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Maine's Chickadee Checkoff program is in trouble. That's the program conservation-minded Mainers can choose to support by marking a specially-designated box on their income tax returns. But too often, filers are choosing to skip the option. As Jennifer Mitchell reports, revenue collected from the Chickadee Checkoff - along with the loon license plate - has dwindled to a fraction of what it once was.
If money collected through the Chickadee Checkoff program gets much lower, says Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesman Doug Rafferty, the program might disappear altogether.
"We're in danger of getting down to that threshhold level, which is $25,000 dollars annually," he says. Any less than $25,000, and the box will be removed from the tax form.
While management of big game animals, like moose and deer, is supported by revenue collected from hunting licenses, non-game animals, such as Canada lynx or bald eagles, have few revenue streams available. Enter the Chickadee Checkoff in the 1980s, and then the Loon License Plate almost a decade later.
In just its second year, the Chicadee Checkoff raised more than $129,000 for conservation through the generosity of nearly 30,000 Mainers. By 2005, fewer than 3,000 people were opting to give. And at last count, the program had raised less than $37,000.
What Mainers may not realize, says Rafferty, is that every $1 collected through the tax checkoff represents about $3 in federal matching money.
"If we were to just get even 3 to 4 percent of Mainers checking off the Chickadee Checkoff on their tax return, we'd have a whole lot more funding coming in, and this would give us a substantial increase for non-game and endangered species and the like," Rafferty says.
Early on, the Chickadee Checkoff was prominently featured in the tax booklet. Now you can locate the check box somewhere near the back on Schedule CP. It's even more difficult to find on online programs. And, to further complicate matters, the Chickadee Checkoff box is not the only one.
"Other people caught on to the idea, and now there are many different options for checkoffs," says Sally Stockwell of Maine Audubon. Stockwell says the same thing happened to the Loon Plate: Soon after its debut and demonstrated success, several different types of benefit plates became available - for breast cancer, farming, and animal welfare, to name a few.
The result has contributed to a chronic underfunding of Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Ten years ago, Maine Audubon worked together with the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine and forest industry representatives to find how much was lacking from the state's conservation budget.
The number, she says, was shocking: "Twenty million dollars, annually, that we don't have funding for right now, that we really need funding for."
While Maine Audubon and the state are hoping people will recommit to the Chickadee Checkoff and the Loon Plates, Stockwell says a more stable source of funding is needed.
That may come - at least partially - through a bill sponsored by Democratic Rep. Michael Shaw of Standish. The text of the bill hasn't been written yet, but according to David Trahan of the Sportsman's Alliance Of Maine, the bill would guarantee the Wildlife Department a $5 million share in all future energy corridor settlements.


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Heavy-duty blocks allow you to firmly clamp AR-15/M16 receiver halves in a vise without risk of crushing, twisting, or otherwise distorting them when applying vise pressure or torquing the barrel nut. Keeps your rifle secure for safe, effective cleaning, assembly, and repair. High pressure, solvent resistant, structural Rynite block and insert surround the entire upper receiver and support it inside and out to make rebarreling the AR-15/M16 an easy, one-man job. Lets you tightly clamp a carry handle receiver or flattop receiver in a large bench vise for barrel removal/installation. Torque generated while tightening the barrel nut is transmitted to the block and insert, not the receiver. Minimizes the possibility of damage to the barrel detent pin and receiver detent notch. Holds securely without marring the finish. DO NOT USE ON BILLET UPPERS OR DAMAGE TO THE UPPER CAN RESULT.
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- "You son of a bitch! Why can't you just die already? You should have never come back Toni. I worked my fingers to the bone for Salvatore. And you just come wandering back to town and he's all, Toni this, and Toni that! This is my town Toni! MY TOWN! You ain't taking it away from me! I'm gonna enjoy this."
- — Vincenzo Cilli.
The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by Vincenzo Cilli from his warehouse in the Atlantic Quays district of Portland Island, Liberty City.
Toni drops by Vincenzo's warehouse in Atlantic Quays, having received a phone call after completing "The Made Man" mission. However, Vincenzo is on a ship down at the Atlantic Quays docks, asking that he help with some "big shipment". Toni, at first reluctant, agrees to drop by, but only for Salvatore.
Toni reaches the underbelly of the ship, however, he is ambushed by members of the Leone Family, who are armed with chainsaws. Toni manages to kill all the chainsaw wielding Leone Family gang members, after which Vincenzo enters to check if Toni is dead. When he finds Toni still alive, Vincenzo expresses his anger at Toni for overshadowing him after returning; armed with a Micro-SMG, he begins shooting at Toni, who fires back and kills Vincenzo. Toni leaves the ship, completing the mission.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Meet Vincenzo at the Freighter
- Head down to the hull
- Kill Vincenzo's guards
- Kill Vincenzo
The reward for completing the mission is $3,000, unlocks the Overalls Outfit and unlocks the mission "Sindacco Sabotage" for Salvatore Leone, as well as the SlashTV side mission.
- Vincenzo Cilli - Killed for mistreating Toni and attempting to kill him.
- The name of the mission is taken from the name of the horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. As a result, the last word of the mission title is widely misread as "Massacre".
- The mission is dubbed one of the hardest missions in the game.
- The game's viewpoint changes to a 3/4 overhead view once the chainsaw attack starts, increasing the difficulty.
- One alternative method of surviving the attack is to complete the Firefighter sub-mission, which makes Toni fireproof, then load up on Molotov cocktails from one of the spawn points (such as the ruins of the building destroyed in Blow up 'Dolls'), and use them in the confined space of the tanker hold.
- The mission resembles A Dish Served Cold mission in GTA IV, as they both happen in a large ship hulls, with a large group of henchmen against the protagonists. Also, both antagonists are armed with an SMG.
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The brain drain has been termed as one of the greatest obstacles to Africa's development. A report by Professor Henry Kyambalesa, from Regis University in Denver, reveals that African countries continually lose a significant number of trained nationals, who decide to emigrate and live abroad in search of higher incomes and a better standard of living, among a host of other reasons.
Between 1974 and 1985, for example, an average of 12,146 technical and professional personnel per year (computed from data collected by Logan1) were admitted to the United States from various countries in Africa.
