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Nomura analyst Robert Drbul says handbag maker Coach (COH) is "an attractive contrarian play." READ MORE>>
Coach (COH) continues to go to heck in a handbag today with the stock hitting its lowest price since 2009 amid a raft of analyst downgrades.
At $34.71 Coach shares fell 2.75% intraday after dropping as much as 3.8% to $34.31.
The luxury handbag retailer told analysts at a meeting Thursday to expect a double-digit drop in revenue for the fiscal year ending June, and continued loss of market share.
The company isn't just sitting on its hands. Coach plans to close 70 of its stores and update others as part of a new branding strategy which Coach said is "centered on the concept of defining modern luxury." These measures are to include the near elimination of its factory outlet stores and reduced promotional pricing for its products.
The question now: Is a turnaround possible?
Morgan Stanley's Kimberly C. Greenberger maintained an Underweight rating but cut her target to $29, calling Coach "a fading brand" and warning that "re-positioning will take years to play out." She wrote:
COH is taking steps to stabilize brand damage, we estimate heavy turnaround costs and HQ investments burn FY15 cash. We cut our PT to $29 (15x $1.90 FY15 EPSe) and see further downside despite today's 9% drop.
Citigroup's Oliver Chen maintained his Neutral rating but reduced his target to $36. He writes:
We like new product which fills missing key voids in bag silhouettes, has improved texture, weight and presentation of leather, evokes the Coach Code with more thrill, & has an improved merchandising/flow strategy which is more customer-centric core/downtown/uptown. But the COH system reboot is a layer cake of risk given complexity of integration of new product, stores, brand elevation, & multi-channel execution.
Others downgrading or cutting targets included William Blair, which downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform; Goldman Sachs cut its target to $30; Barclays and Canaccord cut their targets to $35;. BMO downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform.
Some bulls remains, but not many. Stifel Nicolaus maintains a Buy on Coach, although it cut its target to $47 per share from $65. Nomura kept its Buy rating but cut its target cut to $45 from $50.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is heading for its sixth straight day of gains. But the big question today remains will the S&P 500 hit a new record high.
S&P 500 futures have edged higher, rising 0.2%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have gained 0.1.5%. Nasdaq Composite futures have risen 0.11%
CarMax (KMX) jumped 16% to $52.50 after the used-car retailer beat earnings estimates. AutoNation (AN) climbed 3.5% to $52.50 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the car retailer to "buy" from "neutral", based on a strong growth outlook.
Shire (SHPG) surged 15.6% to $221.81 after the European biopharmaceutical company rebuffed a buyout offer from competitor AbbVie (ABBV). AbbVie shares were up 2.3%.
Oracle (ORCL) unveiled disappointing earnings and revenue, sending shares 5.3% lower t0 $40.23. Citigroup cut the stock to Neutral from Buy.
Darden Restaurants (DRI) fell 4.4% to $47.35 after earnings fell short of estimates on inline revenue.
Family Dollar (FDO) rose 2.3% to $69.74. Activist investor Carl Icahn is demanding the company be put up for sale immediately.
Coach (COH) extended yesterday's losses, falling 1.7% to $35.07 premarket. The luxury retailer said it will take a charge of $250– $300 million in the current quarter to close about 70 retail stores in North America. Yesterday, Coach dropped more than 8% after warning it would suffer a double-digit drop in revenue for the year ending in June 2014.
Smith & Wesson (SWHC) plunged 7.8% to $15.68. The gun maker gave a much weaker than expected revenue forecast for the current quarter, offsetting better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results.
AK Steel (AKS) fell almost 3.2% to $7.20 after it warned that it will likely post a surprise loss for the current quarter, citing severe winter weather as well as poor results from its hedging strategies.
Bank of America (BAC) rose 0.3% to $15.60. The Wall Street firm has reportedly asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for a meeting, according to Reuters. The two sides are trying to work out a settlement over the ongoing case involving mortgage securities. On Thursday, a North Carolina judge ruled that a DOJ effort against the bank could move forward.
U.S. stocks held gains into Tuesday's closing bell as renewed hopes that the Federal Reserve will maintain its current easy-money policies helped lift the S&P 500 index to another record high close.
Hitting a monthly high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 76.48 points, or 0.5% to close at 15,468.68. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 9.5 points or 0.2% to close at 3,929.57.
And the S&P 500 index climbed 10.07 points, or 0.58% to close at 1,754.73, with materials and consumer staples leading the gains.
The market owes today's euphoria to the government's September nonfarm payroll report. Delayed by more than two weeks because of the government shutdown, it showed 148,000 jobs were added in September, below forecasts for a gain of 180,000.
In the wake of the disappointing jobs data, expectations for when the Fed will taper its bond-buying efforts shifted into 2014. Fed stimulus has helped the market rally this year because low interest rates help hold down corporate costs and fuels investment in the stock market.
"It essentially takes tapering off the table for October and likely December as well," wrote Sterne Agee chief economist Lindsey Piegza in a note published Tuesday. "As we have noted before Bernanke opened the door for tapering to be a 2014 event in the press conference following the September FOMC statement release when he said even if we begin to taper this year, each subsequent move will be data dependent. The Fed is still waiting to see noticeable improvement in hiring and it appears they are going to be waiting even longer."
U.S. Treasury yields suffered a sharp drop with the rate on the 10-year note falling to 2.51%.
The price of gold rose 1.85% to $1340.20 per ounce, while crude oil dropped 1.5% to $98.22 a barrel.
In corporate news:
Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hasting warned that momentum investors were responsible for a portion of the stock's huge gains this year. At $322.44, the shares fell 9.2% despite posting better than expected financial results and a bullish fourth-quarter forecast.
Apple (AAPL) shares fell after the company at an event unveiled a new, lighter iPad, new software to operate its computers and new laptop and desktop computers.
Whirlpool (WHR) surged 11.6% to $146.19 after the appliance maker reported profits more than doubled in the third quarter and increased its forecast for the year.
Coach (COH) fell 7.5% to $50.10 afterreporting a drop in revenue during the previous quarter.
Sometimes better-than-expected earnings per share aren't enough to push a stock price higher. Just ask Coach (COH).
The luxury handbag-and-accessories retailer fell 7.7% in morning market action to $50 a share, despite beating earnings by a penny. That's because Coach fell short on revenue as its core North America markets once again delivered a poor performance.
For the period ended Sept. 28, Coach reported early Tuesday a profit of $217.9 million, or 77 cents a share, down from $221.4 million, or 77 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue decreased nearly 1% to $1.15 billion as currency exchange rates and a drop in North American sales all but erased international sales growth.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters recently expected per-share earnings of 76 cents and revenue of $1.19 billion.
It's been a rough 2013 for the once fast-rising stock. Coach is undergoing a rash of top executive departures and faces challenges from rivals such as Michael Kors Holdings (KORS), Fifth & Pacific's (FNP) Kate Spade and Tory Burch.
To fight back, Coach as added categories and expanded into online sales, as well as men's collections and overseas. And in March, Barrons.com weighed in bullishly on the stock following an upgrade by Citigroup analyst Oliver Chen (see Barron's Take, "Worst Is Over for Coach," March 13) who viewed the stock as a value play.
Coach's critics, however, see little to like in the near term, especially after today's earnings report.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Laura Champine downgraded Coach to a Hold earlier this month. In a note published today, she expresses concern about inventory following a 7.7% rise last quarter and predicts it "will be challenging for COH to sustain its current leading market share position of 30% in a deteriorating retail traffic environment with the current product in stores."
Michael Kors (KORS) has been a Wall Street favorite this year, jumping more than 80% in the past twelve months, yet the company's white-hot sales may finally be cooling–but not too much, according to Citi.
In a note out today, Oliver Chen reiterated his Buy rating on the stock, but lowered his price target by $8 to $60, citing "incrementally cautious reads from our channel checks." Nonetheless, that's still more than 20% upside from current levels. Chen thinks that Michael Kors' sales trends are still well above its peers and its merchandise continues to resonate with consumer; however, he notes that slowing department store traffic could hurt the brand, and some of its products—he highlights handbags—are on clearance in some stores even below Black Friday prices, with up to 50% off some items.
Yet overall Chen maintained his bullish tone, given positive data from his channel checks: "(1) clearance items exclude classic silhouettes such as the Jet Set or most Hamilton, (2) we are noticing improved execution in small leather goods & neon which is a substantial market share opportunity vs. Coach (COH), (3) jewelry execution is working and this product category is strong protection if in-store watch trends are moderating, (4) increasing awareness levels in non-coastal areas and on success of shop-in-shops is likely to be a positive driver to traffic."
He is modeling for more than 30% growth in earnings per share for the firm, given its premium brand, ongoing growth and opportunities in Europe.
