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Next Events
FundForum International
6-8 June 2016 – Berlin
Tuesday 7 June
10:40-10:50 Expert Industry Insight - The presence of asset management groups on social media - Joe Saliba, Deputy CEO, CACEIS
15:10-15:45 New Thought Leadership: what models work best for which distribution - Holger Sepp, Co-Head, CACEIS Bank Deutschland
Visit the FundForum website for the complete agenda
Customer Experience for Finance 2016
16 June 2016 – Frankfurt am Main
Thursday 16 June
11:15 - 12:00 Digitalisierung – Disruption durch die Hintertür – Chancen und Potenziale im Kernsystem
Christian Angerer, Strategic Initiatives & Change Management, CACEIS Bank Deutschland
Previous events
Conférence annuelle des investisseurs pour la croissance
19 May 2016 – Pavillon Gabriel, Paris
Wednesday 19 May
09:30 Live TV
Edouard Eloy, Global Head of Product Offering Private Equity, Real Estate & Securitization, CACEIS
Walid Mounaouir, Deputy Head of Depositary Oversight, CACEIS in France
11:50 Roundtable - "Focus outils: Reporting & Externalisation de la gestion administrative"
Karine Litou, Directrice Projets et Clients de la ligne métier PERES, CACEIS
Ovum Industry Congress 2016
11-12 May 2016 – London
Ovum Industry Congress, organised by Ovum, is a comprehensive 2 day conference that explores key research areas, bringing together leading analyst insights with real-world application to drive business advantage.
Now in its 6th year, Ovum Industry Congress is the place where everything comes together: people, ideas, and experiences.
Thursday 12 May
12:30 - 12:50 Case study: Providing focus, encouragement, time, and resources for business innovation
12:50 Interactive: Drill down round tables session
13:30 New in 2016! Speaker hosted lunch tables
Christophe Pierron, Head of Commercial Department, CACEIS Bank Luxembourg
BSI Summit
11-12 May 2016 – Berlin
Bsi Summit 2016 is a conference, exhibition and networking event for the experts of the asset management industry - Providers, fund managers, custodians, consultants, analysts and journalists.
High class panels, experienced speakers and a variety of exhibitors provide an excellent platform for intense exchanges.
Thursday 12 May
14:45 - 15:45 Blick nach Luxemburg: Möglichkeiten und Chancen beim Set-up von AIFs
Holger Sepp, Co-Head CACEIS Bank Deutschland
Heike Findeisen, Business Development Director, CACEIS Bank Luxembourg
Pricing and Reference Data
20 April 2016 – Luxembourg
Wednesday 20 April
9:30 - 10:30 Fund Valuations Regulation
David Celeste, Head of Derivatives, CACEIS
Fund Forum Asia
18-19 April 2016 – Hong Kong
Tuesday 19 April
Spotlight on Fund Operations & Passporting
2:30 - 3:00 Will Asia Ever Be A Truly Cross-Border Market?
With Arnaud Misset, Group Product Director, CACEIS, and David Li, Managing Director, CACEIS Hong Kong
BAI Alternative Investor Conference 2016
12-13 April 2016 – Frankfurt
Tuesday 12 April
11:30-12:00 Have a look at Luxembourg: Which Possibilities and Opportunities Does the Location Offer for Set-Up and Distribution of Alternative Investment Funds (AIF)?
- Brief profile of the market
- An overview of structuring opportunities for AIF
- Recent developments: Reserve Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF)
Heike Findeisen, Business Development Director, CACEIS Bank Luxembourg
Visit the BAI Alternative Investor conference for the complete agenda
Il Salone del Risparmio
6-8 April 2015 – Milano
Il Salone del Risparmio - the largest industry event - allows different market actors to share experiences and new ideas, establish new partnerships, leverage their know-how and update their knowledge on topics regulatory, fiscal and operational guidelines for the 'asset management industry.
Thursday 7 April
14:30-15:30 Leveraging cross-border fund distribution to uncover new business opportunities
Etienne Carmon, Group Product Manager, CACEIS
Read the Press release (in Italian)
Forum Gi
17 March 2016 – Paris
Pavillon Cambon
CACEIS sponsors Gi Forum, the key event of large investors and asset management companies in France.
Come and meet with our representatives at stand 24
At 10:00
Thibaut Guénée, "Solvabilté II : 3 mois après, quel ressenti ?"
Morningstar Awards France
16 March 2016 – Paris
Global Financial Markets Forum
2-3 March 2016 – Abu Dhabi
For the third year in a row, Crédit Agricole CIB and CACEIS sponsor jointly under the banner Group, the Global Financial Markets Forum, the largest conference of financial markets in the Middle East.
This event, which takes placein Abu Dhabi, is organized annually by the National Bank of Abu Dhabi and brings together more than 1500 participants, political, economic and financial experts, as well as many business leaders from the Middle -East.
SuperReturn International 2016
22-25 February 2016 – Berlin
On Feb 23rd at 16:10, Heike Findeisen, Business Development Director, CACEIS in Luxembourg, participates in the panel "Appetite for Real Assets - Analysing the Growing Appetite for Real Assets as LPs search for yield: what subsectors are attracting the most attention & what are return expectations?"
For additional information and registration, visit the conference website
Context Summits Miami
2-5 February 2016 – Miami
French Private Equity Conference
22 January 2016 – Paris
CACEIS sponsors the French Private Equity Conference to take place in Paris on January 22nd, 2016.
Euronext - Conférence annuelle du marché boursier
19 janvier 2016 – Paris
CACEIS partners with Euronext Paris for the 5th annual meeting of the European economic and financial community: executives of listed companies, capital market representatives, etc.
At 11:30, Laurent Drouin, Business Development Director, CACEIS Corporate Trust will participate at a roundtable on "Retours d'expériences sur l'introduction en bourse et la vie boursière".
CACEIS will welcome customers and prospects at its stand, at the Pavillon Cambon, Paris.
ALFI-European Alternative Investment Funds
19-20 January 2016 – Luxembourg
Lille-Dunkerque Commodities Exchange
4 December 2015 – Lille
AGRO PARIS BOURSE (General Union of the Paris Commodities Exchange) is an association composed of all French and European cereal industry.
Its role is to facilitate transactions, dialogue and the exchange of information between the various leading players in the grain sector (cereals, oilseeds and their derivatives), that it seeks to bring together by organising regular professional forums.
Thanks to its cross-professional positioning between the different business lines of the sector, the association represents forty professions involved not only in collecting grain, but also in its control, quality, transport, storage, handling, plant protection products, fertilizers and financial management.
Located at the very place of the former Wheat Market of the City of Paris, AGRO PARIS BOURSE therefore continues the mission of the Commodities Exchange of Paris, involved in the grain trade for 160 years.
Come discuss with CACEIS representatives at our stand.
Journée Nationale des Investisseurs
3 December 2015 – Paris
CACEIS sponsors the second edition of the "Journée Nationale des Investisseurs", an event organised by Instit Invest, the first independent information site dedicated to institutional investors.
Speakers from different backgrounds (investors, solution providers and personalities) will meet to discuss in order to shed light on tomorrow's challenges.
At 11h40, Arnaud Misset, Group Products Director, CACEIS, will participate in the panel on "Les nouveaux domaines d'externalisation dans la gestion d'actifs : comptabilité et reporting".
Clearing and Collateral Management Roundtable
27 November 2015 – Brussels
The new Clearing and Collateral Management Roundtable, facilitated by Risk Dynamics, is designed to enable the exchange of views and experience between peers in clearing (notably CCPs) and their clients on the impact of central clearing on risk and collateral management practices. Main risks refer to market, counterparty, liquidity and collateral risks.