Between 1993 and 1995, the United States admitted 32,317 of the continent's skilled human re- sources. According to the World Bank Group, nearly 70,000 qualified Africans leave their home countries every year to work in industrialized nations.
According to the 2001 BBC World Africa report, Africa lost an estimated 60,000 middle- and high-level managers between 1985 and 1990, and about 23,000 qualified academic professionals emigrate each year in search of better working conditions.
Africa has lost a third of its skilled professionals in recent decades and it is costing the continent 4billion dollars a year to replace them with expatriates from the West. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) estimates that 20,000 skilled Africans leave every year for jobs in the West.
At the same, time Africa spends 4billion dollars a year on recruiting western expertise. A 1993 UN report said more than 21,000 Nigerian doctors were working in the United States alone, while Nigeria itself suffered from a shortage of doctors.
In 2007, it was reported by Xinhua (Chinese News Agency) that just like other least developed countries, Tanzania is also suffering from the brain drain that has backlashed at the development of these countries.
The fact was also pinpointed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Information Center in the 2007 report on Least Developed Countries. The UN report revealed that 12 Least Developed Countries had lost over one third of their qualified professionals to emigration in recent years.
One million out of 6.6 million people with tertiary level qualifications from developing countries were found to be working in developed countries, the report added.
According to available information from Tanzanian ministries, Tanzania has been losing such qualified professionals as doctors, nurses and teachers to emigration that leads them to South Africa or elsewhere for better pay. But there are no available statistics concerning the emigration.
Why Brain drain? According to Professor Henry Kyambalesa, there are many push factors in countries which are affected by the brain drain that have contributed to the exodus of skilled talent.
Surveys have revealed that most professionals and graduates were not leaving simply to earn more money. The following list of salient factors can cause brain drain: poor conditions of service; human rights abuses; misplacement of trained personnel; disregard for local talent; scarcity of jobs; limited access to education; poor healthcare services; a high level of crime, and the fear of losing valued relationships developed in host countries.
Can 'brain drain' be turned into 'brain gain'? The following are some of the suggestions to help turning brain drain into brain gain:
Firstly, improvement of working conditions for professionals in developing countries. Experts agree that improving the working conditions for African professionals, particularly scientists, would do much to persuade them to stay. Most of the migrants are attracted by better living standards.
Secondly, encouraging professionals in Diaspora to invest at home. Remittances is the most obvious and commonly-cited benefit of the brain drain. This could help stimulate the economy in the developing countries. For example, according to the Aljazeera English TV channel recently, in 2006, Asia as the biggest continent receives 115billion dollars through remittances; Africa and Latin America receive 40 and 70billion dollars respectively in a year.
It is also reported that the remittance money sent home is found to be more than that of international assistance. It has also been observed that the remittances can have a multiplier effect on the economy as a whole. For example, in Mexico, the 2billion dollars that were arriving in the country in the early 1990s are estimated to have increased overall annual production by 6.5billion dollars.
Third, encourage Brain circulation. Africans who have been educated or worked abroad can be encouraged to come back to their home countries to visit, to establish dual residence, to start businesses and universities, and, sometimes, to stay.
These people bring back new ideas and skills—crucial ingredients to economic growth. Similar processes brought enormous benefits already to Asia and Latin America.
The IOM has for several years been running a programme (ROQAN or the Reintegration Of Qualified African Nationals) which tries to reverse the brain drain by helping qualified Africans return home on short-term contracts and assisting their reintegration. So why can't this be an opportunity for Tanzania?
Lastly, provide flexible policies that allow dual citizenship. This could help in a way to stimulate professionals to return home and work even part time or invest at home.
In conclusion, it is to note that there is a need to eliminate poverty in Africa, and not merely reducing it by people in Diaspora sending money to relatives. Indeed, in any country of Africa, human capital is much more valuable than financial capital because it is only a nation's human capital that can be converted into real wealth. Under the status quo, Africa would still remain poor even if we were to send all the money in the world there.
Money cannot teach our children, but teachers can. Money cannot cure sick people, doctors can. I hope this article has partly contributed to a continuous debate on how we can utilize the wealth, knowledge and skills of professionals for the development of our country. Let's come up with more working solutions on this issue.
The writer is a Specialist in Education Management, Planning, Economics of Education and Policy Studies. He can be reached through 0754304181 or [email protected]


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Vol State Paralegal Coordinator Named Regional Director for AAfPE
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Loretta Calvert has been named a regional director on the board for the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE). The organization promotes quality paralegal education, develops educational standards and encourages professional growth. Calvert is Coordinator of Paralegal Studies at Volunteer State Community College.
Calvert graduated from New York University School of Law in 1998, and worked at Sullivan & Cromwell both as a summer associate and full-time associate doing commercial litigation. In 2000, she and her husband opened Calvert & Calvert, P.C. in New York City. Calvert is a member of the Tennessee, Arizona, and New York State bars. Her article on qui tam litigation was published by NYU's Annual Survey of American Law. Calvert is a reviewer for the AAfPE Educator magazine and an active member of AAfPE's Alternative Delivery Task Force where she spearheaded the new AAfPE Bytes newsletter.
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Canon Powershot A2200
Alpha builds for firmware versions 1.00B and 1.00D are available from the Download page
Reviews and Specifications
Technical Data
- Digic IV image processor
- DryOS operating system
- Sensor: 14.1 million effective pixels, 1/2.3" CCD (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Max image size: 4320 x 3240
- 4x optical zoom lens 28-112mm (35mm equiv), F2.8 - F5.9
- No image stabilisation
- 2.7 inch LCD
- Movie Recording: 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps)
- Power: lithium-ion battery
- Weight: 135g (4.76 oz), (without batteries): 115 g (4.06 oz)
- Dimensions: 93.2 x 57.2 x 23.6mm (3.67 x 2.25 x 0.93 in)
Firmware info
The ver.req (or vers.req) file method is used to gather firmware information about this camera model.
Note: Camera must not be set in Easy mode, or this method won't work.
