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But, as with server virtualization a decade ago, desktop virtualization is in its infancy and many of the kinks have yet to be worked out. As a result, there are a number of potential pitfalls. Many can be avoided by following some basic steps in planning and preparation. At the Interop Conference and Expo Wednesday in Las Vegas, speakers Tyler Rohrer, co-founder of LiquidWare Labs, and Jason Langone, federal account manager at Nutanix, offered a few ways that can help organizations avoid some of the more common VDI missteps.
1. Know what you have. Enterprises should take a full inventory of their desktop environment before embarking on a desktop virtualization plan. That will in turn provide them with the information needed to procure the right technology, in the right amounts. Assets to measure include CPUs, RAM, apps, and storage in use in the existing environment. "The biggest impediment to success is that people don't collect the data before they begin," said Langone.
2. Prepare users for the migration. When switching over to VDI, users may encounter an unfamiliar desktop. Langone recounted how his mother, who works for the federal government, is the type of user that assumes an application is gone if the shortcut disappears. When the agency she works at switched to VDI she was presented with a blue screen she couldn't navigate. "If you do zero to empower the user, the project fails," said Langone.
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3. Don't assume VDI is like server virtualization. Organizations that have successfully virtualized their server environments may assume that VDI will be that much easier. The panelists said that's a mistake. They noted that, while server virtualization may involve hundreds of servers, VDI can involve thousands of desktops. "Your network and storage may have to support much higher loads during peak periods," said Rohrer.
4. Realize different user groups have different needs. VDI is a chance for enterprises to efficiently move away from the "one size fits all" approach to desktop provisioning, and it offers a chance to provide desktops that are more finely tailored to the needs of individual workers. Among other things, this can give admins a chance to renegotiate software licenses based on the fact that apps are not being rolled out universally to the entire workforce.
5. Persistence pays, except in VDI. When possible, organizations should opt for non-persistent VDI implementations, as opposed to persistent. The former randomly assigns a user to a VDI instance upon login, while the latter consistently assigns users to the same instance, such as "virtual desktop 17." The advantage of non-persistence is that it's more flexible. For instance, it's easier to move a user to a new instance in the event the virtual machine they are on fails. "With persistence, the user gets a blue screen and they are [out of luck]," said Langone.
6. Assess, and reassess. After a pilot project has been implemented, user feedback and data needs to be closely monitored. Key factors to watch are application response times compared to physical desktops, CPU usage, and bandwidth consumption. "You have to ask yourself, 'Did we accomplish what we set out to accomplish,'" said Rohrer. It should all add up to lower desktop costs, a more flexible work environment, and happier users, he said.
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Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) is a holding company with subsidiaries in the electric utility and natural gas businesses. The company provides electricity to 3.3 million electricity customers and natural gas to 1.8 million customers in eight Midwestern states.[1] Xcel's revenue exceeds $9 billion annually, and the company owns more than 34,500 miles of natural gas pipelines.[1] Xcel also manufactures wind turbines and invests heavily in wind energy. Of the 25,300 megawatts of wind energy capacity in the U.S., Xcel Energy produced 3000 megawatts by the end of 2009.[1] The American Wind Energy Association named Xcel Energy the nation's top wind power provider for 2004-2009. Wind energy comprises 8 percent of Xcel's portfolio and by 2020 it projects that wind will comprise 20 percent.[1]
Global climate change, the limited reserves of fossil fuels in the world, and government support for alternative, renewable sources of energy make wind power an especially promising investment for Xcel; it plans to double wind capacity by 2020.[1] Currently, about 8 percent of the power generated by Xcel in the Upper Midwest comes from wind farms.[2] Xcel's investment in wind energy has the potential to be profitable, but the large investment costs--85% of the cost of wind power production is installation--will need to be mitigated by a hike in utility prices. While regulators might be willing to raise prices in order to switch to a renewable source of energy, it remains to be seen whether or not consumers will tolerate higher prices.
Though wind has proven to be a strong investment for Xcel, coal and natural gas are becoming more more profitable due to the falling price of coal. The average weekly coal commodity spot price fell from $145 per short ton in August 2008 to around $50 in December 2009.[3] Since coal is a key input into the energy production process, falling coal prices have increased XEL's profit margin on its coal power plant operations. However, the price of coal is projected to increase in the long-term due to increased worldwide energy demand coupled with a shortage of rail cars needed to transport it.
As a regulated utility company, the government has some degree of control over Xcel's profitability. Regulated prices guarantee the company profits by setting prices high enough that margins are at a "fair" level but are still affordable to many consumers. Xcel must receive regulatory approval before it can raise electricity prices.
Xcel Energy is a government-regulated Midwestern gas and electric utilities company, and the largest provider of wind energy in the United States. As a vertically-integrated company, Xcel produces its own energy and distributes it through its local utilities, with its biggest markets in Minnesota and Colorado. The company owns four main utilities: two rooted in Northern States Power, one in Public Service Company of Colorado, and the Southwestern Public Service Company. Xcel operates in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, and has 3.3 million energy and 1.8 million natural gas customers.
First Quarter 2010 Summary
Xcel reported first quarter net income of $167 million, down 4% from the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose 4.2% to $2.8 billion for the quarter.[4] The fall in net income was due to one-time tax expenses. However, Xcel's adjusted earnings rose on rate increases and higher electric and gas sales.
Xcel recorded a tax expense of $17 million related to healthcare legislation passed by the U.S. Congress. The company also had a tax bill of $10 million from its life insurance program.[4] Xcel sales fell during the economic downturn in 2009, but sales are recovering at utilities across the U.S.
Fourth Quarter 2009 Summary
Xcel reported earnings for 2009 of $681 million, up 5.4% from earnings of $646 million in 2008.[5] It reported sales of $2.62 billion, down 3 percent from 2008, and significantly below analyst estimates of $3.50 billion.[5] Xcel reported a fourth-quarter profit of 37 cents a share, 1 cent above both Wall Street estimates and its year-ago profit of 36 cents a share.[6]
The increase in earnings from 2008 to 2009 is primarily attributed to improved electric margins as a result of electricity rate hikes in Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Wisconsin.[5] The effect of higher margins was partially offset by mild weather, lower sales, and higher purchase capacity power costs.
Third Quarter 2009 Summary
Xcel Energy Inc. reported third quarter 2009 earnings of $221 million, down nearly 1% from earnings of $223 in the third quarter of 2008.[7] The decrease in earnings was primarily due to lower sales resulting from cooler temperatures, higher operating and maintenance expense, and an increase in the effective tax rate. Xcel's sales volume and profitability fall when temperatures are cooler, especially during the summer months, because fewer people use air conditioning in cool weather. Partially offsetting these factors was an increase in electric margins as a result of rate increases in Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Wisconsin.[7]
Second Quarter 2009 Summary
Xcel reported second quarter earnings of $117 million, up 10.4% from second quarter 2008 earnings of $106 million.[8] Higher second quarter 2009 earnings were primarily due to increases in electric margin as a result of constructive rate case outcomes (Minnesota interim, Texas, New Mexico and Wisconsin), partially offset by a decline in retail electric sales.[8] Xcel has experienced a decline in megawatt hours (MwH) sales which is driven by the economic recession and increased conservation efforts.[8] The company's most significant declines have occurred in commercial and industrial sales (down 4.2% for the quarter), but residential electric sales have also fallen 0.7%.[8] The declines in MwH sales to the commercial and industrial customer class are partially offset by demand fees.
