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Grumpy papercraft, I like that! Banner was an unexpected delight! Thanks.
hi, this is scott...i am an american street artist living in greece and working in italy...first i want to tell you that your instructable for the digilegs is fantastic...great detail in words and pictures....i understand everything completely and am building them now...on the island i am on in greece i don't have aluminum available for the leg supports, so i am using stainless steel....of course this makes them more heavy, so i am substituting the steel feet for 5cmx3cm aluminum bars(my lower leg support is 45cm and the foot is 55cm), internally supported with wood at the places where there are bolts....my question for you is do you think this will be strong enough?
I am currently performing a faun character i made on jumping stilts (power skippers)...this is the video link...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhd8FyW6VEM&feature...
now i want to make a faun character for my wife using your digilegs design....
later this year i am making a fire breathing dragan on digilegs...this is a video of my design plans
i make all my own videos and if you still want a video of your design in action, i would be happy to make one for you when i finish ...thanks for your work, it makes mine much easier
Sorry for the extreme delay in responding to your post.
First I use Sintra because it is easy to form and it is not under shear stress. Any plastic including thermoset epoxy with glass mat will work but you just may need a form first. I used old nylon seatbelts in my first prototype design.
If using wood, I always use it as a core and wrap with fiberglass. Wood is usually fine while under compression, it is tricky to work with and varies in strength via grain, moisture, type and grade.
In the current design the knee will only bend 90 degrees, if this is a problem, you may have to modify this pivot point for more flexibility
The video is awesome by the way. Your movements are incredibly fluid and natural which to me shows that you have taken quite a bit of time to master the craft. Well done!
scott again...i forgot to ask you my other question...i also do not find abs here, so i can use pvc or maybe a piece form a car bumper...any advice?


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From the Research Institute, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY (Drs Dennision and Jenkins and Mr Burdick); Human Ecology, State University of New York at Oneonta (Dr Russo); and the Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY (Dr Dennison).
Television viewing has been associated with increased violence in play and higher rates of obesity. Although there are interventions to reduce television viewing by school-aged children, there are none for younger children.
To develop and evaluate an intervention to reduce television viewing by preschool children.
Randomized controlled trial conducted in 16 preschool and/or day care centers in rural upstate New York.
Children aged 2.6 through 5.5 years.
Children attending intervention centers received a 7-session program designed to reduce television viewing as part of a health promotion curriculum, whereas children attending the control centers received a safety and injury prevention program.
Outcome Measurements
Change in parent-reported child television/video viewing and measured growth variables.
Before the intervention, the intervention and control groups viewed 11.9 and 14.0 h/wk of television/videos, respectively. Afterward, children in the intervention group decreased their television/video viewing 3.1 h/wk, whereas children in the control group increased their viewing by 1.6 h/wk, for an adjusted difference between the groups of −4.7 h/wk (95% confidence interval, −8.4 to −1.0 h/wk; P = .02). The percentage of children watching television/videos more than 2 h/d also decreased significantly from 33% to 18% among the intervention group, compared with an increase of 41% to 47% among the control group, for a difference of −21.5% (95% confidence interval, −42.5% to −0.5%; P = .046). There were no statistically significant differences in children's growth between groups.
This study is the first to show that a preschool-based intervention can lead to reductions in young children's television/video viewing. Further research is needed to determine the long-term effects associated with reductions in young children's television viewing.
TELEVISION VIEWING has increased significantly during the past 20 years, in part because of increased program development, availability, and marketing.1 Television viewing by children has adverse effects, including attenuated social behavior,2,3 poor school performance,4,5 higher rates of violence,6,7 and increased rates of child obesity.8- 11 Increased viewing hours might lead to increased adiposity because of increased snacking in response to the many food-related commercials12 and/or to reduced energy expenditure by displacing more physically active behaviors.11
Because of the adverse effects associated with television viewing, several school-based studies have focused on reducing children's viewing. A study that reduced television viewing among sixth through eighth grade students reported a reduction in obesity rates among girls, but not boys,13 whereas a reduction in television viewing and meals eaten in front of the television by third and fourth graders was associated with reductions in adiposity measures14 and relative declines in aggression15 among both boys and girls. Clinical trials with overweight children aged 8 through 12 years have shown that behavioral interventions targeting sedentary behaviors, specifically television viewing, lead to reductions in adiposity.16
We know of no interventions focusing on reduction of television viewing by preschool children. However, television viewing hours increase during the preschool years, and habits of relatively long or short viewing begin to develop during these early years.8,17 Because of concerns about the adverse health effects of television, the Committee on Public Education of the American Academy of Pediatrics has cautioned parents to limit children's exposure to television and other media to a maximum of 2 h/d. For children younger than 2 years, they completely discourage television viewing.18 As women increasingly work outside the home, the percentage of preschool children being cared for outside the home has also increased. Thus, child care settings offer a unique and emerging opportunity to promote the development of healthy lifestyle behaviors such as limited television viewing.
The purpose of this study was to develop and then implement an intervention in the child care setting to reduce children's television viewing. This report describes the development, implementation, and impact of this intervention on children's television viewing and growth variables.
Preschool and day care centers located within a 45-mile radius of Cooperstown, NY, but excluding Cooperstown, that enrolled children aged 3 through 5 years were invited to participate in the Brocodile the Crocodile health promotion program. Twenty centers were identified, and directors at 19 centers agreed to participate in this study. Before randomization, 1 day care center was excluded to avoid contamination, as several children who attended this center also attended 1 of 3 other preschools participating in the study.
Randomization used the day care or preschool center as the unit of analysis. Before randomization, the centers were stratified by day care (n = 5) or preschool (n = 13) and by mean child age. Randomization was performed in random permutations of the numbers 1 and 2 such that assignment of one center to a group arbitrarily forced its nearest neighbor (based on child age and type of child care center) into the opposite group. After randomization, a preschool center originally randomized to the intervention was dropped because most of the recruited children attended only 3 d/wk, but not on the day of the week when we were able to provide the intervention. Before the beginning of the second school year, another center was dropped for the same reason. Thus, the final sample available for analysis included 8 centers in the intervention group and 8 centers in the control group.
Program staff (an early childhood teacher and a music teacher) visited each day care or preschool center in the intervention group once a week to provide a 1-hour session for a total of 39 weeks. Half of each session was spent in musical activities; 10 minutes, eating a snack; and 20 minutes participating in an interactive educational session. The Brocodile the Crocodile health promotion curriculum consisted of 32 sessions (10 in the spring of the first school year and 22 during the second school year) devoted to healthy eating and 7 sessions designed to reduce children's television viewing (provided during the second school year). The development and impact of these 7 sessions are the subject of this report.
Children aged 2.5 through 5.5 years who attended a participating preschool or day care center were eligible to participate in this study. The study was explained to parents, who gave written, informed consent for their child to participate. Parents were free to withdraw their children from the study at any time. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital,Cooperstown, NY; the boards and directors of the participating preschool and day care centers; and the institutional review boards at the Oneonta and Cobleskill branches of the State University of New York, each of which had a participating preschool or day care center.