Version 1.00B
ver.req First Page Data: After holding down FUNCSET then pressing DISP once:
Canon PowerShot A2200 P-ID:322A PAL D Firmware Ver GM1.00B(184.108.40.206) Adj Ver.005.005 Serial No. XXXXXXXXXXXX
ver.req Second Page Data: After holding down FUNCSET then pressing DISP twice:
Canon PowerShot A2200 P-ID:322A PAL D Build Dec 6 2010 14:31:05 NoError
Note: Using vers.req file instead, we get two additional screens.
vers.req Third Page Data: After holding down FUNCSET then pressing DISP three times:
Canon PowerShot A2200 P-ID:322A PAL D Total Shot: 11 Zoom Retry Count: 0 Mecha Condition: 0x00000000
vers.req Fourth Page Data: After holding down FUNCSET then pressing DISP four times:
Canon PowerShot A2200 P-ID:322A PAL D Driver Info: 0x00000000
CHDK Specialties
This section describes special CHDK-related things...
To enter and exit <ALT> mode, press DISP + FUNCSET. (In Nilinhim's latest build as of late Feb 2012, press smile.)
Auto Focus Lock (AFL) must be enabled first before enabling subject distance override. To enable AFL, press half shutter + MACRO.
For Developers
General info:
- DryOS v2.3, release #0047
- FW start address: 0xFF810000
LED addresses
0xC0220130 Rear AC (green) 0xC02200AC Front AF (orange)
Available firmware dumps
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Porting process & links
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The government was yesterday urged to tighten and implement anti-money laundering laws in a bid to fight the vice, with the opposition camp warning that Tanzania was a potential "heaven" for illicit cash.
The opposition MPs and the finance and economic affairs parliamentary committee asked the government to institute practical and strategic measures to curb money laundering in Tanzania.
"The government must be very tough in order to stamp out this dangerous vice," said Dr Abdallah Kigoda, when presenting the committee's views after the Finance Minister Mustafa Mkulo tabled the Anti-Money laundering (Amendment) Bill-2012 — for debate and subsequent endorsement by the House.
The committee urged the government to fast-track preparation of relevant supportive regulations in order to enhance effective enforcement of the anti-money laundering law, considering the magnitude of the problem in the country.
According to the committee, the regulations would set limits on the amount of money a foreign national or a Tanzanian would be allowed to transfer to other countries.
"Without strict regulations, it would be impossible to know the amount of money (money laundering) currently being transferred from our country to other countries," said Kigoda, noting: "A lot of our money is being transferred to other countries…this is not healthy for the country's economy and of course, it is one of the forces behind rapid depreciation of the Tanzanian shilling."
The committee called on the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) to put up strict controls to ensure effective implementation of financial laws in a drive to prevent money laundering, which is becoming a serious disease in Tanzania.
Kigoda underlined the need to adhere to ethics and patriotism, on the part of executives of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), as proposed in the Bill, in the course of conducting their duties. "The committee proposes that these executive should keep secrets while in service and out of service," said the committee.
The opposition camp said money laundering was widespread in the country, and that pioneers of the illicit money were coming in the name of investors and importers of goods and services.
"These people using financial systems and structures…siphon a lot of money out of Tanzania. It's a big threat to our economy. It is a major threat to the economic and social future of Tanzanians," said Christina Mughwai, shadow finance minister, when presenting opposition views.
The opposition told the government to put up strong legal and regulatory frameworks to control money laundering, adding that the anti-money laundering unit (FIU) which would be formed by this law needs to be independent.
"It is illogical to put such a sensitive unit under finance ministry…it should be completely independent," said Mughwai.
Contributing, Zitto Kabwe said latest SADC reports show that Tanzania and Malawi are the main heavens of illicit money —"engineers of illegal money are coming into our country with dirty money…invest them in real estate, which is currently not even regulated."
Quoting the same report, the legislator said Tanzania provides space for money launders to clean up their illicit money through various investments and later on transfer cleaned money to other countries.
"Worse, the finance minister has failed to draft regulations for the Anti-money Laundering Act since it came into force six years ago…how come, the minister is coming again to seek House approval for amendment of the Act, while he had failed to prepare supportive regulations for years?" questioned the MP.
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Nice! Love the NASA-style repair arm thingie and the robot in the closet.
Have some rep for posting a map on your first post. We need some more sci-fi stuff around here so I look forward to seeing more from your setting. BTW, nice to see someone from home. I went to high school in Guntersville and college in Huntsville. Wee bit north of you, but...close enough.


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Kerri Karvetski (Company K Media) presented a webinar on advanced social media strategies that ONEplace hosted in April. She made the point that nonprofits have experimented long enough with social media. It's now time for social media to carry its weight in fundraising campaigns…but they can't go it alone.
Multi-channel campaigns, especially those pairing email and social media, consistently provide increased impressions and highly reinforced messaging. They allow supporters to take action in the channel of their choice (which often changes over time). Multi-channel campaigns result in stronger relationships and better donor retention.
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Addison's disease occurs when the two adrenal glands don't make enough steroid hormones, specifically cortisol and aldosterone. Cortisol controls the body's metabolism, suppresses inflammatory reactions, and affects immune system functions. Aldosterone regulates sodium and potassium levels. Addison's disease is relatively rare and may first appear at any age.
Destruction of the adrenal glands due to an autoimmune disease is the most common cause. Some cases of Addison's disease are caused by the actual destruction of the adrenal glands through cancer, infection (tuberculosis, for instance), an autoimmune process, or rare genetic diseases. Other causes of inadequate corticosteroid production may include the following:
Corticosteroid therapy (such as prednisone), which slows production of natural corticosteroids by the adrenal glands
Certain medications used to treat fungal infections may block production of corticosteroids in the adrenal glands
Rarely, Addison's disease is inherited.
Lack of adrenal hormones may cause:
Elevated blood levels of potassium, which affect the water and sodium balance
Extreme sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which may lead to low blood sugar levels
Increased risk of deterioration during stressful periods, such as surgery, infection, or injury. Corticosteroids play an important role in helping the body fight infection and promote health during physical stress.
Mild symptoms of Addison's disease may only be apparent when the child is under physical stress. Symptoms may include:
Muscle weakness
Rapid pulse
Dark skin (first noted on hands and face)
Black freckles
Bluish-black discoloration around the nipples, mouth, rectum, scrotum, or vagina
Weight loss
Loss of appetite
Intense salt craving
Muscle aches
Intolerance to cold
If left untreated, Addison's disease may lead to severe abdominal pain, extreme weakness, low blood pressure, kidney failure, and shock from dehydration. Severe complications are most likely to occur when the child is experiencing physical stress. The symptoms of Addison's disease may look like other problems or medical conditions. Always consult your child's health care provider for a diagnosis.
