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Thrombocytopenia [thrombo-boh-sy-toh-PEE-nee-uh] means that a newborn baby has too few platelets in his or her blood. Platelets are blood cells that help the blood clot. They are made in the bone marrow.
Thrombocytopenia may be caused by infections in the baby while in the womb or right after birth. Some of these infections are:
A baby can also get thrombocytopenia if a mother's immune system makes antibodies against the baby's platelets. Some medicines taken by the mother or given to the baby can cause thrombocytopenia.
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Two-Hour Special Tapes Tonight at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and Features
Performances by Lauren Alaina, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Martina McBride,
Scotty McCreery, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Brian Setzer,
Sugarland, Keith Urban, plus Vince Gill in a Special Performance with Miss Piggy
Country's biggest stars as well as cross-genre musical innovators come together to celebrate the holidays on "CMA Country Christmas," taping in front of a live audience tonight at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The special, which is hosted for the second time by Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, airs SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD 12/1/11)
Artists scheduled to perform and celebrate the season with songs and stories include "American Idol" runner up Lauren Alaina, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Brian Setzer, Sugarland, Keith Urban, and Vince Gill in a special performance with Miss Piggy!
"This special is a holiday gift, wrapped in outstanding performances and tied with a ribbon of favorite family traditions," said Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer. "Everything you love most about the holidays can be found in �CMA Country Christmas.'"
Tickets for "CMA Country Christmas" are $25 for general admission Upper Level seating. Ticket prices include tax, but exclude applicable service fees. Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster outlets; by calling (800) 745-3000; or in person at the Bridgestone Arena Box Office, at 501 Broadway (corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, Nashville).
In 2010, the first "CMA Country Christmas" drew an average audience of 7.3 million viewers in its first airing on November 30, topping original competition on NBC and FOX by wide margins. It improved its time period for ABC over the same night in 2009 by a million viewers (7.3 vs. 6.3 million). The special re-aired a second time on December 22, 2010, reaching 4.25 million viewers. With its combined airings, "CMA Country Christmas" was seen by more than 11.5 million viewers in 2010.
"CMA Country Christmas" is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the executive producer, Paul Miller is the director and David Wild is the writer. The special will be shot in high definition and broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG parental guideline.


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A Sandwich a Day: Sriracha Shrimp Roll at Lloyd's
Reviews of Chicago sandwiches.
A great sandwich, like a film or song or other piece of exquisitely crafted art, should leave you wanting more. One more bite or scene or echoed refrain—you just don't want it to end. And then there are the others, that leave you wanting more for all the wrong reasons, and this where the sriracha shrimp roll ($12.95) at Lloyd's enters the discussion.
This sandwich sounds so right, yet winds up being an exercise in minimalism. The shrimp are good and have a little heat from the sriracha, but they could have used a nice sear on them. The celery could have been a nice, crunchy counterpoint, but again, it's so Spartan here that I wondered why bother? The common denominator is that there's just not enough stuff here to fill the lobster roll it's all served on. And that buttery, toasted roll is just dandy. But here it's like a piccolo showing up at a death metal show; beautiful instrument, just the wrong concert.
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Svenskt Tenn's pot holder will liven up any kitchen with its beautiful prints designed by Josef Frank or Estrid Ericson. It is practical for warm pots and casserole dishes and adds a nice touch to kitchen interiors. This classic pot holder has the Elefant print.
Svenskt Tenn's founder Estrid Ericson travelled a lot to different places around the world. She always looked for beautiful items and textiles and souvenirs that she could take home and sell in the store on Strandvägen in Stockholm. She designed this print with small elephants, based on a model from the Belgian Congo. The Elefant (Elephant) textile was printed for the first time in the end of the 1930s.
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This week in new hires, David Scheetz, Edward Deeds and James Axford joined Putnam Investments; Susan Wagner retired as vice chairwoman of BlackRock and was named to its board of directors; and SIPC welcomed three new board members.
Also, Randy Miller returned to National Planning Corp., Chuck Stutenroth joined Ascent Private Capital Management, and Byron Bowman became general counsel at fi360.
Putnam Investments Welcomes Scheetz, Deeds and Axford
Putnam Investments announced Tuesday that it has hired David Scheetz, Edward Deeds and James Axford for senior positions in defined-contribution sales and client relations. Scheetz and Deeds serve in the new positions of regional defined contribution directors. Both report directly to James Brockelman, defined contribution advisor-sold national sales manager. Axford has been named to the new position of defined contribution consultant relations manager, and will report to Peter Whitman, head of defined contribution investment-only. Each has nearly 25 years of industry experience.
Before joining, Scheetz was responsible for Bank of New York Mellon's defined contribution investment-only business in the mid-Atlantic and had worked extensively with full-service plan sales, including experience with Prudential Retirement and Merrill Lynch. Based in Richmond, Va., he will be responsible for the mid-Atlantic region of Maryland, the District of Columbia,Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Deeds had previously served as a regional sales manager for ADP Retirement Services. He is based in Cincinnati and will be responsible for expanding advisor relationships in Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Indiana.
Axford previously was a senior vice president, director, within Pioneer Investments' investment-only retirement group. Earlier, he gained experience in sales and relationship management at a number of firms, including MassMutual Retirement Services, Russell Investment Group and MFS Investment Management.
BlackRock's Susan Wagner to Retire as Vice Chairwoman, Join Board
BlackRock announced June 20 that Susan Wagner, a founding partner of BlackRock, is retiring as a vice chairwoman and has been elected to the board of directors. She will retire at the end of June and take her seat on the board at the October meeting. She also will continue to serve as a director of DSP BlackRock Investment Managers, the firm's joint venture in India.
In addition to serving as a vice chairman, Wagner serves as a member of the firm's global executive committee and global operating committee. She previously served as chief operating officer and head of corporate strategy, and led its international client and alternative investments businesses.
Three New Board Members to Join SIPC
The Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC) announced Friday that two individuals nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate and a new representative from the Treasury Department will serve as its three newest directors and replace outgoing board members Mark Shelton, William Heyman and George Madison. They are Anthony (Tony) D'Agostino, Gregg Karawan and Cyrus Amir-Mokri.
D'Agostino is a managing director at Bank of America, serving as Basel readiness executive and overseeing initiatives necessary for the company to achieve and maintain Basel regulatory capital readiness on a global basis. Before Bank of America, he was COO of the global quantitative analytics group at UBS Investment Bank. Previously, he worked at Wachovia Securities, where he served as the COO of equity capital markets, co-head of program and algorithmic trading, and as a trader and analyst for the firm's U.S. equity proprietary trading business. Prior to his Wall Street career, he served on active duty for 24 years in the U.S. Navy, both as an officer and an enlisted sailor.
Karawan, senior vice president and general counsel, Genworth Financial Insurance & Wealth Management, started at Genworth and its predecessor companies in 2000 as vice president and global chief litigation counsel. In January 2007, he took the role of senior vice president and general counsel of its insurance and wealth management division, and in January 2009 also resumed the role of global chief litigation counsel. From 1990 to 2000, he worked at the law firm of Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, where he was a partner from 1994 to 2000; from 1988–1990, he was an associate at the law firm of Ashinoff Ross & Korff from 1988-1990.
Cyrus Amir-Mokri, assistant secretary for financial institutions, U.S. Department of the Treasury, previously served as senior counsel to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where he also was the agency's deputy representative to the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Prior to that, he was a partner at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He also clerked for the Honorable Bruce Selya of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
National Planning Corp. Names Randy Miller to Lead Pursuit Program
National Planning Corp. (NPC) announced Monday the appointment of Randy Miller as first vice president and director of practice management. In his new role, he will oversee the firm's Pursuit Program, a platform that offers practice management coaching and consulting solutions for financial advisors. Based at the firm's Santa Monica headquarters, he will report to Lynn Niedermeier, president and CEO. He replaces Jim Komoszewski, who has joined Investment Centers of America (ICA) in a practice management role.ICA is part of the National Planning Holdings network.
Miller originally joined NPC in 2009 and served as vice president and practice management consultant until 2011, when he served as the vice president of sales for a startup enterprise in the hospitality industry. He has more than 13 years of experience in the financial services industry and began his career as a financial advisor with Prudential Securities. He held regional vice president positions with parent company Jackson National Life Insurance and with Genworth Financial, and served as the director of a dedicated wealth advisory group with MetLife Investors.
U.S. Bank Appoints Stutenroth Regional Managing Director for Ascent
U.S. Bank announced recently that Chuck Stutenroth has been appointed regional managing director for Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank inCincinnatiand reports to Michael Cole, president of Ascent. In his new role, Stutenroth is responsible for the firm's newCincinnatioffice, which will open this summer, and leads an initial team of nine professionals responsible for providing ultra-high-net-worth clients with investment management, private banking, wealth impact planning and financial administration. He brings more than 24 years of experience in wealth management for ultrahigh-net-worth families and previously served as director of investment strategy at Mirador Family Wealth Advisors, where he was a founding member and investment officer of the family office. Prior to that, he was a founding member and chief investment officer of ZAR Fund Group, where he managed long/short equity funds and market-neutral funds with oversight responsibility of a London-based team involved with global macro and currency FX strategies. He has also served as a senior portfolio manager for Bank of America Investment Management.
fi360 Appoints Byron Bowman General Counsel
fi360 announced Monday that Byron Bowman has joined the company as general counsel. He will direct fi360's senior management on legal matters as well as be involved in monitoring legislative and regulatory changes that affect investment fiduciaries. Additionally, he will serve as fi360's corporate secretary.
An attorney with more than 30 years of experience advising mutual fund sponsors, investment advisors, broker dealers, and other investment service firms, he has particular expertise on federal securities and banking law, ERISA and the fiduciary standard. Most recently, Bowman ran his own law practice based in Chicago. Prior to that he acted as general counsel for Hansberger Global Investors, an investment advisory boutique. He has also acted as counsel to banks, investment advisors and investment companies throughout the U.S.
Kristina Fausti Broumand, fi360's former general counsel, will remain with the company on a part-time basis as senior counsel; she will work with Bowman on corporate legal matters and in an advisory role related to the legislative and regulatory environment.


