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Anchoring System to Be Used for Structural Stabilization of Historic Church
When two towers of the historic First Lutheran Church of the Reformation of New Britain, Conn., were in need of repair, Baltimore-based CINTEC America had an anchoring solution that could tackle the job.
CINTEC says the Anchor System process begins with an inspection of the structure by a qualified CINTEC engineer. The CINTEC system is used extensively to secure and reinforce historic and historical buildings, masonry bridges, monuments, railway structures, retaining walls and harbor walls. It is considered versatile and a good fit for reinforcing stone, concrete, clay, terra cotta, adobe and even timber structures.
"The decision to use the CINTEC anchoring system was a straightforward one," says Joe Porcaro, licensed structural engineer and owner of AJP Engineering LLC of Berlin, Conn., the company responsible for restoration of the church. "I have been using CINTEC systems since 1999, and once the engineering evaluation was completed, it was determined that the structural stabilization of stone masonry façades was an ideal project for CINTEC. Additionally, using the CINTEC stainless-steel anchors will allow for the completion of the work at half the cost of traditional masonry methods."
"Even as it restores, stabilizes, strengthens and repairs, the system does not compromise the parent material," says Robert Lloyd-Rees, FFB, COO for CINTEC America. "And because the anchoring system becomes part of the structure, it does not visibly alter a structure's appearance."
At the site, the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, fashioned out of a steel bar enclosed in a mesh fabric sleeve, is inserted into the structure in need of reinforcement. A specially developed, non-polymer, cement-like grout is injected into the sleeve under low pressure. The grout fuses with the mesh, expands and shapes itself around the steel to fit the space. CINTEC uses dry or low-volume wet diamond drilling techniques to reduce or even eliminate water damage associated with conventional concrete wet drilling.
Extensive in-situ load testing on various sizes and types of CINTEC anchors has proven that large blast loads can be resisted successfully, and that the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System provides a reliable, bottom-line defense against explosions.
CINTEC America is a structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair and preservation company. For more information, email email@example.com, or visit www.cintec.com.
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A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:
Saturday at Anaheim, Calif.
Junior middleweight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez W12 Matthew HattonWins a vacant junior middleweight titlescores: 119-108 (three times)
Records: Alvarez, 36-0-1, 26 KOs; Hatton, 41-5-2, 16 KOs
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Frankfort, Kentucky - Senator Mitch McConnell says he plans to force a vote to stop new Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at cutting carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.
He says, "Look, Kentucky is facing a real crisis here. The Obama Administration appears to be sending signals that its latest regulation is just the beginning in a new, expanded front in its War on Coal. Already, the Administration's regulations have played a significant role in causing coal jobs in my state to plummet. These are good jobs that pay more than $1 billion in annual wages to my constituents. And for every miner with a job, three more Kentuckians will hold a coal-dependent job too.So the Majority Leader and his Washington Democrat caucus now have a choice. Are they going to stand with the coal families under attack in places like Kentucky and West Virginia and Colorado, or are they going to continue to stand with the powerful left-wing special interests that want to see their jobs eliminated".
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Did you get some sort of wonky PS3 or something? All of mine seem to work.Rya.Reisender said:Wish all the PSN titles would also work on PS3. Why is it so hard to make the systems compatible. =3
I agree with you 100%. There are tons of PSP RPG's I would purchase, if only. But, Sony wants to sell PSP hardware. Maybe someday they will allow this. But not until the hardware is dead or on life-support.freykin said:It probably wouldn't be all that difficult, and would make a ton of sense in that I'd love to be able to play my PSP games on my PS3 in addition to my PSP.
I love the PSP. Easily my most used RPG system in the past year.Balance said:I had recently bought this dead platform so I wouldn't have angst about missing all the games. This game looks so retro it hurts but that's exactly why I will get it, my resolve is crumbling on ragnarok tactics too, despite it's mediocre score. Also, for a dead platform, they keep bringing out stuff for it, and the niche gaming I like, more life than Vita for me! Haha perhaps I should start a club called the "Dead Platform Society". About the trailer......I cannot resist ....six rings? Is it trying to be more epic than Lord of the Rings :p?
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Eagles-Dolphins predictions and key matchups
Daily News staffHere are the Daily News selections for today's Eagles game and the key matchups: LES BOWEN Last week, I thought the Eagles might rally around their coach and beat a bad-to-mediocre Seattle team, despite the travel, the short week and the foibles of Vince Young. Silly me. The Dolphins have done... Read more
Maclin downgraded to questionable
Daily News staffThe Eagles have downgraded wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (hamstring) from probable to questionable for Sunday's game at Miami. He will travel with the team today to Miami. Maclin has missed the last three games with shoulder and hamstring injuries, but the hamstring injury has lingered. He indictated... Read more
Eagles-Dolphins keys to the game
Paul Domowitch, Daily News NFL ColumnistHere are our five things to watch for Sunday's Eagles-Dolphins game: Who'll Stop the Run? The Dolphins, like the Seahawks last week, are a run-first offense. If you can shut down their ground game, your chances of victory increase significantly. But that's a big if for a bad-tackling Eagles... Read more
DRC questionable; Nnamdi on Marshall Plan
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Say what you will, but his ability to hide his twig and berries under that tiny triangle is something to be applauded.
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Much more interesting when humping a giant sea urchin ball thingy while semi-nude.
But who am I kidding, (s)he's always semi-nude.
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skank in a hideous swimsuit….she looks great (though a little to muscular for my liking) but god, leave something to the imagination.