Because the intervention to reduce television viewing was implemented in the second year of the study, and because there was considerable student turnover between year 1 and year 2, these analyses relate to changes during this period (fall 2000 through spring 2001). Before the television reduction intervention, the parents of all children involved in the Brocodile the Crocodile program were mailed questionnaires (September 2000), with a second mailing a month later to nonrespondents. The parents or guardians reported their relation to the child, the child's date of birth, sex, race or ethnicity, and maternal and paternal educational attainment. The child's mother and father were asked to report the average amount of time (hours per week) that each spent during the past week watching television or videos, playing video or computer games, or surfing the Internet. They were also asked to estimate for Saturday, Sunday, and an average weekday the number of hours the child spent during the past week viewing television/videos and the number of hours the child had spent playing computer/video games. The child's weekly television/video viewing was compared by multiplying weekday viewing hours by 5 and adding viewing hours for Saturday and Sunday. Weekly computer/video game playing was calculated in the same manner. The Committee on Public Education of the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children 2 years and older watch no more than 2 h/d of television, videos, or other media.18 Thus, children were dichotomized into the following 2 groups on the basis of how many hours of television/videos they watched: up to and including 2 h/d or more than 2 h/d.
Parents reported whether their child had a television set in his or her bedroom, the number of days that the child ate dinner with the television turned on, and the number of days that the family ate dinner together (0-7 days). They also reported, using a 5-point Likert scale (always, usually, sometimes, rarely, or never), the frequency that they and the child ate or snacked while watching television.
At the end of the intervention (spring 2001), the parents completed a shorter questionnaire, in writing, or, for those who failed to respond, by telephone. They used the same format to report the child's television viewing behaviors and the children's television/video viewing and computer/video game playing.
The children's growth was measured during fall 2000, winter 2001, and spring 2001. Child height, in stocking feet, was measured using a portable stadiometer. Child weight, lightly clothed, was measured using a digital scale (model 781; Seca Uniscale, Hamburg, Germany). All measurements were made twice, and the means of the 2 measurements were used in all subsequent analyses. A measurer and an assistant were used to make all measurements according to the guidelines from the World Health Organization.19 The triceps skin-fold thickness of the left arm was measured in triplicate, according to the protocols of Gibson.20 The mean of the 3 measurements was used in all analyses. Test-retest reliabilities were high for all 3 measurements (ρ>0.99 for height, ρ>0.99 for weight, and ρ = 0.96 for triceps skin-fold thickness). Body mass index (BMI) was computed as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. Triceps skin-fold thickness and BMI were used as measurements of adiposity, which were significantly correlated with each other (ρ = 0.58). For each child, the age- and sex-standardized BMI z score was abstracted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.21
All data were analyzed using Statistical Analysis Software (Version 8.0; SAS Institute, Cary, NC). All statistical tests were 2-sided; P values >.05 were considered nonsignificant. For all mean differences between the intervention and control groups, 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated.
The characteristics of children and parents in the intervention group were compared with those in the control group. To account for the randomization at the level of the preschool or day care center, the mean values of continuous variables computed at each center and weighted by the sample size were compared between the intervention and control groups by means of 2-group analysis of variance. We used χ2 tests to compare child sex and race distributions and Mantel-Haenszel χ2 tests to compare distributions of ordered variables, such as maternal educational attainment, between intervention and control groups. The characteristics of parents and children for whom follow-up data were not available were compared with those with follow-up data as above.
For each child, the differences before and after the intervention in the number of hours per week of television/videos viewed and the number of hours per week of computer/video games played were computed (ie, the difference between spring 2001 and fall 2000). The mean values, weighted by sample size at each center, were compared between the intervention and control groups by means of 2-group analysis of covariance, controlling for child age, sex, and preintervention value. In a similar manner, differences in the percentage of children watching 2 or more h/d of television/videos, the number of days per week the child ate dinner with the television turned on, and the number of days per week the family ate dinner together were compared.
The changes in children's growth (weight, height, and triceps skin-fold thickness) were computed between fall 2000 and spring 2001 as the change per exact time interval (eg, killigrams per year) for each child by means of regression analysis, weighted by the number of measurements, and the mean slope for each center was computed. The mean values, weighted by sample size at each center, were compared between intervention and control groups using 2-group analysis of covariance, with preintervention values added as covariates. Changes in growth during the entire study were computed between spring 2000 and spring 2001 in a similar manner.
To increase awareness of their children's television and video viewing, parents were asked to keep a diary, where they recorded the name and amount of time of each television program and videotape that their children watched for 1 week. The diary and instructions were mailed in early December 2000, with return by prepaid mail.
Each of the 7 sessions included components for the child, the day care or preschool provider, and the parents as described in Table 1. The weekly 20-minute interactive, educational sessions were led by program staff, but day care and preschool staff were actively encouraged to participate. To reinforce the program goals, additional materials and suggested classroom activities were provided to day care and preschool staff. After each class, materials and activities were sent home with each child to foster discussion between parents and children. Children were also encouraged to ask their parents for help in completing these activities at home.
Materials for day care and preschool staff and parents presented positive aspects of alternative activities to television viewing, such as improved literacy skills from reading books to young children22 and enhanced social skills from eating meals together as a family. The children were active participants, generating a list of activities that they enjoyed other than watching television. The children's book The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV23 was used as an impetus for discussions at the child care centers and at home. Day care and preschool staff and parents were provided with the list of alternative activities generated by the children and the brochure Television and the Family by the American Academy of Pediatrics.24 The children also made "no television" signs, which were sent home with a weekly calendar and "no television" stickers with instructions for parents to monitor and reward children by placing a sticker on the calendar every day the child refrained from watching television or video shows. Materials from the National TV-Turnoff Week Internet site were also used.25
At the centers randomized to the control group, curriculum, materials, and ideas for activities about health and safety were provided to day care or preschool staff and information and materials for at-home activities were mailed to parents. Eight monthly sessions, each with a different health or safety topic appropriate for the season, were provided during the second school year. Some sessions were adopted from the Healthy Start Health Education Program.26 Where possible, additional community resources were used to enhance what was provided to children at the day care or preschool centers. Examples include working with local fire departments to arrange for a fireman to visit each child care center or to have the children visit the fire house during Fire Prevention Week and arranging for a dental hygienist to visit each center as part of the dental session.
Prior to the television reduction intervention (fall 2000), complete child anthropometric and parental questionnaires were available for 102 children. Complete follow-up data were available for 77 of these children (spring 2001). As shown in Figure 1, the turnover of children attending these preschool and day care centers was considerable, especially between school years. Most children who did not continue in the study left the preschool or day care center to enter prekindergarten or kindergarten, or the family moved out of the area.
Between the assessments in spring 2000 and fall 2000, 131 children from first enrollment went on to prekindergarten or kindergarten (n = 81), left the preschool or day care center (n = 23), moved (n = 13), dropped out of the study (n = 14), or were dropped when their preschool was dropped (n = 1), leaving 91 children. Between fall 2000 and spring 2001, 13 additional children left the preschool or day care center (n = 11), moved (n = 1), or dropped out of the study (n = 1).
