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By Steve Koppes
Photo by Robert Kozloff
" All of us . . . knew that with the advent of the chain reaction, the world would never be the same again."
—Samuel K. Allison
UChicago physicist
The Atomic Age began at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 2, 1942—quietly, in secrecy, on a squash court under the west stands of old Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.
Today, Henry Moore's "Nuclear Energy" sculpture and the Mansueto Library occupy the area at the corner of Ellis Avenue and 57th Street where Enrico Fermi and his colleagues engineered the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction 70 years ago. Their experiment was a key step in the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II.
That initial chain reaction was too weak to power even a single light bulb. It nevertheless transformed the world, and the University of Chicago along with it, in a range of endeavors spanning physics, chemistry, interdisciplinary research, policy analysis, and nuclear medicine. Even in 1942, those present at the historic event sensed how influential their work would be.
"All of us . . . knew that with the advent of the chain reaction, the world would never be the same again," former UChicago physicist Samuel K. Allison wrote at the time.
That first chain reaction's complex legacy includes the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the terrible power of nuclear weapons, and a new era of other scientific and technological advances.
After the war, UChicago founded the Institute for Nuclear Studies and the Institute for the Study of Metals. Later renamed the Enrico Fermi and the James Franck institutes, they enabled the University to retain much of the intellectual talent that had assembled on campus to work on the Manhattan Project. Another outgrowth of the project was Argonne National Laboratory, which conducts basic and applied research in many major scientific disciplines. Today, Argonne is a partner in the Institute for Molecular Engineering, which is bringing leading scientists and engineers to a groundbreaking initiative to conduct research at the molecular level.
"What we see here is a legacy of connection that we're still building upon, a way to try to redefine engineering for the 21st century," said Provost Thomas Rosenbaum, the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor in Physics.
Building the pile
Though Fermi's team was engaged in the biggest secret project of World War II, they discussed technical issues under a tree on the Main Quad, which they deemed safe from eavesdroppers. In the middle of the day on which they produced the first chain reaction, they took a customary lunch break at Hutchinson Commons.
"Don't imagine that they were able to achieve a chain reaction on the first try," says Roger Hildebrand, the Samuel K. Allison Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Physics. "They built and rebuilt stacks of uranium, uranium oxide, and graphite 30 times before they were ready for the final test."
Chicago Pile Number One, or CP-1 for short, consisted of 40,000 graphite blocks that enclosed 19,000 pieces of uranium metal and uranium oxide fuel. The scientists of what was then called the Metallurgical Laboratory, or "Met Lab," had arranged the graphite in layers within a 24-foot-square wooden framework.
Hildebrand had started his work on the Manhattan Project as an undergraduate chemistry major at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked for Nobel laureate Ernest Lawrence, namesake of the Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley national laboratories, using Berkeley's cyclotron accelerator to transmute uranium into plutonium, an element believed to have potential for driving a chain reaction.
The samples irradiated in Berkeley and another lab in St. Louis ended up in the James Herbert Jones Laboratory, just one block south of old Stagg Field. There, in Jones Lab's Room 405, future Nobel laureate Glenn Seaborg achieved an important steppingstone on the way to the Atomic Age. He weighed the first visible, pinhead-sized sample of plutonium. It wasn't much, but enough to measure its chemical and metallurgical properties.
The potential hazards of nuclear power were evident even in those early days, but the war effort took priority. The Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Germany and Italy declared war on the United States four days later.
"They were advancing everywhere, they were conquering everywhere, and they were working on an atomic bomb," Hildebrand said of the Germans. "The consequence of losing a nuclear race was the preoccupation of everyone who knew that a nuclear bomb might be possible."
Outgrowths of chain reaction success
The scientific staff of the Metallurgical Laboratory founded the Atomic Scientists of Chicago on Sept. 26, 1945—just weeks after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The group published the first issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists of Chicago on Dec. 10, 1945. The Bulletin's Doomsday Clock still stands as a symbol of humanity's vulnerability to man-made catastrophe, with an agenda that expanded from nuclear weapons to include climate change and biological weapons.
Medical research gained unexpected benefits from the wartime research. In the early 1950s, the Atomic Energy Commission funded the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, which became the Franklin McLean Institute, 5841 S. Ellis Ave., in 1973. The Argonne Hospital successfully pioneered the use of radiation in cancer treatment, with efforts later expanding to include radiological innovations in the diagnosis and treatment of other diseases.
Although the University of Chicago already was renowned in physics and chemistry before World War II, scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project helped those departments attain new research prominence following the war. Numerous UChicago scientists who were part of the war effort won Nobel Prizes for scholarly work in the postwar period, including Owen Chamberlain, Eugene P. Wigner, and Glenn Seaborg. Fermi, one of the most important scientists of the 20th century, became an inspiring teacher at UChicago after the war before dying of stomach cancer in 1954. The National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia was renamed in Fermi's honor in 1974, and became known as Fermilab, the site of numerous fundamental advances in particle physics.
UChicago builds for the future
Today, the William Eckhart Research Center is rising from a construction site directly across the street from where Fermi and his associates achieved the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. The Eckhart Center will occupy the site of the former Research Institutes building, where Fermi and many other Manhattan Project veterans did transformative research.
UChicago scientists formally honored the Research Institutes' legacy in June 2011, when they publicly revealed the contents of the time capsule that Fermi had sealed within the Research Institutes building cornerstone nearly 62 years earlier. In retrospect the cornerstone's contents, which included booklets on the institutes and a sketch of their building, barely hinted at the accomplishments that would follow. That inspiring legacy survives to this day, said Robert Fefferman, dean of the University's Physical Sciences Division.
"This is not just something about the distant past," Fefferman, remarked at the cornerstone unveiling ceremony. "This is something that continues, and we're extremely proud of the grand tradition of science here."


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New Eliminator III Offers Extreme Accuracy for Extreme Long-Range Shooting
OutdoorHub 01.16.12
Burris, the unequivocal expert in ballistic laser scopes with automated trajectory compensation, introduces the new Eliminator III. This next-generation laser scope provides expert shooters with a level of sophistication only imaginable before now.
The Eliminator III features a sleek, new design that is similar to traditional riflescopes yet still incorporates state of the art electronics. Other improvements include new ergonomic activation buttons and parallax adjustment from 50 yards to infinity.
Rob Siemers, Burris Company general manager, said, "With the new Eliminator III, we have defined the next generation of modern riflescopes that incorporate technology and electronics with optical design. As the leader in this category, we are excited about the potential these new products will offer to hunters and long-range shooters."