Here are his new, lowered earnings estimates: " Our 3Q EPS is $0.43 from $0.45 vs. street's $0.41 & guidance $0.37-$0.39 on comps +22-24% and gross profit margin now 61.6% (vs. 62% prior). We also lower 4Q, 2013, 2014 EPS on lower GM and slightly lower comps: FY EPS $1.66 (from $1.73) and 2013 EPS is $2.25 (from $2.35) on growth from a lower base. We lower target to $60 (from $68) on 24x our new CY2014 EPS. We apply 24x (from 30x) given greater gross margin risk and as we roll forward to 2014."
Shares of Michael Kors were recently down 1.4% in late afternoon trading.
People, clutch your handbags and leather wallets. Hold them tight. They're the only thing surviving in today's mess.
Coach (COH) has fallen hard in the past few months since announcing that the upcoming fiscal year would be an "investment" year. But some of those investments appear to be already paying off, the company showed in its first quarter earnings release. Shares rallied 5% on Tuesday even as virtually everything else in the market plunged. Investors came in with downbeat expectations.
Earnings of 77 cents per share beat the Street by a penny. Coach pointed to a successful launch for its Legacy collection (Modern leather goods for men and women), and sales growth in the U.S. and China. Comparable store sales in the U.S. rose 5.5%, ahead of consensus expectations for 1.5% growth. China sales grew 40%, below the 60% rise last year, but in-line with Nomura analyst Paul Lejuez's expectations.
Lejuez wrote that the news about U.S. sales should please worried investors.
"We believe the acceleration in the U.S. comp (to +5.5% from +1.7% last quarter) will allay fears that the COH brand is losing momentum," he wrote.
But NBG Productions analyst Brian Sozzi wrote that the China deceleration should raise eyebrows.
"Though comps remained double-digit percentage, if sales are not up to snuff at newer stores best believe that will show up in the China comp run rate later in the fiscal year (and this comes with Coach operating inside an "investment year" that weighs on operating margins)."
Coach also announced a new $1.5 billion share repurchase plan.
There is no shortage of pessimism when it comes to luxury retail Coach (COH) these days. Stymied by the global slowdown and outperformed by competitor Michael Kors (KORS), Coach's shares have slid 28% in the past six months. On Monday, shares were off by 3.3%. Investors may have been spooked by Caterpillar's (CAT) predictions of slow global growth.
Earnings expectations have tumbled since Coach announced in July that it expects fiscal 2013 to be an "investment year," sending shares sharply lower. Coach will release earnings for the first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2013on Tuesday morning, and analysts expect the company to say it earned 75 cents per share, up from 73 cents a year ago.
Analysts have remained skeptical since the July announcement. Wedbush analyst Corinna Freedman even questioned Coach's decision to change the way it reports results, breaking them down into North America and International, versus Direct and Wholesale.
"The wholesale business has declined steadily from about 19% of revenues in 2008 to less than 10% in 4Q12 and business in this channel appears to be weaker incrementally given the more aggressive 25%-off promotions at Dillard's and Macy's during the quarter," Freedman wrote. "We find the consolidation of the International businesses a more curious move given that each of the regions is in various stages of growth. Coach aims to grow China revenues to $400m from about $300m in FY13, while Japan is a relatively mature market."
But some analysts still think Coach is set to outperform, particularly as its valuation has come down. S&P Capital IQ analyst Jason Asaeda applauds Coach's expansion plans, even as it spends money on expansion plans.
"COH plans to increase its global retail square footage by 12% in FY 13, focusing on the U.S., Japan and China, and on its growing men's accessory business," Asaeda wrote in maintaining a Strong Buy rating this morning. "We also expect COH to maintain above-peer margins despite added expenses of new direct retail operations in Asia and planned digital and in-store marketing investments."
Luxury slowdown? Not for Michael Kors (KORS).
Kors is up 7.5% this morning after raising its second quarter and full-year earnings guidance. The luxury retailer's second quarter EPS should hit 38-40 cents, up from the company's prior expectations for 33 -35 cents, Kors said in a release late on Thursday. And full-year earnings should reach $1.39-$1.41, up from $1.32-$1.34.
"Our updated guidance reflects our confidence in the strong momentum of the Michael Kors brand and the continued execution of our key growth strategies," said Chairman and CEO John Idol.
Coach (COH) is looking much less glossy by comparison. In July, the company told investors that the year ahead would be an "investment year," which might not be great for the bottom line. That warning and similar words of caution from other luxury retailers have given investors the impression that the sector is in a slump caused by depressed European and Chinese consumers. But Kors is bucking the trend, making investors wonder: maybe the "slumps" are company-specific. Coach, which was hit with a downgrade from Credit Suisse, is down 3.7% today.
Kors is growing so fast, analysts are seeing their bull cases come to fruition before their eyes.
"We have increased conviction in the two key tenets of our Overweight thesis – best-in-class growth and high estimate achievability," wrote Morgan Stanley analyst Kimberly Greenberger. "Given significant brand momentum and KORS' unique ability to sell across a wide variety of apparel and accessory categories, we believe our bull case has the potential to become our base case. We forecast a 32% 4-year base case EPS CAGR and a 49% bull case EPS CAGR. We raise our bull case to $87 from $80 and our base case price target to $61 from $57, offering 16% upside potential to base and 66% to bull."
Take it from a Mets fan: when a baseball team says it's looking ahead to a "rebuilding year," it's time to sell your season tickets. The team is probably going to put minor league players on the field, save some money and expect to win fewer than half its games.
When a company like Coach (COH) says the year ahead will be an "investment year," traders get a similar feeling.
"As we look forward to FY13, we are mindful of balancing the impact of the muted consumer environment in North America and a softening global macroeconomic outlook with our optimism around the launch of Legacy, Men's and the strong international expansion opportunities for Coach," said Coach Chairman and CEO Lew Frankfort in a statement. Additionally, FY13 will be an investment year, as we amplify our actions to drive long-term growth. Most significant is our acceleration of the acquisition of the domestic retail operations of key Asian distributors — including those in Malaysia and Korea in the first quarter – and the further development of the infrastructure to support our global growth. In addition, we're distorting investments in the digital space to strengthen our capabilities and deepen our engagement with consumers. We expect that together these investments will result in modest deleverage in FY13."
Coach shares are down 16% this morning, and the plunge is having a ripple effect among the luxury goods companies. Tiffany (TIF) shares are off by 4%, Michael Kors (KORS) is off 2.9%, Fossil (FOSL) is down 3%, and Saks (SKS) is down 1.9%.
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This reflection is taken from my book, Pro-Life Reflections for Every Day, which is available for purchase at: ProLifeReflectionsForEveryDay.org
"I have come to call not the righteous but sinners" (Mark 2:17).
Reflection: Some abortion supporters seek "common ground" with pro-lifers. How do we respond? Jesus Christ ate and talked with sinners, and yet also warned them strongly to repent of their sins. There is no common ground between life and death, yet to talk with those who disagree conveys to them that we respect their lives, too. There is no room for compromise about abortion, but there must always be room to talk to people about it.
Prayer: Lord, teach us the wisdom of dialogue that does not compromise, and of respect that does not equate evil with good. Amen.

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Sept. 13, 2013
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane's volleyball team rattled off their ninth-straight win to open the 2013 campaign with a three-set victory over Texas Southern at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic at Devlin Fieldhouse on Friday afternoon.
Tulane had to claw back during the first set against the Tigers, eventually winning 25-21 before the team gelled during the remainder of the match, winning set two 25-15 and the third 25-16.
The Green Wave had three freshmen who posted double-digit kills, with Tea Juric leading the way with 13. Sarah Strasner notched 12 while Annie Shurtz added 11. Shurtz also led the team in service aces with two.
Senior Mel Mandelbaum once again led the team in assists with 26. Junior Grace Weaver posted a team-high 13 digs while Strasner and Mandelbaum led the team in block assists with two each.
A full report of this contest, as well as a report on Tulane's second match of the day - a 7:30pm CT match against Florida A&M - will be made available later this evening.
Live stats will be made available through TulaneGreenWave.com for tonight's contest. Live streaming video will be available through the All-Access link on TulaneGreenWave.com, as well..
Fans can follow the Green Wave volleyball program on Twitter (GreenWaveVB) or on Facebook at facebook.com/GreenWaveVolleyball.


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Ladies, have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an exotic dancer? Honestly. You don't have to answer out loud, but think about it. To be on stage, to be in the spotlight, to have control over every man in the room, to be the center of their universe and the lady of their dreams; doesn't sound so bad right? Not if every man in the room is only your man. And that room, is your bedroom, and no one will ever know about it, not even his best friend since 5th grade. That's probably what you're thinking if you're anything like me. And if you're anything like me, then it is probably safe to consider you to be an "everyday woman." More and more in America, "everyday women" like you and me are searching for new ways to improve their lovelife and keep their guy entertained in the bedroom. Co-Creator of The Art of Exotic Dancing for Everyday Women, Leah Stauffer says on her website "The Art of Exotic Dancing for Everyday Women® is an exotic dancing class that has less to do with exotic dancing and more to do with transformation, self-confidence, authentic self-expression, freedom, joy and real personal power" (artofexoticdancing.com). In the classes, women learn exotic dance moves that can be found in belly dancing and burlesque style dancing.