She leaves something in my imagination…
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2002 Cadillac Escalade V8 All Wheel Drive Automatic 91,000 miles. My Escalade EXT keeps giving me a "Service Stability System" message on the message screen on the dashboard. I had the same problem last year, and the dealer found trouble codes C0205.207 stored in the system. They checked the reading from the "Steering Wheel Position" and found an internal malfunction in the "Steering Wheel Position Sensor."QUESTION: What's going on? Is it likely that the same sensor has failed. After just one year and 3,000 miles? Do you know of any systemic problems with this model of the Escalade. And can you point me in the right direction. Other than back to the dealer? If I purchased one of the better OBDII readers. Will it really help me solve the problem?
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Dr. Al Mohler on the Episcopal Church and Homosexual priests
"A House Divided" is Dr. Mohler's latest blog. It concerns something that has puzzled me for years. Why would any so-called "Christian denomination" seek out for ordination homosexuals after the many scandals in the Roman Catholic sect involving priest and little boys; it is insane.
Every parent who has a small son should leave the Episcopal church immediately for the sake of their son's safety and future sanity.
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Cisco Systems to open global research centre in Toronto
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Cisco Systems Inc. has selected Toronto as one of four global "Internet of everything" research centres and plans a new investment in the city of up to $100 million over 10 years.
Toronto will join Songdo, South Korea; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and another unnamed city in Germany as a Cisco regional innovation hub, the San Jose, Ca.-based networking gear maker announced Tuesday.
Cisco said it will launch the Toronto IoE Innovation Centre to help companies and government agencies capitalize on the Internet of everything — the sensor-based interconnection of digital devices and products such as cars and appliances over the web.
It said the investment will support design and infrastructure, technology, staffing and operational costs for engineering research and will help fund start up companies advancing Internet of everything technologies.
Cisco chair and CEO John Chambers has promoted the concept as a new wave of technological innovation that he estimates will net $14.4 billion (U.S.) in corporate profits and $4.6 billion in private sector savings and new revenue in coming years, with $500 billion accruing to Canada.
Chambers in a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January said municipalities will be able to lower fixed costs with implementation of IoE technology in waste collection, transportation, lighting and other systems.
The Toronto IoE Innovation Centre will occupy 15,000 sq. ft. of space in the Oxford Properties' new RBC WaterPark Place in the city's financial district, with the centre scheduled for completion in the spring of 2015.
WaterPark Place will also be home to Cisco's new Canadian headquarters.
"The decision to locate in Canada's largest city reflects Cisco Canada's leadership in working with municipalities, and the Canadian construction and real estate industries," the company said.
The Toronto investment is something of a slight to the North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, where Cisco employs 5,000 in its biggest U.S. hub outside of Silicon Valley.
Chambers a year ago warned the Obama administration that the company would reduce spending and hiring in the U.S. if corporate taxes were not lowered. He also vowed to expand Cisco's operations in Canada, a nation he praised for a supportive business investment climate.
In December Cisco said it would invest up to $4 billion over 10 years to build research and development facilities in Ontario that it said would create up to 1,700 new high tech jobs, with the province contributing $220 million in grants.
It said the Internet of everything innovation centre investment represents an additional commitment.
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Wow, what a bloodbath! Granted the pieces were already known from future novels- but it was really quite shocking to see how it enfolded. After the fall of the Dominion, Cardassia Prime really has been changed from being the equivalent of Nazi Germany, to the embattled Middle East.
I really do like where this series is going. I can also tell there is some pipe being laid with that camera shocking Nog and itching Shar, and this whole Vinculum thing. Can start to see more seeds being planted for the Ascendant arc, and I am amped.
Maybe just a suggestion to call it something other than 'Vinculum' since it's an obscure word that most trekkers will just associate with a piece of Borg technology anyways
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The move comes after the New Mexico Spaceport Authority announced plans to build welcome centers in Hatch and in Truth or Consequences, the Albuquerque Journal reported (http://bit.ly/uCwTnO). The centers will allow tourists and other visitors to be shuttled to the spaceport, still under construction in southern Sierra County.
Spaceport Authority officials have said visitors will not be allowed to drive their own cars to the Spaceport America site.
But the annexation "goes way beyond that," said Hatch Mayor Judd Nordyke, referring to the possibility of locating a welcome center within the newly annexed area around the nearest Interstate 25 exit.
"We're annexing it so we can get some area available for development in the village."
Nordyke and trustee Lloyd Burns noted the bulk of the town's business district is along two roads, already largely developed, and visitors must drive about half a mile west from the highway to reach restaurants, shops and convenience stores.
To make it easier for visitors to shop in the town that touts itself as the "chile capital of the world," the annexation moves Hatch's limits to the highway. "We're kind of landlocked, and we need to push that way," Burns said following a board of trustees' meeting Tuesday evening. "It's a positive move for the future."
The annexation increases the size of the town of roughly 1,700 residents by about 15 percent.
The Spaceport Authority's criteria for the welcome center sites includes being close to a highway off-ramp, having utilities available, and being free or inexpensive to the state.
A couple that owns land in the newly annexed area, Frank and Cynthia Carril, already has promised to donate 10 acres for the welcome center, including five acres for parking.
"This is a great chance for Hatch, and they are taking advantage of it at the right time," Frank Carril said. He added the presence of a spaceport welcome center would help promote the town's chile industry.
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Price and Cost Changes in Manufacturing Industries of the United States, 1923-1929
ALTERATIONS in quoted prices of the type cited in the last chapter are the outward manifestations of a great variety of changes in the conditions of supply and of demand, most of which are not open to definite measurement. Within one important industrial area, that which includes the manufacturing industries of the United States, it is possible to press more deeply into the complex of conditions which, on the supply side, lie back of observable market changes.