At the first assessment (data now shown) and the second assessment (Table 2) the intervention and control groups were comparable. The children were primarily white. They were similar in age, attended day care or preschool a comparable number of hours per week, and had similar anthropometric measurements. Like other US children, their mean adiposity exceeded the mean of the reference population (ie, BMI z score, >0). The percentages of children with a BMI in at least the 95th and at least the 85th age- and sex-specific percentiles in this study did not differ significantly from that reported for non-Hispanic white children aged 2 through 5 years in the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (4.1% vs 10.1% and 17.6% vs 20.5%, respectively).27 The parents were well educated, with about half having a college degree or higher.
Before the intervention, children in the intervention and control groups spent a comparable number of hours viewing television/videos and playing video/computer games. Boys and girls viewed a similar number of hours of television/videos (12.5 and 13.7 h/wk, respectively) and played video/computer games for a comparable number of hours (2.1 and 2.2 h/wk, respectively). Only 1 (2.4%) of 41 children and 3 (8.8%) of 34 children in the intervention and control groups, respectively, had a television set in their bedroom. The number of hours per week that television/videos were viewed was not significantly different for children with a television set in their bedrooms, compared with those without (14.5 vs 13.1 h/wk; P = .74). However, children with a television set in their bedrooms played 3 times as many hours per day of video/computer games on Sundays than those without (1.0 vs 0.3 h/d; P = .03). The frequency with which children snacked while watching television was significantly associated with the frequency that their parents snacked (Mantel-Haensel χ2 = 11.2; P<.001). The demographic, anthropometric, and television/video viewing behaviors of the children did not differ between those for whom we had follow-up data and those for whom we did not (data not shown).
Changes in the children's television/video viewing are shown for those with follow-up data (n = 77) in Table 3. Before the television reduction intervention, children in the 2 groups viewed a similar number of hours per day of television/video on weekdays, Saturday, and Sunday, but after the intervention, they diverged. Significant differences were seen in the changes between the intervention and control groups for television/video viewing on weekdays and on Sunday (Table 3). Changes in Saturday viewing were less, but in the same direction. The mean weekly television/video viewing decreased 3.1 h/wk among children in the intervention group compared with an increase of 1.6 h/wk among those in the control group (adjusted difference between means, −4.7 h/wk; 95% CI, −8.4 to −1.0 h/wk; P = .02) (Figure 2).
Children's weekly television (TV)/video viewing and computer/video game playing before and after the intervention. The mean changes were compared between the intervention and control groups by means of 2-group analysis of covariance, controlling for child age, child sex, and preintervention value.
Before the intervention, comparable percentages of children in the intervention and control groups watched, on average, more than 2 h/d of television/videos (35% [15/43] and 41% [14/34], respectively; P = .57, χ2). After the intervention, the percentage of children watching more than 2 h/d television/videos was significantly lower among the intervention group compared with the control group (19% [8/43] vs 41% [16/34], respectively; P = .007), with an adjusted difference in the percentages between groups of −21.5% (95% CI, −42.5% to −0.5%; P = .046). The change in the children's television/video viewing did not differ by child sex, paternal or maternal educational attainment, or the number of hours per week the child attended day care or preschool.
The mean changes in the amount of time the children played video/computer games did not differ between the intervention and control groups for weekdays, Saturday, or Sunday.
Table 3 shows the mean changes in the children's anthropometric measures between the intervention and the control groups. As expected, children in the intervention and control groups grew taller (6.5 and 7.3 cm/y, respectively) and gained weight (1.9 and 2.6 kg/y, respectively), while their triceps skin-fold thickness decreased (2.2 and 1.8 mm/y, respectively). Although the BMI decreased among the intervention group and increased among the control group, none of the changes in growth measurements between the 2 groups were significantly different.
Changes in the children's growth measures during the entire study period revealed no significant differences between the 2 groups. There were also no significant changes or differences between the intervention and control groups in the frequency that children snacked while watching television or the number of days the family ate dinner together or watched television during dinner (data not shown).
This report describes the first intervention of which we are aware that targets reductions in television viewing by preschool children. Before the intervention, the children viewed a similar number of hours as those reported in a national study,28 but fewer hours than those reported in a study of children with less educated parents.8 This is consistent with previous findings that children with more compared with less educated parents8,17,29 and children who attend day care or preschool compared with nonattendees watch fewer hours of television.17
This intervention to reduce television viewing was well accepted by children, parents, and staff, and all 7 sessions were successfully implemented at the child care centers. Our finding that children in the intervention group, compared with those in the control group, had a relative mean reduction by parental report of 4.7 h/wk in their television/video viewing is clinically and statistically significant, representing a reduction of about one third in weekly viewing hours. Strict comparisons are difficult because we did not ask our questions in exactly the same manner as Robinson et al15 or Gortmaker et al.13 Nonetheless, it appears that our results are similar to those reported by Robinson et al,15 in which the intervention group reduced their television/video viewing by 4.5 h/wk according to parental report and 7.1 h/wk according to child report, compared with the control group. The reduction also appears comparable to that reported by girls (4.1 h/wk) in a study of sixth through eighth grade students.16 The validity and the sensitivity of the different questionnaires, however, to detect change in television viewing habits is not known, and may vary by the age of the child, and whether the parent or the child does the reporting.
We sought to reach and influence the parents through the children and via take-home educational materials and parent-child activities. Although this method has been shown to be successful with elementary school–aged children,29 additional strategies may be needed to reach the parents of younger children.
Limitations to this study include reliance on parental report of their children's television/video viewing and other television-related behaviors. We found that parental report of their children's usual television/video viewing on Saturday, Sunday, and weekdays and the viewing hours recorded on a 1-week television/video diary were significantly correlated and yielded comparable viewing estimates (B.A.D. and P.A.D., unpublished data, June 2003). It is possible, however, that after the intervention, parents in the intervention group might have felt more pressure to report socially desired behaviors, leading them to underestimate their children's television/video viewing, which would have increased the apparent difference between the 2 groups. We have no evidence of this, and the fact that so many other behaviors did not change over time or differ between the intervention and control groups leads us to believe that this was not the case.
The relatively high rate of incomplete follow-up and turnover between the 2 school years reflects the transient nature of the preschool population. Children transferred in and out of preschool and day care centers on the basis of parental work schedules and convenience. They also left the preschool or day care centers when parents lost a job, a sibling was born, and/or parents separated or divorced. Between the 2 school years, a significant proportion also left to go to prekindergarten or kindergarten. Because the groups were similar before the intervention and unavailability for follow-up was similar between groups, there is no evidence that subject dropout may have biased the comparison groups.
Additional limitations of this study include the relatively small sample size. This study was conducted in relatively small day care and preschool centers located in rural communities. Larger centers with more children might be available in urban or suburban settings. The relative homogeneity of the study population could also be viewed as a strength (ensuring comparable groups) or a weakness (limiting generalizability.)
