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SOUTHERN TIER, N.Y. -- The investigation into a string of pharmacy burglaries across the Southern Tier led police to Ohio.
The Broome County Sheriff's office says warrants were issued for Jessie Harris, 38, Chris Beck, 30, and Mike Hanson, 23, all of Columbus, Ohio. Those men and Robert Blythe, 39, also face burglary charges in Tioga County.
Police say the men stole over $42,000 worth of opiates. They allegedly burglarized several pharmacies in Broome, Tioga and Chemung counties.
Police say this isn't a common crime and it wasn't easy to crack.
"You start to see this similarities all tied together. It's not very common this happens all the time, but in this case, it cued up the investigators that this is a group that's moving, it's not local people," said Tioga County Sheriff Gary Howard.
Harris, Beck and Hanson are all awaiting extradition to New York.
Police found a pill bottle during a traffic stop in Ohio and traced it back to a pharmacy burglarized in Tioga County. They also used a cell phone and hotel records to track the criminals down.
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If you track hotels in any city, it's getting harder and harder to keep up with the latest and greatest rooftop bars.
In Chicago this past July, I found casual rooftop bars at the upscale Affinia and luxury Park Hyatt. In Los Angeles, I saw the W Hollywood hotel's sexy rooftop pool and bar area early one morning, long before Hollywood starlets arrived. And in Washington D.C., we'll have two new rooftop hotel bars next year when two small luxury hotels open in Georgetown.
But nowhere has the trend become harder to keep up with than in Manhattan, where rooftop social spots ranging from the outrageous to the understated have become all the rage.
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In the last couple of years, newly opened hotels such as the Yotel, Mondrian SoHo, Gansevoort Park, the James and Dream Downtown have built rooftop bar scenes - some with outdoor pools, some without.
So I was happy when Jones Lang LaSalle told me that it's about to release a report on this very subject.
The firm conducted some research that I've never had time to do, such as counting them and estimating profits.
How many New York hotels have a rooftop bar?
Turns out that a whopping 35 Manhattan hotels today feature a rooftop bar a figure that represents a surprising 12% of New York City's hotel rooms.
"In recent years, hotel owners and developers have begun to embrace the rooftop bar strategy en masse," says Amelia Lim, executive vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. New York, as you might guess, is on the forefront of this trend.
"Situated high above the hustle and bustle, rooftop bars consistently draw in a crowd because they are simply a great place to escape, enjoy the view and have a drink and a bit," she says.
It's growing more common to include rooftop bars in blueprints for newly built hotels, yet as of today, about 42% of the hotel rooftop spaces sit atop a pre-war building, the report says.
Profits? Sky's the limit
I've always figured these places are moneymakers.
Just grabbing a seat in some of these places - though not all - can cost a ton of money. Some, like the trendy Dream Downtown hotel's Ph-D rooftop club, require visitors to spend at least $2,000 on a peak Saturday night just reserve a table on the terrace.
If you go to a rooftop bar with bottle service - like the Dream Downtown or Gansevoort Park - you could easily spend $500 on a single bottle to share with friends. If you go to a more low-key space, you still can expect to spend upward of $20 or more per cocktail.
The Dream Downtown hotel's rooftop lounge has been so successful that they recently covered the outdoor terrace area to keep it open during the winter months while preserving views of the Empire State Building.
According to Jones Lang LaSalle, revenue for these spaces can reach up to $120 per square foot per month in peak season - with profits of up to 50%. Part of the allure for hotel owners is that rooftop space never used to produce an ounce of profit since they used to be considered dead space.
Not just trendy hotels
It's most common to find a rooftop bar at a trendy boutique hotel.
But international hotel chains have also started opening them. A couple of years ago, for instance, I was lucky enough to experience the discreet rooftop bar and lounge at the ultra-luxury Peninsula Hotel, where room rates can cost $1,000 a night. A glass of wine can be had for much less, and unwinding while overlooking the bright city lights can truly be a magical experience.
Factors for success?
The firm's report lists five factors that make a hotel rooftop bar scene a hit:
I would add a sixth: Forgiving neighbors, in case the high-rise partiers get too noisy.
Expect more rooftop bars
The good news in all of this is that we can expect to see more rooftop spaces, according to Pete Dordick, Jones Lang LaSalle's vice president of development services.
And not only will we see more of them, but we can probably expect to find even more interesting spaces, Dordick predicts. He thinks hoteliers will continue to push the envelope in terms of concept and design as long as they see profit in these types of venues.
Are you as glad to hear that as I am?
I love finding unexpected, outdoor spaces where I can work quietly in the early morning hours when they're empty, or relax with friends with a drink and appetizers in the evening. In fact, I recently featured the fresh-air hotel craze when USA TODAY Travel's editor asked us to write a short piece about what we're thankful in our Nov. 28 Travel section in the paper.
Readers: What's your favorite rooftop hotel space in New York, Los Angeles or anywhere else in between?
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The national healthcare landscape, including potential reforms to payment structures for medical services, has given rise to an increased focus on integration, which is quickly moving from the "strategy of the future" to the "strategy of the immediate." Although alignment models range in structure, scope, and complexity, numerous physicians perceive "alignment" to be synonymous with employment. An alternative arrangement that allows physicians to achieve a high level of alignment with hospitals without engaging in employment is gaining in popularity: the professional services agreement (PSA).a
Quickly gaining momentum in the industry, PSAs provide a form of close integration that many physicians and hospitals are considering as an employment alternative. Under many PSAs, the hospital engages the physician to provide certain services through contractual agreements without ever making the physician a W-2-status employee. These arrangements can be mutually beneficial: Physicians benefit from the security and closer alignment with a health system provided by PSAs, and hospitals can realize financial benefits and greater stability from strengthened service lines, a growing patient and referral base, and potential to increase downstream revenue from ancillaries.
When considering pursuit of a PSA strategy, hospital executives should examine various forms of PSAs, weigh pros and cons inherent in these arrangements, and understand appropriate uses of PSAs versus employment.
A PSA between a hospital and a physician can take myriad forms, but all fall into four basic categories.