Certain of the statistics to be utilized in the study of price and cost changes are summarized in Table 151, on the following page. The statistics there given relate to selected industries for which comparable data on physical output and on aggregate values and costs are available. The entries in column (7) define the values of the products entering into the index of physical volume of production, described in Chapter VI. The entries in column (2) give the values of the products to which the entries in columns (3) to (6) relate. The ratios in column (8) serve as a measure of the degree of comparability of the original data relating to physical output, on the one hand, and to number of establishments, number of wage-earners, aggregate value of product and aggregate costs, on the other. It appears that the quantity data employed in constructing the physical volume index relate to approximately 90 per cent, by value, of the goods represented by the data in columns (2) to (6), a relation sufficiently high to justify confidence in the measurements to be derived from a comparison of these various series. As has been explained in detail in a preceding section1 a correction based upon____________________


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Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results PR Newswire SHANGHAI, Nov. 8, 2012 SHANGHAI, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD; "Spreadtrum" or the "Company"), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. THIRD QUARTER 2012 FINANCIAL SUMMARY: oTotal revenue increased 8.5% quarter-over-quarter and 1.7% year-over-year to US$187.9 million, exceeding the Company's previously guided range of US$178 - US$186 million. oGross profit was US$70.1 million compared to US$64.2 million in the previous quarter and US$77.2 million in 3Q11. Gross margin was 37.3% compared to 37.1% in the previous quarter and 41.8% in 3Q11. oCash flows from operations were US$45.7 million, compared with US$16.8 million in the previous quarter and US$30.5 million in 3Q11. oGAAP net income was US$23.2 million, compared with US$21.0 million in the previous quarter and US$39.3 million in 3Q11. oGAAP net income per basic and diluted ADS was US$0.50 and US$0.44, respectively, an increase from US$0.45 and US$0.41 per basic and diluted ADS, respectively, in 2Q12 and a decrease from US$0.84 and US$0.75 per basic and diluted ADS, respectively, in 3Q11. oNon-GAAP net income was US$29.3 million, compared to US$29.6 million in 2Q12 and US$43.5 million in 3Q11. Non-GAAP net income per diluted ADS was US$0.56, a decrease from US$0.58 per diluted ADS in 2Q12 and US$0.83 per diluted ADS in 3Q11. BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS: oExceeded top end of revenue guidance with accompanying improvement in gross margin; oRecognized sales of 11 million 1GHz TD-SCDMA & EDGE Android smartphone chipsets; oQualified 40nm GPRS/GSM baseband with Samsung, now commercially shipping in Samsung 2.5G handsets starting in the fourth quarter; Commenting on the results, Spreadtrum's Chairman and CEO, Dr. Leo Li said, "This quarter, we exceeded our revenue guidance as a result of very strong demand for our TD-SCDMA and EDGE smartphone chipsets. Our smartphone products are fueling the growth of a new ultra-low cost retail segment in China and in overseas markets, making smartphones more affordable and attractive to the first time smartphone buyer. We expect shipments to continue to grow in the fourth quarter. "In the 2.5G segment, we have begun commercially shipping our 40nm SC6530 GPRS chipset to Samsung. In doing so, we are the first Asia-based baseband chipset provider to qualify GPRS/GSM baseband chipsets with a global first tier handset maker. This opens up a larger addressable market for our products and validates the maturity and quality of our solutions. "Looking ahead to 4Q12, we expect revenue to be in the range of US$189 million to US$196 million, which is a sequential increase of 0.6% to 4.3%, with a flat gross margin relative to the third quarter. "This quarter we are expanding our product portfolio to include WCDMA chipsets, dual-core smartphone chipsets, and integrated connectivity which will help drive further growth in 2013." Further commenting on the 3Q12 financial results, Shannon Gao, Spreadtrum's CFO added, "The strong ramp in smartphone products this quarter helped drive an increase in gross margin and we expect to see continuing improvement in product mix as smartphones scale in large volume in 2013. In Q4, we anticipate continuing increases in R&D spendings as we bring new products to market and expand our portfolio to new technologies. In the short term, we expect that our operating margin will remain stable." THIRD QUARTER 2012 FINANCIAL REVIEW: Revenue Revenue in 3Q12 totaled US$187.9 million, up from US$173.1 million in 2Q12 and from US$184.8 million in 3Q11. In 3Q12, smartphone products accounted for 37% of chipset revenue, and feature phone and other products accounted for 63% of chipset revenue. Gross Profit and Margin Gross profit for the quarter was US$70.1 million, up 9.1% from US$64.2 million in 2Q12 and down 9.2% from US$77.2 million in 3Q11. Gross margin for the quarter was 37.3%, up from 37.1% in 2Q12 and down from 41.8% in 3Q11. Non-GAAP gross margin, adjusted to exclude share-based compensation, was 37.4%, up from 37.2% in 2Q12 and down from 41.9% in 3Q11. Cost of revenue in 3Q12 totaled US$117.8 million, an increase of 8.1% from the previous quarter and 9.5% from 3Q11. Operating Expense and Margin The Company's operating margin for the quarter was 13.4%, in line with previous quarter and down from 21.4% in 3Q11. The year-over-year decrease in operating margin was primarily due to a lower gross margin and higher operating expenses as a percentage of revenue. Non-GAAP operating margin, adjusted to exclude share-based compensation expense was 16.6% in 3Q12, compared to 18.5% in 2Q12 and 23.7% in 3Q11. Total operating expenses in 3Q12, including research and development (R&D) expenses and selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses, were US$44.9 million, an increase from US$40.8 million in 2Q12 and from US$37.6 million in 3Q11. R&D expenses increased 9.3% sequentially and 26.4% year-over-year to US$36.5 million in 3Q12. The sequential increase in R&D expenses was primarily due to lower recognized R&D subsidies and