The current Eliminator's split-second, automatic trajectory compensation technology has provided shooters with the invaluable ability to place ethical shots on target within seconds, which dramatically extends a shooter's confidence and ability in the field. Now, the new Eliminator III with its X96 reticle technology provides even more accuracy, more range and a method of windage compensation. All of these elements have been perfected and are available at the push of a button at any magnification.
To achieve even greater accuracy at ranges from 750 to 1,200 yards, the Eliminator III features enhanced the ballistic programming. With the Eliminator III, the shooter enters not only the amount of drop at 750 yards for bullet and load he is shooting, but the ballistic coefficient (BC) for the chosen bullet, as well. The scope can be programmed for more than 1,500 commercially available loads.
An essential element in the Eliminator III is the new X96 reticle, which provides a convenient and accurate method to compensate for wind. Wind compensation is NOT fully automated within the scope; the digital readout displays a 10 MPH Wind Value for the shooter's specific cartridge at the ranged as a "Dot Value." The X96 reticle features several dots on each side of the vertical post. These Dots serve as references to the shooter to precisely hold into the wind. The shooter still needs to estimate the cross-wind value himself and also needs to convert the 10MPH Wind Value displayed to the appropriate value for the estimated actual MPH cross-wind value. The shooter then holds into the wind the appropriate "Dot Value" as shown below in the illustration below.
The Eliminator III will retail for $1,499 and will be available at retailers in July.
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Welcome to another Monday morning with the question of the day- "What's for dinner???"
This easy salmon dish is healthy and gourmet too! Try adding it to your your Hanuka menu!
Salmon with Crushed Pistachios and Grated Lemon Peel:
- 4 salmon fillets or steaks, about 6 ounces each, about 1 1/4 inches thick
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon peel
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons crushed pistachios
1 Preheat the oven to 475°F.
2 Place the salmon in a baking dish. Mix the olive oil, mustard, and lemon peel and spread this mixture evenly over the surface of the fish.
3 Sprinkle with pepper and scatter the nuts evenly on top. Roast for about 15 minutes, depending on thickness, or until nearly cooked through but still darker in the thickest part of the center.
this recipe is by Ronnie Fein


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Getting to the heart of a record can be a tricky business. Some bands create music so guarded, so locked down in metaphor and musical double-speak, it's impossible to translate what the fuck is going on. Others, of course, go down the opposite path. Their themes and melodies are so blindingly obvious, you end up searching for some inherent, subconscious meaning that must surely – but usually doesn't - exist beneath the layers of humdrum pedestrianism.
In a way, K-X-P's latest longplayer lands on both sides of the coin. On first spin, II is as predictable as is it comes; a pitch black spectrum of satanic chants and chimes that straddle the more rampant throes of krautrock. Yet once the skin begins to loosen, once the flesh is revealed and the pulse starts twitching, what transpires is a rich, multi-faceted delve through a gauze of style and sounds; a record that shovels a brutal punch of techno, post-rock, free-jazz and scarring electronica straight down the ear-canals.
This shouldn't really come as a surprise. The Finnish quartet's self-titled debut was a masterstroke of rhythmic, primal splurges charged with duelling drums and indecipherable vocals. Remarkably, its successor takes two steps forward, easing poppier swells within those impenetrable squalls. Ear-bleeding moments still exist – the band's rabid dog soul finds a way to bite through the ethereal overtones of 'In The Valley' – but they're executed at more agreeable angles.
II, however, is no gentle sail down the mainstream. Any such notions are quickly ditched in a breathless opening run. 'Melody' is a motorwaying drive of basslines and synthesizers that judder like Dan Deacon after a psychopathic makeover. Its follow-up, 'Staring at the Moon', is even more epic; rushing out as a paranoid cinematic sweep of unhinged percussion and skittering keys, while the line "and that's the way it always is" loops into a frantic, hyperventilating mantra.
What's perhaps most striking about II is it deep sense of ritual. Cuts like 'Flags & Crosses' and 'Tears' weave a trail of melodic twists and hymnal chants that congeal like a concentration of hypnotic, deeply animalistic urges. The depth-charged prog and complex time-signatures of 'Magnetic North' escalate the occultism to higher levels, with a slithering vocal gleefully reciting "for those who are bored, Satan is Lord" amidst a babble of cheering kids. Tongue in cheek it may be, but such feral narratives add a dash of drama to the ceremony.
At a production level, frontman Timo Kaukolampi has attempted to capture the band's rampant live energy. For the most part, he nails it. Each number is frothing and wild-eyed, managing to feel free form and utterly purposeful at the same time. In fact, the sweaty disco groove of 'Easy (Infinity Waits)' is such a crotch-rubbing orgy of sound it could have been snatched from the sticky floors of a Berlin bondage party, rather than a darkened Helsinki studio.
And that's exactly why this album won't appeal to everyone. II is a propulsive, unrelenting composite that doesn't know what it is, nor does it care. What K-X-P are dealing in is label-less music; complex, iron-gripping sounds delivered with towering bombast. It should be a mess. It should be unlistenable. But it's not – it's extraordinary. Why? Because once you're at the heart of this album, somehow, it only feels like the beginning.
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November Employment Preview
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World View & Market Commentary.
Forest first; Trees second.
Focused on Real & Knowable facts that filter through the "experts" fluff and media hyperbole. Where we've been, what the future may hold and developing a better way forward.
The latest jobs report shows significant improvement overall and is broad-based. Payroll jobs in December jumped a relatively healthy 200,000 after rising a revised 100,000 in November (originally 120,000) and increased a revised 112,000 in October (previously 100,000). The median market forecast called for a 150,000 increase in overall payrolls. Revisions for October and November were down net 8,000.
Private payrolls again outstripped the total, gaining 212,000 in December, following increases of 120,000 in November and 134,000 in October. Analysts had projected a 160,000 boost in private payrolls.
In the private sector, goods-producing jobs rebounded 48,000 after a 6,000 decrease in November and a 6,000 gain in October. Construction jobs increased 17,000 in November after decreasing 12,000 the month before. Manufacturing employment jumped 23,000 after edging up 1,000 in November. Mining increased 7,000, following a 3,000 advance the prior month.
Private service-providing jobs increased 164,000 in December, following a 126,000 gain in November. The December increase was led by trade & transportation (up 90,000) with seasonal hiring for couriers & messengers (think UPS and FedEx) particularly strong (up 42,000) and retail trade adding notably (up 28,000). Health care continued to add jobs in December (up 23,000). Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in December (up 24,000).