Traditional PSA. Under a traditional model PSA, the hospital contracts with the independent medical practice for professional services. Specifically, the physicians remain employees of the practice, keeping the practice entity intact, and the hospital contracts with the practice for the professional services rendered by its physicians. Although the physicians remain in their existing practice structure, their support staff become employed directly by the hospital.
Under this model, most of the operational and administrative duties become the responsibility of the hospital, as opposed to the practice. The resulting structure looks and feels like employment in that the practice gives up its "ownership" of all management and operations. Although the practice stays intact from the standpoint of the physician ownership of that professional entity, all other areas of the practice transition to the ownership and control of the hospital. The only remaining component of what was previously the practice is its professional members: the physicians and perhaps some or all of the nonphysician providers. The practice may retain ancillary services or sell or lease them to the hospital under this model.
Because the hospital oversees all billing, collections, and retention of professional fees generated for the services provided, the hospital pays the practice directly. Practices realize minimal overhead expenses in this model because such expenses are transitioned to the hospital.
This model is often attractive to physicians who are no longer interested in being responsible for the business aspects of medicine. For a hospital, this model is beneficial in that it "locks in" a close relationship with a practice. The hospital owns the infrastructure to support the practice on an ongoing basis, which makes an unwind-and-return-to-private-practice option more difficult and can make maintaining the PSA relationship or even a move to full employment even more attractive. This model also benefits hospitals that want greater involvement in the oversight and management of their aligned physician practices.
Global payment PSA. Under a global payment PSA model, the practice acts as an independent contractor to the hospital. The practice invoices the hospital for actual professional clinical services rendered. Thus, in essence, the hospital becomes the source of most of the revenue for the practice. (Other income, such as research fees, medical director fees, etc., is typically excluded.) The hospital pays the practice directly without making any withholdings. The physicians and all of their support staff remain employed by the practice, and as such, receive no employee benefits from the hospital.
Within the global payment PSA model, the practice's compensation is typically based on productivity (often as measured by work-only relative value units [wRVUs]), and it generally includes remuneration for provider compensation and benefits as well as practice overhead.
Under this model, the practice entity remains largely intact. The staff remain employed directly by the practice, which allows physicians to better manage the people with whom they work closely. From the hospital perspective, this model is attractive in that it holds the practice accountable for managing its overhead; if expenses increase, the practice is at risk for the variance between the actual costs incurred and the global payment it receives from the hospital.
Practice management arrangement. A practice management arrangement (PMA) model is another type of PSA model. In this structure, the physicians (and possibly midlevel providers) are employed by the hospital, but the infrastructure of the former practice entity remains independent and under the control of the physicians. The physicians operate as managers providing management services, including all administrative services, space, equipment, and support staff. The hospital contracts with the practice entity for these services and pays a fair market value management fee.
In essence, the employment of the physicians is no different than any other employment structure between a physician group and hospital or health system; however, the relationship with the ongoing practice entity is a key differentiator between this PSA model and employment.
The benefit to this model for both the practice and hospital is that both entities are able to leverage an efficient administrative and support team for their mutual benefit. Many hospitals also see a benefit in this model in that the physicians are directly employed, which is a goal for many organizations.
Hybrid arrangements. Hybrid arrangements may include characteristics of any of the three categories or just a structural difference in any one component. For example, a hybrid PMA could include the hospital and the practice developing a jointly owned management company wherein the hospital buys an equity position in that entity (i.e., the formal management structure of the practice), and the practice and the hospital jointly manage, subject to a management contract and fair market value management fee.
The needs of hospitals and practices vary widely, especially as the healthcare industry undergoes multiple, rapid changes. As a result, although traditional PSAs and global payment PSAs have been more prevalent than the others in recent years, the PMA and hybrid structures have been increasing in popularity for functional and customization purposes.
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Exhibit 2
ABC Physician Practice is a single-specialty orthopedic surgery physician group located in the Northwest. ABC comprises 11 physicians and three midlevel providers, who staff the practice's three office locations throughout a major metropolitan area. ABC also performs services at Hospital D and Hospital E, which compete with one another in part of this market.
Based on current volume trends, ABC physicians need to continue to practice at both hospitals to support the entire provider base, so the practice wants to maintain its relationship with both hospitals. ABC physicians also want to achieve greater alignment, and they recognize that employment would require their practice to fracture and divide between the two hospitals. As a result, after analyzing its needs and goals, the practice identified the global payment PSA as its preferred alignment model. This model would allow the practice to remain whole, continue performing services at both hospitals, maintain existing infrastructure and management, and provide an incentive for both production (under a fee per wRVU) as well as quality (based on a management agreement executed concurrently with the PSA, which provides the potential for additional compensation based on quality indicators).
Ultimately, the practice approached both Hospital D and Hospital E regarding a potential global payment PSA transaction, and negotiated similar terms with each system. As a result, six physicians now practice exclusively at Hospital D, and the remaining five physicians practice solely at Hospital E, each under a global payment PSA.
Hospitals D and E collect all professional fees generated by the respective physicians for providing orthopedic surgery services at their facilities. In exchange, they each provide a global payment per wRVU to the ABC physician practice; this rate starts at $96 during the first year of the agreement and increases slightly to $97.92 in the second year and to $99.88 in the third year.
The global payment rate includes both the physicians' compensation and benefits as well as the overhead of the practice. As a result, although there is a fixed rate per wRVU paid, the global payment is actually the sum of these two components. The global payment rate is based on ABC's financial data and historical productivity levels.
Payment from both hospitals is pooled by ABC and distributed among all physicians based on the practice's internal income distribution plan. In the first full year of implementation, the ABC physicians received an average of 12 percent greater compensation than the prior year (pre-PSA). Also, the practice—once in danger of fracturing—has remained united, and physicians are pleased with the efficiencies they have gained by working at only one facility. Although each hospital has retained nearly the same market share post-PSA, both facilities report greater surgical throughput as a result of having dedicated physicians working at their facility. In total, orthopedic volume has increased nearly 11 percent at Hospital D and greater than 8 percent at Hospital E in the first year of the PSA.
Exhibit 3
FGH Health System is a four-hospital system in the Northeast. The system has an existing employed physician network, with 215 physicians across a range of specialties. To support the needs of the community served by one of its hospitals, the health system was interested in aligning with JKL Physician Practice.
