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© Sep 2011 Volume 9 Issue 3, ECIC 2011, Editor: Geoff Turner and Clemente Minonne, pp181 - 295
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The importance of social capital and its effective management approach in organizations, particularly knowledge‑based organizations, for assuring their ongoing and sustainable development and competitive advantage has been a matter of serious discussion in recent years. Considering the ongoing expansion and growth of knowledge‑based organizations in Iran and the role and importance of their social capital in further development of Iranian society, an effective system of management of their social capital is a matter of concern of their top managers. Therefore, a blend (quantitative and qualitative) multiple case study was conducted with a selected number of knowledge‑based organizations with different sizes to assess their existing social capital, to identify factors which might have positive or negative impacts on the promotion of their social capital and to propose an effective approach for its management. To conduct the study, a purposive sample of fifteen large organizations and sixteen SMEs was selected. To collect the data, a stratified random sample of 528 knowledge workers (336 from large and 192 from MEs) and their HRM managers were given a 24‑item questionnaire which was designed based on three dimensions (structural, relational and cognitive) of Organizational Social Capital Model used by Nahapiet and Ghoshal in their study. This was followed by semi‑structured interviews with a selected number of research participants for completion and further clarification of collected data. Findings indicated that the selected knowledge‑based organizations are not benefiting from a desirable social capital. It is even worse in large organizations. Therefore, some measures need to be taken to improve the situation. Based on the findings of this study, suggestions were provided for the promotion of their social capitals and their more effective management
Keywords: social capital, organizational social capital, knowledge-based organizations, SMEs, structural capital, relational capital, cognitive capital
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The Best Sake Learning Experience
John Gauntner knows sake. In fact he knows it like no one else we know. The opportunity to learn all about sake directly from this master sake expert, educator, and writer is an opportunity that sake enthusiasts shouldn't miss, particularly when you don't have to go to Japan to participate.
For a rare second time this year, John's "Sake Professionals Course" will be offered stateside in Portland OR, November 7-10. Not only will you learn all there is to know about sake and meet fellow sake lovers, you'll also get to visit one of America's few sake breweries to see the process in action.
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake learned on Wednesday that it will host a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third-round match at Rio Tinto Stadium at 7:30 p.m. MT on Tuesday, May 28.
RSL will play the winner of the second-round matchup between the North American Soccer League's (NASL) Atlanta Silverbacks and the National Premier Soccer League's (NPSL) Georgia Revolution. The fourth-tier Revolution will host the second-division Silverbacks next Tuesday, May 21 in suburban Atlanta.
The May 28 U.S. Open Cup match is included in the Real Salt Lake 2013 season ticket package as Bonus Game A. RSL "PRIDE" Season Ticket Holders can purchase additional seats for $10. Tickets to the general public will go on sale today and can be purchased at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office, online at www.RealSaltLake.com/Tickets or over the phone at 801-727-2700. Visit www.RealSaltLake.com/Tickets for more details on the special pricing for tickets to the match.
RSL was bounced out of the Open Cup in the third-round last year, losing 3-1 to the NASL's Minnesota Stars in front of a record-setting crowd of 17,212 at Rio Tinto Stadium on May 29, 2012. The Claret-and-Cobalt's best Open Cup finishes came in 2006 and 2011, when the Utah side advanced to the Quarterfinals of the tournament.
Real Salt Lake is 5-8-0 all-time in U.S. Open Cup play, scoring 21 goals and conceding 27 in the tournament. RSL is 2-2-0 against lower division teams in Open Cup action, with both losses coming against Minnesota. Members of the Claret-and-Cobalt have had success in the Open Cup away from RSL, with two players and five members of the technical staff lifting the Dewar Cup a combined 10 times while with other teams.
The winner of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will be granted a berth in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League tournament. Real Salt Lake competed in the 2010-11 and the 2012-13 editions of the CCL, becoming the first – and still only – MLS club to reach the final in 2011 before falling out of the continental tournament in the Group Stage last October. Participation in MLS Cup 2013 and claiming the MLS Supporters' Shield as the regular season points leader would provide alternate routes for qualification into the 2014-15 CCL.
Now in its 100th year of competition, the Lamar Hunt U.S Open Cup is an annual, single-elimination competition open to all amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. This year's tournament proper kicked off on Tuesday with 15 first-round matches contested across the country, with 11 of those games won by the home side. The tournament will continue next Tuesday, May 21 with the 32-team second-round, with the 16 winners set to meet the 16 American MLS sides in the third-round on May 28 and 29. The U.S. Open Cup fourth-round will be held on June 12, followed by the Quarterfinals on June 26, the Semifinals on Aug. 7 or 21 and the Final on Oct. 1 or 2.
Along with a berth into the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League, the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup winner will receive a $250,000 cash prize from U.S. Soccer. The runner-up will collect $60,000 and the team that advances the furthest from each lower division league will win $15,000.
For more information on the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, including a full list of all third-round possible pairings, visit www.USsoccer.com or www.TheCup.us.
Real Salt Lake will close out a three-game MLS road trip on Sunday, when it will take on Western Conference foe Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center. Sunday's match will kickoff at 8:30 p.m. MT and will be broadcast live on CW30, ESPN 700 AM, 102.3 La Gran D FM/1600 AM. CW30 will air the 30-minute Ford Postgame Show immediately following the match; ESPN 700 will air an hour-long pregame show starting at 7:30 p.m. MT and an hour-long postgame show after the final whistle.
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The famed hot springs of Haida Gwaii have gone dry, apparently a casualty of last week's major earthquake.
Parks Canada officials at Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site said all four of the popular geothermal pools are empty.
It's not yet known whether the source of underground hot water has been permanently cut off or whether the loss is temporary.
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Hot springs are normally found near fault lines, such as the Queen Charlotte Fault, the site of Saturday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake. The springs are created when groundwater, heated by geothermal energy beneath the earth's surface, escapes to the surface through the cracks in the bedrock along a fault.
According to Brent Ward, an earth sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, the earthquake could have caused one of a number of subterranean changes that would make the hot springs go dry. These include changing the groundwater level, completely closing of the cracks the water used to reach the surface, or causing a sudden surge in water that depleted the underground reservoir for a short time. It's also possible the hot water was diverted elsewhere.
"We don't know if it's going to come back. We certainly can hope," Ward said. "In many hydrothermal areas, there's just a hiatus and then the hot water re-establishes itself."
Dozens of aftershocks, some as strong as magnitude 6.3, followed Saturday night's earthquake 74 kilometres south-southwest of Queen Charlotte City. Either the initial quake or one of the aftershocks could have caused the hot springs to run dry, Ward said.
Ernie Gladstone, the field superintendent at Gwaii Haanas, said on Thursday that one aftershock struck only a kilometre from the hot springs.
He and other Parks Canada staff travelled to Hot Spring Island, known as Gandll K'in Gwaay. yaay to the Haida, on Wednesday to confirm rumours of the springs running dry. Rising steam can usually be seen by boats approaching the shore, but not this time.
"The pools are completely dry. Normally the rock around the pools is quite warm, and was cold to touch," Gladstone said. "It was quite disturbing to go ashore to see there was no water in the pools."
He said parks staff are working with the Geological Survey of Canada to determine whether the hot springs loss is permanent.
The 15-hectare island is only accessible by boat, and is the destination for various sightseeing and tour companies from across the region. Three of the four pools are open to visitors to use.
All are dry, which is something Gladstone said he's never seen before, having bathed in the pools himself for the last 30 years.
"(But) there are certainly stories, oral history-type stories, of the flow changing during certain periods in the past," he said.
Goetz Tassilo Hanisch stopped at the hot springs at dusk Wednesday as he passed by on the way from Queen Charlotte City to his home in Rose Harbour. He was surprised to see no water.
"I went around in the moonlight listening because you can usually hear the water come out of the ground in the various cracks and springs, but nothing could be heard," he said by phone Thursday. He checked again in the morning and found only dried green mud.
Some of the rocks were still slightly warm, "whatever that means," he said.
Gladstone said loss of the hot springs would be "significant" for visitors and locals alike. About 2,000 people visit the park each year.