In addition to a complete medical history and physical exam, other tests may include blood tests to measure corticosteroid hormone and potassium levels.
The goal of treatment is to replace the deficient hormones and to relieve the symptoms of hormone deficiency. Since Addison's disease can be life-threatening, treatment often begins with prompt administration of corticosteroids. Corticosteroids, such as cortisol, may be taken orally or intravenously, depending on your child's condition. Usually the child must continue taking the corticosteroids for the rest of his or her life. Treatment may also include taking a medication that helps restore and maintain the body's levels of sodium and potassium.
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text: From Pinterest to Kobo, how Japan's Rakuten is building a global internet giant Magazine features 22 August 12 by David Rowan This article was taken from the September 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.Tatsuya Abe is Japan's crab-meat king. Seven years ago, he cofounded the Yamato seafood company in Shiogama, Miyagi province, to offer the best-quality imported Russian and Alaskan taraba crab, red crab, and other cooked and processed seafood. A year later, the father-of-one decided to experiment with e-commerce, launching an online store "which no one thought would work" in a crowded internet mall called Rakuten Ichiba, which today claims to offer for sale 102,953,743 separate items. Guaranteeing overnight postal delivery of juicy chunks of fresh red king crab, Abe's business began slowly, with ¥130,000 (£1,040) of sales in the first month, barely a dent on its factory wholesale business. But since then, thanks to relentless blogging, feedback from his personal "e-commerce consultant", and his crab-meat's sheer reputation, monthly sales have risen 300-fold to ¥40m. "We're very surprised by how many people want to buy crabmeat on the internet," Abe, 30, reflects with a smile at a baseball stadium in Sendai, where as a star trader he has been invited as a Rakuten matchday guest. "Japanese people love crab. And Rakuten is a huge market. Our e-commerce business is now twice as big a business as the factory business."And meet Toyohi Kitada, master of the Japanese roll cake, a cholesterol-raising cream-filled sponge delicacy that has saved his 60-year-old store. His Patissier Kagetsudo, in Iwate prefecture, has been Rakuten Ichiba's champion online roll-cake seller for six years running -- an achievement largely due to its famous Printemps Nouveau cake, packed with strawberry, kiwi and golden peach, and celebrated in magazines ranging from Créa and Chouchou to Gisele. Not only has Printemps Nouveau been clicked into 200,000 shopping baskets, but it has taken the online business from a monthly turnover of ¥100,000 to more than ¥1.5 million (£12,000). "If we hadn't joined Rakuten, we'd be bankrupt," says Kitada, the 38-year-old in charge of e-commerce at Kagetsudo. "It's given us a national market -- and the physical shop has also increased sales, as local people come in because of our internet fame."For roll-cake merchants, crab-meat specialists, even online egg retailers (the Oohara Shinshu farm in Nagano prefecture delivers eggs worth £400,000 a month via Rakuten), this is a mall with a difference. Unlike Amazon's retail partners, the 38,500 Ichiba sellers are designated their own personal e-commerce consultant with a specific brief to work with them for the long term. "It's a partnership," says Sho Okado, 29, Rakuten's contact point for crabmaster Abe. "We talk almost every day, often for an hour." During the busy November-December season, the phone calls come every two or three hours, says Okado, one of 450 e-commerce consultants in Rakuten Japan. "He has information on what's selling elsewhere on the mall, on marketing trends, on which phrases work," Abe says. "We've changed the angle of photography on the website, based on what's working better for other stores."You may not yet have heard of Rakuten, Japan's biggest internet retailer, whose interests range from a food-to-fashions online marketplace and travel agency to a credit-card business and ebooks. But Hiroshi Mikitani, the charismatic and outspoken 47-year-old billionaire who founded the business 15 years ago, is planning to change that, and fast. Mickey, as he's known to his 7,615 Japanese staff, is on a mission to take the business global -- and in stage one, intended to capture 27 countries, he has lately acquired America's Buy.com for $250 million (£160 million), France's PriceMinister for €200 million (£161 million), Britain's Play.com (£25 million), Canada's Kobo ($315 million), Germany's Tradoria and Brazil's Ikeda, not to mention leading a $100 million investment in Pinterest this May, a $10 million funding round in AhaLife in April, and a minority investment last September in Russia's leading etailer, OZON."We've intentionally been avoiding the radar screen of our big competitors -- avoiding meeting Amazon and Google guys," Mikitani says in his office on floor 14 of Shinagawa Seaside Rakuten Tower in Tokyo's Shinagawa-ku district. "But now our annual group revenues are $4bn, we can become aggressive. This year is year one for global branding." His declared mission is "to create the number-one internet services company in the world" through continuous innovation -- and already its loyalty programme has attracted 77 million members, whose spending ranges from e-commerce and banking to securities and golf-course reservations. But to complete his task and teach corporate Japan how to create a genuinely global internet business, Rakuten will require two crucial transformations: Mikitani's insistence on the entire business adopting his programme of "Englishnization" -- the use of English as the only acceptable internal company language; and what he unironically calls "disgalapagosisation" -- an end to what he sees as an Edo-era sense of national superiority brought about by an isolation that unchecked can only lead to extinction. And if that means withdrawing from the influential Keidanren business association, or establishing a language-learning laboratory on his tower's fifth floor (Honda CEO Takanobu Ito publicly denounced Englishnization as "stupid for a Japanese company"), then that's just fine with Mikitani-san. After all, he's already done away with company cleaners, insisting that every employee cleans his or her workspace each Monday morning "to bring us back to basics".For Mikitani, those basic values are all about empowering the small Japanese trader and thus save his country. "Most of the things on your phone were innovated by Japanese companies -- putting a camera on the back, near-field communication, enabling internet access," he says. "We created optical fibre, the DVD -- everything. Yet we're struggling [economically] because Japanese companies try to protect their domestic markets and come up with domestic configurations and standards that aren't used in other countries. We need either to make our standards global, or comply with global standards." And that's where Rakuten comes in: through the power of global internet commerce, Mikitani has made it his mission to give economic hope to small traders across Japan. "There are so many merchants who could have gone bankrupt without Rakuten Ichiba," he says. "The kimono industry wouldn't now exist without Rakuten, which accounts for ten per cent of kimono sales. We have so many farmers selling their goods directly to consumers, when they didn't have any channels before. We are about empowering the merchant." Read page 2 1234 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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(a) The Administrator is authorized to enter into contracts and other agreements with the State of New York to carry out a project to demonstrate methods for the selective removal of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminating bottom sediments of the Hudson River, treating such sediments as required, burying such sediments in secure landfills, and installing monitoring systems for such landfills. Such demonstration project shall be for the purpose of determining the feasibility of indefinite storage in secure landfills of toxic substances and of ascertaining the improvement of the rate of recovery of a toxic contaminated national waterway. No pollutants removed pursuant to this paragraph shall be placed in any landfill unless the Administrator first determines that disposal of the pollutants in such landfill would provide a higher standard of protection of the public health, safety, and welfare than disposal of such pollutants by any other method including, but not limited to, incineration or a chemical destruction process.