This wide spread interest in exotic dancing doesn't stop their. Model Carmen Electra has created a cardio workout video based on exotic dance moves called Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease. The series, consisting of 5 DVDs, teaches you dance moves progressing from beginners level in the first DVD to more advanced moves as you move through the series. So not only might you develop a dancers body, you will also learn a series of exotic dance moves to try out on your man (or woman) after finishing just the first DVD. You can visit www.aerobicstriptease.com to find out more information or to order the series.
If you find yourself becoming more interested in this idea of exotic dancing for exercise, but don't want to risk ordering a DVD that may or may not bring results, think about attending an exotic dance fitness event right here in Columbus. Flirty Fitness is an event hosted by Radiance Public Relations LLC. and Too Savvy Productions and will take place on March 18, 2010. Hosted at Infinity Dance and Wellness in Worthington, a fitness professional will instruct the audience on exotic dance moves that incorporate pole dancing and chair dancing that are also specialized to create a beneficial cardio workout. The cost for the 2 hour class is only $32 and guests will also be provided with light appetizers and drinks. This is a great opportunity to kick a couple calories and have fun doing it. You are able to register online for this all female event at radianceprevents.eventbrite.com. And don't wait, spaces are limited and tickets are going fast.
Don't worry about feeling embarrassed, women all over the city and the country are experimenting with exotic dancing as exercise and to put a little spice back in their love life. I recommend only trying this if you are in a committed relationship. The repercussions of trying something this racy on a new sexual partner may be more then you are able to handle and a little embarrassing depending on his reaction. Don't be afraid to talk to your guy about your interest in the class. You might be surprised to find out some of his fantasies and more then likely he will encourage the idea. And of course, you should not attempt the class if you have heart or health issues. If you are unsure of weather or not you may be negatively affected by participating, I suggest calling your doctor first...Better safe then sorry.
And here's something I never thought I would say...
Happy Stripping!
Find out more about The Art of Exotic Dancing for Everyday Women at www.artofexoticdancing.com
You can purchase Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease on Amazon.com or at www.aerobicstriptease.com
Go to RadiancePRevents.eventbrite.com or www.infinitydanceandwellness.com to find out more about Flirty Fitness on March 18.


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Barbara Corcoran, Entrepreneur, and one of the sharks of ABC's "Shark Tank" once said "Opportunity can hide in the worst situations. Finding Opportunity is a matter of believing it's there." Most of us have faced adversity at one time or another. Some of us have faced greater hardships than others. The difference in the hardships is often how we deal with them and persevere. Individuals do not know what we have been through until we open our hearts and minds and share our stories of hardship. Some will crumble under the pressure of hardships and others will shine through the tunnel of darkness like a diamond.
I have faced quite a bit of adversity in life, but I try to not let it stop me. If I did I would not be getting past the adversity and hard times. One fellow phenomenal lady who has triumphed over adversity is Angela T. Jones, CEO and Media Entrepreneur of Super Woman Productions & Publishing, LLC. I spoke with Angela about her successes and how women can overcome adversity. "A lot of times people are afraid to fail. Sometimes out of fear we do not take the steps needed to follow our dreams and passions. As women we should try and be proud because we tried. You never know what you can accomplish until you try. When it comes to adversities things are meant to strengthen us and not meant to break us. Some things are a test and not meant to stop us. The strongest person takes the most adversity. We have to be the strength. Jones stresses that we cannot control life, but we can control the way we react to it. Angela is a true picture of inspiration, resilience, and has a beautiful personality that shines through in everything she does.
Author Scott Dinsmore discusses How to Find Life-Changing Opportunity in the Worst Situation. The article really hits home and starts out by discussing why individuals do not pursue their dreams and the first reason he lists is fear. Fear is a very real emotion and can keep people from pursuing their dreams and passions. Fear can come in many forms, but some of the main concerns people have with following their passions is the possibility that they may not make enough money, lose their current job, or they may fail trying to follow their dreams. The truth is that these possibilities may happen. So a decision needs to be made: Do we let fear keep us in one place or do we overcome that fear in the hopes that we might actually be happy if we pursue our wildest dreams. Everyone has a choice and the choice is up to YOU to overcome those fears and get down to business.
In Why Life's Hardships Are Inspirations Cloaked in Disguise, author Muyen Peng offers some excellent tips on dealing with hardships and why they are sometimes the gateway to greater things in life. Peng suggests that life's adversities are really good opportunities in disguise and when we stop the 'pity party,' then we will really begin to thrive and grow. We can then realize our full-potential.
Below are some tips incorporated in the above mentioned article along with my own helpful tips for dealing with adversity.
• Stop playing the victim. I am not saying it is easy to get over bad things that happen to us, but the more we dwell on the issue or bad event it then becomes a mountain that stared out as a molehill. Most people seek pity at one time or another or we dwell on self-pity, but is that what we really want? Once we derail the self-pity train we can move on to greater moments in life.
• Dealing with Pain. Pain is not avoidable, but the way we cope with it is. We have a choice in the way we process pain and grief and the more ways we find to deal with it on a positive level the better off we will be.
• Finding Inspiration. I have quite a few individuals that inspire me. Try to connect with them in some way (if possible) through watching a TV show they are on or connecting with them through their Facebook or Twitter page. Better yet, contact them and let them know what an inspiration they are to you!
It's easy to get stuck in a rut and feel blue when life gets us down. When we persevere over life's hardships we find greatness and strength that we never knew we had. It's there, we just have to find it!


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Babylon Motor Truck Corp. is an Isuzu® truck dealership based in Babylon, New York, that has been providing customers with superior truck sales, servicing, and parts since 1969. Our family-owned-and-operated business is proud to serve customers throughout Suffolk and Nassau Counties.
Only the BestIsuzu® trucks are the number 1 selling cab-over trucks in the country. Although every vehicle we sell is excellent, our courteous and professional sales staff works diligently to match you with the best truck to meet your needs. Stop by today to talk to us about what you need in a truck, and we'll find the right fit for you.
Great Service, Great PricesIn addition to selling Isuzu® trucks, we also offer truck maintenance services and can provide you with any parts you need to keep your vehicle running smoothly and efficiently. We offer lower prices on parts and higher resale values on trucks. Plus, our parts availability is better than most other cab-over trucks in the marketplace. You simply can't lose when you choose Babylon Motor Truck Corp.


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Nanobots and The Fight Against Cancer
Space. The movie is about a man who is supposed to be injected together with his space shuttle into a rabbit. Things go south, and instead of the rabbit, the man is miniaturized into the body of another man. The concept of the movie sounds a little bit farfetched, right? But in the world of nanotechnology all this seems like a bridge we will be crossing in no time.
What are Nanobots?
Nanobots are basically robots that permit precise interactions at the microscopic scale with nanoscale objects, or have the ability to manipulate nanoscopic images. Though still in the research and developmental phase, nanobots could be the answer to many problems said Jason withhttp://www.inquisitr.com/1366473/jason-hope-thinks-hospitality-industry-needs-internet-of-things-too/.
In the field of medicine and technology nanobots will be designed to transported and be powered by our blood, enter into the body and deliver medicine or fight various kinds of ailments. The nanobots would be tracked via ultrasonic signals or attached camera to monitor progress and their effectiveness. In addition an MRI would be used to assist in the tracking and monitoring of the nanobots.
If all this still sounds like a fantasy, then you should also know that nanobots are being researched on and viewed as the possible mode of treatment for cancer. But before knowing how nanobots will be essential in the fight against cancer it is also important to know how cancer first develops. Mutation of the gene or genetic mutation usually interferes with how cells act and perform on a normal basis. Genetic mutation makes our cells grow abnormally and in turn affecting our tissues negatively.
The goal of any form of cancer treatment is to either get rid of the infected cells or to suppress the effects of the infected cells on other cells or body tissue. Nanobots are definatately the ideal way to effectively get rid of these cells or minimize their effects. Due to the ability of nanobots to target specific cells accurately, then they could be the preferred mode of treatment for cancer and other ailments. Currently various research institutes like the California Institute of technology are combining nanobots together with Craig Mello's and Andrew fire Nobel winning concept on RNA interference.
