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Today: Silicon Valley software firms FireEye and Rocket Fuel blaze higher in public debuts, signalling a booming market as Twitter lines up its initial public offering. Also: Apple (AAPL) falls amid busy iPhone launch; Facebook, Tesla and Netflix (NFLX) hit record highs.
The Lead: Rocket Fuel and FireEye shoot higher in pre-Twitter IPOs
Twitter's on the horizon, but IPO investors aren't saving their cash for the San Francisco microblogging company's first batch of shares: Two Silicon Valley technology companies raked in millions more than they expected and then saw their stock more than double at times in their first day of trading Friday.
FireEye's price was astounding: After bumping its proposed price range up $3 on Tuesday, the Milpitas security software company sold shares $3 higher than its revised range, at $20 apiece. FireEye raked in $303.5 million at a valuation of more than $2.3 billion, then saw its valuation more than double out of the gate Friday, when shares opened at higher than $40 and moved as high as $44.89 before closing with an increase of 80 percent at $36.
"The demand was incredible," FireEye CEO Dave DeWalt — who previously ran Silicon Valley security giant McAfee — said Friday.
Redwood City advertising-software company Rocket Fuel wasn't far behind FireEye in the realm of jaw-dropping IPO performance. The five-year-old company also increased its range this week, then priced shares at the top of its revised range, $29, for a $116 million take at a $942.5 million valuation. Likewise, Rocket Fuel shares doubled upon entry to the Nasdaq trading floor, opening at $59.95 and moving as high as $62.50 before closing at $56.10, a stronger first-day "pop" of 93.5 percent.
In the end, Rocket Fuel and FireEye had the fourth- and fifth-best first-day performances this year among companies making their market debuts, and the best performances in Silicon Valley, topping Marketo's 77.7 percent rise in May. The large stock increases could signal Wall Street's hunger for new blood ahead of Twitter's offering, which Reuters reports will take place before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Twitter is likely to follow more IPOs, however: Renasissance Capital expects 12 companies to exercise IPOs next week, including two more Silicon Valley tech firms: San Mateo cloud telecommunications company RingCentral and Mountain View's Violin Memory, part of a group of seven Bay Area companies that filed to go public in August.
The glut of firms rushing to market and the stupendous rise of Rocket Fuel and FireEye in their first day has some experts concerned that the IPO market could turn again before Twitter gets its chance to jump in the water.
"What I'm concerned about is … they will open the floodgates, which it looks to be the case, the quality will go down and the game will abruptly come to an end," Scott Sweet, senior managing partner at IPO Boutique, told the Associated Press.
The IPO market can be fickle: Just more than a month ago, Redwood City ad-tech company YuMe was seeking the same initial price range as FireEye, $12 to $14, but ended up having to slash its price to $9 in order to sell its first batch of shares; the stock closed Friday at $10.88. Farther back, San Mateo solar installer SolarCity could not find enough support to sell shares even at a $10 price in December after initially seeking $13 to $15, instead selling its stock for $8 with a guarantee that Chairman Elon Musk would buy a large batch of shares. SolarCity has since risen as much as 600 percent and closed Friday at $37.23.
The sudden turn toward huge rewards for freshly public companies this week could even signify a bubble ready to burst, one expert told Mercury News reporter Peter Delevett on Friday.
"Are we in a bubble? That's a very legitimate question," said Jay Ritter, a finance professor and IPO expert at the University of Florida.
SV150 market report: Apple drops despite big turnout for iPhone launches
Despite the success of Wall Street's newest entrants, stocks took a negative turn Friday, as investors showed concern about a possible government shutdown amid yet another squabble in Congress. Technology stocks performed better than the overall markets, however: While the Dow Jones industrial average declined 1.2 percent, the tech-heavy Nasdaq descended 0.4 percent and the SV150 lost 0.2 percent.
Apple's recent rebound came to an end as the company began selling its newest iPhones around the world Friday, with the Cupertino company's stock declining 1 percent to $467.41. CEO Tim Cook took time to visit fans who lined up Friday morning to get the new smartphones in Palo Alto, and crowds in New York and at other Apple stores overseas were reportedly larger than those at previous launch events. A fight broke out in a line at Pasadena, however, as a man who hired homeless people to stand in line with them set off a fracas when he refused payment, and Sen. Al Franken questioned the privacy aspects of the new fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5S. Even those in lines that didn't break out into violence may not have received their targeted device: The gold-colored iPhone 5S was reportedly not stocked at some locations and those that did have the device sold out quickly.
Apple's losses were balanced by record-setting stock prices across the valley. Facebook established new intraday and closing highs, gaining 3.3 percent to $47.49 after Cowen analysts increased their rating of the company and nearly doubled their price target, from $29 to $53. The Menlo Park social network is working to use artificial intelligence methods to learn more about its 1 billion-plus users, the MIT Technology Review reported. Tesla Motors (TSLA) established record highs for the second consecutive day, gaining 3.1 percent to $183.39, and Netflix joined in the party by increasing 2.7 percent to $313.83.
Silicon Valley stocks headed the other way Friday included Sunnyvale-based NetApp, which declined 2.5 percent to $43.20 after William Blair analyst Jason Ader downgraded the stock and shot down beliefs in some corners that San Jose networking giant Cisco (CSCO) could jump in to acquire the storage company; Cisco dropped 0.4 percent to $24.51. LinkedIn fell 2.1 percent to $243.90 while facing a lawsuit from users unhappy about the Mountain View company's use of their email address book, and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) fell 0.4 percent to $21.22 after Cantor Fitzgerald analysts established coverage of the Palo Alto company with a "Hold" rating and $20 price target.
Up: Facebook, Tesla, Netflix, Palo Alto Networks, Splunk, eBay (EBAY), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Google (GOOG), Oracle
Down: SolarCity, AMD, Workday, SunPower (SPWRA), NetApp, LinkedIn, Juniper, Electronic Arts (ERTS), VMware, Pandora, Salesforce, Apple, Applied Materials, Yelp
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Down 2.3, or 0.17 percent, to 1,340.81
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Down 14.65, or 0.39 percent, to 3,774.73
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Down 185.46, or 1.19 percent, to 15,451.09
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Down 12.43, or 0.72 percent, to 1,709.91
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.


text: Back How to Juggle Home Life and Work Life For many of us, life seems to have two speeds: fast and faster. The pressures at work are followed by the needs and demands at home. If your typical day tends to be jam-packed and exhausting, you are in good company. Do you often feel guilty at work because of home pressures and guilty at home because of work pressures? A recent study from the Families and Work Institute found that more than half of American workers felt "overwhelmed" by their workload at some point. Even so, one-third of those surveyed had no plans to take the vacation days they had available. No matter how energetic you may be, stretching yourself to the limit every day puts your health and happiness at risk. Frequent stress takes a mental and physical toll on your body. If you are often stressed out, you may feel irritated, worried, or depressed and may have frequent headaches, backaches, or an upset stomach. A wise goal is simply to do what you reasonably can. This will help you strive for a balance between your work and home activities. If you can also manage to take time for yourself every day, you'll be on the road to greater well-being. Harried and hurried If you're struggling to keep up with life's daily demands, pushing yourself harder will only intensify the stress you're feeling. Instead, step back and give yourself some credit for all that you are accomplishing. "You may already be doing a remarkably good job under difficult circumstances," says Kathleen Gerson, Ph.D., a New York City sociologist who studies the relationship between work and family. You might be a single parent, a 60-hours-a-week professional, or half of a two-career couple, but you probably feel the pressure of having too much to do in too little time. Says Dr. Gerson: "We've found that people really do feel more rushed than ever." De-stress for success How can you find a balance? Start by controlling what you can. Resist the urge to cope with stress by smoking, drinking too much, eating unhealthy foods, giving up exercise, or skimping on sleep. In the long run, these "solutions" will only make you feel worse, which can affect your energy and mental outlook. Instead, look for healthy ways to relieve your stress, such as exercising, meditating, or simply breathing deeply for a few minutes. Likewise, try to avoid the trap of negative thinking, says Jonathan C. Smith, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and stress expert in Chicago. For example, perhaps your boss asks you to work late tonight, but you already have plans with your family. Your first thought may be a negative overreaction, such as, "This proves I always have the worst luck" or "I'm stuck, and there's nothing I can do about it." When you notice yourself having these kinds of thoughts, counter them with more realistic and positive ones. For example, try telling yourself, "It's not the end of the world. Sure, it's frustrating, and it's a pain in the neck. But it's not the worst thing that could ever happen. I can deal with it." Then start looking for creative ways to handle your dilemma. Perhaps a coworker could cover for you in exchange for some extra help next week. Or, maybe the family outing could be shortened or postponed. If you're stuck for solutions, Dr. Smith recommends brainstorming: "Turn on the idea spigot and let all the ideas pour out—the good, the bad, and the silly." Suspend your critical judgment at this stage. Just get everything down on paper. Once you have a good list of ideas, go back and assess which ones are truly helpful. Juggling lessons Here are some more tips on achieving a better-balanced life: Create your own boundaries. Thanks to technology, the line between work and home continues to blur. Today, your child can text message you while you're in a meeting at the office. And your boss can call your cell phone while you're watching your child's soccer game. Although such easy access can be a plus, there may be times when you want to focus without interruption. Feel free to set limits on when you'll be available for nonemergency messages and calls. Rethink the household chores. Ask yourself: Does it really matter if I don't make my bed this morning or organize the garage next weekend? Prioritize the household chores, and take care of the essentials first. Then if you're pressed for time, let the rest go. Ask others to share the load. If you feel overburdened at home, call a family meeting to talk about ways to distribute the household chores more fairly. Be prepared to explain your concerns clearly. Then listen carefully in return. "Family members need to be very open, honest, and flexible about this," Dr. Smith says. Perhaps your children are old enough now to take on more tasks. Or, if you agree to cut back on spending in other areas, maybe you and your spouse can afford to pay for occasional cleaning or lawn-care services. Get a full night's sleep. The National Sleep Foundation says that 40 percent of American adults report getting less than seven hours of sleep on weeknights. Unfortunately, lack of sleep makes it harder to think clearly and make good decisions. It also increases the risk for vehicle accidents. Make time for self-nurturing. In the rush to take care of everyone else's needs, it's easy to forget one very important person: you. "Many people are spending enough time at work and enough time with their families, but they don't have enough time left for themselves," says Dr. Gerson. The irony is that you'll be able to do a better job both at work and at home if you take a few minutes every day to rejuvenate. So take a walk, go to the gym, read a good book, or soak in a warm tub. Sometimes even the best juggler needs to pause, lay everything aside and take a well-deserved break.

