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Centegra Health System recently honored Scott Brown, president and chief executive officer of Sage Products, with the Centegra Community Leader of the Year Award.
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McHENRY — To recognize Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, Centegra Health System and the Get Checked! Program offer free fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits to the community. These kits help clinicians detect small amounts of blood in the stool
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Up until now, if you lived on the Westside and craved a proper Baja-style taco, your choices were severely lacking. Which is why anyone looking for a solid fish taco anywhere west of the 405 has made a beeline to Tacos Punta Cabras, a small taco shop in Santa Monica, which was opened by Josh Gil and Daniel Snukal. Both are chefs who have cooked in some of the finest restaurants in the city yet — logically — wanted to open up a place where they cook food they actually wanted to eat. Thus: Baja-style tacos. The fish taco here, in particular, is fantastic, a lightly tempura–battered fish, fried to a delicate crisp, topped with just a bit of cabbage and enveloped by a freshly made corn tortilla. There are still lots of reasons to cross the 405, but getting your hands on a great fish taco is no longer one of them. 2311 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 917-2244, facebook.com/TacosPuntaCabras. —Tien Nguyen
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One of my duties at the PAAWS shelter is giving the cats their canned food. I usually mix all the flavors together and they love it. I become very popular with them when I get the plates out and say treat treat. They all mill around waiting to eat. When I use these flavors of Friskies, they clean their plates and beg for more.
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This is one of the variety packs that I used to buy for my cat Drambuie. It had all of her favorite flavors in it....especially the mixed grill. She always liked the mixed grill.
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I really like that there are several flavors so we can buy packages of multiple cans and offer different flavors so we don't get tired of the same thing. I think feeding a little can food helps keep our cats a little warmer on these cold days.
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My cats love this food and I'm happy to say this is a very cost efficient way of buying food when you have 4 cats. They all get just a teaspoon on top of their crunchy food and it keeps them happy. A great value.
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Cats like it, and this gives them a variety. And while it seems a small thing, the packaging makes it easier to get home with less trouble.
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As they say, "old habits die hard," especially on Capitol Hill, where legislators are once again trying to sneak a dangerous new national identification database into law, under the public's radar.
Hidden deep within the 800-odd pages of the Senate's pending immigration reform bill is a provision for a new government 'photo recognition' system. This represents the latest in the on-going effort by the federal government to build a database of all U.S. citizens; a process that has accelerated since its initial failure to do so after a number of states balked at the REAL ID Act requirements for a stealth national ID card.
Simply – and deceptively -- called a "photo tool," the pending legislation calls for all U.S. employers to "verify the identity of [new hires] using the photo tool," which will allow them to "match the photo on a covered identity document provided to the employer to a photo maintained by a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services database." According to Wired.com's David Kravets, the database would contain the "names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver's license or other state-issued photo ID."
This isn't the first attempt Congress has launched at a national ID database since the trouble into which the REAL ID stumbled. Database-obsessed legislators on the Hill, from both sides of the aisle, continue trying to slip one by the American public. The "E-Verify" system built into the 2011 "Legal Workforce Act" met all of the basic requirements for a national ID card. Supporters of the system claimed it was designed to prevent illegal immigrants from taking American jobs, but in reality it was nothing more than another backdoor attempt by the government to secure even greater control over American workers and businesses. Even worse, it set the stage for an "all-purpose security device, used for cashing checks, confirming the name on credit cards, and looking you up at the prescription counter," according to the CATO Institute's privacy expert, Jim Harper.
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The Nubian Word for Flowers
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Oliveros, a pioneer in electronic music and a practitioner in what she has termed "deep listening," goes deep in "The Nubian Word." The concept, story and texts are by Ione, who examines the colonial mind through a mystical vision of British Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, who mapped the Middle East at the end of the 19th century. We encounter him on a Nubian island.
Oliveros begins with an extraordinary cosmic electronic soundscape, traveling aurally from outer space to desert, ocean and meadow, where each flower finds its own electromagnetic field. An instrumental ensemble improvises subtly around and inside the electronics, while four singers provide the surface drama.
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Report NEP-ECM-2013-07-15This is the archive for NEP-ECM, a report on new working papers in the area of Econometrics. Sune Karlsson issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Gabriele Fiorentini & Enrique Sentana, 2013. "Dynamic Specification Tests For Dynamic Factor Models," Working Papers wp2013_1306, CEMFI.
- J.M.C. Santos Silva & Paulo M.D.C. Parente, 2013. "Quantile regression with clustered data," Economics Discussion Papers 728, University of Essex, Department of Economics.
- Hübler, Olaf, 2013. "Methods in empirical economics - a selective review with applications," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-513, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
- Hiroumi Misaki & Naoto Kunitomo, 2013. "On Robust Properties of the SIML Estimation of Volatility under Micro-market noise and Random Sampling," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-892, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
- Naoto Kunitomo & Hiroumi Misaki, 2013. "The SIML Estimation of Integrated Covariance and Hedging Coefficient under Micro-market noise and Random Sampling," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-893, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
- Rodica Gilles & Seik Kim, 2013. "Distribution-Free Estimation of Zero-Inflated Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity," Working Papers UWEC-2013-03, University of Washington, Department of Economics.
- Asger Lunde & Anne Floor Brix, 2013. "Estimating Stochastic Volatility Models using Prediction-based Estimating Functions," CREATES Research Papers 2013-23, School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus.