First Quarter 2009 Summary
Xcel's net income in the first quarter totaled $174 million, up from $153 million at the end of the 2008 first quarter.[9] Higher first quarter 2009 earnings were primarily due to improved financial performance at Southwestern Public Service Company, higher interim electric rates in Minnesota, and improved fuel cost recovery in Wisconsin.[9] These factors were partially offset by a decline in earnings at Public Service Company of Colorado.[9]
Total operating revenue was down 4.4% to $1.887 billion for the electric business segment and down 23.7% to $788.7 million for the natural gas business segment.[9] However, operating expenses also declined in the first quarter, with electric fuel costs declining 15% to $924.7 million and natural gas costs declining 28% to $591.8 million.[9] Xcel saw lower sales volumes in the first quarter, with residential electricity demand down 2.4%, commercial and industrial electricity demand down 1.8%, total retail electric sales down 2%, and natural gas sales down 9.9%.[9]
|Revenue ($ Millions)
|Net income ($ Millions)
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As a vertically-integrated utilities company, Xcel generates its own electricity from a variety of sources and then delivers it to customers.
|Number of Facilities
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|Natural Gas
|Refuse-derived fuel
Xcel uses GE- and Vestas-manufactured wind turbines that produce at high outputs (over 500 kW each). Wind turbines have increasing economies of scale with larger turbine sizes. The cost of wind energy also depends on wind speed. In fact, the energy that can be tapped from the wind is proportional to the cube of the wind speed, so a slight increase in wind speed results in a large increase in electricity generation.
Furthermore, the cost of producing electricity from a turbine actually decreases the more power a turbine puts out, making bulk production much cheaper than with inputs like coal where production costs stay constant. In a utilities market where traditional energy input prices are generally rising, Xcel Energy is looking to generate electricity more efficiently in order to increase profit margins.
Wind power plants can generate electricity for less than 5 cents/kWh with the Production Tax Credit in many parts of the U.S., a price that is competitive with new coal- or gas-fired power plants.[12] The 1.5-cent per kilowatt-hour Production Tax Credit for wind energy was included in the Energy Policy Act of 1992. It is a business credit that applies to electricity produced during the first 10 years of a wind plant's operation.[12]
A company that is increasingly dependent on alternative energy, Xcel could be set to benefit from the rapidly changing energy paradigms; with energy utility prices in the hands of government regulators, however, just how much the company will benefit has yet to be seen.
In June 2010, Xcel Energy announced that it would halve its solar installations in San Luis Valley, Colorado.[13] The Colorado Public Utilities Commission must approve transmission line installation, and without new transmission lines it is impossible to move electricity from power plants to households and businesses. Xcel originally planned to install 355 megawatts of solar power in San Luis Valley, but has revised the range to 60 MW to 185 MW, depending on the transmission development scheme selected by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.[13]
Xcel and the Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association had proposed the transmission line as a means of exporting solar power out of the valley and as a way to improve the grid's reliability in the area. But the $180 million proposal has met stiff resistance in utilities commission hearings from Trinchera Ranch, which sits in the path of the line.[13] This case is not unique; Xcel must comply with government regulators, and often its ambitious plans for power installation meet resistance from local and state governments.
The primary benefit of wind power is that it is fully renewable--it cannot be used up unlike petroleum. Furthermore, current energy production methods release pollutants such as smog and carbon dioxide gas, which arguably contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming. Wind energy production produces little pollution or emissions, making it one of the cleanest sources of power. Increasingly, new global trends have been molding a new energy market where pricing and consumer pressure will push a transition to renewable energy production.
Another growing trend is the transition from coal power to natural gas power. For example, in Colorado, Xcel has reached an agreement with the state governmnet to retire coal power plants powering 900 megawatts by 2017 and replace them with natural gas-fired power. This initiative would reduce Xcel's Colorado coal operations by 30% and cut 5 million tons of carbon emissions.[14] Natural gas is an attractive alternative to coal because it produces lower carbon emissions, and advances are being made in developing shale gas fields, which mean that the domestic supplies of the natural gas that can power electric plants with half the CO2 emissions of coal are 39 percent larger than previously thought.
Oil and coal combustion release carbon dioxide and monoxide, as well as nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, ozone, and other pollutants that contribute to acid rain, smog pollution, as well as asthma and respiratory problems in the general populace. Increasing awareness of these issues has led to movements to push for government regulation of pollution. Adding to this push is ever higher energy prices and greater consumer demand for cleaner energy sources. While cleaner technology advents such as clean coal are on the horizon, coal and oil can only be burned cleanly up to a certain point and, as a result, there is growing support for government and corporate investment in very clean energy sources such as wind power. Xcel, which plans to triple wind capacity in the near future, is poised to benefit from this trend.
One of the most pressing issues associated with energy production is the advent of global climate change, caused by the warming of the earth's atmosphere. Climate change is predicted to have dramatic effects on human civilization, especially in developing countries, due to, among other things, its disruption of agriculture and fresh water distribution. The vast majority of climate scientists agree that global warming is a product of humans and may be stopped by reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, ozone, and water vapor.
Increased government regulation of greenhouse emissions in the U.S. (and worldwide) puts Xcel in a good position as an early and well-established entrant into the American clean energy market. Furthermore, the increased coverage that climate change has gained in contemporary media is essentially free advertising for clean energy companies, as it provides greater incentive for energy consumers to consent to higher utility prices. Xcel, though regulated, is in a great position to retain customers while getting regulators to raise prices.
Examples of government regulations that could benefit Xcel include a bill that is being considered by the Colorado state government. The bill would require Xcel to produce 30 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020, creating 23,000 jobs. The bill would raise the standard for using renewable energy from the current 20 percent minimum by 2020 to 30 percent by 2020.[15] If passed, this regulation will force Xcel to make large capital investments in renewable energy, but will ultimately help Xcel expand its operations over the next decade.
As fossil fuels become depleted, energy production becomes more expensive. For instance, oil exploration companies have to look for petroleum in deeper, harder-to-reach places.
Xcel has found that coal and natural gas are becoming more more profitable due to the falling price of coal. The average weekly coal commodity spot price fell from $145 in August 2008 to $58 in March 2009.[3] Since coal is a key input into the energy production process, falling coal prices have increased XEL's profit margin. However, the price of coal is projected to increase in the long-term due to increased worldwide energy demand coupled with a shortage of rail cars needed to transport it. Rising demand and drying reserves both have contributed to the increase in natural gas prices.
Xcel's investment in wind energy has the potential to be profitable, but the large investment costs--85% of the cost of wind power production is installation--will need to be facilitated by a hike in utility prices. While regulators might be willing to raise prices in order to switch to a renewable source of energy, it remains to be seen whether or not consumers will tolerate higher prices.
As a regulated utility company, the government is a double-edged sword for Xcel. Regulated prices guarantee the company profits by setting prices high enough that margins are at a "fair" level but are still accessible to many consumers. The company hurts, however, when consumers are willing to pay more but Xcel cannot raise prices due to a ceiling.