JKL comprises 17 physicians who staff the practice's main office location and three satellite clinics. Sixty percent of JKL's physicians are internal medicine specialists and 40 percent are family practice physicians. JKL has a long history of service to the community and accounts for the majority of primary care physician services in the area (including the rural areas to the south and east of the hospital's primary service location).
Given its existing employed physician network, the health system considered employment the natural choice for an alignment model with the practice. FGH Health System's goal was to fully align with the physician practice, creating a secure primary care base that would augment its employed physician network while at the same time continuing to support the local hospital in the community, which was competing with larger academic medical centers in the region.
Although the system considered a PSA, it opted for employment largely due to the need for a fully dedicated primary care base. The system recognized that it could incur a loss with this approach, but it was willing to assume this risk knowing the possible benefits, including a stable primary care base that could feed referrals to specialists throughout the system. From the practice's perspective, employment was a desirable outcome because it would relieve the physicians from ongoing responsibilities associated with managing the practice and allow them to focus solely on medicine.
As this situation shows, PSAs, while an effective model for alignment, are not always the right choice for a physician practice. For some physician practices, employment is a more desirable option.
After employing JKL, FGH Health System realized an average loss of $93,000 per provider in the first year of implementation, despite market-based compensation that included a tie to actual production (as measured by wRVUs). Although the health system is working to minimize the recurring losses per provider, leaders are confident that this alignment strategy will result in dividends for their system in coming years.
MNO Medicine, a 43-physician multispecialty practice in the Midwest, decided a hospital alignment strategy should be part of its strategic plan to support a successful future. Practice leaders investigated various alignment options and quickly deduced that limited and moderate forms of alignment were not of interest, and that a full form of alignment would best meet the practice's goal of long-term, strategic partnership. However, they were not sure whether a PSA or employment approach would offer greater benefit.
For the MNO physicians, the ongoing responsibilities of managing a practice were becoming increasingly burdensome. In addition, the practice's overhead had been steadily increasing (both in real-dollar terms and as a percentage of revenue), and leaders felt even greater administrative focus was necessary to better manage these rising costs. As a result, either the traditional PSA model or employment became the best possible options.
The practice struggled to make a decision because the primary care physicians were inclined to pursue employment, while the specialists favored a traditional PSA. Ultimately, MNO selected the traditional PSA structure, largely because it allowed the practice to continue distributing income based on its internal methodology. This option relieved leaders of the pressures of managing their practice, and allowed them to continue the group mentality that accompanies the traditional PSA model.
MNO ultimately pursued the traditional PSA with the sole hospital in its market, Hospital PQR. Under this model, each specialty within MNO received a different rate per wRVU. For example, in years 1-3, Hospital PQR paid specialists in internal medicine $47.64 per wRVU. Also, in contrast with the rate received by ABC Physician Practice (as shown in the exhibit above), MNO received fixed rates per wRVU for the first three years of the agreement.
After acquiring MNO, Hospital PQR decided to implement provider-based billing for professional services rendered in the practice. Although provider-based billing typically is not pursued under a global payment PSA structure due to compliance concerns, these concerns are relatively lower under a traditional PSA. (Specifically, the management control stipulation is seen by most legal counsels to be met under the structure of a traditional PSA, wherein this is not as easily evidenced under the global payment PSA.) As a result, Hospital PQR received about 9 percent more in payment for the applicable services than the MNO practice had historically received for these same services. The hospital also pursued hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rates for applicable ancillaries. The result of the switch was an increase of 17 percent for applicable services. When accounting for the utilization of provider-based billing, HOPD billing, and the hospital's improved contracts with non-Medicare payers, the MNO practice's revenue increased in each of the first two years postalignment by $4.7 million and $5.1 million, respectively.
Alignment options are many, ranging from limited forms, such as call compensation or medical directorships; to moderate forms, such as clinical co-management agreements and joint ventures; to full forms, such as PSAs and employment. Selecting the appropriate level of alignment is critical, as is identifying the right model to support it. When hospitals and physicians desire to align fully, recognizing that viable alternatives to employment exist and should be considered as part of the due diligence process, it will ultimately lead to more successful, lasting relationships.
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Pros and Cons of PSAs
PSAs offer many potential benefits to both physicians and hospitals, but they are not without challenges.
Benefits. Although PSAs may be seen as more complex than straight employment, they offer great flexibility for both parties, which physicians often prefer (at least initially) when entering into full alignment arrangements. Moreover, despite the similarities between PSAs and employment, there are very specific differences that often make them preferable to physicians.
For example, a PSA offers physicians a means to maintain independence from the hospital by remaining employees of the practice or controlling the management infrastructure, making it easier for them to return to private practice if they choose to do so. Traditional and global payment PSAs, in particular, provide physicians with a level of independence and autonomy that most employment structures simply cannot provide. For example, physicians can keep their existing benefit plans in place under these PSA models.
Of benefit to both parties is the fact that, despite being less stable than employment, PSAs offer a high level of stability relative to the hospital and physician relationship going forward. As such, PSAs can be viable segues to full employment, because many physicians need time to make certain that a hospital partner is the right long-term affiliate and these arrangements provide the parties with an opportunity to get to know one another.
Meanwhile, a management committee within the PSA structure can provide for many of the governance and decision-making processes desired under alignment. Typically, a management committee will jointly develop strategies and other day-to-day operative initiatives, such as budgets and areas of opportunity for growth and expansion.
For hospitals, the ability to expand the elements of clinical integration also clearly exists within the PSA models. Clinical integration is not only possible, but the strategies supporting development of an accountable care organization (ACO) can easily be put in place within the PSA models. Add to this the fact that PSAs offer an entry point to clinical integration, as medical groups tend to prefer hospital partners that are amenable to non-employment options offering a high level of integration.
