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Vandals Painted 'Blair Lied Thousands Died' On 7/7 Memorial
Monday 7th July 2014
A memorial to victims of the July 7th bombings in London has been defaced just hours before a service is due to be held remembering those who died.
The stainless steel columns of the memorial in Hyde Park were painted
overnight with the slogans "4Innocent Muslims" and "Blair Lied
Thousands Died".
A Royal Parks spokeswoman said: "We found it this morning. It has now been removed and the memorial can go ahead as planned. Obviously, we are very disappointed."
A Metropolitan Police statement read: "Officers were called by a member of the public
shortly before 3.30 this morning and informed of the graffiti, which is
being treated as criminal damage.
"The graffiti consisted of several short sentences written in red and black paint and has now been cleaned off the memorial.
"Inquiries continue led by officers from Westminster - there have been no arrests at this time."
The monument honouring the 52 people who died in the attack on London's transport
system in 2005 cost nearly �1 million and has 52 stainless steel
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First Glances at September New-Home Sales Spark Worries
The early reads on new-home sales in September don't look good. And one housing bull sees enough of a slowdown to justify reining in her projections for the rest of this year.
Influential housing market expert Ivy Zelman of Zelman & Associates on Wednesday attributed her research and advisory firm's reduced forecast to higher mortgage rates, the ongoing shutdown of the federal government, the federal debt-ceiling debate and the eventual tapering of federal bond-buying efforts aimed at bolstering the economy.
In a research report sent to clients on Wednesday, Zelman & Associates projected a 4% third-quarter increase from a year earlier in new-home orders for publicly traded builders, down from its previous forecast of a 10% gain. That puts Zelman's third-quarter projected volume at 29,820 orders for public builders. The firm lowered its fourth-quarter forecast to a 1% gain from a 10% gain.
Zelman's monthly survey of home builders isn't yet finalized, but the preliminary results show September sales "flattish" in comparison to the year-ago tallies, according to the firm's report. While Zelman describes itself as "extremely bullish" about the rebounding new-home industry, it added in its report that "it is prudent to temper that long-term bullish outlook with near-term conservatism given the aforementioned risks."
Still, Zelman anticipates new-home orders to increase by 20% to 25% next year.
Others also see troubling signs. Wells Fargo Securities analyst Adam Rudiger sent a research report to clients on Wednesday relaying that his monthly survey of builders found sales conditions generally worse than a year ago.
Mr. Rudiger's survey of 150 sales managers at builder offices showed that 29% of respondents considered their new-order activity in September to be weaker than expected, up from 28% in August. Conversely, 32% of respondents considered their orders better than expected in September, down from 37% in August.
Meanwhile, builders' use of incentives such as paying closing costs for buyers or contributing free appliances to a deal increased significantly. Of the survey's respondents, 29% reported increasing their use of incentives in September, up from 17% in August.
"Price increases in September were the fewest we have seen this year by a wide margin," Mr. Rudiger wrote in his report. "Combined with the increased incentives, it suggests to us that demand is fragile and affordability may be becoming an issue in some markets."
New-home sales slowed over the summer as buyers balked at rising interest rates and hefty price increases. In several months earlier this year, the average price of new homes in the U.S. exceeded its year-ago level by double-digit percentages. That gap narrowed to 4.4% in August. The U.S. Census Bureau is expected to release September data on new-home sales later this month, if the federal shutdown is lifted.


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A lightning strike is being blamed for an Indianapolis house fire.
Indianapolis Fire Department Lt. Larry Tracy says the fire was reported by the homeowners about 1 a.m. Sunday on the city's far northeast side.
The couple living in the home had been asleep before a loud clap of thunder woke them up. Tracy says the couple was checking for a fire when smoke detectors went off about two minutes later. The couple spotted smoke in an upstairs bedroom, and firefighters found the fire in the basement.
Tracy says one firefighter was treated at a hospital for dehydration.
Tracy says fire damages were not immediately known.
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Issue No.05 - September/October (2002 vol.22)
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The two books I look at this month deal with personal effectiveness. One is a collection of essays by Gerald Weinberg and some of his colleagues. The other is a runaway best-seller, still relevant 12 years after it first appeared. I look at the ways in which these two books agree on all the important points.