Larger, more intensive interventions that extend over longer time and interventions that more directly involve parents and other caretakers might yield greater and longer-lasting reductions in children's television/video viewing. Moreover, studies with more racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse populations are needed to ascertain the generalizability of this intervention. Despite these limitations, these findings suggest that interventions in the preschool or day care setting to reduce television viewing are practical and feasible. Furthermore, because some parents are receptive to making changes to reduce their children's television/video viewing, further research is warranted to understand how to best reach parents.
Unlike studies with older children,13,15 however, we did not find a significant difference in children's growth or adiposity between the intervention and control groups. Additional research with larger study samples is needed to assess the contribution that reduced television viewing might play in preventing the development of child overweight and obesity.
Television viewing is associated with adverse effects, including higher obesity rates and increased violence, both of which have been shown to decrease after reductions in viewing hours. Television viewing habits begin to develop and increase during the preschool years.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to describe an intervention to reduce television viewing by preschool-aged children. The program was instituted in preschool and day care settings, a place where young children are spending increasing amounts of time.
Corresponding author and reprints: Barbara A. Dennison, MD, Research Institute, Bassett Healthcare, 1 Atwell Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326 (e-mail: email@example.com).
Accepted for publication July 31, 2003.
This study was supported in part by grant 1-R01-HL65144 from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md (Dr Dennison).
This study was previously presented at the Pediatric Academy Societies' Meeting; May 3, 2003; Seattle, Wash.
We thank Elizabeth Jennings and Christina Arnold Meenan for their assistance in developing this intervention, and Kristina Laskovski and Cosby Gibson for their assistance in preparing this manuscript.
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quote: Not only men and women, but also children and infants, have been burned by McDonald's scalding hot coffee, in some instances due to inadvertent spillage by McDonald's employees;
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The Stetson women's basketball team kept the game tight but came up on the short end of a 81-73 decision at Charlotte Saturday night at Halton Arena.
Victoria McGowan led the Hatters (4-4) with 23 points, while Shanasa Sanders added 12 points and nine rebounds.
"I am very proud of the effort today," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "We played a very good Charlotte team and we had some real chances. We just had a couple droughts where didn't score and that hurt us. But we battled real hard and I'm really proud of the kids."
The teams traded baskets through the first 14 minutes with the 49ers (6-2) holding a slim three-point lead. Charlotte would then go on a 12-0 run to extend its lead to 33-18, but the Hatters answered right back with an 11-2 spurt, capped off by McGowan's three-pointer just before the halftime buzzer to pull Stetson within six.
Charlotte built the lead back to 18 early in the second half, but the Hatters battled back, cutting the lead to eight at the 10:24 mark and twice trimming it to seven in the final two minutes of the game.
Jennifer Hailey and Hillary Sigmon each scored 19 points to lead Charlotte.
Sasha Sims registered 10 points, four assists, and three blocks for the Hatters. She is now tied with Kaisa Tuure for fourth place among Stetson's career block leaders with 77.
Stetson will visit Florida Atlantic next Saturday at 2 p.m. HatterVision audio will be available at GoHatters.com.
Notes: Assistant Coach Nicole Woods, who hails from nearby Gastonia, N.C., brought a strong contingent of friends and family to support the Hatters Saturday … Assistant Coach Pam Brown attended to a family matter on Saturday and missed the return to her alma mater. Brown played for the 49ers from 2002-06 … The Hatters were 18-of-21 from the free throw line in the second half ... Shanasa Sanders scored her 500th career point as a Hatter.


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Legendary British folk-rock alchemists Fairport Convention return to the scene with "Over the Next Hill", their first new studio album since 2002's acclaimed anniversary celebration XXXV. Recorded after nearly three years of constant touring through the US and UK,
Fairport Convention is:
Gerry Conway: drums
Chris Leslie: mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, vocals
Simon Nicol: guitar, vocals
Dave Pegg: bass, mandolin, vocals
Ric Sanders: fiddle, mandolin
"Fairport Convention has always been a working band," muses bassist Dave Pegg. "We don't like being held up in the studio. We need to be on the road. We still love doing that – getting in the van and going."
It is this resolute drive and devotion, both to themselves and their legions of fans, that has steered folk-rock architects Fairport Convention through periods of uncertainty and transition that would have leveled lesser bands. Not only do they survive – they grow stronger, translating their experiences into consistently inventive art. Now entering their 37th year, the source of Fairport Convention's unyielding momentum is twofold. Part if it stems from their roots in English traditional song, the noble nomadic legacy of the troubadour is indeed deep in their collective bloodstream. The other key to their longevity is something few other groups can lay claim to: having persevered for nearly four decades, Fairport Convention has created their own tradition. They are the inheritors of their own legacy, a sound that is distinctly theirs but, like all traditions, thrives on innovation and reinvention.
The title of Over the Next Hill reflects their enduring commitment to continue on in the face of adversity. "The title sums up the record perfectly," says Pegg, who over the years has emerged as Fairport's shepherd and unofficial ringleader. "Even though this was a very difficult album to make," he continues, "the title implies a grand optimism."
Trials are nothing new to Fairport Convention, having been defined early on for their ability to emerge renewed from a variety of unfortunately circumstances. "There was a time," laughs Fairport biographer Nigel Schofield, "when Melody Maker magazine seemed to have the headline 'Phoenix Fairport' permanently typeset!" Beginning life in 1967 under the auspices of visionary bassist Ashley Hutchings (later of Steeleye Span, the Albion Band, the Etchingham String Band, and many others), Fairport shared bills with Sid Barrett's Pink Floyd and other early rock radicals. Their first sound was an inventive hybrid equally influenced by the American underground of the time, electric blues, and traditional and contemporary folk music.
The arrival of folk-steeped vocalist Sandy Denny in 1968, along with the blossoming of guitarist Richard Thompson's songwriting ability, pointed the future direction of Fairport Convention. Their two early 1969 releases, What We Did On Our Holidays and Unhalfbricking, saw traditional British ballads like "Nottamun Town" and "A Sailor's Life" sharing space with compositions from Thompson, Denny, and contemporary lights like Bob Dylan. A horrific motorway crash in May of 1969, which killed drummer Martin Lamble and Thompson's girlfriend Jeannie Franklin, sent the band into a sudden, reclusive spiral. Deciding for the first of many times to carry on, they returned in December of 1969 with Liege and Lief, one of the defining albums of British folk-rock. Epic traditional ballads were embroidered with electric fury, original compositions at last achieved the depth and weight of the folk tunes that inspired them, and fiddle – courtesy of new member David Swarbrick – was introduced to their sound.
What followed was decades of re-alignment, as members departed and returned with confusing frequency. The current lineup an ideal balance of seasoned vets and musicians young enough to have been originally inspired by Fairport's early albums, and has been in place for 6 years now. Bassist Hutchings left in 1970, allowing Dave Pegg to assume the role which he continues to hold to this day. Guitarist and vocalist Simon Nicol, present at the earliest gigs in 1967, is the band's link to its earliest days. Drummer Gerry Conway, a longtime fixture of the British folk-rock scene (that's him bashing the skins on Fairport spinoff group The Bunch's 1972 album Rock On), joined officially in 1998. Fiery fiddler Ric Sanders (previously of Soft Machine and Ashley Hutching's Albion Band), signed on in 1985, while multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter Chris Leslie hopped aboard in 1997.