If the research in the field of Technology/Entrepreneurship will go as expected then nanobots could be the ultimate cure for cancer. By customizing the amount of drugs based on the type of cancer, nanobots will work by avoiding the good cells and work on the infected cells and there is no therapy at the moment that can be able to do that. But despite of all the great news, there are still so many unknowns. Could the nanobots be rejected by the body's immune system or could they develop their very own minds and destroy the good working cells? All this questions are still unanswered, but as things look now the future seems to be brighter.


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Just five month after it launched, the Playstation 4 has already surpassed 7 million units worldwide according to a Sony press release announcement Wednesday. The console maker says this demonstrates, "the rapid growth of the PS4 platform.
"The response from the global gaming community for PS4 has been overwhelming and we are truly humbled that gamers are selecting PS4 as their next generation console of choice," said Andrew House, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. The console is currently available 72 different countries.
"The PS4 journey has just begun, and although we are still facing difficulties keeping up with the strong demand worldwide, we remain steadfast in our commitment to meet the needs of our customers, and surpassing the wildest expectations of gamers by delivering new user experiences that inspire and engage. We look forward to unveiling many of these experiences to our fans in the coming months," House continued.
Sony shared other stats as well including total game sales which passed the 20.5 million copies sold mark both at retail and through Playstation Store digital downloads. Owners have also performed more than 135 million "Shares" from the DualShock 4 controller and broadcast more than 4.9 million gameplay sessions via Twitch and Ustream with more than 90 million viewers watching those sessions.
The Playstation 4 was released on Nov. 15, 2013 in North America followed by Europe on Nov. 29. Sony expanded the console's footprint to other countries through December and January before it was finally released in Japan on Feb. 22, 2014.
The consoles wars have continued to heat up between Sony and Microsoft as the PS4 jumped out to a clear lead over the Xbox One at launch. The last official sales figure released for the Xbox One was that the console ended 2013 with more than 3 million units sold.
The NPD will release the official North American sales figures for March on Thursday, April 17. This was expected to be a big month for the Xbox One with the release of "Titanfall" and the PS4 with the release of "inFamous: Second Son".


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Friday, 23 January 2015
Workshop materials from my January 24th workshop "How to Draw Quick, Useful UI Sketches" organized by Girl Develop It, Los Angeles.
You can view and download this presentation from SlideShare.
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
I was invited to speak at the Downtown LA UX Study Group on the topic of UX Design Critique. You can look at the slides here, or download the deck from SlideShare.
Here's the list of resources I reference at the end of the deck.
Sunday, 14 December 2014
I enjoy the InVision newsletter because it includes great interviews with designers and useful tips, like this article from Andy Orsow called 7 tips for designing awesome animated GIFs.
I learned how to make animated GIFs with Photoshop at Shillington, but found the process unwieldy. I didn't realize you could give yourself a huge head start by doing your animations as a video first. I didn't have ScreenFlow or After Effects, so I was intrigued by Andy's suggestion that I could use something considerably more low-tech (and probably already on YOUR computer too.)
Pro tip: If ScreenFlow or After Effects aren't in your budget, create your animation in Keynote, and export it as a video. Yep, there's finally a use for that setting. —@andyorsow
Here is the result of my little experiment. I made this animated GIF with Keynote and Photoshop. It was a pretty straightforward process and it was a fun way to learn something new. If you want to try it out yourself, please read on for a few more tips you might find helpful.
You can change the size of the "canvas" in Keynote by setting the slide size in the inspector. I choose 600×200 because that's the width of graphics for my blog. You can pick any size that makes sense for your project.
Turn on the rulers and drag some guides so you can orient yourself as you're working.
The Keynote animation settings are a little fussy to get used to but there's a lot already built in. Everything you'll need us under the "Build" tab of the inspector. You "group" actions by using the "Start Build" drop down, which allows you to run actions at the same time. For example, the circle rotates and moves at the same time, that's TWO actions)
When you're ready, export the file to Quicktime format. I only had one slide in my deck with the animation, so I kept all the defaults (Playback Uses: Manual Advance), 24 frames per second. I just turned off Audio (not sure that was actually necessary)
Importing the .mov file into Photoshop was pretty straightforward. File > Import > Video Frames to Layers. As Andy suggested, I chose the option "Limit To Every 2 Frames"
Once I imported the file into Photoshop, I immediately tried to Save for Web, but the GIF didn't animate. I wasn't sure what was wrong so the second time I imported it, I opened the animation panel (Window > Animation) and verified the playback was working before I exported.
It was better to do it that way anyhow because I could tune the animation by extending time and removing frames. I found that I needed to extend the last frame to 1 second to make the animation look like there's a little pause before it starts.
Please leave a comment if you found this helpful or leave a link to your animated GIF project. I'd love to hear from you.
Friday, 6 June 2014
I'm on a quest to be better at hand-drawn visual communication. I think of the subject as "chunks" I need to master:
Here are some resources I've found fun/memorable/useful. Several of them cover more than one of the areas of mastery I mention above, so I have not categorized them.
Ray's workshop at Lean UX NYC 2013 strongly influenced the way I think about the different contexts of sketching: "thinking," "talking," and "showing."
My friend Kate Rutter creates and shares amazing resources. If you get a chance to attend a workshop or hear hear speak at an event, do it!
Although you might think that hand-lettering is just the territory of graphic designers and illustrators, I think it's great for any hand-sketcher to have a couple different hand-printed fonts in their toolkit. The book has great examples and loads of different worksheets, so buy it on paper and practice, practice, practice!
This book is worth getting on paper. It's printed on nice paper and bound well so it's a pleasure to read. The electronic version is not as satisfying.
I first saw Dan Roam at SxSW 2010 when he launched "The Back of the Napkin." He now has a several books and tons more resources on his site.
The VizThink folks are an international community. They have interesting events and good resources.
I've pulled together my current thinking about UI sketching in a workshop. I use a technique I call "reverse wireframing" to teach you to see the structure of UIs and through a series of exercises, you'll create your personal shorthand to draw UI elements.
Good luck, and please leave comments with your favorite resources!
Friday, 11 April 2014
I attended Lean UX 2014 in New Jersey April 10-12, 2014. Below, please find the schedule with with links to the videos, slides, materials and information about the speakers. If you can't find what you're looking for, please check back later. I am adding links as I can find them and will continue to update this post. If you have found something I don't have yet, please feel free to add missing info in the comments – thanks!
UPDATE April 28, 2014: Will has started to post the videos, I'm adding links here as they are added to the LeanUX site.