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Data-Based Decisions
LAAB Professional Accreditation Standards
Both of the recommendations from the 2005 LAAB review team's report were pursued by the Faculty the year following the team's visit. The mission was rewritten (see Mission Statement) and the curriculum was thoroughly evaluated, resulting an all-inclusive course competencies matrix (see Learning Objectives).
Advisory Board Review
Due to the lack of consistent reporting of recommendations, no actions were taken as a result of the Board's review in2008. Previous years have been reported as showing a more consistent series of reports and responses. In spite of this lack of data, the 2008 Board was generally very positive, reporting a strong show of enthusiasm from the students the Board interviewed. Notable areas of concern included quality of studio environments and the condition of equipment (e.g., drafting tables). The department has been actively pursuing remodel of the Graduate Studio in response, and will have that remodel completed by the convening of the fall 2009 Board meeting.
Public Juries
Public juries serve a unique, continuous form of assessment. Corrective action within the courses during which juries occur emphasize assistance to the student (e.g., graphic presentation methods), and, to a lesser extent, the instructor (e.g., framing of the project). Consequently both manifold decisions resulting from both types of assessment are not findings readily reported here.
Portfolio Review
Patterns across the years regarding quality of work seen in the portfolios cannot be examined. LAEP has maintained a policy of returning students' portfolios to them. That policy has been changed for 2010. Although this change will, over time, mean that portfolios can be examined, it should be noted that the validity of such comparisons will be suspect; it is Program's intent that past portfolios of the highest quality will be shared with upcoming sophomores to form a pattern of continuous improvement in quality, creativity and content.
Internal Curriculum Review
In 2006, following an extensive self-assessment process, LAEP outlined a set of curriculum changes. In response to weaknesses identified in that process, the LAEP Faculty subsequently identified each course's capacity to effect improvements for those weaknesses. Decisions for course-specific change to the curriculum included:
LAEP 1350 Introduction to Landscape Architecture
- Implement a departmental standard of citation using the Chicago Manual with author - date.
LAEP 1200 Graphics
- Add an introduction to computer-generated graphics, focusing on what is the appropriate application for what program. Introduce a working knowledge of scanning, Photoshop, importance of file size, and Powerpoint. No development of 3-dimensional models.
LAEP 1350 Theory of Design
- Work on reducing the number graded projects.
LAEP 2300 & 6230 History of Landscape Architecture
- Course load is a bit heavy. Cut the term paper and have the writing requirement fulfilled in other LAEP courses.
LAEP 2600 Construction I
- Must add current stormwater management issues and bio-engineering options.
LAEP 2650 Architecture and the Built Environment
- Add the development of a working knowledge of Photoshop. Focus on LEED certification and other sustainability issues.
LAEP 2700 Site Analysis
- Reduce to 3 credits from 5 to reduce overall credit load in the curriculum. Maintain focus of 1st 5 weeks on human behavior and the last 10 weeks on the development of site inventory and analysis skills. Add a requirement for literature review in journal literature. Also, have an introduction to the use of GIS, and use Illustrator to produce boards.
LAEP 2720 Site Planning
- Institute a department-wide jury to review products.
LAEP 3120 & 6320 Residential Design
- Focus on the use of GIS for problem solving.
LAEP 3500 & 6350 Planting Design
- No changes recommended.
LAEP 3610 Construction II
- Remove vertical and horizontal road alignments from the course in 2008 and move to Construction I.
- Remove the bridge assignment that is duplicative of the assignment in Architecture and the Built Environment.
LAEP 3700 City and Regional Planning
- Integrate the lectures of this course into 3120 Residential Design.
LAEP 4100 & 6140 Urban Design
- Lecture on the design of posters.
- Extend the scale of the problem to site details.
LAEP 4110 Construction Document Prep
- Require the use of CAD.
- Develop CAD standards.
LAEP 4120/4130 Emerging Areas
These are faculty-driven projects often related to current faculty research projects or projects of interest. These should change each year with several options for students.
