win the Utah Invitational the following weekend. Overall, it was the first time since 1996 that a Utah State golfer won medalist honors at a tournament.
Coach Johansen graduated from Utah State University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.
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Jonathan Golub, U.S. equities strategist with UBS, sat with AdvisorOne on at IMCA's annual conference in National Harbor, Md., on Tuesday for a frank discussion of the market outlook, earnings season and investing cliches. He certainly knows of what he speaks, having gone through it before as chief investment strategist and senior managing director for Bear Stearns. Before that he was U.S. equity strategist for J.P. Morgan Funds.
"I like stocks now," Golub said. "You have your traditional bull and bear advocates, but I'm pragmatic. Yes, the economy is growing slowly, but it's not bad."
Apple (AAPL), he said, reported a "ripping beat" (meaning it beat analysts' estimates). Companies on the whole are beating estimates by 6% or 7%, which is, he says, huge.
"They are better at managing profits now that at any other time that I've seen in my career," Golub said. "The market will never be perfect and you always start with the assumption that something is broken; the question is will there be an overreaction or underreaction."
He admitted the situation in Europe is concerning, especially now with the election in France. It seemed for a while that France and Germany were on the same page, but now France looks to be rejecting austerity measures.
"Also, you have the issues with the Spanish bond market. We'll be dealing with this for years. It will initially cause a spike in concern, but then policymakers will take action to help it in the short term. The consequences of not acting are just too great. But when it comes to the long term, that's another matter."
He believes the country is "facing a fiscal cliff at the end of the year." The Bush tax cuts are set to expire, and there are other issues that must be dealt with. Right now the economy is growing at around 2.5%, he said. If you take out the Bush tax cuts and the other issues, the 2.5% quickly evaporates.
"I think there will be a fight to the death on these issues and the markets will get spooked, but when I talk to mutual fund and hedge fund managers, it's still too far down the road," Golub said. "They're not investing defensively for something that will most likely not occur at least until the next inauguration in 2013."
The market is softening, and that is a concern, but the corporate earnings "beats" are coming in 5% better than analyst expectations, which mean Wall Street analysts severely underestimated the strength of the economy, he explained.
"I don't have a bull market bias, but what I'm currently seeing makes me a buyer. We're not seeing a repeat of 2011, where it started strong and fell off half way through the year. Last year, we had the Arab Spring, which was driven by higher commodity and food prices which drove civil unrest. We also had the natural disaster in Japan, something that, God help us, we have not seen again this year."
Directly addressing S&P Capital IQ's Sam Stovall's session form earlier in the day, Golub said that when it comes to the "'sell in May and go away' cliche, if you can capture an investment theme in a rhyme, that's a theme I want to short."


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In the Times of London (pay wall) Tim Montgomerie of Conservative Home UK has a piece that builds very powerfully on some of the themes of conservative economic reform that Ross Douthat and others, myself included, have been urging.
Tim starts here:
One key conclusion from last week's American exit polls should provide the starting point for every conservative as they think about a future, winning agenda. When voters were asked what they most wanted in a president, Mr Romney beat Mr Obama on three of four criteria. The Republican had an advantage in terms of sharing American values, as a strong leader and having a vision for the future. He lost on just one criterion, by a landslide 81 points to 18. That criterion was that "he cares about people like me".…Conservative parties will start to revive when they stop thinking monomaniacally about cutting the size of the State and instead address this central question: which party best provides security to the large number of people who fear rather than revere market forces?
Tim then adds some very constructive positive suggestions:
In developing a politics of social solidarity British and American Conservatives must do three things. First, they need to give much more serious attention to the stagnation of blue collar wages. What changes to our school, immigration and industrial policies are needed to ensure that lower-skilled Britons can earn enough to live without state help? This is territory that Ed Miliband with his predistribution idea is trying to occupy.
