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Russian tech investor Yuri Milner said he has joined with Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Sergey Brin to create a new $3 million prize for health-science research. Geoffrey Fowler reports on The News Hub. Photo: AP.
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The St. John Fisher College football team advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Championship, as the Cardinals came away with a 27-14 win over host Delaware Valley College on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, Fisher improves to 10-2 overall and will now play in the regional finals. This is the fourth time in the program's history the Cardinals have reached double-digits in the win column and the third time Fisher has advanced to the Elite 8.
It was entire team effort for the Cardinals. The Fisher defense held the top-seeded Aggies scoreless in three of the game's four quarters, while the offense, led by backup-quarterback Ahmed Hassanien mustered 289 yards of total offense (196 rushing, 93 passing), including a career-high 145 yards on the ground from sophomore running back Cody Miller. The special teams also came through, delivering two field goals and a touchdown on a kick return.
After a scoreless first quarter, Fisher struck first on the first play of the second quarter with a 12-yard fade pass from Hassanien to Ryan Francis to the back right corner of the end zone. The play capped a 10-play, 65 yard drive that ate up 5:44 of the clock.
Delaware Valley returned the favor with a long 85-yard drive that ended with a 26-yard touchdown run by Kyle Schuberth that knotted the score at sevens with 10:41 remaining in the half.
Francis gained the momentum back just 11 second later when he took an untouched 83-yard kickoff return to the house that gave the Cardinals a 14-7 lead with 10:30 on the clock in the second quarter.
The Aggies then used up 6:26 off the clock, driving 77 yard on 13 plays, finishing with a two-yard run by quarterback Aaron Wilmer to again tie the game, this time at 14-14 with 3:57 remaining in the stanza.
Fisher quickly moved down the field to setup a 39-yard field goal for Chad Monheim, who cashed in the three points for a Cardinals 17-14 lead with 50 seconds to play in the second quarter.
Delaware Valley moved quickly into Fisher territory, but with 17 seconds left, Brenden Moore picked off a pass to stop the Aggies drive, allowing the Cardinals to enter the locker room with a 17-14 lead.
Fisher pushed its lead to 24-17 on its first possession of the second half, as Hassenien scored on a career-long 32-yard run with 10:53 left in the third. The drive was set up in Aggie territory, thanks to an interception from Wade Kline, which ended the first drive of the second half.
The Cardinals closed out the scoring with a 36-yard field goal from Monheim with 12:05 left in the fourth.
This is Fisher's fourth appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship. The Cardinals are 8-3 all-time in NCAA post-season action. Fisher advanced to the national semifinals in 2006 and the national quarterfinals in 2007, losing both times to Mt. Union College.
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The St. John Fisher College football team advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Championship, as the Cardinals came away with a 27-14 win over host Delaware Valley College on Saturday afternoon.