higher intangible amortization expenses, partially offset by a decrease in new product development engineering expenses. The year-over-year increase in R&D expenses was primarily due to an increase in new product development engineering expenses, employee compensation expenses including share-based compensation, and depreciation and amortization expenses, partially offset by non-recurring bonuses recorded in 3Q11. SG&A expenses increased 14.4% sequentially and decreased 3.4% year-over-year to US$8.5 million in 3Q12. The sequential increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to non-recurring legal expenses. The year-over-year decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to a non-recurring consulting fee recorded in 3Q11, partially offset by non-recurring legal expenses and increases in employee compensation expenses including share-based compensation. Non-Operating Income In 3Q12, the Company recorded interest income of US$1.5 million, down from US$1.7 million in the previous quarter and US$1.6 million in 3Q11. Interest expense in 3Q12 was US$1.1 million, up from US$0.8 million in the previous quarter and down from US$1.2 million in 3Q11. The sequential increase was due to the borrowing of bank loans in 3Q12. Other income (net) in 3Q12 was a loss of US$0.2 million, compared to a loss of US$0.7 million in 2Q12 and a gain of US$5.2 million in 3Q11. Other income (net) mainly represented net foreign exchange gains and losses. Net Income The Company's net income totaled US$23.2 million in 3Q12, compared to US$21.0 million in 2Q12 and US$39.3 million in 3Q11. The sequential increase in net income was primarily due to the increase in gross profit. Net margin was 12.4%, up from 12.1% in 2Q12 and down from 21.3% in 3Q11. Basic and diluted income per ADS were US$0.50 and US$0.44, respectively, in 3Q12, compared to US$0.45 and US$0.41, respectively, in 2Q12, and US$0.84 and US$0.75, respectively, in 3Q11. Excluding share-based compensation expenses, the Company's non-GAAP net income for 3Q12 was US$29.3 million, down from a non-GAAP net income of US$29.6 million in 2Q12 and down from US$43.5 million in 3Q11. Diluted non-GAAP net income per ADS in 3Q12 was US$0.56, compared with US$0.58 per ADS in the prior quarter and US$0.83 per diluted ADS in 3Q11. Balance Sheet and Cash Flow As of September 30, 2012, the total balance of cash and cash equivalents and term deposit with maturity dates over 90 days was US$190.0 million, compared to US$161.8 million as of June 30, 2012. The total balance of short-term and long-term restricted cash pledged to banks for short-term and long-term loans was US$81.2 million, compared with $77.2 million as of June 30, 2012. In 3Q12, the Company generated US$45.7 million in cash from operating activities and used US$5.4 million in cash on property and equipment, US$6.1 million on intangible assets, US$10.5 million on equity investments and US$4.7 million to pay a quarterly dividend. We repaid short-term bank loans of US$36.7 million that were due in 3Q12 and borrowed new long-term loans of US$50.0 million in the quarter. Accounts receivable increased by US$11.4 million from US$7.9 million as of June 30, 2012 to US$19.3 million as of September 30, 2012. Average accounts receivable days, calculated based on quarterly average accounts receivable divided by quarterly revenue and multiplied by number of days in the quarter, increased sequentially from 4 days to 7 days. Inventory as of September 30, 2012 was US$124.5 million, an increase of US$26.2 million from June 30, 2012. Inventory days, calculated based on quarterly average inventory (excluding deferred cost) divided by quarterly cost of goods sold and multiplied by number of days in the quarter, increased from 67 days in 2Q12 to 86 days in 3Q12. Deferred cost, which consists of products that have shipped to customer where the rights and obligations of ownership have passed to customers but revenue has not yet been recognized due to pending customer acceptance, decreased from US$18.9 million as of June 30, 2012 to US$16.2 million as of September 30, 2012. The decrease is due to the gradual phase-out of the customer acceptance program as the high quality of the Company's products over the last couple of years has helped firmly establish customer confidence. Total assets as of September 30, 2012 were US$676.4 million, up US$90.4 million from US$586.0 million as of June 30, 2012. The increase in total assets was primarily attributable to increases of US$28.1 million in cash, US$26.2 million in inventory, US$11.3 million in accounts receivable, US$11.2 million in equity investment and US$9.1 million in property and equipment. Current liabilities increased from US$221.9 million as of June 30, 2012 to US$238.0 million as of September 30, 2012, primarily due to an increase of US$41.5 million in accounts payable and US$15.7 million in advances from customers, partially offset by a US$36.7 million decrease in short-term loan and a US$3.9 million decrease in accrued expense. Long-term liabilities as of September 30, 2012 were US$82.5 million, compared to US$32.3 million as of June 30, 2012, primarily due to an increase of US$50.0 million in long-term loan. BUSINESS OUTLOOK: Looking ahead, Spreadtrum expects revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012 to be in the range of US$189 million – US$196 million with a flat gross margin relative to the third quarter. WEBCAST OF CONFERENCE CALL: The Company's senior management will host a conference call at 8:00 pm (Eastern) / 5:00 pm (Pacific) on Thursday, November 8, 2012, which is 9:00 am (Hong Kong) on Friday, November 9, 2012 to discuss the financial results and recent business activities. The conference call may be accessed by calling: Toll -- United States/International +1 718 354 1231 -- Hong Kong +852 2475 0994 -- Singapore +65 672 39381 -- United Kingdom +44 20 3059 8139 Participant Passcode "SPRD" or "Spreadtrum" A telephone replay will be available shortly after the call until November 16, 2012 at (US Toll / International) +1 718 354 1232, passcode: 49032301. A live webcast of the conference call and replay, along with an accompanying quarterly results presentation, will be available in the investor relations section of the Company's website. DISCUSSION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES: In addition to disclosing financial results prepared in accordance with US GAAP, the Company's earnings release contains non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the effects of share-based compensation and other non-recurring items. The non-GAAP financial measures used by management and disclosed by the Company exclude the income statement effects of all forms of share-based compensation. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The financial results reported in accordance with US GAAP and reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results should be carefully evaluated. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be prepared differently from and, therefore, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. The Company provides the presentation of non-GAAP gross margin, non- GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS, all excluding share-based compensation expenses. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS are calculated by dividing non-GAAP net income by the US GAAP weighted average diluted shares outstanding. Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Income Statements (in thousands of US dollars, except per share data and percentages) (unaudited) Three months ended September 30 June 30 September 3Q12 change from 30 2011 2012 2012 2Q12 3Q11 Revenue from third 184,783 171,072 185,505 8.4% 0.4% parties Revenue from a related - 2,058 2,367 15.0% - party Total revenue 184,783 173,130 187,872 8.5% 1.7% Cost of revenue 107,625 108,934 117,810 8.1% 9.5% Gross profit 77,158 64,196 70,062 9.1% -9.2% Operating expenses Research & development 28,852 33,344 36,461 9.3% 26.4% Selling, general and 8,776 7,408 8,475 14.4% -3.4% administrative Total operating expenses 37,628 40,752 44,936 10.3% 19.4% Operating income 39,530 23,444 25,126 7.2% -36.4% Non-operating income (expense) Interest income 1,597 1,650 1,530 -7.3% -4.2% Interest expense (1,239) (849) (1,058) 24.6% -14.6% Other income(expense), 5,195 (742) (196) -73.6% -103.8% net Total non-operating 5,553 59 276 367.8% -95.0% income Income before income tax and equity in loss of 45,083 23,503 25,402 8.1% -43.7% affiliates Income tax expense (5,172) (2,706) (2,288) -15.4% -55.8% Equity in loss of (639) (55) (119) 116.4% -81.4% affiliates, net of taxes Net income 39,272 20,742 22,995 10.9% -41.4% Net loss attributable to - 209 241 15.3% - non-controlling interest Net income attributable to Spreadtrum 39,272 20,951 23,236 10.9% -40.8% Communications, Inc. Income per ADS, basic 0.84 0.45 0.50 Income per ADS, diluted 0.75 0.41 0.44 Margin analysis: Gross margin 41.8% 37.1% 37.3% Operating margin 21.4% 13.5% 13.4% Net margin 21.3% 12.1% 12.4% Weighted average ADS equivalent: ^ [1] Basic 47,007,964 46,253,967 46,876,567 Diluted 52,643,649 51,625,730 52,412,164 ADS equivalent outstanding at end of 46,677,518 46,457,352 47,280,006 period [1] Assumes all outstanding ordinary shares are represented by ADSs. Each ADS represents three ordinary shares. Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Income Statements (in thousands of US dollars, except per share data and percentages) (unaudited) Nine Months ended September 30, September 30, 2011 2012 Change Revenue from third parties 482,031 517,691 7.4% Revenue from a related party - 4,425 - Total revenue 482,031 522,116 8.3% Cost of revenue 279,771 326,564 16.7% Gross profit 202,260 195,552 -3.3% Operating expenses Research &development 79,555 98,227 23.5% Selling, general and 20,559 22,843 11.1% administrative Total operating expenses 100,114 121,070 20.9% Operating income 102,146 74,482 -27.1% Non-operating income(expense) Interest income 4,250 5,410 27.3% Interest expense (2,678) (3,311) 23.6% Other income(expense), net 9,505 (302) -103.2% Total non-operating income 11,077 1,797 -83.8% Income before income tax and 113,223 76,279 -32.6% equity in loss of affiliates Income tax expense (12,794) (8,361) -34.6% Equity in loss of affiliates, net (1,129) (229) -79.7% of taxes Net income 99,300 67,689 -31.8% Net loss attributable to - 755 - non-controlling interest Net income attributable to 99,300 68,444 -31.1% Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Income per ADS, basic 2.07 1.48 -28.7% Income per ADS, diluted 1.83 1.32 -27.7% Margin analysis: Gross margin 42.0% 37.5% Operating margin 21.2% 14.3% Net margin 20.6% 13.1% Weighted average ADS equivalent: ^ [1] Basic 48,049,601 46,360,713 Diluted 54,155,019 51,742,605 [1] Assumes all outstanding ordinary shares are represented by ADSs. Each ADS represents three ordinary shares. Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands of US dollars) (unaudited) As of September 30, June 30, September 30, 2011 2012 2012 ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 183,250 129,385 157,441 Restricted cash 70,852 67,236 17,849 Short-term deposit 70,594 32,430 32,583 Accounts receivable, net 14,611 7,926 19,261 Inventories 100,185 98,292 124,466 Deferred cost 93,454 18,862 16,202 Deferred tax assets 1,740 3,154 3,147 Prepaid expenses and other current 18,264 18,650 16,989 assets Total current assets 552,950 375,935 387,938 Property and equipment, net 39,545 41,280 50,373 Acquired intangible assets, net 59,405 69,736 74,451 Equity investment 10,065 39,322 50,538 Deferred tax assets 811 818 818 Goodwill 36,208 38,908 38,908 Long-term restricted cash - 10,000 63,343 Indemnification assets 5,567 5,567 5,567 Other long-term assets 580 4,471 4,461 Total assets 705,131 586,037 676,397 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities Short-term loans and current portion 111,222 50,798 14,113 of a long-term loan Accounts payable 87,687 92,026 133,568 Advances from customers 135,836 12,694 28,383 Income tax payable 18,362 13,933 13,356 Accrued expenses and other current 60,887 52,409 48,536 liabilities Total current liabilities 413,994 221,860 237,956 Long-term loan - 20,000 69,949 Other long-term obligations 5,323 5,113 5,349 Long-term tax liabilities 5,567 5,567 5,567 Deferred tax liabilities 1,612 1,612 1,612 Total long term liabilities 12,502 32,292 82,477 Total liabilities 426,496 254,152 320,433 Non-controlling shareholder interest 2,692 2,450 1,617 Shareholders' equity 275,943 329,435 354,347 Total liabilities and shareholders' 705,131 586,037 676,397 equity Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results (in thousands of US dollars, except per share data and percentages) (unaudited) Three Months ended September 