The company's belief that increased wind capacity will convince regulators to raise utility rates has been met with skepticism because it was only able to get 71% of its requested rate changes in 2006, on par with the rest of the industry but not as high as Xcel predicts for the future. In an increasingly green political climate, however, it's possible that the company will see regulators lighten their hold on the prices of energy that stems from renewable sources. Strong indicators of this include recent legislation in Colorado and Minnesota, Xcel's two main regulated environments, mandating 20% and 30% emissions cuts, respectively, by 2020.
Gas and electric utilities are commodity services and are often regulated monopolies within specified regions. For example, Xcel Energy must have electricity rate increases approved by state and local governments. In September 2009, Xcel asked Colorado regulators for a rate adjustment that could mean a 2 percent increase for its small-business customers.[16] The quarterly "Electric Commodity Adjustment" request is to cover an anticipated $12.8 million increase in fuel and purchased-energy prices in the fourth quarter, and to recover past price increases. Under state regulations, Xcel can seek increases in its authorized rate structure to recover higher energy costs dollar for dollar.
Xcel plans to install new transmission lines in several counties throughout Colorado, pending regulatory approval in 2010. These transmission lines would increase access to Southern Colorado's wind and solar resources. Southern Colorado hosts 42% of Colorado's potential wind power and is the only region in the state that could support utility-scale solar power plants.[17] Higher transmission capacity could speed the development of wind power and solar power throughout Colorado.
As a regulated energy company, Xcel is essentially granted monopoly powers in the areas that it serves, meaning it has no real competition. Other electric utilities for comparative purposes include PG&E, FirstEnergy, Cinergy, and DTE Energy Company. In addition, major wind energy distributors include PG&E, Southern California Edison, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, and TXU.
The company's two main regulated environments are Minnesota and Colorado. In Minnesota, other utilities include Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Minnkota Power, Interstate Power and Light, Great River Energy, plus fifteen smaller ones; in Colorado, Xcel is the only significant utilities company.
In an increasingly green energy climate, well-established distributors of renewable energy have more potential to expand. Xcel, as the largest wind utility in the U.S., is at the head of the pack.
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|Southern California Edison
|MidAmerica Energy Holdings
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Holland Esquire have lifted the covers off their colourful Autumn Winter collection for 2012.
Definitely tailoring to the country gent (Fantastic Mr Fox would do well to memorise these outfits if he enjoys the benefits of keeping hold of his tail), the AW12 collection features coats, jackets, shirts and knitwear.
Put together under the stewardship of master-tailer Nick Holland, it's a range seemingly designed for layering, with neat side-panelling allowing for a close jacket fit, even when pulled together with the range's thick wool knits. Here's hoping that the skull in the bottom right is purely decorative then, and the same goes for that stuffed pheasant too.
You can pick up items from the range at Flannels or Jules. For a sneak-peek of more of Holland Esquire's AW12 collection, scroll down to the gallery below. Also, visit the Holland Esquire website for more details.


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In NH, Obama's education plan finds appreciative skepticsBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
August 24. 2013 11:05PM
Higher education leaders here voiced skepticism last week about President Barack Obama's plan for a new ratings system to help families choose which colleges provide the best value.
Still, they applauded the President for starting a national conversation about making college more affordable and accessible.
Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, said the campus was "giddy" with pride after Obama praised the school in a Thursday speech in Buffalo, N.Y., for the kind of innovation Obama said is crucial.
SNHU's College for America program measures students' competency, not the amount of time they spend in classrooms, LeBlanc said. Its first graduate "went from zero credits to an associate degree in three months."
LeBlanc said the President's call for action acknowledged a difficult truth: "The current models are not sustainable."
LeBlanc said he's skeptical of rating systems, and rating colleges fairly would be an especially difficult task.
"That said, undoubtedly what you measure in this world is what comes to matter," LeBlanc said. "And to the extent they can develop a nuanced rating system that looks at true value-added education - the distance a school brings students from where they begin to where they end - I think that's going to be very powerful."He also is a "huge fan" of the President's call for expanding a program that caps student loan repayment rates at 10 percent of earnings.
Thomas Horgan is president and CEO of the New Hampshire College & University Council, a nonprofit consortium of 22 public and private institutions of higher education. He said he welcomes Obama's focus on the topic. "As the President said, the best economic investment you're ever going to make continues to be getting a college degree, and figuring out ways to make it more affordable and accessible is an important conversation we ought to have as a nation."However, he said, "the devil is always in the details.
"A ranking system of colleges is probably problematic because we have a very diverse higher education landscape in this country," from open-access community colleges to Ivy League colleges that cater to an elite group of students, he said.
"The President's proposals raise lots of questions, and I'm hopeful that we're going to have an informed and inclusive conversation about this, rather than offer up solutions that are looking for problems," Horgan said.
To make college more affordable, Horgan would start by increasing state and federal funding. And he said, "I would put the profit that they make off student loans into grants to low-income students rather than federal deficit reduction."
A new report by Sallie Mae, which administers education loans and college savings plans, found that four in 10 families borrow to pay for college. "How America Pays for College 2013" also found that six out of 10 families do not have financial plans to pay for all years of college prior to students enrolling.
New Hampshire college graduates carry, on average, the highest level of student debt in the country, according to the Institute for College Access and Success, a nonprofit, independent research and policy organization. Members of the class of 2011 here averaged $32,440 in student debt; the national average was $26,600.
Thomas Galligan Jr., president of Colby-Sawyer College, said he's not a fan of rating systems. "Because I think they oversimplify, and some of them have had pernicious effects and they have done more harm than they have done good," he said.
However, he said, "I think it is a mistake for us as educators to simply say a rating system won't work. Because I think what the President has done is he's challenged all of us in higher education, and he's challenged policymakers, to come up with a better system for higher education.
"And we're only going to do that if we work together."
There's a lot of innovation in higher education today, Galligan said. His own college is revamping its curriculum from 3-credit courses to 4-credit courses, which could help some students graduate more quickly.
Karen House, associate vice president for finance and planning at Keene State College, said her school, too, is already doing some of the innovations the President called for.
But House has concerns about a new rating system, especially if it's tied to federal student aid, as Obama proposed. Such a system would have to take into account the goals of each institution, she said.
And there are already other college rating systems out there, House said. "It just seems we keep layering on one more tool, one more way of looking at things, one more set of data," she said.
"And I think it becomes very complex, and I wonder how students and families use that information."
Dr. Todd Leach, former president of Granite State College, is the new chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire. He said the President is focusing on the right issues, such as innovation and outcomes."I think the unknown right now is some of the details of what has been proposed, and the details will ultimately matter in the end," Leach said. "But I think the intent, the goal ... is in the right direction."Leach said it will be challenging to come up with a system that ties federal student aid to the value of the education different types of institutions deliver, but there's value in doing so.
"Because it's not simply about funding students to necessarily go wherever they like at the same level of funding, but really about how does the federal government get the most bang for the buck, if you will."
If these education leaders could have five minutes with the President, what would they tell him?