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Here is a practise revision question that im stuck on:
Q32) Write a program that reads in 10 student marks into an array called marks
and computes the number of students who have failed (got a mark less than 40).
Ok so here is what i have so far:
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] marks = new int[10];
String strMark = "";
int Marksread = 0;
for (Marksread = 0; Marksread < marks.length; Marksread++){
strMark = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a Mark:");
marks[Marksread] = Integer.parseInt(strMark);
I have managed to read in the 10 marks but i cant figure out how to display the number of student that have failed. I know i have to use a loop to count it up but just cant seem to get my head round it and keep getting errors Need help please... :s


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triple-chocolate brownies
- 200g dark chocolate, chopped
- 250g butter, chopped
- 1½ cups (265g) brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- ⅓ cup (35g) cocoa powder, sifted
- 1¼ cups (185g) plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 100g dark chocolate, chopped, extra
- 100g white chocolate, chopped
- 100g unsalted macadamias, chopped
- vanilla ice-cream, to serve
- Preheat oven to 160°C (320ºF). Place the chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over low heat and stir until melted and smooth. Place the sugar and eggs in a bowl and stir to combine. Add the chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Add the cocoa, flour and baking powder and stir to combine. Fold through the extra dark chocolate, white chocolate and nuts.
- Pour the mixture into a lightly greased 22cm-square cake tin lined with non-stick baking paper. Bake for 50 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.* Cut into squares and serve with ice-cream. Serves 10.
* Brownies are best served quite fudgy in the middle. To check it they are cooked, remove from the oven and insert a skewer in the centre. Remove the skewer and run your thumb and finger along it. If the mixture on the skewer is moist and forms a ball when your rub your thumb and finger together, it is ready. If you like brownies less fudgy, cook for an extra 5–10 minutes after the mixture 'balls' when tested.
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It was not the 1st time that I've tried a Donna Hay recipe mas it's the 1st that I leave a comment.
Yesterday I tried these extraordinary brownies to bring to work to celebrate Easter and they were a huge success!
In fact, this turned in my "BROENIE RECIPE" Uau!!!
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Some French lawmakers want to make it illegal to solicit prostitutes. Their argument: all prostitution supports sex trafficking.
According to the Guardian, neither soliciting nor prostitution is illegal in France, though pimping and operating a brothel are. Supporters say the proposed ban, which wouldn't come up for a vote until 2012, is necessary because 80% of sex workers in France are trafficking victims. Social affairs minister Roselyne Bachelot goes even further:
There is no such thing as freely chosen and consenting prostitution. The sale of sexual acts means women's bodies are made available for men, independently of the wishes of those women.
Many sex workers would disagree with her, but at least a ban on soliciting and not prostitution itself wouldn't punish them directly. Still, from an American vantage point, the debate is a bit surprising — aren't these the liberated French? If they did outlaw soliciting prostitution, they'd be one of just four European countries to do so (the others are Sweden, Norway, and Iceland). But maybe Europe's having a prudish moment right now — according to the Times, the once nudist-friendly city of Barcelona is about to pass an ordinance imposing a $700 fine for public nakedness or improper dress. Not everyone is in favor — one city councilor says, "You will see affluent joggers every morning in the skimpiest of clothing. Will the police pursue them?" Unclear — but it seems those anything-goes folks on the Continent are getting a little more strict.
France May Make It Illegal To Pay For Sex [Guardian]
Too Much Of A Sweeping View Nudges Barcelona To Shed A Law [NYT]
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1. (Science: physics) The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? at what hour shall we meet?
3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the hour. Woman, . . . Mine hour is not yet come. (john II. 4) This is your hour, and the power of darkness. (Luke xxii. 53)
4. A measure of distance traveled. Vilvoorden, three hours from brussels. (j. P. Peters) After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular labour. Canonical hours. See Canonical.
5. (Science: astronomy) hour angle, a line on which the shadow falls at a given hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the face of the dial. Hour plate, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are marked; the dial. Sidereal hour, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day. Solar hour, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day. The small hours, the early hours of the morning, as one o'clock, two o'clock, etc. To keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early.
Origin: oe. Hour, our, hore, ure, OF. Hore, ore, ure, f. Heure, L. Hora, fr. Gr, orig, a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See year, and cf. Horologe, horoscope.


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Don't look now. Bank stocks are rallyingAugust 20, 2012: 2:11 PM ET
The market was mostly lower on yet another sleepy August day of trading. But bank stocks were among the more notable standouts. Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) were two of the better performers in the Dow. Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) were each up more than 1.5% And Citigroup (C) had gained more than 2%.
The big banks have been riding a hot streak for the past month -- even though second quarter earnings report in July were mixed at best. Is the worst over? Traders on StockTwits are mostly optimistic.
bespokeinvest: The rotation out of Utilities and other defensives has been fierce: http://t.co/bAOL0ug7$XLU $QQQ $SPY $DIA $XLF $XLY $XLI $IYZ
TJAnderson: most financials through resistance of the last 2 weeks and also resistce of June 18 - 22$JPM $C $BAC(trying). Looking for grind higher
RedDogT3Live: Banks showing some life after some nice consolidation. Bought some $JPM and $BAC for a trade
The market's relentless march higher through this low-volume August has been interesting to watch. It does seem like investors are willing to embrace riskier stocks, like the major banks, again. I'm still a little skeptical since earnings in the third quarter could be weak given the relatively lackluster environment for IPOs and mergers. But there is one thing the banks have going for them that should help ...
stephanie_link: JPM raises 3Q eps on banks - $STI $RF$BAC and others on better mortgage revs and better NIM. Continue to like $WFC $JPM $STI.
It is true that the signs of life in housing should be good for a variety of banks big and small. If the housing rebound is finally for real -- and it is starting to look that way -- then many banks could be in a position to benefit from demand for new home purchases. Mortgage rates will probably remain low for some time. But the key will be whether or not the banks are willing to loosen standards and actually make more loans.
Still, I'm worried that the banks are rallying in part due to hopes that they are going to get help from Mario Draghi and Ben Bernanke in the form of more easy money.
DeidreZune: Great if Banks joined the rally on ECB action anticipation. $XLF call buying was impressive on Friday $GS $JPM$C $BAC $WFC $SPY $AAPL
Investors have been burned betting on more easing from Super Mario and Big Ben before. And let's be honest here. If the best you can say about the banks now is that the ECB might buy more troubled sovereign debt and that the Fed might hint at QE3 in a few weeks, is that really a compelling reason to be excited about the banks?


text: Boston Beats the Asian Longhorned Beetle One of the things I consider a highlight of my career and that I will always remember is our successful response to the July 2010 detection of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in Boston, Massachusetts. As I attended the May 12 ceremony commemorating the eradication of the ALB infestation in Boston and listened to the speakers share their thoughts about what it took to get us there, I had a deep sense of appreciation for the partnership among the state and federal cooperators who worked together to bring us to that day. It was swift action and continued diligence that protected Boston's trees from further destruction. APHIS and its cooperators were able to accomplish the goal of eradicating ALB in Boston in less than 4 years. Thanks also go to a community member who reported the infestation early. That early detection and report resulted in the loss of only 6 infested trees. But as I celebrate our first victory over the invasive pest in Massachusetts, I am compelled to ask you to remain vigilant in inspecting your trees regularly for signs of the beetle and report any suspicious damage to your State Plant Health Director. Patty Douglass, APHIS State Plant Health Director for Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island Posted in Animals Plants Feb 21, 2017 2 Responses