The public sector continued to decline as government employment dipped 12,000, following a 20,000 decline in November. State & local government jobs contracted 14,000 in December with local education employment falling 9,400.
Average hourly earnings strengthened in December, rising 0.2 percent after no change in November. The latest figure matched expectations for a 0.2 percent gain. The average workweek for all workers in December posted at 34.4 hours, compared to 34.3 hours in November. Analysts projected 34.3 hours.
Today's report includes new seasonal factors for the household survey numbers (payroll data get new factors next month). History is affected back through 2007, leaving some generally small changes in some monthly series. From the household survey, the unemployment rate unexpectedly continued to decline, slipping to 8.5 percent after dropping to 8.7 percent in November from 8.9 percent in October. The consensus expectation was for an 8.7 percent unemployment rate.
Today's report shows the labor market gradually improving. Although improvement still lacks that of the average recovery, the better numbers indicate improved optimism on the part of business expectations about demand. On the news, equity futures rose marginally while Treasury rates nudged up.
"Giving debt relief to people that really need it, that's what foreclosure is..."– Jamie Dimon
The weeks may have been short and the seasonal adjustment difficult but mortgage application activity definitely declined during the two weeks ended December 30 (December 23 week included due to holiday). This is the conclusion of the Mortgage Bankers Association whose purchase index over the two week period fell a very steep 9.7 percent. The drop interrupts what had been a steady stream of good news out of the housing sector.
Down 1.9 percent is refinancing which makes up the great bulk of mortgage activity, at 82 percent for the highest share of 2011. Homeowners are increasingly refinancing their mortgages as rates sink. For the lowest rate of 2011, the average 30-year conforming mortgage ($417,500 or less) was 4.07 percent in the period.


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I'm still at it!!!
My campaign of getting new music by classic artists played on BONEYARD and HAIRNATION is still in full effect. It's funny after 6 months, I've talked to everyone at both channels and almost everyone wants new music on Boneyard and Hairnation. The only two guys who have a problem with it are the two highest ranking guys in Rock Programming Jon Zellner and Gregg Steele.
Please take a few minutes and e-mail these guys. Tell them you want new music on BONEYARD and HAIRNATION.
The more people who e-mail them the better.
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Oh Samantha you naughty vixen you.
You get outed in Philadelphia dinging lawyers with fake reviews. Little did I know that you were a serial offender. Triangle Direct Media seems to have found that you already had second profile with the same name and that you had done your dirty deed to 18 cleaning companies in Cary, NC.
Oh dear Samantha, how many others have you hurt? I think I see a pattern. You appear addicted and seem to be making a business out of this reputation management stuff.
In case your business needs marketing help I have put together this tag line for you: Positive only reviews for your business but wait till you see what we say about your competitor.
Samantha (The Serial Bogus Google Reviewer) Strikes Again by Mike Blumenthal


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I don't disagree with you, but I would say there is most certainly a Self. I don't really like the term emptiness because I feel that what we are is so 'Full' and not empty. Granted not the self we believe ourselves to be via thought, but an Eternal Self where all is connected when thought stops. My own experiences......
I've had profound experiences in the past when I initially had my awakening and when I joined this site where thoughts stopped and everything was just seemingly blissful. Tolle's reference of 'Space' was what did it for me at the time. I had many long stretches of this over a series of months in 2013, and while everything seemed just "is" and it's hard to describe, there was still an 'I AM' for sure, granted it was almost like 'I' was aware that nothing I was experiencing represented the true me and I was constantly aware of my thoughts and feelings almost like being in a heightened state of awareness, but without any kind of stress. It was meditation all of the time for me as I rarely hooked on to anything in my experience and it made for quite a blissful number of months. And I realized that no matter the apparent separation of I (from this body) from a different I (another person, animal, etc), there was still the eternal I AM that had no separation beyond thinking and it was only thinking that creates the notion of separation and this was very strong and important for me I felt because it was a glimpse as it turned out as eventually the thinking mind took over again and claimed ownership to little me and my life seemed to tread back into ego almost full force and it's right now, it's probably been the most toughest times I've had to experience on my spiritual journey because of the ego. But, I also feel that I know there's a way beyond thought.
Zen, on to your post.
Regarding enlightenment taking many lifetimes - personally I don't find considering my prior or future lifetimes very helpful. When I find myself pondering what I've been or what I will be I get lost in those thoughts. Instead I like to remind myself of the unifying factor within all those experiences. Each experience is Now. Literally, undivided, Now. Enlightenment will happen Now. It cannot happen any other time. (I know you are aware of this, but I know I need to constantly be reminded of this fundamental fact [it's rare I say 'fact' but in this case I feel it's justified] so thought it was worth mentioning). Also I do see your point that we live multiple lifetimes to advance spiritually and this is unlikely to be our last - but it might. Either way it's an assumption and focusing on the moment feels more helpful to me.
An assumption it may be, but it feels very likely for me. But, that's not why I referenced it. It was just a phrase I was using and nothing more, in reference to what full enlightenment might be, as you described in your last post (with no desires and no fears) as that would seemingly take multiple lifetimes to finally get to the root of all of our conditioning. On the other hand......
This to me, seems a bit different than what you were prescribing in the previous post. Meaning, non attachment to desires and fears is far different in my book than actually not having desires and fears which is seemingly what I thought you were saying. Maybe you still were?Personally, I believe it is possible to be completely free from attachment to desire and fear leading to total liberation from vibratory experiences. This would not mean an end to these experiences, but rather a freedom to experience while being fully aware that you are not these experiences - that you are the awareness that experiences and is the source of all experience but not in any way contained by these experiences.
Sometimes I desire romantic relationships. I haven't been in one for a few years, though there have been a couple of brief encounters since then. When I contemplate these things I am reminded that none of these desires have ever been fully satisfied. At one time I was in a romantic relationship that I thought was perfect. That led me to desire it to continue as my vision of perfection. This led to the tensions and fears of it ending. Leading to jealousy and me pushing this person away in an attempt to avoid the fulfilment of my fears. In the sense of partnership - relationships have never provided lasting peace for me - no true satisfaction. So these desires now feel like something it would be wise for me to let go of. Doing so is a work in progress. The same for sex and masturbation. Both provided temporary relief which is counterbalanced by the tension of the absence of that relief. If i had sex I may feel satisfied for a brief time, but this will fuel future dissatisfaction when my sexual desires are not met. Fuelling this cycling of desire of experience and fear of absence of experience feels foolish to me. That isn't to say I don't have sexual desires and fears. Just that I am starting to see that they (and all fears and desires) are a hinderance to spiritual progression which is the only way within my awareness for true, lasting peace.