"I would say hold us more accountable, but hold us more accountable for the things we can control," said LeBlanc. And he urged the President to "use the bully pulpit" to call on stakeholders, from college presidents to students, to make sacrifices.
House would urge the President to "strike the right balance between innovation and continuation" of what's valuable in a traditional college education.
"I would say that it's a very complex arena, and I think that he has to be careful to listen and to take advantage of the knowledge that is out there," she said.
"I would tell him we need to work together," Galligan said. "I would tell him it's incredibly complex.
"And I would tell him, selfishly but truthfully, that small, independent colleges like Colby-Sawyer and many others in the state of New Hampshire are today the places where the middle class and those who want to join the middle class are getting the opportunity to get the educations that they need, to change their lives and their families' lives for generations to come."
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The risk of further episodes of diabetic hypoglycemia can often (but not always) be reduced by lowering the dose of insulin or other medications, or by more meticulous attention to blood sugar balance during unusual hours, higher levels of exercise, or decreasing alcohol intake.
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Hypoglycemia due to hormone deficiencies such as hypopituitarism or adrenal insufficiency usually ceases when the appropriate hormone is replaced.
Hypoglycemia due to dumping syndrome and other post-surgical conditions is best dealt with by altering diet. Including fat and protein with carbohydrates may slow digestion and reduce early insulin secretion. Some forms of this respond to treatment with a glucosidase inhibitor , which slows starch digestion.
Reactive hypoglycemia with demonstrably low blood glucose levels is most often a predictable nuisance which can be avoided by consuming fat and protein with carbohydrates, by adding morning or afternoon snacks, and reducing alcohol intake.
Idiopathic postprandial syndrome without demonstrably low glucose levels at the time of symptoms can be more of a management challenge. Many people find improvement by changing eating patterns (smaller meals, avoiding excessive sugar, mixed meals rather than carbohydrates by themselves), reducing intake of stimulants such as caffeine , or by making lifestyle changes to reduce stress. See the following section of this article.
WATCH: Search-and-rescue crews have recovered the bodies of three people who died when they fell into pools at Shannon Falls near Squamish. Ted Chernecki has more on the tricky and dangerous recovery mission.
Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh and Megan Scraper have been identified as the three people found dead after they went missing at Shannon Falls on Tuesday.
Squamish RCMP confirmed their bodies were located in a pool of water after the three fell from one of the pools atop Shannon Falls , south of Squamish.
It all started Tuesday in the noon hour near the top of the 335-metre waterfall, when a young woman was trying to swim and she slipped and fell. Her boyfriend and another friend went in after her.
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"At around8:30 p.m. [Tuesday] nightteams were able to confirm the locationof the three peoplein one of the lower pools," Squamish RCMP Cpl. Sascha Banks said.
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Overall, prognosis is highly variable and depends largely on the extent of the infarct, the residual left ventricular function, and whether the patient underwent revascularization.
Better prognosis is associated with the following factors:
Successful early reperfusion (ST-elevation MI [STEMI] goals: patient arrival to fibrinolysis infusion within 30 minutes OR patient arrival to percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] within 90 minutes)
Preserved left ventricular function
Short-term and long-term treatment with beta-blockers, aspirin, and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
Poorer prognosis is associated with the following factors:
Advanced age
Diabetes mellitus
Previous vascular disease (eg, cerebrovascular disease or peripheral vascular disease)
Elevated thrombolysis in MI (TIMI) risk score for unstable angina/non–ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) (TIMI risk score includes 7 factors: age ≥65 y, ≥3 risk factors for cardiac disease, previous coronary disease, ST-segment deviation ≥0.5 mm, ≥2 episodes of angina in last 24 hours, aspirin use within prior week, and elevated cardiac enzyme levels)
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Poorly preserved left ventricular function (the strongest predictor of outcome)
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If nitroglycerin is prescribed to a patient with suspected ACS, the patient should be instructed to take a dose if symptoms arise. If no relief is experienced 5 minutes after the first dose, the patient should contact emergency services. If relief is experienced within 5 minutes of the first nitroglycerin dose, repeated doses can be given every 5 minutes for a maximum of 3 doses total. If by then the symptoms have not yet fully resolved, the patient, a family member, or a caregiver should contact emergency services.
Diet plays an important role in the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). Educate post–myocardial infarction (MI) patients about the role of a low-cholesterol and low-salt diet. A dietitian should see and evaluate all patients prior to discharge from the hospital. Additionally, emphasis on exercise training should be made, because current evidence demonstrates that cardiac rehabilitation after MI results in lower rates of recurrent cardiovascular events.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday sided with the publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press in a long-running labor dispute between the newspaper and reporters who were fired after they complained about its editorial practices.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the newspaper's publisher was protected by the First Amendment when it dismissed eight reporters and disciplined others who claimed the owner was interfering with news coverage.
The reporters claimed they were illegally fired for union activity and legitimate complaints about their terms of employment. But the court found the dispute was all about editorial control.
"The First Amendment affords a publisher — not a reporter — absolute authority to shape a newspaper's content," Judge Stephen Williams wrote for a three-judge panel.
The newspaper's attorney, Michael Zinser, issued a statement saying the decision "validated what we believed to be appropriate action all along." He also criticized the National Labor Relations Board, which earlier ruled the workers were wrongfully terminated for union activity and other reasons.
"Any business owner in America should be concerned when a government agency attempts to regulate your business; it is all the more egregious when your business is based on a right so important that the Founding Fathers made it the first, specific enumerated Amendment of the Constitution," he said.
The ruling stems from a dispute between Ampersand Publishing LLC and employees that began in 2006. Nearly every top editor at the paper quit in protest over what they said was owner Wendy McCaw's meddling in news coverage.
Newsroom employees later voted to form a union, and they have been fighting with the newspaper since then over bargaining rights.
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Tuesday's decision is consistent with a 2010 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that forcing Ampersand to rehire the employees is a violation of the publisher's First Amendment rights.
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will it use the accelerometers to show the night sky 'behind' the phone? So you can pan the view by turning around or looking up?
(KY): Really, to do this right, we'd need a compass sensor in the Freerunner, in addition to the accelerometers, I think. Otherwise, how do you set the azimuth? If the gta03 has a camera, and if it is able to detect stars, we might have some options then. For what it's worth, there is an Android application called skyMap that uses the G1 accelerometers and compass to do exactly what you are suggesting here. The implementation is terrible, though - the display is terribly jittery, due to poor filtering of the accelerometers, and the compass information apparently isn't corrected for magnetic declination, so it there is a ~20 degree error in the azimuth it chooses to display, as least where I live.
FSO stack
Has anyone successfully tested it with FSO?
A: Yes, I have (with FSO and with SHR) it doesn't work because you do not have the /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 file you can mail me, or Ken Young (the creator of this great app) and we will mail you the file
a few days ago another problem appeared on my SHR; when i launch it on the phone (via desktop icon or via terminal) i get an error, but when i ssh in and do for example DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/orrery -d /usr/share/orrery/ it does work
Ken Young said he intended to support Orrery on every distribution, so he will fix this.