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Questions with Bob …
A week from now, tight end Kyle Rudolph will be immersed in the Vikings' training camp practices. On Thursday and Friday, he was busy with the Kyle Rudolph Football ProCamp for boys and girls in the first through eighth grades. About 300 kids took part in the two-day camp at Eden Prairie High School.
"To have the opportunity to allow these kids to come out and run around and get away from sleeping in or playing video games is a lot of fun," said Rudolph, who hopes the Vikings' season will be fun, too.
Last year was certainly fun for him. Rudolph had a standout second season as Christian Ponder's favorite red-zone target, going to the Pro Bowl after catching 53 passes, including a team-high nine touchdown receptions, for 493 yards.
BS: Was last year your breakout year or were you just scratching the surface?
KR: I think I was just scratching the surface. I'm not satisfied with last year, individually or as a team. I definitely expect more from myself this year.
BS: What is your expectation for this season?
KR: Production from our offense and winning football games. That's the most important thing for me. And if that means catching more balls, I'll do whatever I can to help us win.
BS: What can you do better?
KR: I spent some time with (Dallas Cowboys tight end) Jason Witten at the Pro Bowl. He congratulated me on a great first couple of years, but told me each and every year to continue to work your craft and fine-tune your game. You can always get better.
BS: There's always something you can tweak?
KR: Exactly.
BS: With Adrian Peterson, the addition of Greg Jennings and Cordarrelle Patterson, and the improvement of Christian Ponder, do you have an offense that can be scary good?
KR: I really think so because you have so many weapons based around the best player in football. When you have Adrian in the backfield, it just makes everything else so much easier. Then you add the weapons on the outside, like Greg and Cordarrelle. Those guys are phenomenal talents. Greg has done a tremendous job mentoring our young wide receiver corps. He's going to bring those guys along, so we're going to have playmakers all over the field.
BS: Does your role as a receiver get diminished by having Jennings and Patterson?
KR: Not at all. The NFL, as a whole, is becoming more and more of a tight end-driven league. You look at the success of offenses in the NFL. They have a tight end who's a go-to guy, whether it's third down or in the red zone. There are situations where it's just a tough matchup (for defenses) for our position. Those guys on the outside are just going to make it easier for me.
BS: Do you expect Peterson to get the rushing record after coming so close last season?
KR: I'd be surprised if he didn't. That guy is just phenomenal. You learn after being around him a few years to never doubt him. Never think he can't do anything.
BS: Fellow tight end John Carlson is coming off a tough, injury-impacted season. With you on one side and him on the other, can that create problems for a defense?
KR: We expect a lot out of John this year. He was banged up a little bit last year with a knee injury and was coming off a shoulder injury (that caused him to miss the 2011 season). He had the knee injury in training camp and had a concussion during the season. He never really got going. If we can get him going, that's just another weapon to make our offense that much better.
BS: Where you are most dangerous, in the red zone?
KR: A big thing this year is that we just don't limit it to the red zone. There are things we can do from the 20 to the 20 (yard lines). I feel we can use those same things that are so deadly in the red zone throughout the whole field, whether it's third-and-short or third-and-medium.
BS: Have you been working with Christian Ponder a lot this offseason?
KR: Yes. Christian has been doing quite a bit of traveling, but when he's around we make sure we get together and are on the same page.
BS: This is your third season. Is this the most excited you've been heading into training camp?
KR: I was pretty excited last year. My rookie year was kind of a down year and to go through it a second time I was excited. This year, we have a great team. I expect big things.
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Git Tutorials
Recently I've been hacking on some projects that I've been thinking of releasing under an open source license. I'd been looking around for places to host the project and was considering sourceforge or google code, I decided to tweet asking if anyone had any opinions on these tools and @HeyChinaski replied suggesting I look into using github.
I've use SCM tools as part of my development process for quite a while but, apart from a couple of quick dabbles, have only properly used CVS and Subversion. If I'm going to use git for my project I want to make sure I fully understand how it works and how it should be used, so I went a googling. This post is mainly a collection of useful links to articles I've found on my travels. It's primarily so I don't lose useful stuff but am sharing it here so they may help other peeps.
The main project homepage for Git.
A load of useful documentation and links to tutorials on the git project homepage.
A site containing quick reference material for using git.
A nice site that has tons of little tips for using and understanding all of Git.
Paul Bouwer's Blog post series "Git, GitHub and an open source .NET project".
This is a brilliant series of blog posts that detail how to contribute to open source projects hosted on GitHub. It takes you from how to install and setup Git (windows specific but still plenty of useful information) through to forking a project, committing changes and finally to sending your change to the upstream maintainers for inclusion.
- Introduction
- Part 1 – Install Git
- Part 2 – Setup Git
- Part 3 – Fork Project
- Part 4 – Contribute Code
- Part 5 – Submit Pull Request
Starting an Open Source Project on GitHub
Very useful beginner blog post describing how to set up a project on GitHub.


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Start-up to bring test-drive cars to buyers, avoiding dealership
DETROIT - A new company hopes to make the car-buying process easier for consumers and more efficient for dealers by bringing cars to buyers for test drives, avoiding the need to spend hours at a dealership.
With car sales people ranked below members of Congress in trustworthiness in a Gallup poll last December and many buyers shopping online before heading to dealer lots for a test drive -- and the accompanying sales pitch -- the firm's founder thinks he's targeted a sweet spot.
So do his financial backers, which include a General Motors former chief executive and an auto dealer who previously owned the NFL's Minnesota Vikings.
Tred, which officially launches in the Seattle area on Wednesday, will deliver almost any vehicle to a potential buyer for $19 a car. Dealers will pay the start-up an undisclosed amount for each test drive.
The plan is eventually to roll the service out in other densely populated cities such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Tred Chief Executive and founder Grant Feek said.
"I always felt there should be a better experience, a better way to buy," he said in a telephone interview.
Tred, launched in January 2012, will initially work with about 30 dealers in the Seattle area representing nearly all brands.
Tred raised $100,000 in a first round of financing from a group that included former GM CEO Rick Wagoner, whom Feek, 32, met while Wagoner was speaking to Feek and his classmates at Harvard Business School.
Last fall, the Seattle-based company raised another $1.7 million from several private equity firms, including Fraser McCombs Capital. The firm's equity pool includes money from the family of Red McCombs, who owns eight dealerships in San Antonio and used to own the Vikings as well as the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.
Tony Rimas, a principal with Fraser McCombs, Tred's largest shareholder, said the new service is meant to improve the sales rate at dealers. "A customer asking for a car to be brought to their house is in my opinion converted from a shopper to a buyer," he said.
The online service will allow consumers to set up test drives of competing vehicles, which will be delivered by Tred employees not associated with the dealers providing the cars, Feek said.
The employee rides along on the test drive and provides a packet of information that includes a checklist to help reduce the time spent in a dealer's showroom to one to two hours from the national average of more than four, he said.
Tred also supplies a report with the vehicle's suggested retail price, prices on websites such as those of Kelley Blue Book and TrueCar, as well as the no-haggle price from the dealer supplying the vehicle.


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Cefn Bryn, the backbone of the Gower Peninsular runs for 5 miles, made of old red sandstone, it is liberally seeded with large pieces of quartz conglomerate that was left from the receding ice sheets of the last ice age. Many of the Gower cottages have walls built of this reddish / pink quartz conglomerate which glistens like so many diamonds in the sun. The Gower Peninsular, the first area in the UK designated an Area of Outsanding Natural Beauty in 1956. Strict planning regulations ensure this natural beauty is available to the many visitors who enjoy the scenary and beautiful walks all year round. To the south is the broad sandy sweep of Oxwich Bay, with Three Cliffs Bay just to the eastern end. Looking north, the wide expanse of the Loughor Estuary and the cockle beds of Penclawdd. Just behind the headland of Oxwich and above the western edge of the beach, you can just make out Lundy Island some 38 miles away on the horizon. There are some 60 cairns scattered throughout the area, though some of these 60 are attributed to farmers collecting and clearing rocks from their fields. Additionally, there are ancient hill forts, megaliths and neolithic tombs and castles to be found all around Gower. Notable visitors from history are said to include King Edward I in 1284, King Henry VII on his way to the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and according to legend King Arthur too.
Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.


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The Working Party on General Safety (GRSG) is the subsidiary body of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) that prepares regulatory proposals on general safety to WP.29. This group of experts conducts research and analysis to develop general safety requirements for vehicles, in particular buses and coaches.
GRSG convenes officially twice a year and entrusts informal groups with specific subjects that need to be considered urgently or that require special expertise. More than 100 experts participate at the sessions of GRSG.
The Working Party is open to the governmental experts from any member country of the United Nations, and to any regional economic integration organization set up by member countries of the United Nations, and to experts of governmental organizations. Experts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may participate in a consultative capacity. Final decisions are taken by Government representatives by vote at the World Forum WP.29 level.
The work of GRSG experts is transparent: All agendas, working documents and reports are openly accessible on this website.