Central repositories and CCPs were created at the initiative of financial market regulators to reduce systemic counterparty risk by central reporting and clearing of derivatives transactions. However, in this process, systemic risk has been concentrated in CCPs by transferring bilateral risks into a handful of qualified central clearing counterparties. Risk and Collateral Management practices were also affected in all financial institutions due to this structural market change. As regulators increase their focus on concentration risk created by central clearing, a number of questions have been raised, as the consequences of a CCP failure might be very severe for any participant and the market at large. How do CCPs manage collateral deposits? If a major participant at the CCP is entering into default, how quickly does the collateral come under threat? Etc
This roundtable will allow reviewing these questions and other significant issues with the objective of assessing the multiple effects of managing derivatives products through CCPs.
At 15:30, Florence Besnier, Business Development Manager, CACEIS in Paris, will chair the discussion panel on "CCP services for small market participants"
- What solutions are being developed proportionate to CCP services for small market participants?
- What would - for instance - be the impact of a trade mutualization through cooperatives (on cost, on conterparty default risk, on operational risk, etc.)?
Nordic Private Equity Conference
6 November 2015 – Copenhagen
CACEIS sponsors the 6th Nordic Private Equity Conference, which is set to take place in Copenhagen on November 6th, 2015.
The conference will gather 300+ top professionals from the best performing LPs, GPs, PE Funds and high growth potential companies in the region who will share insights on how to create value in the Italian market.
It is a one-day concentrated event with keynote speakers, panel discussions, and valuable networking opportunities for CEOs, partners, managing directors among other influential business people.
At 10:30, Laurianne Delaunay, Senior Relationship Manager, CACEIS in Luxembourg, will chair the discussion panel on "Fundraising – How to fundraise successfully in the current climate?"
Immobilien FondsForum
4-5 November 2015 – Königstein
The 2-days "Immobilien-FondsForum event focuses on real estate topics regarding German institutional investors in Königstein nearby Frankfurt.
Selected participants will attend this exclusive market event which is limited to 150 persons in total.
Holger Sepp (member of the board at CACEIS in Germany) is a panellist at a major topic: "Will expanding regulation with rising requirements for transparency and reporting harm the business within the institutional real estate industry?"
10:20 - 10:50 : Roundtable "Regulieren wir uns kaput? Steigende Transparenz- und Reportinganforderungen an die institutionelle Immobilienfondswirtschaft"
Holger Sepp, Co-Head CACEIS Bank Deutschland
T2S, le coup d'envoi
Breakfast AFTI
21 October 2015 – Paris
Target2 Securities (T2S), the new pan-European platform for securities settlement in central bank money run by the Eurosystem, is a catalyst for European post-trading harmonisation, particularly to make cross-border settlement as efficient and safe as domestic settlement. This goal will be achieved in 2017, when the various migration waves, which began on 22 June 2015, will unify securities settlement in 21 European financial markets. This harmonisation is illustrated by several concrete developments, notably the adoption of T+2 settlement cycle since October 2014 and the convergence of the processing of corporate actions on flows in the T2S zone. If T2S monitors securities settlement, note that the management of stocks remains the responsibility of central securities depositories (CSDs).
Last Summer, the first CSDs migrated succesfully to T2S. On 28 March 2016, the French CSD will follow. In order to prepare this migration, Paris Place set up a Comité de Coordination National T2S in 2013, in which the Bank of France and Euroclear are in charge of monitoring the progress of all players.
The event, organised by the AFTI, is an excellent opportunity to exchange around this topic.
09:05 - 09:50 : Roundtable "Préparation de la vague 2 : un challenge pour la Place de Paris"
Daniel Pascaud, Head of Operational Line Custody, CACEIS
Real Estate Fund Managers Summit
20 October 2015 - New York
9:15 - 10:15 Investing in Europe
Laurent Durdilly, Head of Private Equity, Real Estate and Securitisation, CACEIS
14e Réunion Annuelle Dépositaires & Conservateurs
14 October 2015 – Paris
Edouard Eloy, Global Head of Product Offering Private Equity, Real Estate & Securitization, CACEIS
"Comment les business models des dépositaires doivent-ils s'adapter aux besoins de diversification des allocations d'actifs des investisseurs institutionnels et sociétés de gestion ?"
AGEFI AMtech day
13 October 2015 – Paris
Nathalie Poux-Guillaume, Group Product Manager, CACEIS
- "MIF II : comment les sociétés de gestion rémunéreront-elles demain leurs réseaux de distribution ?"
Etienne Carmon, Group Product Manager, CACEIS
- "Les acteurs du Web vont-ils révolutionner la distribution des produits d'épargne ?"
Thibault Guénée, Head of Product offering - Institutional clients, CACEIS
Edouard Eloy, Global Head of Product Offering Private Equity, Real Estate & Securitization, CACEIS
- Titrisation, fonds de dettes : « transparisation, reporting, stress-testing & Solvabilité II »
12-15 October 2015 – Singapore
Expo Real
5-7 October 2015 – Munich
Capital Creation
28-30 September 2015 – Monte Carlo
Reporting FATCA & Nouveau standard OCDE
23 September 2015 – Paris
12:00 - 12:45 "Les enjeux de l'explosion des reporting aux autorités fiscales pour une banque dépositaire/conservateur et ses clients"
Jean-Marc Eyssautier, Chief Risk Officer, et Aude Donnève, Group Product Manager
Italian Private Equity Conference
18 September 2015 – Milan
The 1st Italian Private Equity Conference is set to take place in Milan on September 18th, 2015.
The conference will gather 250+ top professionals from the best performing LPs, GPs, PE Funds and high growth potential companies in the region who will share insights on how to create value in the Italian market.
It is a one-day concentrated event with exciting keynote speakers, thrilling panel discussions, and valuable networking opportunities for CEOs, partners, managing directors among other influential business people.
At 9:00, Giorgio Solcia, Managing Director of CACEIS in Italy, will chair the opening discussion panel on "Italian Private Equity Performance".
Eurofi Financial Forum
9-11 September 2015 – Luxembourg
16:45 - 18:00
Eric Derobert
"Fund distribution can rely on asset servicers' offering"
FundForum International
29 June - 2 July 2015 – Monaco
Tuesday 30 June
11:30 Joseph Saliba, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, CACEIS
14:20 Clara Dunne, Senior Country Officer, CACEIS (Ireland)
Chairman, "New Products Workshops" panels
14:20-15:00 New Non-Banking Financing Products
15:05-15:50 New Equity Products
16:30-16:40 The Multi-Asset Portfolio
17:15-18:00 Fixed Income Products
Wednesday 1 July
10:45 Joe Saliba, Deputy CEO, CACEIS
Moderator, "Big Data and the future of Asset Management"
14:30 Pierre Cimino, Responsible for CACEIS entities
in Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy
and Hong Kong
Panelist, "Comparative View of Fund Costs Across
Visit the FundForum website for the complete agenda
Find out more about CACEIS's presence at the FundForum in our dedicated page
General Meeting of the Bourse Internationale de Paris
12 June 2015 – Paris
Thursday 12 June - General Meeting of the Bourse Internationale de Paris
09:00 Opening
09:15 General Meeting
17:00 Closing
Come discuss with CACEIS's representatives!
Visit the Agro Paris Bourse website for the complete agenda
Investment Forum
11 June 2015 – Frankfurt
Thursday 11 June
17:30-18:00 Solvency II - Lösungen für Institutionelle Kunden
Christian Hogrebe, Business Development Director - Asset Managers & Institutional clients, CACEIS Bank Deutschland
Visit the Investment forum website for the complete agenda
UK Private Equity Conference
29 May 2015 – London
The UK & Irish Private Equity Conference is a conference dedicated to Private Equity Management companies, funds, venture capitals, Limited Partners, wealth managers and lawyers that facilitates a unique platform for discussions, insights, and networking opportunities.
