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PORTLAND, Ore. ( TheStreet) -- When you grab a pint in almost any of New England's pubs, cider sits right beside stouts and lagers as a drink of choice. It's not a beer substitute, it's not there just for beer haters or vegans -- it just is.
It's a tradition that followed the area's British and Irish settlers and one that continues in Irish pubs and roadside watering holes to this day, much as it does in the European countries that spawned it. It was here that Boston Beer's (SAM - Get Report) Angry Orchard was first leaked to the drinking public surrounding its Samuel Adams brewery in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood in 2011, and here that Angry Orchard began building the base that made it the top cider brand in the country after it was released broadly in April 2012, according to market research firm SymphonyIRI Group.
For Angry Orchard cider maker David Sipes -- who drew from European influence and sources to make the brand's mainstay Crisp, Traditional, Ginger and Elderflower varieties as well as well as the stronger brews in its limited-release Cider House Collection -- that broad cider-loving base represents growth potential just waiting to be juiced. As recent shifts in the brewing industry have uncovered, Sipes isn't the only one who sees cider's untapped power.
According to SymphonyIRI Group, hard cider sales at supermarkets and other stores hit about $90 million for the 12 months ending Oct. 30. That's up more than 65% from a year earlier and outpaces the 5.6% growth of wine and the 13% growth of the craft beer segment in 2011, as well the 1.7% growth overall beer sales in 2012. SymphonyIRI's research excludes sales at liquor stores and discount stores such as Wal-Mart (WMT), which may downplay cider's growth a bit, but Sipes is getting a whole lot of company from big brewers who want a bite of the cider market.
Hard cider sales still get tossed into the overall beer market and account for 0.2% of sales, according to a report by Nomura Research, which is a sixth of the 1.2% market share held by Boston Beer. Half of cider's consumer base is made up of women, though, compared with only 20% for beer. It also sells for an average $35 a case, according to Nomura. That's well above the $29-a-case paid for imported beers and $33 brought in by craft beer. As a result, Nielsen ranked Angry Orchard among its Top 10 beer growth brands at the end of 2012. Granted, it grabbed only 0.1% of the market's volume and 0.2% of its share, but just remember that all the cider in the U.S. combined is only 0.2% of the beer market by volume. That was just after MolsonCoors (TAP) and SABMiller joint venture MillerCoors scooped up Minnesota-based craft cider maker Crispin for a reported $40 million last February. Since then, Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) has been pushing Michelob Ultra Light Cider as it attempts to wriggle its way into cider, and Irish cider superpower C&C Group -- which owns the Magners cider brand and bought California-based Hornsby's in 2011 -- made a big push into the U.S. market by buying Vermont Hard Cider, its Woodchuck brand and nearly 50% of the U.S. cider market in October for $305 million. Not to be left out, Heineken bought Vermont Hard Cider's U.S. rights to the Strongbow brand last year as well. With more cider competition fermenting among small regional brands, we spoke to Boston Beer's Sipes about Angry Orchard's first year, the growing U.S. cider market and how cider can serve as a common thread between beer fans, wine drinkers and cocktail snobs: Boston Beer had previous cider experience with a product called HardCore, but how did the Angry Orchard concept come about, and what sold the company on the artisanal cider approach? Sipes: We've been making ciders for almost 15 years and during that time we worked with a variety of apples, interesting ingredients, cider making and aging techniques and finally developed recipes we were really excited to launch with Angry Orchard. It started out as more of a side project, and we'd experiment with fermentation and apples. I studied fermentation at UC Davis and when I joined the Boston Beer Co. 12 years ago, I began working on cider recipes and traveling the world exploring and sourcing apples to make cider. We've experimented with too many recipes to count, but that process helped us learn what apples, yeast and aging techniques made the best cider. We also worked with a European cider expert, Alan Tringham, who had more than 50 years' experience making ciders. Much of what we know about European orchards and cider making we learned from him. While he unfortunately passed away last year, we've carried much of what we learned from him with us. When we decided to create the Angry Orchard Cider Co., we want to dedicate ourselves to the same craft approach to cider as Boston Beer does to beer by making ciders with the best ingredients we could find and introducing drinkers to well-crafted and innovative cider styles.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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A coordinating committee has begun scheduling representatives to pray for specific groups related to students. These groups will include parents, teachers, administrators and youth pastors as well as preschool, elementary, middle school, high school, college and graduate level students. Public and private school administrators will be asked to participate.
During a meeting of the coordinating committee, Pastor Phil Griffin said he had spoken to several area pastors about having prayer walks leading up to the Sept. 11 event. Each church is being encouraged to walk around the schools near their church. Letters are also being sent out to pastors asking them to support the event in other ways.
Committee member Michael Obi said it was also important to have the two local mayors at the event. He said it was important for the younger generation to see godly leadership.