Bug report: Same problem here (libpopt already installed)
(KY): I've ordered another Freerunner on which I will install SHR, and see if I can cure these problems. I'll also make it use Gypsy for GPS access, rather than gpsd (gpsd will still be used when running atop 200x.x distributions, of course). I would VERY MUCH appreciate it if people who have trouble getting this application to run would tell me about the problem at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I did a little test on SHR and that's waht came out:
root@om-gta02 ~ $ export DISPLAY=:0 root@om-gta02 ~ $ gdb /usr/bin/orrery -d /usr/share/orrery/ GNU gdb 6.8 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi"... (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/orrery config: No such file or directory Full file name was "/media/card/orrery/config" /media/card/orrery/starNames.dat: No such file or directory opening Hipparcos star catalog.: No such file or directory Program exited with code 0377. (gdb)
could it be related to the impossbility to run orrery on shr?
Actually, I (Ken Young) have had no problem running orrery with the SHR distribution. I installed SHR, installed orrery with opkg, and it worked. With the above error messages from gdb, it looks like gdb is eating the -d switch and its argument. The -d switch is telling orrery where to for the star catalog, constellation outlines, etc. the /media/card/orrery location is the default top directory compiled into the program for the data files. -d overrides that default, but it is clear that when gdb starts running orrery, it is not passing that directory path to orrery. What happens if you run orrery from the command line, with the -d /usr/share/orrery, but not with gdb?
I don't look in this talk section of the orrery page very often. You will get much quicker support responses if you email firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks for trying out my program!


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Tomos USA has just destroyed their moped, the "Arrow"
take a look at: www.heeters.com
the "new" 2007 model of the arrow destroys the traditional look with some modern design that makes it look like it's from outter space. YUCK !!!!
Up until now, the tomos arrow has been one of the top sellers in the U.S.
I can't say that is will be that way much longer?
Please do me a favor and email tomos and let them know that they just screwed up a good thing. PLEASE !!!!
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i'm 6' 2" and the open front is very helpful when riding the arrow style mopeds (or it was until the 2007 model came out). unfortunately the modern style mopeds are not designed for us long legged boys. traditional style mopeds fit us better and we don't have to wear our knee caps in our noses ;)


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License plate scanners fuel issue of need versus privacyBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
January 05. 2013 10:05PM
Police in New Hampshire want lawmakers to let them use high-speed cameras on cruisers that scan the license plates of passing vehicles to look for bad guys.
But at least one legislator is concerned that collecting the license plates of thousands of state residents in this manner could violate their privacy rights.
Rep. Stephen Shurtleff, D-Concord, submitted a Legislative Service Request - a request to draft a bill - on behalf of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police to allow the scanners to be used.
Shurtleff, a retired federal marshal, said the cameras scan license plates into a computer that can check them against outstanding warrants. "If the operator of the vehicle was wanted, it would come back with a hit," he said.
The devices would also be valuable during an Amber alert, he said.
Sunapee Police Chief David Cahill is past president of the chiefs association and chairs its legislative committee. He has been studying the use of license-plate readers by police in other states, and he's convinced it's a valuable tool.
Cahill said the high-speed scanners, mounted outside a cruiser, can capture as many as 20,000 license plates over an eight-hour shift. The scanned plates are checked against the computerized National Crime Information Center database.
If the system finds a match, the officer gets an audible alert and a photo of the license plate pops up on the screen. Police can then run that plate to determine the owner or check with the police department that is looking for that vehicle, Cahill said.
Before he votes for such a tool, Rep. Neal Kurk, R-Weare, wants to make sure the data collected on "innocent" drivers is purged. Otherwise, he said, you're creating a database that could be used to retroactively track where a certain vehicle has been.
"You can make an argument this would be a wonderful record," Kurk said.
"Not in America. Not in New Hampshire. Not in the year 2013. That's 1984."
Cahill said he understands that some have concerns.
"I think they're concerned it's a police state and we're going to be watching what everybody's doing. I can assure you that's not what our interest is," he said.
"Law enforcement's interest is still to protect life and property, and this is one of the tools that will help us protect life and property in the state."
One point of contention is how long the data would be stored.
Cahill said he'd like to see the scanned plate information stored for at least a few days, which he said could be a big help for investigators who want to find out whether a certain vehicle was in a particular location.
His town has a lot of seasonal residents, so police often find themselves investigating a crime that occurred several days earlier that wasn't discovered until the weekend. Being able to look back at the license plates of vehicles that were in the area could be an enormous help, he said.
Police in lower Manhattan keep all of the license plate records they collect from these scanners, Cahill said. "And because of the terrorist activity they have in the city, they're justified in doing it, and the state of New York allows them to do it," he said.
It's different here, he acknowledged. "We'd like to keep it three to five days because of the investigative value it holds," he said.
But Cahill said having the scanners at the patrol level is the real value: "Putting them on our marked police cars and having them on the street for getting those offenders off the street."
Earl Sweeney, state assistant commissioner of safety, said this kind of device is currently prohibited under New Hampshire law.
He said a few years back, some of the departments in the northwestern part of the state started using them - until Sweeney informed them they were against the law.
Sweeney said he expects the bill would address privacy concerns. But he said there is merit to holding onto the license plate information for a time.
For instance, if a child were abducted, police could review stored license plate data to see which road a suspicious vehicle may have taken, Sweeney said.
"It certainly is a valuable tool, and hopefully they may be able to put enough safeguards in the bill that will satisfy the privacy folks," he said.
The Department of Safety would use the cameras if the bill passed, but supports "reasonable restrictions," Sweeney said.
"We don't want to pry into people's lives or know where you went last Saturday night," he said. "That's none of our business - and shouldn't be."
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DIXON – The arrangement can be awkward, but about 20 percent of municipalities with the commission form of government have a city administrator, said Dawn Peters of the Illinois City/County Management Association.
In 3 to 6 months, Dixon plans to be one of them.
The City Council plans to appoint Police Chief Danny Langloss today as a special assistant to the council until a city administrator is hired, Mayor Jim Burke said.
In the commission form of government, commissioners, who work in the city on a part-time basis, are charged in state statutes with overseeing its departments.
In Dixon, Dave Blackburn is head of the finance department, Colleen Brechon is head of public property, Dennis Considine is head of public health and safety, and Jeff Kuhn is head of streets.
A city administrator's job primarily is to oversee the city's departments, too, creating a possible clash, Peters said.
"It's a very awkward arrangement," Peters said. "Under a different form of government, if a city has an administrator, the administrator has control over the department heads, and they report to the administrator. In the commission form, the commissioner has that control.
"You wonder to whom the department head is accountable, the commissioner or administrator? There's such a blurry line there."
By adopting a city administrator position, Peters said Dixon will not be changing its form of government, meaning a referendum is not necessary.
Tom Brimberry is the city administrator of East Peoria, one of 49 municipalities in Illinois with the commission form. He cannot imagine a city working without an administrator in any form.
East Peoria, which has a population of 23,402, has adopted a hybrid form of government, that allows him to oversee the day-to-day operations but gives commissioners the lead in their respective departments, he said.
"There's a lot of things that come up in the day-to-day operations that may be mundane that wouldn't necessitate the attention ... of a non-full-time commissioner," Brimberry said. "My role is to bring professional management to the city, where part-time commissioners wouldn't have the time or the knowledge to devote to the city."