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Beneath's compositions recall Shackleton's later work for Skull Disco, when his frenetic early sides slowed down without becoming a whole lot less frenetic. His sound, though, is from somewhere else entirely. "Duty" has the rhythmic playfulness and liquid bass of UK funky but absolutely none of the bombast. Where we'd expect to hear brash melody, we get only its chilly absence. "Texers" trades in melodic dissonance, and its drums respond in kind with agitated rolls and big snare hits. Neither side is anything like an anthem, but music this absorbing and refreshingly constructed feels like something worth rallying behind regardless.
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Sun / 3 Feb 2013
Words /
Jordan Rothlein
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A Duty
B Texers


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Digitimes Research estimates that in 2014 global tablet shipments will reach 289 million units. This report analyzes the main players, their strategies and shipments forecasts for 2014, as well as other factors contributing to either growth or decline in various segments within the tablet market, with a particular focus on Apple, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft, along with whitebox vendors. Moreover, the report discusses Taiwan tablet EMS/ODM makers and their shipment forecasts, along with their related market shares and shipment growth.
Device types defined by form factor, not hardware specifications
Table 1: Device definitions - notebooks, tablets, smartphones, portable media players
Chart 1: Mobile shipments by device type, 2007-2014 (m units)
Non-Apple and whitebox shipments both likely to reach 100 million units
Chart 2: Tablet shipments by vendor, including whitebox, 2011-2014 (m units)
Chart 3: Global Android tablet shipments, 2013-2014 (m units)
Chart 6: Branded tablet shipments by screen size, 2013-2014 (m units)
Chart 7: Branded tablet shipment share by screen size, 2013-2014 (m)
Chart 8: Branded tablet shipments by OS, 2013-2014 (m units)
Chart 10: Shipments of detachable type tablets, 2011-2014 (k units)
Chart 11: Apple has a more complete product line in 2013 and maintains a high pricing strategy
Chart 12: Apple tackles the smaller-size tablet market with its iPad retina display
Chart 13: Apple gross profits and on-year changes, 1Q12-2Q13 (US$m)
Chart 14: iPad mini with retina display will bring increased gross profits of US$13-20
Chart 15: iPad Air is thinner and may decrease potential iPad mini sales
Chart 16: iPad 2 pricing may help in sales with new iPad series
Chart 18: Shipment proportion of Apple tablets by product line, 2014
Chart 19: Samsung uses four main strategies for tackling the market
Chart 20: Price strategy for Samsung will be important for its shipments in 2014
Chart 21: 7-inch units will still be Samsung's main channel growth in 2014
Chart 22: Addressing Android fragmentation was a top priority for Google in 2013
Chart 23: In 2013, Nexus was used as leverage to establish Google's product benchmark and partners in 2014
Chart 24: Android tablet shipments from Google and other vendors, 2012-2014 (m units)
Chart 25: Kindle Fire business model focused around content and service
Chart 26: Kindle Fire HD has a US$20-30 premium over competitors
Chart 27: Kindle Fire HDX 7- and 8.9-inch target high-end Android products and iPad
Chart 29: Mayday real-time technology support expected to help bring in more customers
Chart 30: Notebook and tablet interface functions hard to combine
Chart 31: Products and customer demand lead to poor sales of Windows tablets
Chart 33: Surface 2 faces differentiation challenges from Lumia
Chart 34: Office becomes more integrated into mobile devices
Chart 36: Windows tablet shipment share by product, 2013-2014
Chart 37: Taiwan ODM/EMS tablet shipments and global share, 2011-2014 (m units)
Chart 38: Shipments by Taiwan ODM/EMS player, 2013-2014 (m units)
Chart 39: Share of Taiwan tablet shipments by ODM/EMS player, 2013-2014
Chart 40: Changes in entry-level brand and whitebox tablet pricing by processor, 2013 (US$)
Chart 41: Whitebox tablet AP shipment share by processor, 4Q12-4Q13
Chart 42: Whitebox tablet shipments and share of market, 2011-2014 (m units)
Chart 43: Whitebox tablet shipments by size and proportion, 2013-2014 (m units)


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Horn Travel Magick Charm - LIMITED
Horn Magick Charm
from The Traveling Magick Tool Collection
by Christopher Penczak, Temple of Witchcraft
Each handmade Horn pocket-sized tool coin is for your on-the-go magick. You will love to carry the blessings of magickal tools with you each and everyday wherever you may go. You will find they are perfect for your travel altar, as a focus for your magickal work, and also for divination. Each tool coin is designed by Christopher Penczak, teacher, healing practitioner, and award-winning author and features designs on one side with words on the other.
The Horn is known and used for:
- Inspiration
- Offering
- Exchange
- Celebration
- Sustainment
Carry your charm in your pocket; use with your charm/mojo bag; other blessings and spell work.
Each charm is crafted here on Turtle Island of lead-free pewter and measures approximately 1 3/8 inches.
©Christopher Penczak
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Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we'll provide the jams.
It's Rose Bowl time, suckas! So to choose the fight song I would choose to play, I used the utterly non-sports-oriented method of picking the one that sounded more fight song-ey. Sorry Stanford, ripping off classic rock songs isn't as cool as cranking out old school (see what I did there?!) songs that recall the days when players wore leather helmets.
Of course, if you don't give a rat's ass about football, you're probably watching Vienna's New Year's Day Concert, you cultured thing, you.