Conference Opening – Will Evans
Keynote: We Are What We Repeatedly Do: Idealized Design & Beginner's Mind – Jabe Bloom | Slideshare
Tilting at Windmills: Innovation in Large Organizations | Slides – Alistair Croll
6 Ways Results-Driven Learning Can Transform Work Culture – Carmen Scheidel
LeanUX Wins: Design Thinking in Large Enterprises | Slides – Ariadna Font Llitjos
Keynote: Lean Change: It's Organizational and Personal – John Shook Lean Global Network
Lean UX: Agility Through Cross-Functional Collaboration | Slides – Jeff Gothelf
Philosophy of Lean: A Phenomenological Understanding of Product Innovation | Slides – Thomas Wendt
Optimizing Organizational Frameworks for Applied Design | Slides – Lynn Teo
Keynote: Roadmap to the Lean Enterprise | Slides – Trevor Owens
Is Bad Research Better Than No Research: Doing LeanUX Right | Slides – Dr. Deidre Kolarick
The Lean Agency | Slides – Mona Patel
Eating Our Own Dog-food: A Story of Customer-Led Product Innovation – Jodie Moule | Slideshare
The Values Gap – Jen Guarino, Shinola
Safe-Fail, NOT Fail-Safe – Alicia Juarrero
Branding Moments | Slides – Bill Beard
So You Want To Get Lean: Integrating Lean Startup | Slides – Melissa Perri
The Balanced Team Movement | Slides – Lane Halley
Keynote: It's the Process, Jim, But Not As We Know It – Dave Snowden
Effective Customer Interviewing – Adrian Howard
Show Me What You're Thinking – Ray DeLaPena | Slideshare
Facilitating Meetings That Don't Suck – Virginia Cagwin | Slideshare & Jacklyn Burgan | Slideshare
How To Do Lean Research Right – Dr. Deidre Kolarick
Being a Successful User-Centred Product Manager – Andrew Mayfield
Validate Before Code – Steven Cohn
Managing to Learn Using A3 – Joshua Howell & John Shook
Communicating the Business Value and Getting Buy-in for UX Research – Christine Perfetti & Ezra Gildesgame
Deeper Understanding: Stories, Observations, Insights – Dan Szuc | Slideshare
Recruit Participants for Customer Research – Tomer Sharon | Speakerdeck
Design Research Methods – Thomas Wendt
Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Business Faster – Alistair Croll
Lean Fundamentals: Value Stream Mapping for N00bs – Adam Yuret & Jabe Bloom
Lean Branding: Developing Powerful Brands in Lean Environments – Bill Beard
Applying Service Design to Your Agencies' Delivery – Markus Andrezak / Christian Becker
Designing to Learn: Creating Effective MVP Experiments – Melissa Perri
Design Resonance: Making Sense of Cynefin and User Experience – Michael Cheveldave | blog post
UX + BA Working Together in Harmony – Jacklyn Burgan with Aaron Majcher
Towards a Theory and Method of Test Driven Design – Jonathan Berger | blog
WWE Ethnography: Let's Get Ready to Rumble – Tomer Sharon | Speakerdeck
From Dinner to Dining: The Evolving Role of the Designer – Zaana Howard
Creation & Production Combined: The Power of Connected Worlds – Markus Andrezak
Applying the Cynefin Framework for Improving Speed, Agility, and Innovation – Michael Cheveldave
Inclusive Design & Lean UX – Kel Smith, Elle Waters & Sophie Hwang
Designing an MVP that Works for Your Users – Ariadna Font Llitjos
Story-mapping the User Experience – Donna Lichaw
Design Thinking for Designing and Delivering Services – Zaana Howard
How to Draw Quick, Useful UI Sketches – Lane Halley
Mapping the Customer Journey – Jodie Moule & Stephen Moule
Overcoming Analysis Paralysis – A Case Study in Ethnographic Methods – Lynn Teo
Decision-Focussing – How to clarify Decisions and Get Information required for Decision-Making – Kim Ballestrin handout 1 | handout 2
Capturing Product Vision with the Idea Stack – Eli Bozeman
Making Sense of Messy Problems: Systems Thinking for Complex Business Models – Johanna Kollmann
Mapping Your Minimum Viable Experience – Courtney Hemphill
Introduction to Design Studio Methodology – Oonie Chase & Will Evans
Visual Problem Solving & Facilitation – Dean Meyers
Enhancing Proto-Personas With Characterizations – Chelsey Delaney & Taren Sterry
Restarting the Enterprise (Why Innovation Teams Suck) – Adrian Howard
Conditions for Success: People, Skills, Spaces for Healthier Design – Dan Szuc | Slideshare
Management, Alignment, and Collaboration Done Differently – Arne Rook & Fridtjof Detzner | Jimdo
Designing For Services and Long-Term Innovation – Shelley Evenson, Fjord
Thursday, 10 April 2014
As I've embraced Agile and Lean Startup methods, I've learned to adapt my UX practice so it is more QUICK, VISUAL, COLLABORATIVE and CONTINUOUS. Learning how to quickly sketch screen layouts and user interface (UI) elements helps me think through design problems, communicate ideas to other people, collaborate, and reduce the need for pixel-perfect deliverables.
In this workshop, I'll lead you through a series of exercises which help you learn to draw good-looking, quick, useful, user interface sketches, followed by a discussion about how and when we can use sketching in our own projects.
No prior sketching or UX experience required, everyone can draw. Just grab some paper, a pencil and an eraser and follow along. This brief tutorial should take you about 1 hour.
Friday, 17 January 2014
If 2013 was the year of code, let's make 2014 the year of design. Here is a list of free resources that can help you develop and improve your design skills, delivered right to your inbox!
HackDesign is "An easy to follow design course for people who do amazing things." Sign up to get a new design lesson in your inbox each week, hand crafted by a design pro.
Design for Hackers teaches the principles of good visual design to programmers, developers, and makers of any kind. Each email from the 12-week course is based upon a chapter of Design for Hackers. You can buy Design for Hackers as a companion book for the course, or just get the emails for free. There's also a Facebook page where people in the program connect.
Gibbon makes "playlists for learning. Almost all the knowledge is available on the web, all you need is someone to guide you to it." Specify how much time you want to dedicate per week and the topics you're interested in and it will send you a list of links in email each week. Topics include design, development and business.
I look forward to the myFonts Newsletter because it's always a great source of inspiration and education about fonts and the designers who create them.
I consider the Smashing Newsletter a must-read for any Web designer. It's a great way to track hot topics and emerging trends in Web design.
Most UX people are aware of Jared Spool through his writing, speaking and event hosting. When you subscribe to the UIE Newsletter you get UIEtips mailings which contain useful free content, in addition to announcements of paid virtual seminars and events.
If you know a great resource not on this list, please leave a note in the comments. Thanks!
Friday, 17 January 2014
When Media Contour asked me to contribute to a year-end wrap up of favorite books, I was happy to participate. I've re-posted my selection below. You can check out the full post here which also includes lists from fellow Cooperista Chris Noessel and LA friends Kai Gradert and Jod Kaftan.
Q: What are you currently reading?
I read a lot and hardly ever finish one book before I start another. Here are several favorites from the top of the stack.
Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us Into Temptation by Chris Nodder
The practice of User Experience design requires an understanding people and their motivations. In this well-written book, abundantly illustrated with examples, Chris examines how the seven deadly sins (Pride, Sloth, Gluttony, Anger, Envy, Lust and Greed) form a framework for understanding human behavior and provides 57 design patterns to make the insight actionable. I'm savoring this book a chapter at a time, because I'm taking so many notes about ideas I want to test in my current projects. I do most of my reading on my iPad or Kindle, but I made an exception for this book because It's beautifully produced and a pleasure to read on paper.
Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty by David Kadavy
David is the author of famous and funny blog posts including "Why you hate comic sans." I work with a lot of people who don't have a design background. When they ask me "what's an accessible book about design?" I love recommending David's book because he's such a clear thinker and good writer. He also has done a great job building a community of learning around this book. You can connect with David and other readers of the book on his Facebook page.
Earlier this year, I also enjoyed jQuery for Designers: A Beginner's Guide by Natalie MacLees. Natalie is a pillar of our local WordPress community. It's great to see some of her wisdom captured in print. If you enjoy working through cookbook-style tutorials, and have a basic understanding of css and html, following the chapters of this book will give you a great basic understanding of the mechanics of jQuery for use in your next Web design project. I am grateful to Natalie for making this subjct approchable enough I could tackle it in a couple weekend.
Q: What's up next on your reading list? Why?
I have a huge stack of technical books I plan to skim or reference in the next year. Here are a couple that I'm reading for fun.
The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work by Scott Berkun
I started getting more interested in WordPress this past year. I've been self-hosting my WordPress blog "The Apprentice Path" since 2010. After attending WordCamp LA In September I started to realize the greater potential of the platform and was impressed with the culture and community that surrounds WordPress. I picked up Scott's book to learn more about how things work behind the scenes at Automattic. I also had the pleasure of seeing Scott speak at the Warm Gun conference in San Francisco a couple weeks ago. You can see a summary of his talk on his blog http://scottberkun.com/2013/danger-of-faith-in-data/
I'm really excited to see that Mary and Tom Poppendieck have a new book "The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions" Everyone who is interested in "Lean Startup" or "Lean UX" or "Lean" anything will do themselves a HUGE favor by going back to the source and reading Mary and Tom's writings about Agile and Lean Software Development.
Q: What is your favorite book and why? What are the key takeaways?
Am I allowed to say "my sketchbook?" What, you mean a PUBLISHED book? OK then.
I had to think carefully about which books I've read more than once. And then I noticed "101 Things I Learned in Architecture School" by Matthew Frederick on the shelf near my desk. This small, lovely and useful book is a collection if thoughts and practices drawn from architecture and relevant to many other disciplines. Sometimes when I am stuck for an idea (or procrastinating!) I flip it open at random and find just the answer I need.
Best wishes for the new year, and Keep Reading!
Friday, 30 August 2013
About a year ago I wrote a post "Combining Design and Development Stories in Tracker" for the Carbon Five blog. In that post, I describe my experience writing separate UX and development stories in one backlog. Recently, a few people have approached me to ask my current thoughts on the topic. Do I recommend Tracker for managing UX activities? What do I think about combining UX and dev activities in the same story? My thoughts are below. What's your experience? Please leave me a comment!
Q: Do I recommend Tracker for managing UX activities?
A: A tool is just a tool. I used Pivotal Tracker because that's what my team wanted to use. My advice would be pretty much the same if we were using Trello or JIRA or Confluence or paper cards or any other issue tracking tool. The point is the conversation that happens and who participates.
Q: What do I think about combining UX and development activities in the same story?
A: My current thinking on the subject is that there's an adoption curve. Teams grow more comfortable thinking about UX and development work holistically when they understand the "big picture" of the project they are working on and have engaged, collaborative working relationships with each other.
Through my own projects in the past year, and by listening to other people share their own experiments with this, I think there's an adoption curve. Designers show up, provide value and form relationships and UX work is gradually drawn into the team's process. I've seen teams move through stages that are roughly like this:
I've noticed that "complication factors" (power dynamics, huge team, distance collaboration, team members shifting in and out) tend to keep teams in the first steps of this journey. Teams that work together closely over time tend to get farther down the list.