The committee is also compiling a prayer guide to provide suggestions for how people can pray for students and those who work with them leading up to 9/11.
Committee member Mickey Clark is working on ways to show teachers that they are appreciated and prayed for around lunch time that day. He is also hoping students will have student-led prayer at some point during the day.
The event this year is focusing on the older generation praying for spiritual awakening for the next generation. Intersession, prayers of blessing and a spoken word style prayer are planned for the event
Local church youth choirs will provide worship music during the event.
The gathering is expected to be about 1 1/2 hours in length.

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Steven asks…
new facebook statuses quotes or sayings?
I want some new statues like ones where you can put an x in the box or something along the line of truth is? rate? ext. Or/ and quotes/sayings lots of my friends have really good quotes and sayings and they get LOTS of likes and i always try to find some on gooogle does anyone have any? thanks.(:
Pension Release by Pension Forecast answers:
Here is a couple good sites for FaceBook Statuses.
Here is also a good Facebook Banner sites.
Robert asks…
What are some good quotes/sayings for a facebook status?
I like putting quotes/sayings as my facebook status so what are some good ones?
Examples of ones that I've used before:
I-L-O-V-E-Y-O-U has eight letters but baby, so does B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T.
Light skinned girl with a head full of curls, by my diamonds & pearls and I'll rock your world.
Im not asking for diamonds, im not asking for pearls, im just asking that you hold me tight and call me your baby girl.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, thats why that call it the present.
I don't know where I stand with you and I don't know what I mean to you. All I know is everytime I think of you, all I want to do is be with you.
Those are some that I have used before and I just want some more to use.
Pension Release by Pension Forecast answers:
Here is a good site for FaceBook Status.
Paul asks…
Nice quotes and sayings for facebook status??!?
Something creative it could be funny or serious and about anything. Something that is not to repetitive and cliche.
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I like to put song's lyrics. My actual status is "I'd catch a grenade for ya"
Sandra asks…
Anyone know any cute christian quotes and sayings for a facebook status? particularly rhyming ones?
Not Bible verses but something like "I'm just an ordinary girl with an extraordinary God" or "When prayers go up, blessings come down!"
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For in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, bond nor free; even you may be the children of God, if you believe in Jesus.
George Whitefield
Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
Oswald Chambers
Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing – so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character.
E. Stanley Jones
For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like. It is enough to know that we will be for ever with Him.
William Barclay
Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.
Ralph Abernathy
Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do.
Billy Sunday
Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.
Mother Teresa
God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh.
Benny Hinn
Here's the simplest answer: Within weeks, the disciples proclaimed the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that He had been bodily raised from the dead and appeared to them.
Josh McDowell
I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.
John Lennon
I came all this way for a reason. Today is the day of salvation. Trust Jesus to save you. Then be sincere as God knows a pretender.
Kirk Cameron
David asks…
What do you think of guys who put quotes as their facebook status?
the guy that I like has posted tons of little quote/sayings on his facebook.
What do you think of guys like that?
Trying to hard to get girls?
or is really a deep and sweet guy?
He's really nice and cool in real life so I pick the third one obviously, haha
Pension Release by Pension Forecast answers:
I guess it all depends on what the quotes say.
If they're lame and sound gay, then he is lame and gay
If they are deep and meaningful, then he is lame and gay…. Lol, sorry. I mean deep and meaningful..
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Gaming Commission Comes to Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CBS 2/FOX 28)--Where the state commission that will decide whether a new casino will come to Linn County heard from the public for the final time.
At stake, millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs for Linn County that, opponents say will take away from other operations.
Before they heard from the public, members of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission toured the proposed sight as well as other parts of the city heavily impacted by the floods of '08.
"I think we need that after the floods of 2008, said Ray Johnston, a Cedar Rapids resident.
He says he is all for casino in the city of five seasons.
"Our lifeblood is actually younger people. We want to keep them here we want to give them a place to go whether it's gambling or entertainment, he said.
Then there's Desteni Moyle, an employee of riverside casino.
"If you bring a casino here, you're going to ruin some of the lives there, said Moyle.
The single mom says her life is one of them.
"If my job is taken away...I mean...I going to end up bankrupt...or whatever the case maybe, she said.
These are a few of the many faces who showed up at the double tree Thursday.
Some to support and cheer on the possibility of cedar crossing, others to voice their disapproval.
"Cutting jobs from riverside and surrounding areas will cause great damage to the families involved, said Dan Kehl, CEO of the Riverside Casino.
That's the main fear of all the dissenters. Losing the economic impact of their casino.
"I believe that the riverside casino has done wonderful things for rural communities and the rural economic development is very important to Iowa, said Jan Gallagher of Washington Iowa, but Cedar Rapids casino supporters urged the gaming commission to also consider the development of Cedar Rapids and how the casino will benefit the state.