30, June 30, September 30, 2011 2012 2012 Cost of revenue 107,625 108,934 117,810 Adjustment for share-based (149) (163) (135) compensation Cost of revenue (non-GAAP) 107,476 108,771 117,675 Operating income 39,530 23,444 25,126 Adjustment for share-based 149 163 135 compensation within: Cost of revenue Research and development 2,857 6,785 4,404 Selling, general, and administrative 1,255 1,720 1,541 Operating income (non-GAAP) 43,791 32,112 31,206 Net income 39,272 20,951 23,236 Adjustment for share-based 149 163 135 compensation within: Cost of revenue Research and development 2,857 6,785 4,404 Selling, general, and administrative 1,255 1,720 1,541 Net income (non-GAAP)* 43,533 29,619 29,316 Net income per ADS, diluted 0.75 0.41 0.44 Adjustment for share-based 0.08 0.17 0.12 compensation Net income per ADS, diluted 0.83 0.58 0.56 (non-GAAP)* Gross margin 41.8% 37.1% 37.3% Adjustment for share-based 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% compensation Gross margin (non-GAAP) 41.9% 37.2% 37.4% Operating margin 21.4% 13.5% 13.4% Adjustment for share-based 2.3% 5.0% 3.2% compensation Operating margin (non-GAAP)* 23.7% 18.5% 16.6% Net margin 21.3% 12.1% 12.4% Adjustment for share-based 2.3% 5.0% 3.2% compensation Net margin (non-GAAP)* 23.6% 17.1% 15.6% Operating expenses 37,628 40,752 44,936 Adjustment for share-based compensation: Research and development (2,857) (6,785) (4,404) Selling, general and administrative (1,255) (1,720) (1,541) Operating expenses (non-GAAP) 33,516 32,247 38,991 * There is no tax effect resulting from these adjustment items. ABOUT SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD; "Spreadtrum") is a fabless semiconductor company that develops mobile chipset platforms for smartphones, feature phones and other consumer electronics products, supporting 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards. Spreadtrum's solutions combine its highly integrated, power-efficient chipsets with customizable software and reference designs in a complete turnkey platform, enabling customers to achieve faster design cycles with a lower development cost. Spreadtrum's customers include global and China-based manufacturers developing mobile products for consumers in China and emerging markets around the world. For more information, visit www.spreadtrum.com. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT: This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's smartphone products fueling the growth of a new ultra-low cost retail segment in China and in overseas markets, the Company's expectations with respect to shipments of smartphone products continuing to grow in the fourth quarter, a larger addressable market for the Company's products , the Company's expectations with respect to revenue in 4Q12 being in the range of US$189 million - US$196 million with a flat gross margin relative to the third quarter, the Company's product portfolio expansion being helping drive further growth in 2013, the Company's expectations with respect to continuing improvement in product mix as smartphones scale in large volume in 2013, the Company's anticipation on continuing increases in R&D spendings, and the Company's expectations with respect to its operating margin remaining stable in the short term. The Company uses words like "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "expect," "project" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements are forward-looking in nature and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual market trends and the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, continuing competitive pressure in the semiconductor industry and the effect of such pressure on prices; unpredictable changes in technology and consumer demand for mobile phones; the rate at which the market adoption of TD-SCDMA technology will grow; the demand for the Company's smartphone products; the state of and any change in the Company's relationship with its major domestic and international customers and Chinese government agencies; and changes in political, economic, legal and social conditions in China. For additional discussion of these risks and uncertainties and other factors, please consider the information contained in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the annual report on Form 20-F filed on April 10, 2012 especially the section under "Risk Factors" and such other documents that the Company may file with the SEC from time to time, including on Form 6-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release, and does not intend to update any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law. SOURCE Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Website: http://www.spreadtrum.com Contact: Investor Relations at Spreadtrum, +1-650-308-8148, or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Rail Guns..
I remember playing with smaller versions of this thing at high school in the early 80's (It was an all boys school. With that much testosterone rail guns and the local all girls high school were appropriate distractions) - Ours would put a 3inch nail through a couple of telephone directories (it was a wooden plank with a load of solenoids on it). We had the same projectile stability issues (cept with us the nail would get stuck in the solenoids). Advantages - potentially rate of fire, but most important (in the case of ours) - no wear on the barrel mechanism - most gun barrels in releasing all that powder and spinning the projectile get really hot and distort, or just simply wear out. Our railgun got warm (when it didn't jam) but suffered no other wear. And yes you could fire anything metal that would fit in the solenoid. Watching the video it would appear that the hypersonic railgun projuces a massive amount of heat to move a large (and unstable) mass - although I wouldnt want to be on the receiving end of the mass I would be interested in see what kind of wear occurs in the barrel. TBF the idea of a much smaller mass ( a needle gun) is a much more sensible idea - however such a weapon (with say fracturing flechettes) would no doubt get banned as an inhumane weapon.


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Ben McAdoo is the New York Giants New OC
The Green Bay Packers need a new quarterbacks coach. Ben McAdoo was hired as the New York Giants offensive coordinator on Tuesday. Alex Van Pelt is next up.