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"Spiritual Evolution: Scientists Discuss Their Beliefs" describes the intellectual and emotional journeys traveled by esteemed scientists worldwide. Authors share the personal steps they have taken to blend an understanding of the Divine with their scientific perspectives.
Charles Birch, S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Larry Dossey, Owen Gingerich, Peter E. Hodgson, Stanley L. Jaki, Arthur Peacocke, John Polkinghorne, Russell Stannard, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker offer accounts of their spirituality and scientific inquiry. Noting the impact of religious upbringing, academic and spiritual mentors, personal devotional practice, and study, these authors make a compelling case for the blending of both scientific and spiritual worlds. They share insights that keep them attending church, engaging in prayer, and continuing the search to understand the Infinite."
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If you think sleeping next to an industrial-grade snorer is bad, consider the world of sleep apnea.
You're sleeping quietly beside your partner when all of a sudden, his chest stops its comforting rise and fall. The silence is broken with an explosive gasp or snort, he becomes restless, and then normal breathing -- or more likely, snoring -- resumes.
"My wife couldn't sleep in the same room with me," says Jim DeCastro, the sheriff of Bristol County, Rhode Island, who suffers from sleep apnea. "My tenants on the second floor complained. No one could take it anymore."
Sleep apnea is more than just loud snoring. A person literally stops breathing while asleep. The tongue or other soft tissues fall back and completely collapse the airway. At other times, the airway is only partially obstructed and breathing is very shallow. Either way, oxygen levels drop. Throat muscles contract as the person struggles to breathe. He gasps or lets out a snort as air rushes down the now-open throat. Oxygen levels return to normal and the person falls back asleep.
This cycle can be repeated dozens of times each hour. Snorting and snoring become such a routine, most people have no memory of their spasmic breathing cycle. Others may remember a restless night or a sudden awakening.
Most people with obstructive sleep apnea stop breathing for 10 to 40 seconds. Some stop breathing repeatedly, as many as 500 times a night. Martin Scharf, Ph.D., director of the Tri-State Sleep Disorders Center in Cincinnati, has treated a man who stopped breathing 144 times every hour throughout the night.
If you sleep alone, you probably won't know you have apnea until symptoms develop, which can take a while. If someone has complained that your snoring sounds like a jackhammer, suspect apnea. Not all snorers have sleep apnea, but more than half of all heavy snorers do.
James Kiley, M.D., director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health, says women usually recognize the problem. "Often it doesn't happen in the reverse," he says, "because women may not snore as intensely as men so their male bed partner doesn't wake up."
Symptoms may be vague and subtle. You may feel tired and sleepy during the day even after a full night's sleep. Before he became a sheriff's deputy, Jim DeCastro was a mechanic and would fall asleep on the cars he was supposed to be fixing, despite getting 12 hours of sleep.
Apneics may wake up with a headache. They feel irritable, experience memory difficulties, and have problems concentrating. Many sufferers report depression, impotence, or loss of sex drive. Marlene Greene, a computer specialist in New York City, was being treated for depression until a sleep lab determined she really had obstructive sleep apnea. Some people are so exhausted, they fall asleep at the wheel. Patients with sleep apnea are three to seven times more likely to have a car crash, says Allan Pack, M.D., director of the Penn Center for Sleep Disorders.
Jim once fell asleep outside the drive-through window at a bank, was suspected of drunk driving, and then couldn't recall how to sign his name.
Collar size counts. Obstructive sleep apnea is most common in middle age and more likely to strike men than women. "In men 30 to 60 years old, it's as common as asthma and diabetes," says Richard Millman, M.D., director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Rhode Island Hospital.
One big risk factor appears to be body fat. Sixty percent of people with sleep apnea are overweight. But specifically, it's not the poundage, but the neck size that counts. Men with a neck circumference of 17 inches or larger (16 inches for women) are more likely to have their airway collapse while sleeping. So is someone with a double chin or a lot of fat at the waist.
Apnea usually worsens with age because the tissues in the throat become floppier and people gain weight. Men are more susceptible because they often have beefier throat tissues and gather fat in their abdomen, neck, and shoulders -- all factors for a narrower airway.
It's unclear whether apnea is caused by obesity, oversized tissues in the throat, a thick neck, basic jaw structure, or a combination, says Rafael Pelayo, M.D., of the Stanford Sleep Clinic. There may be a genetic link as well. Snoring does run in families, and relatives of those affected with apnea tend to be more likely to have apnea and have shallow breathing.
The heart connection. When you stop breathing, your body experiences a fight-or-flight response: adrenaline is released and blood pressure shoots up. After repeated bursts of nighttime high blood pressure, hypertension may persist during the day. With each apneic episode, the heart has to work harder. That's because there's less oxygen flowing to the heart. The worry is that apnea may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart rhythm disturbances.
Dr. Millman found that men with sleep apnea were more likely to be obese, have high blood pressure and poor blood sugar regulation -- all risks for heart disease -- though not when the researchers controlled for age and weight. Dr. Millman believes sleep apnea doesn't cause heart disease but it may make underlying heart disease worse.
"If someone has severe apnea and coronary artery disease, the stress of apnea could be equivalent to shoveling heavy snow," says Dr. Millman. That's because an apneic's low oxygen levels compound the problem of reduced blood supply to the heart. A non-obese person with apnea who doesn't have heart disease wouldn't have an increased heart disease risk as long as he didn't have high blood pressure.
Until recently, most family doctors would rarely diagnose apnea or were unfamiliar with how to treat it. Sleep apnea was only officially defined in 1965.
"If you tell a doctor that you're fatigued, tired, and sleepy during the day, he'll laugh because he's sleep-deprived himself," Dr. Millman says. "It's not going to send off bells and whistles like chest pain."
If you think you or your partner may have apnea, talk to your doctor. He or she should refer you to a pulmonary specialist or ear, nose, and throat doctor. Make sure the person specializes in sleep disorders and sleep apnea. During the exam, your nose, throat, and jaw will be examined. You and your mate will be asked about snoring history, gasping or snorting, sleep habits, daytime tiredness, or falling asleep in front of the TV. Yosef Krespi, M.D., director of ear, nose, and throat service at New York City's St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, gives his patients and their bed partners an eight-page questionnaire.
The only sure way to make a diagnosis, however, and determine severity is to spend a night or two in a sleep lab for a polysomnography exam. Technicians monitor blood oxygen levels, heart rate, temperature, brain waves, and the number of times breathing stops.
Polysomnography in a lab is expensive (about $2,000), but it's often covered by insurance. There also are home monitoring devices at half the cost, but insurance carriers don't always pay. "Portable unattended tests aren't as sensitive," says Dr. Pelayo. "They pick up obvious apnea but not the milder varieties."
Simple lifestyle changes may help you muffle loud snoring. Avoid alcohol after dinner and stay away from tranquilizers, which relax throat muscle tone, depress breathing, and make apnea more likely. Dr. Millman suggests people with stuffy noses use a decongestant or nasal strips, such as Breathe Right, to open the nasal passage. Some apneics improve by sleeping on their sides and stomachs, rather than their backs. That's because the tongue falls back when a person lies on his back. A classic technique is to stuff a tennis ball into a sock and slip it to the back of your nightshirt so you don't roll onto your back.
If you smoke, quit. Smoking can swell throat tissues, increase mucus formation, and worsen the low oxygen levels that accompany apnea. Losing weight can make apnea disappear in some people. Even a 10 percent weight loss could reduce the frequency of episodes. At this time, there are no pills that can treat sleep apnea.
Continuous positive air pressure (CPAP, pronounced see-pap), according to Dr. Pack, is "the gold standard" for treating sleep apnea. "It can abolish apneic events in anyone, no matter how severe," he says.
Patients wear a mask over their nose that delivers air under pressure to their lungs. The forced air keeps the airway open. As a result, the heart doesn't have to work as hard, and blood pressure may drop to normal.
The first time Jim used his CPAP, he says, he got the first good night's sleep in a long time. "Now, I don't know when I last took a nap," he says. Once Marlene started using a CPAP, she stopped falling asleep at her computer or when visiting friends.
CPAP has to be worn every night for the rest of your life. The mask can be uncomfortable for some patients, and some get eye, nose, or mouth irritations. Others complain it's difficult to breathe out against the high air pressure.
Another alternative: A dentist can fit you with an oral device that repositions your tongue and jaw to hold them forward. It works because when you pull the jaw forward, the tongue moves forward as well.
"These devices are no worse than a retainer and results are similar to CPAP," Dr. Scharf says. The problem is that there are 37 different types which look and operate differently, they can be costly, and your insurance company may not cover the expense.
Surgery -- the final option. Surgery to widen the airway is usually not done unless all other options have failed. Called the uvulopalatopharyngoplasty or UPPP (UP3), it reduces the size of the uvula, soft palate, or both. Only 50 percent of apneics have some success with this technique. It's expensive, there's a painful recovery, and, like all surgery, it carries risks.
"You know you've done something with surgery if patients say they're having wild dreams. With severe apnea, patients don't dream," says Derek Lipman, M.D., an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Portland, Oregon.
The newest surgical procedure involves zapping away excess tissue with a laser, called a laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty or LAUP. Originally designed to eliminate snoring, LAUP is an office procedure using only local anesthesia. Compared with UP3, it's less costly and less painful with a quicker recovery. On the downside, it may require several treatments. And it is controversial.
"The concern is turning the person into a silent apneic," says Dr. Pack. In other words, the jackhammer sound effects are gone, but the apnea isn't. Success depends on how carefully patients are selected. "In better studies where they are meticulous in selection, the success rate is 80 percent," says Dr. Lipman.