"There's a net benefit to the state. The range is basically 21 million to 60 plus million of net new revenue, said Steve Gray, Casino Developer.
He spoke to the commission asking them to give Cedar Rapids a shot, something those wearing white shirts in this room are also hoping for.
"I think it could go either way. I don't think it they are going to vote against the Cedar Rapids deal because this is set up pretty well, said Tom Hanson, supporter of Cedar Rapids casino.
The racing and gaming commission is obviously the ones making the ultimate decision.
They heard about 50 comments today and will take it all into consideration when they vote on April 17th.


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Community News North America 8-25
June 15, 2006 by TMO
SEMAH workshop aims to stop domestic violence
FREMONT, CA—Domestic abuse is a continuing problem among all communities which tears apart families. According to studies, 95 percent of domestic violence victims are women and one in four women will experience some form of domestic abuse. The Newark-based SEMAH organization and Marine Abused Women's Services organized a two day workshop with Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and other faith leaders and social workers to combat this menacing problem of society at the Fremint Family Resource Center.
The workshop aimed to encourage religious leaders to speak out against domestic violence, work with social workers, and offer premarriage counselling to deal with issues of equality, conflict, violence and control.
"This was—by far—the most diverse group that I've ever seen . We have Christians, Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and an assortment of denominations within some of those religions represented. The religions have a lot of issues in common with each other (when it comes to dealing with domestic violence)," said Lisa Hoffman, a senior trainer with Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training and Resource Center, which helped lead the workshop.
Syeda Reshma Yunus, founder of SEMAH, said she first conceived the idea in 2002 after setting up a hot line for women seeking to escape abusive relationships.
"I realized that faith-based organizations are important places to keep people informed," Yunus said. "The interfaith community is a place where people are already open-minded about our shared values; we all value the family, as long as there are not safety issues."
Peace and unity march in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA—More than 300 people of all faiths participated in the 3rd Annual Philadelphia Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation on June 4th. The march began at Al Aqsa Mosque and then proceeded towards Society Hill Synagogue with stops at St. Peter's Church and Christ Church.
The Philadelphia Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation began when a group of Jews, Muslims and Christians came together in November 2003 to plan the first Philadelphia Interfaith Peace Walk for Jewish-Muslim Reconciliation that took place in May 2004 through the streets of Philadelphia. The Walk included stops for prayers, singing and fellowship at a mosque, synagogue, church and Independence Mall.
The organizers of the march hoped that their endeavour would help "people provide witness to reaffirming the common roots of our different religious traditions (as we are all children of Abraham); to achieve peace with justice; to use the positive energy in this country among religious groups to transform our communities, based on the covenants we have with our Creator; to discuss our preconceptions and misconceptions and truths; and to be part of the solution, not the problem."
"I truly believe you can concentrate certain kinds of energy in the world," said Michael Meketon, president of the Leyv Ha-Ir synagogue, which meets near Rittenhouse Square. "By meeting together, seeing each other, and walking together, we are pulling together a positive force to bring about peace."
"It creates interaction and understanding between the different faiths," said Shakri Byah, 69, a Muslim from West Oak Lane. "It purifies the atmosphere."
Muslim mothers call for tolerance
MASON, OH—Saba Chughtai and Shakila Ahmad of Muslim Mothers Against Violence urged fellow Americans to see Muslims as people who have more in common with them than differences, reported the Enquirer. They were speaking to a 200 plus crowd of mostly women gathered at the New Thought Unity Center. The talk was part of a two day "Great Peace March" program by Muse, the Cincinnati's women's Choir.
Shakila Ahmad said that extremist clerics and "AM hate radio" are given Americans a distorted impression of Muslims.
"We abhor violence associated with Islam. Islam stands for peace," she said. "There is no way God wants us to kill innocent people … That is not what achieving peace as a result of submission to God is."
She asked the crowd if they thought she appeared less educated or less of an American because she wore the veil—a Muslim women's way of covering herself to show her commitment to God.
No one answered. But it was Ahmad's segue into her only political statement of the night. She pointed out that several Muslim nations have female prime ministers. "I'd say we need to start here on at least a vice president."
Muslim student named to University of Utah's board
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Ali Hasnain, the first Muslim student body president at the University of Utah, has been selected to represent public college students on the state Board of Regents, reported the Salt Lake Tribune. As a student regent, Hasnain, 23, will serve a one-year term. He is one of 16 voting members on the 18-member board, appointed by the governor to set policy for the state's 10 public colleges and universities.
"Ali will be very effective in combining his insight as a student and his experience in government to voice the opinions and concerns of his peers in our higher education system," Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. said in statement. "We appreciate his willingness to serve."
Hasnain, whose ancestors hail from India, was president of the university student association during the 2005-2006 school year. He is studying political science and economics and expects to graduate with a bachelor's degree in 2007.