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The Giants Are Also Interested in Ben McAdoo
It seems almost certain the Green Bay Packers will be looking for a new quarterbacks coach soon. The New York Giants are interested in Ben McAdoo for OC.
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Packers QB Coach Ben McAdoo Could Be on the Move
The Green Bay Packers will probably need a new quarterbacks coach soon. Ben McAdoo is getting a chance at the Cleveland Browns head job.
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McAdoo Named Quarterbacks Coach: A Look At The Decision
Green Bay Packers tight ends coach Ben McAdoo has been promoted to quarterbacks coach, replacing Tom Clements. The decision is curious for a number of reasons. Here they are.
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The Harry Potter Story has spanned over a decade now and as sad as I am to see it end this movie really did a great job at sending it off. The effects in it were spectacular and the acting was spot on. I love these characters and to see them reach some sort of final happy ending was great to see. I hear J.K. Rowling is writing a new book..let's hope it can be anywhere near as good as Harry Potter.
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Archive for Thursday, February 26, 2004
School surprise
Grandparents enlighten Eudora teenagers with stories of school days with horses, Big Chief tabletsand outhouses
Before they even step through the door in the morning, eighth-graders at Eudora Middle School have already had a different school experience than did many of their grandparents.
Through a project in Bob Sailler's English class, the eighth-graders learned many students in their grandparents' generation arrived to school by tractor, trolley or horse.
"I think it would be kind of cool to be able to ride a horse by yourself and not ride with a bunch of other people," said Jake Love.
Sailler's students interviewed grandparents or others that age about their experiences in school and wrote papers about what they learned.
Michelle Smith compared a hitching post to a bike rack in her paper.
"It would be weird (riding a horse) on the highway," she said.
Kim Scherman found out one of her grandparents was taken to school in a precursor to the minivan -- a mother-driven horse and buggy.
The project integrated several subjects. The students typed their papers in keyboarding class, and their social studies classes were dealing with the time period during which their grandparents were in school.
Sailler's English classes also read the book "Nightjohn," about a slave who escapes to the North, learns to read, and returns to the South to teach fellow slaves. In addition to emphasizing the importance of reading before students take standardized assessment tests, Sailler said the book showed a different type of classroom environment from what students were accustomed.
Signs of the times
Many of the eighth-graders interviewed grandparents or others who attended one-room or small, rural schools, with many of them living on farms.
By talking with grandparents who were forced to leave school to work on farms or elsewhere during the Depression, the teenagers gained a sense of appreciation for education and being in school.
"They wanted to be at school, because (otherwise) they would be working on the farm," Smith said.
Emily Ballock said she thought the hardest part about leaving school for her grandparent was "just leaving all your friends and (leaving) learning."
Travis Clarke, who learned his grandfather went to school while his younger brother stayed at home to work on the farm, said given the choice he'd rather follow in his grandfather's footsteps because work would be harder than school.
Going to school during the 1930s had other downsides that made Smith appreciate her situation.
"Nowadays we know we'll get to school safely and get home safely," she said. "But they didn't know if they might have to ride home in a dust storm."
Other harsh realities of schools in the past surfaced, such as attending racially-segregated schools.
In many instances, the students found the subject matter and activities offered at school was more limited during their grandparents' time. Kayla Gilroy and Morgyn Carey said they appreciated the fact their school offered a variety of activities and allowed them to participate in choir.
Other students learned sports were limited, especially for their grandmothers, with the occasional exception of girls basketball. Sailler explained to them how the rules were different, with each player only covering half the court.
"Did they just not think that girls had the strength or energy to run up the court?" one student asked.
Tyler Flory realized how another world-shaping event affected the generation's athletic programs.
"My grandma didn't have a football team because the coaches and the boys had to fight in World War II," he said. "She didn't have a whole lot of boys in her class."
Tools of the trade
The students learned to appreciate modern school equipment, like calculators and the Internet. And because of the paper they wrote, they gained appreciation for the word processor in lieu of a Big Chief tablet and ink pens.
"If they had to write a thousand-word essay, they had to write it up by hand," Morgan Abel said. "It gives you spell check, but you still have to look for capitalization."
Sailler told the students he remembered in his first years as a teacher showing "Romeo and Juliet" on reel-to-reel film, making sure it didn't break or melt, looking for bubbling images on the screen that meant "you knew you were in trouble."
Many of the students said teachers like their own would have been a rarity in previous generations.
"My grandpa said they didn't care about them learning," Matthew Abel said. "I think teachers now act interested and care if we do well."
Even if that means a little discipline, like Nancy Nguyen learned her father dealt with at a boarding school in Saigon, Vietnam.
"The teachers wanted their students to get good grades," she said.
Her sister, Janell Nguyen, said their mother, who went to a girls-only school in a small village, faced another obstacle -- the Vietnam War.
"It was really unsafe, so they didn't go to school," Janell said.
In many cases, students -- and their grandparents -- thought education today was tougher in terms of the amount and complexity of information students were learning.
"My grandma used to be a teacher," Whitney Box said. "She said that we're learning things she didn't learn until after she was a teacher."
Kelsie Riser said her grandmother echoed those sentiments.
"She tried to help her kids, and they didn't do half the stuff they do now," she said.
Riser was also made privy to one difference between schools of the past and today that several other students found shocking and made Riser shudder as she said it.
"We have bathrooms, not outhouses," she said.
Environmental impact
In some ways, their grandparents' schools had less structured environments, like impromptu sock hops during hour-or-longer lunches, or -- as one of Clarke's grandparents remembered -- students wearing hats and bringing firearms for an after-school hunt, something that wouldn't fly in a 21st-century middle school.