(b) The Administrator is authorized to make grants to the State of New York to carry out this section from funds allotted to such State under section 1285 (a) of this title, except that the amount of any such grant shall be equal to 75 per centum of the cost of the project and such grant shall be made on condition that non-Federal sources provide the remainder of the cost of such project. The authority of this section shall be available until September 30, 1983. Funds allotted to the State of New York under section 1285 (a) of this title shall be available under this subsection only to the extent that funds are not available, as determined by the Administrator, to the State of New York for the work authorized by this section under section 1265 or 1321 of this title or a comprehensive hazardous substance response and clean up fund. Any funds used under the authority of this subsection shall be deducted from any estimate of the needs of the State of New York prepared under section 1375 (b) of this title. The Administrator may not obligate or expend more than $20,000,000 to carry out this section.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Robert Nelson on Environmentalism as Religion
Recorded: Monday, May 21, 2012
Senior Fellow Robert Nelson, author of The New Holy Wars talks about the the religious implications between church, state, and environmentalism with Anthony Gill on Research on Religion.
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Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
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Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in America
Recorded: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Economics and environmentalism are types of modern religions. So says Robert H. Nelson in his analysis of the roots of economics and environmentalism and their mutually antagonistic relations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The present debate raging over global warming exemplifies the clash of these two public theologies.
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In spring 2013, the Merrick School of Business inducted 154 students to business honor societies.
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This article is a more specific discussion of CLL. Please be sure to read Leukemia: The Basics first, so you have a basic understanding of leukemia.
CLL is a chronic blood cancer that affects the lymphocytes, of which there are two types, B and T lymphocytes. These white blood cells are an important component of the immune system, helping to fight infection. More than 90% of CLL cases affect the B cells. In acute leukemia, one cell begins rapidly reproducing, leaving little room for healthy cells, eventually causing symptoms. In CLL, the abnormal B cells accumulate over time, but the rate they are reproducing is not abnormal. Rather than overgrowth, CLL is caused by a loss of apoptosis, or programmed cell death. The B cells should die once they reach a certain number, but cancerous B cells have lost the ability to self destruct in this situation.
CLL accounts for a little over 30% of all adult leukemia cases in the United States, making it the most common form of leukemia in adults with an estimated 14,990 new cases diagnosed in 2010. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society estimates that over 95,000 people are living with CLL. The average age at diagnosis is 55-60 and it is more common as age increases, but can develop as early as age 18. It is more common in men and much less common in Asian populations, compared with U.S. or European populations.
No one really knows what causes CLL. Exposure to radiation and a chemical called benzene can lead to other types of leukemia, but this is not a cause of CLL. The Veteran's Administration has concluded that exposure to Agent Orange is associated with CLL. In rare cases, more than one person in a family may have CLL, but in the large majority of cases it is not familial in nature.
The majority of people will not have any symptoms of the disease, and are diagnosed after a routine blood test shows an abnormally high white blood cell count. If present, symptoms can include: repeated infections, fatigue (due to anemia or low red blood count), bleeding or bruising (due to low platelet count), and enlarged lymph nodes. As the disease progresses, healthcare practitioners may find enlargement of the spleen (splenomegaly) or liver (hepatomegaly) and/or enlarged lymph nodes.
Once suspected, a blood sample will be sent for a test called "flow cytometry," which detects "markers" on the surface of the cancer cells, confirming the diagnosis. Markers seen on CLL cells include: CD5, CD19, CD23 and CD20. The presence or absence of a marker called ZAP-70 (zeta chain associated protein kinase) can provide information on prognosis. ZAP-70 positive CLL has an average survival of 5 years which ZAP-70 negative CLL has an average survival of more than 25 years.
Some patients with CLL will have aggressive disease, which requires treatment and has a poor prognosis of 2-3 years, while others have a very slow growing disease and can live for 10 to 20 years. About half of all patients are in between these two extremes. Researchers have developed the Rai system to stage the disease, assess prognosis and the need for treatment. Originally Rai assigned stages of 0-IV, but it was determined that there were only three groups for the purposes of prognosis, so the system was modified to include low, intermediate and high risk. (See table below)
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Simplified System
Clinical Features
Median survival in years
Low risk
Elevated lymphocyte count (lymphocytosis) greater than 5000/mm 3 (in blood and bone marrow)
Intermediate risk
Lymphocytosis with enlarged lymph nodes
Lymphocytosis with enlarged spleen and/or liver (may or may not have enlarged lymph nodes)
High risk
Lymphocytosis with anemia (hemoglobin<11G/dl)
Lymphocytosis with low platelet count (platelets<100,000)
(Both stage III & IV may or may not have enlarged lymph nodes, spleen and/or liver)
In Europe, the Binet staging system is more widely used. This system incorporates prognostic factors such as hemoglobin, platelet count and lymph node involvement to group patients into groups based on prognosis. (see below)
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Hgb> 10g/dl, platelets > 100 x 109/l, <3 lymph node regions
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Hgb> 10g/dl, platelets > 100 x 109/l, >3 lymph node regions
7 years
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Hgb< 10g/dl, platelets < 100 x 109/l
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There are a few other features that help clinicians determine poorer prognosis and the need for treatment. The presence of CD38 on the surface of CLL cells is a predictor of poorer prognosis. Following the lymphocyte count over time determines lymphocyte doubling time, which is the time it takes for the count to double. Taking longer than 12 months to double is considered lower risk, faster than this is considered higher risk disease. The extent to which the bone marrow is involved can be prognostic, and while bone marrow biopsy is not a necessary test to evaluate disease, many practitioners use it to decide on treatment. CT scans, or other radiology tests, are not routinely done in CLL unless progressive disease (called Richter's syndrome) is suspected.