I'd love to know what you think about this. Please share your own experience in the comments below.


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Anoka Technical College offers two Health Information Technology programs: a degree, and a diploma in Medical Coding.
Health information management (HIM) professionals organize and manage health information data to ensure quality, accuracy, accessibility and security in both paper and electronic systems. HIM professionals are an important connection between doctors, patients, insurance providers, and other healthcare professionals.
The Anoka Technical College associate in applied science (AAS) degree in Health Information Technology is a 60-credit program that prepares students for a career working in health care and settings where health information is utilized. A student graduating with an HIT degree is well prepared to assume an entry-level position in this professional field.
Some courses may require an Accuplacer score or completing basic math, basic English, and/or reading courses with a "C" or better.
* The prerequisite to this course is COMP 0100 Basic Computer Keyboarding
Minnesota Law requires that any person who provides services that involve direct contact with patients and residents at a health care facility licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health have a background study conducted by the state. An individual who is disqualified from having direct contact with patients as a result of the background study, and whose disqualification is not set aside by the Commissioner of Health, will not be permitted to participate in a clinical placement in a Minnesota licensed health care facility. Anoka Technical College will withdraw any student who is disqualified by the Minnesota Department of Health. The student is responsible for requesting the commissioner to reconsider the disqualification.
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The Health Information Management (HIM) professional is an important connection between doctors, patients, insurance providers, and other healthcare professionals within the field. By maintaining, collecting, and analyzing health information, the HIM professional makes an important behind the scenes contribution to the delivery of quality care. Besides working with cutting-edge technology, HIM professionals are experts in the field of patient health information and health records.
The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, in its Occupational Outlook Handbook, projects that employment for health information technicians is expected to grow much faster than the average.
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College Hockey:Fritz Retires After 32 Years Leading Lake Forest
Tony Fritz, the Lake Forest coach since 1978, is retiring and will be replaced on an interim basis by assistant Seamus Gregory.
Fritz, who also served as the school's soccer program until 1993, had a 351-428-44 record in 32 seasons leading the Foresters hockey team.
"I am very excited to move on to the next phase of my life," Fritz said. "I look forward to spending more time with my wife [Pat], children [Curtis and Charlene], and grandchildren [Griffin, Owen and Lily]. I also plan on enjoying Forester hockey from the bleachers instead of behind the bench. I am confident Seamus will do a great job and I will continue to support him and the players in any way I can."
Fritz led the Foresters into the American Collegiate Hockey Association in 1985, then to the NCHA in 1992. He was named that league's coach of the year in 2004 after finishing the season ranked eighth in the nation.
Lake Forest moved to the MCHA in 2009.
"I want to thank Coach Fritz for all he has done for Lake Forest College," athletic director Jackie Slaats said. "He has represented the institution extremely well and has had a positive influence on many people, including me, the players he has coached, as well as his colleagues in our department and in the sport of hockey. He will be missed tremendously.
"I also welcome Coach Gregory to our full-time staff and a more prominent role in the department this year. He has done a great deal for the hockey team as an assistant coach and I am confident he will continue to improve the program."
Gregory was an assistant to Fritz for the last two seasons.
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Join the Richmond, Virginia JUG for a special evening learning about Java and IoT. Sharada Achanta, VP of Product Management for Oracle Fusion Middleware, will discuss latest on development on Java for IoT. He'll cover what's new in Java 8 and Oracle Event Processing for Embedded Java, as well as example use cases where there is a convergence of IoT, Big Data/Fast Data and the Cloud.Richmond JUG Meeting
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The best diet for allergies and hayfever
Imagine your GP giving you this prescription for your nasal allergies or hayfever: "Eat some grapes and call me in the morning." Well, it's not that far-fetched.
Just as the right type of petrol helps your car run properly, the right diet for allergies is important to help you feel your best.
A healthy diet for allergies and hayfever protects you in many ways. It helps to keep your respiratory system strong. Many foods can help you breathe better because they open up clogged nasal passages. Certain foods have nutrients that can help boost your immunity and help your body fight sinus and respiratory infections, which are linked to allergies and hayfever.
The link between diet and allergies
Let's take a short trip to the island of Crete. While skin allergies are common here, nasal allergies and wheezing are rare. Why?
From childhood on, the bulk of the Crete islanders' diet consists of fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, olive oil and nuts. The natural foods in the Mediterranean diet are high in antioxidants, which protect cells from the oxidative damage that causes diseases, and they have immune-boosting compounds.
In a study published in the journal Thorax, researchers found that Crete islanders who ate a Mediterranean diet had fewer allergy-related symptoms. They noted that diet staples such as nuts, grapes, oranges, apples and fresh tomatoes were protective against wheezing and nasal allergy symptoms.
The researchers also reported that eating margarine increased the risk of nasal allergy symptoms and wheezing. This is believed to be related to the fact that margarine is made with unhealthy fat that boosts inflammation.
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Here's how the anti-inflammatory properties of some typical foods on the Mediterranean diet protect against allergies.
- Nuts. These are a great source of magnesium and vitamin E. Studies show that magnesium helps increase lung function and may also protect against wheezing in patients with asthma, which causes inflammation of the lungs. Vitamin E is an immune booster and may help to reduce the risk of upper respiratory infections, especially the common cold. As an antioxidant, vitamin E protects the body from damaging free radicals. Free radicals can cause oxidative tissue damage, which triggers inflammation that contributes to problems like allergies and asthma.
- Apples, oranges and tomatoes. These three fruits are super sources of another antioxidant, vitamin C. Researchers found that they gave protection against allergies and asthma in the Crete diet study. This is important because nearly half of people with asthma also have other allergies.
- Grapes. The skins of red grapes in particular are filled with antioxidants and resveratrol, which reduces inflammation in the body. The Crete diet study found that grapes gave protection against both nasal allergy symptoms and wheezing.


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BRUNSWICK — Michigan volleyball recruit Gabrielle Bulic had 24 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and four blocks Thursday as Brunswick's girls basketball team defeated Brecksville 53-45 in non-league action.
The Blue Devils (12-5), who have won eight straight, took control with an 8-0 run to go up 42-35 in the fourth quarter.
Courtney Laudato added four points and five assists for Brunswick, while Sarah Coronel's 16 points led the Bees (7-9).
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Mill Ends - A Photo Recollection chronicles the waning days of the textile industry in Paterson, New Jersey. Shot in the 1970s, the photographs capture the workers, the mill and the surrounding industrial neighborhood as they were: stark, gritty and raw.
A first person narrative, drawn from the photographer's notes when he worked there and conversations with former employees, accompanies the images. The text provides insight into the daily routines and humor of the textile workers.
Since many of the buildings and people profiled in the book are now gone, these images may well be the only remnants documenting the end of an era and a way of life.
The American Labor Museum / Botto House National Landmark exhibited the photographs presented in this book.
Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Michael studied the visual arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University. After graduation, he taught school in Paterson and later worked in a textile mill. In subsequent years, Michael continued to photograph the American scene and founded several companies, including a children's book publishing firm. He is now fully dedicated to photography and design with special emphasis on raising awareness of our beautiful yet fragile environment through his Earthography® Images series. Prints and posters of his work are available at www.circlemstudios.com
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Everyone needs a change once in a while, and quite often, it's our hair that seems to take the hit when we are in that mood. Whether it's a cut, a color, or just a style adjustment, a quick beauty update can alter our entire attitude... not to mention our image. And of course, if that change is inexpensive, easy, and can be done at home, that may make it that much more appealing. Home hair dye ideas such as Kool-Aid have become, and continue to become, more and more popular for these very reasons. But what effect do these "dyes" really have on your hair? Are they really temporary? Are they damaging? These are very important questions to have answered, because as with everything else in life, sometimes the price you're paying may not be worth the convenience.
We'll start with Kool-Aid itself. The basic idea is that you can mix up Kool-Aid and apply it to hair, and the pigments stick to your hair, creating a wild hair color such as dark purple or intense fire engine red. It's cheap, it's readily available, it's very easy to apply. But there are a couple of issues to be aware of.
First off, unlike actual hair dye, Kool-Aid has nothing in it that actually makes the pigments "stick." So the pigments may not stick at all, or they may fall of the hair strands very quickly- leaving your new hair color faded, light and/or weak. It's also not strong enough to cover dark hair, nor can it cover healthy hair strands. So if your hair fits in either or both of those categories, it just simply won't work. The hair that Kool-Aid will "stick" to the best is blonde (or at least light) hair that is damaged or naturally curly or frizzy. This is simply because the cuticle layer of damaged and/or curly/frizzy hair is open and has empty space for something like Kool-Aid to fill. Healthy hair's cuticle layer lies flat and is quite closed, with nowhere for the pigments to enter. As far as dark hair is concerned, the Kool-Aid just does not have the power to cover up dark hair with a new shade. That takes a more intense ingredient, like those in professional color products.