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My wife and I have been swingers for about 5 years and enjoy playing with other couples and select singles. We have done a lot of wild things over the years but I was not prepared for what happened a couple months ago. Let me start by telling you that my wife is 39 and is incredible, she has done a lot of modeling and had an adult website for a while. She is a MILF. She is bi selective and I am straight (so I thought).
Thursday afternoon my wife called me and said she wanted to go out after work for a drink. She had had a rough day and needed to unwind. We both go home shortly after 5 and changed to go out. She wore a short mini skirt and a low cut top exposing lots of her long legs and 36c tits. We headed to our favorite bar and ordered a couple drinks. We talked about the events of the day and started to relax. A few minutes later she excused herself to the bathroom. She had been gone a little while so I ordered another round of drinks. When she returned she had another guy with her. She introduced him as Mike and asked him to join us. She flashed me a naughty grin as she sat down. We all talked for a while and discovered Mike was 35 single and in town on business. He was staying at a hotel just down the street. I saw my wife squirm in her seat and noticed Mike's hand was all the way up her skirt. She looked at me with desire and I could tell she was enjoying herself. Mike ordered another round and headed off to the bathroom.
While he was gone my wife told me she bumped into him on her way to the bathroom and stopped to introduce herself. She said he was attractive and judging by the bulge in his pants he was attracted to her. I agreed he was a good looking guy and asked what she wanted to do. She said she would have to see if he was game for a little fun.
When Mike returned she greeted him with a kiss. It was slow at first but heated up quickly when she eased her tongue into his mouth. They broke their kiss and Mike looked at me. I told him it was ok that we were swingers and that she was felling horny. He responded by telling that he had always wanted to play with a couple. He invited us back to his room so we could all get more comfortable.
When we got to his room my wife headed to the bathroom to freshen up. Mike and I sat and made small talk. The conversation quickly turned to sex. I told him that we had been swinger for a while and that I enjoyed watching her with other men and that I liked to help pleasure her but that I was straight. He said that sounded like fun. My wife entered the room and sat next to him on the bed. We all talked a little more while they felt each other up. I could tell he was a little unsure how to get things started so I told my wife to get a little more comfortable and give us a show.
She jumped up and slowly started to undress. First she removed her top and slowly unhooked her bra. Then she unzipped her skirt and let it fall to the floor. She was now standing there wearing only a pair of high heels. I stood, undressed, and sat back down in the chair. I slowly stroked my hard on while watching my wife start to undress him. When she slid his pant down his growing cock sprang out and slapped against her tummy. He had a nice long cock about 8 inches with a big swollen head. He was a couple inches longer than me but not quite as thick. I had never seen a head as big as his. Mike said he wanted to watch us for a few minutes.
I laid across the bed on my back letting my wife climb top of me in a 69. She was really hot and I could see her juice running down her thighs. She lowered her pussy to my face and I slid my tongue inside her making her moan as she swallowed my dick. Mike watched for a few minutes stroking his dick. He walked over to the bed presenting his dick to my wife. She took turns sucking our cocks while I licked her to her first orgasm. I continued to lick her clean while she recovered. She looked up at Mike and told him to fuck her with that big thing. He stepped behind her as she raised her hips from my face and presented him with her wet slit. Mike grabbed her hips and aligned his cock with her pussy.
I had seen my wife fuck by a lot of guys before but had never been so close. They were going to fuck just inches from my face. He pushed and eased his enlarged head into her wanting pussy. He slowly slid his entire cock into her making her moan on my dick. He pulled almost all the way out of her and slammed back into her. I was in a trance watching this enormous cock fuck my wife silly. As he fucked her harder and harder my cock slipped from her mouth and was throbbing. She was being fucked so hard she was shaking. One of the strokes he pulled out to far and his head popped from her wet pussy. She moaned and cried "Don't stop… Fuck me hard!" Still in my trance I reached up, grabbing his dick, placing it back into her sloppy slot. She moaned her approval and told me to lick her clit.
I raised my head and began to massage her clit with my tongue. Mike's heavy balls were rubbing against my face. I could feel him sliding into her as I licked her towards another orgasm. I felt her legs tense up and she leaded forward as her body began to shake. I was now licking her pussy at the point of entry. His hard dick was sliding against my tongue. She was now bucking uncontrollably and her cum was running down my chin. She jerked hard and his dick popped free from her.
The head of his cock was now resting against my lips. I began to lick her juice off of it. He slowly leaned forward pushing past my lips into my mouth. It felt strange at first. He was so hard yet the skin was soft and smooth. I was beginning to enjoy having a cock in my mouth and let out a moan.
My wife rolled off of me and saw what was going on. She freaked! She started screaming "What are you doing?... You are sucking his cock!" Mike quickly pulled away and started to apologize. She interrupted him say it was me and not him that I was the one sucking cock. I apologized and said I must have just gotten caught up in the moment. She started to calm down and asked if I liked it. She wanted to know if I liked licking her cum off another guy's dick. I told her it was different but that I did kind of enjoy it and it tasted good. She reached over and grabbed Mike's dick. Looking at me she said "He does have a really nice dick and it tastes real good." She leaned over and sucked him good and hard bringing his cock back to full erection. She looked back at me and said "It is only fair that I share."
She guided my face towards his dick telling me to suck on it. I began to lick his head. I eased it past my lips and started to gently suck on it. I felt good and tasted great. I could still taste her on him. She pushed on the back of my head and told me to suck it all in. His head was so big it filled my mouth. She was pushing him deeper into me and I started to gag as his cock slid down my throat. She forced him farther in and I felt my throat relax. I couldn't believe it there I was sucking a big dick and my wife was helping me do it. He slid the rest of the way in and I could feel his balls against my chin. Mike slowly started to slide his cock in and out of me fucking my face. It was amazing how good it felt. I began to suck harder as he fucked my mouth faster. My wife was cheering us on telling me to suck him good. I felt Mike's head swell and prepared myself for what was next. I grabbed his ass and suck him as far down my throat as I could. He moaned and his body became stiff as he unloaded in to me. I thought he would never stop<b> cumming. </font></b>I swallowed as much as I could but some of his cum ran down my chin. I continued to suck him till he was limp. When I was done my wife was eager to lick his cum from my face and thanked me for saving her some.