LAEP 4920 Professional Practice
This course should be given earlier in the curriculum. The course should be split and be offered as one credit in the Junior year and one credit in the Senior year. Since 2006, the above curriculum changes have been implemented with the following exceptions:
LAEP 2650 was removed from the curriculum, negating needs for the proposed changes. It was also determined that the following course-independent changes be implemented:
- Implement a departmental standard of citation using the Chicago Manual guidelines.
- Integrate computer generate graphics and GIS mapping use throughout the curriculum.
- Add a working knowledge of LEED certification, stormwater BMP's and on-site stormwater management to the curriculum.
- Emphasize presentation skills and critiques throughout the program.Make digital copies of assignments (selected) a requirement (either digital file or digital photo).
Since 2006, the above curriculum changes have been implemented with the following exceptions:
- LEED certification has not been integrated
- Presentation skills have received limited emphasis
Rapid turnover in administrators in LAEP has meant that continuous monitoring of data-based decisions has not occurred. Consequently, 2009/2010 will be the first year that the department returns to the process since 2006. Discussions have been started for a curriculum review to occur during this academic year. These decisions will be based upon disciplinary emphases that the faculty determines to be the direction for the program.
Spring of 2010 will see the first use of the newly created rubric. As an assessment of the capstone work of juniors in the BLA the rubric's data will aid in decisions relating to the curriculum's success in achieving the targeted learning objectives at that junction in the degree.
Exit Assessments
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PlayStation Plus users have a new update incoming tomorrow, and if you're subscribed, it's one you'll probably want to pay attention to. That's because Guardians of Middle Earth - the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title based in the Lord of the Rings universe - will be free for members. Guardians of Middle Earth was just recently released too, so PS Plus users are getting a relatively new game on the house with this update.
For those of you unfamiliar with Guardians of Middle Earth, think of it as League of Legends with Lord of the Rings characters. There's a little more to it than that, of course, but you get the idea. Normally Guardians of Middle Earth is $14.99, so while it isn't a full retail release, you're still saving a decent chunk of change by picking this up free.
Guardians of Middle Earth isn't the only deal on tap though, as Sony will also be offering Karateka for PS3 at 50% off, bringing it down to $5.00. Big Sky Infinity and Knytt Underground, both for PS3 and PS Vita, are also seeing their prices slashed by 40%. Big Sky Infinity has come down to $5.99 for this promotion, while Knytt Underground will be $8.99. It's worth pointing out that both of titles are cross buy enabled, meaning that if you buy it on one platform, you'll get it on the other.
As always, you'll only have access to the free games you download for as long as you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber, which would be the catch to this otherwise great deal. Sony is currently running a promotion on PS Plus memberships, giving three free months to everyone who buys a year. The PS Plus update will be going live on February 5 - are you excited, or does this latest round of deals leave something to be desired?
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The Raid Alpine 2015 Cycling Holiday
25th July to 1st August 2015
The Raid Alpine is the sister randonnée to the Raid Dolomites which also starts in Thonon Les bains. The 2015 Raid Alpine is a 740km traverse of the Alps from Thonon-les-Bains next to Lake Geneva, to Antibes on the Mediterranean coast. Join us on our 6 day Alpine Odyssee in July 2015.
Note that this is the 1st of two packages for the Raid Alpine in 2015. The other package runs from 9th to 16th August.
Like the Raid Pyrenean, Raid Dolomites and Raid Corsica, the route takes you over many of the cols which feature so prominently in the Tour de France, including the Iseran, Mont Cenis, Izoard, Vars and the Restefond Bonnet.
Antibes and Thonon les Bains are the start and finish locations and the route is to be completed within 7 days so with about 100km per day.
You will be issued with a route card or 'carnet' and the carnet needs to be stamped at various points throughout the Raid. There are 7 obligatory stops;
There is no restriction as to what bike you use as long as it is not assisted mechanically in any way. Small gears are advised.
We use excellent hotels in premium Alpine resorts like Megeve and Val d'Isere. Many of our hotels have outdoor pools for you to relax in after a long day in the saddle. We advertise the name of the hotels in advance so you can have a look before you book.
