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8310. Sanctions for Violation of the Rules
8313. Release of Disciplinary Complaints, Decisions and Other Information
9120. Definitions
9241. Pre-hearing Conference
9290. Expedited Disciplinary Proceedings
9311. Appeal by Any Party; Cross-Appeal
9312. Review Proceeding Initiated By Adjudicatory Council
9360. Effectiveness of Sanctions
9800. TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS
9810. Initiation of Proceeding
9820. Appointment of Hearing Officer and Hearing Panel
9830. Hearing
9840. Issuance of Order by Hearing Panel
9850. Review by Hearing Panel
9860. Violation of Cease and Desist Orders
9870. Application to SEC for Review
Temporary Cease and Desist Orders
Cease and Desist Proceedings and Orders
On May 23, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an NASD proposed rule change that gives NASD the authority to impose and enforce temporary cease and desist orders for alleged violations of specified securities laws and NASD rules.1 The rule change also makes explicit NASD's authority to impose and enforce permanent cease and desist orders as a remedy in disciplinary cases. The SEC approved the rule change on a trial basis for a two-year period.2 The new rule text is contained in Attachment A and is effective as of the date of this Notice to Members (Notice).
Questions regarding this Notice may be directed to James S. Wrona, Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Policy and Oversight, at (202) 728-8270.
In the past, NASD rules did not provide NASD staff with the means to respond rapidly to curtail certain types of serious misconduct by NASD members and associated persons. NASD's only means of addressing such situations was to prosecute a normal disciplinary action, a process that could take months to complete. In some instances, members or associated persons continued to engage in misconduct during the interim. In others, the members' or associated persons' financial condition significantly deteriorated.
In either case, there was a significant risk that the investing public could be further harmed while the disciplinary action was adjudicated.
The rule change described in this Notice will allow NASD to address such situations quickly and effectively. It establishes procedures that enable NASD to issue temporary cease and desist orders and makes explicit NASD's ability to impose permanent cease and desist orders as a remedy in disciplinary cases. The rule change also gives NASD authority to initiate non-summary proceedings when respondents violate temporary or permanent cease and desist orders. The rule change will expire in two years from the date of this Notice unless it is renewed by NASD with SEC approval.
The rule change includes a number of procedural checks and safeguards to ensure that cease and desist proceedings are used prudently, sparingly, and fairly. NASD, for instance, may institute such proceedings only with the written authorization of the President of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight or the Executive Vice President for NASD Regulatory Policy and Programs. This provision ensures that such decisions are made at the highest NASD staff levels. In addition, NASD may initiate temporary cease and desist proceedings only for alleged violations of specified securities laws and NASD rules.3
After the President or Executive Vice President authorizes the initiation of a temporary cease and desist proceeding, NASD's prosecuting staff must file a notice with NASD's Office of Hearing Officers (OHO) and serve it on the respondent. The notice must set forth the rule or law that NASD staff alleges the respondent has violated (or is violating), contain a declaration of facts that specifies the acts or omissions that constitute the alleged violation, and include a proposed order that contains the required elements of a temporary cease and desist order. In addition, if NASD staff has not already issued a complaint under NASD Rule 9211 against the respondent relating to the subject matter of the temporary cease and desist proceeding, NASD staff must serve the complaint with the notice initiating the temporary cease and desist proceeding.
Respondents also are entitled to a hearing before an OHO hearing panel prior to the issuance of a cease and desist order. Moreover, before a hearing panel can issue such an order, it must find, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the respondent committed the alleged violation and that the violative conduct, or its continuation, is likely to result in significant dissipation or conversion of assets or other significant harm to investors prior to the completion of the disciplinary proceeding under the Rule 9200 and 9300 Series.
If the hearing panel issues a temporary cease and desist order, the order will generally remain in effect until the conclusion of the underlying disciplinary proceeding. Furthermore, in any disciplinary proceeding for which a temporary cease and desist order has been issued, the hearing in the companion disciplinary matter will be held and the decision issued at the earliest possible time. If a respondent believes the companion disciplinary proceeding is not being conducted on an expedited basis, the respondent may petition the hearing panel to have the order modified, set aside, limited, or suspended. In addition, the respondent may seek to challenge a temporary cease and desist order by filing an application for review with the SEC pursuant to Section 19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.4
The rule change also provides hearing panels the explicit authority to issue permanent cease and desist orders as a remedy in disciplinary proceedings. In addition, the rule change provides NASD with a mechanism to enforce both temporary and permanent cease and desist orders. NASD may suspend or cancel a respondent's membership or association if, after a non-summary proceeding under the Rule 9510 Series, an OHO hearing panel determines that the respondent violated the cease and desist order.5
In sum, this rule change provides NASD with a mechanism to take appropriate remedial action against a member or an associated person that has engaged (or is engaging) in violative conduct that could cause continuing harm to the investing public if not addressed expeditiously. At the same time, the rule change contains numerous procedural protections for respondents to ensure that the proceedings are fair.
1 Exchange Act Release No. 47925 (May 23, 2003) (File No. SR-NASD-98-80), 68 Federal Register 33548 (June 4, 2003). The rule change authorizes NASD to initiate cease and desist proceedings for alleged violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder; Rules 15g-1 through 15g-9 under the Exchange Act; or NASD Rules 2110, 2120 or 2330. With regard to alleged violations of NASD rules, the rule change is further limited. For NASD Rule 2110, governing standards of commercial honor and just and equitable principles of trade, the alleged violations are limited to violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or circumstances involving unauthorized trading or misuse or conversion of customer assets. For NASD Rule 2330, governing members' use of customers' securities or funds, the alleged violations are limited to circumstances involving misuse or conversion of customer assets.
2 The temporary cease and desist order pilot will expire two years after the effective date indicated in this Notice to Members unless NASD seeks and obtains SEC approval to extend or permanently adopt the proposal.
3 See supra note 1.
4 A respondent's application to challenge an order, however, will not stay the effectiveness of the order, unless the SEC orders otherwise.
5 The President of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight or the Executive Vice President for NASD Regulatory Policy and Programs must provide written authorization before NASD prosecuting staff can institute a proceeding to suspend or cancel a respondent's association or membership for violating an order.
Attachment A
New language is underlined and deletions are in brackets.
Text of Rule Change
(a) Imposition of Sanction
After compliance with the Rule 9000 Series, the Association may impose one or more of the following sanctions on a member or person associated with a member for each violation of the federal securities laws, rules or regulations thereunder, the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, or Rules of the Association, or may impose one or more of the following sanctions on a member or person associated with a member for any neglect or refusal to comply with an order, direction, or decision issued under the Rules of the Association:
(1) through (4) No Change.
(5) suspend or bar a member or person associated with a member from association with all members; [or]
(6) [impose any other fitting sanction.] impose a temporary or permanent cease and desist order against a member or a person associated with a member; or
(7) impose any other fitting sanction.
(b) No Change.
IM-8310-2. Release of Disciplinary Information
(a) through (c) No Change.