Interfaith group calls for end to torture
Washington D.C.—American evangelical, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders are calling for an end to U.S. policies that allow torture of prisoners.
Clergy signing the statement of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture include the Rev. Rick Warren, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Rev. Ted Haggard and Rabbi David Saperstein.
Other signers include former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel and the head of the Islamic Society of North America.
McCarrick told reporters that torture violates the dignity of people created in God's image.
Professor Glen Stassen of Fuller Theological Seminary, an institution which prepares missionaries, said that when torture is permitted by a country whose leader claims to be Christian, it undermines missionary work and evangelism.
Somalis ease labor shortage in Maine
LEWISTON, ME—When Somali refugees began moving in to Maine a few years there were fears about them. But things have changed and now they are viewed as a boon for the state. Hardworking Somalis are being appreciated for their diligence and their willingness to take jobs that no one else is willing to take.
Victoria Kurtz of Hampton Inn told the Press Herald that she was having trouble filling in housekeepers even after posting notices in newspapers, websites and area high schools.
"I didn't have a bite," said Kurtz, the hotel's general manager. "The kind of jobs I'm posting aren't the jobs Americans want to do."
Then Kurtz made a well-placed phone call. Almost overnight, the Hampton Inn's housekeeping department was fully staffed.
The Hampton Inn now has 11 African refugees on the payroll, predominantly from Somalia. The workers live in Lewiston and were directed to the hotel by the refugee resettlement program at Catholic Charities Maine.
Bill introduced to prohibit test on Muslim holy days
NEW YORK, NY—Sen. John Sabini has introduced a bill in the state senate that will prohibit scheduling of tests on religious holidays. He announced the bill outside the Razi School in Woodside standing with parents and students.
Third-graders at the school were disrupted in January when a state-mandated test was given during Eid-al-Adha, a time when observant Muslims do not attend class and when Muslim schools are closed, school officials said.
"The students should not be forced to chose to test or celebrate their holiday," said Sabini, a member of the state Senate's education committee. "It is an extraordinarily bad public policy that we intend to change."
The results of these tests will follow these children through college," he said. "No New York City child should have their educational future put at risk because of some bureaucrats in Albany."
Sabini said that more observant Muslims are being educated in the New York City public school system than ever before. Because of that fact, he said it was high time that Regent schedulers acknowledge them the same way they do other groups. "We have to recognize their presence and not allow bureaucrats to dictate the dates of high-stakes tests to our children," the Senator said.


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These materials were written to assist the graduating class of 2014 dental students better manage their student loans and to plan their overall repayment strategies as they prepare for the transition from dental school to practice or post-doctoral work.
One of the most important relationships you will have as you manage your student loans after graduation from dental school is the one you will have with your loan servicer. The more informed you are regarding what you have borrowed, including the terms and conditions of your loans, your postponement options, and your repayment options, the more productive and efficient your relationship with your loan servicer is likely to be. Many dental school graduates in the Class of 2014 will find they have one loan servicer for all their federally owned loans.
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You may be considering consolidation as part of your overall repayment strategy as you graduate and transition into your dental career or begin additional training following graduation. Consolidation is a process whereby you pay off multiple loans with one new loan. There are both advantages and disadvantages to consolidation, and while it is an effective debt management tool for some dental school graduates, it is not appropriate for everyone. We anticipate that many dental school graduates in the Class of 2014 will not need to consolidate their student loans.
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This is the first part of a planned 16-bit computer that will run entirely in minecraft. That computer will be "Hack" compatible, which is to say that it'll run code meant for the Hack machine described in The Elements of Computing Systems (a fantastic book that you should look up if you are at all interested in how computers work. Its website is www.idc.ac.il ). Some more info: The design was drawn up in a program called Redstone Simulator (does what it says on the tin), which was written by Baezon on the Minecraft Forums www.minecraftforum.net MCEdit ( minecraftforums.net ) was used to help clear off space and import the design into minecraft. Hours of experimenting with prototypes, modifications to the design, and debugging took place in the game itself, however. This project is far from over. Memory, here I come…
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Bangladesh host of Asia cup 2014 are missing they star player opener Tamim Iqbal and senior all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in the tournament had lost the match against India in their first opening match of the tournament.
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim who score a century against India supported by the opener Anamul Haque is also suffering from shoulder injury while fielding in the match against India. Bangladesh has still haven't score any points in the points table has to win this match against Afghanistan to move ahead in the tournament.
Bangladesh who batted first in their previous game against India has given a target of 280 runs to win which was easily chase down by the Indian batsman. Bangladesh side has to re think they blowing statics as to secure a comfortable win against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan who had also lost their first match of the tournament against Pakistan had a pretty start at the begin of the match when half of the Pakistan side was bowl out for 117 runs, due to lack of experience the side fails to wrap up the complete Pakistani side to restrict them for a lower total.