As we got dressed Mike thanked us for a great time. He said he was in town at least once a month and would love to get together again sometime. I looked at my wife and she gave me a naughty grin. We exchanged and e-mail addresses and headed home. We didn't say much on the ride home. When we got in bed my wife confessed that she always thought two guys playing was grouse, but watching us was really hot and a big turn on. I told her I enjoyed it to and was shocked how good it felt. She climbed on top of me and we had the best sex we have had in years.
Mike does come to town every month for business and we try to get together for some fun.
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Well, here are 2 great posters that promote librarians (note: not "libraries," but the humans who make them work!). I've gotten permission from the source to share them with you.
The publisher Springer has some wonderful images, and its marketing department will send you the high-resolution PDFs, for free, so you can print as many posters as you like. If you want either of these, simply send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com to request them. Put "2600 BC" or "Keep Calm" in the subject line of your email to request your PDFs. (And the low-res versions I used above make for great social media posts.)
Thanks to the marketing-savvy staff at Springer for helping librarians show their value! I hope that many of you will take advantage of this generous offer.


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VANCOUVER — Mark Stone scored his first goal for the Golden Knights on Saturday as Vegas trounced the Vancouver Canucks 6-2.
Paul Stastny, Alex Tuch, Tomas Nosek, Cody Eakin and Nate Schmidt also scored for the Knights (38-26-5).
The Canucks (28-32-9) got goals from Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat, while Alex Biega tallied two assists.
Marc-Andrew Fleury had 29 saves for Vegas in his 34th win of the season and 438th of his career to move past Jacques Plante for eighth on the all-time list.
Canucks netminder Jacob Markstrom stopped 11 of the 16 shots he faced before he was replaced with Thatcher Demko midway through the first period. Demko turned away 16-of-17 shots.
The Golden Knights have now won six games in a row and outscored their opponents 24-9 throughout the streak.
"We knew coming in how skilled and fast they are and we weren't ready for it. We needed good defence and we didn't have that tonight. That's the best team we've faced in a while." – Biega
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 10, 2019
Vancouver got off to a disastrous start, allowing five goals in the game's first 15 minutes. It was the fourth outing in a row where the Canucks have been forced to battle back from an early multi-goal deficit.
Stone opened the scoring 1:32 in, popping a backhanded shot past Markstrom from the slot for his first goal in a Knights jersey.
The 26-year-old right-winger has also notched two assists since the Ottawa Senators dealt him to Vegas at the trade deadline.
Tuch added another marker for the Knights, tipping in a long shot from Jon Merrill after the Canucks failed to clear the puck.
Vancouver's defence continued to be of little assistance to Markstrom throughout the first frame, struggling to control the puck around the crease.
At 7:33, Eakin forced a shot through heavy traffic, bouncing the puck off Vancouver's Tanner Pearson and into the net to put Vegas up 3-0.
Nosek added to the Canucks' misery midway through the first, tipping the puck in over Markstrom's glove.
The Vancouver goalie was pulled at 14:17 after Stastny beat him five-hole.
The Canucks first real scoring chance of the night came just over 10 minutes in when Antoine Roussel stole the puck and went 2-on-1 with Elias Pettersson. Roussel sliced a cross-ice pass to the star rookie, who's blistering shot went off the post.
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Less than a minute later, Boeser put Vancouver on the board, deflecting a long shot from Biega in past Fleury.
Horvat added a goal 3:56 into the second period with a hard wrist shot from the face-off dot that beat Fleury glove side. It was the centre's first point in six games.
Schmidt quieted hopes of any second-period comeback a minute later, ripping a shot from high in the slot. The puck bounced off the stick of Vancouver's Josh Leivo and into the net, putting Vegas back up by four goals.
Vegas will look to extend its win streak when it faces the Flames in Calgary on Sunday.
The Canucks will host the New York Rangers on Wednesday.
NOTES: Roussel assisted on Horvat's goal, tallying his 30th point of the season and marking a new career-high. The 29-year-old left-winger previously had 29 points for the Dallas Stars in both 2013-2014 and 2015-2016. … Jake Virtanen returned to the Canucks lineup on Saturday. He missed 10 games after breaking two ribs in a collision with Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks on Feb. 13. … Vancouver has a single regulation win in its last 17 games.
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Business traveler Matthew Daimler launched SeatGuru more than a decade ago, having become frustrated at the vast differences between seating arrangements across airlines. In short, he was determined to collect this data and share it with other fussy travelers. The result? A single, color-coded interactive airplane seating chart. Green is a 'good' seat, red is a 'not-so-good' seat, and yellow is a 'avoid-at-all-costs 'seat.
In the ten years since launch, SeatGuru has expanded to cover more than 700 aircraft seatmaps across almost 100 airlines. Oh, and in 2007, SeatGuru was acquired by TripAdvisor.
Today, SeatGuru has well and truly arrived in the digital age with the launch of its first iPhone app. The free app features SeatGuru's collection of color-coded airplane seat maps, and gives travelers some helpful tools through integrating TripAdvisor's flight search engine, meaning you can to book a flight on the move. You can also get real-time flight status updates.
"We're excited to put the power of SeatGuru's flier-backed seat maps and recommendations in the hands of iPhone users," said Jami Counter, senior director of SeatGuru. "Our free app gives travelers the peace of mind that they've found the best airplane seat at the lowest price, in an easy-to-navigate display to help make the air travel experience less stressful."
The app will also let you see comments left by other travelers who have sat in the same seats you're thinking about going for. You simply hover over the seat in question, and voila.
Whilst TripAdvisor powers the flights search engine, real-time flight status updates comes courtesy of FlightAware. Not only will this alert travelers if their flight is delayed or canceled, but it also lets you arrange for notifications to be sent to family and friends if your flight is subjected to delays mid-flight.
The SeatGuru app is available to download today worldwide, though its enhanced flight shopping functionality with localized information is restricted to users in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia.
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The panic over the Heartbleed bug is proving to be a convenient distraction for hackers using standard techniques in a fresh wave of attacks targeting at least 18 U.S. universities, according to a computer security researcher.
A hospital connected with a university is on the verge of resetting passwords for 17,000 people after a phishing email circulated that asked people for their account credentials.
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"Somebody had access to a student account that had an entire list of employees," said Alex Holden, CTO of Hold Security, which specializes in tracking data breaches in the cybercriminal underground.
It's unknown how much data has been pilfered from the schools or the extent to which the schools are aware of the attacks. Up to 250,000 people could be affected, Holden said.
"Hopefully, it's not payroll [data]," he said.
The hospital considering a mass password reset is a client of Hold Security. The other universities have not been notified.
"We have had very bad luck with several universities as far as reaching out about breaches," Holden said. "The problem is finding within a very large, decentralized infrastructure the right person to talk to and impress on them that something is going on."
The attackers have been using SQL injection attacks, a standard attack method that tries to see if backend databases will surrender data through different types of requests. In other cases, it appears backdoors, or malicious software programs that can steal data, have somehow been installed.
Verizon attributed 35 percent of 1,300 data breaches it examined that occurred in 2013 to be attacks on web applications in its 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report, which was released on Wednesday.
Holden, who monitors password-protected forums to gain clues as to the interests of hackers, said they've been strangely quiet about Heartbleed, the flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic library that can be used to compromise encrypted content exchange between clients and servers.
He likens the silence to keeping a good fishing spot secret: no hacker wants to publicly point out a soft target to the masses.
Instead, he's seen an upsurge in sales of lists of domains that can be attacked. Finding domains and subdomains of large companies or universities can involve a lot of manual research and guesswork.
Between US$20 to $100 can buy a list a of millions of domains, which can be attacked. Holden suspects the lists may come from insiders at registrars. The practice of aggregating domains isn't in itself illegal, he said.
Universities run very large networks. While compromising a university network may not be as profitable as other targets, hackers would get access to large numbers of young users, 10,000 upwards to 50,000.
"They may not have a lot of money in their accounts but when exploited in bulk they may be as profitable as a number of people further in their careers," Holden said.
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Originally posted 4.4.07 (12 weeks pregnant)
I think the whole triplet thing is sinking in now. I'd say I'm 95% excited and only 5% scared – for now.
Last Friday (3/30) Nick and I went for my first ultrasound. Almost immediately the tech said "do twins run in your family?" To which we said "no!" She said "well, they do now!". We were totally in shock! Nick was laughing, I was crying (out of joy) and all was well. Then the tech said "hmmmm". I said "there are only two, right?!" Then she told us it looked like 3 and sure enough, there they all were, hearts beating away. Now Nick was really laughing and I was really crying!