This new lineup shone brightly on 1999's The Wood and the Wire and 2002's anniversary collection XXXV, but truly assert themselves on Over the Next Hill. The album was born amid much strife, as upheavals in Dave Pegg's personal life (addressed candidly on the band's website, www.fairportconvention.co.uk) forced him to sell Woodworm Studios: the band's home base for over 20 years. Along with the studios, Pegg was forced to dissolve the management and record companies that had handled the band's annual Croperdy Festival, casting that treasured ritual into uncertainty. The creation of Over the Next Hill demanded that the band to overcome once again.
"It was done under the cloak of some very strange things," reflects Pegg, "We pulled the band together and went into Woodworm one last time to prove that we still had a future. Over two and a half years of touring, we arrived at a great unity: the sound that came out was a very different Fairport."
Despite the difficulties surrounding its completion, Over the Next Hill is a refreshingly ebullient collection – palpably conveying the optimism inherent in the title. It's Fairport at their most rock-tinged, sporting a ragged, bracing overall sound. "It was recorded quickly," says Pegg, "mostly live in the studio, without any click tracks or anything. We went back and revised some things, but that live spirit shines through. It's up and rocky."
"The first thing that comes to mind about Over the Next Hill," Pegg continues, "is that Chris Leslie's songwriting has hit a whole new level. He is writing about true events and people – in effect creating real, modern day folk songs." Leslie's contributions, "I'm Already There," "Over the Falls," and "The Fossil Hunter" are detail-rich narratives that are still profoundly musical. He also takes lead vocal on Ben Bennion's "Wait for the Tide to Come In," an item unlike anything in Fairport's catalog: a streamlined, pulsating Lydian pop song. Muscular and melodic in turn, it is already turning heads in Fairport's set. "That's Chris on electric mandolin," Pegg says, beaming. "Sorry guitar fans."
Simon Nicol is featured on several lead vocals, while underpinning the band with tasteful rhythm guitar throughout. His is the first voice heard, on Fairport friend Steve Tilson's title track. The song's positive, forward-looking message is balanced by a series of sly musical and lyrical allusions to the past ("So far I've found 19," says Nigel Shofield) acknowledging the roads traveled before while still looking ahead. Tilson's other contribution also features Simon. "Willow Creek" is a charged retelling of the classic folk tale of the girl on the nut brown mare. "That one is very percussive," chuckles Pegg. "We're still taken folk-rock in strange new directions!"
Fiddler Ric Sanders contributes a suite of instrumental themes called "Canny Capers," which begins with Pegg and Leslie dueting on mandolins, followed by Sander's entrance on fiddle, all with tasteful percussion in the background. The song soon builds to a thrilling series of instrumental breaks, with charged drumming from Conway pushing Sanders to ever-more daring flights of virtuosity. Sanders goes in the opposite direction with his other composition, "Some Special Place." "Ric has lost several people close to him in the past months," says Pegg. Clearly their memory inspired this lovely, touching twin-fiddle instrumental.
While traditional themes work their way into several of the original songs, "The Wassail Song" is the sole purely traditional tune on Over the Next Hill. Debuted on the last Fairport tour, it is a typically stunning revision. "People may have heard 'The Wassail Song' before," says Pegg, "but they haven't heard it in 5/4 time!" Brisk and rich with tricky meter shifts, it sports a daring and musicianship reminiscent of Fairport's early years. Speaking of, they do revisit one chestnut from their past...
"Ah yes," says Simon Nicol, "our re-interpretation of our 'hit,' 'Si Tu Dois Partir.'" Originally recorded in 1969, the song is a curious translation of Bob Dylan's "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" into an ersatz Cajun romp. It remains one of Fairport's best known songs, having reached #21 in the charts of the day. "I never expected we'd be re-recording this," Nicol continues, "but, but it seemed to go so well on the winter tour that we had to give it a go. Don't tell Island Records, but I nicked a sample of Martin Lamble kicking over a pile of plastic chairs and smashing some milk bottles from the original version, and I've slotted it in. Shame on me – but nice to have him back," says Nicol of Fairport's first drummer, who was killed in that tragic motorway crash of 1969, "What a life he would have had." It is the life that the current members of Fairport Convention have inherited: the sum of their tragedies and their persistence, blended with their own musical ingenuity and the bottomless well of tradition.


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Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance in the United States
Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law; Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
As published in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, vol. 3, pp. 459-465, 1998
I survey corporate governance activity by institutional investors in the United States, and the empirical evidence on whether this activity affects firm performance. A small number of American institutional investors, mostly public pension plans, spend a trivial amount of money on overt activism efforts. They don't conduct proxy fights, and don't try to elect their own candidates to the board of directors. Legal rules, agency costs within the institutions, information costs, collective action problems, and limited institutional competence are all plausible partial explanations for this relative lack of activity. The currently available evidence, taken as a whole, is consistent with the proposition that the institutions achieve the effects on firm performance that one might expect from this level of effort -- namely, not much.
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Zucker is a big name in Charleston area business that is about to get bigger.
InterTech Group President Jonathan Zucker announced at a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday that TIGHITCO, Inc., will bring 350 jobs to Ladson in the company's brand-new facility at 8450 Palmetto Commerce Parkway.
The 100,000 square foot building is climate controlled and well lit. It houses offices and a manufacturing floor where various components for airplanes will be built.
The company brings a $40 million investment to the Lowcountry.
Zucker told reporters the jobs will range from administrative to engineering to military project management.
Gov. Nikki Haley, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey along with other local elected officials and business leaders attended the ribbon cutting.
"Get excited," Haley said to an audience of about 100 as her voiced echoed through the manufacturing room. "This is a state-of-the-art quality aerospace supplier.
They're supplying companies we already have…GE, Honeywell, Daimler, Caterpillar, Boeing…you look at all these great companies we already have and instead of choosing any other place in the country they could go they wanted to bring it home to South Carolina."
"It's all about jobs, jobs and more jobs," Charleston County Council Chairperson Teddie Pryor said.
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey said the late Jerry Zucker advanced his company but his family always came first.
"Your dad would be very proud of you," Summey said to Jonathan Zucker, son of the late Jerry Zucker. "You've done a great job. We're very proud of you.
"This is not just another company coming to the area. This is such a far advancement in technology for providing the type of workplace we need for our people.
"The jobs you create will go down in history as some of the most important in South Carolina."
InterTech Group Chairperson & CEO Anita Zucker was then welcomed to the podium. She is the mother of Jonathan Zucker.
"My late husband Jerry and I chose Charleston as our home in July of 1978," Mrs. Zucker said. "We saw Charleston as an ideal place to raise our family.
"We see our region developing into a hub for the aerospace industry. Today as a business community we are ready to take our place on the world's stage. Now more than ever business is global. We can view it from the charming ports of Charleston."