(1) The Association shall release to the public information with respect to any disciplinary decision issued pursuant to the Rule 9000 Series imposing a suspension, cancellation or expulsion of a member; or suspension or revocation of the registration of a person associated with a member; or suspension or barring of a member or person associated with a member from association with all members; or imposition of monetary sanctions of $10,000 or more upon a member or person associated with a member; or containing an allegation of a violation of a Designated Rule; and may also release such information with respect to any disciplinary decision or group of decisions that involve a significant policy or enforcement determination where the release of information is deemed by the President of NASD Regulation, Inc. to be in the public interest. The Association also may release to the public information with respect to any disciplinary decision issued pursuant to the Rule 8220 Series imposing a suspension or cancellation of the member or a suspension of the association of a person with a member, unless the National Adjudicatory Council determines otherwise. The National Adjudicatory Council may, in its discretion, determine to waive the requirement to release information with respect to a disciplinary decision under those extraordinary circumstances where the release of such information would violate fundamental notions of fairness or work an injustice. The Association also shall release to the public information with respect to any temporary cease and desist order issued pursuant to the Rule 9800 Series. The Association may release to the public information on any other final, litigated, disciplinary decision issued pursuant to the Rule 8220 Series or Rule 9000 Series, not specifically enumerated in this paragraph, regardless of sanctions imposed, so long as the names of the parties and other identifying information is redacted.
(A) through (B) No Change.
(2) No Change.
(e) through (l) No Change.
(a) through (w) No Change.
(x) "Party"
With respect to a particular proceeding, the term "Party" means:
in the Rule 9200 Series, [and] the Rule 9300 Series, and the Rule 9800 Series, the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation or a Respondent;
(y) through (cc) No Change.
9240. Pre-Hearing Conference and Submission
(c) Subjects to be Discussed
At a pre-hearing conference, the Hearing Officer shall schedule an expedited proceeding as required by Rule 9290, and may consider and take action with respect to any or all of the following:
(1) through (10) No Change.
(d) through (f) No Change.
For any disciplinary proceeding, the subject matter of which also is subject to a temporary cease and desist proceeding initiated pursuant to Rule 9810 or a temporary cease and desist order, hearings shall be held and decisions shall be rendered at the earliest possible time. An expedited hearing schedule shall be determined at a pre-hearing conference held in accordance with Rule 9241.
9310. Appeal to or Review by National Adjudicatory Council
(a) No Change.
(b) Effect
An appeal to the National Adjudicatory Council from a decision issued pursuant to Rule 9268 or Rule 9269 shall operate as a stay of that decision until the National Adjudicatory Council issues a decision pursuant to Rule 9349 or, in cases called for discretionary review by the NASD Board, until a decision is issued pursuant to Rule 9351. Any such appeal, however, will not stay a decision, or that part of a decision, that imposes a permanent cease and desist order.
(c) through (f) No Change.
9312. Review Proceeding Initiated By National Adjudicatory Council
Institution of review by a member of the National Adjudicatory Council on his or her own motion, a member of the Review Subcommittee on his or her own motion, or the General Counsel, on his or her own motion, shall operate as a stay of a final decision issued pursuant to Rule 9268 or Rule 9269 as to all Parties subject to the notice of review, until the National Adjudicatory Council issues a decision pursuant to Rule 9349, or, in cases called for discretionary review by the NASD Board, until a decision is issued pursuant to Rule 9351. Institution of any such review, however, will not stay a decision, or that part of a decision, that imposes a permanent cease and desist order.
(c) through (d) No Change.
Unless otherwise provided in the decision issued under Rule 9349 or Rule 9351, a sanction (other than a bar, [or] an expulsion, or a permanent cease and desist order) specified in a decision constituting final disciplinary action of the Association for purposes of SEC Rule 19d-1(c)(1) shall become effective on a date to be determined by Association staff. A bar, [or] an expulsion, or a permanent cease and desist order shall become effective upon service of the decision constituting final disciplinary action of the Association, unless otherwise specified therein. The Association shall serve the decision on a Respondent by courier, facsimile or other means reasonably likely to obtain prompt service when the sanction is a bar, [or] an expulsion, or a permanent cease and desist order.
9511. Purpose and Computation of Time
(a) Purpose
The Rule 9510 Series sets forth procedures for: (1) summary proceedings authorized by Section 15A(h)(3) of the Act; and (2) non-summary proceedings to impose (A) a suspension or cancellation for failure to comply with an arbitration award or a settlement agreement related to an arbitration or mediation pursuant to Article VI, Section 3 of the NASD By-Laws; (B) a suspension or cancellation of a member, or a limitation or prohibition on any member, associated person, or other person with respect to access to services offered by the Association or a member thereof, if the Association determines that such member or person does not meet the qualification requirements or other prerequisites for such access or such member or person cannot be permitted to continue to have such access with safety to investors, creditors, members, or the Association; [or] (C) an advertising pre-use filing requirement; or (D) a suspension or cancellation of the membership of a member or the registration of a person for failure to comply with a permanent cease and desist order entered pursuant to a decision issued under the Rule 9200 Series or Rule 9300 Series or a temporary cease and desist order entered pursuant to a decision issued under the Rule 9800 Series.
9513. Initiation of Non-Summary Proceeding
(a) Notice
Association staff may initiate a proceeding authorized under Rule 9511(a)(2)(A) or (B), by issuing a written notice to the member, associated person, or other person. Association staff may initiate a proceeding authorized under Rule 9511(a)(2)(D), after receiving written authorization from the President of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight or the Executive Vice President for NASD Regulatory Policy and Programs, by issuing a written notice to the member or associated person. The notice shall specify the grounds for and effective date of the cancellation, suspension, bar, limitation, or prohibition and shall state that the member, associated person, or other person may file a written request for a hearing under Rule 9514. In addition, if the proceeding is authorized under Rule 9511(a)(2)(D), the notice shall specifically identify the provision of the permanent or temporary cease and desist order that is alleged to have been violated, and shall contain a statement of facts specifying the alleged violation. The notice shall be served by facsimile or overnight commercial courier.
(b) Effective Date
For any cancellation or suspension pursuant to Rule 9511(a)(2)(A), the effective date shall be at least 15 days after service of the notice on the member or associated person. For any action pursuant to Rule 9511(a)(2)(B) or (D), the effective date shall be at least seven days after service of the notice on the member or person, except that the effective date for a notice of a limitation or prohibition on access to services offered by the Association or a member thereof with respect to services to which the member, associated person, or other person does not have access shall be upon receipt of the notice.
(c) No Change.
9800. TEMPORARY CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS
(The entire Rule 9800 Series, and related amendments adopted by SR-NASD-98-80 to Rule 8310, IM-8310-2(d)(1), 9120(x), 9241(c), 9290, 9311(b), 9312(b), 9360, 9511(a), 9513(a) and 9513(b) shall expire on June 23, 2005, unless extended or permanently adopted by the Association pursuant to SEC approval at or before such date.)
(a) Department of Enforcement or Department of Market Regulation
With the prior written authorization of the President of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight or the Executive Vice President for NASD Regulatory Policy and Programs, the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation may initiate a temporary cease and desist proceeding with respect to alleged violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5 thereunder; SEC Rules 15g-1 through 15g-9; NASD Rule 2110 (if the alleged violation is unauthorized trading, or misuse or conversion of customer assets, or based on violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933); NASD Rule 2120; or NASD Rule 2330 (if the alleged violation is misuse or conversion of customer assets). The Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation shall initiate the proceeding by serving a notice on a member or associated person (hereinafter "Respondent") and filing a copy thereof with the Office of Hearing Officers. The Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation shall serve the notice by personal service, overnight commercial courier, or facsimile. If service is made by facsimile, the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation shall send an additional copy of the notice by overnight commercial courier. The notice shall be effective upon service.
(b) Contents of Notice
The notice shall set forth the rule or statutory provision that the Respondent is alleged to have violated and that the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation is seeking to have the Respondent ordered to cease violating. The notice also shall state whether the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation is requesting the Respondent to be required to take action or to refrain from taking action. The notice shall be accompanied by:
(1) a declaration of facts, signed by a person with knowledge of the facts contained therein, that specifies the acts or omissions that constitute the alleged violation; and
(2) a proposed order that contains the required elements of a temporary cease and desist order (except the date and hour of the order's issuance), which are set forth in Rule 9840(b).
(c) Filing of Underlying Complaint
If the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation has not issued a complaint under Rule 9211 against the Respondent relating to the subject matter of the temporary cease and desist proceeding and alleging violations of the rule or statutory provision specified in the notice described in paragraph (b), the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation shall serve and file such a complaint with the notice initiating the temporary cease and desist proceeding.
(a) As soon as practicable after the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation files a copy of the notice initiating a temporary cease and desist proceeding with the Office of Hearing Officers, the Chief Hearing Officer shall assign a Hearing Officer to preside over the temporary cease and desist proceeding. The Chief Hearing Officer shall appoint two Panelists to serve on a Hearing Panel with the Hearing Officer. The Panelists shall be current or former Governors, Directors, or National Adjudicatory Council members, and at least one Panelist shall be an associated person.
(b) If at any time a Hearing Officer or Hearing Panelist determines that he or she has a conflict of interest or bias or circumstances otherwise exist where his or her fairness might reasonably be questioned, or if a Party files a motion to disqualify a Hearing Officer or Hearing Panelist, the recusal and disqualification proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with Rules 9233 and 9234, except that:
(1) a motion seeking disqualification of a Hearing Officer or Hearing Panelist must be filed no later than 5 days after the later of the events described in paragraph (b) of Rules 9233 and 9234; and
(2) the Chief Hearing Officer shall appoint a replacement Panelist using the criteria set forth in paragraph (a) of this Rule.
(a) When Held
The hearing shall be held not later than 15 days after service of the notice and filing initiating the temporary cease and desist proceeding, unless otherwise extended by the Hearing Officer with the consent of the Parties for good cause shown. If a Hearing Officer or Hearing Panelist is recused or disqualified, the hearing shall be held not later than five days after a replacement Hearing Officer or Hearing Panelist is appointed.
(b) Service of Notice of Hearing
The Office of Hearing Officers shall serve a notice of date, time, and place of the hearing on the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation and the Respondent not later than seven days before the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the Hearing Officer. Service shall be made by personal service, overnight commercial courier, or facsimile. If service is made by facsimile, the Office of Hearing Officers shall send an additional copy of the notice by overnight commercial courier. The notice shall be effective upon service.
(c) Authority of Hearing Officer
The Hearing Officer shall have authority to do all things necessary and appropriate to discharge his or her duties as set forth under Rule 9235.
(d) Witnesses
A person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the Association shall testify under oath or affirmation. The oath or affirmation shall be administered by a court reporter or a notary public.
(e) Additional Information
At any time during its consideration, the Hearing Panel may direct a Party to submit additional information. Any additional information submitted shall be provided to all Parties at least one day before the Hearing Panel renders its decision.
(f) Transcript
The hearing shall be recorded by a court reporter and a written transcript thereof shall be prepared. A transcript of the hearing shall be available to the Parties for purchase from the court reporter at prescribed rates. A witness may purchase a copy of the transcript of his or her own testimony from the court reporter at prescribed rates. Proposed corrections to the transcript may be submitted by affidavit to the Hearing Panel within a reasonable time determined by the Hearing Panel. Upon notice to all the Parties to the proceeding, the Hearing Panel may order corrections to the transcript as requested or sua sponte.
(g) Record and Evidence Not Admitted
The record shall consist of the notice initiating the proceeding, the declaration, and the proposed order described in Rule 9810(b); the transcript of the hearing; all evidence considered by the Hearing Panel; and any other document or item accepted into the record by the Hearing Officer or the Hearing Panel. The Office of Hearing Officers shall be the custodian of the record. Proffered evidence that is not accepted into the record by the Hearing Panel shall be retained by the custodian of the record until the date when the NASD's decision becomes final or, if applicable, upon the conclusion of any review by the Commission or the federal courts.
(h) Failure to Appear at Hearing
If a Respondent fails to appear at a hearing for which it has notice, the allegations in the notice and accompanying declaration may be deemed admitted, and the Hearing Panel may issue a temporary cease and desist order without further proceedings. If the Department of Enforcement or Department of Market Regulation fails to appear at a hearing for which it has notice, the Hearing Panel may order that the temporary cease and desist proceeding be dismissed.
9840. Issuance of Temporary Cease and Desist Order by Hearing Panel
(a) Basis for Issuance
The Hearing Panel shall issue a written decision stating whether a temporary cease and desist order shall be imposed. The Hearing Panel shall issue the decision not later than ten days after receipt of the hearing transcript, unless otherwise extended by the Hearing Officer with the consent of the Parties for good cause shown. A temporary cease and desist order shall be imposed if the Hearing Panel finds:
(1) by a preponderance of the evidence that the alleged violation specified in the notice has occurred; and
(2) that the violative conduct or continuation thereof is likely to result in significant dissipation or conversion of assets or other significant harm to investors prior to the completion of the underlying disciplinary proceeding under the Rule 9200 and 9300 Series.
(b) Content, Scope, and Form of Order
A temporary cease and desist order shall:
(1) be limited to ordering a Respondent to cease and desist from violating a specific rule or statutory provision, and, where applicable, to ordering a Respondent to cease and desist from dissipating or converting assets or causing other harm to investors;
(2) set forth the alleged violation and the significant dissipation or conversion of assets or other significant harm to investors that is likely to result without the issuance of an order;
(3) describe in reasonable detail the act or acts the Respondent is to take or refrain from taking; and
(4) include the date and hour of its issuance.
(c) Duration of Order
A temporary cease and desist order shall remain effective and enforceable until the issuance of a decision under Rule 9268 or Rule 9269.
(d) Service
The Office of Hearing Officers shall serve the Hearing Panel's decision and any temporary cease and desist order by personal service, overnight commercial courier, or facsimile. If service is made by facsimile, the Office of Hearing Officers shall send an additional copy of the Hearing Panel's decision and any temporary cease and desist order by overnight commercial courier. The temporary cease and desist order shall be effective upon service.
At any time after the Office of Hearing Officers serves the Respondent with a temporary cease and desist order, a Party may apply to the Hearing Panel to have the order modified, set aside, limited, or suspended. The application shall set forth with specificity the facts that support the request. The Hearing Panel shall respond to the request in writing within ten days after receipt of the request, unless otherwise extended by the Hearing Officer with the consent of the Parties for good cause shown. The Hearing Panel's response shall be served on the Respondent via personal service, overnight commercial courier, or facsimile. If service is made by facsimile, the Office of Hearing Officers shall send an additional copy of the temporary cease and desist order by overnight commercial courier. The filing of an application under this Rule shall not stay the effectiveness of the temporary cease and desist order.
9860. Violation of Temporary Cease and Desist Orders
A Respondent who violates a temporary cease and desist order imposed under this Rule Series may have its association or membership suspended or canceled under the Rule 9510 Series. The President of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight or the Executive Vice President for NASD Regulatory Policy and Programs must authorize the initiation of any such proceeding in writing.
9870. Application to Commission for Review
Temporary cease and desist orders issued pursuant to this Rule Series constitute final and immediately effective disciplinary sanctions imposed by the Association. The right to have any action under this Rule Series reviewed by the Commission is governed by Section 19 of the Exchange Act. The filing of an application for review shall not stay the effectiveness of the temporary cease and desist order, unless the Commission otherwise orders.