Dr. Krespi, who has treated over 1,200 patients with this procedure, has found that it works for mild apnea if the obstruction is in the palate (and uvula). "People who have moderate or severe apnea, are overweight and can't lose weight, or have uncontrolled high blood pressure aren't good candidates for laser surgery," he says.
One thing experts agree on is that, if you have surgery, you should have a postsurgery sleep study to see how your apnea was affected.
For each question, give yourself 1 point for Never, 2 for Very Infrequently, 3 for Occasionally, 4 for Often, and 5 for Always or Almost Always. If you score a 4 or more on most questions, it's likely you have sleep apnea and should consult your doctor.
1. Does your snoring disturb your bed partner?
2. Do you snore in all sleeping positions?
3. Has someone told you that you stop breathing for a long time between snores?
4. Does your snoring ever wake you suddenly?
5. Are you tired when the alarm goes off?
6. Is it hard for you to get out of bed when you wake up?
7. Are you tired during the day?
8. Do you fall asleep in front of the TV, at the movies, or in church?
9. Have you ever been in a car accident because you fell asleep while driving?
Adapted from Snoring from A to ZZZZ: Proven Cures for the Night's Worst Nuisance by Derek S. Lipman, M.D. (Spencer Press, 1996).
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1. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scaleAllta Media Jan 24, 2012 1:50 PM (in response to nuteengineering)
Do you get the correct result if you select your Page Size (22x34), then check the actual size tick box in the Size area, and then under the Poster option select 200%?
2. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scalenuteengineering Jan 24, 2012 2:20 PM (in response to Allta Media)
Please see the series of screenshots attached.
In this example, I have an 11x17 size pdf, to scale from AutoCAD. I am attempting to print to our large format plotter, 22x34, at 200%.
I followed your instructions, selecting the Jet1055CM plotter, and in Properties for the plotter, the 22x34 as default.
Actual Size box ticked, and Auto portrait/landscape (to center, per another discussion subject---BRING IT BACK, as a separate button) then in the Page Setup dialog, confirmed 22x34, landscape.
Choose "Poster", select 200%, and it will tile that over two 22x34 pages, making the total print area 43.99 x 34, even though it WILL fit within the margins on my plotter. No way to force it to one page.
(by the way, the "Poster" choice is NOT available when I want to print to the Xerox Phaser large format 11x17, from any pdf page size)
Thank you for your response, but I tried this.
3. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scaleAllta Media Jan 26, 2012 6:44 AM (in response to nuteengineering)
When you've got Poster and 200% selected, does it make any difference if you select Page Setup and reset the Paper size dimensions? I don't have a large format printer but I did have a similar experience when I did something in the background with the default printer. Then when I returned to the Print dialog, the pages were tiled so I had to reset it.
4. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scalenuteengineering Jan 26, 2012 5:47 PM (in response to Allta Media)
Thanks, Lori, I did that several times yesterday, no good.
What did allow me to SEE printing on one page at 200% is choosing 24x36 in Page Setup, when I wanted 22x34. That won't print on the plotter, though, as I have 34" roll paper loaded, and the plotter complains the paper is too small. Then it cuts off a portion.
Seems Acrobat is adding a 1" margin all around, even though my plotter will print to within .4" of the edge of paper. Our borders are all set at .5" from edge of paper, and Acrobat will not ALLOW that setting. Absolutely refuses. You can see the grayed out boxes with 1" shown for margins in the screenshot "11x17 trying to print to 22x34-3.jpg" I sent Tuesday. Could that be the reason?
But WHY is it refusing in 10.1.2, and accepting the margins in 10.1.1???
And what can I do?? This is CRIPPLING. My current path is down-date, if I can, and then never update again, or ditch Acrobat and find a program that WILL do it.
5. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scaleInSite Architects Jan 30, 2012 3:11 PM (in response to nuteengineering)
I'm wasting time on this exact issue this afternoon. Not much of an update if you take out useful functions. I'll try the downgrade, and see what happens. Of course, if I disable updates, I'll never know if it's been fixed.
How about you restore the scale display, plus add the ability to specify the scale, which should have been there in the first place!
It's too bad DWF went the way of Betamax. It was actually useful for technical drawings.
6. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scalenuteengineering Feb 8, 2012 12:34 PM (in response to InSite Architects)
Were you able to "down-date" to an earlier version of Acrobat 10? I was unsuccessful, in that every patch, downloaded as 10.1.1, or earlier, still said it was updating to 10.1.2, and that's what I still had. Next is complete uninstall, reinstall, and only patch to 10.1.1, wish me luck finding the time to do that.
Yes, DWF was handy and had better tools for the drawings we do, but clients balked at installing a viewer when they always have Abrobat Reader. Several sent back dwfs and asked for pdfs.
As a twist of fate, I am now having to open pdfs in Autodesk Design Review, because I can print to scale from THAT. If you don't have that, it's a free program, download from Autodesk website, or it comes with their software packages.
7. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scaleInSite Architects Feb 9, 2012 6:46 AM (in response to nuteengineering)
I only got as far as looking for the update in "Add or Remove Programs." Then I ran left for the day and never got back to it.
There is an option to specify the printed scale, but it rejects the appropriate paper size. Pretty useless for what we need to do.
The workaround that we've used for years is to define a full-bleed half-size sheet in the plotter, and let Acrobat scale to fit. The downside is that without the recently removed scale display, you're left hoping that it's correct.
Yes, we had clients reject DWF, too. That was the point of my Betamax reference. Sadly, aggressive marketing usually trumps quality in the marketplace.
Thanks for the tip on Design Review. We do have it, but I've never used it to open PDFs.
8. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scalejsnock Mar 19, 2012 10:50 AM (in response to InSite Architects)
I have the same problem, have pdf drawings from consultants so I can not make a half size pdf. I don't understand why you would take the scale factor option off the print dialog, this is 1980s tech for petes sake.
foxit reader does scaled pdf printing exactly how you'd like it to, seems to run a bit quicker with large pdfs too.
9. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scaletarahdb17 Mar 25, 2012 6:47 PM (in response to nuteengineering)
I have had a very similar problem and figured out three workarounds.
The problem: I can no longer print from Adobe Acrobat Professional to a print size that is not the default for that printer. Here's what I mean - I have a Brother printer both at work and at home; it has two paper trays, each of which is loaded with a different size paper. The default paper size (set up in the Windows print dialog - go to Printer --> Properties --> Printing Preferences) is 8 1/2 x 11. The other tray has 11x17 paper. If I try to print from Adobe Acrobat Professional to the 11x17 tray, it doesn't work. It doesn't matter if I choose the paper source by PDF size, choose the correct tray rather than having it automatically choose a tray, choose a paper size for the printer, or whatnot. I've gone through every possible option in the print dialog and nothing works. The printer spits out a blank sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 and gives me the error message "Wrong paper size"... and it thinks it's the wrong paper size because it is trying to use the 8 1/2 x 11 paper in the default tray, not the correct paper in the 11x17 tray. Please note that, until a few weeks ago, it worked fine. Then the same problem happened almost simultaneously at home and at work. I have concluded that this is a problem only with the latest update to Acrobat Professional, as I have different versions of Acrobat Professional at home and work, and both of them have the issue. Other programs do not have this problem, so it is not the printer software.
Workaround #1: print from Acrobat Reader, not Acrobat Professional. It does not have the issue.
Workaround #2: if you have a computer (such as my home computer) with an operating system that is incompatible with Adobe Reader, download Foxit Reader or some such free program (thank you, jsnock, for the tip). Foxit works like a charm. (ARE YOU READING THIS, ADOBE?! YOU ARE LOSING MY BUSINESS TO A *FREE* PROGRAM THAT IS WIDELY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET)
Workaround #3: as nuteengineering helpfully pointed out, you can print PDFs from Autodesk Design Review, which is a free download but probably a bigger / slower program than what you need unless you're an architecture/engineering firm.
Workaround #4: if your place of business has tight controls on what can be downloaded and you absolutely can ONLY use Acrobat Professional, you have to change the default print setting for the printer you are trying to print to. Go to the Windows print dialog (the one in the Windows control panel or start menu or whatnot, NOT the print dialog in Acrobat) and change the paper size for the printer you need to print to (in my case, this involved changing the Brother's default paper size to 11x17). Print your document. Go through the whole process again to change the setting back, because presumably the reason it's your default is because that is the size you print most often and will most likely print to next time.
Hope this helps somebody.
ADOBE: Please fix this issue! Many people are having this problem - not just us, but other architects I have spoken to as well.
10. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scalenuteengineering Apr 13, 2012 12:48 PM (in response to tarahdb17)
UPDATE ABOUT NEW UPDATE 10.1.3 --- SURPRISE!!! They not only did not fix this, they made it even WORSE.
Now, even if I choose 24x36 paper to print an 11x17 at 200% (it would print on the proper 22x34 paper in version 10.1.1) and which would show as scaling in the poster mode on 10.1.2, it will not even hint that it is scaled now. Says 200%, shows tiny in the middle of a huge piece of paper.
In one iteration, my 11x17 was actual sized, in the upper left corner of a 22x34 even while tiled size said 200%.
11. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scalesonal2890 Apr 16, 2012 9:27 PM (in response to nuteengineering)
Dear user,
Please check that you have not checked ON 'Tile only large pages' under Poster options. 11x17 is small size on 22x34 paper so it will not get poster if this option is checked ON and will give the actual size output in upper right corner of the page.
Hope it helps.
12. Re: The 10.1.2 update REMOVED the ability to accurately print to scaleKeeptrying5667 Feb 20, 2013 4:47 PM (in response to nuteengineering)
Greetings, I suddenly had this mysterious issue as well. After an update my patient forms suddenly stopped printing the edges of the header and footer. Essentially the margins had been reduced. I tried a variety of things and this simple print option fixed everything. The print menu screen has a Comments & Forms section; select the Document & Markup option. I can now print to edge/scale again. I hope this helps some of you.