In Dixon, former City Engineer Shawn Ortgiesen, who resigned after it was revealed he used city-issued credit cards for personal use, also held the post of personnel and public works director. Sometimes referred to as a de facto administrator, he oversaw many day-to-day operations in the city's public works departments.
Brimberry, who has worked as an administrator in other forms of government, said the less time commissioners have to be involved with the day-to-day operations or dealing with personnel issues, the more time they can spend setting policy and addressing wider issues within the city.
Still, he says the time commissioners do spend overseeing their department keeps them better connected with citizens and knowledgeable about the inner workings of the city.
Kyle Gill, the interim administrator in Mattoon, another city with the commission form, said the City Council can make the administrator as strong or as weak a position as it wishes.
In Mattoon, which has 18,555 people, the City Council has given its administrator all the powers of a city manager. A referendum attempt to adopt the managerial form of government shaped the council's decision, he said.
"There were two questions on the ballot," said Gill, who has worked as the city's community developer for 18 years. "One was to remove the commission form and another to adopt managerial. Well, people voted to keep the commission form and adopt the managerial, meaning we had to revert back to the commission. So we're doing the best we can until a referendum can be put on the ballot again."
In the managerial form of government, a city manager is given his or her governmental powers by state statute as opposed to the City Council setting those responsibilities.
About 80 percent of cities with the commission form, such as Ottawa, population 18,699, have not adopted an administrator, choosing to leave day-to-day operations in the hands of department heads with the commissioner's oversight.
However, Ottawa's Mayor Bob Eschbach said a public works director position, similar to what Dixon adopted with Ortgiesen, was adopted recently to bring continuity to the city's government.
Langloss said he will reach out to other cities with an administrator to see how they operate. The City Council will vote on an ordinance in the next few months to create a job description for the position.
Langloss said Dixon will be looking for a flexible candidate, in case a referendum is put on the ballot to adopt the managerial form of government. Burke said he wants the administrator to have oversight of finances, as well.
"We want someone who is qualified to handle both positions, a manager or administrator," Langloss said.
As part of his extra duties as assistant to the City Council, Langloss will help commissioners recruit an administrator. He said he has no interest in taking the position himself.
While other cities have made it work, Peters still believes Dixon citizens should look at petitioning for a new form of government.
A governmental task force will meet at City Hall for the first time May 1 to examine Dixon's form of government.
"I truly believe that looking at the form of government is a first step for the city of Dixon," said Peters, who helped Rochelle adopt the managerial form. "Trying to hire an administrator under commission form can be a very difficult position to put an administrator in.
"It will be a tough act to balance."
To attend
The City Council will hold a special meeting at 6:30 tonight at City Hall, 121 W. Second St., to discuss and vote on naming Police Chief Danny Langloss as a special assistant to the city council.
Go to www.discoverdixon.org and click on "Citizens Information Center" or call City Hall, 815-288-1485, for an agenda.


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The holiday season is well underway – everything is decorated and the alcohol and tasty treats are flowing. Between Christmas parties and casual get togethers with friends you are probably eating and drinking more than usual. While everything in moderation is fine, if you are going to indulge – there are a few smarter picks to choose.
Red wine is generally a wise choice as it is loaded with antioxidants that are heart healthy as well as good for the skin. If non-alcoholic is more your thing – a good, pure red grape juice is almost as good and has almost as many benefits as the real thing. Champagne has been huge lately in skincare – there are even people applying it to their skin saying it tightens their pores. Dermatologists and scientists have not yet reported much on this subject yet so we cannot advocate putting it on your skin – but drinking it actually does have some definite benefits. It contains grapes as well, so it carries a lot of the same antioxidant benefits as red wine and also is great for your cardiovascular system – giving you a healthy glow! Just remember to drink LOTS of water to protect your skin and body against the dehydrating effects of alcohol.
If you are going to a party with lots of snacks and desserts – eat a healthy dinner before you go – that way you can treat yourself to a few without being so hungry you'll shovel them in your mouth all night. Stand closer to the fruit and vegetable trays as these will give you the healthiest treat and add vitamins to your diet. Just watch out for any dips – use salsa if you must dip them in something. Or choose some nuts, or meat and light cheese to snack on rather than anything creamy, fried, or too heavy in calories.
At Christmas dinner I could tell you that the white meat is healthier than the dark meat, and to watch out for too many potatoes and salt which can cause puffiness and bloating – but I'm not going to! It's one dinner and its Christmas so enjoy!
So indulge a little but try to make healthy choices throughout the season because if you don't it will show up on your body and skin in the New Year.


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November 05. 2013 5:43PM
The U.S. Marshals Service District of New Hampshire/Joint Fugitive Task Force has named Christopher Brandon Corona as New Hampshire's fugitive of the week.
Corona, 45, is wanted on warrants from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office for failyre to appear on a charge of armed robbery related to a November 2012 incident. Authorities say he should be considered armed and dangerous, based on the original charge involving a weapon. He is described as 5-feet-9, 234 pounds, with hazel eyes and graying hair. He has scars on both arms and a tattoo on his right shoulder. Corona has ties to both Concord and Merrimack, and has used aliases of Christopher T. Quigley and Brandon Corona.
The U.S. Marshals Service advises the public not to attempt to apprehend the fugitive. Instead, report any information to the U.S. Marshals Service's Concord office at 225-1632.
For more information visit usmarshals.gov/district/nh


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Your Thrift Store / Bargain Finds: 15 - 21 August 2011
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This is the traditional weekly thrift and bargain finds list.
These lists may start empty but as always: add your items.
Put in what you consider a bargain, tell us how much you paid and the place you got it from. Bargains can be thrift store finds or any second-hand purchases or discounted boardgames bought new. Don't forget to add your encounters with the Thrift Store Irritant Squad™, the Tape Monkeys™, and any other embellishments in order to make it even more interesting.
Last Week's List
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Your Thrift Store / Bargain Finds: 8 - 14 August 2011
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The Role-Playing Game & Video Game Thrift Lists
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Strange Bonuses in Thrift Purchases
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The Thrift Guild Trade List 2011
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Enter the halls of thriftdom at your own risk. Do mind the stacks of prized games. Don't mention the musty smell and try not to sneeze. Be sure to bow before our King, belial1134, and pay your due respects to previous Kings Great_Mazinga, minionhunter, Krazygit, EvilTimmy and Blackwind.
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My clients prefer my thumbs over the Thumbby soft massage cone. It is cold on the skin and doesn't feel pleasant. I prefer to use it on my feet after a hot shower to help with plantar fasciitis.
I bought this at the AMTA-WA convention and it seemed useful when I saw it demonstrated. But frankly I never use it anymore.
First of all, it should NOT be called thumby. It is no substitute for a thumb. The texture is not thumb-like: It continues giving where a thumb has a solid core of bone and can provide much firmer pressure. And a thumb is slenderer and can go places the thumby cannot (like under scapulae).
As vaguely touched on in another review, the thumby feels quite cold to the touch unless you have gone through the process of boiling it first--not something many of us have time or facilities to do at work.