It is a one-day concentrated event with exciting keynote speakers, thrilling panel discussions, and valuable networking opportunities for CEOs, partners, managing directors among other influential business people.
At 8:55, Karine Litou, Head of PERES (Private Equity, Real Estate & Securitisation) Projects will chair the opening panel on "UK Private Equity: The current state of the industry and what lies ahead".
UK Private Equity Conference 2015 takes place on 29th May in London, UK
Paris Fund Industry Forum
27 May 2015 – Zürich
28 May 2015 - Geneva
Wednesday 27 May - Schellenberg Wittmer Zurich office, Löwenstrasse 19
09:15 Roundtable - "How to get the best transparency and safety for professional investors"
Philippe Bens, Managing Director, Head of Regional Coverage Switzerland, CACEIS
10:00; 10:45 & 12:30 One-to-few meetings - "AIFMD & UCITS Roundup"
Andrea Petito, Business Development Director, CACEIS
Guillaume Lapierre, Business Development Director
Thursday 28 May - Lenz & Staehelin, Route de Chêne 30
09:15 Roundtable - "How to get the best transparency and safety for professional investors"
Philippe Bens, Managing Director, Head of Regional Coverage Switzerland, CACEIS
10:00; 10:45 & 12:30 One-to-few meetings - "AIFMD & UCITS Roundup"
Andrea Petito, Business Development Director, CACEIS
Guillaume Lapierre, Business Development Director
Visit the Paris Fund Industry Forum website for the complete agenda
Conférence annuelle des investisseurs pour la croissance
20 May 2015 – Pavillon Gabriel, Paris
Wednesday 20 May
10:00 Roundtable - "Panorama des levées de fonds"
Laurent Durdilly, Directeur Private Equity Real Estate & Securitisation, CACEIS
Visit the AFIC website for the complete agenda
BAI Alternative Investor Conference 2015
12-13 May 2015 – Frankfurt
Tuesday 12 May
15:25-15:55 Alternative Investment Funds Management - Trends to Internationalization
- The German Spezialfonds - a success story
- Institutional Investors are looking to Luxembourg
- Non AIF Managers for real asset funds in Europe - observance from the German market
Christian Hogrebe, Business Development Director, CACEIS Bank Deutschland
Heike Findeisen, Business Development Director, CACEIS Bank Luxembourg
Visit the BAI Alternative Investor conference for the complete agenda
Global Equity Organization
15 - 17 April 2015 – London
The Conference agenda is specifically designed with a focus on the hottest issues in equity compensation and boasts a world-class keynote line-up with more than 40 breakout sessions delivered by international experts in the areas of share plan design, accounting, tax, legal, regulatory compliance, plan communications and administration.
Come discuss with our representatives at stand 9
Fund Forum Asia
13 - 16 April 2015 – Hong Kong
Laurent Majchrzak
Stream C - Fund Operations
Optimising Distribution - Uncovering The Operational Mechanics Of Your Fund Distribution Strategy In Asia
Tuesday 14th April - 17:00
Il Salone del Risparmio
25-27 March 2015 – Milano
EDHEC-Risk Days Europe 2015
24-25 March 2015 – London
Clara Dunne
Moderator: "Revisiting Stock Nationality: Implication for Indexation and Reporting"
Forum Gi
12 March 2015 – Paris
March 12 at 15:00
Thibaut Guénée, "Entre contrôle et transparence : comment la relation entre sociétés de gestion et investisseurs institutionnels va-t-elle évoluer avec Solvabilté II ?"
Luxembourg Fund Conference 2015
3 - 5 March 2015 – Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo
Bart Speybrouck
Panel 1 - UCITS IV, V & AIFMD - latest developments
Stockholm: March 3rd - 10:00 - Sheraton Stockholm, Tegelbacken 6
Helsinki: March 4th - 10:00 - Eurooppasali, Malminkatu 16
Oslo: March 5th - 10:00 - Scandic Solli, Parkveien 68
SuperReturn International 2015
24-26 February 2015 – Berlin
On Feb 24th at 14:55, Barry McGloin, Business Development Manager, CACEIS in Luxembourg, chairs the Fund Showcase "Emerging Markets" session:
- Data Session
- LP Perspectives
- Opportunities in CEE
For additional information and registration, visit the conference website
Iberian Private Equity Conference
20 February 2015 – Madrid
09:55 Roberto Colapinto, "Perspectives and Outlooks on the Private Equity Industry - The Renaissance of the Iberian Market"
Collateral Management Forum 2015
19-20 February 2015 – New York
4-5 February 2015 – Zurich
Come discuss with our representatives at stand F.11
bsi Summit 2015
3-4 February 2015 – Frankfurt
15:45 - 16:30 Panel 8: "Internationalisierung im Bereich des Alternative Investment Fonds Managements"
Holger Sepp, Co-Head CACEIS Bank Deutschland
Heike Findeisen, Business Development Director, CACEIS Bank Luxembourg
Christian Hogrebe, Business Development Director, CACEIS Bank Deutschland
Context Summits Miami
28-30 January 2015 – Miami
Journée Nationale des Investisseurs Institutionnels
3 December 2014 – Paris
18-24 rue de Poissy, 75005
03/12 at 15:00: Thibaut Guénée, "Suivi des investissements: comment simplifier le traitement opérationnel et administratif des classes d'actifs de diversification"


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Forcht Bank recently announced the return of Leroy Bratcher to the Campbellsville market as senior banking officer.
Amedisys Home Health in Campbellsville announced that it has been named to the 2011 HomeCare Elite top 500 home health agencies in the country for the third time.
Now in its sixth year, the HomeCare Elite is a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance. The HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and further highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall.
The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, chaired by Gov. Steve Beshear, recently approved $173,000 in Taylor County Agricultural Development Funds for a County Agricultural Investment Program. The Taylor County Cattlemen's Association Inc. submitted a proposal to the Taylor County Agricultural Development Council and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board to provide cost-share incentives to area farmers.
Isaac Thompson of Campbellsville has entered a Hereford in the beef division of the 38th annual North American International Livestock Exposition. The world's largest purebred livestock show, the event takes place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville on Nov. 5-18.
AT&T customers in Kentucky are expected to experience improved mobile broadband coverage and voice performance as a result of continued investment by AT&T. The company announced recently network improvements made in the first half of 2011 to enhance the wireless capacity and performance of its mobile broadband network throughout the Bluegrass State.
AT&T has upgraded over 120 new cell sites for mobile broadband, including sites in Taylor County.
Taylor Regional Hospital Charity Golf Scramble received a big boost from two local banks. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Taylor County Bank were major sponsors of the third annual event. Each bank donated $5,000 toward the purchase of a second van, which will be used to expand the existing free van service offered to TRH patients.
Coldwell Banker Co. and Managing Broker Kevin Farris recently announced that Lisa Ford Hornback was named the 2010 National Award winner.
Hornback, the daughter of Donald and Juanita Ford of Campbellsville, closed 59 units receiving the distinguish International President's Elite Award. She is in the top 1 percent of all Coldwell Banker agents in the nation.
Hornback also received the Most Closed Units, Most Listings Taken, Highest Closed Volume, Most Listings Sold, Most Buyer Controlled Sales, Gold Plus Award and Most GCI Closed awards.
Taylor Regional Hospital recently announced that Dr. Asser El-Atfy, pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist, will be leaving the Taylor Regional Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic. His last day in the clinic will be Nov. 10.
El-Atfy has served this region well, and will be greatly missed, stated TRH CEO Jane Wheatley. However, she said, Taylor Regional Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Clinic will continue to be staffed by a qualified pulmonary and sleep medicine physician and remain open for appointments for both pulmonary and sleep-related disorders on the same schedule.