In short, PSAs will support the establishment of fully aligned models and other important structures, such as patient-centered medical homes and, ultimately, ACOs. Global payment PSA and practice management arrangement PSA models, in particular, offer hospitals and health systems an opportunity for full integration with a physician practice while reducing the typical economic and financial risk of owning and managing a medical practice.Other benefits of PSAs include the ability to increase revenue (within legal and ethical bounds) and better control costs. Under some PSA models, hospitals can strengthen specialty service lines, gain a larger patient and referral base, and increase downstream revenues from ancillaries. Indeed, PSAs present opportunities for both physicians and hospitals to expand services together without being completely bound to one another by employment.
There also is some flexibility in how PSAs are structured. Hybrid PSAs can be created to accommodate the specific needs of both the hospital and the practice. And lesser forms of alignment, often referred to as "wraparound agreements," are easily structured within PSA models and are usually a viable complement to them.
Finally, it is easier for a hospital or health system to unwind and effectively disengage from the physicians in a PSA than it is if the physicians are under an employment contract, particularly if the contract contains a post-termination noncompete provision. Physicians can withdraw from a PSA agreement, but such agreements usually include provisions requiring high levels of commitment from a practice and limiting its ability to partner with someone else after termination of the agreement (e.g., return to private practice is typically the only "unwind" option available to physicians who were part of the PSA transaction).
Challenges. It is important to keep in mind the challenges that PSAs can sometimes present. Some PSA models can be difficult to unwind, for example, particularly a traditional PSA.
Legal challenges must be appropriately addressed, including those related to provider-based billing. For compliance with various regulations, employment can be seen as a cleaner option.
For hospitals, there is the risk that physicians participating in PSAs may fear that hospitals will view them as a second choice behind peer physicians who are directly employed by the same health system.
Selecting the appropriate model also can create sensitivities. For example, a practice management arrangement is best in a situation where a practice has especially adept management infrastructure and overall administrative skill. If these qualities are lacking, yet the practice is keenly interested in pursuing this model, frank discussions regarding administrative capabilities will need to occur.
Finally, renewal or extension terms of the PSA will likely require another round of negotiations, which can be difficult for both parties once they are so closely aligned.
a. Strictly speaking, a PSA is a legal document that formalizes many physician/health system relationships wherein " professional services" are rendered. As referenced within this article, however, PSA refers to a very specific alignment structure, analogous in many ways to employment.
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#50 - ivoryhammer (07/10/2013) [-]
Alcohol is harmful before your brain is fully developed, that's why the age is 21 in America.
#214 to #50 - monkeysniper (07/10/2013) [-]
Ok, first off, you aren't wrong, but you aren't really right either, now if you drink a ******* of alcohol yes you're gonna be losing brain cells and will **** up your liver but some alcohol is good for you, it contains certain minerals that are very important and hard to find elsewhere. The point is all things in moderation, you don't need to be going through cases everyday but people need to quit flipping **** over a little alcohol
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Both of you can shut the **** up, it's because the liver isn't fully developed and the effects are much stronger and more harmful to a under developed liver. 30+ year old statistic? You're a dumbass. The age has been 21 longer than that.
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David Justin Hanson is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the State University of New York in Potsdam, New York. He has researched the subject of alcohol and drinking for over 30 years, beginning with his PhD dissertation investigation, and has written widely on the subject. In an article called "Drinking Alcohol Damages Teenagers' Brains" he says ""Exposing the brain to alcohol during this period (i.e, before age 21) may interrupt key processes of brain development" and "alcohol–induced brain damage may persist." Now I doubt you have a ph.d in the subject so don't try to contradict this. The science is there, alcohol can impair your brain development since it's still developing by the early 20's.
#599 to #468 - ogloko (07/11/2013) [-]
thats good science, but not relevant to the law. the law was justified on highway statistics which is how they "justified" cutting federal highway funding if states did not comply.
also, Hanson was critical of to 21 drinking age and was an advisor on the board of NYRA.
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Consumers are increasingly concerned about the welfare of animals produced for food and are confused by the labelling of animal products. Certification has an important role to play in encouraging and monitoring compliance with legal requirements, as well as enabling consumers to choose ethically produced food.
Most animals farmed in the UK are reared in accordance with the standards of farm assurance schemes, yet these can vary greatly in their requirements for how animals are kept and cared for. This report looks in detail at the welfare standards of the major farm assurance schemes in England and Scotland to see how they compare to each other and to the minimum welfare standards commonly adopted within the UK farming industry.
The schemes were analysed on their performance on a range of criteria grouped into five sets:
- Environment (referring to the animals' environment)
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- Stockmanship, handling, transport & slaughter
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The Soil Association performs best overall across all species covered by the analysis and The Scottish Organic Producers Association and RSPCA schemes also offer significant welfare benefits compared with minimum legal requirements and standard industry practice for all species.
The Red Tractor, Quality Meat Scotland, Lion Code and Scottish Finfish Code schemes, however, generally offer few welfare benefits beyond compliance with minimum legal requirements and standard industry practice in the UK. They do, however, often offer significant welfare benefits over minimum legal requirements in other countries.
There is still significant room for improvement for all of the schemes – no scheme currently achieves a gold rating overall for any species.
It is recommended that all of the schemes work towards incorporating assessment of welfare outcomes into their standards, including targets for key outcome measures. Compassion welcomes the positive action the RSPCA Freedom Food, Soil Association and the University of Bristol are taking to develop and pilot the use of a welfare outcomes assessment.
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Farm Assurance Schemes & Animal Welfare: Executive Summary
Farm Assurance Schemes & Animal Welfare: Full Report
Farm Assurance Schemes & Animal Welfare: Report Appendices


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When Koen Theys is expelled from art school because of his tape 'Crime 01', the registration of a performance in which Theys dismembers a German shepherd, he considers this work straightaway as his first official work of art, his first crime. Theys continues his art training in film school. During his studies he makes several internationally acclaimed tapes, such as 'Diana' (1984), 'Rinegold' (1989) and 'Walkure' (1989) in collaboration with his brother Frank). Throughout his practice as a video artist he develops a language which consists in adding emotional, intuitive or intellectual connotations to elementary images, which are continuously combined in different ways so that a narrative structure arises. Theys later abandons video and takes up plastic arts again, making rubber mouldings and photomontages. One of his main concerns as a visual artist is a continual study for the possibilities concerning the ways of representation and reception. For some time now he uses software to create his photomontages and installations. In more recent works he submits the city and the architectural environment to continue his analysis of interpretation and representation. His strategy is one of constructing architectonic images from photographs, rather than photographing architecture. The photograph itself is manipulated so that its image helps to give space to the spaces they describe. These works can be considered as a synthesis of both his sculptural work and videotapes.