"It's not the primary reason for visiting the area, but it's certainly a place where kayakers and boaters and locals from Haida Gwaii and commercial fishermen would stop by.... It's a very special place for local people."
Park staff had been to the hot springs as recently as last Thursday, when the pools were as full and warm as usual. The springs have a full-time presence of Haida Gwaii watchmen only during the peak summer months.
No other significant damage was reported from the quake.
The 26 totem poles that stand in the village of Nan Sdins in the Sgang Gwaay world heritage site were unharmed, Gladstone said.


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A Valentine's Day Ode to Strawberry Pop-Tarts
Writing about Pop-Tarts is no easy task. My feelings toward the classic (yeah, I said it) breakfast pastry are wrapped up in all sorts of emotions, and parsing through what's real versus what's nostalgically reimagined is a difficult undertaking. What I thought would be a happy-go-lucky trip down memory lane has turned into something more complicated, so at the risk of getting too Freudian, bear with me while I get in deep (relatively speaking) with the PTs.
First off, let me just address the issue of flavor: while I know there are some ardent 'Smores supporters out there, as far as I'm concerned, Frosted Strawberry is the only flavor that matters. Strawberry was the flavor my mother purchased on the one occasion every year she allowed Pop-Tarts in the house, which was on our annual summer vacation in North Carolina. Note that I say "the house," not "our house," because it was a vacation rental for the week, and Tarts were therefore allowed within its walls.
Sure, I snuck the occasional Pop-Tart at sleepovers with laxer mothers, or on the black market snack exchange in the jungle gym. But those North Carolina vacations were the only time my sister and I were freely allowed to indulge in the Tarts, and oh, how sweet they were. I can still smell the biscuitty bottom layer browning in the toaster, still feel the smooth motion of sliding the frosting top off with my teeth. Sometimes the simple pleasures stick the hardest.
The family vacations, and hence the Pop-Tarts, ended when I went off to college and my parents divorced. Their separation coincided with a series of other formative changes, and my life split into distinct before-and-after sections. Two decades later and fully capable of grocery shopping for myself, I never buy Pop-Tarts. It's partially out of grown-up health concerns, partially because it doesn't seem right to make plain what was once so prized, and partially, almost subliminally, to avoid the memories they elicit.
On top of that whole bundle of neuroses, I harbor a niggling fear that Pop-Tarts aren't actually that good. I know that nostalgia is powerful force and that memories have a way of warping over time. I know that my palate as a ten year old wasn't the most advanced, and yes, I know that Pop-Tarts are made of highly processed, low-quality ingredients with names I can't pronounce. Michael Pollan would not approve of Pop-Tarts.
But with an entire holiday dedicated to the ones we love upon us, I knew it was time to reconnect with my old flame. I briefly considered writing about another childhood favorite, Bugles, but I'd be lying to myself and all of you if I pretended to have even half of the emotional attachment to Bugles that I do to Pop-Tarts. So I bought a box and tried, to the best of my ability, to clean my mental slate before tearing in to the foil pouch that hasn't changed in all these years.
I tried not to expect anything. I ate one half 'raw,' straight from the pouch, while I waited for the second half to toast. They looked the same as ever—rainbow sprinkles scattered across a smooth white top, with a light herringbone pattern on the biscuit bottom. The jelly filling has the same uniform, slightly grainy consistency throughout. Taste-wise, they're sweet—really, really sweet, in a most certainly artificial way, without much in the way of a discernible strawberry flavor. The biscuit is a little chalky, and the filling a touch tart. I wouldn't eat one for breakfast, but I might consider it for dessert (toasted—the flavors really come alive when warm). And more importantly, no major emotional meltdowns ensued upon eating said Pop-Tart, so while I probably won't add them to my regular pantry rotation, I don't have to worry that my memory is playing tricks on me.
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The Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA ® Super Tour opened competition in June at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Built in 1962, Mid-Ohio is often called the most competitive road course in the United States. The circuit has a couple different configurations, but the Hoosier Super Tour stop this year utilized the original, classic 2.4-mile, 15-turn "Club Course" that incorporates the old-school "Chicane" delivering drivers unto the "Keyhole." Claiming victory here isn't easy, as revealed in post-race winner video interviews below.
The premier U.S. amateur road racing series, Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour is comprised of an exciting, 10-weekend schedule that brings together top SCCA competitors from throughout the country. Visiting some of the greatest tracks in North America, each weekend consists of two races for each of 28 car classes. From GT cars to production vehicles, formula cars to prototypes, the Hoosier Super Tour packs a ton of great action into each and every weekend.


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My Little Bunny
"Just relax, Catherine. What could possibly go wrong?" He looked up at her with a mischievous glint in his blue eyes.
Catherine Hernandez just looked at her boyfriend, Jeff Burton, in complete shock. Doesn't he know that you never say that because when you do then something always goes wrong. It's a proven fact. And here he was tempting fate. But what did she expect from a race car driver. She was just about to respond when he flashed that boyish grin of his and gave her a soft, slow, deep, wet kiss that seemed to go on forever before he headed off to work at Richard Childress Racing. She just closed her hazel eyes and sighed. That man is going to be the death of me.
She waited a few moments and watched as he drove his car down the street and made the turn at the end of the block before she headed back inside. It was only a few days before the Halloween party at Chad Knaus' place. Her best friend Natalie was currently in a serious relationship with the Lowes 48 crew chief and she was looking forward to seeing her again.
Catherine hadn't even had time to try on the costume that Jeff picked out for her. In fact, she had yet to open the box that it arrived in. She shook her head as she remembered the outfit he had wanted her to wear. For some reason he wanted her to be a bunny this year. And not one of the cute, fluffy ones either. He had his heart set on her wearing an outfit that was similar to those of the Playboy bunnies. The first outfit he showed her was more of a lingerie type outfit. It consisted of a black mesh, halter-style teddy with mini bow details, white button tail, matching bow tie neck piece and bunny ear head piece. Plus he wanted her to wear the white fluffy boa and black mesh gloves that would go with it.
She gave him that "you have got to be kidding me" look. "Jeffrey Tyler Burton, there is no way I am wearing that." She just shook her head at him. "And don't even give me that sad puppy dog look because it won't work this time. I really don't think that Chad and Natalie want to see that much of me."
"Awww, dang." Jeff looked at the screen with a hopeful look in his blue eyes. "Would you consider wearing it just for me then?" He got up from the chair and wrapped his arms around her pulling her close. She could feel her heart race as it did every single time he did that.
"You are not playing fair."
"No, I am not. So how about it?" He started to plant little kisses on her neck. "I'm not going to stop until you agree to at least that much."
She just grinned to herself. "But what if I don't want you to stop?"
He stopped kissing he neck for a moment much to her displeasure and leaned in so that their foreheads were touching. "Well, then… how about I do this instead?" At that moment he began to tickle her. She held in her laughter as long as she could until finally she couldn't contain it and busted up laughing.
"Alright! Stop it! I give up. I'll wear it just for you."
The look he gave her that moment reminded her of a child who had just been told that he would indeed receive his top Christmas wish that year. He gave her a quick peck on the check and went back to the computer.
"You do know that I always get my way, right?" Jeff gave her that mischievous look that practically dared her to disagree with him.
"Oh really?" She replied with an equally mischievous look on her face.
"Don't make me get up from this chair."
She just gave him a wide-eyed deer-in-a-headlight look and slowly backed away. "Uh, that's okay. I'm just going to get a sandwich and something to drink."
He turned around to look back at the screen and scrunched his nose up at the various costumes on the site. "Hey, since you are going to fix you a sandwich…"
"Yes, I'll bring you a sandwich too." He didn't even need to finish his sentence. She knew exactly what he was going to ask. It was like they were already married even though they were technically still just in the dating stage. They hadn't even discussed marriage.
"And a Coke too, please."
"Yes, I'll bring you a Coke too." She just sighed and shook her head as she walked into the kitchen. It's been almost a year since she moved across country from Oregon to North Carolina after only knowing Jeff for a month or two. It had seemed like the craziest idea in her entire life at the moment but as she fixed his sandwich she was really glad that she had made that choice. By the time she returned to the living room area with his sandwich and a Coke, he was already off the computer and engrossed in watching the Duke Blue Devils play the Kentucky Wildcats.