Second, Conservatives need to think less about cutting the supply of government services and more about supporting the social institutions and behaviours that reduce demand for those services in the first place. Tax reliefs to encourage extended families to care for their members, rewards for private philanthropy and rehabilitation programmes that reduce reoffending or drug and alcohol dependency should all become much more important policy tools.
Finally, and most importantly, Conservatives need to drop the anti- State rhetoric. Ensuring comfortable retirements for pensioners, benefits for the sick and assistance for genuine job seekers shouldn't be afterthoughts for Conservatives but central to their electoral pitch. Conservatives shouldn't see these things as a necessary evil but as a privilege for a decent society to provide and for a decent party to enhance.
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Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has rubbished reports linking him with a move to Napoli this month.
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There has been talk of Agger, 29, joining his former Reds boss Rafa Benitez at the Partenopei, with Liverpool currently possessing a number of options at centre-back.
However, the Denmark international, who was made Liverpool's vice-captain last summer, insists he has no intention of leaving the club.
He told Danish publication Jyllands-Posten in quotes translated by Sky Sports: "I'm not thinking about moving at the moment, not at all. I've only seen what the papers say and I can't really do anything about it. There is no reason to believe these rumours."
Agger been troubled by injury problems this season and picked up a calf strain against Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup on Sunday.
"It is what it is. I've been unlucky at the wrong times, but that's football," said Agger, who lost his place in the Liverpool team earlier this season after being sidelined. "When you have so many great players, then someone else will play when you are not at the top of your form."
Liverpool have enjoyed a strong first half of the season and are currently fourth in the Premier League table, six points off leaders Arsenal.
And Agger, who arrived at Anfield in 2006, feels the Reds can keep up their good work and sustain their bid for the title.
"There is a much different atmosphere in the dressing room," he said. "It's like we truly believe that we are going to win and that is not something that we have done in the last couple of years.
"We are winning games, playing some great football and scoring a lot of goals. We've proven that we can challenge and then we have a guy up front [Luis Suarez] who scores goals from time to time."


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Genome-wide mapping reveals developmental and environmental impacts
Complex traits that help plants adapt to environmental challenges are likely influenced by variations in thousands of genes that are affected by both the plant's growth and the external environment, reports a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis.
The findings were revealed by a genomewide association mapping of the defense metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana, a common research plant. The researchers, led by UC Davis plant scientist Daniel Kliebenstein, report the study results today, Aug. 16, in the online journal PLoS Genetics.
In the study, Kliebenstein and colleagues measured glucosinolates (GSL), a key class of compounds that the plant produces to protect against insect attacks and disease-causing organisms. The researchers measured the compound in two developmental stages at two days and 35 days after germination. They also sampled plant tissues that were either treated or not treated with silver nitrate, mimicking environmental damage caused by a pest.
"We showed that both external and internal environments altered the identified genes so significantly that using plant tissues from different developmental stages, or that were treated with the silver nitrate, led to the identification of very different gene sets for particular traits," Kliebenstein said.
The group noted that the developmental stage of the plant had three times as much influence as the environment on the genes they identified.
Because the genomewide association mapping identified so many different genes as potentially responsible for traits associated with GSL metabolism, the researchers developed a new process for winnowing candidate genes. The process analyzes overlapping datasets of genomic information to filter out true-positive gene identifications.
Genomewide association mapping involves rapidly scanning markers across entire genomes to find genetic variations associated with a particular trait, condition or disease. The approach has been used to study complex human diseases such as asthma and diabetes.
The researchers hope that the new two-pronged approach to genomewide association can be applied to any plant and animal species.


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Lions 26, Eagles 23: Jason Hanson kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime as visiting Detroit rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit. Held in check most of the game, Matthew Stafford led Detroit to 17 points in the fourth quarter. He threw a TD pass and ran for a score.
Lions 26, Eagles 23: Jason Hanson kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime as visiting Detroit rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit.