I also believe that letting go of desire and fear does not mean an ending of relationships. Rather, it would be the beginning of relationships without the tyranny of conditions, which would be better for all.
Ok, THIS now. This late quote is wonderful and I fully agree. Please understand that I'm not suggesting that relationships (romantic) are based on desire. No, not at all. I'm simply implying that romance still has at some level, even the most basic level of desire that is there. I don't think it's possible to completely eradicate desire 100 percent from your relationship with your partner especially where sex is involved. But, sexual desire does not have to equal craving. I can desire my girlfriend (I'm single, but just hypothetical), but not necessarily feel a craving for her. Same discussion I had with Fore and I just don't agree with the terminology. At least you are using in a more understandable approach than fore is. Or maybe it's because I'm not enlightened yet
When you say desires are a hindrance, I get what you're saying. And I feel the same way many times. I feel that constant interaction with the western world seems to drive desires more and more for me, especially with the high level of conditioning my mind has. Sometimes, I'd like to move away from the western world and simply live a life like a monk and just meditate 24/7 or live on a beach. Yet, I feel like that life is not available to me right now, nor do I know if I really want it and seems that I am making part of my experience 'wrong' even when I feel that desire to have that particular experience as well. I had this same discussion with Fore (granted he was approaching it more dogmatically than you).
Desire and fear are both craving - the impulse to change the moment. Without craving there can be no anxiety or fear or desire as you would be comfortable in the moment regardless of the content of that moment. The completely end of craving is the complete end of suffering which is enlightenment. Though there are many people on this planet who seem to have reached a sort of partial enlightenment (having partially transcended vibration and experienced The Self directly in the complete absence of any vibratory experience), the number who have completely transcended seems incredibly low. Using Ramana Maharshi as a kind of spiritual gold standard, he had many, many students and only said two had become enlightened. So I suspect we are all a work in progress and should focus on non-judgemental awareness of our momentary experience - relaxed, indifferent awareness of all experience without attachment to these experiences. Our true nature cannot be experienced with the senses or the mind. It is not physical reality. It is not humanity. It is not the heavens. It is not the higher selves. It is not hell. Though it is the source of all of these - and utterly non-judgemental of them all as a literal undivided whole.
I believe Ramana was single and never married. Yet, many other gurus like Nisargadatta, Adayshanti, are married and likely have/had sex with their wives. Meaning, Adya likely still desires his wife on some level. Yet, Adya is looked at as an enlightened guru. Not to imply that these people are any kind of standards to be held to, but even Eckhart Tolle has a wife and likely some desire (even if it's rather faint) for his wife.
I just don't agree that desire has to equal craving. I desired a cup of coffee this morning. Does that mean I craved coffee? I desired a snack of sugar over the weekend. Does that mean I was craving for sugar? What about the desire to eat in general when you're hungry? Or the desire to have any kind of goals with your life? I mean.....desire is EVERY aspect of our human experience because our human bodies are needy. They need things. That doesn't mean that WE are needy. But, we are experiencing through these bodies and in this human experience, desire is everywhere especially when we interact with life.
So, Jack, I bring to you the same question that I brought to Fore.
Pro-creation requires sexual desire. To be free of all desires means essentially to abstain from sex. I don't believe there is anything wrong with that and actually, I am kind of doing it myself right now . I'm holding off any kind of romantic relationship because I actually feel it is a hindrance right now to my spiritual growth.
But, how do we resolve the simple fact (and in this case, it is a fact) that sexual desire is needed for pro-creation. Meaning, if all desire is a hindrance to spiritual growth, then how is it that the most basic form of creation in the physical sense.....sex.....requires desire?
I'd love to hear your opinion on this.


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August 3, 2020Canada
With its comparatively open and well-regulated immigration system, Canada has become a top destination for immigrants and refugees.
July 1, 2020Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Endemic to the African tropics, the Ebola virus has killed thousands in recent years, putting the World Health Organization and major donor countries in the limelight as they've grappled with how to …
June 23, 2020Human Rights
A growing number of countries are legalizing same-sex marriage amid a steady advance in rights for LGBTQ+ people, but opposition remains strong in many countries.
June 23, 2020Mexico
Comprehensive immigration reform has eluded Congress for years, moving controversial policy decisions into the executive and judicial branches of government.
April 9, 2020Oil and Petroleum Products
Western leaders have long criticized OPEC's power to raise oil prices, but the bloc's influence is on the wane as U.S. oil production has soared and alternative energies have come to the fore.
March 10, 2020Americas
The Organization of American States is an important forum for regional diplomacy and has become more assertive in promoting the rule of law, human rights, and fair elections as some states face domes…
October 22, 2019Mexico
Violence continues to rage in Mexico more than a decade after former President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on drug cartels.
July 10, 2019Trade
Political shifts and economic challenges in Latin America could either boost the region's largest trade bloc or lead to its obsolescence.
August 15, 2019Political Movements
The Muslim Brotherhood, once Egypt's largest opposition movement and a standard-bearer for Islamist groups around the world, has been once again driven underground as Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has consolid…
October 1, 2018United States
With President Donald J. Trump advocating for deep cuts to U.S. foreign aid, debate has renewed over the role of foreign assistance funds in boosting growth, promoting democracy, and saving lives.


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Apple CEO's apology well-received by Chinese media
A chastened Apple was welcomed back into the embrace of China's government-run media Tuesday after apologizing for allegedly offering Chinese consumers second-class warranties.
After weeks of withering criticism of Apple and its warranty policies, Chinese media appeared satisfied with CEO Tim Cook's signed letter to consumers on Monday that apologized for appearing to be "arrogant" in its earlier response to criticisms about its warranty policies and detailed a more generous plan.
The contretemps began in mid-March when the powerful China Central Television network aired a report that said Apple's warranties for iPhones sold in China weren't as good as those elsewhere.
"The company's apology letter has eased the situation, softening the tense relationship between Apple and the Chinese market," said the Global Times, a tabloid published by the People's Daily, the Communist government's mouthpiece. "Its reaction is worth respect compared with other American companies. CCTV also deserves our respect and encouragement for daring to criticize a business giant like Apple."
