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1. Take a small bowl and melt the coconut oil and let it cool before you add it to the mayonnaise.
2. In another bowl mix the sesame oil and the olive oil and keep aside.
3. In a blender or food processor, blend eggs and lemon juice, blend well.
4. Add the mustard & salt and blend.
5. In the meantime mix the oil and the cooled coconut oil together.
6. After that slowly keep adding oil around 1 tablespoon at a time & continue to blend.
7. Mayonnaise is done when you achieve spread like consistency.
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Over the last two months I shared the first two levels of "The 5 Levels of Being Phenomenal." We've covered Level 1, "Self Awareness," and Level 2, "Willingness to Change."
Let's now move to Level 3 – "Controlled Attention."
A few years ago, one of my friends introduced me to Dr. David Wolf, who is the head of the spacewalk program at NASA. He trains astronauts to work on the space station. He has been on four shuttle missions and is a brilliant man. My friend was writing a book about success words and asked Dr. Wolf what his most important word for success would be.
After thinking about it for a moment, he said "perspicacious."
My friend and I looked at each other thinking the same thing, "I have NO idea what that word means!" It means to have "acute mental vision or discernment." It has to do with staying focused in the midst of many distractions. Imagine all that could go wrong while spacewalking. The 2013 movie Gravity depicted the worst case scenario. Perhaps it's not very realistic, but you get the picture.
Level 3 of being phenomenally successful is "Controlled Attention." Controlled attention is the capacity to choose what you pay attention to and what you ignore.
It is your ability to concentrate.
Transforming a new idea into a habit requires the power of focus. It is at this level where you'll be tried the most. At this point, you'll be tested to see whether you have truly made the decision to change or not.
Many people attempt this level without realizing how difficult it will be to see the new idea or habit through. We have a moment of inspiration and dive in before considering what is required to implement the new idea. This is where your comfort zone is really challenged.
You may have experienced this illustration before: Stretch your arms out wide. Now bring your hands in to a clap. Cross your thumbs. If your right thumb is over your left thumb, then change will come very natural for you. If your left thumb is over your right thumb, you don't have a chance!
Just kidding! There's no truth to that, but here's the real exercise…
If your right thumb was over your left, reverse it. Put your left thumb over your right. If your left thumb was originally over your right, reverse it. Feels weird doesn't it? And this feels natural to others! The point is this: the only reason it feels uncomfortable is not because it's wrong - it's only because you have a habit of doing it the other way!
While in Cambridge, one of my coaching clients, a dental implant specialist, drove us around. He was sharing that, although he has lived in England for 15 years, it still feels weird driving on the left side of the road. But I have to tell you that he got us to every destination safely and easily! You see, even though it still runs against his lifetime of conditioning, he can still be a "successful" driver.
As you move through this time of controlled attention, you must keep your dream in mind. When you remember why you are doing what you are doing, you'll have more inspiration and commitment to stay the course.
All Growth Happens Outside the Comfort Zone
Controlled attention is much like exercising will power. It's kind of like breaking an addiction. Addicts continue to go back to the behavior they despise. Habits that are connected to strong emotional bonds can easily become addictions. That's why it is so important to understand who you were created to be, to commit to that and to stay aware of your daily thoughts, feelings and habits.
It is also vital to have the burning desire that drives you. You will not work through this level if you aren't going for something that is truly meaningful. If it's just a wish, it won't happen. If the passion isn't there, you won't have the determination to see it through.
A BIG Question
Do you have the desire to have a better life? Do you have the desire for success? Do you have the desire to make a difference in other's lives? Napoleon Hill said in Think and Grow Rich (a study of over 500 of the most successful people in America at the time) that you must have a "definiteness of purpose" – a "burning desire" to be successful.
Zig Ziglar said desire is the secret ingredient to success. Where does desire come from? A vision. John Maxwell says "a dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your mind, will and emotion, empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it."
Do you have a compelling dream?
Let me pause to share the difference between success and significance. Success is reaching your goals and becoming the person you were created to be. Significance is making a difference in the lives of others.
Perhaps once you reach success, you'll begin to pursue significance. The wonderful thing is that you can be significant (and make a difference in other's lives) without being "successful." But I have to wonder: If you weren't broke and in debt, would you be able to help more people? If you were a stronger person spiritually, would you be able to help more people? If you have physical limitations because you don't take care of yourself, will that limit your ability to help others in the long run?
If you don't feed your mind and grow to the next level, won't that limit your ability to make a difference? (By the way, congratulations for reading this – it shows that you are investing in yourself).
I have a plaque in my home study that says, "Success is making a difference in the lives of others. Happiness is watching them grow because of it." The reason I'm writing this is because it makes me happy to see people grow. What gets me up in the morning is to see people reach their goals.
The 4 Stages of Competence
1. Unconscious Incompetence: We are unaware of our incompetence.
2. Conscious Incompetence: We become aware of our incompetence.
3. Conscious Competence: We are aware of our competence.
4. Unconscious Competence: We become unaware of our competence.
Several years ago I began playing basketball with some friends. I was terrible. Playing sports is a great lesson on awareness. I didn't even realize many of the things I was doing wrong. For example, my fellow players pointed out that I had my head down when I dribbled the ball, therefore I wasn't aware of where my teammates were on the court and what the defense was doing.
I never played basketball at school like my teammates did. They were so gracious to me, allowing me to continue to play even though I constantly made mistakes. As I began to realize how woefully incompetent I was, I was certainly willing to change and it took a tremendous amount of focus to get better. I was willing to do the work because I had a great desire to play and to get better.
As I became "consciously incompetent," I began to focus attention on the various skills I needed to develop. I began to get better in several areas and moved into "conscious competence" in a few areas, like shooting from the outside, by practicing heavily and often. Now that I have practiced the skill many years, there are days where it seems that things happen almost automatically.
Michael Jordan probably operated in unconscious competence much of the time. It took many years of practice and experience to get there. I heard Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon speak once and he said the reason Michael was so good was because he spent time in the gym every day practicing the fundamentals… like layups.
Michael Jordan practicing layups? Yep.
You have to practice the simple steps of stopping to recognize your negative self talk. You've got to practice reminding yourself who you are every day. You've got to practice by looking at your dreams and goals every day. It doesn't happen by accident and it doesn't come easily.
But the payoff is that as you begin to reach small goals (like layups), you'll then begin hitting the bigger goals, like the jump shot and the three-pointers. I've won a number of basketball games now as a result of simply learning and practicing. I'm sure you have areas in your life where you've done the same. I want to tell you that the process of reaching goals and changing your behavior is exactly the same process.
The NBA Finals or the Super Bowl is not won on game day. That dream is won by achieving a long string of small goals along the way. The late great basketball coach John Wooden said the game is won or lost in practice. Zig Ziglar said, "You were born to win, but to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win."