Krista Beedle learned her father's school only took attendance first and seventh hours, making skipping second through sixth hours a cinch.
"Probably, I would (too)," Beedle said.
Fellow eighth-grader Krystal Klebenstein said one of her grandparents said discipline problems were few and far between, because back then students went to school to learn.
But not all of them were angels, as one student pointed out with a story of students at separate boys and girls schools sneaking off together during lunch.
When students did misbehave, the punishments were, though perhaps not cruel, quite unusual compared with what today's students face.
"Mine got in trouble, so they put his desk in the closet," said Lauren Colman.
Several others heard of punishment by a ruler slap to the hand. Although most agreed corporal punishment was well left behind, Clarke said it would have served as a deterrent.
"I wouldn't have done it again," he said.
Such differences in crime and punishment spoke to differences in the environment, Ballock said. For many of the students' grandparents, coming to school was a respite from farm work or other responsibilities at home, and fewer perceived dangers lurked outside of school.
"I kind of think they had more freedom, because they didn't get in as much trouble," Ballock said.
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Teachers TV: 3. The QTS Mental Arithmetic Test
Tips for the mental arithmetic part of the QTS Numeracy Test
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I don't like the way he implies that you change 6/25 into a percentage by appearing to just multiply the 6 by 4. He writes 6x4/25 = 24% which could lead to confusion.
Some useful tips on how to prepare for the mental maths QTS test, the clip looks at example questions.


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Every week there's plenty of interesting matchups -- no, really -- that don't feature ranked teams and don't make anyone's "must-watch" list other than the team's fans. Here's three of them you should keep an eye on regardless (all times Eastern) :
UCF (6-2, 4-0) at Houston (5-3, 4-1), 8 p.m. Friday: It's less than three hours away from kickoff, but if you've got plans, change 'em: it's not every week you get a meeting between the leaders of each of Conference USA 's divisions (UCF in the East, Houston in the West). The schedule is less than kind to the Golden Knights, who already had what looked like a season-defining matchup in last week's 49-35 win over previous C-USA favorite East Carolina and now have the short week to prepare for their trip to Houston. But if they can get the same mix of Ronnie Weaver 's powerful rushing and new starting quarterback Jeff Godfrey 's efficient passing that powered them to 424 total yards last week, they'll be OK. For Houston, this is another chance to prove the three-losses-out-of-four skid following Case Keenum 's season-ending injury is truly behind them, and to put some distance between them and co-division leaders SMU .
Air Force (5-4, 3-3) at Army (5-3, n/a), 12 p.m.: It's been eight years since someone other than Navy took home the Commander in Chief's Trophy, but that could change tomorrow as a Falcons win would send the trophy back to Colorado Springs for the first time since 2002. That's not to say the stakes won't be equally high for Army; a win would make them bowl-eligible for the first time since 1996 and set up a winner-take-all showdown with the Midshipmen for the CIC Trophy. The Black Knights will be at home, but that may not be a help, since they've already dropped games to Hawaii and Temple at Michie Stadium this year and the Falcons have won six straight in West Point. With both teams well-versed in defending the other's option attack, the final result could come down to which team executes in their rare attempts to put the ball in the air.
Texas (4-4, 2-3) at Kansas State (5-3, 2-3), 8 p.m.: Admit it: it's fascinating to see how low the Longhorns can sink. And it remains possible they could sink all the way out of the postseason, with the 'Horns sitting at 4-4 and three potential losses still on the schedule in Oklahoma State , Texas A&M , and this week's date in Manhattan. If they can't contain Wildcat running back Daniel Thomas or get their 79th-ranked rushing attack going, Texas will slip below .500 for the first time in Mack Brown 's tenure in a long, long time. But there's a lot on the line for the Wildcats, too, who would secure themselves a bowl bid for the first time in Bill Snyder 's second stint at the KSU helm.


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Charlie was an interesting kind of monster. he was a 17 year old without any human guidance whatsoever. He was obviously quite curious about so many things ye he knew nothing about relating to others. in some respects he was quite similar to some teenagers who can be incredibly self-absorbed, but those kids don't have the power to make their annoyances vanish or melt into a puddle. Couple that with a lack of impulse control that quite a few teenagers can experience.
The episode was decent except for the ending. Why couldn't those beings just take his power away and give him back to Kirk as a regular human being? It's clear Charlie X didn't want to leave. All he needed was someone to remove his capacity to hurt people, and that way Kirk could start dealing with him on equal footing.
I'd give it a 7, but the ending reduces that to a 2.
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I gave it an average...now, average VB is infinitely better than 95% of everything else on TV...but as others have said, I just with they'd given Captain Sunshine some other personality quirk rather than "likes young boys". Of course, then we'd have lost the lube joke bit...and the Monarch was great in this...the Copter 5 bit...OK, maybe upon further reflection I need to upgrade to an Above Average...
I think they wanted to make Captain Sunshine into a "Red Herring" Joke much like Doctor Girlfriend was for seasons 1-2.
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Nov. 26-30
? Monday: Stuffed chicken, peas, summer squash, juice.
? Tuesday: Chicken parmesan, Brussels sprouts, winter squash.
? Wednesday: Macaroni and cheese, California blend vegetables, beets, grapefruit.
? Thursday: Chicken patty, steamed broccoli, scalloped potatoes.
? Friday: Egg salad, fresh tomato, triple bean salad, applesauce.
Senior citizen lunches sponsored by the Council on Aging are served 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Senior Center, 200 S. Spring St. in Bucyrus or the Galion Golden Age Center, 301 S. Market St., Galion. Citizens 60 years and older are invited. Make reservations a day in advance or cancel your meal by calling 419-562-3050 or 800-589-7853. Transportation is available.