- Lechner, Michael, 2013. "Treatment effects and panel data," Economics Working Paper Series 1314, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
- Kyu Lee Shin & Jin Seo Cho, 2013. "Testing for Neglected Nonlinearity Using Extreme Learning Machines (published in: International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, 21, Suppl. 2 (2013), 117--129.)," Working papers 2013rwp-57, Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute.
- Jarrow, Robert & Kwok, Simon, 2013. "Specification Tests of Calibrated Option Pricing Models," Working Papers 2013-08, University of Sydney, School of Economics, revised Dec 2014.
- Jakob Grazzini & Matteo G. Richiardi, 2013. "Consistent Estimation of Agent-Based Models by Simulated Minimum Distance," LABORatorio R. Revelli Working Papers Series 130, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Centre for Employment Studies.
- Ardelean, Vlad & Pleier, Thomas, 2013. "Outliers & predicting time series: A comparative study," IWQW Discussion Paper Series 05/2013, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung (IWQW).
- Franz Buscha & Anna Conte, 2013. "Endogenous variables in non-linear models with mixed effects: Inconsistence under perfect identification conditions?," Jena Economic Research Papers 2013-027, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation:Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," TSE Working Papers 13-419, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
- Johannes Tang Kristensen, 2013. "Diffusion Indexes with Sparse Loadings," CREATES Research Papers 2013-22, School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus.
- Uysal, S. Derya, 2013. "Doubly Robust Estimation of Causal Effects with Multivalued Treatments," Economics Series 297, Institute for Advanced Studies.
- Vanessa Berenguer Rico & Jesús Gonzalo, 2013. "Co-summability from linear to non-linear cointegration," Economics Working Papers we1312, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de Economía.
- Hrishikesh D. Vinod, 2013. "Maximum Entropy Bootstrap Algorithm Enhancements," Fordham Economics Discussion Paper Series dp2013-04, Fordham University, Department of Economics.
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- Blume, Lawrence E. & Brock, William A. & Durlauf, Steven N. & Jayaraman, Rajshri, 2013. "Linear Social Interactions Models," Economics Series 298, Institute for Advanced Studies.
- Melstrom, Richard & Lupi, Frank, 2012. "Using a Control Function to Resolve the Travel Cost Endogeneity Problem in Recreation Demand Models," MPRA Paper 48036, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised May 2013.
- Jorge E. Galán & Helena Veiga & Michael P. Wiper, 2013. "Bayesian analysis of dynamic effects in inefficiency : evidence from the Colombian banking sector," Statistics and Econometrics Working Papers ws131918, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de Estadística y Econometría.
- Jean-Charles Croix & Frédéric Planchet & Pierre-Emmanuel Thérond, 2013. "Mortality : a statistical approach to detect model misspecification," Post-Print hal-00839339, HAL.
- Bodenhorn, Howard & Guinnane, Timothy W. & Mroz, Thomas A., 2013. "Problems of Sample-Selection Bias in the Historical Heights Literature: A Theoretical and Econometric Analysis," Working Papers 114, Yale University, Department of Economics.
- Svend Rasmussen & Anders L. Madsen & Mogens Lund, 2013. "Bayesian network as a modelling tool for risk management in agriculture," IFRO Working Paper 2013/12, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.


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Options Basics: How Options Work
Now that you know the basics of options, here is an example of how they work. We'll use a fictional firm called Cory's Tequila Company.
Let's say that on May 1, the stock price of Cory's Tequila Co. is $67 and the premium (cost) is $3.15 for a July 70 Call, which indicates that the expiration is the third Friday of July and the strike price is $70. The total price of the contract is $3.15 x 100 = $315. In reality, you'd also have to take commissions into account, but we'll ignore them for this example.
Remember, a stock option contract is the option to buy 100 shares; that's why you must multiply the contract by 100 to get the total price. The strike price of $70 means that the stock price must rise above $70 before the call option is worth anything; furthermore, because the contract is $3.15 per share, the break-even price would be $73.15.
When the stock price is $67, it's less than the $70 strike price, so the option is worthless. But don't forget that you've paid $315 for the option, so you are currently down by this amount.
Three weeks later the stock price is $78. The options contract has increased along with the stock price and is now worth $8.25 x 100 = $825. Subtract what you paid for the contract, and your profit is ($8.25 - $3.15) x 100 = $510. You almost doubled our money in just three weeks! You could sell your options, which is called "closing your position," and take your profits - unless, of course, you think the stock price will continue to rise. For the sake of this example, let's say we let it ride.
By the expiration date, the price drops to $62. Because this is less than our $70 strike price and there is no time left, the option contract is worthless. We are now down to the original investment of $315.
To recap, here is what happened to our option investment:
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|Option Price
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The price swing for the length of this contract from high to low was $825, which would have given us over double our original investment. This is leverage in action.
Exercising Versus Trading-Out
So far we've talked about options as the right to buy or sell (exercise) the underlying. This is true, but in reality, a majority of options are not actually exercised.
In our example, you could make money by exercising at $70 and then selling the stock back in the market at $78 for a profit of $8 a share. You could also keep the stock, knowing you were able to buy it at a discount to the present value.
However, the majority of the time holders choose to take their profits by trading out (closing out) their position. This means that holders sell their options in the market, and writers buy their positions back to close. According to the CBOE, about 10% of options are exercised, 60% are traded out, and 30% expire worthless.