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I'm looking at your AV1611 module, which is the best that I have found because it is in database format (sqlite), and it has all the original references, italics etc.
After looking at the module with sqlite3, sqlitebrowser, etc., it seems the structure is intact, with both "ref" and "verse" data in its "bible" table. However the "verse" data seems to be in binary BLOB format. Its my understanding that this is not necessarily the fault of sqlite, as it happily stores the data in the format the application sent it. So I want to know what is this format and/or how to convert the data out of blob format and into text.
(The "Export Copy/Verse(s)" feature did not help because it dropped all the references (they are not actually being exported). I've verified this in the Linux build and observed the same in the MSWIN build on Wine.)
Ultimately, using the module text of this bible, with some additional formatting, dropcaps, leaf numbers and repagination, perhaps a way could be developed for anyone to make a full-size printing of the KJB. I feel it could be easily done if I had the text to work with.


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BAYOU CORNE, LA (WAFB) - More land has fallen into the massive sinkhole plaguing south Louisiana.
Officials report about 5,000 square feet fell in on the southwest side of the sinkhole this week.
The change is not expected to affect nearby LA 70 in Assumption Parish.
Meanwhile, Texas Brine continues work on a containment berm to surround the sinkhole.
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There's been a small baby boom in our extended circle recently, resulting in a scramble for something fun to knit. Went over the moon for the Garter Ear Flap Hat published in the Purl Bee and immediately cast on. They did it up in these tasteful alpaca neutrals, which is lovely and baby friendly but not so much for mom. How many times is that frantic mamacita going to handwash that exotic fiber hat?
Also, given that subtlty and nuance aren't a strong suit at Nake-id Knits, we're of the opinion that bold colors and big tassels are, if not more tasteful, more amusing on les infants.
The yarns are Lily Sugar 'N Cream in black and Classic Elite Pebbles in Schapp pink (only they didin't call it that; shoot me, I threw away the ballband).
Anyway, the Garter Ear Flap pattern is a dream and whips up in a trice. Plan to make many more.
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First red. Then white. Now green.
For Whidbey Island communities trying to entice customers to their local businesses by offering prizes, the competition has grown stiffer this holiday season.
People visiting local businesses now have a chance to snag tickets to win cash or prizes when they go shopping in Coupeville, Langley and Oak Harbor.
Lynda Eccles, the executive director for the Coupeville Chamber of Commerce, said she understands why these promotions are springing up all over Whidbey.
"Every community is trying to support its small businesses," Eccles said.
That's what members of the Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association had in mind when they started the Red Ticket promotion five years ago.
When a sluggish economy began hurting sales, the businesses in Coupeville's historic downtown area developed a strategy aimed at discouraging local residents from heading off-island for their holiday shopping.
For every $20 spent in Coupeville, the shopper gets a chance to win $1,000 in cash.
"I am thrilled it has been such a success," said Beth Kuchynka, owner of bayleaf and one of the founders of the Red Ticket promotion. "It has been a real community event."
In addition to getting people to shop locally, it draws people back to town for the drawing event, she said.
CHWA Executive Director Vickie Chambers said the event has become "enormously popular."
"A large crowd gathers," Chambers said. "There is a lot of socializing and neighbors visiting with each other. You feel really good about staying in town."
The prize promotions are a wonderful way to keep residents shopping locally, instead of heading to malls in other counties, Chambers said.
Eccles noted that Coupeville has very loyal supporters. Having several promotions on Whidbey may help not only keep residents shopping in the county, it might also encourage off-island visitors to come to the island to spend their holiday cash, Eccles said.
The Coupeville drawing will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23 at the Island County Historical Museum.
Last year, Langley introduced its own White Ticket drawing – the exact same promotion as the one held in Coupeville.
"Imitation is the best form of flattery," Kuchynka said with a laugh.
In its inaugural year, the Langley drawing was scheduled for the same day as the one in Coupeville – and both require the winner to be present. They were held just one hour apart, and the 40-minute drive in between made it a challenge. This year, the Langley chamber coordinated the date of its drawing with Coupeville. Langley's drawing is at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 at Boy and Dog Park.
Marc Esterly, executive director of the Langley Chamber of Commerce, said he believes both communities can benefit from the exposure.
"People I have spoken to said that they shopped both (Coupeville and Langley)," he said. "People enjoyed both communities."
The Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce is giving away $2,000 worth of gift certificates and prizes, and the Oak Harbor Downtown Merchants Association is trying to woo shoppers to Pioneer Way with $500 cash.
"Anything we can do to draw people downtown is a big plus," said Bob Olson, owner of Whidbey Wild Bird.
This year, Oak Harbor's downtown association retooled its Green Ticket promotion.
Previously, the association gave out "Downtown Dollars" that could only be spent at businesses on Pioneer Way.
Keeping track of how much prize money was outstanding became time consuming, so the association decided to simplify the promotion by offering one $500 cash prize. The drawing will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at Old Town Mall.
Eccles, the Coupeville Chamber director, said she doesn't mind the increasing competition.
"Of course I want everyone to shop in Central Whidbey," she said. "But if they can't, I want them shopping on-island. It benefits everybody."
Shop local and win
For the three cash drawings in Coupeville, Langley and downtown Oak Harbor, participants must be 18 and must be present to win.
Red Ticket – For every $20 spent at a participating Coupeville business, get a red ticket to be entered in a drawing for one of three $100 cash prizes and one $1,000 cash prize. The drawing is at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23 at the Island County Historical Museum, 908 N.W. Alexander St., Coupeville. Visit coupevillehistoricwaterfront.com.
White Ticket – For every $20 spent at a participating Langley business, get a ticket to be entered in a drawing for $1,000 in cash, 3 p.m. Saturday Dec. 22 at Boy and Dog Park, First Street, Langley. For information, go to visitlangley.com.
Green Ticket – For every $20 spent at a participating downtown Oak Harbor business, get a green ticket to be entered in a drawing for $500 in cash. The drawing is at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at Old Town Mall, 830 S.E. Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor.
Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce – For every $50 spent at chamber businesses through Dec. 31, get a ticket for a raffle for $2,000 worth of gift cards and prizes. The drawing is on Jan. 17, 2013 and participants need not be present to win. For details, contact the chamber at 360-675-3755.