"So… which outfit did you pick me?" She tried to sound casual as she placed the plate with his BLT sandwich on the side table nearest him along with his Coke.
"Don't worry about it. You'll see it when it gets here."
She didn't know if she should be worried about his selection so she sat there for a few moments in silence watching the game unfold on the television.
"This is an awesome sandwich." He gave her a kiss on the check. "Trust me. You will approve of the costume. I promise the one I picked out for you to wear to the costume party is not see through. Only I get to see you in that one." He winked at her and walked off towards the kitchen.
That was the last time the costume was mentioned. And now it was a few days to go before the big party with the box it arrived in still sitting on the dinning room table unopened. Part of her was really nervous at the thought of what might be inside. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and reminded herself that she trusted this man. If he said that the costume would be alright then there was nothing to worry about.
She started up the coffee pot again and carried the package into the living room to open it up. There was no harm in seeing what was inside and he didn't ask her not to open it without him present. She carefully used a steak knife to open up the package and inside it she found two different style bunny outfits. One of them was the lingerie style one that she was most definitely not wearing out in public. The other one was a three-piece Tux and Tails Bunny costume that included a tuxedo top with attached, tuxedo-style tails, matching tutu skirt with attached tail and an ear headband. There was even a pair of black gloves that reached up to her elbows. Nice choice, Jeff. Now this is something I wouldn't mind wearing to the costume party.
Catherine happily carried the costumes back to the bedroom just to try them on for size. All of her attention was focused on the costumes that she never even noticed Jeff's car in the driveway. Crap… I forgot my coffee. She raced back to the kitchen, got her coffee and walked back to the bedroom. She sighed happily as she took a sip and then put the mug on the nightstand.
Well, time to try this tuxedo bunny outfit on. She undressed and tossed her clothes on the bed then unwrapped the costume. First on were the fishnet stockings that came with the costume… then the black tutu skirt. Finally she put on the tuxedo top with its attached tuxedo-style tails. Catherine checked out her reflection in the mirror and looked pleased at the result. She didn't know how Jeff managed to get a perfect fitting costume for her but he did.
"So, are you going to put on the bunny ears?"
She yelped in surprise and turned around only to find a very amused Jeff standing in the bedroom doorway. "Dammit, Burton, don't scare me like that. I thought you had gone to work."
"I'm sorry." He walked over to her and put his arms around her, "Really, I didn't mean to scare you like that. You do look amazing in that outfit though. Did the shoes fit?"
"Shoes?" She looked up at him with an excited grin.
"Yeah, they should be in the box… and that would be where?"
"It's in the living room on the coffee table."
Moments later, he returned with the shoe box. "Here you go. I think I got the right size. Well, I hope I did."
She took one look at the shoes and shook her head. "Uh, Jeff… where did you get my shoe size from?"
"From one of your shoes in the closet."
"Are you sure you read the number right?"
"Uhhh… I think so. But from that look you are giving me than I would say maybe not?"
"Hold this shoe." Catherine handed him one of the new black pumps and went to go fetch one of her shoes from the closet. "And now hold this shoe. Do you see the difference?"
One of the shoes was clearly smaller than the other and unfortunately it was the new pair. Jeff just stood there staring at the two shoes in his hand and wondering how he could have mistaken the shoe size by such a large amount. Then it hit him. He had read the number upside down so he thought it was a "6" when it was actually a "9".
Catherine was just trying not to laugh at him since he looked so sad about this mistake on his part. She softly stroked his face. "Don't worry about it. I'm pretty sure I can find a pair of black heels before the party. At least you got the size of the main part of the costume right."
"So do I get to see you try on the other bunny outfit now?" He looked hopeful and just grinned at her.
"No! You have to wait. Now get your Virginia rear end to work." She playfully smacked his rear end.
"Alright, miss bossy. I'm going. But I want to see you in that costume tonight even if I have to put it on you myself." He ran off before should could respond and she heard the door slamming closed as he left again.
Size 6 shoes. They were no where near her actual shoe size of size 9. How in the world he got that wrong when all he had to do was look in the closet and read the number off one of them was quite perplexing. Quickly she removed the costume and changed back into her regular clothes. But as fate would have it, somehow in the process of removing the stockings she had managed to put a hole in them. Great, now I need a new pair of stockings too. Might as well get two pairs then.
Catherine grabbed her cell phone off the nightstand along with her coffee and went back to the living room. The only thing on her mind was getting to the store quickly. She took one look around to find her purse and then headed out the door. Thankfully her car didn't give her any issues as she started it up. Jeff kept badgering her about replacing her old 1999 Honda CR-V but it still worked fine and she refused to give in to his requests that she let him buy her a new one.
It didn't take long for her to get to the store and she didn't waste any time as she made her way to the shoe section. Size 7… 8… 9… Yep, here they are. She quickly scanned the shelves looking for a pair of black heels. As fate would have it, there was one pair left that would work just fine with the bunny costume. It wasn't very often that she got lucky at the store but right now she was just grateful that it happened at this moment. Next she headed over to where the nylons were located and grabbed two pairs of black fishnet stockings. Perfect. Mission accomplished. She was so happy with her success that she picked up some chocolate on the way out of the store.
Later on that evening, she was still sitting on the sofa happily knitting and watching Food Network when Jeff arrived home from work. She looked up at him as he sat down next to her. "So, how was your day?"
"Good. And yours?"
"Mine was good. I got a new pair of shoes and two new pairs of stockings since I accidentally tore the pair that came with the outfit."
"Nice." He gently removed the knitting from her lap and placed it on the coffee table. "Now about that lingerie bunny outfit."
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29 Aug
Better be Slytherin!
Well, another Sorting Day for the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet Ravelry group has happened and I am once again in Slytherin. While I did have great fun spending a term in Gryffindor, the heart was still wrapped in green and silver. You can take the girl out of Slytherin, but you can't take Slytherin out of the girl. Plotting has already begun with plans for a Potions OWL and an Order of the Phoenix project. Although we don't know the prompts yet for the Order, I have already picked a project. I'll just have to make it fit with some fancy story telling. It's all about selling the project. Oh, and I have been chosen as a Slytherin Quest Minion this term. So I am back on Slytherin staff. Yes, I am looking forward to an awesome Slytherific term.
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Hearing on Hempstead redistricting plan
The Hempstead Town Board has set April 9 for the much-anticipated redistricting public hearing and has released its proposed new councilmanic district map -- part of the process that will set voting districts for America's largest township for the next decade.
The board voted, 6-0, Tuesday to set the hearing for 10:30 a.m. in the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion, adjacent Hempstead Town Hall. The new map is available to be viewed at the clerk's office and online at toh.li//files/pdfs/tb_townmapdetailed.pdf.
"The fact that people can pore over the map in their own home . . . I believe that is great access," Supervisor Kate Murray said.
District maps are redrawn every 10 years as required by law, to account for population changes.
The board has hired a consultant to analyze population data used by the town attorney's office in redrawing the six-district map.
Town Attorney Joseph Ra said his office will answer questions about the map at the hearing but said he wasn't sure whether officials from the consulting company would be present. Residents unable to attend the hearing can express their views to the board through letters or emails, he said.
Critics have called for a bipartisan redistricting commission as well as public hearings in each district.
In other action Tuesday, the board approved an extension until June 1 of a temporary moratorium that waives replacement fees for documents such as birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses and passports from the town clerk's office. The effort is meant to help victims of superstorm Sandy.
To obtain copies of lost records, visit the town clerk's office or call 516-489-5000 ext. 3046.


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Every month, HIV specialist Theresa Mack, M.D., M.P.H. -- an associate medical director at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital's Medical Group in Harlem, N.Y. -- will answer your most pressing HIV/AIDS questions.
Your bones support your entire body and help you move. They protect your brain, heart and other organs from injury, as well as store calcium and phosphorous. And even though people often think of bones as supportive structures, they are actually living tissue.