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I am sure as people read it & then scrolled down to see her picture of her peacefully sleeping some thought "Did she really just put up a picture of her dead baby?' Don't feel bad..really..don't. I thought the same thing to myself after I published the blog.
You see you can never fully understand why unless you have walked in my shoes. When Janessa died I needed days to somewhat accept what had just happened & adjust my thinking to the situation I found ourselves in. In all honesty everyday I am still in "adjustment" mode.
In the hospital we realized we needed to take some pictures. Its just a realization that came over us. You know you are never going to see your child again & you need those pictures to remember them. In those first few days you are in shock. I am not just saying "shock" like we all use in common day language. "I was shocked to learn my friend eloped with her fiance". No, REAL SOUL SHATTERING SHOCK. Everything feels like a dream. Nothing feels real. Its like when you are having a nightmare & for some odd reason you know you are dreaming but you can't seem to wake yourself up to escape the utter panic you feel in your chest. In this case though you never wake up.
The nurse came in with her camera to take a few pics. She didn't really tell us how to sit etc. just snapped two pics of my husband & I with Janessa. We told her our camera was on the way so she didn't take anymore. Before we left the hospital they had printed the two pics. They are horribly colored so I had to turn them into black & white digital images. I truly wish they would of called Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. It is a nationwide association of volunteer photographers that donate their time to come to the hospital & take pictures when a baby dies. They are beautiful shots. There are so many NILMDTS photographers in this area there is really no excuse why they weren't called for us. The hospital should know these things. I have a package I have been putting together to bring there. I am thinking of doing it in May.
We oursleves only took a handful a pictures. We just had not adjusted to the fact of taking pictures after someone had died. I regret that so very much. I wish we had taken so many more. I tried to memorize every single inch of her. The state of mind I was in did not allow me to retain it all. We didn;'t even think to take a picture of her without her hat on. She had beautiful dark brown hair just like her big brother did. My biggest fear is I'll forget the features I do remember. I wish I had more pictures to look back on. I miss her so much.
Please understand that we do not have the luxury of ever having a picture of her while she was alive. I do not get to display each new photo of her as she grows like I do of our son. She is never going to grow. The pictures we have of her is all we will ever have. She is still our daughter & we love her as much as our son.
Most "angel moms" or "babyloss moms" that I have met feel the same. They proudly show the pictures of their beautiful angels. There are a handful who choose not too. We all respect each other's choices. Everyone deals with situations in their own way.
I would've told you before losing Janessa that I would never of showed a picture of my deceased child. I'll admit to that. I also never thought I would lose a child. I also had NO IDEA what I was talking about.
You see when you lose a baby to stillbirth or shortley after birth people can tend to make you feel like your child never existed. They may acknowledge the loss once but then never again. I believe this is because thinking about babies dying is painful & unpleasant to think about. They don't want to think that those things happen. They do. Alot. It happend to families of every race, country & economic class. Each year in the U.S. ALONE there are over 26,000 stillbirths each year. Just because we were not granted the right to look into our children's eyes or watch them grow up does not mean there death is any easier to deal with. We love our daughter just as much as our son. Losing her devastated us.
Sometimes when we mention our child's name the look of shock & horror on the surrounding people's faces makes us feel like no one wants to hear about our sweet little baby. We learn quickly who we can talk about our children with & who we cannot. The pictures reinforce that our child did exist. They are not forgotten. THEY WERE REAL LITTLE PEOPLE. They are gone & they are loved eternally.
Although I have escaped hurtful comments, I have read many stories of parents who have been attacked by others for their children's photos. I have read bulletin boards on the discussion of "dead baby pictures" & they have appalled me. They are filled with ignorant people pretending to know what they are talking about. They hold so much hate in them towards parents who are hurting and grieving and are trying to process the death of their children. What also infuriates me is why these people who do not have to live through this would even get so heated in their opinions about this. Why would a picture of my daughter or someone else's child, which they would have had to seek out, get them all fired up? I am however able to blow it off because I realize that they get the luxury of not walking our path. They get the luxury of only trying to imagine what they would do. They don't have to live it.
People who know me know I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I am pretty much an open book. This has shown the most through the loss of Janessa. I share my grief & pain in hoping to help someone else & spread awareness about this "hush hush" reality I live everyday.
I have been lucky in not hearing any judgement or criticism for my choice in handling the death of my daughter. Nothing has seeped back to me. I am grateful for that. Not saying it hasn't happened just saying that if it has, I know nothing about it. I did have a little remark that a stranger had said to someone I know regarding Janessa's video, but I do not know that person & could really care less what they think. I know they are naïve to the situation. They do not know how lucky they are to still be able to stand there & judge grieving parents actions from the outside.
So if any of you non angel parents reading this walk away with some lessons from our grief, let this be one of them. Unless you have been in a situation never let yourself believe you know what you would & would not do. As much as you think you know yourself or what your actions would be…you don't have a clue.


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The seasonally-adjusted unemployment numbers for New York City shot up to 8.1 percent last month, from 6.9 percent in January.
The numbers for the state have risen to 7.8 percent last month from 7 percent.
The newly released figures also seem to show that many industries, not just service and manufacturing, are feeling the pinch as fewer professions avoid the chopping block.
"We're seeing a lot of downsizing in the financial industry, and I'm not sure all of those jobs will ever return. And as we downsize in the financial industry, a lot of the support jobs. So we're seeing a lot of downsizing in the professional and business industry. With corporate profits down, lawyers are being laid off, accountants are being laid off," said New York State Department of Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith.
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Last month, the job situation picked up for people working in motion picture and sound recording -- something many New Yorkers have access to right in their own backyard. Leisure and hospitality have also seen a spike in recruitment including those interested in working in food service or drinking establishments.