The tech did tell us that the membranes dividing the sacs looks really thin, which often will indicate identical (but she admitted it was a little early to tell for sure). She also mentioned that one of the little babies looked to possibly be male and if they're all identical well then…. Again though, it's technically too early to tell for sure, so I'm taking that with a grain of salt. Nick says he's putting his money on 3 boys.
People have asked us if multiples run in the family or if we were on fertility drugs, to which we answer no. This is one crazy miracle of life!
Today I was transferred to a perinatalist instead of going through the rest of the pregnancy with my original doctor. I will also now deliver at a different hospital from my first choice, simply because this new hospital has a level 3 NICU. Even though my due date is in mid-October it's quite likely that I will actually have these babies in September sometime…. from what I've read, heard and been told most women only carry triplets as far as 33-36 weeks or so.
My next appointment is April 19th, so I'll update after that!


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I totally cringe when I look at shows such as 'The Voice', 'World of Dance' and 'America's Got Talent.' No, No – it's not because I dislike shows like that because, in actuality, I'm a huge fan of them. But what gets me is when you have a person that's so FULL of talent – bomb on a song or don't bring their very best to the stage.
Yes, their first audition was AWE-DROPPING amazing – CHILLS even. But what actually happens to that awesome talent once they come back around and we see them again makes you look at them like, WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED????
And that's what makes me upset because I sit there and think – YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT! to impress, make a name for yourself, make a difference and etc and they come out singing or performing BELOW the belt of what they actually could do – did they get too comfortable? You have to BRING IT every chance you get. I mean when the opportunity's gone – like that's it, you get no more chances, at least for that platform that is. Of course in shows such as these; In the end, America decides who they want and let me just say, sometimes America gets it totally WRONG. Now, for some people that have gotten axed from these sort of shows, they've actually gotten picked up by other industries and that's great, but unfortunately, that opportunity doesn't' happen for everyone.
So you may be asking – Roshonda, what in the heck does that have to do with a Sunday's Thought, well I'm glad you asked – so let's get some good music started (feel free to push the play button below – thanks to my friend Red, she posted something like this on her blog and I thought it was so cool – Like I really thought I was at the movies as she was talking about the new movie Mission Impossible – Fallout – Y'all should really go, take a listen and read her review – there are no spoilers for those that haven't watched it but she gives you a front-row seat to her cinema of "Before you see this" in which you'll want to go get a ticket today)
Okay, so push play and let's get into this…I need your minds focused…lol
Song: This Is The Air I Breathe – Hillsong
I was talking to a friend of mine last week and we were on the subject of how people think they have all the time in the world – they feel they have all the time in the world to forgive, ask for forgiveness and get themselves right. But just like those contestants on those popular shows, what people fail to realize is that – They Too Only Get One SHOT! to do the right thing, to make a difference, to tell the truth, and get themselves together.
Life is very short and yes I know that's cliche' because we hear it all the time – but really my friends, life is TRULY SHORT! whose to say that we'll have time to ask for forgiveness, whose to say that we'll have time to do the right thing, who's to say that we'll have time to get ourselves together – WHOSE TO SAY ANYTHING. Life comes out of the blue and unexpectedly for a whole lot of people, as quick as you blink – Life has taken someone out of here.
I often wonder, Did that person forgive? – Did they say I'm sorry to a person they wronged? Did they live their best life now? Did they really know Christ? And if so, were they doing everything in their power to live FULLY for him? Life came so fast, they weren't able to do the things that they thought they would have TIME to do, it came in mere seconds – not giving them a chance to prepare. As I was telling my friend, that's why it's very important that we make the MOST of every little time we have, if you've wronged someone ask for forgiveness NOW! If you've cheated someone, PAYBACK what you owe them NOW! If you know you haven't been the best parent to your kids or the best husband or wife to your spouse be the best NOW. Maybe you haven't been the bestest friend you know you should be. Maybe you haven't been the best YOU period…
It's okay, we're all works in progress – I'll be the first to admit, so am I!
But, there's a light at the end of the tunnel we can start by making those necessary changes NOW, do it NOW, be the best you NOW – Because if life should come at us in a second and take us away. There's no asking for forgiveness or repentance on the other side, by that time our one SHOT would be final.
We should enjoy every day of our lives and live the way God intended for you to live or as my friend, Lakerfiona stated in her post "LEGACY -How do you want to be remembered" she made a statement that was so empowering and it was:
Legacies are more about what you leave in people, rather than what you leave to them.
And on that note, I ask you and myself. How are we really living and will that "living" take us out of here regretful, knowing that we had a whole lot of loose ends to tie up and didn't get a chance to do it? Or will that ONE SHOT we were given be well worth the life we lived, knowing that we gave our VERY BEST PERFORMANCE – every….single….time.
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Romney slams Obama's 'dishonesty' on health care
- 2012 GOP presidential nominee says Obama%27s assertions threaten %27foundation%27 of 2nd term
- Romney said states would have had more flexibility on health care if he were elected president
- Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick offered counterpoint to Romney on %27Meet the Press%27
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney accused President Obama on Sunday of lying to Americans about whether they could keep their health insurance, suggesting the Affordable Care Act is undermining his former rival's second White House term.
In an appearance Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee criticized Obama's repeated assertion while the legislation was being debated in Congress that people would get to keep their health care plan.
"He wasn't telling the truth," Romney said. "I think that fundamental dishonesty really puts in peril the foundation of his whole second term."
The Obama administration has stressed in recent days that people who lose their health care coverage — because their existing plan does not meet minimum standards under the federal law — will be able to get better insurance coverage as required by the Affordable Care Act.
Romney also rejected comparisons Obama has made between problems with the national law and its dysfunctional website, HealthCare.gov, and the Massachusetts plan and its initial enrollment challenges. If he won the 2012 election, Romney said, he would have given states more flexibility.
"My own plan was to say to each state, you've got a requirement to move to a point where all your people are insured and you cover pre-existing conditions," he said on NBC. "We're going to give you flexbility from the federal government level to help you be able to do so."
As he did throughout the presidential campaign, current Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick rebuffed Romney's claims in his own interview on Meet the Press. Patrick, a close Obama friend who is not running for re-election next year, said Romney himself had noted that the Massachusetts health law would be a model for the rest of the country.
Patrick said only a "small number" of people are receiving cancellation notices about their health insurance. "If you have the kind of health care that disappears when you need it the most, the Affordable Care Act says that has to end," the governor said.
As for HealthCare.gov's myriad technical issues, Patrick described the website as a "convenience" that when working will allow consumers to comparison shop among insurance plans. "That's why it is urgent that the president get it fixed," he said.
Sunday's interview was a follow-up to Romney's critique of Obama and the Affordable Care Act that the former Massachusetts governor posted on Facebook last week. That statement was a pre-emptive strike on Obama's speech in Boston, in which the president argued that the Massachusetts law had similar problems before state residents embraced it fully.
The Massachusetts health care law was perceived as an early problem for Romney in his presidential bid last year — something that he would have had to explain lest it became a defining issue in the GOP primary. In a speech in May 2011 at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Romney sought to defuse comparisons between the Massachusetts law and the Affordable Care Act calling the Bay State version "a state solution to a state problem."
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The United States announced on a conference call with reporters on Thursday that it would not be supporting regulations approved at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) WCIT-12 conference in Dubai. The assembled delegates will meet for the formal signing ceremony to close out the conference on Friday.
"The United States has announced today that it cannot sign the ITU regulations in their current form," Ambassador Terry Kramer said (Kramer leads the American delegation at the conference).
He spoke just after an Internet resolution as part of the final draft had been approved by a majority of attending nations, some of whom seemed confused about whether they were actually voting on the draft proposal.
"The US delegation was apparently angered by developments in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when Russia and its allies succeeded in winning, by a mere show of hands, approval of a resolution that mentions the Internet," The New York Times wrote. "The show of hands followed an attempt by [Mohamed Nasser al-Ghanim, director general of the Telecommunication Regulation Authority of the United Arab Emirates] to gauge, as he put it, 'the temperature of the room.'"
The ambassador also said that so far, a number of other nations would either not be signing or have "significant reservations" and are consulting their governments overnight in Dubai. Those countries include the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Sweden, the Netherlands, Kenya, the Czech Republic, Canada, New Zealand, and Poland—but the group may turn out to be larger.