Every day the body removes old bone and creates new bone in its place. Special bone cells, called osteoclasts, remove old bone tissue. New bone is created by special bone cells called osteoblast cells. As we grow older, the osteoclast cells removes bone quicker than the osteoblast cells can produce it. This makes bones more fragile and weak and can predispose them to fracture.
What Is Bone Disease?
Bone disease is a very general term that describes a wide variety of bone disorders that affect the structure of the bone and/or the strength of the cells that it comprises. Three types of bone disease tend to be most common among people with HIV: osteopenia, osteoporosis and osteonecrosis.
Osteopenia describes the thinning of the bones due to loss of bone minerals. This bone disease does not have any symptoms.
Osteoporosis occurs when the bones are broken down more rapidly than they are replaced. They become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue. Similar to osteopenia, osteoporosis may not have any symptoms. People often do not know they have it until they suffer a fracture.
Osteonecrosis is bone death due to loss of the bone's blood supply. Hip pain when walking is a common complaint. Constant hip pain is treated with a hip replacement rather than pain relievers.
Bone-Disease Risk Factors
People with low body weight or a thin frame tend to be at greater risk of bone disease. Women experience bone disease more often than men, simply because their bones are smaller. Their risk increases during menopause because they lose bone tissue faster as their hormone levels change. Bone disease can also result from inactivity, smoking, excessive alcohol and caffeine use and adverse effects of some medications, such as steroids, antiretrovirals (ARV) and thyroid medicine. People with kidney disease and diabetes may also develop bone disease more often.
People living with HIV develop the same bone diseases that people who do not have HIV get--and for some of the same reasons--though about two to three times more often. More than 50 percent of people living with HIV may have bone disease. Doctors don't know exactly why. The virus itself is a risk factor, as are the ARV medications used to treat it. Importantly, while Whites and Asians who are HIV negative are at a higher risk of bone disease, bone disease is common among African Americans and Latinos living with HIV.
Another reason people with HIV are prone to bone disease is that they are living longer. As the ARV medicines have changed HIV/AIDS from a fatal illness to a chronic one, people with HIV/AIDS are aging and experiencing some of the same bone diseases that older people who don't have HIV develop.
Signs of Bone Disease
Most people who have bone disease don't know it because bone loss generally doesn't hurt and occurs over time. Symptoms may include joint, back and/or hip pain, but you know you have bone disease when you get a fracture that is not due to, say, trauma or a fall.
To find out if you are suffering from bone disease, ask your doctor to conduct blood tests to screen your levels of calcium, phosphorous and vitamin D. Low levels can contribute to unhealthy bones and fractures. All men and women over 50 years of age and living with HIV should obtain a baseline bone mineral density test. Abnormal results can identify osteopenia and osteoporosis. If the results are normal, the bone mineral density test should be repeated every two to five years.
Here's how you can avoid bone disease:
- Maintain a healthy diet, which includes getting 1,000 milligrams of calcium and 1,000 milligrams of vitamin D daily. A nutritionist can help you get these nutrients in the correct amounts. Too much calcium and vitamin D can lead to other problems.
- Exercise regularly with weights.
- Stop smoking.
- Avoid excessive alcohol and caffeine.
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Justin Leonard makes it back into US Open field
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After three years of coming up short in qualifying, Justin Leonard earned a return to the U.S. Open.
The 1997 British Open champion, who has won 12 times on the PGA Tour but not since 2008, was among the 16 players at the Columbus site who qualified for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst June 12-15.
"It'll be fun," said Leonard, who'll turn 42 on the day of the Open's final round. "And Pinehurst is one of my favorites, so a little extra incentive there."
Leonard was co-medalist through 36 holes on Monday at Brookside and Scioto. He tied for 15th at the Open in Pinehurst in 1999 when Payne Stewart won and tied for 23rd in the 2005 championship won by Michael Campbell.
Among those also qualifying were Bo Van Pelt, Mark Wilson, Kevin Tway and Luke Guthrie, South Korea's Seung-Yul Noh and Hyung Sung Kim, Australia's Aaron Baddeley and Rod Pampling and England's Paul Casey.
Playing 18 holes on each of two difficult courses after playing four rounds nearby at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village, Baddeley said it's a grueling way to spend what is usually a day off.
"To come out and play good is a bonus," he said after tying for 37th at the Memorial on Sunday. "I played really nice last week. I made like a million birdies. I just made way too many bogeys."
The Columbus site featured the most PGA Tour players. Another big tour site was in Memphis, Tennessee, where David Toms, J.B. Holmes, Joe Ogilvie and David Gossett were among the 13 to earn spots. Gossett, a former PGA Tour winner, was an alternate out of 18-hole local qualifying.
Now that Monday's qualifying is over, 150 players are in the U.S. Open. Six spots remaining will be for anyone who gets into the top 60 in the world ranking after this week, and the rest will be distributed to alternates. The order of alternates was not released.
A year ago in Columbus, Justin Thomas came down the stretch with a shot at qualifying only to finish bogey-bogey at Brookside and miss making the field by a shot. This year, he hit his second shot to the closing hole to almost exactly the same spot but was able to make a par. He finished at 5-under and shared medalist honors with Leonard and Noh.
"It's cool to finish in the same spot and do that. I played so well last year and those last two holes were the difference," he said. "This'll be my first major and I'm looking forward to a great experience."
There were also those who kicked away quality chances to make the Open field. Danny Lee, who won the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst in 2008, was at 7-under on the day when he triple-bogeyed the 13th and then doubled the 14th at Scioto. Michael Putnam was among the leaders until he played his final six holes in five over and had to go to a 5-man playoff for the final three spots.
He then lost out on the second hole and will be an alternate.
— In San Francisco, Jason Gore failed to earn one of five spots. Gore played in the final group in 2005 and was referred to as the "Prince of Pinehurst." One of the spots went to Kevin Sutherland, a former World Golf Championship winner. Sutherland recently received an exemption to the U.S. Senior Open this summer after turning 50. He last played a PGA Tour event in August.
— In Houston, former U.S. Junior Amateur champion Cory Whitsett went 66-66 and was medalist by five shots to lead three qualifiers at Lakeside Country Club. Whitsett, an All-American at Alabama, was on the winning Walker Cup team last year.
— NCAA champion Cameron Wilson of Stanford missed by one shot qualifying for the U.S. Open in Purchase, New York.
— Henrik Norlander of Sweden earned one of two spots in Roswell, Georgia.
— Billy Hurley III, a former Navy officer, earned one of four spots at Rockville, Maryland. Taylor Funk, the 18-year-old son of Fred Funk, shot 76 in his second round at Woodmont and missed by three shots.
— Aron Price of Australia got the fourth and final spot from Vero Beach, Florida, without facing a playoff. His 142 tied him with Landon Michelson of Rice, who had rounds of 71-71 at Quail Valley. Michelson, however, realized he signed for a 70. He put down a Instead of a playoff against Price for the last spot, Michelson was disqualified.
— At Springfield, Ohio, Brian Stuard won one of three spots by going 64-65. Chris Thompson and amateur Will Grimmer also qualified.
— In Creswell, Oregon, where 50 players battled for two spots, Zac Blair and Clayton Rask earned trips to Pinehurst.


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Children born to obese mothers died earlier and had more heart problems later in their own lives than those born to normal-weight moms, a longitudinal study found.
These children had a 35% higher risk of death from any cause than kids born to normal-weight mothers, after adjustment for socioeconomics, demographics, and gestational factors, Rebecca M. Reynolds, MD, PhD, of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and colleagues found.
Having an obese mother also correlated with a 29% higher risk of hospital admission for a cardiovascular event, the researchers reported online in BMJ.
"Our findings highlight the urgent need for strategies to prevent obesity in women of childbearing age and the need to assess the offspring of obese mothers for their cardiovascular risk," they wrote.
Maternal obesity has been steadily climbing, they noted. Only 4% of mothers in the 1950s Scottish birth cohort were obese, whereas studies have estimated about one-third of U.S. women of childbearing age are obese now.
There are plenty of other reasons to tackle obesity in women of childbearing age and those who are pregnant, too, Pam Factor-Litvak, MPhil, PhD, of the Columbia University School of Public Health in New York City, noted in an accompanying editorial.