Kool-Aid is not necessarily damaging to hair, but it often leaves hair color looking faded, and it often does not simply wash out or "leave" hair. Many people discover that they have to cut the dyed hair off or color over it with a darker shade in order to get rid of it. Certainly a few things to consider.
Another of the more popular home color products is one that has been around for a long, long time- Sun In. Sun In is a product available at many drugstores and grocery stores, and it's a pretty basic concept. The product doesn't cover, darken, or really even "dye" the hair. It simply aids in sun-induced lightening. The idea is you apply it to hair and go sit in the sun. The Sun In is designed to speed up and magnify the lightening, hopefully resulting in a blonde shade.
Now, here are the problems. First, and in our opinion most importantly, Sun In contains ingredients that can- and do- react extremely badly with many professional products, including straighteners, relaxers, perms, and hair colors. Hate to say it, but I have seen a client's hair turn bright purple and then fall out after she wasn't totally honest about her history of Sun In use, and was having a professional relaxer applied in the salon. Obviously, results like this are absolutely devastating. So if you're going to use Sun In, do not have any professional- or other- chemicals applied until the Sun In-affected hair has grown out or been cut off (six months for short hair, two years or longer for long hair.) Also, always, always, always be honest with your stylist about your hair history. He/she isn't asking you consultation questions to judge you, they are asking so that hair tragedies can be avoided and the results you want can be achieved.
Another problem with Sun In- it can be damaging to hair. The ingredients can be quite harsh, as can the pH levels. You may end up with extra frizz, extra split ends, etc., to go along with your lighter color.
Finally, and probably least important, the results are inconsistent at best. When using a product like Sun In, there's no way to know whether you'll end up with platinum streaks or an all-over caramel-colored hair color. It completely depends on your current hair color, your hair chemical history, the sunlight on that day, time put in, and other factors, so there's just no way to know for sure what you're going to end up with. Be okay with that before doing it.
In the end, we'd always recommend visiting a stylist whenever time and money allows. Professional products are the most expensive, but that's because of the technology used to develop and create them. They are always going to be better for your hair and will always give you the best, most consistent results.
But, as sometimes happens, if time or money does not allow, or if you just want to try one of these other products, go ahead. Just be sure to be smart about it and consider all the factors that could result in your failure or success. Good luck!


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Suppose that $A$ is a finite dimensional $k$-algebra. Call $Q=\mathrm{Hom}_k(A,k)$. $Q$ admits an $A$-$A$-bimodule structure in the obvious way. The trivial extension of $A$ is defined as follows:
the underlying vectorspace is $T(A)=A\oplus Q$ and the multiplication is given by
$(a,q)(a^\prime,q^\prime)=(aa^\prime,aq^\prime+qa^\prime)$ for $a,a^\prime\in A$ and $q,q^\prime\in Q$.
I want to prove that $T(A)$ is Frobenius (see here for a definition). If we assume to know that the answer to the question linked above is true then we have to prove that $T(A)$ is selfinjective. Any idea how can I prove it?


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The current inventory of single-family homes for sale in Incline Village and Crystal Bay is more than adequate to satisfy the general demands of buyers for the remainder of 2014. However, the Lakeview subdivision is a place where the inventory is inordinately low and the demand extraordinary high. We have already seen 16 properties close escrow in this part of our community during the first seven months of 2014 and there are currently two homes under contract. With only six properties listed for sale on the Incline Village MLS in the Lakeview subdivision that means the statistical inventory level in this part of town is less than three months worth.
Adding to the angst of buyers is the pricing situation since the least expensive home in the Lakeview subdivision currently listed on the Incline Village MLS is $1,449,000 and asking prices range all the way up to $4,195,000. While we did have 4 properties in this sector close escrow under $1 million earlier this year, the lack of supply coupled with the strong demand will likely continue to push prices upward in this area.
So, while most other parts of Incline Village and Crystal Bay have an oversupply of single-family homes for sale during the summer of 2014 the Lakeview subdivision is currently exhibiting a shortage of supply relative to actual demand. Whether or not we will see any new listings priced under $1 million during the remainder of this year is anybody's guess. But the reality is that while most subdivisions in Incline Village and Crystal Bay are reflecting the transition from a seller's market to a neutral (or even possibly a buyer's market), the Lakeview subdivision is still skewed towards the benefit of sellers.
One of the things that make this particular location so special is the proximity to shops, restaurants and the beaches. While the lesser amounts of snow that accumulate in the wintertime is another attractive benefit that is just an ancillary consideration and not usually a primary deciding factor affecting whether or not buyers will make a purchase in this area. It's nice to be able to leave your car parked in the garage and not need to use it to get to the beach, post office or shopping unless you really want to. Also, the paved path that runs along Lakeshore Drive beckons people of all ages to get outdoors and traipse through this lovely neighborhood.
During the first seven months of 2013 we only saw nine properties in the Lakeview subdivision change hands to new owners. The remarkable jump in sales in 2014 is even more extraordinary when you realize that overall sales of single-family homes in Incline Village and Crystal Bay are down substantially versus the previous year. To see this level of demand in one small part of town and combine it with a rather minimal supply of properties for sale means that buyers do not have a lot of negotiating leverage when trying to purchase a property in this neighborhood.
There was a recent private transaction where a property in the Lakeview subdivision sold for nearly 20% above the appraised value. This is a testament to the desirability of properties on a virtually level lot and in a good location just a couple of blocks from the beach. In 2014 there have been two sales of properties in this neighborhood where the price per square foot has exceeded $700. And mind you these are not lakefront properties, just high quality single-family residences on nice lots and in very good locations. Both of these transactions involved properties that had not officially been listed on the MLS and were the result of the authors of this column networking with other agents to successfully bring buyers and sellers together.
Buyers who are looking to purchase a property in the Lakeview subdivision will need to be on their toes and work closely with their agents to hunt down upcoming properties for sale if they cannot find what they are looking for among the active listings. With demand outstripping supply for properties in this particular location we can anticipate that there will be multiple offer situations from time to time and that prices will continue a steady march upward in the neighborhood.


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Evesham United Juniors has been running now since 2001 and has been at Charter Standard Community level for the past 12 years. Currently we have 20 junior sides with 40 coaches and 330 players of all ages and sexes.
As a Community Charter Standard Club under the Football Association's Charter Standard Club scheme, the main objective is to provide the best facilities and coaching for the players of all abilities and to develop potential candidates for the senior team and beyond.
The ultimate benefits of sustaining a successful junior section is to provide a source of 'Evesham grown' talent for the Youth and Senior side.
We have squads of players at all ages, from the Minis age 5, 6 and 7 (U7's) and then squads with teams from U8 up to U18.
Teams up to U13 can be mixed, but specifically we have a girls' teams at U14. New players are always welcome.
We are also interested in welcoming new Coaches to our club as the demand for training boys, girls, and youths in the Evesham area grows. The club provides equipment and training through the Worcestershire Football Association.
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How to Stop Procrastination…Now, Not Later.
Post written by Warren. Follow him on Twitter.
There is little in life that holds us back worse than the habit of procrastination.
What starts off as an offhanded "I'll get to it later" often turns a simple task into a monster that looms over us as a deadline draws nearer and nearer. Most of the time we find ourselves procrastinating the most unpleasant tasks on our to-do lists, trading a more comfortable present for a stressed-out, time-starved future where we have to rush around to finish a task that we originally had plenty of time to accomplish.
Procrastinating affects us in all sorts of negative ways, from causing us to miss work deadlines to risking our health over putting off doctors' appointments, to damaging relationships when we continually think we'll pay attention to our loved ones "later." Still, many of us are stuck in a trap that keeps us from doing the things we need to get done. To make things even more frustrating, we often look back and realize that the time spent procrastinating really wasn't filled with anything valuable, either.
Was it really worth putting off your school project in order to watch some old documentary on a subject you weren't even interested in to begin with?
Probably not.
So, what do you do when you realize that it's time to take the procrastination bull by the horns? How do you make the changes you need in order to get on the right track?
The first step is something you've already done. You need to recognize that it's time to put a stop to the procrastination. Of course, recognizing a problem and solving a problem are certainly not the same thing. Still, realizing that you need to make a change really is a big step, and acknowledging that you've already taken a step can help you take the next one.
Now things are going to get a little more uncomfortable because it's time to start taking action. There are several strategies you can use to get yourself up and moving. The one that works best for you may depend upon why it is that you're procrastinating in the first place.
It's Just Too Much!