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For Dorothy Day fans
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I've just uploaded two rare interviews with the Catholic activist Dorothy Day. One was made for the Christophers [1971]–i.e., Christopher Closeup– and the other for WCVB-TV Boston [1974].
Day had begun her service to the poor in New York City during the Depression with Peter Maurin, and it continued until her death in 1980. Their dedication to administering to the homeless, elderly, and disenfranchised continues with Catholic Worker homes in many parts of the world.
Please post or announce the availability of these videos for those who may be interested in hearing this remarkable lay minister.
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An 84 year old Danville man is dead, after a fire Friday morning in his apartment.
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FLAD, Henry (1823-98). An American civil engineer, born in Bavaria. Soon after his graduation at the University of Munich, in 1846, he came to the United States, where he was appointed engineer on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, then in course of construction. He was elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1886, and became prominently associated with municipal construction in Saint Louis, where he was elected president of the Board of Public Improvements.


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Remember that old joke about the three-legged pig? There are a thousand variations on the location, characters and punchline. My own goes like this:
A Novice American Butcher was wandering through the bucolic landscapes of Southwest France looking for a Charcuterie Farm. He spots a Frenchman with a large suitcase and a cleaver in a field. Behind the beret-sporting Charcutier is a very Large White Pig with a Yorkshire accent with just three legs.
"Pardon monsieur," the heavily tattooed NAB (Novice American Butcher) asked, 'but why does your Cochon have only three legs?"
" That's a sad story! This Pig was a rock star in a previous life and fell off a Bar while having a glass of chilled Rosé. When he came to, the bar was snacking on jambon and the Iron Chef was singing " A pig this good, you can't eat all at once!"
Ok, I managed to get most of the old joke in there while exposing the new. In this week's article on Rock Star Butchery at Salon.com: http://www.salon.com/food/feature/2010/03/11/rock_star_butcher_parties/index.html, two butchers duke it out about what's trend versus progress and whether Bar Butchery is a joke like a three-legged pig.
I've finished rolling my eyes and washing off my crackerjack P.I.G. tattoos from my knuckles. I listen for the glimmer of hope at the end of the article when Ryann Farr of 4505 Meat in SFO says:
"I have the utmost respect for anything that I handle, be it a whole hog or a vegetable that came out of the ground, because I know the farmers and I know the ranchers," Farr says. And to him, the parties fill a gap in the public's relationship with meat — getting to know their butcher."
So let me introduce you to my butchers- all 6 of them- collectively known as the Chapolards.
The Chapolard Family of Ferme Baradieu, Mezin, France
I don't want to sound too preachy, but let me get on my high Gascon horse long enough to tell you that if you are serious about learning where your meat comes from, who butchers it, and who prepares it and if you would like to meet a French artisan butcher/pork producer who grows all the wheat, barley, corn and sunflower seeds that he feeds his pigs, then slaughters the animals in a cooperative run abbatoir, then butchers the carcasses, then makes the sausage, then cures the charcuterie, cooks the pates, hams and pate de tete and THEN sells it all to his loyal customers four times a week at local village farmers markets, year in and year out, rain & sun, winter cold & summer heat… then come join us in April as Dominique Chapolard, representing the whole Chapolard clan at the Ferme Baradieu, and I introduce you to the "French PIG- butcher & cook" in a series of Four very limited edition workshops in Northern California, Oregon and Washington.
Dominique Chapoalrd & one French PIG
April 16-Friday. Napa, CA. Hosted by Artisan Food School at the Fatted Calf, Oxbow Public Market
- French Charcuterie Cuts and Seam Butchering- Evening Participatory Demonstration Workshop 6-10pm including an Artisan Pork Tasting and discussion with Carrie Oliver. $195
April 17- Saturday. Sonoma Valley, CA. Hosted by Kathleen Kelley of Kelley & Young Wines
- French Cuts & Seam Butchering & Authentic Charcuterie- Full Day Hands-on Workshop & Wine Dinner. including charcuterie lunch and PINK: Porc & Rosé Tasting Dinner with Carrie Oliver of the Artisan Beef Institute. $395
April 25- Sunday. Portland OR. Sponsored by the Portland Meat Collective at Robert Reynolds' Chefs Studio.
- "Defining French Cuts for Charcuterie and the Kitchen" Half-day Hands-On Workshop $250
April 26- Monday. Woodinville, WA Hosted by The Herb Farm Restaurant
- French Cuts & Seam Butchering & Authentic Charcuterie- Full Day Hands-on Workshop including Lunch half day and full day possible- $150-$395 book here: http://theherbfarmfrenchpig.eventbrite.com/
For more information email: kitchen-at-camont (at) email (dot) com or leave a comment below. Spaces are limited and so are the pigs…
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|Wednesday, October 31, 5-7pm. If the weather outside concerns you when it comes to taking your children out Trick or Treating for Halloween, then BSU is the place for you. Once again, Trick or Treating will take place in the residence halls on Bemidji State campus on the 31st between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. Oak, Pine, Tamarack, Linden, and Birch Hall will be participating. Please stop by the front desk of each hall to get a listing of the rooms that will be handing out candy. Look for the rooms with the Orange 'Trick or Treat' Tag! Many floors in the residence halls will be decorated for Halloween and most lobbies/lounges will include games and prizes for small children along with tasty apple cider and snacks for the families. Stay safe, warm and dry while you get the treats. This activity is free and open to the public. Contact: Ayleen Leonhardt, 218-755-3750, email@example.com


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As Ross Brawn prepares to walk away from Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton says the Englishman is a "legend" and that Mercedes will go on.
Earlier this week, Mercedes confirmed that Brawn would be leaving the team at the end of this year.
The 59-year-old's departure brings to an end his brief relationship with Hamilton, who at the start of this year cited Brawn leading Merc as one of his reasons for joining the team.
Now, though, Hamilton is bidding farewell to the team boss.
"Massive thanks to Ross Brawn," he tweeted. "He's been a great leader and teacher for me. Ross has built the foundations for us to succeed in 2014! Legend.
"Toto and Paddy are fantastic guys and strong leaders for the team. I've started my training already and can't wait for 2014!"