Umar Akmal was the only batsman who scored 102 runs in 89 balls to given a fair chance to his side to win the match. Afghanistan looks good in the bowling department and has to concentrate on batting department to win the match against Bangladesh.
Afghanistan who failed to chase a target of 249 runs was all out for a score of 176 in which Noor Ali Zadran and Asghar Stanikzai are the only batman to score 44 and 40 runs respectively.
Both the teams who had lost their first match of the tournament will be looking forwards to win this 5th ODI match of Asia cup 2014 to secure their position in the tournament.
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The application of scanning electrochemical microscopy to the discovery of Pd–W electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction that demonstrate high activity, stability, and methanol tolerance
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An array of Pd–W alloys was fabricated, and the electrocatalytic activity of the alloys for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acidic media was screened by scanning electrochemical microscopy. The Pd0.7W0.3 showed the highest activity for the ORR, close to that for Pd0.8Co0.2 and Pt. A Pd–W electrocatalyst loaded on carbon black was formed by the NaBH4-reduction method, exhibiting high activity and stability, suggesting that it is a good candidate for the proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathode.
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- The application of scanning electrochemical microscopy to the discovery of Pd–W electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction that demonstrate high activity, stability, and methanol tolerance
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Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry
Volume 16, Issue 7 , pp 2563-2568
- Cover Date
- 2012-07-01
- 10.1007/s10008-012-1775-7
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- 1432-8488
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- 1433-0768
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- Springer-Verlag
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- Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
- Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
- Pd–W alloy electrocatalyst
- Fuel cells
- Combinatorial screening method
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- Wenpeng Li (1)
- Fu-Ren F. Fan (1)
- Allen J. Bard (1)
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US Firm's Teargas Used at Tahrir Square
November 23, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Egypt's military junta fired CS gas cartridges made by Combined Systems Inc of Pennsylvania, say demonstrators
By Jack Shenker in Cairo and Luke Harding
The teargas used by interior ministry troops in Cairo's Tahrir Square is supplied by a US company. Demonstrators say cartridges retrieved from the scene are branded with the name and address of Combined Systems Inc (CSI).
The firm is located in Jamestown, Pennsylvania. It specialises in supplying what it calls "crowd control devices" to armies and "homeland security agencies" around the world. It also manufactures lethal military equipment.
Protesters say the CS gas seems more powerful than that used by Egyptian police during the country's last popular uprising in February. "It's stronger, it burns your face, it makes you feel like your whole body is seizing up," one witness said. He added: "It doesn't seem to be combated by Coke or vinegar."
Experts told the Guardian the gas was likely to be standard CS gas, but the effects could be exacerbated by physical exertion.
As well as the effects of the teargas, protesters have suffered grave injuries to their heads and faces from rubber bullets. There are also reports of live ammunition being used. Dozens of people have been taken to makeshift hospitals after inhaling the choking gas fired by the Central Security Forces.
The export of teargas to foreign law enforcement agencies is not prohibited. CSI has also sold teargas to the Israeli police, where it has been deployed against Palestinian demonstrators, as well as, reportedly, to the regime of Tunisia's ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Nevertheless, the revelation that people are being gassed and hurt by US-manufactured projectiles is embarrassing for the Obama administration.
"We have seen the illegitimate and indiscriminate use of teargas," Heba Morayef, a researcher with Human Rights Watch in Cairo, said, of Egypt's most recent street protests, as well as the original revolution in February. "There are a few cartridges from Italy but the vast majority are from the USA."
She said teargas did not constitute direct military aid, since it was sold to the interior ministry rather than the army. But she added: "Ideally governments should be verifying who they are selling teargas to."
Morayef said the gas was having a devastating effect on its victims, with everyone left choking, and hundreds forced to seek medical treatment. Protesters have also retrieved 12mm rubber bullet cartridges made in Italy. "One person I know ended up coughing up blood," she said. Human Rights Watch intended to examine the canisters to discover exactly what kind of gas was being used, she added.
Alastair Hay, professor of environmental toxicology at Leeds University, said police in Cairo were almost certainly using conventional CS gas. "It's a standard riot control agent which has been around for a very long time," he said.
Hay said its effects were extremely unpleasant. "It's an eye and respiratory tract irritant, largely. It will also cause skin irritation."
The chemical compound used in CS gas – 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile – was "perfectly legitimate", with many commercial companies involved in selling it, and domestic governments willing to make use of it in riot situations, he added.
US army trials showed CS gas had a far more serious effect on people taking part in physical activity than those sitting passively, sometimes leaving its victims needing intensive care afterwards. The way to get rid of it was "constant irrigation" to wash away the affected areas, Hay said.