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Tesla once again teased the Tesla Model S, an electric sports sedan with a 225-mile range and a $60,000 price, which we heard yesterday will debut March 26 and get built — maybe, eventually.
The company is once again building roadsters and may have its run of 2008 models built and sold before the end of 2009, meaning they maybe have room and capacity for building the Model S. Of course, none of this will likely happen without government funding or some other large funding source, which is a tricky bet. Hopefully, the company will overcome its recent stumbles because this sedan, despite its possibly vapory qualities, looks decent. It's got a touch of Quattroporte but smaller.
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This Dopey's eyes are a bit more bloodshot than the Disney dwarf that appeared on-screen opposite Snow White.
He's got big puffy pouches under his eyes as he stares out at customers from a small clear case on the counter at Pete's Mart.
This Dopey's eyes are a bit more bloodshot than the Disney dwarf that appeared on-screen opposite Snow White.
He's got big puffy pouches under his eyes as he stares out at customers from a small clear case on the counter at Pete's Mart.
A white paper sign affixed to the front of the case announces: "Last day selling, Tuesday, July 30."
The case is packed with bags, pouches and little glass jars marked with fluorescent labels and goofy cartoon characters redrawn with slight stoner makeovers.
The packet featuring Dopey has a catchy name, capital letters "OMG" spelled out vertically in a psychedelic font.
The city is poised to pass an ordinance banning the sale and possession of synthetic marijuana. Many shop owners have decided to quit peddling what city officials believe to be potential poison.
Some have started pulling the product before the ban becomes law.
Peter Ibrahim, owner of Pete's Mart, 370 County St., has been a fixture at several public meetings where the pending ordinance has been debated.
As evidenced by the case full of merchandise next to his cash register on Thursday, Ibrahim's shop has been selling substances many health officials across the region have been rallying to eradicate.
"We don't promote it, but there is a market for it," Ibrahim said. He has pledged to stop selling the targeted items.
A smaller "CLEARANCE" tag was also stuck to the case. The remaining inventory included items mostly labeled "incense" and "potpourri" with names like "Widowmaker," "Blackout," Ocean Breeze," "WTF" and "Scooby Snax."
The packets of "Scooby Snax" are marketed with an image of Scooby-Doo, the mystery-solving pooch from the 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, his tongue hanging from the side of his mouth, eyes crossed.
These products are legal to sell in many cities and towns across the state, for now at least. Fall River banned the sale of "synthetic marijuana" last year. Many other municipalities have followed.
Since they're labeled "incense" and "potpourri," no age limits apply where sales are still legal.
Health officials have said the substances inside these flashy packages, when smoked or otherwise ingested, can cause hallucinations and paranoia. Law enforcement officials have come out in favor of bans, citing the unpredictability of highs associated with the chemical-laced ingredients.
Legislators have found difficulty enacting outright bans because of shifting chemical ingredient lists.
"In another two weeks it should be passed," said Taunton City Councilor Daniel Barbour, referring to the pending city ordinance. "Pete probably should have stopped selling this stuff a long time ago."
A third reading will soon be held on the ban. It's expected to pass easily and become law.
Pete's Mart isn't the only city store selling synthetic marijuana. Ibrahim hopes the city educates local business owners after the law passes.
Barbour said the movement to ban the substances was born out of the city's Crime Watch organization.
"Just because it's a form of legal crack, that doesn't make selling it the right thing to do to the youth of our community," Barbour said. "How many of these store owners have children? Would they like someone selling this junk to their kids?"
The counter at Stop And Save Convenience Store, 296 Winthrop St., has a display case similar to Ibrahim's.
There's far less inventory inside, however, and the clerk working Thursday afternoon said the shop's owner read about the pending ordinance recently and decided to stop selling.
Fewer than 25 packets of about four different brands were on the shelves of Stop And Save's synthetic marijuana display case Thursday. The seemingly popular "Scooby Snax," but also "Bizarro," "California Dreams" and "Sexy Monkey" were available for sale.
During a telephone interview Thursday evening, the owner, a Fall River man, refused to comment on the record or identify himself for this story.
He said he would be removing all synthetic drugs from his store, "very soon."
"There should be a moral obligation to the community," Barbour said. "It just floors me that we have to make an ordinance to make a store not sell this stuff. Common sense no longer prevails. It's unfortunate."
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Little girls love Mermaids. Here is a whole sheet of mermaids to print onto magnetic sheets to play with. Can print as Mermaid Stickers. Preschool fun.
Items needed:
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Last night after attending the Ultimate Chefs Dinner Palm Beach launch party at Café Boulud a few of us headed over to Clay Conley's Būccan for cocktails and eats. Having opened in January 2011 to much critical acclaim Conley and his Būccan are running full throttle with no signs of a hiccup. We arrived around 8pm and Būccan was humming like a McLaren F1. Not a seat was to be had in any of the spacious dining pockets of the restaurant. Talk about timing, the bar area was three-deep and we were lucky enough to snag the last four seats in the "living room" where we bunkered down and huddled for a few hours.
Tuesday at Būccan is all-day Happy Hour, cocktails, beer and wine are half price. While this may be the reason for the gathering of the beautiful crowd in the bar/living room area; the dining room certainly held its own with diners grazing and socializing amiably in the vast dining room. The well-orchestrated performance kitchen was running on all cylinders churning out the many signature Conley dishes from the wood-fired oven.
Chef Conley's menu of rustic foods such as the Hot Dog Panini, Fried Ipswich Clams and BBQ Quail are served as small plates in a moderate price range which are ideally designed for sharing. Chef Conley continues to dish his magic plate after plate. I wouldn't say Būccan is a scene but rather the "it" place on Palm Beach to be seen.
As the four of us were sitting in the Būccan "living room" taking in and being a part of the cool Palm Beach vibe, in walks Darryl Moiles the executive chef of The Four Seasons Palm Beach with members of his team and the management team from Café Boulud, like I said, Būccan is definitely the "it" place on the island.
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Lobster Empanadas
No skimping on flavor or sweet chunks of lobster embedded in these pillows of fried air.
When was the last time you had a lobster empanada?
Bacon wrapped Florida Peaches
drizzled in an orange ginger glaze served with blue cheese and greens.
In true Clay Conley fashion this wildly flavorful plate was a home run. The description says it all. The key to eating this dish is to take a piece of each item on your fork and eat as one; thus enjoying the remarkable food sensation.
Squid Ink Orrechiette with sausage, conch, basil and chilies
Perfectly cooked pasta with a profusion of flavors that burst in your mouth makes this dish outrageously tasty but it is the finish with lemon that makes it a winner.
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Creating AdVenture in the Classroom
James Madison University senior Ashley Kehoe thinks a little differently than most students and according to her professor, Carol Hamilton, this is the goal. Kehoe is the entrepreneur-founder of Rebound, a sticky medicinal hoof-packing product for horses, and one of Hamilton's students in Venture Creation.
Venture Creation (MGT 472), a senior-level management class, offers students with entrepreneurial interest the chance to develop and focus on the first five years of their businesses. The success rate is impressive with at least one business launch per year since the class began. Four or five of the businesses from this fall's class will launch starting in early 2011.
As the economy continues to stall, these undergraduate entrepreneurs chose to create their own paths in an environment that both challenges and supports their ideas.
Creating a Class
It only seems logical that the course for entrepreneurs started as a venture between a faculty member and an alumnus. Seeing a need in the academic market, Carol Hamilton, management lecturer, and John Rothenberger ('88), then a member of the Executive Advisory Board for the College of Business, created the Venture Creation class.
Rothenberger, currently JMU's entrepreneur in residence, has started two successful businesses and is the CEO of SE Solutions. He was looking for a way to engage with a faculty member. Hamilton wanted undergraduate students to see entrepreneurship as a viable career option.
The 20 to 24 students who take this elective course each year are placed into groups by Hamilton and Rothenberger. A lead entrepreneur heads up each three- to four- member group and the team focuses on their startup business for the semester.
Rothenberger travels from Reston, Va. every three weeks to hear the student teams pitch different aspects of their businesses including their elevator speech, business model and investment plan.
"My role is to inject a lot of realism about entrepreneurship, startup business, small business operation and to open up a window of possibilities for these young, innovative people," said Rothenberger. "It's to get them to think differently. To explore the possibilities of entrepreneurship now or in the future."
Advanced Elective
Venture Creation is about starting your own business, working on a team, researching the market and creating a five-year plan. Students should expect to roll-up their sleeves for hard work and get their feet wet in the world of innovation.
Kyle Houser and Jacob Henderson were eager to sign up. Developers of Cool Wax, a ski and edge protection product, they created their business in Management 372, Entrepreneurship. In Venture Creation the team has focused on proving the viability of their company through market research and testing.
"Venture Creation has been very beneficial in pointing out things my team and I would have otherwise missed," said Houser. Houser and Henderson say the coaching they receive from Rothenberger and their alumni mentor is a unique aspect of the class.
Like their classmates, Kehoe and her team have just spent the semester focusing on their business. Kehoe says the hard work is worth it. "My favorite part of the class is that you get to research and learn about something you want to learn about," she said. "The fact that I got to choose the product, Rebound, then make phone calls and do market research. It's really rewarding."
At the end of the semester private equity investors judge the viability of the students' startups at a business competition. For the fall 2010 competition nine teams presented their plans. In addition to Rebound and Cool Wax, the student businesses covered a wide range of interests including the music industry, auto parts, book buy-backs, in-home drapery cleaning, event planning, energy solutions and fashion. The Rebound team was declared the winner of the competition.
Economic Impact
The Kauffman Foundation, the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship, says entrepreneurs are the key to economic recovery, growth and prosperity.
Rothenberger agrees. "Ours is a nation of entrepreneurs and our system and jobs are dominated by our ability to be innovative," he said. "I feel like what COB and Carol Hamilton are offering to students is an opportunity to be different and a great opportunity to contribute to the positive change this economy needs."
Change for the Better
Hamilton tells her students that entrepreneurs have to constantly assess their business and change to stay successful. The same can be said for her approach to the Venture Creation class.
"The class has changed significantly," said Hamilton. She cites opening the class to all JMU majors and introducing experienced alumni mentors as having the most positive impact on the course.
Venture Creation is the only undergraduate class in COB that is open to non-business school majors. This year the class is 50 percent non-business majors.
Hamilton says including all majors in the class brings creativity, skepticism and a different approach to the business that the students have learned in their own disciplines. "The pollination of technical expertise with a process-oriented, pragmatic thinker is invaluable," said Hamilton.
Alumni mentors communicate with their groups on average every other week throughout the semester. The seasoned mentors share their experiences with the innovation process, but also challenge the teams to help them take their ideas to the next level.
The students have only positive things to say about their interactions with their alumni mentors. "Having the opportunities to learn from all the venture capitalists and entrepreneurs has been really valuable," said Kehoe. "It enabled me to think on a bigger scale."
Moving Forward
Although the Rebound team won the business plan competition, they will not be the only business to launch following the class. Venture Creation has consistently produced start-up businesses since its inception. Since most new businesses are formed by entrepreneurs 10 years out of college or with more than 10 years of experience, this accelerated launch is significant.
Houser thinks it is the real-world application of the class that makes this possible.
"More classes should be offered that focus on entrepreneurial activities and thinking outside the box," said Houser. "I have greatly benefited from Venture Creation, not only with Cool Wax, but as an individual who will be pursuing an entrepreneurial career path."
Rothenberger thinks the class has lasting results. "The class teaches them how to think differently, prepare and plan for something that will last, work on teams that are more like work-world teams and it gives them a mentor to ask post-graduation and preparation type questions. The class changes lives for people."
Venturing Out in the World
Students' entrepreneurial thinking caps do not come off for substitution by mortarboards come December or May. The passion, dedication and hard work of the students who have taken the Venture Creation course does not fade when they become alumni. The relationships formed during the course with the professors, alumni mentors and fellow student team members continue to blossom.
"Students begin relationships that they continue well after graduation. They come back for advice, they come back for applause, they come back to connect with other alums to give their support," said Venture Creation instructor Carol Hamilton.
Working World
Hamilton and John Rothenberger ('88), co-creator of the class and JMU's Entrepreneur in Residence, not only teach and support the launching of undergraduate businesses but they continue tracking and mentoring their Venture Creation alumni.
Cory Suter ('05) founder of BioNeighbors, a sustainable roofing company in Philadelphia, says the course was a real incubator that provided him with a safe and resourceful space to explore and develop his ideas.
Suter, who enrolled in the first Venture Creation class offered at James Madison University in 2005, advises aspiring entrepreneurs to jump in with both feet and network right off the bat. "What I've often found is that other people help shape my thinking about what services are most needed in our community," said Suter.
Greg Marut ('09) is currently focusing his entrepreneurial energy on Talk Stream Live, an iPhone application that allows the user to stream over 700 talk radio programs live. He frequently updates Hamilton on the challenges and successes of starting his business.
Unexpected Career Path
The unique makeup of the class, the only course in the College of Business to enroll non-business majors, has resulted in unexpected careers for some alumni. "We have many examples of students who would not have gone where they are now had they not taken the class," said Rothenberger.
Matthew Langan, a 2007 graduate with a degree from the School of Media Arts and Design, realized while taking the class that he wanted to pursue working for startup companies. His journey took him to California, where he worked as a social marketing specialist for the startup company, Involver.
"I think that Venture Creation provided me with a strong enough foundation in business principles so I could listen to and understand complex discussions about business and finance, which has allowed me to learn a lot over the past few years," said Langan.
Class of 2007 communications major Gwendolyn Brantley credits the class with fueling her desire to pursue her MBA in the future and with giving her an advantage as a marketing manager with Cisco Systems. Brantley says the class taught her to surround herself with team members who have different strengths and to face professional challenges with open communication and realistic expectations.
"I have not endeavored in entrepreneurship in the formal sense, however the class enhanced my ability to think and work creatively within a large company that fortunately fosters a spirit of innovation," said Brantley.
Applied Entrepreneurship
Hamilton says it is important that students get the experience that gives them the confidence to be successful in their entrepreneurial endeavors. "As a professor, I encourage them to find their own journey that fits their skills and matches their own personal pursuits," said Hamilton.
Hamilton wants students to apply the skills they learn in Venture Creation throughout their lives. "I would like our students to be able to think entrepreneurially in any setting, whether they are a volunteer, in their startup, a mid-size company, a corporate setting or at home," said Hamilton.
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description: A term used to refer to active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs), cathode ray tubes (CRTs), plasma displays, and other displays that create the exact image that the user views. In contrast, projection displays need magnification optics to create the final image that is viewed.