She cited higher risk of death, pre-eclampsia, and gestational diabetes for mothers, large-for-gestational-age and fetal distress for the babies, and later risks of obesity, metabolic disorders, hypertension, asthma, and behavior trouble when the children get older.
Intrauterine metabolic programming and postnatal environment both probably play a role, Factor-Litvak suggested.
Guidelines have tightened weight-gain recommendations for pregnancy over the past few years, but "the results of studies of maternal obesity and offspring outcomes suggest that interventions should begin before pregnancy," she argued.
The researchers analyzed the Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal data bank with birth records of all 37,709 singletons born from 1950 to 1976, followed for outcomes through Scottish mortality and morbidity registries.
Cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in this group followed to Jan. 1, 2012 when the cohort was ages 34 to 61. It accounted for 24% of male and 13% of female mortality.
The chances of death were lowest among individuals born to mothers with a body mass index of 24 to 28 kg/m2 when measured at an antenatal visit.
The hazard ratios for all-cause mortality, adjusted for husband or partner's social class, gestational age, sex of baby, birth weight, when gestational weight was measured, and mother's age at delivery were:
- 1.11 with overweight mothers (95% CI 1.03-1.19)
- 1.35 with obese mothers (95% CI 1.17-1.55)
Risks for a cardiovascular event requiring hospitalization, which occurred in 8% of the offspring, were elevated compared with normal-weight mothers, too. Adjusted hazard ratios were:
- 1.15 with overweight mothers (95% CI 1.04-1.26)
- 1.29 with obese mothers (95% CI 1.06-1.57)
Angina, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and "other" cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease followed the same pattern of elevated risk, although not all were statistically significant differences, "possibly because of limited statistical power."
The results were similar when the analysis was restricted to offspring of women whose BMI was measured before 20 weeks' gestation, suggesting pre-existing obesity.
Reynolds's group cautioned that their analysis couldn't separate out the direct impact of maternal obesity versus shared lifestyle, genetics, and early environment.
Other limitations were lack of adjustment for offspring obesity or paternal obesity and follow-up only to a relatively young age that might have underestimated the effect size on morbidity and mortality.
"Nevertheless, our results are important, indicating that the offspring of obese mothers are a high-risk group who should be assessed for cardiovascular risk and actively encouraged to maintain a healthy lifestyle," they concluded. "This could avoid perpetuation of an intergenerational cycle of obesity."
The study was supported by grants from the Scottish chief scientist office and Chest, Heart and Stroke, Scotland, with additional support from Tommy's and the British Heart Foundation.
Reynolds and Factor-Litvak reported having no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Source Reference: Reynolds RM, et al "Maternal obesity during pregnancy and premature mortality from cardiovascular event in adult offspring: follow-up of 1,323,275 person years" BMJ 2013; 347: f4539.
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Source Reference: Factor-Litvak P "Maternal obesity and heart disease in the offspring: Interventions may need to begin before pregnancy" BMJ 2013; 347: f4960.


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Tesla talk electrifies stocksMarch 13th, 2014
Huge plans for EV expansion would require several new graphite mines
by Greg Klein
Giga what?
It's a "Gigafactory" and its dramatic announcement has frontrunners to graphite production basking in the news—a potential 37% increase in natural graphite demand by 2020, requiring six to nine new graphite mines. Those estimates come from the authoritative journal Industrial Minerals in the wake of Tesla Motors' plans for a $5-billion plant to manufacture lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. While several caveats have to be considered, graphite companies have once again come to market prominence.
The Gigafactory's not yet a fact. Start-up is slated for 2017 but Tesla needs a location, not to mention partners. Tesla's putting up only two-fifths of the $5-billion price tag. Writing in Morning Notes, Chris Berry states that Panasonic and Sanyo are "rumoured to be contributing as well." IM writers Simon Moores and Andy Miller caution that "the plant is in the planning stage and capacities depend strongly on market demand."
Berry, who has previously called Tesla a "bellwether or benchmark for green technology and by extension energy metals," emphasizes that the Gigafactory's success depends "less on a secure supply of raw materials and more on the long-term price of a gallon of gas." He also says EVs face competition from other technologies. And, although "a long shot," current battery technology could become obsolete.
Nor has Tesla specified that its batteries will use natural graphite. Synthetic graphite might be an option but, as Berry points out, the natural stuff would help the company meet its goal of cutting manufacturing costs by half.
Moores and Miller note alternatives to graphite, such as the non-graphitic carbon anodes now in the R&D stage. But, the writers state, graphite anodes remain "the current material of choice for Li-ion battery producers."
Should all go according to plan and assumptions, IM Data offers some intriguing estimates. Capacity operation at the Gigafactory would call for 93,000 tonnes of large flake graphite. Those grades, +80 mesh and larger, "made up just over 20% of total flake graphite output of 375,000 tonnes in 2013," IM stated. By 2020, even with no growth in other areas, the Gigafactory could require six new mines.
That's just the conservative estimate. "In a bullish case this could rise as high as 140,000 tonnes," IM states, calling for nine new mines. A number of projects rank among the contenders.
Canada's next new graphite operation would likely be Ontario Graphite's Kearney mine, 250 kilometres north of Toronto. Having missed its 2013 target date, the privately owned company now says Kearney will re-open early this year. The large, low-grade resource would produce an annual "20,000 tonnes of natural, large flake, high carbon graphite concentrate," the company states.
Next in line might be Flinders Resources TSXV:FDR, which plans to skip feasibility and even pre-feas to begin commercial production at Sweden's Woxna mine by July. The company calls itself the only publicly traded company that's completely funded for production. Its primary market would be European refractories and crucible manufacturers.
The only graphite company with full feasibility complete, not to mention an expansion case PEA and major permitting, Northern Graphite TSXV:NGC hopes to begin construction on the Bissett Creek mine in southeastern Ontario by Q4 this year, with commercial production following in Q4 2015. Negotiations are underway with potential strategic partners to take up part of the $101.6-million initial capex. One of the company's claims to fame has even greater significance following the Tesla news. Northern is "the only junior that has successfully produced and tested spherical graphite for Li-ion batteries," the company says.
This year has Focus Graphite TSXV:FMS focusing on feasibility and financing. In December the company signed what it terms the graphite industry's first offtake deal, a 10-year contract with a Chinese conglomerate that will buy 20,000 to 40,000 tonnes a year. The 2013 preliminary economic assessment for the Lac Knife project in northeastern Quebec forecast total annual production at 44,000 tonnes. The PEA projected an initial capex of $126 million, which Focus hopes to raise through a combination of debt and equity.
Mason Graphite's (TSXV:LLG) timeline has feasibility scheduled for completion in Q3 and construction beginning in Q1 2015. Last April's PEA gave the company's Lac Gueret project in northeastern Quebec direct costs, including contingency, totalling $107.92 million.
A company hoping to begin production in 2015, Energizer Resources TSX:EGZ has a February 2013 PEA projecting a $162.04-million capex for its Molo deposit in Madagascar. The current plan is to start small with 50,000 tonnes per year but build to a 150,000-tpa capacity as the market requires.
Not as advanced, but a prominent company nonetheless, Zenyatta Ventures TSXV:ZEN plans to finish a PEA in Q2 following last December's maiden resource for its Albany project. The "very rare hydrothermal deposit" rejuvenated early-stage graphite activity by sparking an area play around the north-central Ontario property.
One junior that's already selling product is Big North Graphite TSXV:NRT. The company has so far sold 760 tons produced by test-mining its 11-hectare, 50/50 Nuevo San Pedro joint venture in Mexico and by purchasing output from other small, nearby operations. The less-expensive amorphous product doesn't serve the battery market but the company's also pursuing flake graphite at its other properties in Mexico and Canada.
IM writers Moores and Miller compare Tesla's plans to Henry Ford's introduction of the assembly line to car manufacture, saying the Gigafactory "could prove just as pivotal in the emergence of the EV market, unlocking a lucrative new layer of demand for natural graphite producers."