Believing that you were born to win is the start. It tells you that you can. Regular planning helps you establish the vision in your mind that inspires you. Preparing is practicing - it's training. If you train as hard as you fight, you'll win more often.
As you move through this time of controlled attention, keep your dream in mind. When you remember why you are doing what you are doing, you'll have more inspiration and commitment to stay the course.
The Power of the Time Capsule
One of the tools that will help you stay focused is a planner. The planner is used to record your dreams and goals, and to stay focused on taking the action that will get you to your goal. It's very easy to get distracted.
To stay focused, commit to what I call "the daily time capsule." Many years ago, I began to take a minimum of an hour a day to work on my projects. This time was early in the morning when everyone else was asleep. During this "capsule" of time, I didn't take phone calls. I didn't do chores around the house or get distracted with entertainment. This was the time to work on the business.
I began this procedure when I was running my cleaning business and I had to be at the shop at 7:30 a.m., which meant I had to be up at 5 a.m. to make this happen. I'm an early riser, so that was okay with me. And I had big dreams, so I had the inspiration to do what needed to done. Don't underestimate the value in being inspired about your vision. If you aren't inspired you won't implement! It's that simple. Keep dreaming until you get the vision that inspires you.
When I started Phenomenal Products, the goal was to write a few manuals, which were to be my first products. In addition to working on policies and procedures for my business, I wanted to create these manuals. So, for about six weeks I got up at 4 a.m. instead of 5 a.m.
I still use that procedure today. My routine after I wake up is to get coffee, read a chapter from the Word of God, pray and then write for an hour or two. Then, I begin working on my projects. This happens 6 days a week, no matter what. I'll spend an hour or so keeping my projects moving forward. That involves delegating by e-mail, building PowerPoints, writing scripts, ads, policies and procedures, communicating with partners, and more.
If you stay focused long enough, you'll eventually reach Level 4, "Commitment." We'll talk about that in the next issue.
Being a Phenomenally Successful Person - Level 1
Being a Phenomenally Successful Person - Level 2
Being a Phenomenally Successful Person - Level 4

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Traveling under heavy security, President Bush arrived today for meetings with Pakistan's leadership as anti-American protests flared across this Islamic nation. The visit probably put Bush closer than he's ever been to Osama bin Laden.
Air Force One flew through the night without lights to conceal the plane's profile as it delivered Bush and his wife, Laura, from India.
Two helicopters and a motorcade waited for the president at the airport, but it was impossible to tell whether he used a car or a chopper to get to the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy compound, where he was spending the night.
Anti-American sentiment runs deep in this Islamic nation and the threat of terrorist attacks is ever present.
A day before Bush's visit, an American diplomat was killed in a suicide car-bombing at a U.S. consulate in the southern city of Karachi, a hotbed of Islamic militancy.
Bush is to spend all day Saturday in Islamabad, conferring with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, meeting with business leaders, attending a state dinner and even watching a cricket match - a passion of Pakistanis.
Hoping to boost the U.S. image among Muslims, Bush planned to call attention to American contributions to Pakistan after a devastating earthquake in October.
Bush said he would talk with Musharraf about Pakistan's "vital cooperation in the war on terror and our efforts to foster economic and political development so we can reduce the appeal of radical Islam."
In a farewell speech in New Delhi, Bush ran into trouble when he praised Pakistan as "a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world." The White House hastened to correct Bush's reference to Pakistan as an Arab nation, and said he meant to say Muslim.
Bush's trip brought renewed attention on the frustrating manhunt for bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. Bin Laden and his followers are believed to be in hiding in the porous border area of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Earlier this week, Bush said it was simply a matter of when - not if - bin Laden was brought to justice.
There were anti-U.S. protests in cities and towns across Pakistan, with crowds burning American flags and chanting "Death to Bush."
About 1,000 stone-throwing people tried to march on the U.S. consulate in Karachi; police used tear gas and batons to stop them.
While many people here view the United States with mistrust, Pakistan has been an important U.S. ally in the Muslim world.
The Pakistani government says it has arrested about 700 al-Qaida suspects in the past four years, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. Even so, key terror leaders are still thought to be at large within its borders.


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Make your office supplies work double time with these new twists.
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A fireball descends in the horizon after sunset, seen from San Lorenzo High School on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. It could be a bright meteor from the South Taurid meteor shower, according to the International Meteor Organization, a nonprofit agency that tracks meteor showers worldwide. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Photo of the Day: The Storm
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Photo of the Day: Every Day I'm Tumbling
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Kareena who is the highest paid actress in the industry is not fond of Priyanka Chopra's popularity. It may be mentioned that after a poor 2007, Priyanka has as many as six movies slated for the year and going by her past record she is certain to rule the year. This is becoming a concern for Kareena who has ruled the industry in the 2007.


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26.07.06 - The Marquez brothers Juan Manuel and Rafael -- will be featured when the 20th anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues Saturday, Aug. 5, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In the main event, former champion and No. 2 WBO contender Juan will face WBO No. 1 contender Terdsak Jandaeng for the WBO Interim 126-pound belt. In a rematch, Rafael will put his IBF/IBO titles on the line against No. 1-ranked Silence Mabuza. Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, will promote the world championship doubleheader from MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa at Stateline, Nev..
Jandaeng: I would like to thank Gary Shaw for this opportunity. It will be a great fight, and it is a big opportunity to fight Marquez.
Question: Juan, how are you doing and what are your thoughts coming into this fight?
J. Marquez: I am doing just great. I want to thank Gary for the opportunity that he is giving me to get back in the ring and just to get a victory.
Question: Juan, you are coming off a disappointing loss in your last fight, a fight that maybe you didn't really lose. Are you looking at this fight as a must-win? Is there more pressure to win than there would be usually?
J. Marquez: I come into the fight preparing myself to prove to the boxing fans and prove to the world that I am still Juan Marquez and there will be a Juan Marquez for a long time.
Question: Juan, at your age, do you feel like you need to be in a hurry to accomplish things?
J. Marquez: Obviously, age does not matter in my case. I train for myself. I am responsible and I am training well. And that is what makes a difference between boxers being responsible in work and training.
Shaw: I believe Juan Manuel is the premier fighter at both 126 pounds and 130 pounds in the world. There is no rush because there are plenty of fights out there for him. In this case, he does it one fight at a time. I have seen the tape of his last fight against Chris John. He did not lose that fight. He got a bad decision. But everybody will see what he is like on the SHOWTIME telecast.
J. Marquez: There is no intention of signing with anybody (promoter). First of all, there is this upcoming fight, so I want to take it one at a time and once we have something in writing or something that is convenient for us, I will sign with that promoter.
Question: Juan, have you seen tapes of Jandaeng and, if so, what do you think of him as a fighter?