title: DLPTM

description: Digital Light Processor (DLPTM ), a proprietary technology developed by Texas Instruments as a microdisplay projection element. DLP uses an array of tiny mirrors on a silicon chip to reflect light from a projection lamp to form an image. Requires a lamp, color wheel, and optics to make front-projection and rear-projection displays.

title: DMD

description: Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD), a generic term for Texas Instruments' DLPTM chip.

title: Driver IC

description: Microprocessors (“chips”) that send data to (address) the rows and columns of pixels in an active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) to create the image. This functionality can be integrated into the panel if a low-temperature, poly-crystalline silicon (LTPS) backplane is used; otherwise, the driver-integrated circuits (ICs) are attached to the display via a tape-automated bonding method (TAB) or are attached to the edges of the display (chip-on-glass or COG).

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title: EAGLE2000®

description: Created in 2000 and superseded by EAGLE XG glass substrates.

title: EAGLEAPTTM

description: Similar to EAGLE2000, but this glass is specially treated so that it has increased thermal stability, as required for low-temperature and super-low-temperature poly-crystalline silicon (LTPS) processing.

title: EL

description: Electroluminescent (EL). This is a display technology based on the light-emitting ability of certain phosphors (typically ZnS) in an electric field. EL displays can be further subdivided into thick-film, thin-film, alternating-current, and direct-current type displays.

title: Electrochromic Display

description: This is a reflective display that uses electrochromic materials to switch pixels on and off. Electrochromic materials change color when the oxidation state of the material is changed by an applied voltage. Electrically switchable automobile rear-view mirrors are an example of this technology.

title: Electrophoretic Display

description: This is a reflective display that uses electrophoresis to switch pixels on and off. Electrophoresis is the motion of charged particles suspended in a liquid in response to an electric field. Positively charged particles move toward the cathode, and negatively charged particles move toward the anode. If these particles are colored, the display shows different colors to the user as the particles move. E Ink and Gyricon are examples of this type of display.

title: Emissive

description: A direct-view display, such as cathode ray tube (CRT), field emission display (FED), plasma, electroluminescent (EL), and organic light emitting diode (OLED), where the light generation, switching, and coloring are all done at once by the display. These displays do not need a separate backlight to provide light for the image. See also Transmissive, Reflective, and Projection.

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title: Fabrication Lines

description: The production lines that Corning’s customers use to create their products. The customers take our glass substrates and apply their own processes to create a final product. These are also referred to as fabs.

title: FED

description: A field emission display (FED) is an emissive flat-panel display that uses many small electron emitters to excite a phosphor screen and emit light. Also known as thin cathode-ray tube (CRT) or carbon nanotube FED. This technology is still in the development phase and is not currently available commercially.

title: Finishing

description: This is the cold processing of the glass article to form the final product. Processes include cutting, grinding, polishing, and washing.

title: Forming

description: This is the processing of molten-liquid glass into the basic shape of the end product. Typical forming processes include blowing and pressing, but for sheet glass, the typical forming processes include float forming and various downdraw processes, such as Corning’s proprietary fusion process.

title: FPD

description: Flat panel display (FPD). FPD can be used to refer to any of a number of "flat" display technologies including liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma, field emission display (FED), or others.

title: Fusion

description: This is the proprietary process through which Corning produces LCD glass substrates. The fusion process begins when raw materials are blended into a glass composition, which is melted and conditioned to be homogeneous and virtually defect free. The molten glass is fed into a trough called an “isopipe,” filling it until the glass flows evenly over both sides. It then rejoins, or fuses, at the bottom, where it is drawn down to form a continuous sheet of flat glass.

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title: HDTV

description: High definition television (HDTV), a term that can refer to certain TV sets or programming that conforms to a set of standards that define next-generation television resolution, sound, and format. The most common HDTV formats in the U.S. are 480p, 720p, and 1080i, which correspond to lines of resolution and progressive or interlaced scanning. Each country or region has different HDTV definitions and standards.

title: HTPS

description: High-temperature poly-crystalline silicon (HTPS), fabrication of poly-crystalline silicon through high-temperature (>900C) processing steps. This process is used to make small thin-film transistor active matrix liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs) for projection displays, and requires the use of a synthetic-quartz substrate.

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title: Large-generation Size Glass

description: Substrates that are Generation 5 and larger are classified as large generation. Large-generation size substrates provide substantial cost efficiencies and greater output per substrate. Large-generation substrates not only allow customers to get more panels per sheet, but also to produce larger panels.

title: LCD (See also AMLCD)

description: Active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD). A display technology that uses a switch at each pixel to create high-resolution and fast-response times. One type of LCD in which the switch used is a thin-film transistor (TFT), is known as a TFT-LCD. Displays based on this technology range from as small as 1" diagonal up to 40" diagonal.

title: LCD Module

description: A thin-film transistor (passive) or active matrix liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) that contains all components, including backlight and driver integrated circuits (ICs), and is ready to be integrated into an end product such as a TV, monitor, notebook PC, or other device. This term is often used interchangeably with LCD panel.

title: LCD Panel

description: A thin-film transistor (passive) or active matrix liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) that includes the array, color filter, and liquid crystal. May also include a backlight and driver-integrated circuits (ICs), but sometimes is used to refer to just the glass-liquid crystal composite. Often used interchangeably with LCD module.

title: LCD Projection

description: A projection technology that uses small thin-film transistor active matrix liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs), of 2” diagonal or less, as picture elements. The light from the projection lamp is switched and given color by one of three TFT-LCDs, and then is combined into a picture by optics, and finally projected onto a screen. These can be used to make a rear-projection TV or a front-projection data projector.

title: LCoS

description: Liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS), a type of reflective micro-display that can be used to make front-projection, rear-projection, or near-eye displays. A thin-film transistor (TFT) array is made on a silicon chip and becomes a display by adding a liquid crystal layer to control the reflection of light off the chip. A color wheel or color scroll, a light source, and a lens array are other system components needed for LCoS projection.

title: Lifetime

description: A measure of the durability of a display, expressed in how many hours of operation it takes for a display to show half the brightness as compared to the brightness it showed when it was new. For example, if a display is rated for 50,000 hours lifetime, it should take 50,000 hours of cumulative operation before it is half as bright as compared to when it was new. Most displays degrade slowly over time so the effect is not noticeable unless compared directly with a new display.

title: LTPS

description: Low-temperature poly-crystalline silicon (LTPS). Lasers, or other low-temperature energy sources, are used to crystallize amorphous silicon into a more conductive state known as poly-crystalline silicon (p-Si). This poly-crystalline silicon layer is patterned through photolithography to make a thin-film transistor (TFT) backplane. Active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) made with LTPS backplanes are capable of higher resolution and better aperture ratio than LCDs made on amorphous silicon backplanes. Driver-integrated circuits (ICs) can also be integrated into the backplane, for better form factor and higher quality. This is especially useful for small displays for mobile devices where smaller panels enable smaller and lightweight end products.