There was no immediate comment from CSI.
The company's website says it was founded in 1981. It adds: "Combined Systems Inc (CSI) is a US-based firm that supports military forces and law enforcement agencies around the world. CSI is a premier engineering, manufacturing and supply company of tactical munitions and crowd control devices globally to armed forces, law enforcement, corrections and homeland security agencies.
"[…] In addition to its military products, CSI markets its innovative line of less lethal munitions, tactical munitions and crowd-control products to domestic law enforcement agencies under its law enforcement brand name, CTS. CSI also supports its wide base of international military and law enforcement customers with its line of non-lethal munitions."
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iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle. iPod Classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size (the discontinued Mini used a Microdrive miniature hard drive). As with many other digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model, ranging from 2 GB for the iPod Shuffle to 160 GB for the iPod Classic. The iPod line was announced by Apple on October 23, 2001, and released on November 10, 2001. All of the models have been redesigned multiple times since their introduction. The most recent iPod redesigns were introduced on September 1, 2010.
Apple's iTunes software can be used to transfer music to the devices from computers using certain versions of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. For users who choose not to use iTunes or whose computers cannot run iTunes, several open source alternatives are available for the iPod. iTunes and its alternatives may also transfer photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars to iPod models supporting those features.
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June 16, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
United Stationers Appoints Khan as Next CFO
DEERFIELD, IL–United Stationers Inc. said Tuesday that Fareed Khan will become its chief financial officer on July 18.
The office and business products distributor said its board elected Khan, 45, to replace Victoria Reich. Reich said in November that she planned to leave the company by the end of 2011. She cited personal reasons for her departure.
Khan has worked at USG Corp., a producer of building materials, for the last 12 years, and was most recently in charge of its finance and strategy.
Other senior level management positions held by Mr. Khan at USG included a variety of strategy, business development, marketing, supply chain management, and general management roles. Before joining USG in 1999, Mr. Khan was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he served global clients on a variety of projects including acquisition analysis, supply chain optimization, and organization redesign.
Mr. Khan received his bachelor of science degree in engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario and earned a MBA from the University of Chicago.
Abdullah-Muhammad wins state gold in Murfreesboro
MURFEESBORO,TN–Cleveland High freshman Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhammad soared to a state title in the girls long jump competition Thursday at the Middle Tennessee State University track.
Flying a distance of 18-feet, 9-inches on her third attempt, the three-sport Lady Raider standout left the competition in the dust by at least 8 1/2 inches.
Abdullah-Muhammad went past the 18-foot mark five times in her half dozen passes. After a 17-06.25 on her first pass, the 5-foot-10 ninth-grader leapt 18-01.75, 18-09, 18-02.25, 18-00.75 and 18-06.
Dr. Saleem Bajwa to receive rights award
BOSTON, MA–The National Conference for Community and Justice of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, Inc., founded in 1927 as the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will present its annual Human Relations Award to Dr. Saleem Bajwa, president of the Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts.
Dr. Bajwa, a physician board certified in internal and pulmonary medicine, practice in Holyoke, and is affiliated with the Holyoke Medical Center.
He is a founding member of the Islamic Society.
For the past 18 years, he has been the executive director of the Islamic Council of New England, an umbrella organization of Islamic centers and societies of New England, actively hosting inter-faith programs to build alliances and learn from one another.
In addition, for more than a decade, Bajwa has served on the Interfaith Council of Western Massachusetts.
Mayfield School District Names Student of the Month
CLEVELAND, OH–Fakhra Saleem, Mayfield City School District's most recent Student of the Month, is enrolled in the Cleveland Clinic Internship Program at the Cuyahoga East Vocational Education Consortium.
Superintendent Dr. Phillip Price said Saleem was identified at one of the most responsible members of the surgical processing department at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus.
Price said she is 100 percent accurate when pulling surgical kits to be delivered in preparation for surgeries. She also volunteered to learn decontamination – a task not typically required of CEVEC interns.
Shobi Khan named COO of General Growth
June 2, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
CHICAGO,IL–Shopping mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. said Thursday that it has named Shobi Khan its chief operating officer.
Khan, 45, previously was U.S. chief investment officer at real estate investment advisor Bentall Kennedy. He is slated to join General Growth on June 13.
He will receive a base salary of $750,000, a signing bonus of $550,000 and will be eligible for a discretionary bonus next year of up to $500,000, the company said in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Khan also will be eligible to receive 400,000 non-qualified General Growth stock options.
AdMob's Founder Omar Hamoui
Google Inc.'s announcement that it will buy AdMob Inc. for $750 million brought a media spotlight on Accel Partners, an investor in both AdMob and Playfish Inc., which said today it will sell to Electronic Arts Inc. for at least $275 million. Several blogs, including this one, hailed Accel Partners for its impressive and quick investment returns at a time when deals like these are hard to come by.