For example, many of us put off projects because they are just so complex that we become overwhelmed before we even start. If you have a multi-part project that you need to complete, take the time to break it down into its component parts. Rather than thinking "I have to complete a 15-page report by the end of the month," make a list of the various tasks involved and tackle them one at a time. Your list might look something like this:
- Brainstorm topic ideas
- Get input from friends/teacher/boss/etc. and choose topic
- Go to library and do research (or put aside time to research online)
- Write rough draft
- Get input on rough draft
- Write final draft
By attacking each item in turn, you can avoid the paralysis that often comes with not knowing where to start or even feeling like you'll never be able to finish.
I Don't Wanna!
So much of the time, we end up procrastinating because we simply don't want to engage in particular activities. We may find them unpleasant or just be uninterested in them. This might be the case with cleaning house, for example. You think, "I'll do the dishes later." Unfortunately, the longer you think this, the more dishes there are by the time you finally get around to the task. This, of course, reinforces the idea that we didn't want to do that darn thing in the first place.
Getting past this hurdle requires us to adjust our thinking a little bit. In some cases, we just have to "suck it up" and get started. The funny thing is that once we get some forward momentum with the unpleasant activity, we almost always find that it wasn't as bad as we expected. It's the dread over doing it that causes us so much trouble, not the actual act of getting it done. Logically speaking, we would actually avoid more distress by simply starting the task than we create by trying to avoid it.
There are a couple of methods you can use to get the ball rolling and start on your task. One is to give yourself a "start deadline."
We often think of deadlines as being the time we have to have a project finished, but creating a start deadline can help impose a sense of urgency that gets us motivated to begin. Another common method is to give yourself a reward once you've completed a task. The size of the reward should probably relate to the overall size of the task accomplished, so making a dreaded phone call might earn you a special snack, while finishing an entire months-long project at work may warrant a few days off to spend with friends and family.
"Procrastination is opportunity's natural assassin." Victor Kiam
What If I'm Not Good Enough?
Procrastination is also a tool that we use to keep ourselves from experiencing failure. It is not unusual for people to put off tasks because they are worried about the outcome. This can result from multiple concerns, including fear of failure (or even success) and perfectionism.
Perfectionists will often procrastinate starting a project because they feel like they have to have everything in order to ensure it goes off without a hitch—before they even get started. Because the timing for such things is rarely ever "perfect" (because, let's face it, there is no such thing as perfection), this can lead to an inability to even get started, let alone finish a project.
In order to get started, the perfectionist may have to recognize that it is more important to get something done than it is to get it done to a ridiculously high standard. Setting deadlines and asking others to hold you accountable can be a great way for this type of person to see progress instead of remaining stalled.
Fear of failure is certainly related. Oftentimes people will delay a task for fear that even if they do their best, the end result will not be good enough. Generally speaking, this is a self-esteem issue. One of the best ways to get past this holdup is to spend time really picturing the end result that you want from your project. It's impossible to reach a goal if you never set one, after all. By having a good idea of what it is you're trying to accomplish, you are setting yourself up to reach that goal.
Putting Procrastination to Work for You
While we almost always think of procrastination as a negative thing, there are times when we can use it to our advantage. If you're trying to quit smoking, for example, you can procrastinate your next cigarette for 15 minutes. By the time those minutes have passed, you will likely have moved past the craving and be on to something else. If not, you can always procrastinate another 15 minutes. Even if you don't quit smoking immediately, this ensures that you will cut back the amount you smoke in a day.
You can also use procrastination as a tool to combat worry. Much of our time is wasted worrying about things over which we have not control. Let's say you have a dentist appointment set for next week. Is worrying about what the doctor will say or do going to have any effect on what actually happens? The truth is that it won't. So, when you find concerns starting to rise up in your mind, you can give yourself permission to procrastinate and worry about the situation later.
What do YOU procrastinate about the most…and what do you do to overcome it?
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UMass Announces Dismissal Of Head Coach Charley Molnar
Dec. 26, 2013
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts Amherst today dismissed Charley Molnar as head football coach, Director of Athletics John McCutcheon announced.
"We want to thank Charley Molnar for his service and the extraordinary time and energy he devoted to coaching the Minutemen as we entered competition in the Football Bowl Subdivision," McCutcheon said. "It has become clear, however, that we must improve our performance in several areas and move in a new direction to ensure success in the FBS. Going forward, we must build a strong foundation to win on the field and stimulate enthusiasm and support for the program throughout the university community."
The search for a new coach will begin immediately and will be aided by an advisory committee with membership from the Board of Trustees, the UMass Amherst Foundation board, faculty, students, alumni and senior administration. Carr Sports Consulting has been hired to assist in the search.
The Minutemen joined the Mid-American Conference and the Football Bowl Subdivision, the highest level of competition in college football, in 2012. Molnar was 2-22 in two years as head coach including a 2-14 record in MAC play.
UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said, "I fully support the decision regarding the head coaching position in football. Our program must foster a positive environment in which our student-athletes thrive both athletically and academically. Furthermore, it is critical that in addition to ensuring on-field success our next coach earns the support of alumni, faculty, students and fans. I am confident that UMass football will continue to improve and will excel at the FBS level."
McCutcheon said Molnar has about three years remaining on this contract for approximately $836,000.
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College Hockey:Martin's Second Of Night Is Winner For Griffs
OT Goal Lifts Canisius Past Army
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sophomore Rob Martin scored two goals, including the game-winner at 1:42 of the overtime period, to lift Canisius to a 4-3 victory over Army Saturday night at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The Griffs improve to 11-12-2 overall and into fourth place in the MAAC with a 10-6-2 record. Army falls to 5-15-5 overall, 5-10-5 in the league.
Martin sent the Griffs into celebration mode with his team-high 12th of the season on a pass from Corey Lucas into the slot, where Martin beat Army goalie John Yaros to the top corner. Fred Coccimiglio also assisted on the game-winner.
Army opened the scoring at the 14:49 mark of the first period as Chris Casey beat Canisius goalie Sean Weaver for his eighth goal of the year. Chris Garceau and Chad Mayfield had assists on the power-play goal as Army took the 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
The Griffs rallied for a pair of goals in the second stanza to take a 2-1 lead after two periods of play. Martin knotted the score at the 6:37 mark as he took a pass from Marc Bouffard in front of the net and beat Yaros from seven feet. Bouffard would get a red light himself with 8:05 remaining in the period as he came away from a flurry in front of the Army net and slipped it in the right side on the power play for the 2-1 advantage. Bouffard's fourth of the year was assisted by Lucas and Brad Kenny
The Black Knights tied the score at 2-2 on Jon Boyle's fifth of the season at 5:45 of the third period, with assists from Eric Joyce and Tim Fisher. Army opened a 3-2 lead just two and a half minutes later as Garceau beat Weaver high on the stick side for his ninth of the season from Casey and Chad Mayfield.
Canisius rallied late in the period for the equalizer with 2:14 remaining as Kenny fed the puck to Fred Coccimiglio who, from his knees, slid a cross-ice pass to Mark Persick . Persick beat Yaros from the right faceoff circle on the glove side for his fourth of the year, setting the stage for Martin's overtime heroics.
Weaver stopped 20 shots for his seventh win of the season, while Yaros posted 42 saves for Army.
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Every year, fans of super hero narratives have several new comic book films to critique. So far this year, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" have all made a lot of money for their stars and investors. Currently, a film is in production that will feature the talented Ben Affleck as Batman, one of the most popular superheroes of all-time. Of the Batman films, most fans of this genre consider "The Dark Knight" to be the strongest.
"The Dark Knight" was released in 2008 and stars the brooding Christian Bale in the as Bruce Wayne aka Batman. As it begins, a mentally unbalanced criminal, the Joker (played by the late Heath Ledger), is terrorizing Gotham City. The new District Attorney, Harvey Dent (played by Aaron Eckhart) has successfully prosecuted many of the city's criminals. Because of this, Gotham's crime bosses work with the Joker in their plot to neutralize the D.A. A somewhat jaded Bruce Wayne hopes to retire as Batman, and he thinks he can since Harvey has done so much good work. But he soon realizes he will not be able to do this.
"The Dark Knight" has a stunning cast. Christian Bale provides a thoughtful and dynamic portrayal of Wayne/Batman. Aaron Eckhart is equally good as the ambitious Harvey, who is good at his job, but is sometimes ill-tempered and likes to make important decisions by flipping a coin. The late Heath Ledger gives the film's best performance. He creates a memorably creepy voice and nails the character's diabolical laugh. Ledger makes the Joker one of the best movie villains of all-time. He won a posthumous Oscar for his amazing performance.
There are many memorable scenes in the film, such as the opening bank robbery. This scene is unlike any robbery scene from other films. The robbers kill one another as the complete their tasks.
"The Dark Knight" is one of the great superhero films of all-time.