Held in check most of the game, Matthew Stafford led Detroit to 17 points in the fourth quarter. He threw a TD pass and ran for a score.
Detroit had two shots from the Eagles 1 after a pass interference penalty on Colt Anderson with 13 seconds left in regulation. But Stafford misfired on both passes and Hanson kicked a 19-yard field goal to send it to overtime.
The Lions (2-3) sacked Michael Vick on the first two plays of the extra quarter, forced a punt out of the end zone and started at midfield.
Stafford hit Calvin Johnson for a 17-yard gain to the Eagles 27 on first-and-20. A few plays later, Hanson nailed the game-winner.
The Eagles (3-3) head into their bye week with two straight losses.
Falcons 23, Raiders 20: Matt Bryant kicked his second game-winning field goal in three weeks, a 55-yarder with 1 second remaining for the Falcons against visiting Oakland.
Overcoming Matt Ryan's three interceptions, the Falcons (6-0) extended the best start in franchise history. But it wasn't easy against the pesky Raiders (1-4).
Atlanta pulled ahead when Asante Samuel returned an interception 79 yards for a touchdown with 2:40 remaining, only to wind up tied again when Carson Palmer led Oakland down the field for a tying score. Darren McFadden powered in from the 2 with 40 seconds left.
That was just enough time for Ryan and Bryant to pull off another fourth-quarter victory. Ryan completed four passes to set up the winning kick.
Ravens 31, Cowboys 29: Jacoby Jones tied an NFL record with a 108-yard kickoff return and Baltimore won its 14th straight regular-season home game
Dallas ran for 227 yards, most ever against the Ravens, and gained a total of 481 yards on offense. But the Cowboys (2-3) missed a 2-point conversion after closing to two points with 32 seconds left.
Dallas recovered the onside kick, and Dan Bailey was wide left on a 51-yard field goal try with 6 seconds left.
Ray Rice scored two touchdowns and Joe Flacco threw for a score to help the Ravens (5-1) secure their fourth consecutive victory and enhance their grip on first place in the AFC North. Baltimore's home winning streak is the longest current one in the NFL.
Buccaneers 38, Chiefs 10: Josh Freeman threw for 328 yards and three touchdowns and Ronde Barber scored on a 78-yard interception return for host Tampa Bay.
Freeman teamed with Mike Williams on a 62-yard scoring play in the first quarter and threw TD passes of 19 and 17 yards to Vincent Jackson in the second half as the Bucs (2-3) stopped a three-game losing streak.
The Bucs intercepted Brady Quinn — starting for the Matt Cassel (concussion) — twice in the Kansas City quarterback's first start in nearly three years. They also limited NFL rushing leader Jamaal Charles to 40 yards on 12 carries.
Browns 34, Bengals 24: Rookie Brandon Weeden threw two touchdown passes and host Cleveland snapped an 11-game losing streak that dated to last season.
Cleveland had not won since Nov. 20, matching a franchise record for consecutive losses. But for the first time this season everything fell into place for the Browns (1-5).
Montario Hardesty, filling in for injured rookie Trent Richardson, scored on a 1-yard plunge and cornerback Sheldon Brown intercepted Andy Dalton and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Browns outscored the Bengals (3-3) in the second half, 27-10.
Jets 35, Colts 9: Shonn Greene ran for a career-high 161 yards and three touchdowns, Mark Sanchez was efficient and Tim Tebow made a few big plays for New York in a home win.
Even the Jets' maligned defense shut down Andrew Luck and the Colts' offense as New York snapped a two-game losing streak that had many wondering if the season was about to spiral out of control.
For a week, at least, Sanchez was in total control and the Jets (3-3) had their best overall performance — save for a handful of personal foul penalties — since an opening-week rout of Buffalo.
Indianapolis (2-3) trailed 21-6 at halftime and couldn't erase a big deficit for the second straight week after having come back from 18 points and beating Green Bay last Sunday.