Michelle Gaines has joined HaiRx, located at 106 Churchill Drive in Campbellsville near Campbellsville University. Gaines is a color specialist and master designer and specializes in creative updos and makeup artistry for all occasions. She is available by appointment only.
Gardner's HairCare has joined Gardner's Photography at 198 Honeysuckle Lane in the Farmgate Subdivision, located off Lebanon Road. Gardner's HairCare offers full salon services. Products include Matrix, Big Sexy Hair and Sukesha. Appointments, call-aheads and walk-ins are welcome. They are open Tuesday through Saturday. Monisa and Terry Gardner are the owners.
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With our iPhones and Androids these days, it's hard enough to imagine what life was like before cell phones, let along before any phones at all. We don't know about all of you, but we're happy to deal with any texting issues so long as we don't have to learn any Morse code.
Although, we suppose that the people who did Morse code were pleased not to have to deal with even more antiquated forms of communication.
Back in the day, sailing ships communicated by sempahore, which signals by waving flags. On land, people used to contact each other using smoke. We're not exactly sure how one could convey "u want 2 meet up 2nite?" with a column of smoke, but somehow they managed.
And of course, we can't forget the age-old practice of using birds to deliver messages. Just pull out your quill, scratch down your love sonnet or request for more knights, roll it up and tie it on a dove's leg and cross your fingers no hunters, eagles or storms come between your messenger and the next castle over yonder.
So be thankful that all you have to do is dig around in your bag and push a button to check your messages, rather than walk up to the rookery, snag a bird while avoiding claws and beak, figure out how to hold the bird and tie a string at the same time and then wait and hope that the bird eventually comes back. Thank you, Mr. Bell. Thank you very much. We out.


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The State of Materials Handling Automation Virtual Conference
Don't Miss "The State of Materials Handling Automation Virtual Conference" Thursday, June 28, 2012 | 11 AM - 3 PM ET
June 20, 2012 - MMH Editorial
Keynote: State of Materials Handling Automation
Speaker: Modern's Executive Editor Bob Trebilcock
Something is happening in the world of materials handling automation. Just look at the numbers. While the industry has not yet recovered to its pre-recession peaks, both the conveyor and automatic guided vehicle (AGV) sectors posted impressive year over year growth numbers, while MHIA is anticipating 12% growth in 2012.
What's behind the interest in materials handling automation? And what might the future of automation look like based on the products and solutions in development today? In this Keynote address, Modern's Executive Editor Bob Trebilcock will share his findings from recent interviews with ten of the leading automation and integrated systems suppliers and take a deeper look inside:
- The impact multi-channel retailing is having on the industry overall;
- The evolution of enabling supply chain software; and
- The rise of AGVs and automatic storage.
Goods-to-Person Order Fulfillment: The Multi-Channel Retailing Effect
Moderator: Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director, Supply Chain Group
Speaker: Norman E. Saenz, Jr., Senior Vice President, Principal, TranSystems
Direct-to-consumer order fulfillment. Store replenishment. Wholesale distribution. Catalog sales. Television shopping networks. Global distribution. What do they each of those sales channels have in common? Any retailer worth its salt today has to fill orders in all of them, even though each has distinct order profiles, order quantities and inventory requirements.
What's more, the best retailers are implementing goods-to-person order fulfillment solutions that are flexible enough to pick eaches and cases in one facility. In this session, our panel will look at the emerging world of multi-channel order fulfillment and the goods-to-person solutions—from carousels to multi-shuttles to mobile robots—that are making it possible. Topics will include:
- The impact multi-channel retailing is having on materials handling operations;
- How goods-to-person solutions are evolving to meet the multi-channel challenge; and
- The productivity benefits of goods-to-person solutions.
Software: Results of Modern's 2012 Software Usage Survey
Speakers: John Hill, Director, St. Onge.
For companies in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, the information about the movement of goods throughout the supply chain is as important as the actual movement of the goods—the tricky part is harnessing all that information to its fullest competitive advantage.
To gain a better understanding of how Modern readers are currently applying supply chain management (SCM) software to gather this data en route to optimizing their warehouse and DC operations, Peerless Research Group (PRG) conducted our 2012 Software Usage Survey in the first quarter of this year—and what we found was pretty surprising. In this session, the market's foremost technology thought leader, John Hill, will put all the findings into perspective. Topics will include:
- The evolution of SCM software inside the four walls;
- How warehouse management systems (WMS) and warehouse control systems (WCS) are managing the release and flow of orders; and
- A look at the adoption, upgrade and ROI timeline for each of these solutions.
Automation: The Rise of AGVs & AS/RS
Speaker: Troy Donnelly, Project Director, Peach State
Think automatic guided vehicles (AGV) and automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) are only for big manufacturing plants? Think again. The AGV and AS/RS industries are posting some of their biggest numbers ever as manufacturers and distributors of all sizes are finding applications for these technologies on the shop floor and in the distribution center.
In this session, our panel will look at new developments in the AGV and AS/RS industries that have resulted in equipment that is more flexible and innovative than ever and share case study examples of how these solutions are improving productivity and facility performance. Topics will include:
- An overview of the latest developments in AGV and AS/RS technology;
- How AGVs and AS/RS solutions are being applied; and
- Benefits of implementation and future development forecast.
|Don't Miss "The State of Materials Handling Automation Virtual Conference"
Thursday, June 28, 2012 | 11 AM - 3 PM ET


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The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team continues Southland Conference play Thursday when they travel to Lake Charles, La. to take on the two-time defending conference tournament champion McNeese State. The Islanders are looking for its first conference victory of the season while the Cowgirls are looking for its first home conference victory. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi is coming off a 66-47 home loss to Stephen F. Austin in the first conference home game of the season.
Thursday's game will mark just the seventh meeting between the two teams. The Cowgirls and Islanders have each claimed three wins apiece. Last season, McNeese State sealed a 66-51 victory in Lake Charles, La.
Head Coach Royce Chadwick is in his first year as the Islanders' Head Coach. Chadwick, who spent the previous 11 years at the helm of the Marshall University program, has 562 wins on his collegiate coaching resume. Chadwick is looking for his first SLC victory since winning the SLC title with SFA in 2001.
McNeese State enters Thursday's game with a 6-8 record, including a 1-2 record in SLC play while the Islanders are 1-12 and 0-2 in the SLC.
•Junior Brandi Huff registered a career-high 15 points in Monday's home loss to Stephen F. Austin.
• Senior Jessica Jammer recorded her fourth straight double-figure scoring game on Monday with 10 points and led the Islanders' glass with seven rebounds.
•The Islanders out rebounded the Ladyjacks' 22-18 in the second half, including 11-4 on the offensive end. SFA outscored the Islanders just 33-32. The Islanders outscored SFA 26-18 in the paint.
•The Islanders are 1-2 in Burton Coliseum with the lone victory coming in 2007.
•Texas A&M - Corpus Christi's first victory of the season came before the holiday break on Dec. 18 vs. Cornell, 52-49. The team snapped a 10-game losing streak dating back to the last season and marked Coach Chadwick's first victory at the helm.
•Blount leads the team with 10.1 points per game, which ranks 16th in the Southland Conference.
•Coach Chadwick has used five different starting lineups this season. On Monday, he used the starting lineup of Brandi Huff, Ashley Darley, Janae Blount, Jessica Jammer and Verne'qua Taylor for the first time this season.
•Chadwick was named the Southland Coach of the Year in 1997.
The Cowgirls and Islanders will meet for the seventh time in program history. The series is tied at 3-3.
Last season, the Cowgirls topped the Islanders 66-51 in Lake Charles, La. in the Southland Conference opener. The Islanders dropped its fifth road game of the season at Burton Coliseum. The Cowgirls capitalized at the free-throw line making 19-of-22. Imani Dunn scored a career-high eight points including 2-of-3 from behind the arc in 17 minutes of play in her first career start. Marquesha Anderson-Sparks chipped in eight points and three assists to round out the Islanders scoring.