An article by Xinhua, the government's official news agency, said Cook's response was "better late than never."
It added, "Apple's apology and positive moves should have come earlier, but it is not too late for it to rebuild Chinese consumers' trust." Apple's public response underscored the growing importance of China for Apple, which increasingly relies on the nation's growing middle class for its growth. It also uses Chinese workers to assembly everything from MacBooks to iPads. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Apple is gearing up its assembly lines in China for its next iPhone, which could go on sale this summer. The company is also rumored to be developing a cheaper iPhone to reach millions of customers in countries like China who are attracted to Apple's brand but cannot afford its premium price.
Some analysts say the Cupertino giant's standing in China may have been weakened by its apology because the government now knows it will quickly yield to political pressure to preserve share in China's booming smartphone market.
Apple had no reason to apologize, said Shanghai-based Shaun Rein, founder of China Market Research Group. After all, its warranty policies in China were similar to those in the United States.
"I think it was a mistake to apologize. It is giving credibility to the government complaints," said Rein, author of "The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends That Will Disrupt the World."
"Chinese consumers have been supportive of Apple," he said. "It has the best customer service."
The controversy, though, put Apple in an untenable position, Rein said. Cook has said he believes China will eventually become the company's biggest market, and to succeed in China, foreign companies must navigate powerful government officials.
"The government clearly has Apple in its cross-hairs," he said. "I expect the state media is going to continue to attack Apple."
A range of theories have been offered to explain why Apple came under such sharp attack in China. Some analysts say it was a reaction to the company's decision to not allow the government to have strong oversight of its online iTunes and App stores. Others cite government concern about the dominance of Apple's and Google's operating systems in the country. Still others say it was a form of payback for the way Chinese telecom giant Huawei has struggled to get business in the United States amid congressional suspicions of possible close links to the Chinese military.
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Study area provides plenty of seating, large tables and natural light. Information Center is near by for research assistance.
Seven study rooms, each with space for groups of up to six people, are available outside the main reading rooms in the Bing Wing. Most rooms are equipped with white boards, and one (outside the Jonsson Social Science Reading Room) has a smart board as well.
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In a new study published by the Journal of Pathology, Dr Matt Smalley from Cardiff University treads new ground in exploring what drives breast cancers to look and behave so differently from one another.
"The ultimate aim of this research is to be able to take a more personalised approach to medicine," said Dr Smalley from Cardiff University's European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute. "We hope that in doing so, patients get the therapy best suited to their variety of breast cancer and avoid unnecessary treatment.
"To understand what might be influencing the differences between individual breast cancers, we have used two different genetically modified mouse models in which breast cancers originate in different cell types in each model, by means of a genetic 'trick'," he explained.
"In one part of the study, we created the same cancer-predisposing genetic errors in each of the two cell types. In another part, we created different genetic errors in the same cell type. We then asked whether the tumour types which occurred varied more strongly in their appearance depending on the cells in which they developed, or the genetic errors that caused the cancers, or both."
Dr Smalley continued: "We found that for cells originating in one of the cell types, so-called 'basal' cells, the cancers appeared the same no matter the genetic error, suggesting that in this case the cell of origin was dominant in determining how the cancer formed. However, the cancers that appeared from this cell type resembled a very rare form of human breast cancer, so these cells are probably not relevant to the majority of human cases.
"In contrast, for tumours originating in so-called 'estrogen receptor negative luminal cells', the appearance of the cancers varied depending on the genetic errors used to generate them.
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The research, spearheaded by Dr Smalley from the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute at Cardiff University and conducted in collaboration with colleagues from Spain, Brazil and the UK, was funded by Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Cancer Research UK.
Richard Francis, Senior Manager Research Insight at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "Understanding the biology of breast cancer is essential for the future development of new ways to treat and prevent this disease.
"We know that breast cancer is a mixture of many different subtypes and this work goes towards explaining how these arise. Ultimately this information will help the development of precision medicine, where each patient receives the treatment that will benefit them."
Nell Barrie, Senior Science Information Manager at Cancer Research UK, said: "Our scientists have already helped re-define how we view cancer showing that breast cancer is at least 10 different diseases, each with its own molecular fingerprint and weak spots. This research takes us one step closer to understanding why we see so much diversity in breast cancer, and will help expose each cancer's weakness so we can develop more effective and kinder treatments."
"The hope is that this paper will become a standard work of reference for mouse breast cancer research as there is currently no other benchmark for this type of work," concluded Dr Smalley. "It shows the quality of output from the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute as world leaders in analysis of mouse tumour models."
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Egypt's Sisi poised to announce presidency bid
(Reuters) – Three years after the "Arab Spring" toppled Hosni Mubarak, a secretive field marshal with a cult-like following is expected to announce his candidacy for the presidency of Egypt ahead of elections which he is expected to win easily.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has come under pressure to run from members of the public who reject the Islamist government he toppled last year, and from the armed forces who want a president who can face down growing political violence.
He has calculated that he can win the votes of those who backed Mohamed Mursi for president in 2012 simply because he represented change from the era of former air force commander Mubarak, ousted in the revolutions that swept the Arab world.
But despite his present popularity, Sisi has no record as a democrat and has shown himself willing to use deadly force against those who disagree with him.
Sisi has trodden a careful path to power since overthrowing Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected president, last July.
It's the kind of measured advance he has made all his life, from his childhood in the dirt lanes of Cairo's Gamaliya district, to the highest rank in one of the largest armies in the Middle East. On Monday, the presidency announced he was promoted to field marshal from general.
Friends and family speak of him of as a man of few words and decisive action.
"He loved to listen and carefully study what was said. After he heard many opinions then he would suddenly strike," said his cousin Fathi al-Sisi, who runs a shop selling handicrafts.
"Abdel Fattah had one thing in mind: work, the military, rising to the top."
The world knew little of Sisi before he appeared on television on July 3 and announced the removal of Mursi after mass protests against the Islamist leader.
It was Mursi who appointed Sisi army chief of staff and defense minister in August 2012, perhaps his gravest mistake.
Mursi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, wanted a young general to reduce the influence of the military old guard who had served under the autocratic Mubarak before the 2011 revolution.
His reputation for being a pious Muslim may have also appealed to Mursi.
But while Mursi appeared deaf to criticism, Sisi was tuned in to the rising discontent on the streets over the Brotherhood's mismanagement. Eventually he issued an ultimatum to the man who appointed him: Bow to the demands of protesters within 48 hours or the military will act.