In his Morning Notes article, Berry points out that graphite is the largest component of the numerous materials used to make Li-ion batteries, but not the most expensive. Though Tesla's announcement boosted graphite and lithium companies, he observes, cobalt and nickel stocks somehow missed out.
"There are a multitude of factors which will ultimately determine the success or failure of the Gigafactory," Berry concludes. "But it is clear that reliable supply of various energy metals remains at the heart of this strategy."


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Jordan Fouse had 13 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals Wednesday night and Green Bay never trailed in beating Loyola of Chicago 58-45.
Keifer Sykes scored 11 points and contributed nine assists as the Phoenix (7-9, 1-2) won their Horizon League home opener after losing at Detroit and Wright State. Brennan Cougill added 10 points for Green Bay.
Loyola made just five shots in the first half, shooting 19 percent, and trailed 28-12 at the break. Devon Turk was the only player in double figures for the Ramblers (10-5, 1-2) with 11 points.
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Of course, London Olympic officials want patrons to enjoy their time this summer at the Games, but they also want them to pay for every single amenity imaginable. To that end, organizers have banned fans from bringing in any bottled water and will also confiscate large amounts of food.
The Daily Mail provides a breakdown of how much food will cost once inside the Olympic Park, and how it stacks up with other UK venues:
A spokesman for Games organisers Locog said taking a sandwich in a backpack, for example, should not be a problem, but that a picnic hamper or cool box was 'likely to be an issue'.
This, they said, was to prevent longer queues at venues while hampers were searched and because there was limited storage space beneath the seats.
But critics claimed it was a ploy to encourage people to buy over-priced food.
The rules surrounding the selling of refreshments for the Olympics and Paralympics are far stricter than they are for other sporting events.
At both Lord's and Wimbledon food is permitted and alcohol is restricted to one bottle of wine or two cans of beer per person.
The best part is that once you do feel the need quench your thirst and/or hunger, your payment options become somewhat limited.
If ticket holders want to buy food at the Olympic Park they will have to use cash or a Visa card. No other credit cards are allowed.
Hot dog: $9.54. Glass of wine: $8.41. Using your MasterCard to pay for overpriced bottled water at the London Olympics: Bugger off.


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I'm not sure how Global Warming makes it cooler, but our climate is not normal this year. The nights are so cool that the tomatoes are not doing well at all. I was really looking forward to playing summer Santa with the folks at mom's Senior's home. Last year they all flocked out when I arrived with produce. This year I do not have enough even for us.
The tiny red hot peppers are growing like wild though. The twin orphan fawns even eat the chili peppers but not these baby hot peppers
Then there is the last redish/pink/white rose I got before the twin baby fawns.
And, the last yellow rose I had.


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There are many makeup products out there that are especially designed for sensitive skin, whether you suffer from rosacea, dermatitis, acne or just have a very dry skin condition.
Having the correct skin regime and the right makeup can help you in your fight towards beautiful and radiant skin.
Makeup effects on sensitive skin can either have a positive or a negative effect, that's why it is imperative that you choose the correct makeup for sensitive skin.
Finding the right makeup can boost your self-confidence immensely. Not only is it important to find the correct makeup for your skin type but it must also minimize the appearance of your blemishes.
Before applying your makeup, always cleanse your face with a natural gentle cleansing scrub that suits your skin type, followed by a natural moisturizer which will balance your skin.
Mineral makeup should always be used as it was originally designed for people that have sensitive skin. Mineral makeup does not irritate skin conditions like acne or rosacea. Be careful when choosing mineral makeup as they are not all made the same. Avoid mineral makeup that contains and bismuth oxycholoride. These two ingredients can clog and irritate your pores. Your mineral makeup shouldn't contain any perfumes, preservatives or dyes.
Good mineral makeups should conceal blemishes, uneven skin tone and redness for the entire day. When using mineral makeup, clean your brushes on a regular basis as they will harbor blemish causing bacteria.
Removing your makeup is just as important as applying it. Never leave your makeup on overnight as this will only irritate your skin further, causing blocked pores which will lead to breakouts of blackheads and pimples.
Avoid everyday harsh makeup removals; these include those with high pHs that damage proteins in the outermost layer of the skin.
Makeup removers that contain alcohol should also be avoided. As an ingredient alcohol removes some of the stratum corneum, the layer of dead skin cells that helps to keep moisture in. It will also irritate and have a burning effect on your skin, something you definitely don't want.
Some experts' advise that if you have sensitive skin then makeup should be removed with water only. If you suffer from dermatitis then water will actually dry your skin out further.
You may want to look at a facial cleansing gel for your sensitive skin, a gel that won't cause dryness and irritate your skin. It will help remove surface bacteria, makeup and excess oil.
Always be aware of the makeup effects on sensitive skin when you are choosing your makeup products.


text: Little houses in Lake Charles can cost anywhere between $35,000 to $80,000. These are already built houses that are either laid in foundation or on wheels. These houses are fully customized. However, if you want to hire a builder to build your own little house, you can expect to spend around $10,000 to $30,000 in materials and another $2,000 to $5,000 for the labor cost of your project. If you do not have a building plan, you can purchase one for around $750 to $800. Most homeowners tend to use recyclable materials for their little houses in Lake Charles. While it is environment-friendly, it is highly advisable to use salvage materials that are still in good condition and will not cause any problem in the long run. It is best if you purchase brand new materials that can have an effect on your energy consumption like insulating materials.


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CONCORD — A camel that lives along Bailey Road twice escaped its wire enclosure Tuesday, once getting struck by a minivan.
The camel, named Rudy, was not injured in the 6:45 p.m. collision, but will be thoroughly checked by a veterinarian Wednesday morning to make sure he is fine, said Raymond Ferrante, who works for a Bailey Road land management company and helped secure Rudy on Tuesday night.
"He's fine, he's hot and his adrenaline's pumping, but he's fine," Ferrante said. "I have never done this before, so I can put (rescuing a camel) on my resume."
Ferrante brought a trailer out and coaxed the hesitant — and likely spooked camel — into the trailer. Rudy bumped his hump a couple times on the top of the trailer before he finally got in and settled down.
No motorists were injured, police said.
The 10-year-old camel, trailing a leash, was walking south on Bailey Road — between North Concord and Pittsburg — when he was hit by a red Honda minivan, the CHP said. The camel got up and first walked, then ran around the road, according to the CHP. People were out on the road for several hours getting the camel back to safety.
Camels are not a strange sight on Bailey Road. In the past, two camels, known as Bob and Bailey, have often can be seen grazing on the hill, along with cows, several miles from the road, and safely behind a wire fence.
The accident Tuesday was the second time the camel escaped its enclosure. The camel got out and was spotted about 3 p.m. in the middle of the road, the CHP said.
The animal soon moved over and began grazing on the grass on the shoulder of the road.
Drivers left their vehicles and tried to coax the animal to a safer spot before police arrived and succeeded in getting the camel back to the pen. The CHP deemed the road safe for cars about 3:30 p.m., and a line of stopped traffic in both directions began moving again.
It is believed the wayward camel was the same one hit later that evening.
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ARM is targeting mid-range smartphones and tablets priced between US$200 and $350 with a new low-power Cortex-A12 processor the company announced Monday at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
The company's processors are used in most of the world's smartphones and tablets. The new Cortex-A12 processor design will succeed the Cortex-A9 design, which was used in Apple's iPhone 4S, Samsung's Galaxy S3 and many Android tablets.
The A12 will come with up to four cores, and the first handsets and tablets with the processor will be out in mid 2014.
ARM is seeing fast growth in mid-range mobile devices with prices above $200, with handset shipments expected to touch around 500 million by the end of 2015. With A12, ARM hopes to address that emerging market.
The A12 is a faster and more power-efficient replacement for Cortex-A9, which is now a five-year-old design. It is 40 percent more power efficient than A9, and up to 30 percent faster. That translates to better performance and longer battery life in tablets and smartphones.
ARM will have to contend with Intel, which is aggressively chasing the low-cost tablet market with its upcoming Atom chips code-named Bay Trail, which is based on the Silvermont core. Intel expects Android tablets running Bay Trail to be introduced later this year priced between $200 and $399.