But AdMob's founder and CEO, Omar Hamoui, really deserves the attention for building a company that in three years became the largest player of mobile Web ads and ultimately, a coveted jewel for the largest Internet company.
Jim Goetz, a partner at Sequoia Capital and the first investor in AdMob, was quick to praise Hamoui, telling VentureWire that the entrepreneur "has a very keen perception of mobile and a very unconventional approach. All the things you hear today, since the iPhone, about the independent developer – Omar identified that community years ago.
"He kept a maniacal focus on the independent developer," Goetz continued. "He ignored the carriers, he ignored the 'walled garden.' When he started, there was no economy around mobile. It was the inception of this market. He's a special entrepreneur, and he built an extraordinary business in a short time." (It's worth noting that Sequoia has added a picture of Hamoui on its sparsely decorated home page as a tribute to him.)
Hamoui, 32, dropped out of the Wharton School to start up AdMob in January 2006 in an effort to find the best platform for bringing Internet advertising to cellphones. As the story goes, Hamoui originally built a mobile service in 2005 called Fotochatter designed to let people easily share their online photos with friends who can view and comment on them through their mobile phones. But he found it difficult to market the mobile service online, so he set out to start another company to help advertisers do just that.
Hamoui's first hire was Russell Buckley, now AdMob's head of European operations, who originally reviewed Fotochatter on his blog MobHappy years ago. That blog is how the pair connected. Earlier this year in May, Buckley reminisced about that chance encounter in a blog post and added: "Over 80 Billion ads and 3 years later, we've come [a long] way since then, have over 100 employees and a valuation at least in the hundreds of million dollar range."
Buckley then posted a short series that shared "some of the lessons [Hamoui] learned" while building AdMob. While we wait to hear back from Hamoui about the Google deal (he commented on his blog here), we found it useful to direct our entrepreneur readers to Buckley's blog posts which tap into the mind of Hamoui, who offers his thoughts on company launches, deals and negotiations, sales and marketing, competitive threats and communication.
As an example, and in light of the Google acquisition, here are Hamoui's short pieces of wisdom about deals and negotations, as written by Buckley who adds his comments:
Understand what you really have to lose (which is usually not much)
If you are a person with a laptop and an idea, don't worry about messing up the 100m dollar business you think you will someday be.
Russell adds: It's hard to emphasise how important this is. In reality, most people have very little real downside to having a go and even if the idea doesn't work out (and most don't let's remember) you'll still learn a ton, which will add considerably to your value in business.
I'd also add, on a related note, that far too many entrepreneurs get paranoid about protecting their idea to the point of paralysis. The value of most ideas is in the execution, not in what the concept actually is. To make it reality, you need to share it – actually, with as many people as possible, counter-intuitive though this might seem. And in my view, forget about NDAs and the like. They're pretty useless all round as far as I'm concerned, but for one man and a laptop, a total waste of time and effort, which at best just create speed breakers for your idea.
Leave something on the table
If your partner feels as good as you walking away from the table, you are much more likely to have a successful relationship.
Russell adds: This is so important. Many self-proclaimed "great deal makers" focus too much on getting the best for themselves and wonder why the relationship falls apart or never achieves its potential.
Wait until the rubber hits the road to evaluate a deal
Don't get too excited until the results actualize. Most deals are not as good as they look on paper.
Russell adds: Oh yes. If I had a penny….etc
It's also worth remembering that many of the best deals come from existing relationships with partners or customers. This isn't as sexy as hunting down the big mammoth stomping around in the jungle, but effective account management is a skill you ignore at your peril and every company could improve this aspect of their operation.
The Google offer no doubt looked good on paper. Hamoui will be staying on with AdMob and Google for now, but you can bet once he's ready to move on to start another company, venture capitalists will be lining up to invest.
If you want to hear more from Hamoui, below is a one-year-old, half-hour interview by Robert Scoble who around the two-minute mark gets Hamoui to talk about his negotiations with venture investors, including Sequoia Capital, which invested in the company in 2006. Hamoui said he was introduced to Sequoia after he didn't like a term sheet from another venture firm. On a Thursday night, he flew out to meet Sequoia, even though he had until Friday to decide whether to accept the other firm's offer. Within 24 hours, Sequoia offered Hamoui a competing term sheet and he signed it two minutes before the other offer's deadline. Sequoia's partners deserve credit for seeing something in Hamoui, who was the only employee of the company.
"I had to do the pitch [to Sequoia] like four or five times," he tells Scoble, "because it has to be a unanimous decision. Every partner has to see it, and every partner has to vote yes otherwise they won't do it….The overall market opportunity is extremely substantial. And they tend to be market investors, so they're whole theory is that if the market is spectacular, even a sub-optimal product with a sub-optimal team will do fantastically well. Not that, hopefully, we are either."