Dolphins 17, Rams 14:Ryan Tannehill threw two touchdown passes and Miami withstood a late rally for a home win.
The Rams faced a fourth-and-8 at the Miami 48-yard line with 30 seconds left, and rather than go for a first down, coach Jeff Fisher sent out rookie Greg Zuerlein to try a 66-yard field goal, which missed wide left.
Zuerlein made two field goals to improve to 15 for 15 this season, but then missed three times in a row, including from 48 and 32 yards in the first half.
The Rams outgained the Dolphins, 461-209.
Both teams are 3-3. Fisher lost to the team that courted him in January, when he chose the Rams job instead.
Giants 26, 49ers 3: Antrel Rolle intercepted two passes by Alex Smith, Prince Amukamara picked off another and visiting New York shut down San Francisco in a rematch of last season's NFC championship game.
After outscoring the Bills and Jets by a combined 79-3 the last two weeks, the 49ers (4-2) met their match again with Eli Manning and New York's top team. No overtime needed was this time, and not much of Manning either.
Manning threw for 193 yards and one touchdown, Ahmad Bradshaw ran for 116 yards and a score and the Giants (4-2) rode a dominant defense and four field goals by Lawrence Tynes to hand outspoken 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh the most lopsided loss of his tenure.
Redskins 38, Vikings 26: Robert Griffin III ran for 138 yards and two touchdowns, including a 76-yard scamper with 2:43 to play, as Washington snapped an eight-game home losing streak.
One week after he left the game early with his first NFL concussion, Griffin also completed 17 of 22 passes for 182 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
The Redskins (3-3) feasted on a Minnesota team that had not allowed more than 23 points in a game this season.
Minnesota's three-game winning streak ended. The Vikings are 4-2.
Minnesota held an early 9-0 lead but paid the price for getting field goals instead of touchdowns in the red zone. Christian Ponder completed 35 of 52 passes for 352 yards.
Bills 19, Cardinals 16: Jairus Byrd's second interception of the game set up Rian Lindell's 25-yard field goal 3:50 into overtime for Buffalo.
The loss ended Arizona's eight-game home winning streak.
Byrd picked off a pass from John Skelton, who had replaced the injured Kevin Kolb, and returned it 29 yards to the Arizona 6 to set up the winning kick.
Arizona's Jay Feely kicked a franchise-record 61-yard field goal with 1:09 left in regulation to tie it, 16-16, but his 38-yard attempt to win it as the fourth quarter ended careened off the left upright.
The Cardinals (4-2) lost their second in a row after a 4-0 start. The Bills (3-3) won after having allowed 1,201 yards and 97 points in their previous two games.


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Clinical trials are studies that evaluate the effectiveness of new drugs or treatment strategies. The development of more effective cancer treatments requires that new and innovative therapies be evaluated with cancer patients. In oncology, clinical trials are especially important because, in the absence of high cure rates, nearly all therapeutic approaches are developmental in nature. All new cancer drugs that are currently available in the United States were once only available in clinical trials. Patients should decide whether or not participation in a clinical trial is an appropriate treatment option as early in their evaluation as possible because, once treatment of their cancer has been initiated, patients may become ineligible to participate in some clinical trials.
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Performance Scatterplots
A scatterplot has points that show the relationship between two sets of data
Scatterplots show how the selected school compares to the other schools within the district and the state. This screen displays the Composite (ELA and Math) score for the school or district on the SAT. PARCC data is available for elementary and middle school students. The default scatterplot shows the percentage of students who scored at the proficient level on the SAT and the percentage of low income students. The numbers on the vertical line indicate the percentage of proficient students. The numbers on the horizontal line are the percentages for the demographic or comparison item selected (Example: low income or ethnicity). You can customize the information you are viewing. Use the drop down menus above the graph to choose the grade, year, and comparison item. You can also look at English Language Arts (ELA) or Math scores individually by clicking on that selection. (Note: The Comparison Item, EAV= Equalized Assessed Valuation appears only at the district level.)