With the A12, ARM improved its single-threaded capabilities, said Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moorhead Insights and Strategy, in an email.
"A synthesized A12 processor will need to contend with Intel's 22-nanometer Silvermont and 14-nm Airmont," Moorhead said, calling it "a tall order."
ARM licenses its processor designs to companies like Qualcomm, Nvidia, Apple and Samsung, who then make chips for mobile devices. ARM did not announce any licensees for Cortex-A12.
On performance, the A12 is a notch below Cortex-A15, which is for high-end smartphones, tablets and servers. Samsung's latest Exynos 5 chips in the Nexus 10 tablet and Galaxy S4 smartphone are based on the Cortex-A15 processor.
ARM offers other processor designs such as Cortex-A7, which is for handsets and tablets priced under $200. The A12 can be combined with A7 in ARM's Big.Little chip design, where low-power cores are mixed with high-performance cores for efficient energy use of chips. The A12 will take on demanding applications such as multimedia, leaving mundane tasks like text message and voice calls to the A7 processor.
ARM also announced the Mali T622 graphics processor, which can be paired with the A12 processor in smartphones. The T622 can render high-definition video and has built-in image stabilization features. The company also announced the Mali V500 video accelerator to speed up HD video encoding and decoding.
Agam Shah covers PCs, tablets, servers, chips and semiconductors for IDG News Service. Follow Agam on Twitter at @agamsh. Agam's e-mail address is email@example.com


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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Kicks Off the Network's Holiday Season of Special Events
Nominations in Several Grammy Categories Will Be Announced on "The Grammy(R) Nominations Concert Live! - Countdown to Music's Biggest Night(R)"
Victoria's Secret Angels Star in "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show," Featuring Musical Guests Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy
"I Love Lucy Christmas Special" Will Feature Two Newly Colorized
Classic Episodes
Popular Primetime Series Also Get in the Spirit with Holiday Themed Episodes
CBS's holiday programming, which kicks-off with RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, will also include music specials, perennial holiday favorites and holiday-themed episodes of NCIS, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE MILLERS and HAWAII FIVE-0.
Music-laden specials include THE VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW, featuring performances by seven-time GRAMMY Award winner Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy, THE GRAMMY(R) NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! - COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT(R), with performances by Drake, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Robin Thicke and four-time GRAMMY Award winner Keith Urban and THE 36TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS.
Also scheduled is the annual visit of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, along with encore broadcasts of the animated holiday specials HOOPS&YOYO RUIN CHRISTMAS, A FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS and THE ELF ON THE SHELF: AN ELF'S STORY.
CBS's Holiday Programming:
Tuesday, Nov. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT): RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - The classic holiday special, narrated by Burl Ives, who is also heard as the voice of Sam the Snowman, is a music story based on the popular song of the same name by Johnny Marks. It recounts the tale of a shy reindeer whose Christmas spirit is dampened because his shiny nose has made him the laughing stock of all of Christmasville.
Thursday, Nov. 28 (9:00AM-Noon, Live ET, 7:00AM-10:00 AM, 9:00AM-Noon, delayed PT): THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS - Kevin Frazier and Thea Andrews, co-hosts of "omg! Insider" will anchor this CBS Thanksgiving tradition now in its 53rd year which will feature portions of the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade live from New York City. The parade will feature performances by GRAMMY Award-winning country music superstars Lady Antebellum, and the Broadway casts of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella," "First Date" and "A Night with Janis Joplin."
Friday, Nov. 29 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT): HOOPS&YOYO RUIN CHRISTMAS - This animated holiday special presented by Hallmark, follows the unexpected adventure of the comical pink kitty and green bunny team, hoops&yoyo, after they become accidental stowaways on Santa's sleigh. (Rebroadcast)
Friday, Nov. 29 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT): THE ELF ON THE SHELF: AN ELF'S STORY - An animated feature based on the best-selling holiday children's book The Elf on the Shelf, follows one of the many scout elves from the North Pole, who helps Santa Claus determine who to put on the naughty and nice lists. (Rebroadcast)
Saturday, Nov. 30 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT): THE FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - An animated holiday special about a young reindeer with ambitions of becoming an expert flyer like his father, features the voices of Emma Roberts ("Hotel for Dogs") and comedian Norm MacDonald ("Saturday Night Live"). (Rebroadcast)
Saturday, Nov. 30 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT): THE STORY OF SANTA CLAUS - An animated musical holiday special featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Betty White and Tim Curry, the story revolves around a gentle toymaker whose only wish is to deliver a toy to every child on Christmas. (Rebroadcast)
Friday, Dec. 6 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT): FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - Frosty, that "jolly, happy soul" whose old silk hat full of magic has turned him into a musical Christmas legend, once again demonstrates his unique showmanship. Narrated by Jimmy Durante, the special also includes the voices of Jackie Vernon (as Frosty) and Billy De Wolfe (as Professor Hinkle). (Rebroadcast)
Friday, Dec. 6 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT): YES, VIRGINIA - This animated special is based on the 1897 true story of Virginia O'Hanlon, an 8-year-old girl who inspired the most famous newspaper editorial of all time by asking "Is there a Santa Claus?" Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alfred Molina voice key characters. Beatrice Miller ("Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs") voices the role of Virginia. (Rebroadcast).
Friday, Dec. 6 (10:00-11:00 PM, live ET, delayed PT): THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT - For the sixth consecutive year, this special will set the stage for the annual Grammy Awards telecast and announce nominations in several categories, as well as feature performances by past Grammy winners and/or nominees. Grammy Award winner LL COOL J returns as host. GRAMMY Award winner Drake, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Robin Thicke and four time GRAMMY Award winner Keith Urban will perform.
Tuesday, Dec. 10 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT): THE VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW - This year's show from New York features world famous models Adriana Lima, Allesandra Ambrosio, Lily Aldridge, Candace Swanepoel, Lindsay Ellingson, Karlie Kloss, Doutzen Kroes, Behati Prinsloo and others. The runway show will include musical performances by Grammy Award winner Taylor Swift, Grammy-nominated Fall Out Boy, and Neon Jungle, pink carpet interviews, model profiles and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the world's most celebrated fashion show.
Saturday, Dec. 14 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT): FROSTY RETURNS - The magic still in his old silk hat, the holiday season's perennially popular original dancing snowman continues his adventures and skates on the edge of danger. Jonathan Winters is the narrator with John Goodman as the voice of Frosty. (Rebroadcast)
Wednesday, Dec. 18 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) : A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH CELINE DION - The special tells touching stories about adoption from foster care to raise awareness for this important social issue. Inspirational stories of families are enhanced with performances by some of today's most popular artists.
Friday, Dec. 20 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT): I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Features two newly colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the 1950s series: the seldom-seen "Christmas Episode" and "Lucy's Italian Movie" (aka "Grape Stomping"). Both were colorized with a vintage look, a nod to the 1950s period in which the shows were filmed. The main titles and end credits of the two episodes are seamlessly combined into one set - at the beginning and end of the hour - with no interruption between the episodes.
Sunday, Dec. 29 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) THE 36th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS - Opera singer Martina Arroyo, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer Herbie Hancock, pianist, singer and songwriter Billy Joel, actress Shirley MacLaine and musician and songwriter Carlos Santana will receive honors. Seated with President and Mrs. Obama, the Honorees will accept the thanks of their peers and fans through performances and heartfelt tributes.
Thursday, Nov. 21 (8:00-8:31 PM, ET/PT): THE BIG BANG THEORY "The Thanksgiving Decoupling" - Sheldon protests when the gang drags him to Mrs. Wolowitz's house for Thanksgiving.
Friday, Nov. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) HAWAII FIVE-0: "Hau'oli La Ho'omaika'i" - As Thanksgiving approaches, Five-0 investigates the murder of a secret service agent just as the President travels to Oahu. Also, McGarrett's Aunt Deb (Carol Burnett) visits, bringing with her a shocking secret.
Wednesday, Dec. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT): CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION "The Lost Reindeer" - A man is murdered at an elaborate company holiday party, complete with real snow and live reindeer, and the CSI team is brought in to investigate.