The decision to treat or not is an important one. People with early stage or less aggressive disease can actually have better outcomes if treatment is not started until disease related symptoms or rapid doubling time occur. For years, clinicians thought that patients would experience significant psychological distress from "watching and waiting", but this did not prove true in studies, therefore the standard approach for a stage 0 CLL is observation.
Once a decision to treat has been reached, there are no set in stone regimens. A chemotherapy drug called fludarabine is considered standard first line therapy, but several studies have shown decreased disease progression when it is combined with another agent such as cyclophosphamide, so combination therapy is often used. Chlorambucil is an oral chemotherapy that was considered the standard before fludarabine and is still a good choice for first or second line therapy. Despite the many clinical trials of various drugs, none has clearly shown longer survival time over the others (they have shown less disease progression, but this may not translate to longer life).
Monoclonal antibodies (alemtuzumab, rituximab) are a group of medications that are designed to target a specific type of cell (in this case, B-cell leukemia) and are being studied in CLL. Antibodies, which are normally found in the body, are developed by the immune system to destroy foreign things (such as a germ). These medications are antibodies that are made in a laboratory, with the goal of stimulating the patient's immune system to attack the leukemia cells.
Other medications used to treat CLL include: cladribine (2-CDA), pentostatin, and prednisone.
Recently, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, a trial involving the infusion of autologous T cells genetically modified with a "chimeric antigen receptor" (or CAR) targeting a CD19 protein found on most B-cell CLL cells. This treatment takes the patient's own T cells and modifies them to include an antibody that recognizes CD 19. Once these cells are given back to the patient, they are able to seek out the CLL cells, which have the CD19 protein on their surface, and stimulate the immune system to attack and kill these cells. Although only a handful of patients with CLL have been treated, the results are promising and these T cells were able to kill off large quantities of the leukemia cells. Research continues into this treatment.
CLL affects a person's ability to fight infection and precautions must be taken to prevent infection. The number one way to prevent infection is through hand washing, both the patient and those they come into contact with. Avoiding large crowds, like a shopping mall the day before Christmas! The lack of a properly functioning immune system means that the common cold, flu or pneumonia can spell real trouble, and can even be life threatening, for a person with CLL. Unfortunately, the same dysfunction in the immune system makes vaccines, such as the flu vaccine, much less effective in people with CLL. Patients should discuss the need for vaccines and when to receive them (in relation to treatments) with their healthcare team. Some studies have shown that giving the pneumococcal vaccine (protects against the most common type of pneumonia) early in CLL may improve its effectiveness.
People with low hemoglobin counts (also called anemia) can experience fatigue, shortness of breath or appear pale. Talk with your healthcare team about ways to treat anemia. Low platelet count (also called thrombocytopenia) can lead to bleeding. This can be as small as gums bleeding when brushing the teeth or a nosebleed to dangerous bleeding, such as a stroke. Patients should avoid contact sports, shaving (electric razor is okay), or any activities that increase the risk of bleeding or bruising. Patients should always inform their healthcare team if they have symptoms of anemia or thrombocytopenia.
In 3-15% of patients, CLL "transforms" into an aggressive form of lymphoma, which is called Richter's syndrome. There is no way to predict which patients this will occur in, but the prognosis with transformation is very poor. Patients with Richter's syndrome will have increasing swelling of the lymph nodes, spleen and liver; develop fever, abdominal pain and weight loss. Blood counts typically worsen, with anemia, thrombocytopenia and a rapid increase in the lymphocyte count. A lymph node biopsy can diagnose the lymphoma.
Yes, there are two other types of B cell leukemias called prolymphocytic leukemia and hairy cell leukemia. T cell leukemias are quite rare, accounting for only 2% of all CLL cases. These include: mycosis fungoides, T-PLL, adult T-cell leukemia, NK (natural killer) cell leukemia (NK cells are a part of the immune system) and large granular lymphocytosis.
Prolymphocytic leukemia (PLL) tends to occur in older persons and most are diagnosed with advanced stage disease. While PLL also affects B cells, they are less mature than those affected in CLL. PLL tends to respond poorly to chemotherapy and the median survival is about 3 years (median means this is the time when half of the patients have died, but half are still living; it is not the same as an average).
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) occurs in about 600-800 people each year in the United States and is more common in men, by a rate of 4 to 1. It is named for the "hairy" appearance of the B cells under the microscope. Patients most commonly present with recurrent infections, fatigue, enlarged spleen (splenomegaly) or liver (hepatomegaly), low blood counts and the presence of "hairy" cells in the blood stream.
Many patients with HCL will not require treatment, which is only initiated if the disease progresses. When treatment is necessary, cladribine and pentostatin are chemotherapy agents, which can achieve remission in 90% of patients, though the treatment is not curative. Other medications used to treat HCL include interferon alpha and Rituxan. Patients with HCL were often treated by removal of the spleen (splenectomy) until the early 1980's, when it was determined that this did not change the course of the disease. Splenectomy may still be performed in patients who do not respond to other therapy.
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The Grenade Launcher is a weapon that appears in The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony, and Grand Theft Auto V.
The weapon is based on the HK69A1 grenade launcher. The grenade launcher fires 40 mm grenades greater distances than a person throwing a hand grenade and is about as effective as a pipe bomb. It is best for removing cover, such as a car, however, the grenade does not land in a particular spot, making it less accurate. The grenade detonates on a seven second fuse. Grenades can be fired at and bounced off walls to reach tricky targets. When engaging long range targets, the player must arc the shot (aim higher than the target) in order to compensate for gravity. Although the grenade launcher is ill-suited for aerial targets, the player can carry more rounds than the RPG allows. In the Ballad of Gay Tony, it features an interesting improvement in which the grenade explodes on impact if it hits a vehicle or person. Also, the time it takes for the grenade to explode has been shortened to about four seconds.