J. Marquez: He is top-notch. He is very quick. I think he is a great fighter. That is why I am preparing myself like usual, so I do not get any surprises that night. I have seen him once on a tape, and I know he is capable. That is why I am getting prepared.
Question: Jandaeng, have you seen tapes of Marquez, and, if so, what are your thoughts of him as a fighter?
Jandaeng: Marquez is very strong. I am prepared to fight him. I have been studying his tapes. He is a top quality fighter and I am looking forward to seeing him in the ring on August 5.
Question: Jandaeng, your only loss came in a hard fight against Joan Guzman. How did that fight help you and what did you learn from that fight?
Jandaeng: I got a lot of experience (from it). Guzman was a strong fighter. I believe that Marquez is not as strong as Guzman.
Question: Nick, how exactly did the rematch come about?
Durandt: We had to fight for the rematch (and win an elimination bout) because they would not come to the table. So, we have come back the hard way. We fought (and defeated) Ricardo Vargas. So I think you have a very, very competitive fight. As Gary said previously, we have the No. 1 bantamweight world champion in Marquez, and you have the No. 2 bantamweight in the world in Silence Mabuza. I will really be honest. We were offered other fights for world titles after we had beaten Vargas. I discussed this with my fighter, but my fighter wants Marquez. He wants to go back to Lake Tahoe and take back what belongs to him and win the IBF belt that we went there originally to win. He didn't want to take on any other fighter. He wants a rematch with Marquez. And thank you to Lou DiBella, our promoter in America, who has been very instrumental in setting up this fight. And thank you, Gary Shaw. We are coming to take something away from you.
Question: Nick, do you guys feel that the head butts turned the first fight around?
Durandt: Absolutely. I mean, it was on television to be seen. That fight should have been a technical draw. When the ref was interviewed in the ring after the fight, and he looked at the monitor and the guy said to him, How do you see the fight now? he said, I messed up. It was a head butt. You have to understand one thing. We respect Rafael as a great fighter. He has proved it. He is not pound for pound the best bantamweight in the world because he has fought nobodys. We went in there to win. Yes, he had us down in the first round, but he could not finish us. We were coming back strongly when the fight did get stopped. We generally feel that the book was closed in the middle of a chapter. Now we have the opportunity, and we want to close the chapter.
Question: Nick, you saw how the head butt occurred after you reviewed the tapes?
Durandt: Yes, we did see it. You know, we saw it live as well. I did not have to look at a monitor to realize there was a head butt. The first cut that was inflicted on Mabuza, which was underneath the eye, was from a punch. The second was a head butt when Rafael was coming off the ropes. They clashed heads. And I do not think it was an intentional hit, but it was an accidental hit. If we go by rules and regulations, and had the referee called the fight correctly, the fight would have been a technical draw, and that would immediately set up a rematch. But we had to go out and fight for the No. 1 position in an eliminator against Vargas and we won our right for the rematch.
Question: Rafael, how is your training going. What are your thoughts going into the rematch?
R. Marquez: I am training hard, like always. I am (working on) speed. I am doing whatever I am doing for (any other) fight, so I am ready for the upcoming fight.
Question: Is making 118 harder for you now? You have been threatening to move up in weight. Is weight going to be an issue at all?
R. Marquez: No. The last fight, weight was my enemy. I did something different for that fight, so that is why I got a little bit with the weight. But now I am ready, I am prepared. I did what I was doing before. And now I am like three pounds over at this moment for the fight.
Question: Rafael, do you think fighting at altitude gives you an advantage? Also, when are you arriving in Tahoe?
R. Marquez: No. Altitude is not a problem because I train in Deluca, which has a lot of height like Lake Tahoe. We are arriving in Lake Tahoe on Monday, July 31.
Question: Rafael, as far as this fight and the first fight, was there a need for a rematch or will this fight be different?
R. Marquez: No. Actually I do not know why he asked for a rematch. Maybe he thought that he won that fight or he was winning that fight. I don't know. But we are preparing to do a good show on August 5, so the boxing fans are going to love it.
Question: Rafael, you and Juan have fought on the same card before, but not in about five years. Is this exciting or is it more nerve wracking?
R. Marquez: Actually, it is going to be a great night for everybody. A great night for the TV people, for the boxing fans, for everybody in the world. It is exciting and we are proud (for) the family, friends and everybody.
Question: Terdsak, you said that Guzman is stronger than Juan. Do you think that Marquez is going to be an easier fight for you than the Guzman fight was?
Jandaeng: I watched some of the Marquez tape, including the Indonesia fight. I still feel that I am stronger and faster than Marquez. I do not think that Marquez is stronger than Guzman. I feel that I will prevail. I will win this fight.
Question: Nick, even though it was stopped relatively early, what did you learn from that first fight and what do you think is going to be different in the rematch?
Durandt: There was not much in the fight. We knew, going in to the fight that Rafael could punch. He caught us early, he caught us cold and we went down. There are one or two different things I have worked on for this fight, having watched the first fight. But there is not much you can take out of the first fight. It was all over with in three and a half rounds. So we have pretty much worked with the same sparring partners for it and we have trained just as hard as we did for the first fight. You have to understand, the first fight, and absolutely no disrespect to Rafael Marquez, we were ready in Las Vegas three days away from fighting him and he pulled out of the fight. We had to then travel 42 hours back to South Africa. I had to give Mabuza a week off training, put him back into training, and three weeks later come back to America. So I think we are more prepared this time than we were the first time for Marquez. As I said, Mabuza has been offered other fights that he didn't want to take. He wants Marquez. He wants to go back to where we left off.
Question: What are Mabuzas travel plans?
Durandt: Mabuza is probably two hours out of Lake Tahoe at the present moment. I am only in South Africa at the moment because I have my IBF junior lightweight champion defending his world title on Saturday night here in South Africa, and then I am leaving to join Mabuza in Lake Tahoe.
Question: How long has Silence been in the United States?
Durandt: Silence arrived yesterday morning in the States.
Question: So by the time of the fight, he will be fully acclimated to the time difference and climate?
Durandt: Absolutely. You have to understand that when he has trained we have also trained at altitude. The Lake Tahoe altitude is not too much different to where we are at the moment. He will be well acclimated for the fight. We come in there prepared. We have done our homework. We know whom we are fighting; it is not a closed book. As I said earlier, we have a common opponent in Ricardo Vargas and both Marquez and Mabuza went 12 rounds with him. So this is a very, very competitive fight. Irrespective of what went on in the first fight, I still believe in our faith strongly, and I will live up to it. That fight should have been called a technical draw. I just hope and pray that in this fight, they have an official in the center of the ring that completely knows what he is doing. That is my only concern.
Question: Gary, do you have any closing comments?