"The United States has consistently believed and continues to believe that the ITR should be a high-level document and that the scope of the treaty does not extend to Internet governance or content," Kramer added. "Other administrations have made it clear that they believe the treaty should be extended to include those issues, and so we cannot be part of that consensus."
The final text of the International Telecommunications Regulations treaty that was approved has not yet been made public. It's obvious there is a staunch divide between Washington and a number of its allies, vis-à-vis other countries who are in favor of more national control of the Internet (most notably Russia, China, and their allies).
"It is clear that the world community is at a crossroad in its collective view of the Internet and of the most optimal environment flourishing of the Internet in this century," he added. "No single organization or government can or should attempt to control the Internet or dictate its future development."
On the conference call, Ars was able to ask why such international affirmation was even needed, when China, Iran, Syria and others routinely unilaterally impose restrictions on their domestic Internet.
"Countries have national sovereignty rights—they can do what they want," Kramer said. "What we don't want over time is a set of global agreements that people can point to and say: 'Listen, you know, this treaty gave us the right to impose these terms on global operators of some sort.' We don't think that this will happen per se, it's not legally binding, but you don't want something to happen where people can think it is a binding term in a global environment."


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Blue Bouquet Table Topper
Inspired by " Artfully Inspired" from designer Robyn Pandolph
Quiltmaker: Laura Boehnke
- 14" square beige print (appliqué foundation)
- 9" square dark green print (appliqués)
- Scraps of assorted prints in green, turquoise, gold, dark turquoise, rust, and burgundy (appliqués)
- 8x12" piece each gold floral and dark gold print (border corners)
- 9x22" piece (fat eighth) burgundy tone-on-tone (border corners)
- 1/2 yard turquoise floral (border, binding)
- 26" square backing fabric
- 26" square batting
- Lightweight fusible web
Finished quilt: 20-1/2" square
Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics.
Measurements include 1/4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.
Cut Fabrics
Cut pieces in the following order. Click on Download this Project to download the appliqué patterns. To use fusible web for appliquéing, complete the following steps.
1. Lay fusible web, paper side up, over patterns. Use a pencil to trace each pattern the number of times indicated in cutting instructions, leaving 1/2" between tracings. Cut out each fusible-web shape roughly 1/4" outside traced lines.
2. Following the manufacturer's instructions, press fusible-web shapes onto wrong sides of designated fabrics; let cool. Cut out fabric shapes on drawn lines. Peel off paper backings.
From dark green print, cut:
- 1 each of patterns A, B, and B reversed
From green print, cut:
- 3 each of patterns C and C reversed
From turquoise print, cut:
- 3 each of patterns D, E, and E reversed
From gold print, cut:
- 6 of Pattern F
From dark turquoise print, cut:
- 3 of Pattern G
From rust print, cut:
- 3 of Pattern H
From burgundy print, cut:
- 1 each of patterns I, I reversed, and J
From gold floral, cut:
- 4--2-1/2x4-1/2" rectangles
From dark gold print, cut:
- 4-2-1/2x4-1/2" rectangles
From burgundy tone-on-tone, cut:
- 16--2-1/2" squares
From turquoise floral, cut:
- 3--2-1/2x42" binding strips
- 4--4-1/2x12-1/2" border strips
Appliqué Quilt Center
1. Fold the beige print 14" square in half diagonally twice. Lightly press folds to create a foundation square with appliqué placement guidelines; unfold.
2. Referring to Appliqué Placement Diagram, lay out all appliqué shapes on the beige print 14" foundation square. Fuse all pieces in place. Using matching thread and working from bottom layer to top, machine-satin-stitch around each appliqué.
3. Centering the appliqué, trim foundation square to 12-1/2" square, including seam allowances, to make quilt center.
Assemble and Add Border
1. Use a pencil to mark a diagonal line on wrong side of each burgundy tone-on-tone 2-1/2" square.
2. Align a marked burgundy tone-on-tone square with one end of a gold floral 2-1/2x4-1/2" rectangle (Diagram 1; note direction of drawn line). Sew on marked line; trim seam allowance to 1/4". Press open attached triangle.
3. Align a marked burgundy tone-on-tone square with opposite end of Step 2 rectangle (Diagram 2; again note direction of marked line). Stitch, trim, and press as before to make a gold Flying Geese unit. The unit should be 2-1/2x4-1/2" including seam allowances.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make four gold Flying Geese units total.
5. Using dark gold print 2-1/2x4-1/2" rectangles instead of gold floral rectangles, repeat steps 2 and 3 to make four dark gold Flying Geese units total (Diagram 3).
6. Referring to Diagram 4, join a gold Flying Geese unit and a dark gold Flying Geese unit to make a border corner square. Press seam toward dark gold Flying Geese unit. The border corner square should be 4-1/2" square including seam allowances. Repeat to make four border corner squares total.
7. Sew turquoise floral border strips to opposite edges of quilt center. Press seams toward border. Referring to photograph for placement, sew a border corner square to each end of remaining turquoise floral border strips. Press seams toward border strips. Join pieced border strips to remaining edges of quilt center to complete quilt top. Press seams toward border.
Finish Quilt
1. Layer quilt top, batting, and backing; baste. Quilt as desired.
2. Bind with turquoise floral binding strips.


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Accusations flare as Egyptians vote in 2nd round
CAIRO - Islamists and liberals accused election officials Thursday of filling out ballot forms for elderly or confused voters at some polling stations during the second round of parliamentary elections. If confirmed as a pattern, the reports could chip away at the credibility of what has so far been the freest and fairest vote in Egypt's modern history.
Under Hosni Mubarak's 30-year regime, elections were systemically rigged and the corruption was a major impetus behind the popular uprising that ousted the authoritarian leader in February. But as the polls closed, it was still unclear how widespread the problems were.
The head of the election commission, Abdel-Moez Ibrahim, described the allegations of wrongdoing as "a strong wave of rumors which aimed at driving wedge between the judges and the people." He said he investigated some incidents and found out that judges overseeing the voting were helping disabled, illiterate voters. But because of the accusations, judges now tell voters asking for help that this is not their role.
"If people lose confidence in their judges, this will lead to a state collapse," he said.
It was difficult to say how widespread any abuses or irregularities were, but more allegations surfaced in this round than in the previous one in November as competition heats up.
Casting his vote for the first time in his life, 68-year-old reform leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei responded to fears of a parliament dominated by Islamists by saying that a new constitution might also mean new elections.
"This is the first step toward democracy," he said. Commenting on alleged violations, he said: "This is nothing compared to before."
The second round of voting in nine of the country's 27 provinces covered vast rural areas where the two Islamist blocs that dominated in the first round look poised to cement and probably even bolster their already overwhelming majority.
These elections are the first test of the strength of political forces that have emerged in the 10 months since the uprising. The political forces are roughly divided into two camps - the Islamists on one side and on the other, secular and liberal groups that largely drove the uprising but failed to turn their achievement into a victory at the polls.
The crux of power in Egypt remains in the hands of the ruling military council that took power from Mubarak. It is the ultimate authority on all matters of state in absence of a president.
The most immediate concern for the liberal and secular groups is the drafting of the country's new constitution. The new parliament will be in charge of picking the 100-member constituent assembly to draft the constitution and many fear an Islamist-dominated parliament may lead to a document guided by strict religious principles.
The two leading Islamist alliances - the front-running Muslim Brotherhood and second-place Al-Nour representing ultraconservative Salafi Muslims - won close to 70 percent of seats in the first round on Nov. 28-29, according to an AP tally compiled from official results.
This round and a third and final vote in January are expected to solidify those gains because they are concentrated in rural areas that are traditionally more conservative.
The biggest surprise of the first round of voting was the strength of the Salafis, with their Al-Nour alliance winning a fifth of all seats contested. The Salafis want to strictly impose Islamic law, or Shariah, and have been railing against tourists drinking alcohol or wearing skimpy bathing suits at beach resorts.
"Al-Nour will sweep the vote here for sure," said Ali Abdel-Ghaffar, a Salafi party member standing inside a polling center in Giza province on the western outskirts of Cairo illegally campaigning. "People are Salafi (puritans) by nature. For them even sitting in a coffee shop is improper," he said.
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and an alliance of liberal youth parties have filed complaints, saying officials at several stations were telling voters whom to choose.
The party issued a report Thursday accusing supervising judges in the province of Beheira, 112 miles (180 kilometers) north of Cairo, of guiding voters to choose Al-Nour, the Brotherhood's key Islamist rival.