The Cowgirls have dropped six of its last seven games, including five on the road. McNeese State is coming off a 78-61 home loss to Nicholls on Monday. Prior to that, the Cowgirls sealed a 74-57 road victory at Stephen F. Austin. McNeese State dropped a 64-62 road loss in the Southland Conference opener. The Cowgirls have victories against Texas Southern, Houston, Talladega, Centenary, Ole Miss and Stephen F. Austin.
McNeese State is averaging 67.9 points per game behind Ashlyn Baggett's 17.2 points per game and Caitlyn Baggett's 14.1 points per game. Arianna James leads the boards with 7.1 rebounds per game.
The Islanders were picked to finish eighth in the Southland Conference Coaches' Poll after finishing with a 5-11 conference record last season.
Jessica Jammer has powered the Islanders' offense in the last four games. She is second in scoring with 7.9 per game and has registered five double-figure scoring games this season. She leads the team with 5.7 rebounds per game, which is good for a tie for 17th in the SLC. Jammer is tied with Janae Blount in 15th place in the SLC with 1.6 steals per game.
Freshman guard Janae Blount is leading the Islanders with 10.1 points per game in a team-high 27.6 minutes per game. She is 16th in the SLC in scoring, 15th in three-point field goal percentage and is tied with Jammer in 15th in steals. She has scored in double figures in seven of the 13 games this season and has made starts in eight of the 13. The Washington, D.C. native scored a career-high 21 points vs. Auburn and tied her career-high four three-pointers at the 26th Annual Omni Hotels Classic in Boulder, Colo. to earn a spot on the All-Tournament team.
Ashley Darley has made starts in nine of the 12 Islanders' games. She is third on the team with 6.8 points per game in 17.5 minutes per game. She has also chipped in 20 steals, which is good for a tie for 11th place in the SLC.
Darling recorded a season-high 17 points at UTPA and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds vs. Auburn. She also scored 12 points in both games against Colorado and Auburn in the Omni Hotels Classic. She netted a game-high 14 points vs. UTPA and chipped in four of the Islanders' season-high 18 steals.
Right behind Darley is Alisa Roberts who is who is fourth on the team with 6.7 points per game. The senior tallied a season-high 16 points vs. Texas State.
Last season's Southland Conference assist leader Verne'qua Taylor brought back her old ways vs. Texas State with a season-best eight assists. She followed that performance with six assists vs. Cornell. Taryn Gregory has dished out 23 assists and has started in 11 of the Islanders' 13 games this season. Marquesha Anderson-Sparks leads the team at the charity stripe with a .857 percentage (18-of-21).
The Islanders put together a strong second-half Monday night at the American Bank Center against Stephen F. Austin. After trailing, 33-15 in the first half, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi gained momentum out of the half and out rebounded the Ladyjacks' 22-18, including 11-4 on the offensive end. SFA outscored the Islanders just 33-32 in the second half. The Islanders capitalized on 14 second-chance points and outscored SFA 26-18 in the paint.
Royce Chadwick is the fourth coach in Islanders' history to make his debut on the sidelines. He holds 562 wins on his collegiate coaching resume and seven NCAA Tournament bids. Chadwick is familiar with the Southland Conference after coaching stints at Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston State. Chadwick was named the Southland Coach of the Year in 1997. He has 28 years of experience coaching women's college basketball and four career wins in the NCAA Tournament.
Roxanne White joins Chadwick on the sidelines as the Islanders' Associate Head Coach. White served on Chadwick's staffs at Marshall and Stephen F. Austin. White was Marshall's recruiting coordinator for all 11 years she was at the school and was the associate head coach for 10 of those seasons. The Stephen F. Austin alumna was an assistant for Chadwick for five years at SFA and also spent a year with Texas A&M.
Darren Brunson also made his Islanders' coaching debut this season as the Islanders Assistant Coach. Brunson comes to the Island University after spending the past two years as the associate head coach and team's recruiting coordinator at Texas Southern. Geoff Grawn is in his 11th season on the Islanders' staff as an assistant coach.
The Islanders will continue Southland Conference play on the road Saturday, Jan. 12, when they travel to Beaumont, Texas to take on Lamar. Tipoff is slated for 4:00 p.m.


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Mr. Happy-Go-Lucky himself, Morrissey, is blaming the tragedy of a nurse's suicide at a London hospital on Kate Middleton and the royal family. The nurse reportedly took her own life after being duped by a radio station prank in which two DJs pretended to be Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles seeking an update on the duchess.
"Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital as far as I could see for absolutely no reason," said Morrisey, the former Smiths frontman, who apparently went to medical school the past decade without anyone knowing it.
"She feels no shame about the death of this woman, she's saying nothing about the death of this poor woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering. And why it's allowed to be I really don't know."
He apparently got a degree in psychology as well. Yes, it's the arrogance of the royals that's staggering ... .
The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was in the hospital due to a severe and ongoing form of morning sickness. She and Prince William almost immediately issued a statement saying they were "deeply saddened" by the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who put through the phone call to Middleton's room that led to another nurse disclosing details of Middleton's condition to the pair of now-fired Australian morning show hosts.
Dr. Sunshine ranted some more about the condition of Middleton, who must have allowed him to examine her dozens of times for him to speak so authoritatively.
"Does she have a health condition? Is it anorexia or is it pregnancy? We don't know. But what is the health condition? I mean morning sickness already? So much hoo haw and then suddenly as bright as a button as soon as this poor woman dies she's out of hospital? It doesn't ring true. It doesn't ring true."
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Business buzz: fun. photo shoot; Mullet's awards; Army contract
Published: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 8:25 p.m.
Sarasota had fun. (the band)
The February issue of GQ Magazine features photos of the Grammy Award-winning band fun. taken during a two-day fashion shoot in Sarasota. A new local business, SRQ Locations, provided sites at Harbor Acres and the Founders Golf Club.
Fun., an indie rock band, won Best New Artist and Best Song, for "We Are Young," at this year's Grammys.
Five fashion-forward photos from the shoot can be seen at gqm.ag/16chjB2
Mullet's reaps industry awards
Mullet's Aluminum Products Inc. is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a bounty of industry awards.
For the sixth consecutive year, Mullet's received the Aluminum Association of Florida's 2012 Award of Excellence in four categories:
Railings -- Fully welded aluminum and glass railings fabricated and installed at a private residence on Lido Shores.
Miscellaneous Metals -- Fully welded aluminum railings and decorative aluminum grating fabricated and installed at the Manatee County Area Transit Bus Depot.
Carports, Canopies and Walkways -- Aluminum walkway canopies fabricated and installed at Manatee Elementary School, Lake Worth.
Aluminum Awning and Shutters -- Fully welded aluminum balcony railing fabricated and installed with integrated roll-down shutters at Club Brittany Condominium in Naples.
Mullet's also received PGT Industries Platinum Dealer status for the ninth consecutive year.
Sarasota firm sells to U.S. Army
The Army has awarded a five-figure contract to Sarasota's Contract Furnishings International Inc. for 80 pieces of pool furniture. The contract was awarded by Army NAF Contracting Pacific-Japan Branch.
Contract Furnishings also recently sold two large orders of pool furniture to the Army at Fort Campbell, Ky., and additional orders are pending.
Contract Furnishings is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business enterprise.
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It was a play that had been run thousands of times. Kevin Garnett was backing down Earl Clark in the post, before he gathered the ball and shifted away from the Los Angeles Laker player to knock down a fadeaway jumpshot from the top of the paint. It looked like any other of Garnett's career field goals, and it was just another two points in a game the Celtics would win comfortably, but this time the basket was special. It was special because those two points early in the second quarter last night, pushed Garnett over 25,000 points for his career. The long-time Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics forward became just the 16th player in NBA history to crack that milestone.