Shaw: We are excited to have Joey Gilbert on this card. It is going to be an outdoor event at the hotel, which reminds everybody of the old days in Tahoe for a big event. It is going to be a big, big summer event there. I believe the Marquez brothers, both of them, are going to light it up.
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Hey what is up with the Microsoft Speech Technology? I have a lot of people who are interested in using the TTS and Speech recognition that has been built into Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The code examples are anemic and there is a lack of new thinking. This means that IBM Dragon is making inroads to the excellent speech technology already incorporated into Windows 7.
Looking at this, I have discovered, with some work, a few links, but not enough. There needs to be more work around this interesting and useful technology. Especially with Kinect coming out with the SDK for Windows.
To get started you can use this link:
This will get you started with the laptop or desktop apps, but isn't going to help with the Windows Phone 7.
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Just curious as to how I would go about updating a file? I noticed something that needs to be fixed in my AE template. I've never had to update a file, let alone a VH file (since I only have one at this point). Thanks for the tips in advance
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Haha thanks guys I know it's probably a dumb question, but never really looked into it. Never thought I'd have to change anything
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Haha thanks guys I know it's probably a dumb question, but never really looked into it. Never thought I'd have to change anything
Not a dumb question at all Derek, and I thought the exact same when I first started! I just recently just updated one of my files too!
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Rabia Khan, a poised 20-year-old pre-med student who plans to transfer to Rutgers, moved to Jersey City in January 2000 from the Pakistani section of Kashmir. She's always worn a head scarf, or hajibblack in winter, white in summerbecause it allows her not to "pay attention to my physical self." After the 11th, Khan tried to keep wearing the scarf, though her parents urged her to take it off. She finally did after withstanding stares during bus rides and a group of neighborhood children who yelled, "Look, a Muslim terrorist."
"That day I took it off," she says. Though she feels that wearing a head scarf shows respect to God, she figures that He may be lenient on the matter these days.
Directly after the attacks, Abla Fahmy, who is Egyptian and has lived in Jersey City for 20 years, worried about her safety; she was four months pregnant at the time and didn't want to call attention to herself. A 33-year-old graduate of the school who now works in its writing center, she decided to exchange her head scarf for a floppy, checked beret. But the switch lasted a week. "I like to dress modern," says Fahmy, who favors pants and turtlenecks. "But I'm comfortable with the scarfthat's the way I like to be dressed."
Dina Botros, an 18-year-old Coptic Christian from Egypt, is a business management major who raises money for school by working in a postal station cafeteria. The day after the attacks, her customers made a point of talking loudly and pejoratively about Muslims and calling her "Little Arab." But after a few days they began to notice the large gold cross she was wearing, this one with a figure of Jesus. She says she's always worn it, but "maybe after what happened they look [at me] more." Her classmate Abdulfattah Lihmeidi, a 21-year-old computer programming major, has worked out a precise, if false, ethnic identity post-September 11: If he meets a girl in a club, he calls himself Arturo and tells her he is half Brazilian, half Puerto Rican. "I speak Spanish, so it works." Lihmeidi moved to West New York, New Jersey, from Palestine in 1998. He and a cousin run his father's grocery store there. On the 11th, someone broke their store window with a hammer.
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This application is suitable for developers, phone service technicians and the hobbyist. It is free and Ad-free.
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30 Table 6. Example reporting of airport APM Performance Measure #1: Service Availability (Tier A Approach). February 10, 2010 Day Month-to-Date Year-to-Date Service Availability 91.67% 98.00% 98.89% (Tier A Approach) Downtime, by Category, for February 10, 2010 Day Month-to-Date Year-to-Date Weather 3,600 sec 4,320 sec 4,320 sec Passenger -- 4,320 sec 12,833 sec System equipment -- 4,320 sec 9,803 sec Facilities -- -- -- Utility -- -- -- O&M 3,600 sec 4,320 sec 4,500 sec Other -- -- 7,864 sec Total 7,200 sec 17,280 sec 39,320 sec by weather, but the recovery of the system was delayed further capture all system events that an airport APM user could per- by a technician who forgot to remove his or her red tags and ceive as a loss of availability. For example, actual line capacity locks from the breakers that allow the system to be energized as compared to the scheduled line capacity (in terms of train and restored. This oversight extended the delay by 1 hour. consist sizes) is not addressed by this measure. Another, head- If the total downtime for the event was 2 hours, then half of way performance, is not directly captured by this measure but the downtime (3,600 sec) would be assigned to "weather" and may be reflected in the Service Availability (Tier B Approach) the other half (3,600 sec) to "O&M." measure if a failure occurs. The service availability approaches To track performance over time, it is recommended that in this and subsequent sections become more comprehensive Service Availability (Tier A Approach) be calculated for the day, than the Service Availability (Tier A Approach) measure by month, and year, with all of those measures reported daily to capturing a greater share of those events, and carry with them the hundredth of a percent (See Section 126.96.36.199). The measures a greater level of sophistication as well. reported for the month and year are always cumulative-to-date, Because service reliability (MTBF) and service maintain- and they reset upon the start of the new month or new year. For ability (MTTR) are key components of the Service Availabil- example, if the daily report is being issued for the 10th of Febru- ity (Tier B Approach) measure, they have been included in ary for a particular year, the reported daily measure would be this section. Service reliability (MTBF) is the mean amount for the 10th of February, the reported monthly measure would of time that the system has operated before experiencing a be the cumulative availability of days one through 10 of Febru- failure. Service maintainability (MTTR) is the mean amount ary, and the reported yearly measure would be the cumulative of time that it has taken to restore service on the system once availability of the days from January 1st through February 10th. a failure has occurred. Downtime event causes could be reported similarly. Service Availability (Tier B Approach), service reliability An example of how Service Availability (Tier A Approach) (MTBF), and service maintainability (MTTR) are defined as: performance measures could be reported for the day of Feb- ruary 10, 2010, and the associated assignment of downtime MTBFp are provided in Table 6, which represents a more comprehen- SA B = � 100 ( MTBFp + MTTR p ) sive level of reporting for this measure. The minimum data to be reported for this measure would be as found on Form B in Exhibit A. SOTp MTBF = NFp 5.3.2Airport APM Performance Measure #1: Service Availability (Tier B Approach) NFp TTR F MTTR = F=1 NFp 126.96.36.199Definition Service Availability (Tier B Approach) is the percentage of Where: time service has been available on the airport APM system, as defined herein. In an effort to limit the complexity of the �SAB = Service Availability (Tier B Approach). measure and provide an alternate means of calculating ser- �MTBF = Mean time between failure = service reliability. vice availability, the measure deliberately does not attempt to �MTTR = Mean time to restore = service maintainability.