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The DLM4000 is an eight-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope suitable to test and debugging applications in the embedded systems, power electronics, mechatronics, and automotive sectors. Available in both 350 MHz and 500 MHz models, the 2.5 GSa/sec DLM4000 features eight analog input channels. The eighth input channel features Flex MSO which converts to a 8-bit logic analyzer at the push of a button; add sixteen additional logic analyzer inputs as an option, for 24-bit logic analysis. Advanced measurement and analysis features such as power analysis and serial-bus analysis, digital filtering, user-defined math, and super-long record lengths (up to 250 Mega Points) make the DLM4000 a super powerful engineering tool. High-resolution 12.1-inch LCD display, compact landscape format, ergonomic and friendly user-interface make it easy to use.
Motor control & inverter circuit development
Key to efficient and reliable high-performance electric motors is the modern inverter design, or 'Intelligent Power Module'. Multi-channel, high-speed waveform measurement is an absolute necessity. Four channels are simply not enough. Boasting eight true analog inputs, the DLM4000 empowers today's engineer with a convenient and comprehensive measurement system.
Electronic control unit & mechatronic test
Numerous I/O analog, digital, and serial-bus waveforms surrounding the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) must be measured. The DLM4000 offers ample channel-count and architecture to monitor eight analog channels and up to 24-bits of logic input while simultaneously performing protocol analysis such as UART, I²C, SPI, CAN, CAN FD, LIN, CXPI, PSI5 and FlexRay. The DLM4000 can speed up the R&D process when four channels are not enough.
Limitation of 4 ch MSO: The additional logic inputs of a four-channel MSO mixed-signal oscilloscope provides enough channels, but this method has a blind-spot. Digital waveform analysis using logic inputs alone cannot reveal anomalies such as voltage drift, noise, distortion or ringing, and measure risefall times. ECU testing requires stringent examination of all digital waveforms- and analog input channels are the best tool for the job.
When just a specific event or abnormal waveform needs to be captured, the flexible and reliable triggering of the DLM4000 is the solution. In addition to basic trigger functions such as Edge, State, and Pulse Width- Advanced trigger types are provided, including Edge OR between multiple channels, Serial Bus trigger in which A combination of two bus signals is possible, or an A and B combination of different trigger types.
The two advantages of a long waveform memory are the abilities to capture for long periods of time and to maintain high sample rates. Thus achieving higher effective measuring bandwidths for all time base settings.
Measuring time = Memory length / Sample rate
With the maximum memory installed (/M3 option), in single shot mode, a 10 kHz signal lasting for more than one hour can be captured. The same memory can capture a 200 millisecond signal at a sampling rate of 1.25 GS/s.
Two fully independent zoom windows
Enabling two fully independent zoom windows allows users to analyze the cause and effect of abnormal behaviors over all input channels. Users can also view and compare the details and timing of different serial buses operating at different speeds.
The DLM4000 can capture and replay up to 50,000 individual acquisitions (/M3 option). These can be displayed one at a time or as an accumulation. Using the search and measurement functions, abnormal signals can therefore be quickly isolated, analyzed and precisely categorized without needing to carefully configure triggers to capture rare events.
History Search Function
Search up to 50,000 waveform history records based on detailed search parameters using the history search function.
Replay Function
Automatically play back, pause, fast forward, and rewind waveform history records.
This is a license product for adding applicable optional features on to DLM4000 series on your own.
It is necessary to update main unit firmware in advance to V3.03 and above* in order to apply this license.
* Firmware version 3.70 or higher is required to apply -F9, -X1 licenses.
* Firmware version 4.70 or higher is required to apply -10, -11 licenses.
* Firmware version 5.01 or higher is required to apply -F4, -F6, -F7, -F8 licenses.
|Suffix code
|User defined math
|Power supply analysis function
|Power supply analysis function (includes G2)
|UART trigger and analysis
|I²C + SPI trigger and analysis
|UART + I²C + SPI trigger and analysis
|CAN + LIN trigger and analysis + CXPI analysis
|FlexRay trigger and analysis
|FlexRay + CAN + LIN trigger and analysis + CXPI analysis
|CAN + CAN FD + LIN trigger and analysis + CXPI analysis
|FlexRay + CAN + CAN FD + LIN trigger and analysis + CXPI analysis
|SENT trigger and analysis
|PSI5 analysis
|SENT+PSI5 trigger and analysis
|F4 -> F7 or F6 -> F8 (adds CAN FD)
The /G3 and /G4 options enable switching loss, joule integral (I2t), SOA (safe operating area), harmonics based on EN61000-3-2, and other power parameters to be measured and analyzed.
Switching loss analysis:
The switching loss of the voltage and current input waveforms can be computed (U(t) x (I(t)) over long time periods. The turn-on/off loss, the loss including the continuity loss, and the loss over many cycles of the 50 Hz/60 Hz power line can be calculated and analyzed.
Power Measurement
The DLM4000 can also be used as a power meter by providing automated measurement of power parameters for up to two pairs of voltage and current waveforms, such as the active power, apparent power and power factor. These values can be statistically processed and calculated.
Differential probe PBDH0150 (701927)
DC to 150 MHz
1000 Vrms/ ±1400 Vpeak
Differential probe (701926)
DC to 50 MHz
5000 Vrms/7000 Vpeak
Current probe PBC100/PBC050 (701928/701929)
DC to 100 MHz (701928)
DC to 50 MHz (701929)
30 Arms
Deskew correction signal source (701936)
Equations can be arbitrarily created using a suite of operators such as trigonometric and logarithmic operators, integration and differentiation, pulse width operators, phase measurement and digital to analog conversion.
The flexible MSO inputs are included as standard. This enables the DLM4000 to be converted to a 7 analog and 8 digital input MSO. With the /L16 option, up to 24 logic signals can be measured. Bus/State display and optional DA calculation function, which is useful for evaluating AD/DA converters, are also provided.
UART (RS232)/ I²C/ SPI/ CAN/ CAN FD/ LIN/ FlexRay/ SENT/ PSI5/ CXPI
Dedicated trigger and analysis options are available for various serial buses of both in-vehicle and embedded systems. A wide variety of trigger combinations can be set, including ID and Data combinations, which can also be combined with conventional edge triggers. Trigger functions of some of the serial buses are not supported. Simultaneously display the physical layer waveforms and the digital data.
Serial bus auto-setup saves time
An intelligent serial bus auto-setup detects bit-rate and voltage threshold automatically and enables the DLM4000 to be quickly configured.
Up to 4 buses simultaneously
Analysis can be performed at high speed simultaneously on up to four different buses operating at different speeds. This is enhanced by the extensive search facilities, allowing the user to look for specific data in the very long memory. The dual-zoom facility means that different buses can be viewed and debugged alongside each other.
Differential probe PBDH1000 (701924)
DC to 1.0 GHz bandwidth 1 MΩ, approximately 1.1 pF
Maximum differential input voltage range: ±25 V
Differential probe (701920)
DC to 500 MHz bandwidth
100 kΩ, approximately 2.5 pF
Maximum differential input voltage range ±12 V
Logic probe PBL100/PBL250 (701988/701989)
100 MHz/250 MHz toggle frequency 1 MΩ, 10 pF/100 kΩ, 3pF
|Reduced energy, emission of CO2, NOx and SOx about 25% compared to the previous model.
Results of Life Cycle Assessment
|DLM4038 350 MHz Mixed Signal Oscilloscope 8-channel 8-bit
|DLM4058 500 MHz Mixed Signal Oscilloscope 8-channel 8 bit
Passive Probe, 600Vp, 500MHz, 10:1, 10MΩ, 1.3m
Supplied standard with DLM2000/ DLM4000.
Passive Probe, 400Vrms, 500MHz, 10:1, 10MΩ, 1.3m, 'Miniature Passive Probe' w/ accy kit.
Optional probe for DLM2000/ DLM4000/ DL6000/ DLM6000/ DL9000/ SB5000 series.
Can also be ordered as a substitute for the standard probe when ordering DLM2000/ DL6000/ DLM6000.
Passive Probe, 1000Vrms, 400MHz, 100:1, 50MΩ, 1.2m, 'Mini'
For DL1700, DLM2000, DLM4000, DL/DLM6000,DL9000 and SB5000.
See also 701945 for 250 MHz version of this same probe.
Passive Probe, 1000Vrms, 250MHz, 100:1, 50MΩ, 3.0m, 'Mini' with extra-long 3m lead. Compatible with DL1700, DLM2000, DLM4000, DL/DLM6000, DL9000 and SB5000. See also 701944 for 400 MHz version of this same probe.
Passive Probe, 1000V(DC+ACpeak) CAT II, 200MHz, 10:1, 10MΩ, 2.5m
Wide operating temperature range(-40 to 85°C)
For DLM2000 and DLM4000 series
Differential probe powered by Yokogawa Digital Oscilloscopes, ScopeCorders, external power supply or internal battery.
Differential probe powered by internal battery.
Differential Probe, 12Vp Differential, 30Vp Common-Mode, 500MHz, 10:1, 100kΩ, w/ built-in power cable (LEMO lead)
Bandwidth: DC to 100 MHz (-3 dB)
The 701922 is a 10:1 Differential Probe rated at 20Vpeak differential voltage input and 60Vpeak Common-Mode input with 200MHz bandwidth (-3dB). This probe is recommended for CAN bus and can be used with virtuallly any oscillscope with an internal 50Ω termination or use the external 50Ω 700976. This probe is powered via a built in pig-tail LEMO lead. This probe can be powered with Yokogawa scope option /P2 or /P4, or an external power supply 700938-3-D or 701934-D. The probe is supplied with one each pinchers, B9852MF black and B9852MG red and a 50cm ground extension.
The PBDH1000 (701924) is a 25Vp Differential Probe powered by the Yokogawa Probe Interface. This probe can be used only with the Yokogawa DLM2000, DL6000, DLM6000, DL9000, and SB5000 series oscilloscope.
High Voltage Differential probe powered by Yokogawa Digital Oscilloscopes, ScopeCorders, external power supply or internal battery.
The 701927 is a 50:1 or 500:1 high voltage (1400V peak) probe with extended bandwidth covering DC to 150MHz, This probe provides a balanced differential input, to be used with oscilloscopes with single-ended inputs (1 MΩ Input Impedance). This probe works with DLM2000, DLM4000, DL6000, DLM6000, DL9000 and SB5000. This probe is conveniently powered by the Yokogawa Probe Interface.
Active Probe, 10Vp, 900MHz, 10:1, 2.5MΩ / 1.8pF, 1.5m, FET Probe w/ LEMO power pig-tail
Frequency bandwidth: DC to 50 MHz
Maximum continuous input range: 5 Arms
Functions with Digital Oscilloscopes, ScopeCorders and other waveform measuring instruments.
Frequency bandwidth: DC to 120 MHz
Maximum continuous input range: 5 Arms
Functions with Digital Oscilloscopes, ScopeCorders and other waveform measuring instruments.
Current probe front-end powered, recognized automatically and adjust zero position from the operation of the DLM2000, DLM3000, DLM4000, DL6000/DLM6000, DL9000/DLM9000 and SB5000 series.
Current probe front-end powered, recognized automatically and adjust zero position from the operation of the DLM2000, DLM3000, DLM4000, DL6000/DLM6000, DL9000/DLM9000 and SB5000 series.
Current probe powered by Yokogawa Digital Oscilloscopes, Scopecorders or external power supply.
Current probe powered by Yokogawa Digital Oscilloscopes, Scopecorders or external power supply.
A power supply for current probes, FET probes, and differential probes. Supplies power for up to four probes, including large current probes.
The B9852MJ cable supplies power to the 700924, 700925 and 701921 differential probes* from the DL probe power con-nectors. (The probe power option is re-quired on the DL unit.)
* Cable only works with newer 700924, 700925 and 701921 probes that indicate "6VDC or 9VDC"at the probe input power connector.
Improve switching-loss measurements by eliminating skew. The 701936 Deskew Correction Signal Source accommodates both clamp-on current probes and through-type 'CT' Current Transformers.
701988 (PBL100) Logic Probe
100 kΩ input resistance, toggle frequency of 250 MHz
Attached to the tips of logic probe (701988 or 701989) or mini-clips (B9852CR), the IC clips can be used to clip contiguous 0.5-mm pitch terminals. A total of 10 clips are included.
Logic probe accessory kit for use with 701989.
A clip set designed for 701937, 701938, 701939, 701943 (PB500) and 700939
For 701937,701938, 701939, 701943 (PB500) and 700939.
1000 Vrms-CAT II, 1.8 m long
Safety BNC(male) to safety banana(female) use in combination with 701959, 701954, 758921, 758922 or 758929.
Set contains one black and one red clip
1000 Vrms-CAT II
2 pieces (red and black) in 1 set
Connected to the 758933, 758917, or 701901
Length: 0.3m
Applicable for DL750/DL750P, SL1000, SL1400
Connected to the 700929, 701947
Maximum input voltage: 1,000V (DC + ACpeak)
Length: 0.26m/0.3m/0.4m
Applicable for DL750/DL750P, SL1000, SL1400
Set contains one black and one red clip.
1000 Vrms-CAT II.
This DC block can be used to remove the DC component from an incoming signal. Use this block if you want to remove bias voltage from reaching the PBL5000 probe.
Adapters for fitting a 4mm banana plug to a fork terminal. Set contains one black and one red clip. 1000 Vrms-CAT II.
Rated at 300 V. Attaches to the 758917 test leads. Sold in pairs.
Rated at 1000V. Attaches to the 758917 test leads. Sold in pairs.
A set of 0.8m long red and black test leads, used in combination with a pair of optional 758922 or 758929 alligator-clip adapters.
Two adapters to a set for 5 A current
(screw-fastened type using B9317WD)
Screws for B8200JQ, D-SUB connector
A clip set designed for the 700988, 700960 and 701940 probes.
The B9852HF contains the following eleven(11) kinds of accessories: Insulation cap, IC cap, BNC adapter, Rigid tip, Spring tip (Ø: 0.80 mm), Spring tip (Ø: 0.38 mm), Ground spring, Adjustment tool, Pincher tip, Standard ground lead, Color coding rings. PBL5000.
BNC-BNC 1m. For connection to simultaneously measurement with 2 units, or for input external trigger signal.
BNC-BNC 2m. For connection to simultaneously measurement with 2 units, or for input external trigger signal.
A 1 m long BNC-alligator clip cable.
Use only for circuits having voltage levels no greater than 42 V.
Applicable for DL750/DL750P, SL1000 & SL1400
A subassembly of 1.2 m long test leads with alligator-clip adapters.
Use only for circuits having voltage levels no greater than 42 V.
Applicable for SL1000 & SL1400.
This cable is used to connect an external device, however, do not use this cable for purposes other than DL750/1600/1700/1700E/7400 GO/NO-GO judgement.
BNC-Banana-jack (female) adapter. Use for circuits having voltage levels no greater than 42 V.
Banana-plug (male)-BNC adapter. Use for circuits having voltage levels no greater than 42 V.
T-adapter for BNC connectors. Use for circuits having voltage levels no greater than 42 V.
For 701937, 701938, 701939, 701943 (PB500) and 700939.
Quantity of 1 unit: 10
For 701937,701938, 701939, 701943 (PB500) and 700939 Standard accessories include: Adapter, red wire (3), black wire (3)
Safety-terminal-binding-post adapter. Use for circuits having voltage levels no greater than 42 V.
For conversion between BNC and female banana plug
Applicable for DL750/DL750P, SL1000 & SL1400.
For 702902, 702906
For 702902, 702906
Using a probe stand with a flexible arm and heavy base to hold and stabilize probes can simplify circuit board testing.
Quality paper for the DLM2000 /DLM4000 /DL850 /DL6000 /DL9000 and DL750
For DLM4000 series
Three pockets are provided for storing accessories and the user's manual.
Soft Case for Accessories
Rack mount kit for DLM4000/DLM5000 series.
EIA/JIS sandard compliant.
While accurate rise time measurements have become easier to make, it remains, nonetheless, quite easy to overlook error contributions due to not only the oscilloscope but also the probe. And, while the error contributed by a scope's finite step-response (rise time) is often accounted for, that contributed by the probe is often overlooked.
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Did you know that Kristen Stewart's eyes are naturally green, but she wears brown contacts for the "Twilight" films? Were you aware that she was a natural blonde?
"Extra" has complied a list of 20 facts about the "Twilight" starlet! Take a bite!
20 Fun Facts About Kristen Stewart
1. Eye Appealing
Kristen wore brown contact lenses for her role as Bella in "Twilight" -- her eyes are naturally green.
2. Nickname
Kristen's nickname is KStew.
3. Science Fiction Fan
One of Kristen's favorite science fiction authors is Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
4. Animal Lover
Kristen has three dogs and one cat named Jella -- which coincidentally rhymes with her "Twilight" character Bella.
5. Family Business
Kristen's mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, makes her directorial debut with "K-11" -- starring Kristen.
6. Joan Jett
Kristen as Joan Jett in the biopic "The Runaways."
7. Brunette Babe
Kristen's fans favored the star as a brunette; 78% to 22% -- according to an online poll.
8. 'Twilight'
Kristen had never read Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series until she landed the role of Bella Swan.
9. Kristen's Pick
Stewart claims to have "basically cast" Robert Pattinson in the role of Edward Cullen.
10. Good Friends
Kristen and "Twilight" co-star Nikki Reed are real-life friends.
11. Tomboy
Kristen is not only the youngest in her family, but is also the only daughter -- which may explain her laid-back, tomboy style.
12. On Again, Off Again
Kristen's ex-beau is "Will & Grace" actor Michael Angarano.
13. Kristen and Emile
Kristen Stewart was recommended for the "Twilight" role of Bella by "Into the Wild" costar Emile Hirsch. Hirsch had previously worked with the vampire flick's director Catherine Hardwicke on "Lords of Dogtown."
14. Kristen and Rob's Last Tango
Kristen Stewart and "Twilight" costar Robert Pattinson used "Last Tango in Paris" as the inspiration for their onscreen romance.
15. Pet Werewolf
Kristen Stewart's family has pet wolves!
16. Blackbird Blues
Kristen Stewart sang and played guitar in "Into the Wild." During her audition with director Sean Penn, "I played Blackbird, and I botched it. But he called me later and said, 'Do you want to do this?' And I was like-'yeah!'" she told The Detroit News.
17. Risky New Role
To prepare for a role as a stripper in indie the flick "Welcome to the Rileys," Kristen Stewart learned how to pole dance by visiting a New Orleans strip club. "I danced on the bar there three nights this week, and my legs are covered in bruises," she told EW.
18. Comic Cutie
Stewart is set to appear in her own comic book. The 32-page booklet is due to hit U.S. stores in June 2010.
19. Born Blonde
Stewart is a natural blonde, but dyed her hair brown for the role of Bella Swan.
20. Jury Duty
After the release of "New Moon," Kristen Stewart was called to serve on a Los Angeles jury.The case proceedings took three days and ended with the jury finding the defendant not guilty.