At 36 years of age, Garnett can feel proud of that historical footnote, but he likely won't...yet.
In typical Garnett fashion, he was reserved in his acknowledgement of the individual achievement. He took time out to raise his hand to each side of the crowd as they stood to applaud him, but his focus barely left the task at hand. The task at hand being an important victory over the Lakers. Even though the Lakers can't be considered a tough matchup for anyone this year, the Celtics needed to win last night in order to keep their post-Rondo momentum moving forward.
Since all-star point guard Rajon Rondo tore his ACL against the Atlanta Hawks in a double-overtime loss, the Celtics have enjoyed their most impressive win streak of the season. As Rondo's status was still unknown, his teammates started out with an overtime victory over the Miami Heat at home, before sweeping past the Sacramento Kings and Orlando Magic, enduring a close victory over the Los Angeles Clippers sans Chris Paul, and finally beating the Raptors in Toronto ahead of the Lakers' victory at home. The Celtics have three days to reflect on their six-game win streak, before they look to extend it to seven against the Denver Nuggets at home.
For all of the premature post-mortem reports following Rondo's injury, the Celtics are not only alive in the Eastern Conference playoff race, they appear to be stronger than ever before. Rondo is a superstar talent who can take over any game at any given time, but he has never been an easy player to play with or a great teammate. He is somewhat selfish in his pursuit of assists, turning away from shots and turning down passes that wouldn't lead to shooting opportunities that hurt ball movement. Without him in the lineup, there is a greater enthusiasm from his teammates and a fluidity that hasn't been apparent in recent years. Players such as Leandro Barbosa and Jason Terry are energized by the opportunity to get the ball in their hands more, while Courtney Lee and Avery Bradley have created a formidable defensive partnership on the perimeter. Even the previously hesitant Jeff Green has benefited from a more orthodox approach to spacing the floor on offense.
Much of the Celtics' success comes back to Garnett however. Statistically, he has taken over in ways that haven't been seen since his days in Minnesota. Over the past five games, Garnett is shooting a shade under 60 percent from the field, averaging 16.2 points(a number that includes a season high 27 against the Toronto Raptors), 7.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals in just 26.8 minutes on the floor. Statistics have never defined the whole value of Garnett however. While his ferocity on the court can be irritating for the opposition at times, see Carmelo Anthony, and downright pantomime at other times, see Ray Allen, Garnett's constant belief and resilience has infused with his teammates and renewed a belief that never really died after Rondo went down.
Despite the Celtics' obvious limitations on the court this season, Garnett reiterated his desire to stay with his teammates through a flurry of trade rumors this past week. While he may be over the top, it is over the top confidence that is allowing the Celtics' previously understated role players to consistently contribute to a winning effort.
In February, Garnett and Pierce have led the way when it comes to scoring, but the unlikely names of Jeff Green and Courtney Lee crop up in third and fourth place with 14.5 and 12.3 points per game respectively. Pierce and Garnett are also rebounding more than anyone else, but Brandon Bass is averaging 5.5 rebounds per game while four more players are averaging at least three in limited time. The biggest worry for the post-Rondo Celtics was assists. Rondo ran the offense exclusively when healthy. Outside of a few Paul Pierce individual efforts, assists often came from Rondo in bulk and sparsely from anyone else on the floor. That is not the case in February. Pierce leads the team with 5.8 assists per game, even though his ratio of assists to turnovers is a lowly 1.8. Jason Terry, resuming the role he has played for most of his career, is averaging 2.7 assists for every turnover and four total per game, while Courtney Lee averages 3.3 assists on a 2.2 ratio. Leandro Barbosa is adding three assists per game, without turning the ball over at all. The Celtics may no longer have Rondo racking up 15+ assists every so often, but they do now have more contributors with eight players averaging at least 1.8 assists per game and 24.8 total per game.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Creative Concepts Media + Marketing has expanded its staff with a highly experienced media professional, introducing a new project management role. Liz Bowling joins the team to manage operational aspects, overseeing project work plans and scope to meet changing needs and requirements for media campaigns.
"We were looking for a project manager with vast industry experience as well as a tie to the local community," said President of Creative Concepts Laura Partridge. "It was a long search process and we are excited to have Liz join the team."
Bowling brings with her 10-plus years of substantial experience, working in New York City and Denver agencies to continually increase brand awareness and achieve strategic goals for a variety of Fortune 500 clients, including American Express, Gillette, and Kellogg's. She has a sharp eye for detail and effortlessly deepens client relationships with her passion for this industry. Liz returns to the Tahoe region, having previously spent three years residing in the area.
"The growth of our team allows us to provide exceptional media planning and placements, while exploring new technologies for advertising, maximizing exposure for all of our clients, and ensuring strategic advertising campaigns. Our local, regional and national clients will benefit from her strengths," said Partridge.
Creative Concepts Media + Marketing is a boutique media buying agency located in Truckee and Reno, Nev.
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Everyone hates it when other people eat on the subway. It stinks. It's gross. Just stop eating your takeout food on the subway, people. (Does not apply to me, if I'm hungry).
However, people are still always eating, on the subway. Why? Because—although people give them dirty looks—it's very rare for anyone to actually put their objections into words.
And why is that? Well, just watch this video. It perfectly explains why fucked-up things happen on the subway: because the alternative is a more fucked-up thing.
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Special needs dance class wins hearts at Apple Festival
Published: Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 5:07 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 5:07 p.m.
When it came time for her dance solo Sunday, Eilish Easler didn't hesitate to bust a move. She high-kicked across the stage with the aplomb of a Rockette as the N.C. Apple Festival crowd cheered her on.
Her 12-year-old brother, Aiden, was next. Propelling his wheelchair mid-stage, he popped one wheelie in synch with the music, followed by two more as the audience went nuts.
When the Easlers and their classmates from Releve Performing Arts Center finished their jazz number, the crowd leapt to their feet for the day's only standing ovation. Many in the audience wiped away tears as the special needs dance students held up their arms in triumph.
The scene was reminiscent of a recital the special needs jazz dance class participated in at the school in June, said Releve co-owner Beth Bradley.
"It was amazing," Bradley said backstage. "We were all in tears. The whole place was crying. They got a standing ovation and they were so happy. We couldn't get them off the stage afterward. I was like, 'Okay, you're done.' They wanted to keep on dancing."
Bradley — whose parents have adopted 22 children, most with developmental disabilities — started the special needs dance class at Releve last fall with encouragement from her mother, Lynn Easler.
"Three of the dancers are my siblings," Bradley said. "That's how we started it. My mom told me I needed to get on the ball and start a special needs class, so I said, 'Yes, ma'am.'"
Since then, participation has been strong enough to add a second class on Mondays. The 12 children, ranging in age from 7 to 18, have been practicing two weeks for their big day, Bradley said.
The dance class, along with special needs baseball and cheerleading, is one of the few opportunities 12-year-old Faith Wich has to socialize and play with her friends outside of school, said her mother Cheryl.
"There's not a lot of extracurricular activities for these special needs kids," Wich said. The class is also great for helping to build muscle tone and balancing skills, she said, which kids with Down syndrome often lack.
"A lot of these kids didn't walk until they were almost three or four, so it helps keep them in shape for the rest of their lives," Wich said. "And to enjoy the music. Most special needs kids, they thrive on music. It's a way for them to express their emotions."
Asked if her daughter was nervous about performing in front of several hundred spectators, Wich laughed. "No, anytime these kids can get an audience, you've got a party – an instant party," she said.