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31 �p = The represented period of time, typically the day, month- train is taken out of service at the terminal station, the to-date, or year-to-date. total time to restore ends when all doors of the train are �SOT = Scheduled operating time. The total time in seconds closed and locked at the completion of the dwell. that the system was scheduled to provide service. When multiple failures occur at the same time, during �F = Failure. Failure is any of the following: the same incident, or due to the same malfunction, the � When any in-service train has an unscheduled stoppage total time to restore begins at the earliest start time of the during the time when the system is scheduled to provide failures and ends at the latest end time of the failures. service. � In-service train is a train located in the passenger-carrying � When any in-service train has an incomplete trip on portion of the system that passengers are able to use for a scheduled route during the time when the system is transport. scheduled to provide service. � Incomplete trip is the trip of an in-service train that fails to � When any vehicle or station platform door blocks any make a station stop on the scheduled route or that fails to portion of the nominal doorway opening that passen- finish the trip on the scheduled route. gers use to board and alight trains dwelling in the station � Unscheduled stoppage is the unscheduled stopping of any during the time when the system is scheduled to provide in-service train that is not dwelling in the station or the service. unscheduled stopping of any in-service train that remains �NFp = Number of failures for the period. The total number in the station longer than the scheduled dwell time. of all failures in the period. (Multiple failures occurring at the same time, during the same incident, or due to the Deliberately employing operating strategies to eliminate or same malfunction are to be counted as one failure.) stop the accumulation of downtime by exploiting the intent �TTR = Total time to restore. The total time to restore ser- of the rules herein, especially when those strategies do not benefit the APM user, is not permitted in the context of this vice after a failure, calculated as follows: system of evaluation. � For unscheduled stoppages not occurring in conjunc- All failures and total restoration times are to be quanti- tion with a station dwell, the total time to restore begins fied and assigned to one of the following predefined causal when the train reaches zero speed and ends when the categories: train restarts (in automatic or via manual operation). � For unscheduled stoppages occurring in conjunction � Weather-induced. Failures caused by the weather, such as with a station dwell, the total time to restore begins at lightning striking the guideway, or a snow or ice storm. the end of the scheduled dwell time and ends when the � Passenger-induced. Failures caused by a passenger, such as a train departs the station. Where the unscheduled stop- passenger holding the vehicle doors open or a passenger pull- page occurs during a dwell at a terminal station, and ing an emergency evacuation handle on an in-service train. the train is taken out of service at the terminal station, � System equipment-induced. Failures caused by system the total time to restore ends when all doors of the train equipment, such as a broken axle on an in-service train, or are closed and locked at the completion of the dwell. train control system equipment that fails while in service. � For incomplete trips where a train fails to make a sta- � Facilities-induced. Failures caused by the facilities, such tion stop on its route before arriving at its destination as a station roof leaking water onto the floor immediately terminal, the total time to restore begins at the moment in front of one side of the station sliding platform doors, the train bypasses a station and ends at the start of the requiring a bypass of that side of the station, or a crack in next station dwell for the same train. a guideway pier that limits the number of trains in an area. � For incomplete trips where a train fails to finish a trip � Utility-induced. Failures caused by a utility service provider, on the scheduled route, the total time to restore begins such as the loss of an incoming electrical feed to the APM at the moment the train ceases its trip on the route and system. ends at the scheduled arrival time of the trip for the � O&M-induced. Failures caused by personnel affiliated with scheduled destination terminal on the route. the O&M organization, such as the mis-operation of the � For vehicle or station platform doors that block any system from the control center or the failure of a maintenance portion of the nominal doorway opening that passen- technician to properly isolate a piece of equipment from gers use to board and alight trains dwelling in station, the active system operation on which he or she is working. the total time to restore begins at the moment a door � Other. Failures caused by other issues, such as a terrorist blocks any portion of the nominal doorway opening threat or a delay due to the transport of a VIP. during the dwell and ends when the train departs the station. Where blockage of the nominal doorway open- There are no provisions for partial service credit in this ing occurs during a dwell at a terminal station, and the measure, no penalties for line capacity reductions (i.e., shorter
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32 trains), no allowances for grace periods, and no exclusions for For these measures, most of the data will typically be col- failures. This maintains the simplicity and usability of the lected from records and systems in the control center. In some measure while providing a measure most reflective of the cases, the CCCS that is part of the ATS subsystem will have perspective of the airport APM user. the functionality to allow user-defined reports and/or perfor- mance measures to be generated based on custom rules set by the user, and output data can be generated by the airport 18.104.22.168 Data Requirements and Sources APM system itself. After the one-time setup of the performance The data and sources required to calculate Service Avail- measures in the CCCS, most of what is needed thereafter are ability (Tier B Approach), service reliability (MTBF), and the incidental updates of the causes and numbers of particular service maintainability (MTTR) are provided in Table 7. failures, and perhaps not much more, depending on the sophis- tication of the CCCS and output data generated by the airport APM system. Control center personnel usually perform these 220.127.116.11Data Collection Techniques and Calculating updates after each downtime event or before their shifts are and Recording the Measure complete. In many cases, this allows reports to be automati- It is recommended that the collection of data for the Service cally generated (usually daily, monthly, and/or yearly) directly Availability (Tier B Approach), service reliability (MTBF), by the CCCS. If this functionality exists within the CCCS, it is and service maintainability (MTTR) performance measures recommended that it be used since it could save time and effort. be accomplished daily, since the measures will serve a use- Some CCCSs do not have the capability described previ- ful purpose in describing performance when reported daily ously, but instead can dump the raw output data acquired within an organization. from the airport APM system automatically to a batch file or Table 7. Data requirements and sources, Airport APM Performance Measure #1: Service Availability (Tier B Approach). Data Requirement Source Scheduled arrival and departure ATS subsystem of the ATC system; times, by train number, of in-service 1 typically recorded by the CCCS trains at the terminal stations of each route in the system Actual arrival and departure times, ATS, CCCS 2 by train number, of in-service trains at every station stop in the system Scheduled opening and closing times ATS, CCCS 3 of the system Actual dwell start and end times, by ATS, CCCS 4 train number, of all in-service trains at every station stop in the system Location, time, and train number of Control center logbooks 5 trips not finished on a scheduled Incident reports route ATS, CCCS Times of all zero speed and non-zero ATS, CCCS 6 speed indications for all in-service trains, by train number and location Times and locations of in-service Control center logbooks 7 trains taken out of service, by train Incident reports number ATS, CCCS Times of all vehicle and station platform doors' closed and locked ATS, CCCS 8 status in the system, by train number and terminal station location Times of vehicle and station platform Control center logbooks 9 door opening faults, by train number Incident reports and station location ATS, CCCS Control center logbooks 10 Number of failures Incident reports ATS, CCCS Control center logbooks 11 Cause of failures Incident reports Work orders ATS, CCCS