TIGHITCO President Peter Nicholas said this is TIGHITCO's sixth facility and the company currently employs 700 people. The company covers a broad range of businesses that include aerospace and the defense market.
"I used to tell Anita, if there's an airplane flying we've got something on it," Nicholas said.
He continued that the new facility is set to eventually expand to 300,000 square feet when phase two and three of the project are complete. He said they are currently in phase one.
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By Daniel B. Martínez, M.D., Member, American Psychiatric Association
Recovery is largely influenced by an individual's ability to demonstrate improvement in areas of brain function. In 2005, Kopelowicz and his team published an article in Psychology and Medicine showing three areas of frontal lobe brain functioning as being associated with recovery from schizophrenia. The neurocognitive domains found to be influential were: executive function, verbal fluency and verbal working memory.
Performing psychological testing and assuring these areas are improved as much as possible may be important in treatment. Another important finding is the early detection and treatment of psychosis as critical in terms of prognosis, recovery and outcomes. This has been well-known for all disease states. Kopelowicz and his team found that a psycho-educational program for families and patients, La CLAve (the clue), improved health outcomes. This program focused on symptom identification, beliefs on mental illness, seeking professional help and awareness on psychosis. This program raised awareness by using popular cultural icons from the arts, music and videos. With such publicity, it is hopeful that the Latino community will better understand mental health and the avenues for seeking professional help.
Mental illness has long been stigmatized. First, we must advocate for awareness. Secondly, appropriate funding and access to services must be available. Lastly, research from a multifactorial perspective will lead to the fine tuning of best practices. In summary, findings have shown that Latinos with schizophrenia may do better under the following conditions:
This article appeared in edición 17 of ¡Avanzamos!, NAMI's Spanish-language newsletter under the title "Research Updates in Schizophrenia" on Oct. 15.
Aguilera Adrian, Lopez Steven R, Breitborde Nicholas J K, Kopelowicz Alex, Zarate Roberto Expressed emotion and sociocultural moderation in the course of schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2010; 119(4): 875-85
Breitborde Nicholas J K, Lopez Steven R, Kopelwicz Alex Expressed emotion and health outcomes among Mexican-Americans with schizophrenia and their caregiving relatives. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2010; 198(2): 105-9.
Kopelowicz Alex, Zarate Roberto, Wallace Charles J, Liberman Robert Paul, Lopez Steven R, Mintz Jim The ability of multifamily groups to improve treatment adherence in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2012; 69(3): 265-73.
Lopez Steven R, Lara Ma del Carmen, Kopelwicz Alex, Lolano Susana, Foncerrada Hector, Aguilera Adrian La CLAve to increase psychosis literacy of Spanish-speaking community residents and family caregivers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009; 77(4): 763-74.
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AMR Corporation Reports a Second Quarter 2009 Net Loss of $390 Million as Ongoing Weakness in Economy Hurt Demand and Revenue
The current quarter results compare to a net loss of $1.5 billion for the second quarter of 2008, or $5.83 per share. The year-ago results included a $1.1 billion non-cash charge to write down the value of certain aircraft and related long-lived assets to their estimated fair value and a $55 million charge for severance-related costs from the Company's system-wide capacity reductions. Excluding those special charges, AMR reported a second quarter 2008 net loss of $298 million, or $1.19 per share.
"The challenges for our industry and company have continued throughout 2009," said AMR Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey. "With ongoing global economic weakness and the resulting effect on travel demand, revenues are down sharply from a year ago. The spot price of oil, while much lower than this time last year, has risen since early this year and remains volatile. Even as we face these hurdles, however, we continue to focus on improvements in areas within our control. We bolstered liquidity and obtained additional committed financing related to our fleet renewal program. We also improved in our dependability and customer experience measures and announced additional capacity reductions as we seek the right balance between supply and demand."
Among accomplishments during the second quarter of 2009 and to date, the Company obtained $66 million from an aircraft sale-leaseback transaction and completed a $520 million public offering of enhanced equipment trust certificates. The offering provides financing for 16 of its Boeing 737 deliveries and four owned 777 aircraft for which the Company has received approximately $150 million in gross proceeds to date. The Company also announced plans to take delivery of eight additional 737s, bringing total 737 firm orders to 84 during 2009 through 2011, including aircraft already delivered this year, and enhanced the terms of a committed financing arrangement for 737 aircraft.
Taking into account the recently completed $520 million offering, all of American's firm 737 orders through 2011 are, subject to certain terms and conditions, covered by committed financing arrangements.
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Continuing its capacity discipline, in June 2009 the Company announced plans to reduce system-wide capacity by approximately 7.5 percent for full-year 2009 compared to 2008 levels, a reduction of about one percentage point greater than forecast in earlier guidance. The Company also continued to streamline its operations and identify cost savings opportunities, including consolidating its reservations function by discontinuing operations at its Eastern Reservations Office, which will occur in September of this year.
Arpey reiterated expectations that American and four of its fellow oneworld members - British Airways, Iberia, Royal Jordanian and Finnair - will receive DOT approval of their application for global antitrust immunity this fall, and the companies look forward to continuing to demonstrate the public benefits of their plans to regulators in the European Union. With this approval, American, British Airways and Iberia plan to launch a joint business relationship that will improve travel options and customer benefits on flights between North America and Europe.
Arpey added, "In spite of these very challenging times, we continue to see improvements in our dependability and customer experience metrics, thanks in large part to the hard work and commitment of our employees."
Financial and Operational Performance (Excluding Impact of Special Items)
AMR reported second quarter consolidated revenues of approximately $4.9 billion, a decrease of nearly 21 percent year over year, largely driven by reduced capacity and the reduced demand for air travel and cargo resulting from the global economic downturn. In addition, the Company estimates that the impact of the H1N1 virus reduced second quarter revenue by approximately $50 million to $80 million.
Other revenues, from sources such as confirmed flight changes, purchased upgrades, Buy-on-Board food services, and baggage service charges, increased 7.4 percent to $565 million in the second quarter, compared to the second quarter of 2008. Reflecting global economic weakness, the Company's cargo revenue declined by approximately $99 million or 42.6 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period in 2008.
American's mainline passenger revenue per available seat mile (unit revenue) declined by 16 percent in the second quarter compared to the year-ago quarter.
Mainline capacity, or total available seat miles, in the second quarter decreased by 7.6 percent compared to the same period in 2008, as the Company continued to exercise capacity discipline given the difficult demand environment.
American's mainline load factor - or the percentage of total seats filled - was 81.8 percent during the second quarter, compared to 82.5 percent in the second quarter of 2008. American's second quarter yield, which represents average fares paid, decreased by 15.4 percent compared to the second quarter of 2008. The decrease in yield was largely due to more-aggressive pricing industrywide and reduced traffic in the premium cabins.
American's mainline cost per available seat mile (unit cost) in the second quarter decreased by 12.8 percent year over year, largely due to lower fuel prices. Taking into account the impact of fuel hedging, AMR paid $1.90 per gallon for jet fuel in the second quarter versus $3.19 a gallon in the second quarter of 2008, a 41 percent decrease. As a result, the Company paid $910 million less for fuel in the second quarter of 2009 than it would have paid at prevailing prices from the prior-year period.