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WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., lobbied against the establishment of a National Women's History Museum on the House floor Wednesday, because she believes it promotes radical feminism and the pro-choice movement.
"I rise today in opposition to this bill, because I believe ultimately this museum, that will be built on the National Mall, on federal land, will enshrine the radical feminist movement that stands against the pro-life movement, the pro-family movement and the pro-traditional marriage movement," said Bachmann before the vote. "As it's currently written, the legislation lacks the necessary safeguards to ensure the proposed museum will not become an ideological shrine to abortion that will eventually receive federal funding and a prominent spot on the National Mall."
The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, R-N.Y. and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., would only establish a commission to study the possible creation of a privately funded women's history museum in Washington D.C. The bill does not discuss the museum's content or authorize any federal funding.
The oddest part is that Bachmann is set to be featured in one of the exhibits, should Congress decide to proceed. She would be featured in an exhibit on motherhood for her work as a foster mom.
Bachmann said that while she is flattered, it is other people who would be seen in the museum that raises her concern. She fears that other women such as Margaret Sanger, who established the country's first birth control clinic, would also be a part of the museum.
The bill's supporters believe that with national museums dedicated to science, natural history, American history, and other genres, there should be one for the women who shaped history.
"Women's contributions to our country are largely missing from our national museums, memorials, statues and textbooks," Maloney told fellow members Congress. "The bill before us today seeks to finally change that."
The House passed the measure with a 383 to 33 vote Wednesday afternoon. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., introduced a companion bill on the Senate side.


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The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) provides 24-hour coverage by an expert team of board-certified interventional cardiologists, nurses, and radiology technicians who have special training in invasive diagnostic and interventional cardiac procedures.
Cardiac catheterization is a method doctors use to perform tests and procedures that are available to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease. The cardiac catheterization procedure involves threading a long, thin tube, called a catheter, through an artery or vein in the leg or arm and into the heart.
Our Heart Center is known for outstanding performance in treating a specific heart attack known as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
STEMIs are caused by a sudden blockage in a coronary artery and recent studies have indicated that rapid cardiac intervention is the most effective treatment for saving the heart muscle. In the Cath Lab these blockages may be opened by using a balloon catheter and/or implanted stent.
"Door-to-balloon" time is the measurement of time starting when a patient is diagnosed with a STEMI in the ambulance or the ER, to the time when the blockage in the coronary artery causing the STEMI is opened with a balloon angioplasty, or a stent in the Cath Lab. Every minute counts when heart muscle is involved.
Routine procedures in our Cath Lab are scheduled weekdays, from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm, by your physician's office staff. Some patients who experience heart failure before or after open heart surgery or cardiac catherization opt for a device called
Emergency cardiac diagnostic, interventional, and therapeutic procedures are available at all times.
Interventional procedures are non-surgical coronary interventions that are performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory by a specialized cardiologist and a cardiovascular team of nurses and technologists. The procedures utilize special catheters that are used to "open" blocked arteries that supply blood to the heart.
An interventional procedure starts out in the same way as a diagnostic cardiac catheterization. The catheter will be selectively passed into the artery with the blockage, and the doctor will perform the interventional procedure to open the blocked artery. The procedure usually lasts about 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours, but the preparation and recovery time add several hours. An overnight stay is sometimes required.
A specially designed balloon catheter with a small balloon tip is guided to the point of narrowing in the artery. Once in place, the balloon is inflated to compress the fatty matter into the artery wall and stretch the artery open to increase blood flow to the heart.
A pacemaker can pace the heart's upper chambers (the atria), the lower chambers (the ventricles), or both chambers at times. Pacemakers may also be used to prevent the heart from going into fast, irregular rhythms.
Balloon Angioplasty
Balloon is inflated to compress fatty plaque
A stent procedure is used along with balloon angioplasty. It involves placing a small stainless steel mesh-like tube that acts as a scaffold to provide support inside your coronary artery at a site narrowed by plaque. The stent is mounted on a balloon-tipped catheter, threaded through an artery, and positioned at the blockage. The balloon is then inflated, opening the stent. Then, the catheter and deflated balloon are removed, leaving the stent in place permanently.
A special catheter, with an acorn-shaped diamond-coated tip, is guided to the point of narrowing in your coronary artery. The tip spins around at a high speed and grinds away the plaque on your artery walls. The microscopic particles are washed safely away in your blood stream and filtered out by your liver and spleen.
The cutting balloon catheter has a special balloon tip with small blades. When the balloon is inflated, the blades are activated. The small blades score the plaque, then the balloon compresses the fatty matter into the artery wall.
A pacemaker is a small device that is powered by a battery. It helps the heart beat in a regular rhythm. Pacemakers are needed for those who have a slow and irregular heart rhythm.
A pacemaker is about the size of a small matchbox. The pacemaker "can" or container has two parts inside:
The pacemaker is implanted under the skin and fatty tissue near the collarbone. If only one lead is needed, it is placed in the lower-right chamber (the right ventricle). If two leads are needed, the other lead is placed in the upper-right chamber (the right atrium). The leads are then attached to the pacemaker (pulse generator).
Once the pacemaker is implanted, the leads carry signals back from the heart. The pulse generator "reads" these signals. When the heart rate is too slow, it sends an impulse to the heart to help beat in a regular rhythm.
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Check out Beyonce in New York today in a flower print skirt and a leopard print bag. And in spite of all that, you know what I see? All I see is how great her skin looks.
B's been on a break from The Mrs Carter Show tour. She doesn't perform again until next Friday in LA. So she, Jay, and the B.I.C. have been enjoying some down time at home, although B wouldn't call it down time. B is always busy, remember. B's like a prophet in her own mind. Her work is never done.
As for the B.I.C., she was out with her nanny yesterday -- click here to see her pouty pants. SO cute right? Blue Ivy is almost a year and a half now. She looks more and more like dad. And TALL!