Thursday, Dec. 12 (8:31-9:01 PM, ET/PT): THE MILLERS "Carol's Parents are Coming to Town" - It's Christmas, and Carol's over-bearing mother and father are coming to town to celebrate the holidays. In order to avoid her mother's wrath, Carol recruits Nate and Tom to cover up their failed relationships and present a happy fa�ade. However, Nate begins to believe the lie, and considers getting back together with his ex, Janice (Eliza Coupe). June Squibb and Jerry Van Dyke guest star as Carol's parents.
Thursday, Dec. 12 (9:31-10:00 PM, ET/PT): TWO AND A HALF MEN "On Vodka, On Soda, On Blender, On Mixer" - Alan receives a Japanese delicacy from Jake for Christmas, and Walden's Malibu house is alive with questionable Christmas carol lyrics.
Tuesday, Dec. 17 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT): NCIS "Homesick" - After a mysterious illness strikes dozens of children from military families, Gibbs and the team investigate the cause while Abby and Jimmy partner with the Naval Medical Research Center to determine the strain of illness, all in hopes of delivering a cure before the holidays.


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Crusader – Activist – Opinionated – Rigid – Self-Righteous – Extremist
Masculine, forceful and initiating.
Powerful and crusading.
Taking up a cause. Fighting for principles.
Strong need to persuade others, to conquer our enemies, and to achieve our objectives.
Ability to excel at whatever we choose.
Being opinionated and intellectually rigid.
High expectations and inflexible views.
Prone to argue. Tendency to hold on to limited reference points.
Tendency to go to extremes.
Capable of burning ourselves and others out when we get carried away.


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The day Larry Pieplow saw the real thing, he was moved to a different state of mind.
After five years and countless hours in his Seneca workshop, he created a half-scale model of the Mogul Junior, an International Harvester tractor that went into production in 1910.
He started with an engine and built everything around it, creating the design merely by looking at a photograph in a book.
But a few weeks ago he headed to the National Threshers Reunion north of Wauseon and saw a metal monster that stunned him.
There was the real thing, the full size Mogul 30-60, an authentic king-size version of Larry's Mogul Junior.
"I was on high all day long after seeing that thing," he said.


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Just like the best heroes and heroines, every antagonist needs layers so they won't be cliché, aka: a cookie cutter bad guy who's like all of the other desserts at the buffet.
Here are seven ingredients that I'm hoping will set the mystical Morpheus, my naughty hotty in Splintered, apart from the other cookies:
1. He has wings.
Granted, there are lots of faerie stories where the bad boy has wings. But the way Morpheus "got" his wings is a bit different. Not to mention he uses them for more than flying. At any given point in the story they might become: a shield, a cape, a weapon, shade from the sun, and lastly and most fun, a means of seduction.
2. He thinks he's a rock star. Could be because he bears a stunning resemblance to a smokin' cult phenom: Brandon Lee's The Crow.
Whatever the case, he has no self-esteem issues. In fact, he's downright arrogant and narcissistic at times. But it only makes him more loveable; just ask him. ;)
3. He has unique quirks. For one, he collects moths by the thousands. Not only living ones, but moth corpses to embellish his hats. Which leads to his fashion obsessions. Morpheus, despite his obvious masculinity, is partial to retro-renaissance fashion. He'll take a crushed velvet suit with lacy cuffs over a pair of jeans and t-shirt any day. Here's an example of something he might wear on a casual afternoon strolling around Wonderland:
4. He dabbles in dreams.
This characteristic actually inspired his name … well, there's one other contributing factor, but you'll have to read the book to discover it. Heh. The Morpheus in Greek mythology is the god of dreams and has the ability to take any human form and appear in someone's sleep. His true semblance is that of a winged daemon. All the more reason for my bad boy to have wings.
5. He has a hidden soft spot for the heroine, Alyssa. It makes an appearance from time to time, but he tries to cover it up with self-adulation and snarky remarks aimed at Alyssa or her best friend/secret crush, leading back to point #2:
6. He's the master of weaseling deals through word manipulation. Like most fae-related creatures, Morpheus has a penchant for word wizardry: he takes everything said as literal, and twists it this way and that, making it mean what HE wants it to mean.
7. He has phobias. The most important thing in the world to Morpheus is his freedom. Nothing terrifies him more than being bound and powerless. This is something he has in common with Alyssa, which makes their relationship all the more complex, especially when her freedom threatens his own.
I've found that the layered villains/antagonists -- the ones with a variation of ingredients -- are the most affecting to me personally. Maybe because when they're humanized and given relatable motivations and fears, I'm taken to that place of personal introspection where I question if I were in a similar situation, would I take on the same characteristics and make the same choices?
Often, I even start rooting for those antagonists in spite of my disdain for their actions, hoping that they'll somehow redeem themselves in the end. The best books not only have fully developed heroes/heroines, but antagonists too. Because nobody wants a dessert buffet loaded with nothing but stale sugar cookies.
So, who are some of your favorite antagonists from recent or past reads, and what ingredients set them apart from other antagonists you've seen?
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Steven Kline, Jr.
Chief Data Officer, Gardner Business Media
Chief Data Officer, Gardner Business Media
If there were ever a recession-proof industry, it would be medical. Since 1966, real healthcare spending in the U.S. has risen on astraight line. The annual rate of change has not contracted in a single month during that time. Medical-device and equipment production has rarely contracted since 1972, and the contraction has been extremely shallow and very short. According to our own data, capacity utilization in the medical industry did not fall at all during the severe recession in 2009.
There are several reasons for all this. The U.S. has an aging population, and older people tend to spend more on healthcare. In fact, most healthcare spending occurs in the last two to five years of an individual's life. Also, the government has created a virtual monopoly for the entire industry through a vast regulatory environment. The lack of real competition has enabled the industry to rapidly increase revenues and profits, which in turn fuel increased production.
Third, the nature of health insurance has removed consumers from purchasing decisions, which has allowed healthcare spending to increase significantly faster than it would have if they were more directly responsible for paying for their care.
The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) is generally enhancing the second and third trends above. Despite the intent of the legislation, many individuals are already seeing the cost of healthcare rise significantly. Healthcare spending had been growing generally slower since the middle of 2002. But once talk of Obamacare began in earnest, the trend to lower healthcare spending came to an end. In the middle of 2010 healthcare spending began to grow at a significantly faster rate. In my opinion, this was a result of increased costs being built into the system as the industry prepared for passage of the healthcare legislation. Since then, healthcare spending has grown at a relatively constant rate.
Medical equipment and device production, while highly cyclical and more volatile than healthcare spending, tends to lag healthcare spending by about a year (see chart). So, during the 2000s, medical production followed the trend in healthcare spending with generally slower growth (note the falling peaks in the rate of change in production). But when the growth rate of healthcare spending jumped significantly, medical equipment production took off. In 2013, medical equipment production has grown faster than at any time since 2006. While the rate of growth in production should slow in 2014, it likely will remain relatively strong throughout the year.
Since December 2011, the medical equipment market has grown at a significant rate in every month but four. This is by far the best performance of any end market we track. New orders have grown in all but two of those months. However, the rate of growth was noticeably slower in 2013. This suggests growth will be even slower this year. Because production grew faster than orders in 2013, backlogs contracted for much of the year. This indicates that capacity utilization, which is the best leading indicator of capital equipment spending, will probably fall slightly in 2014. Capacity utilization leads capital equipment spending by about a year. Capital investment in the medical industry looks to be strong in 2014 (especially for auxiliary equipment and molds), but it will likely slow in 2015, if not the latter part of 2014.
While medical-care spending has grown faster since 2010 and medical equipment and device production has grown at the fastest rate in the last seven years, medical OEMs have become less optimistic about the future since the middle of 2012. My guess is that most are concerned about how Obamacare will affect their business going forward. And the increasing regulatory burden from Obamacare is making business conditions more difficult.
Steven Kline Jr. is part of the fourth-generation ownership team of Cincinnati-based Gardner Business Media, which is the publisher of Plastics Technology. He is currently the company's director of market intelligence. Contact: (513) 527-8800; email: firstname.lastname@example.com; blog: gardnerweb.com/economics/blog.
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