On the scatterplot, the red triangle represents the selected school. Black circles indicate other schools within the district at the level selected. (See More Options to select another level.) The light blue dots are all the other schools/districts in the state with the same selected grade levels. Hover over any of the shapes to view an informational pop up box. This will display the school/district name, comparison item, and percentage proficient. From the pop up box you can also click on View Report to go directly to that school/district's report. Double click anywhere on the scatterplot to activate the zoom feature. This allows more precise school selection within a particular area of the graph. To return to the default view, click the refresh icon at the upper right corner of the scatterplot.
Scatterplots provide tools to compare your school or district to other schools or districts in Illinois. Many educators and policy makers use this information to start conversations with administrators at other schools and districts that have similar student populations, but are showing higher performance levels. Parents may use this to view school options within a region, and that may in turn influence school choice or a home purchase.


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Boy charged in Halloween holdup
STAMFORD -- A 12-year-old boy is accused of shooting another child with a BB gun in an apparent attempted armed robbery of Halloween candy outside an apartment complex, police said.
The boy was arrested on felony assault charges about 6 p.m. Saturday when a mother and her son approached police working an extra-duty security detail at Rippowam Park, a sprawling apartment complex near the Greenwich border, police spokesman Lt. Sean Cooney said.
The mother told police her son had been shot with a BB gun by the 12-year-old demanding Halloween candy from him and a 11-year-old friend.
Police said the two were standing at Myano Lane when they were approached by three boys. A 12-year-old in the group carried a BB gun and told the two 11-year-olds to give up their candy, police said.
But they didn't have any Halloween loot, and the 12-year-old shot one younger boy in the back and missed the other, Cooney said.
After hearing the story from the mother, officers located the 12-year-old and arrested him. The two victims identified him as the shooter in the attempted candy heist, police said.
The 12-year-old was charged with second-degree assault, criminal attempt at first-degree robbery, possession of a facsimile firearm and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.
Sgt. Joseph Kennedy said it was the second arrest of a youth with a BB gun at Rippowam Park that night.
When the officers were looking for the boys involved in the first incident, they came across a group of youths. One had a silver BB gun in his waistband and went to grab it as officers approached, but one of the officers grabbed his hand before he got to the weapon. Kennedy said the 14-year-old likely panicked.
This boy was also arrested and charged with possession of a facsimile firearm. The incident was unrelated to the candy robbery, Kennedy said.
Kennedy said the 12-year-old is being held in the juvenile detention center in Bridgeport.


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Crucial first steps in ATV's orbital journey
The mission timeline highlights the most crucial steps in ATV Edoardo Amaldi's ride into orbit on Ariane 5 flight VA205. The night-time liftoff is set for Friday, 23 March, at 01:34 local Kourou time or 04:34 GMT.
What's shaping up to be a spectacular night launch actually involves two missions: Ariane 5 boosting the third Automated Transfer Vehicle into orbit, and that of ATV-3 itself, which starts on separation from the launcher's upper stage.
Ariane 5 flight VA205 is set to loft ATV-3 and its cargo into an initial circular orbit at an altitude of 260 km.
From there, ATV-3 will conduct a series of engine burns to match, or 'phase,' its altitude and speed gradually with those of the International Space Station.
Weighing in at 19 714 kg, including 6596kg of fuel, air, oxygen, scientific equipment, spare parts and crew supplies, ATV-3 is the heaviest payload ever lofted by Ariane 5. Including the launcher itself, 777 tonnes will be pushed off the pad.
Ariane mission
The Ariane 5 mission begins with the ignition of the main stage liquid-propellant engine, followed by ignition of the two solid-propellant boosters.
Liftoff occurs a few seconds later, and 17 seconds into flight the majestic vehicle starts a roll manoeuvre as it soars into the sky.