But my biggest objection to this is that, sure, if you use this a lot you will potentially be saving wear and tear on your thumbs. BUT you will also be giving yourself carpal tunnel at the same time! Because the thumby requires putting significant pressure on the base of your hand, and frankly, hyperextending it. This is a great way to give yourself carpal tunnel.
The thumby comes with a bunch of written instructions (and you can access online videos as well) about all these other uses for the various surfaces of the thumby, but those just seem like someone with a lot of time on their hands and a background in marketing wracked their brain and came up with any possible use they could. Yeah, sure, I suppose I could roll the base around on the client's skin, but why? It's not going to save any wear and tear, and it's going to feel weird unless it's heated.
In closing, I have to wonder whether the folks who gave these other positive reviews *really* do deep pressure work. Because beyond superficial pressure, the thumby does NOT feel at all like a thumb to the client. There is no way these reviewers are using the thumby for something like XFF or thumb stripping with significant pressure and having clients tell them it feels like a thumb. I'd bet excellent money on that.
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ATLANTA - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing an "intrusion" targeting data at LexisNexis, one of the nation's largest collectors of information about people and businesses, a company spokesman said.
Along with the FBI, outside forensic investors are also working with the company to investigate the matter, LexisNexis spokesman Stephen Brown said.
"In that investigation, we have identified an intrusion targeting our data but to date have found no evidence that customer or consumer data were reached or retrieved," Brown told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"Because this matter is actively being investigated by law enforcement, I can't provide further information at this time," Brown said.
Lindsay Godwin, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington, confirmed an investigation was under way and that it involved several companies.
The firm's databases, built from public records and proprietary sources, are used for identity checks, employee screenings, debt collections and other uses. Its clients include government agencies, insurers, banks, media companies, corporate personnel offices and private investigators.
The Dayton, Ohio-based global company has a major presence in metro Atlanta, with offices in Alpharetta, Atlanta and Duluth.
In recent years, hackers gaining access to Social Security numbers, background reports and other details about people have led to identity thefts.
Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, said while victims of data breaches don't necessarily become victims of identity thefts, "unfortunately, data breaches are extremely common and they can in many instances lead to identity thefts."


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Tally me banana...
Look at him! He looks so determined to overcome his challenges. He's one plucky guy!
Ignorance was bliss there, for a while. For his sidekick, too.
And when minds infected by religion grow old, they do even weirder stuff.
Thanks, GM.
I was an Atheist until I bit into a perfect banana and tasted that sweet succulent ambrosia, at that moment my eyes were opened and I realized that there was indeed one true divine being and that he had sent his only begotten son Ray to spread his word.
I have since built an altar in the spare room to the Great Banana God.
All went well for about a week but then the 333 bananas that made up the majority of the altar rotted and now it is impossible to enter the room to worship at the alter because of the estimated 33,333,333 fruit flies living there now.
I feel my faith in the Great Banana Dog waning. :(


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The typical supervisory organization of independent broker-dealer operations is to have other independent contractors operate Offices of Supervisory Jurisdiction (OSJs) to monitor the registered representatives from geographically remote offices and then report to the main franchisor's compliance office at national headquarters. The supervisors at the OSJs are not employees of the franchisor and often run their own brokerage, insurance and other businesses. They are not devoted full-time supervisors of the smaller branch offices. Consequently, OSJ managers cannot and do not supervise the day-to-day operations of the registered representatives of these Independent broker-dealers.
Generally, there is no immediate review of new accounts opened, securities transactions, business records, cash or securities receipts and deliveries, correspondence and business activities unrelated to the securities brokerage operation at these independent brokerage firms. The lax supervision leaves investors who have transferred their accounts to the smaller independent broker-dealer vulnerable to sales of securities that have not been reviewed or authorized by anyone other than the sales representative earning a commission. There may be no one onsite to detect forgeries of clients' signatures on documents, the placement of inaccurate information about a client's investment objectives and financial condition to document the suitability of a particular investment recommendation. Oftentimes there is no daily review of sales literature and client correspondence to protect against misrepresentations and misleading statements being made to investors. In fact, it is not unusual for there to be only one compliance audit visit per year at many of these offices. These Independent brokerage business operations are worrisome to the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), which has documented more instances of sales abuse and consequently investor losses at these firms.
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Sarah Crowner is a painter whose distinct approach emerged from her impatience with the medium. She is known for canvases in which each color and form is comprised of a different piece of cloth, attached via stitches. Her works feature geometric compositions and solid fields of color—a revisit to the traditions of the hard-edge abstraction in the 1950s and '60s. She also makes small ceramic works with neutral palettes and more organic shapes. Crowner sees an element of theater in her sculptures and paintings, as either backdrops or diagrams for performance: "they offer the idea that a painting or a sculpture might function as a proposal for something else."
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CAIRO (AP) — A lawyer for Egypt's ousted president on Saturday told a Cairo court that it lacked jurisdiction to try Mohammed Morsi, saying the Islamist leader remained Egypt's legitimate president because there has been no official decree removing him from office.
The hearing, the third since the trial opened in November, was held amid continuing militant attacks and a relentless crackdown on Morsi's supporters, expanding those targeted to include Islamists who use social media against the military-backed government.
The claims by Morsi's lawyer, the Islamist Mohammed Salim el-Awah, came as the trial of the ousted leader and 14 others on charges of inciting the killing of protesters in 2012 resumed amid tight security in a makeshift courtroom in the national police academy in an eastern Cairo suburb.
Morsi has insisted that he remains president, part of the Brotherhood's broader strategy of defying the authority of Egypt's new government at every turn. He was held in a soundproof glass cage in Saturday's hearing and could only address the court directly if the judge allowed it.
The trial is one of four that Morsi and top Brotherhood leaders face. The charges levelled against them mostly carry the death penalty. Saturday's hearing was adjourned until Tuesday to allow time for the examination by a panel of experts video footage presented by the prosecution as evidence. The defense challenged the authenticity of the videos in Saturday's hearing.
Morsi was ousted by a military coup on July 3 that followed millions-strong demonstrations calling on him to leave office. He is now held at a high security prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. His incarceration there followed four months of detention in an undisclosed location.
The case stems from violence outside the presidential palace in December 2012. Morsi's supporters attacked opposition protesters, sparking clashes that killed at least 10 people. The defendants are charged with inciting the killing of three of those protesters.
Morsi's three other trials are on charges of escaping from prison during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak's rule; conspiracy with foreign militant groups to harm Egypt's national security; and insulting the judiciary.
El-Awah contended that if Morsi was not formally dismissed, then he remains the legitimate president to this day and thus the law governing the trial of serving presidents must be observed, according to an account of the proceedings issued by the Egyptian Middle East News Agency.
Morsi and most of the defendants turned their backs to the court when Judge Ahmed Sabry Youssef played several video recordings of the clashes outside the palace in 2012. Morsi, however, remained mostly calm as he stood in his glass cage in contrast to his outbursts during two previous court appearances In November and last week.
Anti-Morsi protesters outside the police academy briefly surrounded el-Awah's car as it approached the police academy's gate. Some pounded on the car while others yelled insults.
El-Awah, a former presidential candidate, was unhurt and later stepped out of the car to complain to a senior police officer.