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33 to some other network location connected to the CCCS, for a door opening fault at every station at which the train dwells, example. This is typically done at the end of the operating day this would need to be reflected as one failure in the applica- or shortly thereafter. In this case it may be easiest to import tion rather than as multiple failures coincident with the door the data into a spreadsheet application having a file specifi- opening faults at each of the stations. cally developed to calculate and track this performance mea- To track performance over time, it is recommended that Ser- sure. The application and file could be installed on a personal vice Availability (Tier B Approach), service reliability (MTBF), computer in the control center so that staff there would have and service maintainability (MTTR) be calculated for the day, the same ability to keep the data current on each shift. It is month, and year, with Service Availability (Tier B Approach) assumed for the purpose of this guidebook and performance reported daily to the hundredth of a percent, and service reli- measure that airport APM systems at least have the capabil- ability (MTBF) and service maintainability (MTTR) reported ity to retrieve the data described in numbers 1 through 10 daily in hours, minutes, and seconds. The measures reported of Table 7 electronically from the CCCS. If not, and if the for the month and year are always cumulative-to-date, and they control center manually logs all actions or events that occur reset upon the start of the new month or new year. For example, throughout the operating day, then whatever information if the daily report is being issued for the 10th of February cannot be obtained electronically from the CCCS will have for a particular year, the reported daily measures would be to be mined manually from the logbook and other locations for the 10th of February, the reported monthly measures as described in Table 7. would be the cumulative availability of days one through 10 Regardless of how the data are collected, some manual of February, and the reported yearly measures would be the updates will need to be undertaken in the application for each cumulative availability of the days from January 1st through failure to ensure that the measures are recorded and reported February 10th. accurately. Specifically, a cause for each failure will need to The number of failures and total time to restore could be be assigned. These causes are defined and discussed in Sec- reported similarly, by causal category. The example provided tion 184.108.40.206. There can be one or more causes assigned to a in Table 6 reflected downtime for the Service Availability single failure. For example, there may be one failure for the (Tier A Approach) performance measure being reported in day, which was initially caused by weather, but the recovery seconds. That could be replicated for the reporting of total time of the system was delayed further by a technician who forgot to restore under this Service Availability (Tier B Approach) to remove his or her red tags and locks from the breakers that performance measure, but is reported in Table 8 in hours, allow the system to be energized and restored. This oversight minutes, and seconds for the sake of comparing the two report- extended the delay by 1 hour. If the total time to restore for ing units. the event was 2 hours, then half of it (3,600 sec) would be as- An example of how the Service Availability (Tier B Ap- signed to "weather" and the other half (3,600 sec) to "O&M." proach), service reliability (MTBF), and service maintain- Similarly, the number of failures may need to be manually ability (MTTR) performance measures could be reported for updated. For example, if a train has a failed door and there is the day of February 10, 2010, and the associated assignment Table 8. Example reporting of airport APM Performance Measure #1: Service Availability (Tier B Approach). February 10, 2010 Day Month-to-Date Year-to-Date Service Availability 99.17% 99.88% 98.50% (Tier B Approach) Service reliability 10:00:00 80:00:00 06:34:00 (MTBF) Service maintainability 00:05:00 00:06:00 00:06:10 (MTTR) Failures and Total Time To Restore (TTR), by Category, for February 10, 2010 Day Month-to-Date Year-to-Date Failures TTR Failures TTR Failures TTR Weather -- -- -- -- 5 03:00:00 Passenger 1 00:06:00 10 01:26:00 75 02:45:00 System equipment 1 00:04:00 8 00:30:00 30 01:30:00 Facilities -- -- 1 00:20:00 4 00:30:00 Utility -- -- 2 00:04:00 4 04:00:00 O&M -- -- 4 00:10:00 6 00:20:00 Other -- -- -- -- 1 00:46:00 Total 2 00:10:00 25 02:30:00 125 12:51:00


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A family was displaced after a fire was discovered in their attic Saturday morning, reported L.A. County Fire Department officials.
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It is still unknown as to what caused the fire said Marrujo.
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LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Robert Coello on a minor league contract.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jhoulys Chacin on a two-year contract.
NEW YORK METS — Signed RHP Scott Atchison to a minor league contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Signed RHP Chad Durbin to a one-year contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with RHP Luke Gregerson on a one-year contract and RHP Freddy Garcia, RHP Tim Stauffer and LHP Arturo Lopezon on minor league contracts.
CHICAGO BEARS — Named Tim Tibesar linebackers coach.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Announced the retirement of running backs coach Jim Anderson.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Bobby Babich assistant defensive backs coach and Daron Roberts defensive quality control coach.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Named Jack Bicknell Jr. offensive line coach.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released OT Jordan Taormina.
DALLAS STARS — Assigned F Colton Sceviour to the Texas (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled C Drew Shore from San Antonio (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled RW Matt Anderson from Albany (AHL).
PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Signed F Graham Mink.
COLORADO MAMMOTH — Released G Chris Levis. Re-signed G Dan Lewis.
STANFORD — Promoted Mike Bloomgren to offensive coordinator, Mike Sanford to quarterbacks and wide receivers coach, and Tavita Pritchard from defensive assistant to running backs coach.
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The next step in the basketball career of former East Oktibbeha basketball player April Sykes will be in Los Angeles.
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The reason the website the OP was talking about is not there may have something to do with you
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Many websites don't last more than one. I'd also point out that the OP has only the one post ever, so the chance of him replying is pretty low.
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Bloomberg reports that Sony Corporation is looking to sell its audio-recognition software business, Gracenote, which has annual revenue in the $100 million to $200 million range. Sony acquired Gracenote in 2008 for $260 million. The company provides software that allows Apple iTunes and other digital retailers to recognize songs using metadata. The company also works with the television industry, assisting marketers to target advertisements based on demographics. Read More


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COP 20 aims to mitigate greenhouse-gas emissions, adapt to climate change
United Methodists join Lima, Peru, gathering to attain just, binding instrument to replace Kyoto Protocol of 1997. read more »
Faith groups hold climate vigils
Global, multi-faith campaign glows as world leaders meet in Lima, Peru, for negotiations. read more »
17 faith groups meet with EPA Administrator
Deliver over 10,000 comments in support of Clean Power Plan
Urge moving forward with proposed standards for existing power plants to reduce carbon pollution as quickly as possible. read more »
40-day climate walk ends on typhoon anniversary
'We can't afford to lose this battle for humanity'
By highlighting vulnerable countries like the Philippines, marchers hope to encourage confronting global climate-change crisis. read more »
400,000 people march for climate
United Methodists from around world take part
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Wooing the big bucks
As The Scripps Research Institute has discovered, being a prestigious biomedical research center doesn't necessarily bring financial security. La Jolla-based Scripps Research faces increased competition for government grants, which fund more than 86 percent of its budget. It has run deficits in recent years and has estimated it will lose $21 million this fiscal year.