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title: Melting

description: The process of converting the raw materials that are used in glass-making into a uniform, homogenous liquid. This involves both melting and dissolution reactions of the raw materials.

title: MEMS

description: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are a class of micron-scale devices made using semiconductor processes that integrate electronic and mechanical functions. Texas Instrument's DLPTM projection element is one example of MEMS. Iridigm has also made a direct-view reflective display with MEMS technology. MEMS are also used for sensors, such as accelerometers and optical switches.

title: Microcorrugation

description: This refers to the fine-scale wrinkling of a glass sheet as a result of forming. This is typically seen with the forming of a thin glass sheet in a float process; it arises from a non-uniform glass response to the applied tensile or stretching force.

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title: OLED

description: Organic light emitting diode (OLED), an emissive flat-panel display that uses organic compounds to emit light. OLEDs can be passive or active matrix. Passive-matrix devices are easier to make, but not capable of full color or high resolution. Currently, active-matrix devices use a poly-crystalline silicon thin-film transistor (TFT) array, similar to low-temperature poly-crystalline silicon (LTPS) active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs). There has been limited production to date because of short product lifetimes and differential aging rates of the OLED materials. This is also known as Organic EL.

title: Organic EL

description: Organic electroluminescent (EL). This is an organic analog to the EL type display in which the active material is organic. This is another name for organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology.

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title: Passive matrix LCDs

description: These are the predecessors to active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs); these displays do not incorporate a thin-film transistor (TFT) or switch at each pixel. As a result, they tend to have lower resolution, slower refresh rates, and poorer viewing angles than active matrix LCDs.

title: Photolithography

description: The patterning step of the process by which transistors are made for displays or microprocessors. Thin films of silicon or other materials are deposited on a substrate, then covered with another material (photoresist) that reacts to light. This material is exposed to light through a mask that is patterned for one layer of the transistor. Then the exposed area is etched away, taking the underlying thin film with it. The photoresist is cleaned off next, leaving the patterned thin film. This is repeated several times with different thin films to create the transistor array.

title: Pixel

description: Short for "picture element," a pixel is the basic unit of information on a display. It can be made up of different colored sub-pixels.

title: Plasma

description: Emissive flat-panel display technology that uses a gas plasma to excite phosphors and make them glow. Used for large-size displays (typically 32" diagonal and up), but has a limited market because of the high cost of production. Also called plasma display panel (PDP).

title: Polarize

description: This is a material that selectively transmits light with a given polarization. Polarizers are critical in the operation of most active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs), as the liquid crystal manipulates polarized light. A twisted-nematic (TN) LCD typically has polarizers on both sides of the LCD cell.

title: Poly-crystalline silicon TFT-LCD

description: Type of thin-film transistor active matrix liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) that uses transistors made from poly-crystalline silicon rather than amorphous silicon.

title: Projection

description: A display that uses from one to three small emissive, reflective, or transmissive displays to create a picture that is enlarged by a set of optics to the final viewable size. The light is provided by a projection lamp, the switching is done by the small displays, and the color can be provided by the small displays or separate color elements. See also Emissive, Transmissive, and Reflective.

title: p-Si

description: Poly-Si represents a silicon film consisting of many tiny silicon-crystallization segments. Polysilicon is used in large-area electronics as a layer in the thin-film transistors.

title: p-Si Glass Substrates

description: Glass that is made of poly-crystalline silicon, rather than amorphous silicon, and used as layers in thin-film transistors (TFTs). P-Si glass substrates enable thinner, lighter mobile handsets that offer higher resolution and greater functionality.

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title: Reflective

description: A direct-view display, such as reflective active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD), which uses ambient light to create an image. Most digital watches and calculators use reflective LCDs, although some color versions have been developed for mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). See also Emissive, Transmissive, and Projection. Emerging reflective technologies include electrophoretic (made by E Ink and others), electrochromic (made by NTERA and others), and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based (made by Iridigm and others).

title: Refresh Rate

description: The time interval required for the electronics to fully address a display. This rate determines the capability of the display to show video images.

title: Resolution

description: The number of pixels available for information display. More pixels (higher resolution) enables finer details to be displayed and generally results in a better image quality.

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title: Silica

description: Silicon dioxide; this oxide forms the basis for most glass compositions.

title: STN

description: A type of high-performance passive matrix display based on a particular type of liquid crystal (super-twisted-nematic).

title: Sub-Pixel

description: A sub-portion of a pixel showing only one of the primary colors – green, red, or blue. Three or more sub-pixels make up a single pixel.

title: System-on-glass (SOG)

description: A thin-film transistor active matrix liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) that has additional functionality, such as memory or computation, built into its array electronics. This can refer to almost any level of integration, from driver-integrated circuits (ICs), to a full central-processing unit (CPU). Requires-low temperature poly-crystalline silicon (LTPS) backplanes, and is typically most valuable for small portable devices.

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title: TFT

description: Thin-film transistor (TFT). Electronic technology upon which active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are based. The foundation of the TFT is a semiconductor layer (typically based on silicon) which can switch current flow on or off by the application of an electric field.

title: TFT Array

description: A component of the liquid crystal display (LCD). The glass substrate containing the thin-film transistors used to switch the sub-pixels on or off.

title: Transflective LCD

description:
An active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) that combines reflective and transmissive qualities.
In dark ambient-light environments, the backlight can be used to provide light for the display; in bright ambient-light environments, the backlight can be switched off and the display used in reflective mode to save battery life. Most often used in personal digital assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones.

title: Transmissive

description: A direct-view display, such as an active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD), where the light is created by a source and is colored and switched separately. The light that an LCD emits is created by a fluorescent or light-emitting diode (LED) backlight, the switching is provided by the thin-film transistor (TFT) array, and the color is provided by the color filter. See also Emissive, Reflective, and Projection.

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title: Viewing Angle

description: The angle at which the viewer must be in comparison to the screen in order to see the image on a display. For example, a 0° horizontal viewing angle is directly in front of the display and a 90° horizontal viewing angle is directly to the side. Emissive displays show the same brightness and color regardless of viewing angle; however, rear-projection displays and transmissive displays can show some differences in color, brightness, and gray scale, with the most difference being noticed at the steepest viewing angles.