In another polling center, two judges, a school administrator and a village mayor filled in ballots for candidates who were members of Mubarak's dissolved ruling party and are now running as independents or members of new parties, the Brotherhood said.
At one station near Cairo, a liberal party representative accused volunteers of paying voters to choose Islamist candidates, and complained to the military officer guarding the station.
Competition between Islamist parties was fierce. Hundreds of voters in a Salafi stronghold rushed to a polling station in Al-Haram district, near the Giza Pyramids, demanding their right to vote even after the polls closed. The angry voters besieged the polling station for more than two hours, refusing to go or let the ballot boxes be transported to counting station.
"We are afraid they would storm the place and sabotage the ballot boxes," said Lobna el-Feeky, a liberal party representative locked inside the station. Security officers were unable to disperse the crowd.
Judge Ahmed Helal, who was monitoring a polling station in Shebein el-Kom in Menoufia province, said it was his legal duty to assist people who cannot mark ballots on their own. According to an official Cabinet report in June, nearly 27 percent of the 85 million Egyptians are illiterate.
"It's the law that we have to help the voter to vote in case they are incapable or cannot see," he said.
Batrawy reported from Menoufia, Egypt.


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Thursday, 28 February 2013 11:58 AM EST
The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of a bill banning most abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy.
The Republican-led Senate voted 19-14 to override the veto with no debate, a day after the GOP-led state House voted to override the veto. A simple majority was required in each chamber.
Senate President Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, supported an override but told reporters afterward he was unsure whether the ban would survive a constitutional challenge.
"If it was an easy answer, then people wouldn't be raising that subject," he said after the vote.
The law took effect after the Senate vote, but abortion rights supporters are expected to ask the courts to block it pending an expected lawsuit. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas has already said it would challenge the law if the Legislature passed it.
The law is based on the disputed claim that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks and therefore deserves protection from abortion. Seven states have enacted similar 20-week restrictions based on the fetal pain argument, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks laws affecting women's health. A similar law in Arizona has been blocked while a federal appeals court reviews a lawsuit challenging it.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says it knows of no legitimate scientific information supporting the idea that a fetus experiences pain.
Beebe said he thinks the new law contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court's 1976 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion until a fetus can viably survive outside of the womb, which is typically at 22 to 24 weeks. He said the state will waste money trying to defend it.
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High fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sweetener made from corn, comes in two primary compositions—HFCS-42 and HFCS-55. This means it is composed of either 42 percent or 55 percent fructose, with the remaining sugars being primarily glucose and higher sugars (chains of glucose).
In terms of composition, high fructose corn syrup is nearly identical to table sugar (sucrose), which is composed of 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose. Glucose is one of the simplest forms of sugar that serves as a building block for most carbohydrates. Fructose is a simple sugar commonly found in fruits and honey.
A simple comparison of the percentage of glucose and fructose reveals its similarities to table sugar.
· HFCS-42 = 42% fructose + 58% glucose
· HFCS-55 = 55% fructose + 45% glucose
· Table sugar = 50% fructose and 50% glucose
Myths vs. Facts
You've probably seen the negative headlines about high fructose corn syrup. Here are some of the most common inaccurate statements about this misunderstood sweetener along with the actual reality.
Myth: High fructose corn syrup is to blame for obesity.
Fact: Obesity is caused by consuming more calories than are expended and Type II diabetes is associated with obesity. While high fructose corn syrup contributes to calories in the diet, there is no scientific evidence that high fructose corn syrup is a unique contributor to obesity or diabetes. In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows that consumption of high fructose corn syrup has actually been declining while obesity and diabetes rates continued to rise. Around the world, obesity levels are also rising even though HFCS consumption is limited outside of the U.S. Many other factors contribute to rising obesity levels including changes in lifestyle, diet and exercise and are unrelated to HFCS
Myth: High fructose corn syrup is sweeter than sugar.
Fact: Sorry, no. High fructose corn syrup and sugar (sucrose) have almost the same level of sweetness. HFCS was made to provide the same sweetness as sugar (sucrose) so that consumers would not notice a difference in sweetness or taste. In fact, one type of HFCS commonly used in foods (HFCS-42) is actually less sweet than sugar.
How do sugars affect my body?
Sugars give you energy in the form of calories and provide building blocks for other molecules your body needs such as proteins and fats.
What benefits does HFCS provide other than sweetness?
· Provide texture and enhance "mouth-feel"
· Act as preservatives that protect the flavor, aroma and color of fruit used in jellies, jams and preserves
· Help brown baked foods
· Provide fermentable sugars that help bread rise
· Retain moisture so high fiber products taste better and baked goods stay fresh
· Contribute to the bulk or volume of ice cream
· Reduce the harsh vinegar or acid bite in non-sweet foods such as salad dressings, sauces and condiments
· Control freezing, melting and boiling points of products
Comparing Sweeteners
Here's a quick, side-by-side look at some of the most common types of sweeteners you find on nutrition labels:
Key Points About High Fructose Corn Syrup
· The American Medical Association stated in June 2008 that "…high fructose syrup does not appear to contribute to obesity more than other caloric sweeteners…"
· In 1983, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally listed high fructose corn syrup as safe for use in food and reaffirmed that decision in 1996.
· High fructose corn syrup is not sweeter than sugar; and high fructose corn syrup, sugar and honey all contain the same number of calories (four calories per gram).
· Many confuse pure "fructose" with "high fructose corn syrup." Recent studies that have examined pure fructose have been inappropriately applied to high fructose corn syrup and have caused significant consumer confusion. High fructose corn syrup never contains fructose alone, but always in combination with a roughly equivalent amount of a second sugar (glucose).


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A black mark for survivor of financial crisis
NEW YORK (AP) -- The reputation that Jamie Dimon honed for decades on Wall Street has been severely damaged in a matter of days.
In the 1980s and 1990s, he was the protege of banking industry legend Sanford Weill. In the early 2000s, he took over Bank One, an institution few believed was fixable, and restored it to a profit.
And in 2008 and 2009, at JPMorgan Chase, Dimon built a fortress strong enough to stay profitable during the financial crisis.
His zeal for cost-cutting and perceived mastery of risk did more than keep JPMorgan strong enough to bail out two failing competitors, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. It gave him a kind of street cred during the post-crisis years, when he lashed out at regulators who sought to rein in banks, and Occupy Wall Street protesters who raged against them.
Now all that is on the line.
Dimon had to face stock analysts and reporters on Thursday and confess to a "flawed, complex, poorly reviewed, poorly executed and poorly monitored" trading strategy that lost a surprise $2 billion.
The revelation caused traders to shave almost 10 percent off JPMorgan's stock price the following day and brought a shower of complaints from industry observers and lawmakers who said banks needed tighter scrutiny.
Making the black eye worse for Dimon, the loss came in derivatives trading, the complex financial maneuvering that -- on a much greater scale -- led to large losses and dissolved banks during the financial crisis.
Dimon "staked so much of his reputation on creating this perception of being the ultimate, infallible risk manager," said Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund who is now a professor at MIT. "And along comes this huge mistake."
Dimon, 56, grew up in the Queens borough of New York City, the grandson of a Greek immigrant. His father was a stockbroker who worked for many years at Merrill Lynch.
After college and business school, Dimon turned down an offer from the venerable investment bank Goldman Sachs. Weill had been Dimon's father's boss at a previous job and recruited the younger Dimon to American Express.
Weill became Dimon's mentor. When Weill left American Express in 1986, Dimon followed him to Commercial Credit Co., a sleepy finance firm that catered to middle-class clients.
Weill went on to buy a host of companies, including Smith Barney and Travelers, and Dimon led some of those divisions. The empire-building culminated when Travelers merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup in 1998, the largest U.S. bank at that time.
Dimon was the heir apparent but had started to clash with Weill. Weill was insecure about Dimon's growing assertiveness, and Dimon often showed his temper in meetings. Weill fired Dimon in 1998.
Dimon spent time reading biographies of statesmen and took up boxing lessons to let off steam. In 2000, he became CEO of Bank One, a Chicago bank that was losing money. By 2003, he had turned the bank around, and in 2004 it merged with JPMorgan Chase. Dimon became CEO of JPMorgan in 2006.
By that time, Dimon had lived through several industry crises, including the savings and loan meltdown of the late 1980s, a Russian debt default in 1998 and the dot-com stock bust of the early 2000s.
Dimon was not the man responsible for any of those, of course, as he is for the $2 billion error.
His admission of the mistake this week left some analysts asking whether his grip is slipping, and the bank's more than $2 trillion in assets have become too big for him to manage.