The institute's $300 million endowment, meant to supply a financial cushion and fund research that can't be supported otherwise, may need hundreds of millions more from donors.
That's a mighty challenge for whoever replaces Michael Marletta, its departing president and CEO. But other respected civic institutions, such as the San Diego Symphony and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, have overcome similar obstacles. And earlier this year, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute boosted its financial stability with a single $275 million donation.
It turns out there are a number of paths to these mega-philanthropic gifts. While the details of each donation are unique, they share common characteristics. Trusted relationships, a good story to tell and the donors' own values all contribute to making these gifts materialize.
A chance encounter on a round-the-world charter flight seven years ago helped bring a prodigious donor, Denny Sanford, to San Diego. The story is told by philanthropist Malin Burnham, who openly delights in coaxing dollars out of Sanford's pocket, especially for the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, which both have funded.
On that flight were members of the World Presidents' Organization, a business leadership group. Sanford was one of the passengers. Another was hotel developer "Papa" Doug Manchester, now publisher of U-T San Diego, and his wife.
"Denny had just previously given his big $400 million pledge to the South Dakota hospital system," Burnham said. "And when he told that to the Manchesters, he said, 'Hey, I'm on the board of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in San Diego. You've got to come out and see what we're doing.' So that started the whole thing."
Shortly thereafter, Burnham and his wife, Roberta, met Sanford for the first time. The occasion was Manchester's 65th birthday.
"He arranged to have a five-person table reserved for (then-Burnham chief executive) John Reed and his wife, Roberta and me, and Denny," Burnham said. "We invited Denny to come to San Diego and visit our campus."
Several weeks later, Sanford arrived at the institute, bringing colleagues. The idea was a partnership to bring research from the institute to children in Sanford's hospital system.
"We got in a room with some of our scientists and John Reed and I, and they had the whiteboards and made all kinds of marks," Burnham said. "Denny estimated it would probably cost about $20 million over five years to put this all together. And Denny said, 'Can you write this all up?' And we did, and he did."
The personal chemistry also matched, Burnham said.
"Personality-wise, we just clicked," Burnham said. "We can be serious, we can have fun."
Such relationships are the core of philanthropy, said William Brody, president of the Salk Institute, himself renowned for his skill at connecting with people.


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Describing the UPA's 10-year rule as "decade of decay", BJP today promised to restore investor confidence by promoting growth, checking inflation, pushing tax reforms and encouraging foreign investments, but said no to FDI in multibrand retail.
The BJP manifesto, released in the presence of its top leaders, also proposes greater push to infrastructure, high speed trains, 100 modern cities and thrust on job creation along with skills development. "Decade under the UPA - I and II can rightly be summed in one line, the 'Decade of Decay', in which India had a free fall on all fronts - be it governance, economy, diplomacy, foreign policy, border safety, etc," it said.
The absence of statecraft, it said, has never been felt so acutely as today. "The collapse of the Indian economy has contributed to the sorry state of foreign affairs in no small measure," the 42-page manifesto said.
Accusing the Congress-led UPA government of dragging the country through 10 years of jobless growth, BJP said it will accord high priority to job creation and opportunities for entrepreneurship".
BJP further vowed to fight UPA's "tax terrorism" and promised a "non-adversarial and conducive tax environment" by rationalising and simplifying the tax structure. The party said it will work with all state governments to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST), which will subsume most of the indirect taxes. "We will bring back credibility and trust in government, re-sowing confidence in the India story domestically as well as internationally. Through consistent, long-term policies, we will not just spur the process of economic growth, but also ensure that it is stable as well as balanced," it added.
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Billionaire Warren Buffett's holding company bought nearly 2.8 million shares of Dow Jones dj earlier this year, before Rupert Murdoch sealed his deal to buy the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
Berkshire Hathaway brkabrkb filed the quarterly summary of its $61.1 billion portfolio of U.S. stocks with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The filing did not say how much Berkshire paid for the Dow Jones shares, which closed at $36.33 the day before news of Murdoch's $60-per-share offer became public May 1.
Berkshire bought the Dow Jones shares sometime in April, May or June, so it could have paid as little as $34 a share. Berkshire held 2.78 million shares of Dow Jones stock, worth about $159.8 million, at the end of June.
The Dow Jones purchase runs counter to Buffett's well-established opinion that newspapers face long-term challenges because the economics of the business are eroding. But Berkshire's Dow Jones ownership is likely to be short term.
Murdoch's News Corp. nws reached an agreement Aug. 1 to pay $5 billion to acquire Dow Jones.
Berkshire's summary reveals several changes in the Omaha-based company's holdings as of June 30, but Berkshire's recent investments in two major freight railroads were omitted.
Berkshire received permission from the SEC to omit information about its investments in Union Pacific unp and Norfolk Southern nsc, which were first disclosed in May.
Berkshire regularly asks the Securities and Exchange Commission for the ability not to immediately disclose its holdings. Berkshire says the information could hurt its trading strategy because the market likes to follow what the "Oracle of Omaha's" company does.
In May, Berkshire revealed the company owned 10.5 million shares of Union Pacific and nearly 6.4 million shares of Norfolk Southern. The news of Berkshire's railroad investments sent shares of all major freight railroads soaring.
Earlier this month, Berkshire said in SEC filings it had added to its railroad holdings by buying 1.62 million shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe bni. Berkshire owns 40.65 million shares, or about 11.5% of the railroad.
Different disclosure rules apply to the BNSF investment because Berkshire owns more than 10% of that company.
Buffett's assistant Debbie Bosanek said Tuesday that Berkshire would not comment on its investments beyond what the government requires the company to disclose.
The filing does not differentiate between investments Berkshire makes, investments any of its more than 60 subsidiaries make, or investments Buffett himself makes.
Berkshire added to its banking holdings with a new investment in 8.7 million shares of Bank of America bac, worth about $425.3 million. Berkshire also added to its already sizable investments in Wells Fargo wfc and U.S. Bancorp usb during the quarter and maintained its 6.7 million shares of M&T Bank mtb.
Berkshire increased its stake in U.S. Bank's parent company from 23.3 million shares at the end of March to 37.1 million shares worth $839.6 million at the end of June.