Intrinsic Value and Time Value
At this point it is worth explaining more about the pricing of options. In our example the premium (price) of the option went from $3.15 to $8.25. These fluctuations can be explained by intrinsic value and time value.
Basically, an option's premium is its intrinsic value + time value. Remember, intrinsic value is the amount in-the-money, which, for a call option, means that the price of the stock equals the strike price. Time value represents the possibility of the option increasing in value. So, the price of the option in our example can be thought of as the following:
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Avocado: The Misunderstood Fruit
The Awesome AvocadoThe nutrient-packed avocado is often dismissed for its high fat content. Avocados do contain fat, but it is mostly the monounsaturated kind—which studies show may increase HDL (the "good") cholesterol and generally improve heart health. In addition, avocados contain many vitamins and minerals, and they're cholesterol-free.The avocado is believed to have originated in Mexico and Central America thousands of years ago. Its exact ancestry is unknown, but anthropologists have confirmed that both the Incas and Aztecs cultivated and ate the fruit.Today, hundreds of varieties of avocado exist. Avocados range in size from a few ounces to several pounds, and have skins which can be anywhere from bright green to black in color, and smooth to pebbly in texture. In the US, avocados are grown in California, Florida, and Hawaii. Each variety of avocado has its own distinct flavor.
Health BenefitsNo matter how you slice it, the avocado has plenty of health benefits. Here's a closer look at some of the nutrients found in avocados.
- Monounsaturated fat—As mentioned, avocados are high in monounsaturated fat. Unlike other fats, this type of fat raises levels of good HDL-cholesterol and lowers harmful triglycerides without raising harmful LDL cholesterol levels.
- Fiber—Avocados are high in fiber, particularly soluble fiber, which promotes regularity, helps regulate the body's use of sugars, and lowers blood cholesterol levels.
- Vitamins—Avocados are a good source of many vitamins such as B vitamins and folic acid.
- Minerals— Gram for gram, avocados provide more potassium than bananas. Potassium is critical for nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction, and heart function. Avocados also provide a fair amount of magnesium, which your body needs to metabolize carbohydrates and fats.
- Lutein, a carotenoid, which is thought to help protect against eye diseases such as cataracts and macular degeneration.
- Beta-sitosterol (a plant sterol), which is currently being studied for its ability to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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One of the signs of how easily we are bullied by small and vocal groups is how many universities, among other institutions, dare not even refer to the Christmas vacation but instead refer to "the winter holiday."
As American incomes have risen over the years, liberals have kept changing the definition of "poverty." Otherwise, the dwindling numbers of people who could be called "poor" would take away the liberals' main claim to influence and power.
If you didn't know that Governor Rod Blagojevich was a Democrat, you are unlikely to find out from the mainstream media. But, if you didn't know that recently convicted Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was a Republican, the media made sure to tell you.
An e-mail from a reader whose job requires him to take urine tests, to make sure he is drug-free, wonders why he is taxed to provide money to people on welfare who are also on drugs. He thinks they should have to take urine tests too, before they get his money.
Recent covers on Time magazine and Newsweek-- as well as the stories inside-- suggest that these magazines are as giddy as teenagers are over some rock stars, when it comes to Barack Obama.
Governor Rod Blagojevich may have inadvertently done us a big favor by discrediting the idea that we should look up to politicians as our protectors and saviors.
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Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging - The Horse - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource
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Take your understanding to a whole new level with Pageburst digital books on VitalSource! Easy-to-use, interactive features let you make highlights, share notes, run instant topic searches, and so much more. Best of all, with Pageburst, you get flexible online, offline, and mobile access to all your digital books. Focusing on the horse, this practical text is the second in a series of three to focus on veterinary diagnostic imaging and the new technologies available to help diagnose and pinpoint disease. Like Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging: The Dog and Cat, Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging: The Horse is organized by region with specific structures addressed within each region. Coverage includes background information, normal anatomy, and positioning for specific structures, followed by imaging findings and specific problems such as trauma/fracture, infection and neoplasm. The main focus of this book is radiology, with supplementary information on ultrasound, CT, and MRI.
Key Features
- Includes Radiographic Diagnostic Indicators (RDIs), a versatile set of potential radiographic observations that, when used in combination, can often lead to a radiographic diagnosis.
- Features normal radiographs pictured near abnormal images for comparison.
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Walmart offers the Plano 4-Shelf Storage Unit in Light Taupe, model no. 907, for $19.97. Opt for in-store pickup to avoid the $4.97 shipping free. That's the lowest price we could find by $13, although we saw it for $6 less in August. This plastic shelving system features snap-lock assembly and measures 12-1/2" x 32-1/4" x 48-1/4".


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Solid Binder
I've had multiple pairs of these bindings and really have no complaints other than the fact that they're a bit heavy. Good function, solid and zero pre-release. A good buy for sure.
Trust Rossi...
I have these mounted on my Moment Bibby pro 190cm. I should also mention I have an older version of these mounted on a pair of Head Mojo's. I trust this binding to give me the perfect balance between not pre-releasing in no fall zones and letting me go when my ACL is screaming for help. When these are properly mounted and tested they should perform wonderfully for any level of skier given their big din range (4-14). Over the years I have been taught that you never want to dial a binding within 2 of the min or the max. So these are designed for people skiing in the 6-12 din range. They are not quite as burly as the Freeski2 180 but they do have similar metal reinforcements in key places such as under the heel. The wide mounting pattern also increase performance for skiers using a wider ski. In my opinion they are durable and will last a few seasons.
yeah these bindings are excellent, they are light and hold your boot in very nicely...I'm an all around park, moguls, trees and groomers skier and these have held my feet onto my skis.