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Olmsted's Elmwood: The Rise, Decline and Renewal of Buffalo's Parkway Neighborhood, A Model for America's Cities
$29.95 – $39.95 Available April 20, 2021.
ByClinton E. Brown, Ramona Pando Whitacker
The fascinating story of the historic Elmwood District is told for the first time, from the arrival on the Niagara Frontier of Joseph Ellicott, through the role played by Fredrick Law Olmsted's parks and parkways, and into the decline and renewal during modern era. This lushly illustrated book educates and enlightens, telling the stories of the people who gave Elmwood its enduring character, transforming it from dense forest into one of America's top ten neighborhoods.
The Fine Art of Capturing Buffalo
ByMark Donnelly
More than 200 beautiful color photos showcase the breadth and diversity of Buffalo's embarrassment of riches from the vast expanse of parks and gardens, architectural treasures, and the arts and cultural scene, to its proud past and positively brilliant future. It's a visual celebration of the waterfront, colleges, fairs and festivals, and the amazing spirit of our neighborhoods.The Fine Art of Capturing Buffalo is the perfect gift for family, friends, clients, co-workers, and potential employees.
The Likeness of Being: Portraits by Philip Burke
ByBurchfield Penney Art Center
Philip Burke has been capturing the imaginations of musical divas, film and sports enthusiasts, politicos and the general public through his paintings for over three decades. His unique style—part caricature, part abstract expression—utilizes vibrant colors, sparing brushstrokes and sharp lines to set his work apart from that of all other contemporary artists.
The Photographing Tourist
Winner of 18 international awards. Beautifully illustrated with more than 300 photographs from around the world, and featuring twelve magazine-style travel narratives, The Photographing Tourist takes you on a journey to remote corners of our fascinating world. Filled with stories about isolated cultures, exploring local life, and challenging personal adventures, this storytellers guide to travel and photography reads like an eight-month collection of your favorite travel magazine. From environmental portraits and local lifestyles, to landmarks and sacred places, the chapters explore different photographic subjects that a tourist photographer will encounter. Sprinkled throughout the book are also technical shorts with valuable information on elements of design, composition, depth of filed, exposure, using lines, and developing a point of view. You will learn to think differently about travel and photography and to investigate a destination as part of the human condition. Above all, this book will encourage you to truly cherish your chance encounters as you photograph the world.
Twelve Days of Giftmas – Buffalo Steel
The lavishly illustrated, 150-page book will be deeply appreciated by the history buffs on your list, and the unique Bethlehem Steel blown glass ornament celebrates one of Albright's lesser known enterprises as well as the tens of thousands of steel workers who helped build this nation.
Twelve Days Of Giftmas – For Your Favorite Little Monster
ByDave Preston
"Adorable" is what the reviewers are saying about this brand new picture book, but "interactive" is just as accurate. It comes fully equipped with a song to sing along to, and on this Second Day of Christmas, add to the interactivity with the—yes, adorable!— Monster Match Game. Your favorite toddler monster will delight in pairing up the cards with matching monsters.
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Holiday travel plans cancelled? Wander the world from the comfort of home! Or give the world to the person who means the world to you! Nearly 1,000 exquisite photographs in more than 200 full color pages of The Photographing Tourist: A Storyteller's Guide to Travel and Photography takes readers to Kenya, China, Nepal, India, Tibet, Venice, Greenland, the Galápagos, and beyond! It is no wonder that this extraordinary book has won more than a dozen awards. Even better, every purchase benefits the Innocent Eyes project founded by the late David Noyes, photographer and journalist, to support educational opportunities for children in the developing world.
And then travel back in time, more than 250 years! That was when the great Carl Linnaeus sent his young protégé Pehr Kalm to the New World to search for new species. The Finn became the first scientist to ever see and document Niagara Falls! Benjamin Franklin published his findings bringing worldwide attention to this natural wonder. From Finland to Niagara Falls: Explorer Pehr Kalm in North America 1748-1751 was written in Finnish; City of Light had it translated into English. The original illustrations by Riikka Jäntti are simply delightful. This unique book (with species names in Latin and excerpts from Kalm's journals and newspapers of the day) is for the young and the curious of all ages.
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ByWilliam Donahue
You know that ridiculously difficult to buy for guy on your list? THIS is the gift for him. Himself: A Civil War Soldier's Battles with Rebels, Brits and Devils is a historical novel that takes place during the Civil War era and takes readers from the intensely Irish Old First Ward in Buffalo all the way to the Battle of Appomatox and back. It is a very compelling read. And the Kelly green blown glass buffalo ornament emblazoned with a four-leaf clover will look great on the tree for years to come. It's a Giftmas Bundle that brings with it the luck of the Irish!
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Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC
The CSIC is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its mission is to foster multidisciplinary scientific and technological research, transfer knowledge to industry and society, train of scientific and technical staff and create technology-based companies. The CSIC has 123 institutes spread across Spain, 53 of which are Joint Research Centres in partnership with universities or research institutions, covering different S&T areas. CSIC produces 20% of the Spanish scientific output and remains the leading patent filer among research bodies.
CSIC's participation in this project involves the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA), a Joint Research Centre funded in 1985 between the CSIC and the University of Zaragoza. ICMA is located in Zaragoza (Spain) and hosts around 180 staff, including 120 doctors. ICMA's main research areas are: laser processing and materials for energy applications; functional organic materials; magnetic materials; materials for biological applications; and theory and simulation in Materials Science.
http://www.csic.es/
Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos
Dr. Sánchez-Somolinos, coordinator of the PRIME project, is currently a Senior Scientist of the CSIC and Deputy Director (since 2011) at ICMA. He leads the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory at ICMA. His expertise and current scientific objectives are focused on the development of materials and their processing through the use of advanced techniques of microstructuring (holographic lithography, direct laser writing, soft lithography, inkjet and 3D&4D printing) in the search of surfaces or functional systems of interest in the areas of optics, biomedicine and soft robotics. He has published more than 75 papers in internationally recognized journals, and 4 book chapters. His work has been featured in the cover of Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Macromolecular Bioscience and Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry. He is coinventor in 17 patents, almost all of them with Industry as co-proprietary and one of them leading to the formation of a spin-off company. Very much focused on the transfer of technology, he has undertaken lines of research in the functionalization of surfaces in direct collaboration with Industries (Bosch -BSH Spain- and Dupont Lightstone). He has previously participated in three EU projects, one of them as a PI at CSIC (FP7-SME-2013, ID.: 605934), and has led several National and Regional Research projects, some of them fully financed by Industry.


"Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer and Topsoil Amendment on" by Heidi L. Hillhouse, Walter H. Schacht et al.
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Establishing vegetation on roadsides following construction can be challenging, especially for relatively slow growing native species. Topsoil is generally removed during construction, and the surface soil following construction ("cut-slope soils") is often compacted and low in nutrients, providing poor growing conditions for vegetation. Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) protocols have historically called for nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilization when planting roadside vegetation following construction, but these recommendations were developed for cool-season grass plantings and most current plantings use slower-establishing, native warmseason grasses that may benefit less than expected from current planting protocols. We evaluated the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization, and also topsoil amendment, on the foliar cover of seeded and non-seeded species planted into two postconstruction roadside sites in eastern Nebraska. We also examined soil movement to determine how planting protocols and plant growth may affect erosion potential. Three years after planting, we found no consistent effects of N or P fertilization on foliar cover. Plots receiving topsoil amendment had 14% greater cover of warm-season grasses, 10% greater total foliar cover, and 4–13% lower bare ground (depending on site) than plots without topsoil. None of the treatments consistently affected soil movement. We recommend that NDOT change their protocols to remove N and P fertilization and focus on stockpiling and spreading topsoil following construction.


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Internap Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Financial Results
The information below is a summary. Click here to view the entire release which includes our unaudited GAAP financial statements and supplemental non-GAAP financial measures.
Revenue of $256.3 million for 2009, Fourth quarter revenue of $63.5 million;
2009 segment margin1 of 44.2 percent, Fourth quarter segment margin of 46.1 percent;
2009 adjusted EBITDA2 of $28.0 million; Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA of $9.0 million;
2009 adjusted EBITDA margin2 of 10.9 percent; Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA margin of 14.2 percent;
Announces 32,000 square foot expansion of company-controlled data center footprint in Silicon Valley and Houston.
ATLANTA, March 2, 2010 — Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP) today reported fourth quarter and full-year 2009 financial results delivering continued improvement in both quarterly segment profit and adjusted EBITDA.
"2009 was clearly a transitional year for Internap with fundamental changes to strategy, people and process. With our third consecutive quarter of adjusted EBITDA growth, we are reassured the steps we are taking will create long-term stockholder value," said Eric Cooney, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We continue the purposeful investment in our data center business with the announcement of two further expansions, totaling 32,000 net sellable square feet, in Santa Clara, California and Houston, Texas. Silicon Valley represents a new market for Internap's data center presence and Houston is an expansion in an already successful growth market. We expect both expansions to be open for customers during the third quarter of 2010."
Revenue for the full-year 2009 increased $2.3 million over 2008 to $256.3 million. Higher Data center services revenue in 2009 offset a decline in IP services revenue over the same period. Fourth quarter 2009 revenue was $63.5 million, a decrease of 1.0 percent compared with the same quarter last year. The year-over-year decrease in quarterly revenue was also attributable to lower IP services revenue which was only partially offset by increased Data center services revenue. While increased occupancy and higher revenue per square foot supported increases in Data center services revenue over the prior year, IP services revenue declined due to lower per unit pricing even with strong year-over-year traffic growth. Sequentially, fourth quarter 2009 revenue decreased by 1.3 percent with lower IP services and decreased Data center services revenue contributing to the decline. The company's initiative to proactively churn customers in certain low-margin, partner data center facilities impacted Data center services revenue compared with the third quarter of 2009. IP services revenue declined sequentially as pricing decreases outweighed quarter-over-quarter network traffic growth.
For the full-year 2009, GAAP net loss was $(69.7) million, or $(1.41) per fully diluted share, compared with a net loss of $(104.8) million, or $(2.13) per diluted share in 2008. The net losses in 2009 and 2008 included goodwill impairments and restructuring charges totaling $54.7 million and $101.4 million, respectively. Fourth quarter 2009 GAAP net loss was $(0.5) million, or $(0.01) per share, compared with a GAAP net loss of $(2.0) million, or $(0.04) per share, in the prior quarter and a GAAP net loss of $(0.9) million, or $(0.02) per share, in the fourth quarter of 2008. In the fourth quarter of 2009, normalized net income2, which excludes the impact of stock-based compensation expense and items that management considers non-recurring, was $0.8 million, or $0.02 per fully-diluted share. This compares with third quarter 2009 normalized net loss2 of $(0.9) million, or $(0.02) per fully-diluted share, and fourth quarter 2008 normalized net income of $1.2 million, or $0.02 per fully-diluted share.
Decreased IP services revenue drove a 4.1 percent decrease in Internap's full-year 2009 total segment profit2 compared with the prior year. Fourth quarter 2009 segment profit totaled $29.3 million, rising 4.9 percent sequentially and 2.4 percent year-over-year. Improved Data center services revenue and lower proportional costs of sales in both reporting segments were the primary contributors to the year-over-year and sequential-quarter increases. Full-year 2009 segment margin was 44.2 percent, a decrease of 230 basis points compared with full-year 2008. Segment margin in the fourth quarter 2009 was 46.1 percent – an increase sequentially and over fourth quarter 2008 margins of 280 basis points and 160 basis points, respectively.
Adjusted EBITDA for the full-year 2009 totaled $28.0 million compared with $34.3 million in 2008. In the fourth quarter 2009, adjusted EBITDA was $9.0 million, a decrease of 4.1 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2008. Sequentially, adjusted EBITDA increased $1.4 million, or 18.0 percent. Full-year 2009 adjusted EBITDA margin was 10.9 percent, down 260 basis points versus last year. Fourth quarter 2009 adjusted EBITDA margin fell 40 basis points year-over-year to 14.2 percent. Decreased IP services segment profit drove most of the year-over-year declines in adjusted EBITDA margin. Compared with the third quarter 2009, adjusted EBITDA margin improved 230 basis points, the third consecutive quarter of sequential expansion, as increasing segment margin and stable cash operating expense continued to benefit results.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $73.9 million at December, 31 2009. Total debt including capital lease obligations was $23.2 million at year-end 2009. Cash generated from operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 was $37.5 million. Capital expenditures over the same period were $17.3 million.
Internap maintained 2,935 customers under contract at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009. Historical trends of key financial and operational metrics can be found in a supplementary data schedule on Internap's website at https://ir.inap.com/results.cfm.
As part of a program disclosed in August of 2009 to deploy additional data center capacity in key markets, Internap announced plans to expand company-controlled data center operations in Houston and Silicon Valley. The new facility in Silicon Valley, will add 27,000 net sellable square feet of premium data center capacity in two phases for approximately $23 million. The first phase will total 14,000 feet and is planned to come on line in the third quarter of 2010. In Houston, a market where Internap's company-controlled utilization is approaching capacity, the company estimates that it will spend approximately $5 million for an additional 5,000 net sellable square feet which is also planned to turn-up in the third quarter of this year. Both the Silicon Valley data center and the expansion in Houston are being built with controls designed to achieve objectives included in SAS-70, type II compliance and meet N+1 redundancy standards for UPS, backup generators, and HVAC systems.
1Segment profit is segment revenue less direct costs of network, sales and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, as presented in the notes to our consolidated financial statements filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. Segment profit does not include direct costs of customer support, direct costs of amortization of acquired technologies or any other depreciation or amortization associated with direct costs. Segment margin is segment profit as a percentage of segment revenue.
2Reconciliations between accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, information and non-GAAP information contained in this press release are provided in the tables below entitled "Reconciliation of Loss from Operations to Adjusted EBITDA," and "Reconciliation of Net Loss and Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share to Normalized Net Income (Loss) and Basic and Diluted Normalized Net Income (Loss) Per Share." This information is also available on our website under the Investor Services section. Adjusted EBITDA margin is Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenue.
Conference Call Information:
Internap's fourth quarter and full-year 2009 conference call will be held today at 5:00 p.m., EST. Participants may access the call by dialing 877-548-7901. International callers should dial 719-325-4829. Listeners may connect to the simultaneous webcast, which will include accompanying presentation slides, on the investor relations section of Internap's web site at https://ir.inap.com/events.cfm. An online archive of the webcast presentation will be available for one month following the call. An audio-only replay will be accessible from Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8 p.m. EST through Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 888-203-1112 using the replay code 5245513. International callers can access the archived event at 719-457-0820 with the same code.
Internap is a leading Internet solutions and data center company that provides The Ultimate Online Experience™ by managing, delivering and distributing applications and content with 100 percent performance and reliability. With a global platform of data centers, managed Internet services and a content delivery network, Internap frees its customers to innovate their business, improve service levels, and lower the cost of IT operations. Thousands of companies across the globe trust Internap to help them achieve their Internet business goals. For more information, visit internap.josh.ux.voxel.net.
Internap "Safe Harbor" Statement
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements related to Internap's ability to create long-term stockholder value and its expectations regarding the expansion of data center capacity, including costs and timing. Because such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause Internap's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include Internap's ability to achieve or sustain profitability; its ability to expand margins and drive higher returns on investment; its ability to maintain current customers and obtain new ones, whether in a cost-effective manner or at all; its ability to correctly forecast capital needs, demand planning and space utilization; its ability to respond successfully to technological change and the resulting competition; the availability of services from Internet network service providers or network service providers providing network access loops and local loops on favorable terms, or at all; failure of third party suppliers to deliver their products and services on favorable terms, or at all; failures in its network operations centers, data centers, network access points or computer systems; its ability to provide or improve Internet infrastructure services to its customers; and its ability to protect its intellectual property, as well as other factors discussed in Internap's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Internap undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason.
The information above is a summary. Click here to view the entire release which includes our unaudited GAAP financial statements and supplemental non-GAAP financial measures.
Andrew McBath
amcbath@internap.com