Click here to view map of the Raid Alpine Route
Planned itinerary:Saturday 25th of July:
Please arrange your own flight to Geneva where our representatives will welcome you in the arrivals terminal and at 12h00hrs, 15h00 and 17h00hrs we will operate transfers for the short distance to our hotel in Thonon-les-bains. Tonight we will stay at the Hotel Cote Sud in Thonon.
After the evening meal there will be a welcome meeting with a free welcome drink and snacks, which will explain in detail about the tour and you will also have the opportunity to meet your fellow riders and reps.Sunday 26th of July: Thonon les Bains to Megeve - 95km with 2036m of climbing
After an early breakfast we will leave the shores of Lake Geneva and head into the Alps with a 95km ride that takes in the climbs of the Col de Jambaz and Col de Ramaz. We will be there to assist you en-route.
This evening we will stay at the excllent 3 star Hotel Au Coeur de Megeve right in the centre of the exclusive ski resort of Megeve.Monday 27th of July: Megeve to Val d'Isere - 117km with 3364m of climbing
Leaving Megeve we will head over to Les Saisies. We climb the Col des Saisies and descend back into the valley to head towards Albertville. From Albertville we will start the climb and pass through the beautiful village of Beaufort (famous for its Cheese) before tackling the Cormet de Roselend, which descends to Bourg St Maurice. From Bourg st Maurice there is a long climb up to Val d'Isere.
This evening we will stay at the 3 star Hotel Bellier in Val d'Isere where you can relax in the outdoor swimming pool late afternoon before having a well deserved evening meal.Tuesday 28th of July: Val d'Isere to Serre Chevalier - Marathon day - 168km with 4302m of climbing
Leaving Val d'Isere we commence the long climb of the Col d'Iseran (one of the highest cols in Europe). After summiting the Col d'Iseran we descend to Lanslebourg where we turn left and climb the Col d Mont Cenis which takes us into Italy. After this we descend to the town of Susa. The day finishes with the Colle Sestriere before getting to Chantemerle in the ski resort of Serre Chevalier
This evening we are at the 3 star Hotel Grand in Chantemerle where you will be happy to rest your weary limbs before sitting down for a big evening meal.Wednesday 29th of July: Briancon to Praloup - 99km with 2339m ascent
You'll pass through Briancon and climb the famous Col de l'Izoard and on the descent you'll go through the scenic Causse Desert and the Coppi Bartoli memorial stone before arriving on the outskirts of Guillestre. After Guillestre you climb the 12km up to Vars
Alternatively you can make the ride longer and harder by starting the day with climbing the Col de Finestre, a climb made famous recently with the passage of the Giro d'Italia and the last 8km is unpaved. From here you descend and then climb to the ski station of Sestriere and descend to Cesana Torinese from where you'll pick up the rest of the route above to Vars. From Vars it's across to Barcelonette and the short climb up to Praloup.
Tonight the hotel is the 3 star Hotel Le Prieure in Praloup with its pool, jacuzzi and sauna.Thursday 30th of July: Praloup to Valberg - 114km with 3059m ascent
Today we climb the Col de la Bonette / Restefond at 2813mts high. Prior to that we start the day with climbing the Col de Vars. From the desolate heights of the Col de la Bonette we plunge to the town of St Etienne de Tinee before climbing 6km to the ski station of Valberg.
This evening we are staying at the 2 star Hotel Chastellan in Valberg.
Friday 31st of July: Valberg to Nice - 150km with 2500m ascent
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The United Steel Workers strike against Appalachian Regional Healthcare enters its third day.
Thousands of union workers have been picketing around the clock at nine ARH hospitals after failed contract negotiations.
Union workers at many ARH hospitals say this experience is uniting them, even doctors still working at the hospital are showing their support.
Just about 48-hours into the strike, union workers at one hospital say the battle for a fair contract is turning nasty.
United Steel Workers say this strike is about unity.
At midnight Saturday, many ARH union employees planted their feet on the picket line after they say ARH is cutting wages,pensions, insurance, and vacation time.
The strike turned violent in Harlan Monday, an ARH food service manager allegedly hit a union picketer and nearly hit a second person while pulling into the hospital.
The Harlan County sheriff later showed up to serve a summons to Sherrie Parker for 1st degree wanton endangerment, she's due in court in May.