More likely, some other analysts said, it is a statement about how, three and a half years after the crisis, banks still conduct impossibly complex trades that are difficult to track.
"If even Jamie gets it wrong managing a $2 trillion bank, what does it say about banks where management is far inferior?" said Mike Mayo, a bank analyst at the brokerage CLSA and author of the book "Exile on Wall Street."
Just a few weeks ago, while answering questions from stock analysts, Dimon dismissed media reports of big market-moving trades by JPMorgan as a "complete tempest in a teapot."
He admitted Thursday that he should have been paying better attention. Asked to what, he first said trading losses then said, "There was some stuff in the newspaper and a bunch of other stuff."
Dimon's signature trait has been cost-cutting, an attribute that helped the banks he led squirrel cash away. At Bank One, after finding out how many newspaper subscriptions the bank paid for, he is reported to have told an executive: "You're a businessman; pay for your own Wall Street Journal."
That low tolerance for profligacy kept the banks he managed strong enough to weather any crisis. Now, Dimon says the trade that was conducted is so complex that the losses could easily get worse.
JPMorgan's $2 billion loss was caused by trades that were meant to hedge, or protect, the bank from trading losses that could occur in the investments of the bank's corporate treasury.
The amount of the loss was small for an institution of JPMorgan's size -- it cleared $19 billion in profit last year -- but will hurt its second-quarter earnings and was an embarrassment. It rattled the industry, too. Other bank stocks fell as much as 4 percent Friday.
"It puts egg on our face, and we deserve any criticism we get," Dimon said at a hastily convened conference call with investors to reveal the losses.
During the crisis in 2008, Dimon drew wide praise for keeping his bank healthy, including from President Barack Obama and billionaire investor Warren Buffett. One biographical book that was released soon after the financial crisis was titled "Last Man Standing."
In the years since, other Wall Street bankers and CEOs have cowered as the public backlash against bankers and their bonuses has grown. But Dimon, who made $23 million last year, according to an Associated Press calculation, used his stature to become the most outspoken banking CEO.
He attacked any obstacle that came in his way or his company's -- especially regulations aimed at stopping banks from taking the kinds of risks that precipitated the financial crisis. Dimon viewed them as impediments to the bank's ability to make a profit.
He did not even spare the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, or one of his iconic predecessors, Paul Volcker. At times, his outspokenness took on a swagger that raised eyebrows.
At a public forum last year, Dimon pointedly challenged Bernanke to defend his regulatory drive, which he said was going to slow down the U.S. economic recovery.
Earlier this year, Dimon said in a Fox Business Network interview: "Paul Volcker, by his own admission, has said he doesn't understand capital markets. ... He has proven that to me."
One of the most respected Fed chiefs, Volcker has championed a law that restricts banks from trading with their own money.
Since Thursday, Dimon has contended the trades in question were meant to manage the bank's financial risk, not turn a profit, and thus would not be subject to the so-called Volcker rule.
Outside analysts have been more skeptical, and the mistake has breathed energy into the push to toughen financial regulations. Dimon did say that he should have been paying closer attention.
"We know we were sloppy. We know we were stupid. We know there was bad judgment," he told NBC News on Friday in an interview to air Sunday on "Meet the Press."
He said he did not know whether laws had been broken and invited regulators to look into the matter. "But we intend to fix it and learn from it and be a better company when it's done," he added.
Most analysts gave Dimon kudos for coming clean on the trading loss, but few disagreed that his reputation had taken a severe hit.
Said Nancy Bush, longtime bank analyst at NAB research, and contributing editor at SNL Financial: "Jamie certainly cannot be standard-bearer for the banking industry anymore."


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April is Diamond Month at Blue Nile and we're celebrating all 30 days by highlighting basically everything we can think of about our most favourite gemstone.
You Say It's Your Birthstone
Lucky you, April-born! Diamond is your birthstone—perhaps the most coveted stone of all, and certainly our favourite around here.
Diamonds first hit the historical record in 2500 B.C. when the Chinese discovered their effectiveness at sharpening weapons. By the fourth century B.C., they were traveling along Indian trade routes and by the first century A.D., they were highly prized as adornment by Greeks and Romans.
Among its many unique attributes, diamond is the only gemstone comprised of one single mineral: carbon. They result from billions of years of subterranean pressure and heat that bonds those carbon molecules intensely, resulting in the stone's unique crystalline structure.
The first known engagement ring set with diamonds occurred in Austria in 1477, when an archduke gave one to his betrothed. But it wasn't until the mid 20th century when industry heavyweight De Beers created history with their immensely effective ad slogan, "A diamond is forever®," that diamonds and engagement rings became intrinsically joined as symbols of matrimony.


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In the daily Bible readings our chapter in Matthew today unfolds to reveal powerful personal lessons – principles we must live by, though in the chapters of the first book of Samuel we also see that it was not always easy for the preferred one of God, David! He also was victim of human jealousy [v.8-12].
In these summer-months we do have time to examine ourselves and the situation we are living in at the moment. We can check if we kept to Jesus his sayings or if when we had certain needs or wanted to receive knowledge if we did ask like Jesus advices us. Often when we are at work we do not have time enough for God's Word. It might not always be easy to have us every day to pick up the Bible and to read in it and to take time enough to let our thoughts wonder over the Biblical text. Now when the Summer holiday comes to us we have no excuse. Now we should have enough opportunity to read in the Bible but also to talk to others bout different things, including the Word of God.
Summer time often gives us opportunities to come at other places, where nobody might know us, where we do not have to fear talking about our faith and to show others how we love God.
We can ask God to help us to get insight ourself but also to give us strength and opportunities to give others insight in His infallible Word. We might be assured when we dare to ask Jehovah God will provide, when our heart is in the right place with Him.
7 "·Ask [Keep asking], and ·God will give [L it will be given; C the passive verb implies God as subject] to you. ·Search [Seek; Keep seeking], and you will find. ·Knock [Keep knocking], and the door will open for you. 8 ·Yes, [L For; Because] everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who ·searches [seeks] will find. And everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
9 "If your children ask for bread, which of you would give them a stone? 10 Or [L which of you] if your ·children ask [or son asks] for a fish, would you give them a snake? {Matthew 7:7-10 Expanded Bible (EXB)}
When we long to have knowledge in the Holy Scriptures God is not going to withhold it. He is not going to detain us and leave us without Biblical knowledge if we really want to have such knowledge. Though in such circumstance God wants us to open our mind and when we encounter matters which we have learned at school or in the past in our religious environment, but which are based on human doctrines, God wants us to choose for the Biblical doctrines and to put those human and false teachings aside. We have to show to God that we are willing to learn what He wants to say to us and what the Bible puts openly in front of us, words black on white and no misty myths of the world.
For many it may not be easy to put away all such false human teachings, but that is what God requires, not to be of the world but to belong to the world of God.
Knowledge will be given to you when you are prepared to seek honestly and with the will to learn Godly Truth. When you open your mind, ask God to help you, He will provide and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
Keep Pursuing What You Need From God. He Will Give You Good Things
7 "Be asking, and it will be given to you; be seeking, and you will find; be knocking, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened. 9 Or what person is there from-among you whom his son will ask-for bread— he will not give him a stone[a], will he? 10 Or indeed he will ask-for a fish— he will not give him a snake[b], will he?
- Matthew 7:9That is, something useless.
- Matthew 7:10That is, something harmful. {Matthew 7:7-10Disciples' Literal New Testament (DLNT)}
For everyone, also you, who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds. So you only have to be prepared to be willing to find and to ask God to help you find it. But you too should help others to find it. So what you have uncovered may not only be your secret. Even when we will realize our failure to see the Biblical truth because we wanted to hold fast so much to denominational teachings, noticing it so late in our life, we better accept it that it is better late in life than never, to come to the Biblical truth.
Out of compassion and love for the other, we should try to let others know the Word of God and show them what is really written in it. One of the tasks given by Jesus was to go out and preach. When we do understand what the Nazarene man Jesus has really done, we should tell others of this incredible act of self-renunciation. We should tell others about his self-sacrifice and how he is not the God we should worship but the Way to God, the Only One True God of gods Whom is the Only One to be worshipped and praised above all.
Jesus expects everyone who hears these words of him to do them!
24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and is doing them will be-like a wise[a] man who built his house upon the bed-rock.