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Kamui Den
Sampei Shirato entered the world of manga in 1957. Soon after his debut, Shirato created his seventeen volume 'Ninja Bugeichô', which earned him a lot of fame. His comic series 'Sasuke' and 'Kamui Den' were highlights of Shirato's activities during the 1960s.
Watari (1965)
His seventeenth century situated series 'Kamui Den' ran until 1971, and was adapted for a television series in 1968. In 1988, Sampei Shirato restarted the series in Big Comic. For that same magazine, he had already created the mythological comic 'Bacchos' from 1976 to 1978.
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DMB relief: Show raises over $1.25 million
The hurricane ruined John Chassaniol's family home in New Orleans, so he volunteered with the Red Cross in nearby Baton Rouge for a few days. Then he decided to relax a little– with a 20-hour drive to Colorado to hear the Dave Matthews Band.
"I had to get out of town to lift my spirits a bit,'' Chassaniol said between sets at the September 12 concert by the New Orleans-based Neville Brothers and Matthews' band.
Chassaniol, a Louisiana State University junior, and six friends made the long drive and managed to find scarce tickets to the show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre just west of Denver.
Matthews was already scheduled for three concerts at Red Rocks when the fourth was added to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims. Promoters said the sold-out, five-hour show raised at least $1.25 million, which was to be donated to charities designated by Matthews' band.
Tickets ranged from $58.50 to $1,000. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper told the crowd it was the "most completely donated show in history.''
The city, which owns Red Rocks, waived the seat tax and rent. Dozens of workers, from police, firefighters, and paramedics to stagehands, concession stand workers, and parking lot attendants, donated their time. First Data Corp. bought tickets for hurricane evacuees staying at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver.
Matthews, who introduced the Neville Brothers, told the crowd of about 9,500, ``This is just part of an effort– I think on the part of everybody in the country– to rebuild one of the cultural centers of the world to its former grandeur.''
Audience members, already on their feet to dance and cheer, seemed to get even more enthusiastic near the end of the show, when keyboardist Ivan Neville and other guests came onto the stage to play a 20-minute version of Bob Marley's ``Exodus'' with DBM.
Aaron Neville, who closed his band's set with an emotional version of ``Amazing Grace,'' said he believed much of his home was under water and he hadn't heard from many of his friends. He and his brothers are donating a portion of their record sales toward the relief effort, and they appeared in several other charity shows.
John and Kim Buggenhagen, from the Denver suburb of Littleton, bought a pair of $500 tickets to the show.
``We could afford it, and wanted to help,'' he said. ``It's a cool way for us to give some money.''
Abby Jameson, 21, a senior at Colorado State University, took up an impromptu collection from people sitting around her to buy T-shirts and beer for Chassaniol and some of his friends.
``We're college students and can barely afford it,'' said Jameson, who also donated diapers, canned food and other supplies to the relief effort. ``But it's worth it.''
Dave and friends' sold-out show benefited Katrina victims.


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A ticking time bomb for stock investors employing a dividend strategy is an expected tripling of the dividend tax at the start of 2013 unless the president and Congress reverse course, which is considered highly unlikely in an election year.
At a time when short-term bonds are yielding a quarter of a percent, and frustrated savers have precious few high-yielding alternatives (excluding chancy Greek 1-year bonds that yield 1,000% but carry a high risk of default in a matter of days), many investors have chosen to earn income through dividends on stocks.
But two scholars at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, are warning in an opinion article in Wednesday's Real Clear Markets that Washington is about to tax, and thereby make more scarce, the fuel that drives investment in the economy.
Alex Brill, who served as a tax policy advisor on President Barack Obama's Fiscal Commission and Alan Viard, formerly a senior economist at the Dallas Fed, write that "higher dividend taxation will impede the investment that fuels long-run growth, depress stock prices, and weaken incentives for good corporate governance."
The two AEI scholars note that the expiration of the 2003 tax cut at the end of this year will drive the top rate from 15% to 39.6%. But combined with the start of a new 3.8% tax on wealthy Americans to fund the administration's health care law and other provisions phasing out deductions for high-income taxpayers, "the top all-in dividend tax rate will be 44.6%."
While the tax rates on ordinary income and capital gains will see increases of nearly 25% and 60%, respectively, the dividend tax hike will rise by just under 300%, and this tax change will have the effect of penalizing investment, particularly stock-financed investment, the authors say.
Brill and Viard say that one effect of the tax increase will be an increase in corporate borrowing. Since the tax system imposes two levels of tax on stock issuance–a corporate tax and dividend tax–the removal of the tax break for individual stockholders will shift the pendulum back to greater debt issuance, where corporations can at least write off interest payments.
The hike in dividend taxes will also harm corporate governance. The authors say annual dividend payouts consistently totaled around $25 billion until the 2003 reduction in dividend taxation, after which payouts climbed to $33 billion. "Increased dividend payments make it harder for management to hide a company's true financial condition or divert corporate funds to their own pet projects. The president's dividend tax hike will undo the recent progress on this front," write Brill and Viard.
The two AEI scholars say that ultimately reduced investment as a result of the tax hike will erode the capital stock, making workers less productive and ultimately holding down their wages.
Alan Viard, reached by AdvisorOne, adds that the dividend tax hike should also depress stock market performance. "Such a steep dividend tax hike would surely lower stock prices (relative to what they otherwise would have been) to some extent," the former Dallas Fed economist says. "The decline would not occur in one fell swoop at the time the increase was enacted, but would start to emerge in the market as the probability of enactment (as perceived by investors) increased," Viard adds.
See AdvisorOne's Special Report, 22 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2012, throughout the month of March.


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Irrational Games has been slowly drip-feeding us portions of its behind closed doors, 14-minute-long E3 2011 demonstration of BioShock Infinite, a preview that helped the game secure the Game Critics' "Best of Show" and "Best Action/Adventure Game" awards. Soon, you'll be able to see it in its entirety.
Spike TV will air the full preview of BioShock Infinite next week, July 7, as part of a half-hour special dedicated to the game. Games maven Geoff Keighley will host, with Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine talking up the next entry in the BioShock universe.
To further whet your appetite for the full demo that blew us away, Irrational offers the first two minutes of that demo, a teaser that only hints at the breadth of next year's game.
BioShock Infinite is on the books for a 2012 release on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


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Although Doctor Who fans will never recover from the BBC's long-ago mass purging of episodes from its archives (an attempt to make more room for quality shows like Cor Blimey She's A Saucy One! and 'Ere's A Real Boot To The Knickers, Wot?), the recent discovery of two episodes thought forever lost is certainly a nice surprise. Both "Air Lock," the third chapter of the William Hartnell-starring "Galaxy 4" serial and the second episode from the Patrick Troughton-era "The Underwater Menace" storyline have been turned over by Terry Burnett, a film collector who purchased them back in the early '80s, was only recently made aware that they were likely the only surviving copies, and who has now given them back to the BBC, who's promised to be more careful with them this time.
As Radio Times explains, "neither is likely to feature high on fan wish lists" nor are they in especially pristine condition, but as fans will tell you, any find after all these years is a fairly big deal—and of course, each episode has its own special significance to Whovians, with "Air Lock" featuring the introduction (and rare in-action shots) of The Rills, and "The Underwater Menace" being the earliest surviving episode to feature the second Doctor. The episodes were screened over the weekend by the British Film Institute and are expected to be released commercially sometime next year. For now, you can check out clips here and here. [via Digital Spy]