What value do I put for box 2 on my 1098 interest statement that has $0, when I input on turbo tax, it states I need a value, we did not draw on our HELOC until 1/15/18?
This would be considered a new loan, therefore you would not need to put a starting balance, you will just need to edit the 1098 entries and enter the date you took out the loan.
However, if this line of credit was not used to substantially improve the home, you would not be able to take a deduction for the interest paid on it under the current tax laws.


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Emerging Global Music Festivals
Collected by Becca Blond , AFAR Local Expert
From Vietnam to Australia and Bogota to Montreal, the world is full of emerging music festivals with the potential to take the globe by storm. The festivals listed here are just a sample of the still relatively undiscovered festivals that you should scope out this year.
CAMA Festival
T18 Times city, Minh Khai, Khu đô thị Times City, Hoàng Mai, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Every year, the guys behind Hanoi's Club for the Appreciation of Music and Art (CAMA) bring some of the finest left-field musical talent from the region to the city's American Club for a one-day shindig. The event usually takes place in May. Photo...
Photo by castlefin/flickr
Sled Island Music
2206a 4 St SW, Calgary, AB T2S 1W9, Canada
For one week in late June, the Sled Island music and arts festival fills the downtown core's top venues with the best in Canadian indie music. Past performers include Austin, Texas rockers, Explosions in the Sky, and up-and-coming Canadian star,...
Spanning four (yes, four!) frigid winter weekends, Montreal's Igloofest is the ultimate outdoor music festival. Flooded with kids decked out in their warmest––and brightest––snow gear, electro beats pump out over the crowds...
Pohoda Festival
Held on the grounds of the local airport in Trencin, Slovakia over three days in early July, Pohoda features an eclectic line-up of both local and globally known artists that attracts some 30,000 people annually. The music is a mix of genres and...
Splendour in the Grass Festival: North Byron Parklands
126 Tweed Valley Way, Yelgun NSW 2483, Australia
Held over three days in June just north of the surfer town of Byron Bay, Splendour in the Grass is Australia's largest winter music festival. Attracting an international crowd of 30,000, the festival features an impressive line-up of up-and-coming...
Kisačka, Novi Sad, Serbia
For a party with a purpose, check out Serbia's EXIT festival. Held over three days in mid-July, this music festival was started by a group of students fighting for peace and democracy in Serbia and the Balkans. Today the event stays true to its...
Rock al Parque
Troncal Suba, Bogotá, Colombia
If you're in Bogota in mid-August, then check out Rock al Parque, which is a free three-day music festival that attracts some 88,0000 people each day and is the largest of its kind in Colombia. . They come to watch concerts by some of Latin...
5 Art The Largest Monet Exhibition in 20 Years Is Now Open at 1 U.S. Museum


Your morning java will never be the same.
Courtesy The Burlap Bag Fitness trends come and go. Wardrobes change with the seasons. As for beverages, one thing stays constant all year long: There's never a bad time to drink iced coffee.
However, there are bad ways to make iced coffee, like using regular ice cubes. You know what they do to your drink, how they water it down and turn it into coffee-flavored water. No one wants that. We deserve more from our beverages.
Luckily, you can save yourself from this unfortunate experience with one easy solution: coffee ice cubes, like the ones made by our friends at The Burlap Bag. Simply pour leftover coffee (or a fresh pot, your choice) into an ice cube tray and let it sit in the freezer for 3-4 hours. You'll probably want a tray specifically for coffee cubes so your actual ice cubes don't taste like java.
Add those to your cup of iced coffee, and as they melt, your drink stays rich sans the extra, unwelcome water.
Need tips on how to brew the best coffee, hot or iced? We've got them right here.