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Karotz at the CES in Las Vegas!
Greetings from Las Vegas!
Many Americans were marveled about Karotz. We often heard: "It's so cute !", "What does it do?", "Why is it a smart rabbit?", "Oh, really? Amazing!", "I want one, when and where is it released?". We were really pleased to hear that.
Here are some photos of our stand:
Ok, we had some technical problems, because we are surrounded by so many Wi-Fi connections. But we succeeded to do some demonstrations, for example with the weather forecast, the radio, the RSS feed with RFID or voice recognition.
We also showed our first version of the application "Karotz Controller" on iPhone and iPad. We change the colour of the light, send SMS or make photos of what Karotz sees.
We even haven given some interviews for website and blogs. Maybe Karotz soon will show up in the american blogosphere.
Yesterday evening we presented Karotz at the Showstoppers, which is a gala evening with journalists. Here are some photos of the event:
We also established ties with the Journal du Geek, BBC UK, Stuff, Wired and ABC News. That sounds quite promising!
Have a nice week!
We'll be back in France on Tuesday.


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Summer's Here - Let's Hit the Beach
Grab my camera and head out to beach for some fun with the kids!
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Independent dames : what you never knew about the women and girls of the American Revolution
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Summary: Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part? Of course they did, and with page after page of superbly researched information and thoughtfully detailed illustrations, acclaimed novelist and picture-book author Laurie Halse Anderson and charismatic illustrator Matt Faulkner prove the case in this entertaining, informative, and long overdue homage to those independent dames!
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
In Praise of Pencils
I always work with a pencil. Not just any pencil. A 2B pencil, sharpened to the finest point possible, with a one of those rubbers that fit on the top. I go through packets of those - bright purple, grreen, yellow and blue - they're still easy to lose.
For me, the fixation started in my programming days. It was easier to manually debug code with a pencil and then when I started to write fiction, it was somehow more creative to edit a hard copy with a pencil or to write out pieces in long hand before typing.
Recently #2 son and I cleaned out the stationary boxes. There were two in his room crammed full of pens, pencils, textas, erasers, pencil sharpeners, liquid paper glue and all sorts of novelty stationery stuff. Pens with reindeer, Disney toys, ninja turtles and a crocodile. The goal was to dispose of most of them.
It is incredibly hard to get rid of stationery! One box remains but I think most of the other box made its way into my office.
We were surprised at how many different types of pencils we had and decided to google what sort of gradations of graphite they came in. How soft can a pencil be? How hard?
I discovered I am not alone in my fixation with pencils. Pencils even have their own blog thanks to Studio 502. Lots of interesting stuff there including all sorts of pencils to buy. I particularly like the Pencil Artist of the Week feature.
You can find Studio 502 (alias pencils.com) on Facebook and Pinterest . Check out their board on Pencil Crafts.
And just for the record, great things have been achieved in pencil, even outside the art world. John Steinbeck used as many as 60 cedar pencils every day. Roald Dahl used only pencils with yellow casing to write his books. He had 6 sharpened pencils ready at the beginning of each day and only when all 6 pencils became unusable did he resharpen them. Finally, Thomas Edison was so keen on working in pencil, he had his own especially made!
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- Sue Whiting said...
I'm a pencil person too! Pen just isn't the same.
- April 16, 2013 at 10:09 PM
- Jeffery E Doherty said...
The American's spent millions of dollars developing a pen for NASA that would writ in space. The Russian's took a pencil. Some times the simplest ideas are the best.
Jeff - April 16, 2013 at 10:20 PM
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Gail, a busy ob-gyn, was the widowed mother of year-old twins when she married Georges, a pilot with three teens of his own. The couple then had DeeDee, but this Brady Bunch has never been housebound. Georges' airline discounts meant Gail could take the three youngest on monthly outings to the Caribbean. Every winter the clan hit the slopes in Steamboat Springs or Vail, and they also took off on one or two big trips a year (Costa Rica, Rome, South Africa). Now, with almost all of the children grown, they still love to travel as a pack.
My never-fail planning method
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Unforgettable vacation
Georges thought I was crazy years ago when I told him I was bringing the children (the twins were 8, and DeeDee was 3) dogsledding in Ely, Minnesota. Now he says it was our best family trip, partly because of our amazing guide, Paul Schurke from Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge (dogsledding.com). We stayed at three different lodges and went from place to place by sled. The kids helped harness the dogs in the morning and mush them during the rides. It was yap, yap, yap all day, and so much fun.


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by Elaine Marranzano
During spring break in April, three separate groups of students from Sleepy Hollow and Irvington schools participated in school-sponsored trips to Spain, Egypt and London. An enlightened and inspired group of teenagers (and one fourth grader) who returned.
Student strike a pose in Egypt.
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