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Haven't used them yet, just had them mounted, but I'm too stoked for the season to not write something. Just threw these mounted on a pair of hellbents and despite the 122mm waist no bending of the brakes was required. I'll update as I use them, but for anyone wondering about ski compatibility there should be no issue with anything less than 125mm underfoot; maybe even 130mm.
Really? The specs say 90 mm. Seem like a lot of bending! I'd like to put them on the Rossi S6, which is 110 under foot. Will these really fit?!
You can buy it with the wider brake. maybe not from Backcountry, but a wider brake is available.
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This is really a step above the Rossignol Freeski 12 and Look PX 12 binding. The reason for that is that it has a 14 DIN spring as well a metal reinforcements over the rear screws. This extra metal in the construction helps to eliminate the problem of base plate cracking.
This is a great binding, not quite as good as the Rossignol FKS 14 or the Look Pivot 140, but it is still a solid offering, and still much better than the competition.
This binding has a very high elasticity and a very wide AFD, to give you the control and ability to recover that you need if you are charging hard.
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Look and Rossignol co-brand these binders.
All skis in my quiver are mounted with one of the two.
Reason = NO PRE RELEASE !
I weight 235. Boot sole length 326. Height 6'1".
I DIN out at 8.5.
Set these binders at 8.5 and ride with confidence.
Other binders have fancy features - but if you want to rip and never think about turning out of your toe as you slalom through the broken trees in lower Tiger Tail - buy these !!!
Well I used them twice before the end of the season and they performed very excellent both times. They are pretty light on my S5's and work great for stomping landings and making solid turns. I am really liking my new combination for all mountain skiing.
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I'm considering buying these bindings, but would the 100mm brakes bend to fit a 115mm ski waist?
There's already a little leeway on brake size (they don't graze the ski precisely) so getting them out to 115 shouldn't be too difficult. They won't reach down as far, but they'll certainly be functional. The other option, and I don't know how urgently you need them, is to wait until more of the 120mm size come in, which would obviously work without bending. I'd say call or chat with someone at Backcountry (upper right corner of the page) to see how long the wait is for the 120s, then decide from there whether you want to wait. Hope that's helpful.
Hey, I just bought these, and i cannot...
Hey, I just bought these, and i cannot figure out how to change the din on the heel piece. Any helpp???
I got ya covered. Put your boot into the binding, lock it down, so the heel piece of the binding is in the up position. Take a large Philips screw driver or posi-driver and twist that screw in the heel piece, and that will adjust your DIN. You should be able to see the DIN change.
Got a pair of Rossi s5 jago's and trying...
Got a pair of Rossi s5 jago's and trying to deciede between the rossi 140xl binding or the marker griffen? What do you guys think?
I mounted these on the s5 barras last year. They are a little heavy but hold on better than my tibia. or fibula for that matter.
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What are the differences between the Rossi...
What are the differences between the Rossi freeski2 140 xxl and the Dynastar PX 14 Racing XXL
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Location: AALBORG, DENMARK
Sales: $295 Million
Description: Key Personnel
Mikael Staal Axelsen, CEO, Fibertex Personal Care; Jorgen Bech Madsen, CEO, Fibertex Industrial Nonwovens; Ole Houmann, CFO; Kenneth Mynster Dolmer, purchasing director
Two in Aalborg; one in Malaysia, two in the Czech Republic
ISO Status
DS/EN ISO 9001 Quality management 1991:2000; DS/ISO 14001 Environmental management 2001; DS 2403 Energy management
Drylaid, carded, needlepunched, thermal bonded, spunbond/meltblown, technical air-lay
Brand Names
Fibertex, Fibertex Nonwovens, Flexback, Formtex, Compoflex, Multigeo, Superflor, Weedseal, Fiberforce, Fibergreen, Fibertex patio, Fibertex universal, Fiberacoustic, TWO-in-ONE, Comfortback, Matchback, Woodback, Q-Match, Making the perfect match, FibertexCOMFORT, FibertexElite, FibertexDual, FibertexPRINT
Major Markets
Industrial textiles—primary and secondary carpet backings, automotive, acoustics, furniture and bedding, filtration; technical textiles—building and construction, composites, do-it-yourself, horticulture; hygiene—applications within baby diapers, femcare and adult incontinence.
The big news at Danish roll goods producer Fibertex last year was the appointment of joint CEOs to oversee the company's two divisions— Fibertex Personal Care and Fibertex Industrial Nonwovens. The two divisions, although operating separately, had until last year, been overseen by one company CEO and led by two general managers— Jorgen Bech Madsen on the industrial side and Mikael Staal Axelsen within personal care—who are now acting at joint CEOs.
The change had little effect in the day-to-day running of the business. "Fibertex has always operated as two independent companies so we cleared up the organization and changed the corporate structure to integrate the organization into two businesses," said Mr. Madsen. "We are now leaner and more focused and the two groups still share a number of departments such as IT and finance."
Amidst this change, total sales were flat at $295 million (DKK 1590 million) for the company last year as gains in the company's personal care division offset declines on the industrial side of its business. Profits, meanwhile increased from DKK13.9 million to DKK36.2 million thanks to a drop in raw material prices as well as increased efficiencies in the group's Malaysian spunmelt operation.