Sisi, born on November 19, 1954, honed his strategic skills in the shadowy world of military intelligence, which he headed under Mubarak. He was the youngest member of the military council which ruled Egypt for 18 months after Mubarak's fall.
Western diplomats say Sisi has been weighing whether to stand for president with his usual caution, and only decided to run recently.
"I suppose in the back of his mind is the fact that once he takes off his military uniform he suddenly becomes more vulnerable. There is always the chance of another takeover," said a Western diplomat.
A senior European diplomat says it's mission impossible.
"There is a belief among diplomats that he is making a big mistake by going for this job. He will expose himself and the army. The army may act if things go wrong and its image is tarnished. His fall could be sudden and sharp," said the diplomat.
Others also seem to have had their doubts. The prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, a major financial backer of Egypt after the downfall of Mursi, said it would be better if Sisi stayed in the military, before rapidly issuing a clarification saying that was not what he had meant.
Sisi's comments in the spring of 2013, when frustrations with Mursi were growing, suggested he would never stage a military takeover, let alone run for president even though he was deeply suspicious of the Muslim Brotherhood.
"With all respect for those who say to the army: 'go into the street', if this happened, we won't be able to speak of Egypt moving forward for 30 or 40 years," Sisi said then.
His own writings from his time at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania in 2006 reflected an awareness that ensuring democracy in the Middle East may be fraught with difficulties.
Despite the risks, Sisi decided to run because pressure from the street had grown immensely and junior officers in the army urged him to contest elections because they did not feel politicians could handle Egypt's security challenges.
Islamist militants in the Sinai have stepped up attacks since Sisi ousted Mursi, killing hundreds of security forces. And the Islamist insurgency is also gathering pace in other parts of Egypt, including Cairo.
Sisi enjoys the backing of the army, Egypt's most powerful institution, the Interior Ministry, many liberal politicians and Mubarak era officials and businessmen who have made a comeback since Mursi's demise.
Judging by his popularity, those forces are likely to give him plenty of time to prove himself as president, and there are no other politicians who could challenge Sisi anytime soon.
It remains to be seen whether Sisi's caution which worked for him as a military strongman can be translated into the skills needed as a president.
But his maneuvering before Mursi's fall suggests Sisi could grow into the role of politician. He gained consensus among key players, from political leaders to clerics, before making his move.
Sisi has not said how he intends to tackle Egypt's many problems, from a stuttering economy to street chaos and escalating violence by militants. But those who have met him recently say he understands the need to fight poverty.
To many Egyptians, he seems invincible for now, a strong figure many are craving after years of turbulence.
At a coffee shop near his old neighborhood, a Sisi poster is displayed alongside black and white photographs of previous soldiers turned rulers: Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat.
Admirers of Sisi, who knew him as a young man, believe his single-mindedness will be enough to rescue Egypt.
A resident who knew him said that while other local boys played football or smoked, Sisi and friends lifted barbells made of metal pipes and rocks — an early sign of the discipline that would take him far.
"Abdel Fattah always seemed to have a goal. He had willpower," said Aaatif al Zaabalawi, a dye factory worker who used to see Sisi in the area.
Neighbors say he came from a tightly knit religious family. His cousin said Sisi had memorized the Koran and his favorite dish was one often eaten on religious occasions.
The father encouraged him to work in his shop every day after school. He lived in a small apartment on the rooftop of a run-down building owned by his extended family.
"When an apartment was sold it was only sold within the family. Between brothers for instance," said his cousin, adding that Sisi had married within the extended family.
These days it's hard to escape Sisi. His image is on everything from mugs and t-shirts to pajamas and even chocolates.
But critics, both Islamists and liberals, are alarmed by what appears to be a systematic stifling of dissent. Since Sisi removed Mursi, hundreds of Islamist protesters have been killed and thousands jailed.
In a few days in August, security forces smashed up Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo, killing hundreds in the bloodiest civil unrest in Egypt's modern history.
In recent months, the ruthless crackdown has extended to prominent liberals, including some who supported the army's removal of Mursi. Under Sisi, protesting without permission has become a crime which can be punished by a life sentence.
Sisi's election would signal a return to the oppression of the past, opponents say.
"It will be the final confirmation that Egypt is going backwards and that a corrupt, brutal, anti-democratic illegitimate leadership has aborted Egyptians' dreams of a democratic civil state," said Salma Ali, a spokeswoman for an Islamist alliance that opposes Mursi's removal.
Yet even visiting American politicians seem to have been swept up in Sisi mania. After meeting with Sisi, Representative Cynthia Loomis sounded deeply impressed.
"He spoke both aspirationally and as an implementer. It seemed like he was multi-dimensional."
Retired general Sameh Seif Elyazal says Sisi will likely ask Egyptians, who have driven out two presidents in the past three years, to be patient.
"He hasn't got an immediate solution for everything. I think he will tell the people we have issues and these issues will take some time. You have to bear with me. We will suffer a little bit," said Elyazal, who meets Sisi on a monthly basis.
But some wonder if the people will be more patient with Sisi than they were with Mursi, who lasted only a year in office.
(Additional reporting by Tom Perry and Sameh Bardissi; Editing by Giles Elgood)


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Mark Duper, the best non-Mark-Clayton receiver of the Dan Marino era, was charged yesterday with a felony count of child abuse. He is accused of twice knocking out his 17-year-old son, in a drawn-out brawl that sounds like Roddy Piper's big fight in They Live.
According to the arrest report, the fight started Tuesday over the son sending threatening text messages to a girl. We'll let the police account, via the Miami Herald, give the blow-by-blow.
An argument with Duper ensued over an ex-girlfriend, leading Duper to punch the boy in the face because the teen "wouldn't listen about picking up his hat."
Then, police say, Duper picked the teen up several times and slammed him, briefly knocking him out cold. After calming down a bit, the fight escalated again, with Duper accused of hitting the child in the head and face with his fist.
At one point, the boy went outside and threw his bike into Duper's car, denting it. That only enraged the former Pro Bowl wide receiver more. Duper then punched the boy in the face, causing him to fall off the bike.
"Once [the victim] went to the ground on his stomach," the police report stated, "Mark climbed on top of [him], grabbed [him] by the neck and began choking."
It's the third time Duper has been arrested in domestic violence cases since 2003. But this one, says friend and former teammate Hugh Green, who witnessed the fight, Duper isn't to blame. "I saw Mark defending himself after a young son was defiant," Green told the AP.