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We respect and value each other - relationships with our clients, suppliers, our staff and our community are open and honest.
We aim to resolve differences quickly and work together as a team.
Please click here to see our civil projects and for professional and reliable civil engineering services across Stockton-on-Tees please contact us.


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Biografia
Fu la quinta persona a occupare il seggio 3 dell'Académie française nel 1719, e divenne membro dell'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres nel 1722

Dall'età di 15 anni studiò presso i gesuiti: divenne un novizio nel 1684 e in seguito fu professore di retorica a Blois. Successivamente fu canonico alla Sainte-Chapelle e alla abbazia di Beaugency.  Tra i suoi lavori letterari ci sono le traduzioni di Quintiliano e Pausania.

Opere
Traduzioni
Quintiliano : De l'institution de l'orateur (1718)
Pausania : Pausanias, ou voyage historique de la Grèce (1731)
Diversi
Œuvres diverses (1746). Contiene una vita di Epaminonda, un'apologia delle traduzioni, oltre a saggi sull'educazione dei giovani, sulla vita urbana dei romani, sugli antiche e sui moderni e altri argomenti.
Recueil d'opuscules littéraires (1767). Contiene un saggio intitolato Réflexions sur le goût.

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Bibliografia

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Collegamenti esterni

Membri dell'Académie française
Membri dell'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres

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At BPM, we provide more than accounting services. Our risk assurance and advisory professionals bring innovative and integrated solutions to help decision makers effectively manage their business and meet regulatory requirements. Whether financial, operational, regulatory or technological, we help clients reduce unwanted surprises and uncover opportunities.
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When Should You Disclose a Contingent Liability?


This study is open to all early risers to explore various books of the bible, one at a time! Our discussions center on "I noticed that..." and "I wonder about..." as we read each passage. This study is year round.
This study is a broad overview of the entire Bible. 7 short passages each week are considered and discussed.
Women of all ages are welcome to attend this topical study that features meaningful conversation and prayer support. Participants can expect a safe environment to share their thoughts and life concerns. This study follows the academic calendar.


Das House Bienvenue à langèlerie begrüßt Sie in Saint-Michel-Loubéjou. Die Unterkunft mit Gartenblick liegt 49 km von Brive-la-Gaillarde entfernt. Das Ferienhaus ist mit einem TV ausgestattet. Die Unterkunft ist mit einer Küche ausgestattet. Rocamadour liegt 31 km vom Ferienhaus entfernt. Vom Flughafen Brive-Dordogne trennen Sie 46 km.
This holiday home features a washing machine, fireplace and tumble dryer.
Eine Schadenskaution in Höhe von EUR 500 wird bei der Ankunft fällig. Diese Kaution wird Ihnen beim Check-out vollständig zurückerstattet, insofern keine Schäden bei der Abnahme der Unterkunft vorhanden sind. Der Check-in und die Schlüsselübergabe erfolgen an folgender Adresse: Langèlerie, 46130 Saint-Michel-Loubéjou A security deposit is required upon arrival for incidental charges, by French cheque, preauthorization, cash or bank transfer. This deposit is fully refundable upon check out and subject to a damage inspection of the accommodation.Please note that a EUR 70 to EUR 170 end-of-stay cleaning-fee is not included in the price. You can chose to pay the fee or clean the accommodation yourself.Bedlinen can be provided but are not included in the price. You can chose to pay the fee of 20 EUR or bring your own bedlinen.Towels can be provided but are not included in the price. You can chose to pay the fee of 10 EUR or bring your own towels.


Tartoos (from "targeted tattoos") are patent-pending* temporary tattoos that offer a simple solution to a daily challenge: making sure to inject insulin, anti-coagulants, or other injectable medications in different locations to avoid lipohypertrophy. In plain English, that's a lump under the skin caused by a buildup of fat from too many insulin injections in the same place.
Terminology aside, the reason to vary injection sites for diabetics is simple: using the same site too often will cause slower insulin absorption (time to peak may be increased by as much as 30 percent), may affect glycemic control and possibly lead to insulin overdoses and hypoglycemia that may occur due to over correcting.
Learning how to give oneself a shot is a ritual as old as insulin-based self-treatment of diabetes. Even though insulin pumps offer an alternative to multiple daily injections, a majority of people with Type 1 diabetes continues to inject, and will do so tens of thousands of times during their lives. During training, doctors, nurses, and CDEs concentrate on teaching patients proper injection techniques, such as grasping a pinch of fat, and recognizing the proper angle at which to hold a syringe or insulin pen. They also discuss site selection with patients, usually telling the new injectors to picture a clock face on the abdominal area and to rotate the injection sites around the numbers on the imagined clock face.
Tartoos takes the clock face idea in a new and fun direction by making it possible for people with diabetes, or the parents of children with diabetes, to "tattoo" the abdomen and other injection areas with small images that are spaced one inch apart. Tartoos are printed on a 4.5 X 6.5 inch sheet with a removable clear plastic face and a paper backing that will pull away from the images when thoroughly wetted with a cloth for about 30 seconds.
The recommended method for removing Tartoos is to use an antiseptic wipe just before an injection is administered. This has the advantage of disinfecting the site prior to injection. In addition, with the Tartoos image wiped away, the injection location is no longer marked by the Tartoos as available for another injection.
1) Never apply a Tartoos injection site management grid to skin that is broken or irritated.
2) It is recommended that application of a Tartoos temporary tattoo grid be spaced at least two (2) inches from the naval for proper injection site management.
3) Trim Tartoos grid to fit body size or injection need.
4) Ensure all temporary tattoo ink is removed before injection is administered.
5) Remove temporary tattoo with antiseptic agent suggested by medical practitioner.
6) Do not scrub with soap and water an area that a Tartoos injection site grid is applied.
7) Never administer an injection through a Tartoos temporary tattoo image.
8) After all Tartoos images have been utilized, place a new injection management grid on a different viable injection space (i.e. opposite side of abdomen, leg etc.) to ensure proper injection site rotation. Adhere to suggested site rotation pattern from medical practitioner.
9) Check with a physician before the initiation of a Tartoos injection management program.


The reasons for conditioning are endless: to build your aerobic base, anaerobic base, mental toughness, whatever. Think of any aspect of your game—there's probably a way to condition it.
Maintaining healthy, protected hamstrings is one goal of the Florida State Seminoles' football conditioning program. Jon Jost, head strength and conditioning coach for the 'Noles, uses 110-yard sprints in conjunction with flexibility and strength training to condition his players' hammies. "This has been pretty successful for us," Jost says. "110s condition the hamstrings for what the players will be expected to run in practice and games."
The reasons for conditioning are endless: to build your aerobic base, anaerobic base, mental toughness, whatever. Think of any aspect of your game—there's probably a way to condition it.
Because jogging 110s won't get the job done, Jost pushes his players to finish each interval within a certain time, depending on position. The FSU football team conditions twice a week during the off-season, one day consisting of sprinting 16 110s. "If you've never done them," Jost warns, "your hamstrings will be sore the next day."
Use the following chart to know how quickly you should finish your 110s.