Berkshire added about 25.5 million shares of Wells Fargo during the quarter. It owned 257.7 million shares of Wells Fargo worth about $9.1 billion at the end of June. That represents nearly 8% of Wells Fargo.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) today announced that data from its Phase 1/2 clinical trial of KRX-0401 (perifosine) in combination with bortezomib (+/- dexamethasone) has been selected for poster presentation at the upcoming 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), to be held in New Orleans from December 5-8, 2009. The clinical data to be presented demonstrates the potential safety and efficacy of KRX-0401 in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
Details on the Abstract selected for poster presentation are as follows: Abstract #: 1869 TITLE: Perifosine in Combination with Bortezomib and Dexamethasone Extends Progression-Free Survival and Overall Survival in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients Previously Treated with Bortezomib: Updated Phase I/II Trial Results Lead Author: Paul Richardson, MD Session Name: Myeloma - Therapy, excluding Transplantation Poster I Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009 Presentation Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Hall E Poster Board no.: I-891
This abstract became available for viewing yesterday on the American Society of Hematology website (www.hematology.org). At the time of the abstract submission in mid-August 2009, there were 84 patients enrolled on study, of which 73 were evaluable for efficacy and are reported on within the abstract. Updated efficacy (response rate, time-to-progression and survival) and safety analyses, as of mid-November 2009, will be presented at the conference.
A copy of the above referenced abstract can be viewed online through the ASH website,
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I don't have Eldridge in front of me, and haven't been through the canal since May, but given distance from Salem and need to time entry, it sounds like it will be tough to get from Salem through the canal on first leg. I agree with above to put in to Scituate and head out next morning. Maybe Plymouth, but it is a ways in and a ways out. Then, if you get a morning current ride through the canal and all things going well, get through Woods Hole (again, depending on state of current) and figure out whether you've got enough time to proceed to N'ket or stop in Vineyard Haven, and head out next morning. Cuttyhunk was suggested above, but it would take you well beyond Woods Hole and you've have to back track by a couple of different options to get back on your path. C'hunk definitely worth going to, but you sound like you want to get to N'ket. So, maybe with all that you get into N'ket on your third day, all things considered. Don't know how aggressively you want to get there. Eldridge will dicate what you can accomplish re: CCC, Woods Hole, Vineyard Sound, N'ket.
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Small avocado groves in peril
Smaller groves evaporating due to high water costs
"A lot of local farmers are making money, but you have to get the production and the whole key is being a good irrigator. You've got to put the water on even though you hate to look at that water bill at the end of the month. It's critical," he said.
Added Larson: "Selling the fruit and getting a good price for it is really not the issue. It's the cost. It's the cost of water that's beating everybody up."
Many growers in the San Pasqual and Pauma valleys rely mostly on groundwater and Lucy said some farmers in Fallbrook and Valley Center are going back to long abandoned wells in hopes of tapping some extra water.
Even though California avocado production is down 40 percent this year, there is no worry about an avocado shortage.
Lucy said whatever isn't produced in the state is made up for in Mexican avocados (1.1 billion pounds this year) and fruit from Peru and Chile.
Lucy, who is also a director of the Rainbow Municipal Water District, said all the agricultural districts in the area have seen a reduction of about 30 percent in water sales recently as growers stop growing.
San Diego County has long been the biggest producers of avocados in the state, but both Lucy and Larson said that may end pretty soon.
"We still pick the most fruit here but I won't be surprised when Ventura County takes over as number one in California," Larson said. "They've been planting some acreage up there. The trend has been for our acreage to be decreasing while their acreage is increasing. There's a point in time when eventually they'll supplant us."
Although acreage is down, in the coming years Larson said he thinks the amount of fruit may increase as professional growers find success with higher density farming — more avocados per tree.
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Grown up gamers only, do you, or would you, own all 3?
I have all 3 also prefer the xbox controller i got the one under the impression they where going to cross plat windows app from rt, pro and the one so i thought that be pretty cool. The ps4 because it seems like this maybe another ps2 generation and if you liked rpg's the ps2 delivered .As for the wii u monster hunter brought me there and since then i've been kind of disappointed but that's mainly the tablets fault if they let that system just run purely on the pro i think it be better .
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The problem with owning both a PS4 and a XB1 is the fact that you would have to pay for two memberships (PS+ and Gold). At least with the PS3 and 360 the choice went down to whether or not I want to pay for Gold. I think it's for the better to choose one and skip the other.
In my case I think that PS+ gives you more value if you also own a PS3 and Vita.
As for complementary consoles, Nintendo consoles fit the bill, though I wish the price of the Nintedo's games themselves would be lower.
just get a pc and wii u.. best of both worlds.. free online, better exclusives, more games
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Though unfortunately I can't sell my WiiU yet with Bayonetta 2 and Smash coming out soon.
Enough with the fanboyism
I had multiple account issues with microsoft last gen and have zero intention of getting an X1. I also let my XBL expire on my 360.
They would have to come out with the most incredible exclusive ever for me to even remotely consider getting the X1. That being said, there are a few features that look cool and a few things it does I wish the PS4 did, but at this point I want nothing to do with microsoft.
As for nintendo, I feel like they have lost their way. I wouldn't get any of their devices / systems unless I had had money to burn, and even then it would be pretty far down my list.
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I'm not interested in Wii at all.
I also have a gaming pc with all ps consoles, so I can play those "microsoft" exclusives, rare ones that I want to play.
X1 doesn't have any real exclusives that I want to play, nor x360 did. And on top of that, noone buys xboxes here.
I don't know if I'd buy it even if I had the money.
That doesn't necceseraly mean it's a bad console, just it's aimed towards different gamers than myself.
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I know "grown up gamers" doesn't match Gfaqs but hopefully there are a few left. I own a WiiU and PS4. It's easy to answer why. I love console gaming and I enjoy console exclusives. Mario Kart 8 looks very good to me. There has not been one PS4 exclusive that is amazing to me, but there is a good chance one or two will show up at E3. So far I count 2 pretty interesting games for the XB1 I like, Dead Rising and Sunset Overdrive. If they continue to pile up I might have to start considering XB1 if the price falls to $399.
I own two of the three. I'm a massive Nintendo fan, and have been since 1993. So WiiU, was a no brainer. I also love console gaming. I can't get into PC gaming. Last gen, was the first time i owned all three. I bought Wii on launch day, 360 a year after it's release, and PS3 right after that. I also had a PSP and DS. This gen, I bought a Vita 10 months after launch, a 3DS on launch day, WiiU on launch, PS4 on launch and I'm waiting on E3 for Microsoft to give me a reason to get a One. I love Nintendo, but I want to play every great experience I can. Sony and Microsoft both have great 1st party franchises, and third party support. I'm really pumped for Mario Kart8, which looks stunning. I'm curious to see how Watch Dogs turns out, and for this fall, I'm excited for a slew of games on all three consoles and both portables.
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I did this past gen that's only because the PS3 started way too slow and 360 were getting some jrpgs I wanted. Otherwise I'm a Playstation/Nintendo guy. I've been that way since gen 5. I prefer to just own 2 systems that have different games. It allows me to enjoy the exclusives between them.
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