- Matthew 7:24Or, prudent, sensible. {Matthew 7:24Disciples' Literal New Testament (DLNT)}
Let us be wise in the Lord and show the world how we want to be partakers of the Body of Christ and follow the same God as Jesus had. In the knowledge that the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, we should be aware that though salvation is given to all the world also shall have to see that those who find that entrance to the Kingdom of God shall be just a few. We should know and let others know that wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss.
13 "Enter through the narrow gate. [L Because] The gate is wide and the road is ·wide [broad; spacious; or easy] that leads to ·hell [L destruction; ruin], and many people enter through that gate. 14 But the gate is small and the road is ·narrow [or difficult; hard] that leads to true life. ·Only a few people [And there are few who] find that road. {Matthew 7:13-14Expanded Bible (EXB)}
For those few we have to invest our free time and do what Jesus expects from us, making sure that we are not a foolish person in his eyes, because he shall watch us and in the end days shall judge over us. Let us listen to Jesus his words:
Matthew 7:25-29Disciples' Literal New Testament (DLNT)
25 And the rain came down, and the rivers[a] came, and the winds blew— and they fell against that house. And it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the bed-rock. 26 And everyone hearing these words of Mine and not doing them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. 27 And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew— and they struck-against that house. And it fell, and the falling[b] of it was great".
The Works of The King: Divine Power In Action28 And it came about that when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astounded[c] at His teaching. 29 For He was teaching them as One having authority, and not as their scribes.
- Matthew 7:25 That is, rivers of flood waters.
- Matthew 7:27 Or, collapse, downfall.
- Matthew 7:28 Or, overwhelmed, amazed, astonished.
{Matthew 7:25-29Disciples' Literal New Testament (DLNT)}
When having found Jesus his words and having gone deeper into them, finding the Words of his heavenly Father, we should build our own life on them and create the foundation for ways for others also to come closer to God.
There are many ways – travel in our world has never been more readily possible, but whether nearby or further afield, we must, as we read two days ago in Matthew 5,
16 In the same way let your light shine ·before others [for people to see], so that they will see ·the good things you do [L your good deeds/works] and will ·praise [glorify; give honor to] your Father in heaven. {Matthew 5:16 Expanded Bible (EXB)}
Take some time this holiday to have some work done for Jesus and his God that they and the world may see your good works and glorify your Father in the heavens.
Let us also make sure that we tell others what is in the Word of God and have us honestly trying to have our faith in God shine as a strong light before others, so that on that day when Jesus returns we do not have to be ashamed and do not have to say like many who will say to him
… Lord, did we not prophesy (preach) in your name…?"
Having Jesus to look at them and responding that they have to depart from him because he does not want to know of them.
22 On ·the last day [judgment day; L that day] many people will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, ·we spoke for you [L Did we not prophesy in your name…?], and ·through you we forced out demons [L cast out demons in your name…?] and did many ·miracles [L mighty works in your name…?].' {Matthew 7:22 Expanded Bible (EXB)}
We do not have to show extra-ordinary things to others, not doing miracles. We only have to honestly tell them what we believe and show them what the Bible says.
These days when we might have more free time, let us make sure that we take some free time for God and to show our love for God to others.In the knowledge that "many are called, but few are chosen" let us belong to those "few" that will hear the words we read today in Isaiah 62,
Isaiah 62:11-12 Expanded Bible (EXB)
11 The Lord ·is speaking [announces]
to ·all the faraway lands [L the end of the earth]:
"·Tell the people of Jerusalem [L Say to the daughter of Zion; Zech. 9:9],
'Look, your Savior is coming.
He is bringing ·your reward to you [L his reward with him];
·he is bringing his payment [his recompense/reward is] with him.'"
12 ·His people [L They] will be called the Holy People,
the ·Saved People [Redeemed] of the Lord,
and Jerusalem will be called ·the City God Wants [L Sought After],
the City ·God Has Not Rejected [or Not Abandoned; Deserted]. {Isaiah 62:11-12 Expanded Bible (EXB)}
If you knew how much God loves you, you would be happy to receive and share His love with others and would be pleased to have others also coming to know Him and His great Love.
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To proclaim the day of vengeance
Proclaiming: a task given to Christians
Scriptures and Thoughts about: Proclaim
Additional reading
- The first on the list of the concerns of the saint
- God let my compassionate affection be tolerant and kind
- Do You Expect God's Answer
- Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #17 Sorts of prayers
- Trusting, Faith, Calling and Ascribing to Jehovah #18 Fulfilment
- Jehovah steep rock and fortress, source of insight
- We should use the Bible every day
- Bible in the first place #2/3
- Loving the Word
- Necessity of a revelation of creation 8 By no means unintelligible or mysterious to people
- Necessity of a revelation of creation 11 Believing and obeying the gospel of the Kingdom of God
- Atonement And Fellowship 6/8
- Not about personal salvation but about a bigger Plan
- Fragments from the Book of Job #3: chapters 21-26
- Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still
- Obtain favour from Yahweh
- The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places
- Blogging in the world for Jesus and his Father
- Sharing thoughts and philosophical writings
- Going deep into cultures to reach lost people
- Engaging the culture without losing the gospel
- How do I know if I'm called to ministry?
- Priest, scribes and others with authority
- Learn how to go out into the world and proclaim the Good News of the coming Kingdom
- Oratory Style
- What Should I Preach ?
- When not seeing or not finding a biblically sound church
Further reading
- Here for a cause, anointed with a message the world needs to hear
- Motives behind Criticism are often more Important to deal With then the Criticism itself.
- Special Sundays!~Matthew 7:7~
- Which Story Do You Want To Live?
- Share Jesus
- Are you judging people by what they look like?
- Do to others…
- There is a wolf nipping at your soul
- "Don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need." ~Jesus
- Matthew 9 – Stepping forth in courage
- Matthew 11 – Praise and trust
- Matthew 14 – Prayer, Faith & Action
- By His Grace
- The Journey of Love and Commitment
- Strengthen Yourself In Your God
- "Following Jesus" (Matthew 4:18-22 sermon)
- "What We Have Seen … We Proclaim"
- "Reaching, Teaching, Caring: Following the Footsteps of Jesus" (Matthew 4:23 sermon)
- A Day in the Park
- The Goodness of God
- Count Your Blessings
- The call to serve
- See you next time
- Christianity is a Learned Experience
- Biblical Application
- Biblical Revelation Knowledge On Spiritual Warfare
- The Gospel of The Kingdom
- Do We Really Know God?
- Bible Study: Insights on the Sermon on the Mount: The Contrasts
- Awaken
- 8. Doors and Destinations
- Meditation – Choices
- The Path of Love
- Life's Narrow and Wide Gates
- Love, Entering the Narrow Gate.
- The Narrow Way
- Religious Theology – The wide gate!
- Shifting Sand
- Exodus 10, Job 28, Luke 13, 1 Corinthians 14
- How to choose between the wide and the narrow
- The Narrow Gate
- against the stream
- Taking responsibility – the narrow gate that leads to life
- How to choose between the wide and the narrow:part 3
- Difficult is the Way that Leads to Life
- Those Who Find It Are Few.
- Guard My Feet Lord ~
- Two Gates
- The Narrow Gate
- The Protestant – Catholic divide – The Narrow and the Wide Gates
- The Crumb That Turns Stale With Time
- Only dead fish swim with the stream
- The narrow gate and the postmillennial hope
- The Grand Reception
- Lord, will only few people be saved?


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The Send Me™ Athena Women's Tee is in recognition of the women who represent the message we began sharing in November of 2016 (Send Me video). The resounding responses across the world to #SendMe were the motivating components behind this tee.
Athena, the goddess associated with wisdom, handicraft, and warfare, was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, and was the patron goddess of heroic endeavor. Since the Renaissance, Athena has become an international symbol of wisdom, the arts, classical learning, freedom, and democracy.
The golden colored ink represents the color of the helmet Athena wore into battle. The owl on the front of the shirt represents or accompanies Athena. Though there are many theories that associate the owl with Athena such as their bright eyes and ability to see in the dark, the owl became a symbol of wisdom and motivation during during battle. The letters "AOE" on the back of the shirt are an acronym that is translated into "of the Athenians", who contributed greatly to the fields of philosophy, science, and maintained one of the most well documented democratic systems of ancient times.
Available in three colors (White, Black, & Heather Grey), we are proud to have a shirt that is not only a reflection of those women who resemble the attributes of Athena with wisdom and heroism, but also the women who answer a calling and the women who support our modern day Athenas.
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"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'" - Isaiah 6:8
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