Duper refused to discuss the incident, calling it "a family matter." After spending the night in jail, Duper was released yesterday upon posting $5,000 bail.


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1969 was only the second year where aerodynamics was in play in Formula One and you can clearly see the results. Every car is equipped with a solid rear wing and various front wings. At the Flugplatz straight, where the no-downforce cars of 1967 would take to the air, '69 cars hunker down and stick to the ground.
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It is essential to download printer drivers on your PC to help establish a connection between your computer and the 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer. Lack of printer drivers may lead to faulty printing and other technical difficulties. It is also preferred to interface your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer with your computer; 123.hp.com/setup can help with the interfacing.
Printer Manuals
Printer Manuals provide the prescribed information on product setup and installation of your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer. These guidelines come in handy for first time users, as they are fed with information on printer setup, ink cartridge installation, wireless setup, troubleshooting and much more. Obtain these manuals from 123.hp.com/setup for your better understanding.
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Improvisation and innovation are the two principle rules that HP swears by. Retaining this rule, HP printers are often subjected to updates and upgrades. It is essential to upgrade your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer often to boost its performance over time. 123. hp.com/setup also provides updated drivers and software's and the needed support in installing these drivers.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Printer Unboxing and Setting Up
123 HP Officejet 5746 First time Printer Setup
It is not very challenging to setup the 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer all by yourself. Following the step by step procedure on how to setup your HP Officejet 5746 printer for the first time powered by 123.hp.com/setup can make things easy.
- Start using the 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer, by unloading the product from its box and carefully remove all the packaging surrounding the device.
- Turn the printer on by plugging one end of the power cord into the electric socket, while the other end is plugged into the printer, following which press the power button ON.
- It is necessary to connect your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer to a computer or laptop using the cables provided; it is not preferred to opt for a wireless connection for first time printer setup as this would alter the printer's performance.
- After connecting your devices, head on to the Ink Cartridge installation process. To begin installing ink into the 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer, remove the packaging from your cartridges first and place them into their designated holders.
- The next step is to place unused, plain white paper in the paper tray. Simply start by pulling the paper tray out and load the paper into the grooves provided.
- Adjust the setting of the sheets and close the paper tray.
- Align the printer by pressing OK on the printer alignment option flashing on the screen of the printer.
- Finally pull the paper output extender and get ready to receive a copy of the alignment page.
- Once a perfect copy of the alignment page is printed out, your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer is all set and ready to use.
- Follow this detailed guide on printer setup for your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer provided by 123.hp.com/setup
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123 HP Officejet 5746 Driver Installation
Installing updated drivers for your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer is requisite, in order to enhance your printers performance. Generally printer drivers are compatible with most of the operating systems including Windows and MAC OS. Here is a closer look on how to install printer drivers on the respective operating systems.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Driver Installation for Windows
- Open the windows installation settings on your Windows device to make sure your system is ready to Install 123.hp.com/oj5746 driver software
- In a bid to obtain fast and better performance, it is essential to update the installation settings. After you have updated your windows installation settings, simply connect your PC to the 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer via a USB cable or Wi-Fi connection.
- Generally, the Interfacing process on your Windows PC will automatically help detect the 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer during Print driver installation process.
- Finally click on the 'Add print driver' wizard, and choose your printer name from among the printers on display and start up your installation process.
- Once you have successfully installed print drivers on your Windows PC, inspect your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer's performance by issuing test print jobs. Lest you find trouble with the newly installed printer drivers, simply consult 123.hp.com/setup for assistance in driver installation for you HP printer.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Driver Installation for Mac
- In order to enhance your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printers operations, it is required that you install updated drivers to your MAC device.
- To begin with, ensure that your printer has been successfully interfaced with your MAC device either through a USB cable or with the help of an internet connection.
- Go to 'System preferences' on your Apple menu and select the name of your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printers displayed on your screen.
- In case your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer is not listed on the screen then select 'Print using or use' option to add your printer name.
- Choose the name of your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer and from the dialogue box that flashes next and click on the 'Add' button.
- Simply follow the instructions provided on screen to complete the installation process on your MAC devices.
- Once you have successfully installed the print drivers on your MAC devices, it is time to check how these drivers work. To test your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer performance, simply print or scan a document from your device.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Print Documents
123 HP Officejet 5746 Print a Documents in Windows
The main purpose of a printer at work is to be able to print a fine document or photograph of your choice. Printing a document on your Windows device with your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer is simple task.
- To begin printing a document, first make sure to decide what you wish to print.
- Once you have made your choice, you can also modify your document by editing the content before printing it out.
- Next up, open the document that you wish to print, by clicking on File -> Open button.
- Once you have reviewed your document, click on the drop-down menu on your windows device and select a print option.
- You can edit your printing preferences. On the dialogue box that appears next.
- After you have made the necessary changes to your document, click on 'Print' in the menu.
- After you have issued the print command, wait to obtain a perfectly printed copy of your chosen document with the help of your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Print a Documents in Mac
Printing a document on MAC devices is as simple as it is to print a document on Windows device. All you have to do is follow these simple steps on your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.
- To begin printing a document, first make sure to decide what you wish to print.
- Once you have made your choice, you can also modify your document by editing the content before printing it out.
- Next up, open the document that you wish to print, by clicking on File -> Open button.
- Once you have reviewed your document, click on the drop-down menu on your MAC device and select a print option.
- The print option, allows you to customize your document in the way you fancy. Simply go to the print settings and edit the page size to your choice.
- Lastly, press the OK button to commence to printing process on your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.
- After the printing is complete, enjoy professional quality documents with the use of your HP Printer.
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123 HP Officejet 5746 Wireless Services
123 HP Officejet 5746 Wireless Protected Setup
123 HP Officejet 5746 Wireless Protected Setup in Windows
To make full use of your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer, in order to print, scan and copy your documents and photographic content, it is essential that you have an undisruptive and active wireless connection. An internet connection is prerequisite setup for your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer on Windows.
- Ensure that your computing device and your internet modem is turned ON and your Printer setup is successfully complete.
- An undisruptive internet router is mandatory for the wireless setup process.
- Next all you have to do is, with the help of 123.hp.com/setup, install 123.hp.com/oj5746 software and follow the instructions on screen.
- From the list of printers on display choose your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer name and click on 'Continue'.
- Following this process, choose 'wireless network' from the dialog box that appears next.
- Lastly, click on 'Continue' and simply keep following the on-screen instructions until the procedure is complete.