As the title suggests, I've given in.
Facebook is likely to be primarily cosplay/costume/photography based, but certainly updates from here will get posted there too.
Instagram is primarily shots of works in progress of all sorts, but I also like to throw in random shots that I like too.
Flickr is for good shots, proper photos, and anything that I feel is too good as is to be chopped up for Instagram.
Twitter is the most comprehensive of the offerings outside of the blog itself. The updates from other social medias are likely to show up here.
Hopefully, this will be the last addition of places I have to curate. The blog, as ever, will trundle on. I've some possible plans for a revamp, but right now that won't be happening until 2015.


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Gregory Jaczko at congressional hearing.
Jaczko Jacked up: Nuclear Energy Mugs Regulatory Commish
Working through his fellow commissioners, nuclear energy political operatives have attacked Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Gregory Jaczko.
Russ Wellen
At Huffington Post, Ryan Grim has written a dramatic account of how the nuclear-energy industry in the United States tried to take down the commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It seems its main beef with him was that he seeks to shut down planning for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site. Grim reports:
A feud at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where five presidentially appointed commissioners oversee the safety of the nation's nuclear power reactors, has broken out into full public view, with Chairman Gregory Jaczko's fellow commissioners assailing his character and management style, both in a letter made public earlier this month and in the resulting testimony before Congress. Republicans have begun calling for Jaczko's ouster.
What would make Jaczko's fellow commissioners turn on him?
The current fight against NRC Chairman Jaczko began with anonymous accusations that he was improperly asserting his authority to follow an administrative dictate. … The issue that most frequently provoked the commissioners under Jaczko, said [David] Lochbaum, who worked briefly for the NRC himself in 2009 and 2010, had to do with the somewhat blurry line between what are considered day-to-day operations — the purview of the chairman — and matters of policy — which are supposed to be the province of the full commission. Who had what power was the animating criticism of Jaczko's decisions to [make it a priority] to study and upgrade safety at U.S. nuclear plants after the Fukushima disaster and to close out the … review of the Yucca Mountain facility. The commissioners charged that Jaczko failed to consult them fully.
Also, a lobbyist and a nuclear-energy industry consultant began seeding opinion against him with allegations that he generated a "chilled work environment" and allegations he bullied women. Grim reveals that there was no truth to the latter two, but Jaczko was forced to undergo a humiliating congressional hearing that came to naught. The Obama administration even continued to support him.
In the end, the attak on Gregory Jaczko serves as a case study of what can happen when regulatory agencies are infected by corporate interests.
"This is the ugly underbelly of large corporate lobbying," said the former staffer, who has worked with the men at the center of both controversies and is now a corporate lobbyist himself. "It really is by any means necessary."


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Shadowrun: Hong Kong – Video Game Review
The first two parts of what I'd call the "Shadowrun Returns Trilogy" – Shadowrun: Dead Man's Switch, and Shadowrun: Dragonfall, showed steady improvement over their earlier installments, reaching a zenith in Shadowrun: Hong Kong. Dead Man's Switch re-introduced the game mechanics and the world of Shadowrun to video games after decades of absence, along with telling a story that adapted parts of the setting that hadn't been adapted before.
Dragonfall, for the first time, took Shadowrun, in video game form, out of Seattle – and in the process gave some fanservice to the game's very vocal German fan base. It also demonstrated elements of the evolution of PC RPGs that the first game lacked – regular party members each with their motivations and story, along with quests specific to those characters that helped to progress their story. However, both games had some mechanical hiccups that made them frustrating to play.
on September 8, 2019 August 27, 2019 by Alexander Case
Watch Dogs 2: Video Game Review
Shortly after watching Ubisoft's E3 2019 Showcase, I finally beat Watch Dogs 2. Beating that game, in a lot of respects, made clear what my objections are with Watch Dogs Legion. In short, effectively all of those objections are related to the narrative – in particular, how the story will play out with procedurally generated characters.
on June 22, 2019 June 16, 2019 by Alexander Case
Kirby Star Allies: Video Game Review
Kirby games are generally conceived as kinder, gentler platformers. Not easy, but not punishingly hard either. Kirby Star Allies for the Nintendo Switch is no exception. While the narrative gets weirdly dark at times, the gameplay stays generally friendly.
on May 18, 2019 May 7, 2019 by Alexander Case
Video Game Review: Shadowrun Returns – Dead Man's Switch
In preparation for the 2019 release of Cyberpunk 2077, I decided to play through (and stream on my Twitch Channel) the last tabletop cyberpunk RPG to be adapted to video game form – Shadowrun Returns: all three of its campaigns. Here are my thoughts on the first campaign – Dead Man's Switch. (more…)
on January 16, 2019 December 8, 2018 by Alexander Case
Game Review: Gears of War 4
The original Gears of War trilogy was a a game series that changed how players and designers approached the cover-based shooter. It popularized stop-and-pop shooter gameplay, something that ended up moving beyond the third person shooter, and over to some first person shooters as well. (more…)
on March 18, 2018 February 26, 2018 by Alexander Case
Video Game Review: Beneath a Steel Sky
Point and Click adventure games are interesting from a review standpoint. They are a lot more narrative focused than, say, shooters, because they rely so heavily on their story, and the puzzles, if executed well, feed into the narrative.
So, Beneath A Steel Sky is a point-and-click adventure game made using the SCUMM engine (at least the version that's available on GOG), put out by Revolution Software in the UK (the same people who do the Broken Sword series). It's a cyberpunk story that focuses on Foster, a part of a society of scavengers living in the Gap, outside of a cyberpunk dystopian city that Foster's mother died trying to flee from with her son. Presumably this is set in Australia, as Foster is named after Foster's Lager, but considering that brand of beer is now available all over the world (and considering a few other UK-isms in the game's dialog), it could be in Australia or the UK. (more…)
on February 3, 2018 February 22, 2018 by Alexander Case
Video Game Vlog Review: Hatsune Miku Project Diva F
This week I have a Vlog style review of Hatsune Miku Project Diva F for the PS3. (more…)
on July 6, 2016 July 6, 2016 by Alexander Case
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One of the things I try to do each day is spend time reciting positive things to myself. I normally recite things that I want for my life. This is a small yet effective way to train your brain. Its has helped me to be more positive than negative. Social Media, Television and the negative influences around you can have such a negative effect on mood and the general feelings you might have about yourself. Take more control of your thoughts. You cant always change who you have to work with everyday. Yet, you can have actively influence your mood and thoughts. Its simple and it doesn't take very long. You can try this at home in a quiet place or while you wait in line at the grocery store. You can even try it as your anxiety is heightened in an unavoidable surrounding. Try it….it costs no money..just a small amount of your time.
I can make you rise or fall.
I can work for you or against you.
I can make you a success or a failure. I control the way that you feel and the way that you act.
I can make you laugh…work…love.
I can make your heart sing with joy….excitement….elation…Or I can make you wretched…dejected..morbid. I can make you sick…listless.
I can be as a shackle..heavy…attached…burdensome.
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Or I can be as the prism's hue…dancing and bright….fleeting…lost forever unless captured by pen or purpose.
I can be nurtured and grown to be great and beautiful seen by the eyes of others through action in you.
I can never be removed…only replaced.
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