Next, two minutes later, the depleted solid boosters are jettisoned, and Ariane continues climbing. Several minutes later, the aerodynamic fairing is jettisoned, as the vehicle is now above much of the atmosphere.
Nine minutes into flight, the second stage separates from the main stage, which falls back into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal.
The upper stage then makes two engine burns separated by a coast phase, delivering ATV into its target orbit.
Almost 64 minutes after ignition, ATV separates from the upper stage high over the Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand.
The upper stage will later deorbit itself over a deserted area of the South Pacific, as ATV continues its mission.
ATV's early orbits
Once in free flight, ATV's computers begin a critical automated sequence to bring the vessel smoothly to life.
Initially operating on battery power, ATV starts sending telemetry to ground controllers at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France, and prepares its propulsion system. Reception of the first signals will indicate that all is well with the vessel.
Some 20 minutes after separation, ATV slews into the required attitude to deploy its solar wings, which unfold to generate power from sunlight.
Within about 60 minutes, its navigation system starts receiving GPS signals to help fix its position.
At the two-hour point, the vessel's proximity link antenna deploys, allowing later communications directly with the Station.
The launch and early orbit phase ends after five hours.
Docking is planned five days later, on 29 March.
Highlight timeline
Note: Times shown as planned with respect to the H0 ignition time. Actual times may vary. Watch the launch webcast live via esa.int<> or blogs.esa.int/atv.
- –11 hr 30 mn Start of final countdown
- –4 hr 50 mn Start of filling of main cryogenic stage with liquid oxygen and hydrogen
- –1 hr 10 mn Check of connections between launcher and telemetry, tracking and command systems
- –7 min 00 sec 'All systems go' report at Launch Control Centre, allowing start of synchronised sequence
- –1 min 00 sec Switch to onboard power
- –04 sec Onboard systems take over
- –03 sec Unlocking of guidance systems to flight mode
- +7.0 sec Ignition of solid boosters
- +7.3 sec Liftoff
- +17.1 sec Beginning of roll manoeuvre
- +2 min 22 sec Booster separation
- +3 min 26 sec Fairing jettison
- +8 min 54 sec End of main engine firing
- +9 min 00 sec Upper stage separation
- +9 min 07 sec Beginning of upper stage first burn
- +17 min 18 sec End of upper stage first burn
- +59 min 23 sec Beginning of upper stage second burn
- +59 min 51 sec End of upper stage second burn
- +1 hr 3 min 50 sec ATV separation
- +1 hr 35 min 30 sec ATV solar array deployment complete


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We have prepared answers to the most fruequently asked questions:
How can I get a chance to play Starfall Tactics during this test?
Simply register on our website, download the game - and you are there!
I participated in a pre-Alpha test. Can I participate in this test?
Yes, if you've been granted an access to the game for the previous test, you will also be able to play it during this test.
Where can I download Starfall Tactics?
Download Starfall Tactics launcher here, install it and push the "Update" button. Once it's done, you will be able to push the "Play" button and join the battle.
I Don't know what I can do in this game. Help me!
Please, check this short guide: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=652
My Launcher won't update. I get "Fatal Error""An error occurred while updating" and/or "Error updating game files. Perhaps the file is open in another program or run an instance of the game."
To play druing this test you need to do a clean install - fully delete old version and download launcher from the website: http://starfalltactics.ru/starfall/StarfallSetup.exe
You can also use a rar archive with a full client provided by DIEHARD25: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1llns2 ... b4wX59KbjZ
Sorry if it caused inconveniences - sadly, old version of game launcher and game can work incorrectly or be unstable.
If you are an experienced pc user, you can try the following to fix launcher:
- open task manager, close all versions of starfall launcher you see there.
- start launcher once again, wait while it downloads update
- once it finishes download and closes launcher to restart it, quickly delete the second stafall launcher process in task manager.
Note that we still recommend to do a clean install before the test to ensure it all work correctly.