The grenade launcher is only available from either Terry Thorpe in The Lost and Damned or Armando Torres in The Ballad of Gay Tony. In The Lost and Damned, the weapon spawns at the Lost MC Clubhouse and Brian Jeremy's Safehouse after completing 50 Gang Wars.
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The Grenade Launcher returns in Grand Theft Auto V. It is now based on a multiple shot, revolver-type launcher, such as the Milkor MGL. Unlike in The Lost and Damned, this launcher will be able to fire more than one grenade before reloading.
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- It was originally going to make an appearance in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City but was taken out without any explanation, perhaps because grenades work the same way, and the launcher was just an aimed version. Its model (grenlanc.dff) and its textures (grenlanc.txd), still remain on the PS2 disc. These files were removed from all other ports of the game.
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Dr. Pfaff's research has focused on the effects of steroid hormones on nerve cells as they direct instinctive behaviors, as well as the influences of hormones and genes on generalized brain arousal.
Waking Up the Brain: Mechanisms for Generalized CNS Arousal, Sexual Arousal, and the Links Between Them
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Riverview, FL-- Hillsborough deputies have located and arrested 39-year-old Dorrell Maxwell Webb, wanted for animal cruelty, domestic battery and stalking.
10 News reported last Friday that officials sought the public's assistance in locating Webb after he lost control during a verbal argument with his girlfriend and became violent.
When his girlfriend, Lorisa Bass, attempted to leave during the argument, Webb reportedly tampered with two different vehicles, shattered her phone and worst of all, threatened to break her dog's neck and then threw the dog, fracturing its leg.
He left that night, but reportedly continued to show up to Bass' home without her permission on multiple occasions.
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An elderly woman was airlifted to a Greenville hospital after a car crash this afternoon in Beaufort County.
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The Highway Patrol says Nina Forrest's vehicle ran off the right side of the road, crossed the center line and then ran off the left side where she overcorrected, and ran off the right side of the road. The woman's car hit a ditch and a tree.
Sgt. Kevin Respass says the 80-year-old woman is in serious condition at Vidant Medical Center. He says a medical condition caused the accident.
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The Susquehanna region of northern Appalachia often has often been defined (and neglected) from the outside. This program seeks to highlight the intersection of cultural landscapes and narratives with environmental systems from a perspective inside the region, emanating from the historic juncture of the north and west branches of the Chesapeake Bay's main feeder river.
The long-term goal is to develop digital interfaces to map humanities and social science data, integrating environmental science data as well. We intend to produce a dynamic multi-layered online landscape of the valley accessible for regional school districts, community groups, and university students and researchers alike. A successful cross-disciplinary university focus year at Bucknell in 2008-09 helped to articulate the program.
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Cheniere Partners Announces Pricing Of $1.0 Billion Senior Secured Notes Offering By Sabine Pass Liquefaction
HOUSTON, Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. ("Cheniere Partners") (NYSE MKT: CQP) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC ("Sabine Liquefaction"), has priced its previously announced offering of Senior Secured Notes due 2022 ("SPL 2022 Notes"). The SPL 2022 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 6.25% per annum and will mature on March 15, 2022. The SPL 2022 Notes are priced at par. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on November 25, 2013. Sabine Liquefaction intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to pay capital costs in connection with the construction of the first four liquefaction trains at its facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana and fees and expenses incurred associated with the offering. The net proceeds will be used to reduce commitments on a ratable basis under Sabine Liquefaction's four credit facilities totaling $5.9 billion (collectively, the "2013 Liquefaction Credit Facilities"). The SPL 2022 Notes are pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness of Sabine Liquefaction, including borrowings under the 2013 Liquefaction Credit Facilities and its outstanding senior secured notes due 2021 and 2023.The offer of the SPL 2022 Notes has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the SPL 2022 Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale of these securities would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain statements that may include "forward-looking statements" within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are "forward-looking statements." Included among "forward-looking statements" are, among other things, statements regarding Cheniere Partners' business strategy, plans and objectives, including the use of proceeds from the offering. Although Cheniere Partners believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Cheniere Partners' actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in Cheniere Partners' periodic reports that are filed with and available from the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Other than as required under the securities laws, Cheniere Partners does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.
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A Day in Seattle
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Traveling around visiting FLOR stores is really not a bad gig to have. The stores all have their own unique architectural character, they're staffed by interesting folks and are located in dynamic and eclectic neighborhoods. Seattle is a personal favorite – step out the door in any direction and you're bound to stumble across interesting shops, great eats, plenty of people watching and lots of natural beauty.
If you are in the neighborhood, we invite you to stop by the store and say hello – it's a great corner spot with abundant light and a helpful staff that likes to have a good laugh and talk about carpet, squares -that is! And, why not make a day (or at least an afternoon of it) – here are some of our favorite neighborhood attractions.
For the early risers, Top Pot is the spot. Hand-forged doughnuts. Good coffee and shelves full of old books. I recommend anything with applesauce or bacon. Busy spot with a line full of locals, great for conversation and line moves quickly.
After a little caffeination and some sugar, a stroll around the neighborhood to check out some shops (after FLOR, of course) is in order. Urban Hardwoods is a short jaunt across the street and a very unique place. These are locally made pieces from salvaged hardwoods. We love the idea of using materials that would otherwise go to waste – and, the reward for your altruism? A completely one-of-a-kind design that is sure to become a family heirloom.
In addition to the beautiful salvaged wood furniture, I think they have a very well curated selection of interesting accessories and art objects – industrial crossed with rustic.
A few blocks away you'll find one of the remaining architectural bookstores in the US - Peter Miller - it's a complete classic that manages to remain totally relevant. For many, many years they were just a few doors down from the new FLOR location, this spring the store moved into an extraordinary space that is part of Suyama Peterson Deguchi architects' space. It's an inspiring space to visit — here are a few pics to whet your appetite – most days you'll run into Peter and he's great for a chat on all sorts of topics – food, architecture, the neighborhood, design, Seattle …. just remember to say hello from FLOR.
And, a visit earns you a sneak peek into the Suyama Peterson Deguchi space – complete with rotational art / architectural / design exhibits. It's worth the trip.
By now you might have earned an appetite? Serious Pie totally has you covered. Plenty of fresh, seasonal starters (heirloom tomatoes, cascade huckleberries, red haven peaches) followed by a pie that you'll remember – interesting ingredients, a just right crust. You'll come back, I'm definitely going to.