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Etisalat Partners With Pacific Controls to Provide Cloud Services for Enterprise Customers
07 Nov, 2012, 14:00 GMT
DUBAI, UAE, November 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
The two entities will jointly deliver Infrastructure as a service in the Cloud platform to enterprises customers across the GCC
Pacific Controls Cloud Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Controls, has partnered with Etisalat, the leading telecommunications provider, to launch Cloud services for enterprises customers. The Pacific Controls Cloud Services (PCCS) & Etisalat Cloud Services will deliver Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud platform to enterprises customers across the GCC region in the first phase of its offerings.
The highlights of the offering include: on-demand Infrastructure as a service; subscription based payments; anywhere, anytime access; rapid scalability on demand; and pooled computing resources with high security.
The PCCS-Etisalat Cloud services are hosted at their Uptime Institute-certified Tier III Data Center located in Dubai Technopark. The facility is the largest data center campus of its kind in the Middle East.
The PCCS-Etisalat Cloud Services are available with customized plans to suit the various business needs of enterprises. The services help organizations eliminate the requirement to manage complex IT Infrastructure and lets them focus on their core business.
Mr. Dilip Rahulan, Executive Chairman, Pacific Controls, said: "We are pleased to partner with Etisalat to form a first of its kind alliance in the region between a teleco and a managed services and converged engineering solutions provider. The core objective of our partnership is to provide high-quality, innovative cloud-based IT infrastructure services to enterprises in the region. Our Cloud offerings will allow businesses to access a diverse array of applications and extend customers' IT capabilities with no capital cost, with significant enhancements to their flexibility, scalability and speed."
Etisalat has created a high-speed, redundant backbone network with an abundance of bandwidth which plays a significant role to reach Cloud to each and every individual and organizations at a fraction of the cost when compared with traditional ICT setup in standalone enterprises.
The PCCS-Etisalat Cloud Services is positioned to meet the IT requirements of multiple verticals including government departments, banking and finance, education, energy and oil, wholesale and retail, airline, logistics and real estate.
The PCCS-Etisalat Cloud services are available in the form of public, private and hybrid Cloud, based on the requirements and preference of business.
Managed services are designed to ensure maximum uptime for hosted IT services of the customer and are backed up by 24x7x365 monitoring and remediation services which ensure that applications or servers have minimum downtime.
About Pacific Controls
Pacific Controls (PCS) provides ICT-enabled managed services and real-time business intelligence for customers globally. PCS has pioneered the technology for Smart Cities in which buildings and infrastructure are managed centrally to increase security and sustainability, leveraging the ICT infrastructure of telecom operators around the world.
For more details, visit: http://www.pacificcontrols.net
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After 25 years of owning a brick-and-mortar travel company, Great Getaways Travel has decided to work remotely and become a "virtual" travel company, joining the 21st century finally! We are still a thriving company and are here to help you with your travels. Our phone number remains 913-338-2244 and we look forward to talking to you.
One of our favorite sayings is "Don't let the good get in the way of the better and don't let better get in the way of best." We practice that philosophy in everything we do personally and professionally.
Because our objective is to create the most memorable vacations possible for you, we've decided to affiliate with Largay Travel, in Waterbury, Connecticut. It's great, greater, and greatest news!
GREAT: We now have even more support and resources.
GREATER: Largay will handle all the pesky back office details freeing us to devote 100% of our time to planning your travel.
GREATEST: By affiliating with Largay Travel we are able to give you increased benefits when you travel, as we now have preferred status with several hotels, cruise lines, and tour companies.
PRICELESS: We are still very active and proud to be part of Virtuoso — you've experienced the benefits of that association.
So, where do you want to go in 2017? Give us a call, 913-338-2244, and start packing!
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Boundaries divide – Travel unites
When I meet someone, whether from another city or another country, I have the opportunity to be a citizen ambassador. Interacting with another human being, looking into each other's eyes has a lasting effect and perhaps it will counter anything negative that they might have heard about me, about my country. Traveling is a privilege to share who I am and to gain more insight into others. I believe with all my heart this helps foster peace.
We pray for Nice and for the world. Spread love. Help others. Live in peace.
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Which country does the most good for the world?
I love TED Talks, talks no longer than 18 minutes in which the speaker shares ideas, designs and concepts that will help make our world better, encourage us to think and to work together, and to inspire. TED originally stood for Technology, Education, and Design. Today it stands for bite-sized nuggets of gold, of out-of-the-box thoughts, or simple common sense explained in an uncommon way.
So, putting aside national pride, do you know which country does the most good for the world? The answer may surprise you. Also, I encourage you to visit www.goodcountry.org to learn more about the project. Enjoy the TED Talk.
No Tacky Travelers – ever, ever, ever!
Growing up I heard about the "ugly American" traveler. I not only heard about them, I saw them, and, unfortunately have traveled with a few of these folks. They are easy to spot — the one with multiple cameras around his neck, wearing bright colored plaid shorts, and blocking the entrance to the historic site you want to see so he can take one more picture. Oh, and she's miffed, too, because she was refused entrance into the cathedral, mosque, or temple because she was wearing a tube top and shorts. They're the people speaking very loudly and slowly in English because they're quite sure the locals will then suddenly know how to reply in the visitor's native language. Geez!
Most of us are great brand ambassadors for the USA and then there are those few beacons of poor judgment that make me want to groan and hide….like the bare-chested, pot-bellied young men chugging beers I encountered touring Ephesus and cheering as if at a football game. OY!
Thanks to books, videos and this newfangled thing called the Internet, we can learn how to behave in public anywhere in the world. Who knew?
Become a more savvy vacationer and know before you go the customs of the country you're visiting and consider offering tips for service well-provided. One of the most common things US travelers forget when traveling outside the United States is the habit of tipping. Surprise, surprise, surprise! Saying thank you financially is a worldwide phenomenon. One last time, all together now, "WHO KNEW?"
Below is a chart by country that gives you these need-to-know pearls of wisdom. Remember, we are the visitors in someone else's country. Let's show some respect, please.


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OK, so what are the Brits celebrating this weekend?They are rejoicing at the fact that Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne for 60 years this year, having inherited the job upon the death of her father, George VI, in 1952. It is a bit confusing because George ("Bertie" of King's Speech fame) actually died in February 1952, but the actual formal coronation did not take place until June the following year (1953). But, let's face it, you can't really have a party in London in February.
60? Isn't a diamond anniversary 75?It used to be. Traditionally, the golden anniversary was 50 years, and the diamond anniversary of a person or event was on the 75th birthday. This changed with the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the only other British monarch to have spent 60 years on the throne. There was considerable national unrest when Queen Victoria withdrew from public life after Albert's death in 1861, and it was therefore decided to bring her Diamond Jubilee forward–by 15 years!—to the 60th anniversary in 1897. A diamond anniversary is now usually the 60th, not the 75th, much to the delight of jewelers everywhere.
60 years seems a long time to be in any job. Might she retire soon?Not a chance. The favored option at this stage is to keep on going forever. The Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, are known to be deeply nervous about the impact on the British people that the unpopular King Charles-and-Queen- Camilla combo will cause. Contrary to popular rumor, Chaz and Camilla have no intention of standing aside to allow William and Kate on the throne. If the Queen lives as long as her mother, she will live another 15 years, which may at least mitigate the damage Charles can do.
What's happening in London this weekend?The celebrations kick off in earnest on Sunday with a 1,000-boat flotilla on the Thames, headed up by a ceremonial craft, Gloriana, and the royal barge, the Spirit of Chartwell, which will contain the Queen, Philip, William, Harry, Kate, Charles, and Camilla. It is the first time the monarch and the second, third, and fourth in line to the throne have traveled in the same vehicle. If the boat tips over, it's a case of arise, King Andrew. Unsurprisingly, the Thames is witnessing the biggest security operation ever undertaken by London's police force, with all police leave canceled.
Then back to work on Monday?No, no, and thrice no. For not only is Monday a holiday, but the British people have also been granted an extra day off by Her Maj on Tuesday. Monday is going to be the big party day in London, with a televised Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace and the lighting of a network of 2,012 beacons throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. At 10:30 p.m., the Queen will light the National Beacon outside Buckingham Palace. Tuesday will see yet more celebrations in central London, and some formal set pieces, including a service at St. Paul's Cathedral followed by two receptions, a lunch at Westminster Hall, a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace and finally a balcony appearance and flypast. Tuesday is already being colloquially referred to as "hangover day'" by party loving Brits, and Wednesday as "hell day."
Is everyone in Britain into this?It seems like it. Shops are covered in Union Jacks, bunting has sold out, and everyone loves an excuse to bake patriotic cookies. But a protest group called Republic have been authorized to hold an anti-monarchist meeting on the banks of the Thames during the riverboat pageant, and it is thought 1,000 people may attend. Also annoyed at all the frivolity are flinty economists, who say that the celebrations could cost the U.K., which is stuck in the brutal euro slump, anywhere from £1.2bn to £3.6bn pounds in lost earnings.
Has there been any mention of Princess Diana?Not a peep. The first anyone heard of the Queen of Hearts from a senior royal for a long time was during William's interview with Katie Couric when he spoke about her having "the best seat in the house" at his wedding. Pass the handkerchiefs.
Is Pippa involved?Pippa Middleton–or more accurately, her butt—was the surprise hit of last year's royal wedding. As Pippa is not a royal, despite the fact that her sister will one day be queen, she won't be on the royal barge. But the Middleton family, including her brother and flatmate, cake entrepreneur James, will be at the forefront of the riverboat pageant on another craft. She probably won't be wearing a figure-hugging McQueen gown this time, but she does have a book to promote later this year, so you never know.