Excluding fuel, mainline unit costs in the second quarter of 2009 increased by 5 percent year over year, driven by costs related to reduced capacity, pension expenses, and investments in dependability initiatives.
Balance Sheet Update
Including the proceeds from the sale-leaseback transaction of approximately $66 million, AMR ended the second quarter with $3.3 billion in cash and short-term investments, including a restricted balance of $460 million. That compares to a balance of $5.5 billion in cash and short-term investments, including a restricted balance of $434 million and more than $800 million in collateral from hedge counterparties that was held by the Company, in the second quarter of 2008. The Company's second quarter 2009 cash balance includes the impact of approximately $400 million in long-term debt and capital lease payments during the quarter - and approximately $1.2 billion during the first half of the year - out of approximately $2 billion in total expected long-term debt maturities and capital lease payments in 2009.
AMR's Total Debt, which it defines as the aggregate of its long-term debt, capital lease obligations, the principal amount of airport facility tax-exempt bonds, and the present value of aircraft operating lease obligations, was $14.2 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2009, compared to $15.2 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2008. AMR's Net Debt, which it defines as Total Debt less unrestricted cash and short-term investments, was $11.4 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2009, compared to $10.1 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2008.
Following the Company's sale-leaseback transaction in the second quarter, long-term debt payments, and the completion of the $520 million public offering of enhanced equipment trust certificates, which closed on July 7, AMR estimates it has approximately $3.7 billion in unencumbered assets and other sources of liquidity, which includes assets that could be sold or financed, such as aircraft, the AAdvantage program, route authorities, slots and its American Eagle subsidiary. The Company also expects to disencumber more than $500 million in additional assets as a result of scheduled debt maturities later this year.
Second Quarter and Recent Highlights
- American launched a new route between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Madrid, Spain, in May, the 34th international destination served by American and American Eagle from its Dallas/Fort Worth hub, depending on the season. In July, American announced a codesharing agreement with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement with GOL Airlines of Brazil, with plans to enter into a codesharing agreement with GOL in the future.
- American offered customers more options, flexibility, and opportunities to customize award travel with the AAdvantage One-Way Flex Awards feature. The enhancement means AAdvantage miles can be used in a variety of award combinations to book a one-way, roundtrip or a multi-city trip. New One-Way Flex Awards are offered at a one-way mileage rate, allowing customers to: use a MileSAAver award for the outbound and an AAnytime (available for any seat on any day) for the return; use a First Class award for the outbound and an Economy Class award on the return; or go one way, with a One-Way Flex Award that starts at just 12,500 miles for travel within the continental U.S.
- American and Operation Iraqi Children (OIC), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense, delivered 10,000 kits of donated school supplies and more than 6,000 pairs of Crocs™ shoes - provided by the humanitarian shoe-donation effort Crocs' SolesUnited(SM) - to children in need in Iraq.
Mainline and Consolidated Capacity
AMR expects its full-year mainline capacity to decrease by approximately 7.5 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, with a reduction of domestic capacity of approximately 9 percent and a reduction of international capacity of more than 4 percent compared to 2008 levels. On a consolidated basis, AMR expects full-year capacity to decrease by approximately 7.5 percent in 2009 compared to 2008.
As a result, as announced in June 2009, AMR expects second half 2009 mainline domestic capacity to decline by approximately 7.5 percent and international capacity to decline by approximately 5.5 percent compared to the second half of 2008.
AMR expects mainline capacity in the third quarter of 2009 to decrease by approximately 8.5 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008, with domestic capacity expected to decline by approximately 10.5 percent and international capacity expected to decline by approximately 6 percent compared to third quarter 2008 levels. AMR expects consolidated capacity in the third quarter of 2009 to decrease by approximately 9 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008.
AMR expects regional affiliate capacity to decline by approximately 11.5 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the prior-year period and expects full-year regional affiliate capacity to decline by approximately 8.5 percent in 2009 compared to 2008.
Fuel Expense and Hedging
While the cost of jet fuel remains very volatile, based on the July 7 forward curve AMR is planning for an average system price of $2.05 per gallon in the third quarter of 2009 and $1.98 per gallon for all of 2009. AMR has 33 percent of its anticipated third quarter 2009 fuel consumption hedged at an average cap of $2.53 per gallon of jet fuel equivalent ($99 per barrel crude equivalent), with 30 percent subject to an average floor of $1.84 per gallon of jet fuel equivalent ($70 per barrel crude equivalent). AMR has 36 percent of its anticipated full-year consumption hedged at an average cap of $2.52 per gallon of jet fuel equivalent ($97 per barrel crude equivalent), with 33 percent subject to an average floor of $1.88 per gallon of jet fuel equivalent ($70 per barrel crude equivalent). As of July 1, the average 2009 market forward price of crude oil was $71 per barrel. Consolidated consumption for the third quarter is expected to be 696 million gallons of jet fuel.
Mainline and Consolidated Unit Costs (Excluding impact of special items)
For the third quarter of 2009, mainline unit costs are expected to decrease by 14 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008, while third quarter consolidated unit costs are expected to decrease by 13.9 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008.
In the third quarter of 2009, mainline unit costs excluding fuel are expected to increase 7.2 percent year over year while consolidated unit costs excluding fuel are expected to increase 6 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008.
Full-year mainline unit costs are expected to decrease 9.2 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, while full-year consolidated unit costs are expected to decrease 9.4 percent in 2009 compared to 2008.
AMR expects mainline unit costs excluding fuel to be 6.6 percent higher in 2009 versus 2008, while 2009 consolidated unit costs excluding fuel are expected to increase 5.4 percent year over year.
Reasons for the expected unit cost increase include higher pension expenses, materials and repairs inflation, dependability initiatives, and cost pressure related to capacity reductions. This was offset somewhat by lower passenger and cargo costs from reduced demand and other savings efforts, such as reduced consulting expenses, an external hiring freeze, and a pay freeze for non-contract employees.
Editor's Note: AMR's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gerard Arpey, and its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Horton, will make a presentation to analysts during a teleconference on Wednesday, July 15, at 2 p.m. EDT. Following the analyst call, they will hold a question-and-answer conference call for media. Reporters interested in listening to the presentation or participating in the media Q&A should call 817-967-1577.