The Personal Care division's sales exceeded DKK 1 billion last year, just more than a decade after its establishment. The division operates three spunmelt lines in Fibertex as well as two at its Malaysian facility. Its share of the global nonwoven hygiene market has been reported at 7%.
According to Mr. Axelsen, this side of Fibertex's business continues to be impacted by oversupply in the European spunmelt market, a situation that's expected to continue for the next three to four years; however, efforts toward diversification as well as operational efficiencies have enabled Fibertex to retain a competitive edge in the market, even in the midst of the economic crisis.
"The overcapacity was already there before the crisis hit. We really saw its impact in developing regions," Mr. Axelsen continued. "However, we have a good marketing profile in that we can offer our customers a range of materials from value added products to strait commodity items."
One of these value adds is the production of printed nonwovens. Through a joint venture with Innowo Print, Fibertex last year established a factory to print on lightweight nonwovens in up to six colors, allowing customers to empower their brands with images and designs. Other capabilities include high barrier nonwovens and bicomponent materials.
"Specialty hygiene opens some doors but the big volumes are still in the commodity areas."
Fibertex's Malaysian business still predominantly sells to multinational companies that are present in that area. "The local players are supplying the local diaper market," Mr. Axelsen said. "We find that we better match professional customers."
Meanwhile, Fibertex's Industrial business—with key markets ranging from automotives, geotextiles, filtration, construction and carpet backings—has been hit hard by the economic crisis; however this impact was softened somewhat by an optimization plan put in place before the crisis hit. This plan included a DKK130 million investment in new state-of-the-art equipment, lessened raw material consumption, price increases and staff reductions.
Begun in fall 2007, the plan included the start-up of two production lines, one in Aalborg, Denmark, and one in the Czech Republic— which use fewer raw materials; price increases; the shutdown of older production lines including an entire older factory in the Czech Republic; streamlined production process; innovation and product development.
"We now have two modern, state-of-the-art facilities in Denmark and the Czech Republic," Mr. Madsen said. "We didn't know when we did it that there was going to be an economic crisis, but we are glad we did it because it allowed us to shake out all of our fat."
As a result of the economic crisis, Fibertex's automotive business was down significantly during the last quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009. While things have started to gradually improve, the market is still behind expectations. "There is a lot of uncertainty, but we are focusing on what's next. There have been a lot of research and development efforts and we hope to launch a number of new products out of our Czech Republic site once things turn around," said Mr. Madsen.
Citing features like acoustical performance and lower weights, he added that nonwovens are ideal for automotives and he expects them to be offered on a much broader platform to the automotive market post recovery.
Fibertex's operation will be better positioned once the automotive market recovers. As part of the optimization effort, converting operations were moved out of Denmark to the Czech Republic, bringing more labor-intensive operations to lower wage areas to trim production costs.
Meanwhile, construction is finally at a level where Fibertex expected it to be. While some activity is seasonal, more has to do with a push from governments to spend money on infrastructure improvements.
As things continue to improve, filtration is expected to emerge as an important growth market for Fibertex, which so far does not have a large presence there. Some of this growth will stem from Fibertex's interest in nanofilter technology, which is currently being made on a pilot line. "It will take some time before this is truly a market focus," Mr. Madsen explained.


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Set amid picture-perfect Alpine scenery, Salzburg is, for many, the most beautiful city in Austria. It is also, famously, the birthplace of Mozart and the city where the film "The Sound of Music" was filmed. On this enchanting walking tour, find out about the city's rich past and discover its breathtaking Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture.
View the lovely gardens of Mirabell, said to be the finest Baroque gardens in Europe, and the house where Mozart was raised. Walk the quaint cobbled streets of the city center and browse the shops in Getreidegasse. View and photograph the Salzburg Cathedral, St Peter's Monastery and many other important sights and landmarks.
Your guide will cover not only the history of Salzburg, but also interesting information about its most famous citizens, from Mozart himself to Maria von Trapp.
To join the Salzburg City Walking Tour you should make your way to the meeting point at the bus terminal across from the Mirabell Palace next to St. Andrä Church. An English and German-speaking guide will accompany you on this tour of the most famous sights of Salzburg. Your tour will view the buildings and monuments from the outside only.
For centuries, Salzburg was a proud state ruled by Archbishops who lavished great wealth on the city sometimes called the "Rome of the North" because of its many churches and cathedrals. It is also called the "City of Mozart", as it was the birthplace of the 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Salzburg's "Old Town" (Altstadt) has internationally renowned baroque architecture and one of the best-preserved city centers north of the Alps. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Near the start of your walk you will see the world famous baroque gardens of Mirabell, which feature in scenes from the film "The Sound Of Music". You will also see Getreidegasse 9, the house where Mozart was born in 1756 and where he lived with his family till 1773.
Getreidegasse is also the city's most famous shopping lane. It has high narrow houses tightly packed together, tantalising shops and decorative wrought iron guild signs. Although the houses appear very narrow they are not actually small, extending far back on both sides of the street.
On a route through the hidden byways of the Old City you will see the Salzburg Cathedral, St. Peter's Monastery and many other important landmarks.
Salzburg Cathedral (Salzburger Dom) is a 17th century baroque building on ancient foundations. Described by some as the finest Renaissance building in the Germanic countries, Salzburg Cathedral has a marble facade, twin symmetrical towers and the font in which Mozart was baptized.