Meanwhile, picketers asked for the courts help in Harlan to block the hospital from hiring replacement workers.
"Motion passed unanimously. Let this be resolved that the Harlan County Fiscal Court pledged it's support to ISW local 14-491 and is opposed to use of replacement workers."
ARH officials preferred not to appear on camera, but did say that they are making patient care and safety their top priority.
Negotiations between ARH and union officials will resume on Wednesday.
ARH president and CEO Jerry Haynes, says ARH is hopeful that a resolution can be reached to resolve the issues and to end the strike.
Picketers say they will continue their fight until a fair contract is offered.


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A new unit for those trying to battle back from mental health issues is now open in Meridian.
The ribbon was cut and an open house was held Thursday for the relocated Friendship Center.
The center is a place for mentally ill adults who live in group homes, homeless shelters, and the community. It allows them to access important information to help them deal with their health issues.
"This expansion was very much needed," said Larry McKnight, assistant director of East Mississippi State Hospital. "This building allows for us to expand our services, and also allows us to better programming for our clients."
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Fine consists of $1,000 civil penalty and $1,000 forfeiture
The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission fined Provincetown Department of Public Works (DPW) Director David Guertin $2,000, consisting of a $1,000 civil penalty and a $1,000 forfeiture, for violating the state's conflict of interest law, M.G.L. c. 268A, by improperly receiving free dockage for his sailboat from Provincetown-MacMillan Realty Trust (PMRT).
According to the Disposition Agreement, Guertin was the project manager for the renovation of MacMillan Wharf, owned by PMRT, and was involved in overseeing the Town water system and in determining betterment assessments, all of which financially impact PMRT. In late spring 2001, Guertin, who kept his 30-foot sailboat at a mooring in the Provincetown marina, accepted the offer of a PMRT principal to tie up his boat at the PMRT slip on the wharf to make repairs. Guertin docked his boat at PMRT's slip for approximately 10 days. The value of the docking was approximately $1,000. Guertin did not pay for the use of the slip.
Section 23(b)(2) of the conflict of interest law prohibits a public employee from knowingly, or with reason to know, using or attempting to use his position to secure for himself or others an unwarranted privilege of substantial value not properly available to similarly situated individuals. By using his position as DPW director to secure for himself $1,000 in free dockage, Guertin violated this section of the law.
"Serving the public does not give an official license to serve himself," said Executive Director Peter Sturges. "Public officials may not get free services or benefits because of who they are."


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2Articulate (a speech sound) by moving the back of the tongue toward the velum.
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- Letter 'r' in french is rolled or trilled, while gutturalized in German.
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What is it? Army Child and Youth School Transition Services consists of a variety of programs and initiatives that provide strategies and resources for garrisons, school districts, parents/guardians to face the changes associated with transitioning from one school to another in support of the Army's mission.
What has the Army done? The Army School Transition Plan is designed to develop and implement strategies that prepare Army families for successful transition of more than 45,000 military connected students in the United States and school systems that support families of Soldiers deployed outside the United States. This support is key to improving quality of life of the mobile and rapidly changing Army of today. An infrastructure has been built to support school transitions since 1998 consisting of:
What continued efforts does the Army have planned for the future? The STS plan was updated and distributed to Army instillations in December 2006. The plan includes six key components:
Why is this important to the Army? The Army must ensure that its families are prepared for successful transitions from one location to another in support of the mobile and transforming Army. The School Transition Plan is designed to develop and implement school transition strategies that will assist the transition of more than 55,000 military-connected students in the Continental United States and outside the Continental United States school systems in to new locations. Better transitions mean a smoother move and settling in for the family, which in turn supports their stability and security. The Soldier, therefore, can concentrate upon the unit's mission.
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Chevrolet is commemorating the Corvette C6.R's racing success with a limited edition 2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Edition.
The new model is strictly an appearance package, but it adds several distinguishing features to celebrate the C6.R's success. The GT1 Championship Edition body features a Corvette Racing 'Jake' logo in the center of the hood, which is also flanked by driver flag graphics. Also included in the package are a ZR1-style spoiler and chrome wheels.