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In many economies of the Balkans high formal unemployment is often blamed on insufficient skills in the labor force. But this intuitive diagnosis glosses over two fundamental questions, namely: why are workers not training themselves to find jobs, and why aren't firms investing in upgrading the skills of their employees? In other words, the market seems to be failing by not allocating resources where high returns can be found. In this blog post, we cast doubt on the diagnosis and look beyond the skills gap explanation to high unemployment in the Western Balkans. But this is not unique to the Balkans. Take the US construction industry, which is among the most productive in the world even though it employs many relatively low skilled workers, often immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries, who improved their individual productivity several fold by migrating – not upgrading skills.
There is no doubt about the problem as throughout the region unemployment – particularly formal – remains unacceptably high. Serbia is a case in point: Out of a population of 7.2 million people and a workforce of 4.5 million, only 710,000 Serbians have a formal, private sector job. If you add some 380,000 'sole proprietors' – basically people who run mini-shops – you get to around 1.1 million people in the formal private sector. That means that the livelihood of the whole country is built around this 15 percent of the population. Can it really be that firms are still not able to find sufficiently skilled employees in the large remaining pool, especially given that Serbia has decent education results? If finding skilled workers in Serbia is like looking for needles in a haystack, there are surely a lot of needles to be found.
So what does the data say, and can we get a more robust sample than my anecdotal encounter with the cab driver? If there was a major skills gap in the economy, logically there would also be a high premium on those scarce skills. However, trends in wages do not in fact show this to be true. Based on calculations for the Balkan economies in which the Economist Intelligence Unit collects data, we see that average real wages rose across Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia as unemployment went down between 2000 and 2008. After the 2008 crisis, when unemployment rose again markedly, real wages stagnated. The same held for unit labor costs (ULC) which measure the average cost (not just wages) of labor per unit of output (see figure). If a skills shortage existed, then the market would reward skills by offering higher wages.
Since the turn of the century, when this data series begins, there have been two clear periods. From 2000 to 2008 economic output grew – real GDP in the Balkans grew an average of about 6 percent between 2000 and 2008 – while labor costs rose even faster. The skills gap story would have made sense in 2008 when unemployment was relatively high, output growth was fast, and wages were growing even faster. But after, average real GDP growth was just below -0.5 percent, while ULCs continued to rise and real wages remained flat. On the optimistic side, positive growth is returning to the Balkans. On the pessimistic side, ULCs have to fall further (which likely means wages have to fall) before firms begin to hire.
There is enough work in the Balkans and there are enough workers. The challenge is to convert the large amount of work into jobs. Unit labor costs are relatively high in the Balkans. Governments can help by first shifting taxes from labor to consumption. This in turn would help the tradable sector which is not yet performing at its potential relative to non-tradables (including housing). Second, businesses need to be able to operate more easily. Even in the better-performing countries, companies complain about unnecessary red-tape and tedious processes to hire workers with flexible contracts including many international staff that are constraints by arduous visa requirements.
The clues indicate that the skills shortage hypothesis falls short and this has important implications for policy. If you don't fix the business environment and only invest in skills upgrading then next time you visit a Balkan capital you may be welcomed by cab drivers with a PhD in otherwise deteriorating economic environments.
yes, shifting the tax from
yes, shifting the tax from labor will make labour as an input factor cheap and be demanded by the employer hence, reducing the unemployment, but then again shifting it to consumption has to be limited,because if the shifting is not controlled the tax burden will fall on the same people who are empolyed as a result of tax shift from labor. I totally agree with the shifting of tax from labor to consumption could help reduce the country's unemployment but should be controlled or monitored.
many thanks. Indeed, each tax policy measure needs to be carefully reviewed as they involve many trade-offs. If you lower taxes on labor in a country where the budget is mainly financed by these revenues you will create a whole in the budget (at least in the short-term). Compensating it by raising consumption taxes could also hurt a portion of the (urban) poor. However, many Countries in the Balkans (and also in other parts of Europe) are facing a strong imbalance where taxes on labor are just too high, especially for the lower skilled. This also explains why so few of them have a formal job. See this blog from Sebastian Eckardt and his colleagues who looked at this issued in-depth:
Agreed. It's not only about
Agreed. It's not only about skills or proper training, many people do not want to take up a job if the income tax slab is way beyond their expectations.
Thank you very much Mr
Thank you very much Mr.Wolfgang, I have actually learnt someting new which is very important. Many thanks.
Many thanks Chris. This is
Many thanks Chris. This is what this blog aims to contribute to. Wolfgang
Dear Wolfgang, International
Dear Wolfgang, International organisations contributed to current Western Balkans economic situation by constantly changing diagnosis and subsequent "remedies". To my opinion diagnosis can be made only by insiders, who learned a lot from these diagnosis in the meantime, and confusion caused by millions of diagnosis and development models is becoming lower. You have to understand past and present context of these economies, which shouldn't have been treated like countries that never had certain level of development before transition, starting from zero. Your skills shortage questioning is correct, question is where are companies that can absorb, for example in Bosnia, more that 500.000 unemployed? Pushing for micro enterprises (one of popular "remedies") means that we need, some 250.000 micro enterprises (average SME in BiH has 2-3 employees). I know that the answer should be given by local governments, but developed countries should know better, right?
Best regards
Dear Jasmina,
Dear Jasmina,
Thanks for your interesting comment. I agree that with you that sustainable development needs to be anchored in domestic efforts. International partners can only contribute, sometimes, modestly and align with domestic forces who want to advance their countries. Some of this thinking is also reflected in "Delivering Aid Differently" which Homi Kharas (another host of this blog) and I published.
However, successful economies are those that have integrated with the rest of the world and as such are also learning and adapting from other countries policies and business practices. One of these general lessons is that "people respond to incentives". Countries need to create an environment in which private business can thrive. The rest (almost) comes automatically. Investing mainly in skill development when the private sector cannot absorb these skilled young people, we think, sets the wrong priorities.
I'll try to do the impossible
I'll try to do the impossible and sit on two chairs (Jasmina's and Wolfgang's) at the same time.
Chair 1: I agree with Jasmina that aid policy is too often governed by fads, short-termism and donor agency requirements/cycles. Case in point: Macedonia, where app. half of all SMEs are in retail, so nothing much gets developed and produced. International aid organizations have undertaken measures to increase the purchase of domestic goods, that may have aided the SMEs, but these companies usually also import a lot. So the can with the difficult stuff gets kicked down the road.
Chair 2: I support your view, Wolfgang, that isolationism is not a good economic path to follow.
But: is shifting the tax burden to consumption without problems? I'd like to see more data on what kind of purchasing power, inequality, etc. the informal economy in the Balkan countries generates and if employees in this sector do even consider 'legalization' (in Macedonia many do not, but I don't know why)... Additionally, at least for SMEs: what about improved access to finance and better repayment terms - and less symbolic politics as regards active labour market measures, employed by local governments and condoned by international donors?
Regards, Sylvia


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Chennai: The secret of actor Akkineni Nagarjuna`s fitness even at 54 is not a rigorous workout routine, but over two decades of regular exercise and pursuit of healthy day-to-day habits that include the synergy of body and mind.
"I don`t believe in the concept of working out rigorously to pump muscles. It may be effective, but when you stop working out, it comes back to square one. I believe in long and consistent exercising which I have been doing religiously for nearly 25 years now," Nagarjuna said.
"I exercise six days a week for one hour in the morning. Besides regular exercising, one should also take care of his or her daily habits such as adequate sleep and drinking lots of water. Apart from that, I enjoy whatever I do. It helps me in having a sound mind which in turn helps me stay fit," he added.
Recently, he flaunted six pack abs for his Telugu film "Damarukam". He says he didn`t have to diet to achieve his goal.
"First of all, I never diet because I`m a foodie and that`s why I own two restaurants. When I have to build a muscular body, I hit the gym and prepare myself, but that doesn`t stop me from exercising regularly. I distribute 25 percent to diet (healthy eating habits), 25 percent to regular workout and 50 percent to daily habits," said the star.
Nag, as he is fondly called by his fans, celebrated his birthday on Aug 29. He may have turned a year older, but he says: "Retirement is the last thing on my mind."
"I don`t think I will ever retire, but gradually like Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan), I will think of doing different kinds of roles. I will slowly start taking up roles where I don`t have to singlehandedly take the burden of a film on my shoulders like I`m doing now as a hero," he said.
"I`m keen on doing strong character roles or even multi-starrer films. I want to continue acting as long as I can because being on the sets is a big stress buster for me. I can`t possibly think of stopping my visits to the sets because I`m old," said Nagarjuna, who is awaiting the release of Telugu action-drama `Bhai`.
`Bhai`, directed by Veerabhadram, marks Nagarjuna`s 96th film, and the actor is upbeat about touching the milestone century-mark.
"I think one of the reasons I haven`t considered retiring yet from lead roles is I`m nearing my 100th film. I never thought I will do so many films in my career and when I`m finally almost close to it, why should I think of retiring. I may as well finish my 100th project and then think of what to do next," he said.
In a career lasting over two decades, he has essayed varied roles such as an urban lover, a contract killer and a 15th century poet, among others, but he says one role that left a lasting impression on him was that of Shirdi Sai baba in "Shirdi Sai", a 2012 Telugu biopic.
"I usually play a role and then forget it, but `Shirdi Sai` was an uplifting experience. I wouldn`t say it made me spiritual, but in a way it spiritually enlightened me from the inside. I read a lot of books on Shirdi Sai while preparing for the role, spoke to a lot of his avid devotees and in turn gained a lot of experience," he said.
"The film helped me to look at things around from a new perspective. It was not just a film, but an experience I would remember for a very long time," he added.
The 54-year-old has started shooting for Telugu family-comedy "Manam", which also features his father Akkineni Nageswara Rao and son Akkineni Naga Chaitanya.