St. Peter's Monastery – this Benedictine monastery is said to be the oldest in the German-speaking world. Used as a base by St. Rupert in the late 7th and early 8th century, some experts believe the origins of the community go back to the time of St. Severin in the 5th century.
The tour ends in the center of the old town, near a church known as the "German Church".
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Bus-terminal, Mirabellplatz, right in front of St. Andrä Church.
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Center of the old town, near the "German Church"
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Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck is a movie about the frontman of Nirvana, but it isn't about Nirvana. The word Bleach is never uttered. Dave Grohl was not interviewed, and his entry into the band is not addressed; he's just there all of a sudden as the archival footage shifts into the Nevermind era. Even… More »
Funny thing about suicide: It's not a mystery to be solved. When someone you know, or someone you admire, takes her own life, there's always a temptation to rifle through your memories of that person, looking for some clue of what might happen. It's not there — or, if it is, there's usually no reason… More »
The story goes something like this: Sheriff Kurt moseys into town just long enough to purge the spandex-clad outlaws before riding off into the sunset forever, leaving behind the Clinton Administration, Lollapalooza, and lucrative major label deals for flannel-flyin' underdogs everywhere. … More »


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What makes a glider ghostly? Join Ms. Mandy Wednesday, October 9 at 3:15 pm to find out. All materials are provided through funding by the Friends of La Porte Library.
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The City of La Porte, La Porte LEPC, and La Porte ISD will host the annual La Porte Health and Safety Fair on Saturday, September 28 from 9 am - 1 pm at La Porte High School. Over 100 exhibits promoting health and safety information will be available, including free health screenings, free children's immunizations, free child ID kits, a 24-foot rock climbing wall, Bike Safety Exhibit with children's bike raffle and much more. Get there early to see a medical helicopter landing in front of the school. Visit with Wally Wise and Sparky the Fire Dog during the fair. Outside displays include LyondellBasell and "Clutch" the Houston Rockets mascot, La Porte Fire Department engines and ladder trucks, the La Porte Police D.A.R.E. car and many other emergency response vehicles and equipment.
Hey kids, join Mr. D. and Ms. Mandy for Afterschool Science Time. This month they will be exploring the world of optical illusions. Can you really believe your eyes? Come find out Wednesday, September 25 at 3:15 pm.
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Hurricane Season is upon us and the City of La Porte has a lot of terrific information and planning resources. The Office of Emergency Management has this link on the City's webpage. Go, explore, and get prepared. http://laportetx.gov/oem/pprep/hurrprep.asp
On Wednesday September 11 at 10:30 am, we will be offering a new Computer Basics class here at La Porte Community Library. This will be a two hour class on how to get started with computers. Enrollment is limited so come in or call 281-471-4022 to register.
Once again a huge thanks goes out to the Friends of La Porte Library for their support of all the summer programs and crafts that the children and teens of La Porte enjoyed. So as Bob Hope would sing ♫ "Thanks for the memories!"♫
All month La Porte Community Library has a display of antique baseball cards and other baseball collectibles courtesy of local collector Paul Schupska.
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Kadence (11.9.00), Gavin (4.23.03), Brianna (3.22.09), and Brayden (2.3.12). Married my love on 12.28.11!
Happy Birthday!!! :) Any wonderful things planned? Nevertheless, hope it is a great day for you.
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I must say, I've got a lot of drink offers to cash in after I have this LO, lol!!!
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38 years ago today, David Lee Roth, Michael Anthony, and a pair of brothers named Eddie and Alex released their first full-length album as Van Halen.
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On a cold, clear Friday morning in March, Jason Rae opened his e-mail and found a Google news alert announcing his death.
"What?" he said to the screen. "Um, I appear to still be breathing." He then discovered that his Wikipedia profile had been amended to reflect his recent demise (of a suspected drug overdose), at which point he learned that he had also been buried. What's going on here? he thought.
Turned out it was a different Jason Rae—the husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae. This Jason Rae was very much alive, sitting in front of a computer monitor in the Marquette University student-government offices in Milwaukee. Maybe it seems strange that a college junior would have a Google news alert on himself. But he has it for good reason. At 21, this Jason Rae is the youngest superdelegate in the country.
Barely 14 years old when George W. Bush took office, Rae—who wears oval glasses, has meticulously cropped hair, and possesses a voice like a Sunday-school teacher's—is now one of the roughly 800 unpledged delegates who will crown a nominee this summer. During the white-knuckle drama of the Democratic primaries last winter, while his classmates were beer-bonging and cramming for sociology exams, Rae was fielding phone calls from Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and John Kerry, having powwows with Hillary Clinton and with Barack Obama, and eating breakfast with Chelsea Clinton—all of them hoping to influence his endorsement. No one—not even Rae—could have predicted how tight the race would be, or how quickly the term superdelegate would enter the American lexicon. There's an expression Rae uses when he's talking about things that surprise him—like getting a phone call from Al Sharpton one night in 2005 when he was working on his high-school yearbook. "I was totally blown aback!" he says.
He's been saying that a lot lately.
Born and raised in the town of Rice Lake (population 8,312), in northwestern Wisconsin, Jason Rae beat out a former state legislator and the president of a fireman's union for his seat on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at the age of 17. It's a remarkable achievement, especially considering his lack of pedigree. Rae wasn't the scion of a local political dynasty. He was just a precocious kid with a passion for government.
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"Jason Rae's eagerness was obvious to me," Kohl says. "It's rare to find that level of enthusiasm or interest among our young people for government and politics."