Meanwhile, Nico Rosberg, who has worked alongside Brawn for the last four seasons, tweeted: "Was a great experience to work with Ross.
"He is a great leader and we shared special times like my first win (in China 2012) and monaco win (this year).
"Our ambition is to be leading next year. Now on we go flat out with Paddy and Toto! starting with seat fit and 2014 simulator 2morrow."
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It was an overcast and rainy morning at my local botanical garden one Sunday, and I found some brand-new pink columbine blossoms in shade under a huge tree. I pre-visualized this as a textured image to further emphasize the pale beauty of the flower against the greens of the background. (Textures courtesy of Shadowhouse Creations)
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So pretty, Celeste, in the thumbnail it appears like sharp pink arrows darting through a dark sky…beautiful soft color!
Thanks, Katherine! I was fortunate to find such a perfect little bloom.
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So very pretty!
Thank you, Cynthia!
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A very elegant shot, Celeste. Nicely worked focus of light on the main part of the flower; against the dark background it appears to glow.
I'm glad you like it, Maggie. Thank you!
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Thank you, Karen! I'm delighted!
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Love the delicate look of this flower….the lighting is magical….
Thanks very much, Thomas! I was delighted to find this pale pink columbine in a shady setting with just enough light.
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Another stunning shot, Celeste! How beautiful!!
Thank you very much, Glenn! This was an unexpected find in a darkish corner at the gardens.
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Elegant image, Celeste …magical!
Thanks very much, Ola. I'm so glad you like it!
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Excellent close-up of this beautiful flower
Thank you for the great comment, Stephen!
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This is so gorgeous, Celeste!!!
I'm so glad you like this, Laurie. It was literally my first good capture of a columbine, after trying many times and not doing so well on many different columbine flowers. The longer their spurs, the harder to get a good photo (I think).
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Lovely Capture..
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The Moon Jumpers
Four years before Where the Wild Things Are won the Caldecott Medal, Maurice Sendak produced some of his most spectacular artwork for The Moon Jumpers. Printing technology has greatly improved since this enchanting picture book was first released more than fifty years ago, and now, with new color separations, the reproduction of Maurice Sendak's artwork comes closer to his stunning originals than ever before. Sendak's wondrous starry skies and Janice May Udry's evocative text immediately transport us back to cool, moonlit nights and fill us with the universal warmth of childhood. The Moon Jumpers' timeless beauty and inspiration earned it a Caldecott Honor in 1960 and will surely gather a new generation of fans.
Swine Lake
When a lean and mangy wolf stumbles into the Boarshoi Ballet, he finds tasty pigs a-plenty, twirling and whirling in a performance of Swine Lake. Faced with all those luscious porkers, what's a hungry wolf to do? Well, something totally surprising, as it turns out.
Pure fun from Marshall and Sendak--an incomparable duo!
Charlotte and The White Horse
Continuing a two-year program to bring back twenty-two Maurice Sendak treasures long out of print, our second season of publication highlights one of the most successful author-illustrator pairings of all time. A pioneer of great children's literature, Ruth more than thirty books for children during a career that spanned forty years. Krauss and Sendak collaborated on eight books, and we are delighted to reintroduce four of these gems in brand-new editions, together with a favorite Maurice Sendak picture book.
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Douglas County Regional Parks – Turf Alternatives
As a case study we will examine the new design and construction (for purposes of comparison) of the Douglas County Fairgrounds Regional Park located in Castle Rock, CO, and look at the amendments that were made to the Master Plan that was developed in the mid 1990's. These changes were made to the design template in the final master plan that was developed in 2003 and constructed between July 2003 and August 2005 and reflect the new philosophy in design that Douglas County is now using.
Bluegrass turf. For these zones we used an 80% bluegrass 20% fescue blend commonly used in this area. These were zones of high athletic use and sustained pedestrian traffic. We felt that the irrigated bluegrass would best stand up to the constant use, and recover the fastest with the least amount of labor, in those areas where more water conserving turf types would stress or die under the constant pressure and wear from pedestrian or athletic use. These areas included; existing baseball/softball fields, areas around picnic shelters, playgrounds, transitions and seating areas around synthetic turf fields, and entry areas. These zones are the most labor and material intensive, and we have tried to keep these areas to a minimum, or where necessary to accommodate extensive pedestrian traffic. These areas are mowed and/or fertilized two to three times per week throughout the growing season.
The original master plan had 100% of the turf areas in Fairgrounds Regional Park as irrigated bluegrass turf; the final plans have cut that amount to approximately 40% of the total turfed areas.
Synthetic turf. Douglas County has taken a very aggressive approach on the installation of synthetic turf within our park system. The synthetic turf is used as an athletic field surfacing only, and has been a big hit with both our users and maintenance staff. While I do not believe that synthetic turf is the end all be all of the parks and recreation profession, I do believe that it does function exceptionally well as a surfacing for over programmed athletic fields. Douglas County installed over 5 acres of synthetic turf on this project. This acreage accounts for three full sized (football/soccer) multi-use fields. Two of these fields are lighted and scheduled twelve months of the year.
While these fields are not NO MAINTENANCE the worked needed to keep these fields in a safe, playable conditions for the fields sports (soccer, rugby, football, lacrosse) has been substantially reduced, no mowing, no fertilizer, and the water use is at zero. We do sweep and drag these fields once a month, but the time needed to do so is much less than to mow the same area.
The synthetic turf fields account for approximately 20% of the turfed area of the park.
An interesting sidelight of the installation of the synthetic turf is, that by taking all of the field sport play off of the bluegrass fields, it has allowed those fields to recover at a much faster rate and with less maintenance and water than was needed when field sport play was going on the bluegrass fields. It now takes our maintenance staff less time and a lot less water to keep our bluegrass turf baseball/softball fields in great condition than it did in the past when field play was programmed on those fields.
Douglas County Low-Growth Mix: In those zones that were very visible to the public but had little to no foot traffic, Douglas County developed a low growing (3" – 6") turf mix. This mix will provide an aesthetically pleasing low maintenance turf in those very visible areas. This mix will require mowing only 2 –3 times per year and irrigation was installed throughout this zone to aid in the establishment of the turf and/or to supplement natural water if necessary. The irrigation is for the establishment period only, and we expect to be using little to no irrigation by next year (three year establishment period). In this zone weeds are eradicated by hand (spot spraying or mechanical means) as necessary. This is somewhat labor intensive at the beginning of the project, but labor time should diminish over the years as the turf becomes more established.