Steve Easler said his children look forward to attending dance class every week because "they love being with their friends and they love doing extracurricular activities with their friends. Dance is good because it's not about anyone's ability. It's just, let's do something and have fun."
The physical elements of dance are also beneficial for the kids, Bradley said, whether they have Down syndrome, cerebral palsy or spina bifida.
"The Downs kids have the low muscle tone, but spina bifida is very stiff and tight," Bradley said. "So it gets her loose and it teaches the others how to control their muscles. We actually had a physical therapist come visit our class last year and she was thrilled, because we are modeling what she's working on with these kids."
Bradley encourages any parent with a special needs child interested in joining the class to contact her at 828-696-4141. For information about the school's other offerings, visit www.releveperformingartscenter.com.
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Now you can follow McPherson Sentinel sports on Twitter with our new account @macsentsports. We'll be live tweeting sporting events we cover, including stats and thoughts during MHS and area high school games we happen to be live at, as well as Mac College, Central Christian College and more! We'll be at Hutchinson tonight, so follow along at www.twitter.com/macsentsports.
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Barcelona/Ann Arbor - US Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. and the Institut de Terapia Regenerativa Tissular (ITRT) announced in October that they will expand a bone graft study based on initial results from the first phase of patient treatments. The trial involved five patient treatments using Aastrom's Tissue Repair Cells (TRCs) for the bone graft repair of severe long bone non-union fractures, and was completed at the Hospital General de l'Hospitalet, Centro Medico Teknon and Hospital de Barcelona-SCIAS.
This trial was initiated in March 2004 in co-operation with ITRT who coordinated the trial implementation. The study was designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of TRCs to regenerate new, healthy bone in the repair of long bone non-union fractures. All of the patients who received TRC treatment had pre-viously failed to repair their fractures using standard procedures.


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The new Volvo FH makes it possible to increase uptime more than ever before. On-board technology lets the workshop carry out an inspection of vital parts while the truck is on the road. This means that maintenance can be planned according to when it's actually needed.
This piece of world news is made possible by Telematics Gateway, the communication unit in the Volvo FH that keeps the truck, driver and operator one step ahead in various situations. For maintenance based on real needs, it sends a report to the workshop so the technician can see the status of vital parts, such as the brake pads, clutch, battery and air dryer.
''If these are in better condition than expected the workshop can adjust the service plan so the vehicle gets its service when it actually needs it,'' says Christian Gustavsson, in charge of Volvo Trucks service.
As part of the new Volvo Gold Contract offer, this allows customers to forget about the service plan and let the workshop take care of it. The technician keeps track of the truck's mileage, how quickly parts are wearing and adjusts the service plan accordingly – and calls you for maintenance when the truck needs it.
''Being able to inspect the wear remotely means you don't have to visit the workshop too often – and you get the service done before it's too late,'' says Christian Gustavsson.


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SAN JOSE -- Goalies generally don't focus on the other guy wearing the mask at the opposite end of the ice. They say it's the shooters they have to worry about.
But Saturday night, when the Sharks face the Boston Bruins, it will be a little more complicated. The likely netminders -- Antti Niemi for the Sharks, Tuukka Rask for the Bruins -- are competing against each other for the starter's job on Team Finland at the Sochi Olympics.
If the decision is made strictly by the numbers, the top job is Rask's, as Niemi has not matched his performance level of a year ago that made him a Vezina Trophy finalist.
But if Niemi's statistics -- a rise in his goals-against average from 2.16 to 2.43 and a drop in his save percentage from .924 to .912 -- have gone the wrong direction, they haven't shaken Todd McLellan's faith in his "go-to guy" even if the coach's postgame remarks can be critical.
"We got off to a great start with Nemo. Like anybody's game, it trends a little bit," McLellan said. "There's moments or goals that we'd all like to say, 'Hey, we'd love to have those back.' But we also say that with forwards and d-men throughout the whole year."
At the same time, the coach said, backup Alex Stalock -- whose sixth start of the season was San Jose's 3-2 shootout win in Chicago last Sunday -- can expect more frequent starts in the next few weeks.
And that circles back to Niemi's presence on Team Finland, where Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars is the third goalie vying for the starting job.
"We've got an Olympic-caliber goaltender that's going to go and play for three weeks in Russia, and that's going to be taxing on him," McLellan said. "Nemo needs some rest over this time frame so that when the playoffs come around and, if we're lucky enough to qualify, we know we're circling No. 31."
Niemi says he doesn't feel there is much difference between his game this season and last, other than the fact he's had to deal with a lot more deflected pucks.
"Most nights I feel the same," Niemi said. "But I feel there's been lots of weird goals going in off their sticks or off our sticks. If we count all of those goals, I think there's way more than last season."
Niemi has maintained that confidence even after tough outings such as the one a week ago when the Colorado Avalanche scored three goals in 66 seconds en route to a 4-3 win. McLellan singled out the second of those three goals -- a half-speed shot by defenseman Erik Johnson that bounced its way past Niemi -- as the kind that he needed to stop.
His goalie agreed.
"All I thought after that game is that you've really got to be focused on all those bounces because it's going to happen once in a while," Niemi said. "You've just got to be really focused when those come and try to cover the net more than just follow the puck."
Stalock got the next start in Chicago, but McLellan said that always was the plan -- in part because Niemi had struggled lately in the United Center.
So far, Stalock has shown himself to be more than a capable backup in his first year in that role. He has a 5-2 record -- one loss coming in relief -- with a goals-against average (2.03) and save percentage (.932) better than Niemi's.
Sharks assistant general manager Wayne Thomas doubles as the team's goalie coach and defends Niemi's work.
"There's times during the year where it's a bounce here or there," Thomas said. "You want to make it a bounce here or there? Or do you want to make it an issue? We look at every goal against and analyze it and come out the next day. It's 82 games. We want to win them all, but it's probably not going to happen."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
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Marc Jacobs profile AUG 28 2008
Nice profile of fashion designer Marc Jacobs, creative head of Louis Vuitton, in the New Yorker this week. Jacobs used to be a chunky unfashionable pasty-white kind of guy but has recently started dressing the part and now looks like he could model for one of LV's magazine ads.
Jacobs walked outside to the back garden, to take in the evening amid the boxwood. "I like the fact that people are sort of commenting on my appearance," he said. "I work on these things! So to have them recognized, even if sometimes I don't like the way they're recognized, I like that they are, and I feel good that I can admit that, instead of being ashamed." He paused. "I'm going to get a 'shameless' tattoo next," he said, the Eiffel Tower sparkling behind him in the night sky. "That's what I think everyone should aspire to in life: being shameless."


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Adam Eaton (elbow) is expected to begin playing the outfield in rehab games this Saturday.
Colby Rasmus (ear) will be activated from the disabled list on Tuesday.
X-rays came back negative on Corey Seager's left wrist.
Carlos Beltran went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Monday's win over the Mariners.
Carlos Martinez notched a career-high 13 strikeouts across six innings of one-run ball in Monday's 6-5 victory over the Brewers.
Kolten Wong went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and a stolen base in Monday's win over the Brewers.
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said that Cameron Maybin will go for an MRI on his left thumb on Tuesday.
Yoenis Cespedes slugged a walk-off solo homer off Nick Wittgren in the 10th inning on Monday to lead the Mets to a 2-1 victory over the Marlins.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia slugged a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning of Monday's win over the White Sox.
Mookie Betts smacked his 30th home run of the season in Monday's win over the Rays.
Tanner Roark yielded only four hits and one walk across seven shutout innings in Monday's 4-0 victory over the Phillies.
Sean Manaea was diagnosed with a right rhomboid strain.


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A benefit planned for Kathy Berg of Starkweather has been rescheduled due to bad weather.