Certainly Pike Place Market must be the number one tourist attraction for hundreds of miles — It's beyond iconic – and yet, it is still so worth a visit – by tourists and locals alike. You'll find unbelievable seafood, miles of flowers … and cheese … Beecher's Handmade Cheese to be exact. Watch cheese production in action — it's transfixing and if you have an appetite at all, the Grilled Cheese with Beecher's Flagship cheese is not to be missed – Not hungry? Put it in your pocket for later, seriously, it's that good.
First – the market – a few shots — then Grilled Cheese.
All this walking, shopping and exploring has most certainly earned you a beverage. I'm a fan of The Diller Room where they can accommodate your craft cocktail or serve up a quality microbrew pint -all with local-worthy conversation.
We've got plenty more ideas (Fran's Chocolates will make you a favorite amongst family and friends, Metsker Maps is pretty classic and full of fresh ideas for any explorer, Matt's in the Market will serve up a cocktail with a heck of a view … there's a whole lot more … we'd love to know your favorites – please leave your comments below.
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Universal Electronics Inc. Stock Downgraded (UEIC)
TheStreet) -- Universal Electronics (Nasdaq: UEIC) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, poor profit margins and weak operating cash flow. Highlights from the ratings report include:NEW YORK (
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $0.29 million or 94.20% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
- The gross profit margin for UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC is currently lower than what is desirable, coming in at 30.20%. It has decreased from the same quarter the previous year.
- UEIC's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.13 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Although the company had a strong debt-to-equity ratio, its quick ratio of 0.99 is somewhat weak and could be cause for future problems.
- The revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 14.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 48.1%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
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Achille CastiglioniITALY (1918-2002)
"Start from scratch. Stick to common sense." Achille Castiglioni's designs are often inspired by everyday things and make use of ordinary materials like extruded aluminum and stainless steel. The genius of Castiglioni's inventive imagination is in his ability to use the minimal amount of materials while creating forms with a maximum effect.
Along with other postwar designers like Marco Zanuso and Ettore Sottsass, Castiglioni is a product of the artisan tradition of fine craftsmanship and a familial passion for sensual, expressive forms. With his brothers, designers Livio and Pier Giacomo, Achille helped establish the Milan Trienniale, the Compasso d'Oro awards and the ADI. And, like his contemporaries, Castiglioni took an active part in Italy's postwar design renaissance. Lack of funds for large architectural projects forced designers to focus on small objects like furniture, tableware, lighting, radios, typewriters and office equipment.
Castiglioni himself possessed a creative potency and flexibility that gave birth to an array of stylistically varied objects including the minimalist Parentesi Lamp, the "ready made" Taccia and the poetic Fucsia Hanging Lamp. One of his favorite design strategies was to place a familiar form in an unexpected context – a tractor seat atop a stool, an automobile headlight reflector as a table lamp.
His highly individual work still displays an ironic humor, lively sense of paradox, and thoughtful concern for formal balance. During his long career, he has been a professor of interior and industrial design at both the Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano and has been honored with eight Compasso d'Oro awards. He is one of the most important and complex figures in Italian design of the 20th century.
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Vol State Spring Classes at Wilson Central High School
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Registration is open now for Volunteer State Community College spring semester classes at Wilson Central High School. There are 10 evening courses to choose from: Essentials of Geology, Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, English Composition I and II, Music Appreciation, Computer Technology and Applications, Fundamentals of Speech Communication, Introduction to Sociology, and Survey of American History II.
Online classes are another popular option at Vol State. The topics range from Essentials of Biology to Principles of Economics, and include many of the college general education requirement classes. Online classes allow students to work at home and on their own schedule. The complete spring schedule of classes can be found on the college web site.
Classes start January 13. New students will need to apply to the college before they can register for classes. That can be done online at www.volstate.edu or in person at the campus in Gallatin. Admissions Advisors can walk new students through the process by calling 615-230-3688. Wilson Central High School is located just off Highway 109 in between Lebanon and Mt. Juliet.
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- Denver company wants to take medical-pot elixirs national
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- Colorado Senate defeats driving-while-high bill; key backer was absent
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A Colorado committee formed to defeat a marijuana issue on the November ballot has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to weigh in with his opposition.
Amendment 64 would allow adults statewide to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational use.
The measure is opposed by a citizens group called Smart Colorado, which is represented by the Denver law firm of Holland & Hart.
In a letter to Holder, Smart Colorado attorney Jon Anderson noted that Colorado's ballot measure "parallels" a California measure, Proposition 19, that voters there defeated in 2010.
The Department of Justice "aggressively" opposed that measure, Anderson said, and Smart Colorado wants the department to do the same in Colorado.
"As you know, Colorado has the most expansive medical marijuana industry in the country," he wrote Holder. "To further expand their drug profits, this industry will invest enormous sums of money to erase all state restrictions on growing, transporting, and selling marijuana in Colorado. It is critical that Colorado voters understand the serious legal and policy implications of passing such a dangerous law."
The letter surprised Mason Tvert, the leader of pro-Amendment 64 groups.
"This seems like a politically tone-deaf request in light of the recent Rasmussen poll showing 61 percent of likely voters in Colorado support regulating marijuana like alcohol," he said. "Whoever is asking the Obama administration to oppose Amendment 64 must be secretly rooting for Mitt Romney to be elected president in November."
Five campaign committees supporting Amendment 64 have collected close to $2 million in money and in-kind donations to try to ensure its passage, according to filings with Colorado secretary of state. Tvert's group is the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.
He was critical of Smart Colorado, describing it as a "small group of law-enforcement officials" who want the federal government to "interfere with Colorado's business."
Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck, who helped organize the opposition group, said it is a "broad-based coalition of individuals concerned with our children's health."
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Update - Wreck cleared on N.C. 87 in Brunswick
Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 8:27 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 9:54 a.m.
An accident has cleared on N.C. 87 near Boiling Spring Lakes, according to Brunswick County Emergency dispatch.
The accident involving a tractor-trailer and motorcycle happened about 7:30 a.m. at Miller Road near the Boiling Spring Lakes city limits.
Further details on the wreck were not immediately available.
The wreck disrupted traffic in both lanes for more than an hour.
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