Statements in this release contain various forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company's expectations or beliefs concerning future events. When used in this document, the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "indicates," "believes," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "targets" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Similarly, statements that describe our objectives, plans or goals are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company's expectations concerning operations and financial conditions, including changes in capacity, revenues, and costs; future financing plans and needs; the amounts of the Company's unencumbered assets and other sources of liquidity; fleet plans; overall economic and industry conditions; plans and objectives for future operations; regulatory approvals and actions, including the Company's application for antitrust immunity with other oneworld alliance members; and the impact on the Company of its results of operations in recent years and the sufficiency of its financial resources to absorb that impact. Other forward-looking statements include statements which do not relate solely to historical facts, such as, without limitation, statements which discuss the possible future effects of current known trends or uncertainties, or which indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties cannot be predicted, guaranteed or assured. All forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to the Company on the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. This document includes forecasts of unit cost and revenue performance, fuel prices and fuel hedging, capacity and traffic estimates, other income/expense estimates, share count, statements regarding the Company's liquidity, and statements regarding expectations of regulatory approval of our application for antitrust immunity with other oneworld members, each of which is a forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations. The following factors, in addition to other possible factors not listed, could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements: the materially weakened financial condition of the Company, resulting from its significant losses in recent years; weaker demand for air travel and lower investment asset returns resulting from the severe global economic downturn; the Company's need to raise substantial additional funds and its ability to do so on acceptable terms; the ability of the Company to generate additional revenues and reduce its costs; continued high and volatile fuel prices and further increases in the price of fuel, and the availability of fuel; the Company's substantial indebtedness and other obligations; the ability of the Company to satisfy existing financial or other covenants in certain of its credit agreements; changes in economic and other conditions beyond the Company's control, and the volatile results of the Company's operations; the fiercely and increasingly competitive business environment faced by the Company; potential industry consolidation and alliance changes; competition with reorganized carriers; low fare levels by historical standards and the Company's reduced pricing power; changes in the Company's corporate or business strategy; government regulation of the Company's business; conflicts overseas or terrorist attacks; uncertainties with respect to the Company's international operations; outbreaks of a disease (such as SARS, avian flu or the H1N1 virus) that affects travel behavior; labor costs that are higher than those of the Company's competitors; uncertainties with respect to the Company's relationships with unionized and other employee work groups; increased insurance costs and potential reductions of available insurance coverage; the Company's ability to retain key management personnel; potential failures or disruptions of the Company's computer, communications or other technology systems; losses and adverse publicity resulting from any accident involving the Company's aircraft; changes in the price of the Company's common stock; and the ability of the Company to reach acceptable agreements with third parties. Additional information concerning these and other factors is contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (as updated by the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2009).
SOURCE: AMR Corporation
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Herbaceous crispness with a final burst of acidity.
A blend of local and international varieties from our cool Alentejan Atlantic coastal vineyards.
A barrel aged blend of local and international varieties grown on our cool Atlantic coastal vineyards and in the warmer Alentejan interior.
A 100% Sauvignon Blanc produced exclusively from grapes grown at our new coastal vineyards near Vila Nova de Milfontes on the Alentejan coast, 3 km from the Atlantic Ocean.
A 100% Alvarinho produced exclusively from grapes grown at our new coastal vineyards near Vila Nova de Milfontes on the Alentejan coast, 3 km from the Atlantic Ocean.
Crafted from pressing and fermenting early picked Aragonez (Tempranillo) and Merlot together, it is all about delicacy and lightness.
A 100% Pinot Noir produced exclusively from grapes grown at our new coastal vineyards near Vila Nova de Milfontes on the Alentejan coast, 3 km from the Atlantic Ocean.
Fresh, light bodied and easy drinking. With intense ruby colours and attractive ripe berry character. A fresh and young wine that is ready for immediate drinking.
The name Courela originates from one of our vineyard plots – Courela dos Pageis, and translates as 'a strip of cultivated land'.
This is our most popular wine, boasting a consistent track record. A juicy, ripe, easy drinking wine, bottled early, usually within 6 months of harvest time and without any oak ageing. Best drunk young, but will improve with short term cellaring. Mainly Aragonez (Tempranillo) and Syrah, blended with other Portuguese varieties.
The name Chaminé (pronounced: sha-min-E; translation: chimney) originates from one of our vineyard plots – Chaminé de Gião
Our flagship wine. Full bodied blend with ripe, silky tannins.
Ripe rich fruit with some earth and spice.
In 1991, we were the first ones to plant Syrah in the Alentejo, choosing rootstock from southern Rhone clones. Today, our range consists of 3 different 100% Syrah varietals.
Outstanding tannins with aromas of red berry fruits.
Known as Tempranillo in Spain, and Tinta Roriz in the north of Portugal. Always an elegant wine, it has richness with structure and outstanding tannins, which impart a good ageing ability.
One of the more common indigenous varieties in Southern Portugal, characterized by fruit, and low tannins.
Intense concentration, strong tannins, aromatic complexity with a refreshing natural acidity.
One of the 'noble' Bordeaux varieties. A late ripener, it is better suited for warmer climates, like Alentejo, where it can reach a good maturity, resulting in wines of intense concentration and color, strong tannins and aromatic complexity, while maintaining it's freshness, thanks to it' s ability to maintain it's natural acidity.
A special commemorative 100% Syrah launched for the bicentennial of the Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. Elegant with a soft, long finish.
In 1991, we were the first ones to plant Syrah in the Alentejo, choosing rootstock from southern Rhone clones. Today, our range consists of 3 different 100% Syrah varietals. Starting with the entry level is our popular 'Cortes de Cima Syrah', which is bottled every vintage. Next, we move up a notch both in concentration and quality, to the mid-level range – 'Homenagem a Hans Christian Andersen', bottled in most vintages. We culminate at the top, with our reserve quality labeling, the iconic 'Incógnito', only bottled in exceptional years.
Lifted violet and dark berry fruit aromatics, elegant intense and long palate.
Best known as one of the 5 main varieties used for Port wine, further south here in the Alentejo it's fruit develops a highly floral and aromatic character. It is a low producer, with both small bunches and berries.
Previous vintages have won numerous gold medals and trophies, including IWC Best Portuguese Red Trophy (2005), IWC Touriga Trophy (2003), and the Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wine List (2002).
Bold, superb balance and sumptuous finish. The mystery name refers to a time when Syrah was not permitted in Alentejo.
The top of the range, made only in exceptional years. Complex layers of fruit, long on the palate with solid tannins.
This is the star of our range, only produced in limited quantities and in exceptional years. A full bodied blend of Aragonez, Syrah and other Portuguese varieties, barrel aged for 12 months in new oak barrels. The wine is finely structured, with a feeling of restrained power.
Previous vintages have always scored +90 Parker Points.
Our Olive Oil is produced from our own olive trees, which are from the Portuguese variety, Cobrançosa, planted shortly after our arrival to Cortes de Cima in 1988. As with our vineyards, our olivegroves are accredited under a sustainable program called 'Integrated Protection', which limits and regulates the use of chemicals.
Created from pure red wine from the Portuguese Touriga Nacional variety. Aged for 5 years in American oak barrels.


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In an effort to reduce identity theft and prescription drug abuse, the Evans police and fire departments will conduct their semi-annual public safety event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 in the Sam's Club parking lot, 3247 23rd Ave. in Evans.
Residents are invited to bring unwanted personal documents for shredding. Cornerstone Records Management of Aurora will have a shredding truck on site to provide free shredding services, according to a news release.
Expired, unwanted or unused prescription drugs also will be taken at the event. Part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative, the program provides an opportunity for the public, regardless of where they reside, to surrender the medications to law enforcement officers for destruction, according to the release.
The following items will not be accepted:
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