Something doesn't work/I've just found a bug/mistake in the game! What shall I do?
Don't panic! It's only a test version of the game and everything can happen. Try to get a screenshot and describe your problem here, or contact us by e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Can I play Starfall Tactics if I have x32 system?
No, Starfall Tactics is currently available only for x64 systems.
Can I name a planet? How?
While playing Starfall Tactics, choose "Discovery mode" in the main menu, pick a faction, fleet an detachment you want to use while exploring the Universe and push the "Deploy" button. Then you will need to find an unnamed planet or star, fly up close to it, click on it - there you will see a window with planet information and a special "Rename" button. Press it, write a name for the planet and press "Enter" on your keyboard.
Will planets and stars I renamed keep their names further?
All the names will undergo moderation first, and if all is good, we will keep the names in-game for some later test stages. Please be mindful of the names you give - offensive content will not be tolerated.
How can I create a House (guild)?
While playing MMO mode, go to your faction Mothership, open Mothership menu and push "Create a House" button.


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Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pages for a Class Collection
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In this lesson plan, students explore a class inquiry project, collecting Web-based resources that can be used for further study during the course of the class or for more in-depth projects. Students begin by brainstorming a list of kinds of information they will need to know. They then help set criteria for the lesson by thinking about characteristics of effective Web resources. Next, students use an online tool to evaluate three Websites and then locate and evaluate Websites based on the criteria they defined earlier. Finally, students discuss whether their predictions about the characteristics that would describe useful resources were effective, and revise the list as needed. This lesson can be completed individually or in groups. For demonstration purposes, this lesson plan focuses on researching a specific country or several countries; however, this activity can be completed with any inquiry topic in the classroom.
Website Evaluation Process: Using this online tool, students evaluate three Websites to determine if they would be useful resources for a class project.
Website Evaluation Form: Using this online tool, students evaluate whether up to three Websites they have found would be useful resources for a class project.
In "Inquiring Minds Use Technology!" Jeff Wilhelm explains that "From the literature teacher who uses inquiry to ponder big questions like What is courage?' to the science teacher who asks, What is the connection between land development and ecology?' inquiry allows students not only to consider thoughtful questions, but to use Web quests and electronic scrapbooks as they research their topic" (45). One of the most important steps in any inquiry project that uses Web resources is determining whether the resources and information one finds not only address the inquiry topic but also provide high-quality information. Nancy Patterson tells us, "When research took place down the school hall, under the watchful eye of the librarian, we had the illusion, at least, that the information students were reading was reliable. Now, suddenly, it seems, we have a huge buffet of information available at the click of a mouse." As a result, Patterson urges us to help our students "become literate in the ways of the Web" by analyzing and evaluating each Web page closely, using techniques such as those explored in this lesson plan, before including it as a resource in any project.
Further Reading
Patterson, Nancy. "Becoming Literate in the Ways of the Web: Evaluating Internet Resources." Voices from the Middle 10.3 (March 2003): 58-59.
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. "Inquiring Minds Use Technology!" Voices from the Middle 11.3 (March 2004): 45-46.


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A company that has a global presence also needs to take global responsibility. Continental embraces its social responsibilities and respects the laws and cultures of each country.
By ensuring our profitability, we lay the foundations for safeguarding jobs in many regions of the world. In addition, we want to create value for those who live and work near our locations as well.
Continental takes on social responsibility primarily on a decentralized, local basis. This also applies to the social commitment of the corporation and its locations, as well as to initiatives founded and run by dedicated company employees and supported in part by the company. Community projects, donations, and other charitable activities are initiated and managed, whenever possible, at the local level and at the discretion of the decentralized units. Our voluntary commitments are concentrated in three areas: social improvement and road safety, education and knowledge, and sport.
In particular emergency situations, Continental provides central support with national projects and challenges, and offers assistance in dealing with international catastrophes.