The mix was developed specifically for Douglas County, but may work in other areas and regions of the country.
This turf area is approximately 15% of the total turf area of the Fairgrounds Regional Park
Douglas County Low-Growth Seeding Mix
Species Variety % in Mix PLS#/Ac.
Buffalograss Texoka 20 3.2
Blue Grama Hachita 20 0.6
Wheatgrass Arriba 20 3.2
Sideoats Grama Vaughn 20 1.8
Wheatgrass Critana 10 1.0
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A look inside local specialty shops
We live in a stylized, specialized, customized kind of world. Meeting those niche needs, there's been a not-so-small surge of small, unique retail shops opening in the Queen City.
Some specialize in unique gifts, haute couture fashion or where-in-the-heck-did-you-find-those accessories, while others in eco-minded merchandise, laugh-out-loud cards and one-of-a-kind shoes that would make even Carrie Bradshaw proud.
Cincy Chic dives in the pool of Cincinnati's fantastic finds to tell you exactly where you can spot these hidden treasures. So, come on in, the water's fine!
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Christmas is time for awe, giving oneself to others, pope says
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd as he begins his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 9. Also pictured is Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household and the pope's personal secretary. (CNS/Paul Haring)
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Since everyone experiences joy at receiving a gift that comes from the heart, Christians should be in absolute awe at Christmastime when they remember God's gift of himself, Pope Benedict XVI said.
"The original Christmas gift," he said, was the gift of God becoming flesh in Jesus Christ and giving his life for the salvation of the world.
"It is important to recover our awe in the face of this mystery and to allow ourselves to be enveloped by the greatness" of the Incarnation, Pope Benedict said during his weekly general audience Jan. 9, continuing a series of audience talks on the meaning of Christmas.
In the liturgical calendar, "Christmastide" runs to the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which is Jan. 13 this year.
Reflecting on the Incarnation, Pope Benedict said the Gospel phrase "the Word became flesh" is repeated so often, and Christmastime brings so many extra obligations and events, that sometimes Christians lose sight of the fact that Christmas celebrates "something absolutely unthinkable, something only God could do and something we can accept only with faith."
The Incarnation "demonstrates the unheard-of realism of divine love," he said. God does not simply communicate with his human creatures, "he emerges himself in our history and takes on the struggle and the weight of human life."
In Jesus, the pope said, God was born in a real place, grew up in a real family, did real work with his hands, walked on real paths, formed friendships and instructed his disciples in the faith, suffered and died on the cross.
"God's way of acting here should cause us to ask ourselves about the realism of our faith, which should not be limited to the realm of feelings, emotions, but must enter into the concreteness of our existence and must touch our daily lives and orient them in a practical way," he said.
God's gift of himself should also teach Christians how to give, he said. "It's not important if a gift is expensive or not; someone who is not able to give even a bit of himself gives too little."
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Online and Mobile Dependence Reach New Extremes
Unlike SoHo in New York City and SoMa in San Francisco, NoMo and FoMo aren't popular urban neighborhoods. They're being used to describe phobias related to widespread reliance on mobile and social media. NoMoPhobia is the fear of being without mobile devices and FoMo is fear of missing out.
A recent New York Times article focused on 'internet use disorder,' defined as those who are unable to disengage from online activity. While this hasn't officially been classified yet as a mental condition, it's being studied further.
In the meantime, media and tech companies have conducted their own studies and are using the results to coin unofficial terms for the public's electronic addictions.
NoMoPhobia/Fear of being out of mobile contact. Being separated from one's mobile device is a well chronicled domestic and international concern, as evidenced by different surveys conducted in the U.S. and the U.K.
In a recent T-Mobile survey, U.S. respondents were given the choice of going without mobile phones or other critical belongings. For many, mobile phones won out. Specifically, rather than being without their cell phones, 29 percent would rather be without cash and 25 percent would rather be without their credit cards. (These numbers will likely increase as more mobile apps enable financial transactions.) Interestingly, eleven percent would rather leave home without their pants than their mobile phones.


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Introduction of Electrical Signoff Process with HyperLynx
On-demand Web Seminar
There are currently no dates scheduled for this event. However a recording of a previous session is available as an on-demand web seminar.View This On-Demand Web Seminar Now
Signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI are big challenges for design teams. Even if signal and power integrity simulations are widely used, preparing the simulations (i.e. deciding which nets to simulate and gathering all the device models) requires a lot of effort. It can take hours to acquire results from EMI simulations, and it doesn't tell you about the root cause.
This webinar discusses how to create a correct-by-design process, efficient simulation flow, and Electrical Signoff (ESO) process using Mentor Graphics' HyperLynx tool suite.
What You Will Learn
- How to manage system-level analysis more effectively
- How to create correct-by-design process and Electrical Signoff process
About the Presenter
Minoru IshikawaMinoru Ishikawa joined Mentor Graphics eight years ago. Minoru is now a market development manager for HyperLynx DRC. He worked for Sony for sixteen years and he had been leading SI and EMC simulation at Sony since 1990. He has a Master degree in Electronics Engineering from Tohoku University in Japan.
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What do I need to watch and hear this web seminar?
Mentor Graphics' web seminars are delivered using Adobe Connect. You will be able to login to the seminar room 15 minutes prior to the start time on the day of the presentation. You can hear the audio using your computer's speakers via VoIP (Voice over IP) and background music will play prior to the beginning of the presentation.
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President Barack Obama's historic trip to Myanmar is just two days away. KTSF26 reporter Kwokshu Leung brings the latest information about local people's reaction to this huge event, together with a snapshot of Yangon before Obama's visit.
1. The National League for Democracy has a branch office in Yangon's Latha township. It is also where Yangon's Chinatown is located. The office was opened in May 9 of last year. It was celebrated by huge crowds and Lion dance performances.(Photo by Kwokshu Leung)


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