The spaghetti supper and silent auction to assist with medical costs will now be held Sunday, March 24 from 4 - 7 p.m. at Trinity-Bergen Lutheran Church in Starkweather.
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They will be serving spaghetti, salad, garlic toast and dessert all for a free will offering.
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ZEPHYR COVE - Alex Tyler took a last look from about 20 feet out. It was a long shot, but so was the 12-point deficit the Lakers overcame after the first quarter.
Tyler glanced at the clock, 4 seconds, and made a decision. His 3-point launch from the top of the key sailed in, and with it North Tahoe pulled off a 63-62 come-from-behind win at Whittell on Saturday.
Tyler, and the rest of the Lakers, started hitting those long shots in the second quarter of the Mount Rose League contest. They were down 21-9 headed into the second quarter, and with the Warriors hitting their perimeter shots early on, the game was slipping dangerously out of reach. Whittell senior Austin Neil and freshman Palmer Chaplin charged through the first quarter, exchanging 3-pointers and converting North Tahoe turnovers.
The Lakers were warmed up by the second quarter, though, and they started chipping away for the next three quarters.
Colin Spencer put up eight of the Lakers' final 10 points before halftime, cutting the Warriors' lead to 36-28.
"We're back in this," said North Tahoe coach Frank Wright as the boys headed off the court at halftime.
North Tahoe held onto the momentum into the second half as Whittell started to sputter.
"We had over 30 turnovers and were out-rebounded, and that's where games are won and lost," Whittell coach Phil Bryant said.
Tyler and Noah McDermott were a big part of those turnovers. They grabbed back-to-back steals in the third quarter and gave Spencer some help on the offensive front.
The Lakers steadily continued to outscore Whittell in the third and fourth quarters, tying the game twice in the fourth quarter.
Whittell's Garrett Bronken busted up a 60-60 tie at the free-throw line, but there was still 38 seconds on the clock.
It turned out to be plenty of time for Tyler, who finished with 22 points in the game. Spencer posted 24 points and 10 rebounds and Mitchell Myers had 12 points.
By the time the North Tahoe girls found their shot, it was too late. North Tahoe outscored Whittell 10-5 in the fourth quarter, but three sluggish quarters that preceded that could not be erased.
North Tahoe dropped its Mount Rose League game against Whittell, 37-24, on the road Saturday.
"We usually come out pretty hard all four quarters, but we played Truckee last night, and that doesn't help," North Tahoe coach Rick Buhler said. "It's tough to play back-to-back, but that's just the reality of it. We're a far better basketball team than how we played today."
The Warriors built a comfortable 22-9 lead in the first half as their leading scorer, Amanda Harris, knocked down wing shots with authority.
Taylor Briggs and Liz Buhler picked up the momentum for the Lakers in the second half, but it was too little too late.
"Those two stood out, and picked up the slack for the other girls who weren't playing that hard," coach Buhler said. "There was definitely something in the water today that wasn't good for us."


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Thousands of people from all over Western Colorado descended upon the Cross Orchards historic site for Obama's Grand Junction visit Monday -- many of which say they left feeling more excited and motivated than ever.
For Jack Real and other, it was difficult to hold back the emotions as they watched Barack Obama deliver his message of change from just a few feet away.
"It's a wonderful thing," said Real. "Most exciting, great energy. I just can't believe it."
"It's like my nerves were shaking and my heart was throbbing at the energy," said Kyle Conrad, an Obama supporter from Durango.
It was energy that remained high through the forty minutes Obama spoke about several issues attendees say really resonated with Colorado voters.
"What I appreciated was Barack Obama addressing Merril Lynch today and addressing what's going on in the economy today," said Conrad. "I think it's really scary."
"He really hit home when he talked about college education," said David Combs, an independent voter. "We're really feeling the pinch."
"I liked that he touched on most of the hot issues and said that change is substantial," said Real.
"I think he hit the issues he wanted to hit," said U.S. Senator Ken Salazar, (D) Colorado. "We have an economy in crisis, we are a country at war, and we need change."
"The core of that speech was about middle America and how middle America needs to understand the differences between Barack Obama and John McCain," said Governor Bill Ritter. "And there's significant differences."
But some say it's the significance of Obama's Western Slope visit, not just his words, that could turn Colorado blue for the first time since 1992, when Bill Clinton took the state.
"I think the excitement of thousands of people coming out shows that we want to have that change brought about," said Salazar.
"If you look at what we've done over the last several years in terms of the transformation of the political landscape, Western Colorado has been important to that," said Ritter.
Some in the crowd tell 11 News they would have liked Obama to spend more time talking about Colorado issues like water rights, energy development, and education, but say they were still pleased with what they heard.


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RFI: Carbon, Hydrogen and Separation Efficiencies in Bio-Oil Conversion Pathways (CHASE Bio-Oil Pathways)
Open Date: 11/21/2012
Close Date: 12/05/2012
Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Funding Number: DE-FOA-0000796
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to garner input from researchers in industry, academia, and other interested biofuels stakeholders to identify key technical barriers in converting biomass via thermochemical direct liquefaction pathways to transportation fuels in the gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel ranges. For the purpose of this RFI, thermochemical direct liquefaction pathways include fast pyrolysis, in situ and ex situ catalytic pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, hydrothermal (or solvent) liquefaction followed by various combinations of bio-oil stabilization and upgrading processes. At a recent stakeholder workshop hosted by the Department of Energy's Office of Biomass Program (OBP) ("Conversion Technologies for Advanced Biofuels"), several technology deficiencies were identified that were applicable to all of these pathways, in particular:
- Developing selective fractionation and separation systems in bio-oil processing;
- Improving H2 production, use, and transfer in biomass liquefaction and bio-oil upgrading; and
- Developing technologies for use and mitigation of the aqueous fraction of bio-oil.
Information regarding the significance of these technical barriers and the resources required to address these technology deficiencies is sought. The information provided may be used by OBP in support of program planning.
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Last updated: 11/26/2012
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Herbal Remedies May Be Risky With Heart Drugs
Feb. 1, 2010 -- Patients taking heart drugs are at risk for potentially dangerous interactions when they also take herbal supplements such as ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort, and garlic, an analysis shows.
Investigators with the Mayo Clinic identified herbal and alternative products that they say should be avoided by patients with heart disease.
They claim the products could cause problems when taken with drugs commonly prescribed to lower blood pressure, control cholesterol, stabilize heart rhythms, or prevent blood clots.
The research analysis appears in the Feb. 9 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Researcher Arshad Jahangir, MD, tells WebMD that heart patients often fail to tell their doctors about the alternative remedies they take because they don't recognize the potential for harm.
"Many people think that natural is synonymous with safe," he says. "Many of these herbal remedies have been used for centuries, but they may not be safe in the current era when used by patients taking many other medications."
Older Patients Most at Risk
Jahangir says the danger is especially great in elderly heart patients, who are often also taking drugs for other chronic conditions and who may already have an increased risk for bleeding.
Bleeding was one of the most frequently cited interaction risks identified by the Mayo researchers, along with reducing or increasing the potency of the prescribed medications.
Some specific examples they cited included:
- St. John's wort, which is typically used to treat depression, anxiety, and sleep problems, has been shown in some studies to decrease the effectiveness of the arrhythmia drug digoxin, as well as blood-pressure-lowering medications and cholesterol-regulating statins.
- The herbal remedies alfalfa, dong quai, bilberry, fenugreek, garlic, ginger, and ginkgo biloba were all identified by the researchers as increasing bleeding risk when combined with the widely prescribed anti-clotting drug Coumadin (warfarin). Ginseng and green tea were identified as decreasing Coumadin's effects.
- The banned herbal product ephedra (ma-huang) has been linked to stroke, heart attack, seizures, and death from cardiac arrhythmia in otherwise healthy adults who used the product to boost energy or lose weight.