Then in May 2004, toward the end of his junior year in high school, Rae resolved to try for a position that would put him in the decision-making role. He heard that the Wisconsin Democratic Party was electing new representatives to the DNC. He found out that although you have to be 18 to be a delegate at the Democratic National Convention, there is no minimum age for election to the DNC in Wisconsin. Since committee members automatically become superdelegates and begin their terms after the current convention (in this case, 2004), Rae could get elected and be 18 in time to serve as a superdelegate at the next (2008).
"I got my friends together and we hand-painted signs on tagboard that read A RAE OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE," he says. "I stood at the convention-hall door and I forced every person who walked in and out of the room to shake my hand."
The next day, after the ballots were counted, the political director of the Wisconsin Democratic Party called him to deliver the news: Rae had beaten his two opponents—one 55 and the other in his forties—and he'd be heading to the convention in Boston as a special guest. Rae was lugging a suitcase up some stairs when he took the call. "I was surprised beyond belief," he says. "I was totally blown aback."
At his first DNC meeting, in February 2005, Rae found himself at the podium in a ballroom at the Washington, D.C., Hilton, in front of upwards of 600 fellow delegates, delivering a nominating speech for Congressman Mike Honda, who was running for vice chair.
"It was a nerve-racking experience, with all the cameras and the lights," Rae says. "I kept talking through the first applause line." But he paused for the next one, and the congressman won the seat.
Over the next few years, Rae attended dozens of meetings around the country—building connections and honing strategies to win over young voters. Then things got surreal. He was watching a movie in his dorm room last January when he answered his phone and heard the voice of his childhood idol.
Jason, Bill here. How are you?
I'm fine, sir, Mr. President, sir!
After Rae had breakfast with Chelsea Clinton last February, his picture made the front pages of the Milwaukee papers and his phone began ringing nonstop. He did the news-channel circuit—from Fox to CNN to MSNBC—and people started recognizing him and pointing him out on campus. But while he was a rock star at school, he was the focus of debate among pundits and other campaign-obsessed grown-ups. How could this much power be placed in the hands of a college student?
"He knows as much about politics as anyone who follows politics closely," says MSNBC host Dan Abrams, who had Rae on his show during this time. "But the fact that his vote is the equivalent of roughly 10,000 Democratic voters to me reflects a problem with the system."
Whatever the arguments against the institution that placed him there, Rae takes his position seriously. He uses the calls he gets from influential politicians, he says, "to find out what's happening on the ground." In the midst of the media frenzy in March, he announced he would be supporting Barack Obama at the convention this summer. And Rae's already behaving like someone who's considering his own candidacy. When the Facebook requests started pouring in from people he didn't know, for instance, he encountered a dilemma: "I was like, Well, what if these people are potential voters someday?' So I was like, You know what? I'd better just accept them.'"
It is not easy to keep up with Rae. He flits through the languid packs of students on the snow-covered campus as though he were running from something. He's got the four-and-a-half-block walk from his dorm to the student union down to less than four minutes. He's usually smiling, and he calls girls "dear." He doesn't eat breakfast and often can't be bothered with lunch. One typical day in March, he attends a morning class on the history of Asia and three student-government-related meetings, then finishes a paper comparing Machiavelli's and Socrates' views on virtue and hightails it to OfficeMax in his Dodge Neon, which is littered with McDonald's Mighty Kids Meal bags, to campaign for his reelection to the DNC in June—fielding two phone calls at once while parallel-parking out front. Later, after inhaling a heap of spaghetti at a charity dinner in the basement of a frat house—in three minutes and 28 seconds flat—he is wringing his hands, staring past the orange residue on his Styrofoam plate as if depressed by the sudden downtime.
Back in his dorm room, where a black-and-white poster of the Kennedy brothers hangs on the wall and all seven seasons of The West Wing sit on a bookshelf next to the TV—right above ALF and Dawson's Creek—Rae kicks off his Nike Shox and lies back on his futon to talk about something else he's had to deal with since signing on with the DNC: answering questions about his sexuality. Rae is gay. Last year he joined the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Caucus of the DNC—a fact he figured would stay more or less within the confines of the committee. But in February the DNC released its list of openly gay registered superdelegates (along with members of other committees)—and Rae's name was on it. The gay media picked up on it, and pretty soon, when Rae did a Google news search on himself, that story was the top result. That's when Rae realized he had a problem: His parents had no idea he was gay.
"I was like, Hey, soooo . . . we need to talk,'" he says, describing the phone call (Rae was away at a conference). "I was glad I wasn't home when I told them. They weren't angry—they were just upset that I told the DNC before I had told them."
Over dinner at the Water Street Brewery downtown one night, Rae's close friends—three giddy girls who are fellow RAs at Marquette—give him shit about the time he threw up in P.E. class after 15 minutes of exertion. Rae laughs it off. "I never exercise!" he says. Halfway through his rum and Coke, the girls coax him into doing his choreo-graphed routine to R. Kelly's "Ignition" right there in the wooden booth. It's an elaborate series of R&B hand gestures and some spirited lip-synching.
In the wake of all the recent craziness, Rae has developed a new motto. "I realized I need to take each day as its own," he says. "Before that I was always so focused on what's going to happen next, and always planning three or four months down the road. I still have things booked months out, but now I've learned to take each day a little bit slower and savor opportunity. Now I'm just focused on getting through the school year, getting through November, and then I'm leaving it open after that." Though he's probably unaware of it, Rae sounds more like a politician than ever: He's making a promise he knows he can't possibly keep.