- After the wireless setup process is complete, test the network connection by printing a document on your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Wireless Protected Setup in MAC
Wireless setup on your MAC devices can be achieved by following the simple guidelines jotted down by 123.hp.com/setup
- Firstly make sure that your router is turned ON and is receiving active internet signals.
- Next go to your computer, and start downloading 123.hp.com/oj5746 software and print driver.
- Once the software is downloaded, commence the wireless setup procedure by simply following the on-screen guidelines, in order to obtain a successful registration and activation status.
- After the installation is complete, check your network configuration and wireless network SSID and make sure to connect your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer with your computer.
- Next up, enter the network details and password and then choose your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer and click 'Continue'.
- Once the setup process has been successfully completed, print a test page on your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer to make sure the setup is completed.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Digital Setup
123 HP Officejet 5746 ePrint Setup
HP printers offer an inventive new feature called the ePrint, which actually is a secure cloud service that performs various printing tasks with the help of an active internet connection. This feature enables you to print any document, from anywhere, at anytime depending upon your requirements.
To set up the ePrint service on your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer, follow these simple steps.
- Start by touching ePrint button on your printer Control panel. If the icon is not present, touch Web Services Setup to open web services on your device.
- These settings will take you to the print info page from where you can obtain the information sheet which contains the email of your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.
- If you have trouble finding the email ID for your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer, look for the printers claim code and add @hpeprint.com.
- This mail ID can be used later on to send any file to the 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer directly.
If the printer doesn't have touch screen display:
- Firstly take a printout of the network configuration page to obtain the IP address of your printer.
- Make use of this IP address and go to the Web services setup page on the browser window.
- Enable the ePrint feature by clicking on the 'Enable' option.
- Finally, click the information page to obtain the email ID of your printer.
- Use this Email ID to enjoy your ePrint experience with 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.
123 HP Officejet 5746 Cloud Print Setup
Google Cloud Print Setup feature allows users to print professional- quality documents directly from your mobile devices to your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer. To use this feature on your HP printer, it is not required of you to download any particular print driver or software. Just make sure you possess an active wireless connection and make good use of the Google Cloud print feature.
- To start using this advanced feature, first turn on your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.
- Next click on the Chrome browser on your device and go to the settings menu.
- Under the settings window, go to advanced settings and scroll down to Google Cloud print.
- Find your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer listed under new device, and simply register it.
- If your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer is already registered 'My devices'.
- After the registration is complete, you can go ahead and print documents directly from your phone to your 123.hp.com/oj5746 printer.


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Across the globe, cultural, traditional or religious values continue to be used to justify persecution, discrimination, bullying and ill-treatment against LGBTI persons. Even in countries with legal protection, stigmatisation due to homophobia, transphobia and biphobia remains high. It is our duty to combat this, notably through our policies, concrete actions and communication, which should be inclusive, respectful and leaving no one behind.


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The rules for obtaining one's driver's license are clearly defined in law.
You reach a certain age, pass a test or two, and you're now licensed to drive a 4,000-pound machine down a highway toward a destination in hopes of not hitting anything on your way.
That may sound simple — but there's no such regulation or test about when it's time to stop driving.
More than 7,700 seniors were killed, and more than 257,000 were treated in emergency departments after a crash in 2017, according to the latest annual statistics from the Centers for Diseases Control.
That's an average of 20 seniors killed and 700 injured each day.
Common signs of aging may affect your loved one's ability to drive, including diminishing eyesight, increase in confusion and slowing of reflexes.
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Knowing when to hang up the keys is a tough decision and often one that requires the help of a loved one.
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No movement on Segura extension, but Crew open
PHOENIX -- The Brewers are open to the idea of an extension for second-year shortstop Jean Segura but have yet to re-engage with his agent, general manager Doug Melvin said Tuesday.
Assistant GM Gord Ash has been the Brewers' point man so far with agent Joe Klein, who revealed last year that the team had offered an extension. Those talks did not progress. Melvin met again with Klein in Milwaukee in September and agreed to revisit the matter in 2014.
"We haven't had any conversations [about an extension since then]," Melvin said.
For a commitment to make sense for the Brewers, it would probably have to cover at least one of Segura's free-agent years. That would mean a minimum of a six-year deal.
The Brewers have signed players like Ryan Braun, Yovani Gallardo and Jonathan Lucroy to similar long-term contracts in recent years.
"We're always open to them," Melvin said. "We've locked up some [players], some we didn't. We didn't get Prince [Fielder]. We offered him a deal earlier on to buy into free agency, but it just depends what players want. Not a lot of them want long-term deals that will take away free agency, and we like to get deals that have at least a year of free agency if we can."
Segura, acquired from the Angels in July 2012 in the Zack Greinke trade, made the National League All-Star team in his first full Major League season. He finished the year hitting .294 with 42 extra-base hits and 44 stolen bases. He could serve as the Brewers' leadoff hitter this season.


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Our Old Town Scottsdale patio bar upstairs serves up the tastiest bar fare and Mediterranean inspired entrees. Check out our menu to see all of your tasty choices.
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A few days ago, just hours after we showed you the new BMW M6 Gran Coupe, the Bavarians issued a rather long press release about their newest pride. It's not what you would call an exciting read, and we hadn't gotten around to posting the official news because we correctly guessed most of the stats then. Still, we should have, so here are the most important bits:
It has exactly the same 4.4-litre bi-turbo V8 (S63B44TU) as the M5 and the M6, with 560 hp at 5,750 – 7,000 rpm, and a maximum torque of 500 lb-ft available from 1,500 rpm. It redlines at 7200, while 0-60 takes 4.1 seconds. Top speed is limited to 155 mph, as always with the Germans. And they have the Autobahn!
It's only 55 pounds heavier than the coupe, weighing 4,299 lbs. That's still quite a lot. While BMW thinks it's important to stress that it was developed at the Nurburgring, we believe you probably shouldn't go there with it.
Also, the optional carbon brakes might be very good at stopping you, while 42.8 lb lighter compared to the steel one, but the golden calipers coming with the system are so hideous that not even the naked carbon fibre roof can make us forget about them.
But most importantly: it comes with ISOFIX for your child seats.
There is no word on pricing yet, but expect the M6 Gran Coupe to reach US shores early next summer...


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Upon your purchase of this card, we will create and print a personalized letter for the gift recipient. This letter provides details about JamPlay.com, our teaching methods, genres, and other features they will receive with their membership. In depth instructions are also provided, which will allow the user to login and setup their JamPlay membership account.
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