Egypt has been rocked by a wave of deadly violence since Morsi's ouster, with the army and security forces facing a full-blown insurgency in the Sinai peninsula. The violence has spread to mainland Egypt, with attacks on high profile targets in Cairo growing more frequent.
There also have been near-daily protests by Morsi's supporters. Marchers sometimes carry firearms and use them against security forces, with witness reports suggesting that this is becoming more frequent.
The military-backed government has meanwhile been cracking down on the Brotherhood and its allies, killing hundreds and jailing thousands since July. On Saturday, authorities announced the arrest of seven Morsi supporters for their alleged use of social media to incite the killing of policemen suspected of taking part in the crackdown against Brotherhood members.
The latest arrests take to 18 the number of Morsi supporters accused of using their Facebook pages to incite violence against the police, signaling an expansion of the crackdown against the Brotherhood.
In the latest violence, the Health Ministry on Saturday said one person was killed in Cairo and 35 were wounded in clashes on the previous day between police and Morsi's supporters in Cairo and several other cities.
Also Saturday, a new Egyptian militant jihadi group issued its first statement, claiming responsibility for planting explosives and attacking security men and police stations.
In a statement posted on a militant website late Friday, Ajnad Misr, or Egypt's Soldiers, said it will fight the "regime's criminal organs," which it said were being used to humiliate the people and prevent them from performing religious duties.
It said it planted and detonated two explosive devices on a main highway on Cairo's outskirts Friday. Interior Ministry spokesman Hani Abdel-Latif said the explosion hit a vehicle carrying riot police and wounded an officer.
Earlier this week, the major Sinai-based militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis or Champions of Jerusalem, said that that Ajnad Misr was responsible for one of four bomb attacks targeting police in Cairo on Jan. 24. Police said the blast at Talbiya police station caused no casualties.
In the latest fighting in northern Sinai, two key members of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis — brothers Salamah and Suleiman Abu Malhous — were killed on Saturday in clashes with army troops near the restive town of Sheikh Zuweyid, according to security officials.
They said the two are believed to have been involved in an attack that surprised and killed 16 Egyptian soldiers as they were sitting down for a meal in Sinai in August 2012.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media on ongoing military operations.
Associated Press reporter Maamoun Youssef contributed to this report from Cairo.


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Trained by Mike Trombetta, Moon Philly (9-5) drew the rail. The Malibu Moon filly had a troubled trip in the Cat Cay Stakes at Aqueduct on January 6, her most recent start. After stumbling at the gate under Jeremy Rose, Moon Philly had to jump a fallen horse in the stretch but still managed to take second. Moon Philly was a model of consistency last year with eight first or second place finishes in 11 starts. Rose keeps the mount on Saturday.
Withgreatpleasure (3-1) has finished second in her past three starts, the Cornucopia Stakes at Parx Racing and the Willa On The Move and Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes at Laurel. David Nunn conditions the daughter of Hold That Tiger, who is also entered in Saturday's Affectionately Stakes at Aqueduct.
Ciguaraya (5-1) beat elders in the Crowned Stakes at Delaware two starts back. The daughter of Latent Heat has won three-of-five since Juan Vazquez took over training in August. Angel Castillo has been her rider since.
Access to Charlie (8-1) is no stranger to stakes company, with a victory in the Twixt Stakes in 2011 and fourth place finishes in her past four stakes efforts. Larry Murray trains the Indian Charlie mare. Julian Pimentel is her rider.
Howard Wolfendale will start Carrietta (8-1), who has won three-of-six against optional claiming company since September. The Stephen Got Even mare has hit the board in 21-of-31 lifetime starts.
Prize Winner, Touch the Birds and Tanivan are all listed at 12-1 on the morning line. All three come into the Nellie Morse off victories.
Silver Heart (20-1) and Dial Direct (30-1) round out the field.
Malibu Murmur and Blessed Soul are the also-eligibles.


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- Masturbation Stories : My New Years Eve Experience ( Swinging, Group, Ora...
My New Years Eve Experience ( swinging, group, oral, exhibitionism, fetish)
First, a little info about us. We are a 50's couple with grandkids. We have been married for over 30 years and have always been sexually active. We only began swinging about seven years ago, after the nest was empty. We belong to an area swingers club and enjoy hooking up with couples while traveling. There isn't too much that we haven't experienced.
Well, I really misbehaved on New Years Eve. We went to a house party that was hosted by a member of the area club. I was dressed real slutty, a very short red knit dress with nothing underneath, but not much was happening sexually, just alot of socializing.
Around 11:00, I told my husband that I wanted to try the Sybian, which was upstairs in a playroom. I had never been on one before, but I had always wanted to see what it would do for me. We went up stairs, I chose a dildo attachment and my husband slid a rubber onto it. I slid myself down onto it, it felt pretty darn nice in my pussy. He started slow with the vibrations and the dildo was hitting my g-spot. My husband had the controls in his hand and I started sucking his cock while he squeezed my nips, my pussy was really buzzing.
We had forgotten to close the door when we went into the room and two guys came walking in. One guy was about 40 and the other around 50. I enjoy being an exhibitionist, so them being there didn't bother me at all. They both started stroking their cocks while watching us play. The first guy moved closer, he had a huge cock, long and fat, and I started sucking him. He was a real mouthful and I was doing some gagging. I asked him to fuck me, so he took me off the machine. I got on my hands and knees and he fucked me from behind for awhile, his cock felt great, it really filled up my old pussy. He didn't cum in my pussy, so I got on my knees and sucked him off. He shot a big load, but I never lost a drop. I then sat back onto the Sybian again, to finish my orgasm, but the second guy came over with his hard cock in hand, so I sucked him off while stroking my husbands hard cock. I didn't loose a drop of his cum either.
I finally gave up on the Sybian and my orgasm. My husband and I went onto a nearby mat, I got back on my hands and knees and my husband gave me another good fucking from behind, dumping a huge load into me. He was so aroused, I'm surpried he lasted as long as he did.
By now another ( 40ish) couple had come into the room. She was now riding the Sybian while sucking her husbands cock. My husband left me on my hands and knees while he went to get me some clean-up tissue. His cum was running out of me, and down my legs, eventhough my hand was over my pussy. All of a sudden I felt fingers playing with my cum filled pussy, then somebody eating his creampie from me. At first, I thought that my husband had returned and was doing his thing. As I looked to my right, I saw the other gal, laying with her legs spread open, watching and playing with her pussy. Then the guy behind me slid his cock into me and begain to give me a hard pounding. As it turned out, it was the other gals husband. My husband returned to the room in time to see the guy dump another load into my pussy.
My husband said that he knew something was happening, because he could hear me cumming from down the hall. I guess that I was a real slut and consider it my first gang bang.
I was so horny the next day, I guess from all the cum I had taken in, that I frigged myself in front of my husband (which I seldom ever do) while I was sitting on the couch. I had him use my big vibrator on my clit, then had him jackoff and shoot his load into my open mouth. I swear this really happened and to be honest with you, I can't wait until I can do it again. I am somewhat embarrassed, but I'm not sure if it's from what I did, or because I want to do it again.


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