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History of the Egyptian Religion, part III: The Wisdom Literature
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It may seem that religion in ancient Egypt was mainly concerned with preserving the status of kingship and of a powerful priesthood. However, at all levels of society relationship with a deity through prayers and offerings on a daily basis was of great importance. At this period, there were already texts, which were believed to be issued from the deities themselves, showing us that morale codes and ethical behavior was taught to young people, and that one's behavior in this life had a direct influence on life in the hereafter.
These sources are called the Instructions, or Wisdom Literature. They usually take the form of an elder teaching a young son or future king how to behave and conduct himself in order to be successful and gain esteem in society. The origins of these 'Instructions' dates back to the Old Kingdom although many of them exist on papyrii from the New Kingdom. They were frequently copied by schoolboys on ostraca for several reasons, partly for the instructions themselves, partly for the exercise of style and writing. And so these schoolboy copies have been preserved to our days.
The values taught to young people was to live a life in accordance with Ma'at and to interact with other people on all levels of society while taking into consideration experience, so that continuity, safety and success would be ensured. Individuals should listen and pay attention to each other and to temper their speech so that violence can be avoided. Thus right living can be achieved and Ma´at upheld, which ensures life after death.
There are three main sources that stem from the Old Kingdom; the 'Instructions of Ptah-Hotep', the 'Instructions to Kagemni', and the 'Instructions of Duauf', also called the 'Instructions of Kehety' or the 'Satire on Trades':
The Instructions of Ptahotep
Ptahotep is known to have existed, he was the vizier to king Isesi in the 5th Dynasty. There has been found a tomb at Saqqara for one Ptahotep, but if this would be the same person has not been proven. These rather long teachings exist in four copies, three on papyrus scrolls and the fourth one, which is only a beginning has survived on a wooden tablet. The copies are from the Middle and the New Kingdom but the originals are dated to the Old Kingdom.
Ptahotep instructs his young pupil in how to make achievements in the world, how to moderate his speech and behavior, how to treat superiors and inferiors and warns him against covetousness, which was strongly frowned upon.
If a man's son accepts his father's words
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Teach your son to be a hearer,
One who will be valued by the nobles
One who guides his speech by what he was told,
One regarded as a hearer.
(Ptahotep 564, Papyrus Prisse)
Instructions to Kagemni
Kagemni was the son of king Huni in Dynasty 3. It is copied on the Papyrus Prisse, before the Instructions of Ptahotep. The nature of the teachings are the same; discretion and moderation in speech and behavior, restraint at food and greed will bring success:
Let your name go forth
While your mouth is silent.
When you are summoned, don't boast of strength
Among those your age, lest you be opposed.
One knows not what may happen,
What God does when he punishes
Instructions of Duauf
These are also called the 'Instructions of Khety' or 'The Satire on Trades'. Supposedly these are written by Duauf, son of Khety and a man of low birth. He advises his son Pepi who has had the good luck to be placed in school along with children of the magistrates and therefore his father tries to ensure that the boy will take advantage of the teachings and become a scribe so he doesn't have to work in the various trades. Therefore Duauf describes the various trades and their toils, and glorifies the scribe's profession to make Pepy pursue this career.
Ethical conduct and moderation, respect for authority and kindness for those who are lower than oneself brings about personal attainment, which in its turn leads to contentment. The standards for 'right living' were thus already set as a way to uphold the balance and justice of all things, high and low. Maybe these standards were high and can be called an 'ideal'. Nevertheless the Wisdom Texts prevailed through time, and today they give us opportunity to gain an insight into what the ancient Egyptians considered as the most important values in life .
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- The Book of Proverbs and Ancient Wisdom Literature
- that his proverbs were a part of an international, pan-oriental, wis- dom literature. ment; textual transmission; and history of the wisdom tradition) and how these texts 3 Giovanni Pettinato, "The Royal Archives of TelI Mardikh-Ebla," Biblical. Archaeologist .
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- Cultural History of Ancient Egypt
- The course will consist primarily of two lectures a week, but part of each class . henceforth abbreviated CANE, and M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, three vols.
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- neareast.jhu.edu
- Wisdom Literature in Mesopotamia and Israel
- Part Two: Studies in Babylonian Wisdom Texts. 3. An Allusion to the Šamaš Hymn in The Dialogue of .
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- Culture of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 1 Language; 2 Literature; 3 Religion; 4 Visual art The later, secular literature of ancient Egypt includes the 'wisdom texts', forms of philosophical instruction.
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- Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World
- 3. Early Prehistoric Religion This lecture explores the earliest forms of All of Egyptian religion and its stories refer either directly or indirectly to the three Proverbial wisdom is part of the cultural heritage of all peoples throughout history . The quest has many parallels in the wisdom literature we have already considered.
- www.thegreatcourses.com
- The Message of the Hebrew Wisdom Literature
- The Egyptians had a complex system of religion that included a multiplicity of gods, being the personification of wisdom as a woman), but for he most part, it is a Covenant and History, and instead give voice to the cries of the human heart.
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Another beautiful wallpaper for my desktop!
my god! this is so adorable! a must
I would like this wallpaper without the text please. email@example.com Thanks
Clean and simple.
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Be nice to have without text. Good looking though!
I like it very much say, do you have a 1280x1024 version of it?
very nice Leo
i love it !!!!
i love it !!!!