The interior of the GT1 Edition also varies from a standard Corvette. Unfortunately, GM didn't take the package so far as including racing seats, but the seats do feature GT1 embroidery. GT1 embroidery is also found on the instrument panel and center console. The interior can only be had in ebony leather with exclusive yellow accent stitching.
Under the hood, the same LS3 or LS7 V-8 engine is found (depending on the model), but wearing unique trim. The engine cover is unique to the GT1 edition with a carbon fiber pattern and yellow Corvette lettering. The coupe and convertible GT1 Championship editions do come with the Z51 performance package.
The new package is available on coupe and convertible 4LT trims and on the Z06 3LZ trim level for an additional $7480. It is available in black or yellow, with each color receiving a unique VIN series to represent the C6R. Only 100 of each body style and color combination will be produced for a total of 600 in spring of 2009.


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WCC Announces Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Oct. 27, 2010
SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- (WCC News Release) The Gonzaga University men's basketball team was selected as the favorite to win the 2010-11 West Coast Conference Championship after receiving six first place votes and 48 of a possible 49 points from conference head coaches. The Bulldogs were also one of four teams to have two selections to the 10-player WCC Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team.
Gonzaga, which is ranked 12th in the ESPN/USA Today Preseason Poll, has won 10 consecutive WCC regular season championships. The Bulldogs went 12-2 in conference play and 27-7 overall en route to a second round appearance at the NCAA Tournament. Senior guard Steven Gray and sophomore forward Elias Harris, the 2009-10 WCC Newcomer of the Year, were both named to the Preseason All-WCC Team after being selected to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 List earlier this month. Gray and Harris each started all 34 games for the Bulldogs a year ago, with Harris averaging 14.9 points and 7.1 rebounds and Gray 13.6 points, 4.0 assists and 2.9 rebounds.
Loyola Marymount, which reached the College Insider.com Tournament last year for its first postseason appearance in 20 years, was picked to finish second after returning 13 players from last year's 18-win team. Two key returners from that team - senior Vernon Teel and redshirt junior Drew Viney - were named to the Preseason All-Conference Team. Teel was a First-Team All-WCC selection a year ago after averaging 15.4 points and 5.3 rebounds, while Viney was also a first team pick after putting up 16.7 points and 7.0 boards in his first season at LMU after transferring from Oregon.
Saint Mary's, which was picked third, is coming off its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in school history and the 2010 Zappos.com WCC Men's Basketball Tournament Championship. Senior guard Mickey McConnell solidified a spot on the Preseason All-Conference Team after earning First-Team All-WCC and Zappos.com WCC Championship MVP honors in 2009-10. McConnell is joined on the Preseason All-Conference Team by sophomore Matthew Dellavedova. The 6-foot-4 Australian averaged 12.1 points and 4.5 assists per game and played in a conference-leading 36.4 minutes per contest.
Santa Clara was picked to finish fourth in the WCC on the strength of preseason all-conference selections Kevin Foster and Marc Trasolini. Foster averaged 14.7 points to earn WCC Co-Newcomer of the Year honors in 2008-09, but missed the majority of last season with a foot injury. Trasolini returns for his junior season after leading the Broncos in points, rebounds and blocked shots last season.
Portland was picked to finish fifth in the Coaches Poll, followed by San Francisco, Pepperdine and San Diego. Senior Jared Stohl represents the Pilots on the Preseason All-Conference Team after leading the nation in three-point percentage last season at .478. Pepperdine junior Keion Bell also earned preseason all-conference honors after finishing second in the WCC in scoring last season at 18.5 points per game.
All eight West Coast Conference teams start non-conference action on Friday, November 12 with seven of the eight teams playing on their home floor. Conference plays starts on Thursday, January 6, highlighted by Loyola Marymount playing host to Saint Mary's on ESPNU. A total of 14 conference games will be broadcast by ESPN2 and ESPNU, and overall, 43 of 56 WCC men's basketball games will be aired on national or regional television.
The conference campaign will conclude at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas for the third consecutive season with the Zappos.com WCC Basketball Championships on March 4-7.
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The Profit Boom is Over
Gluskin Sheff
By David Rosenberg
March 28, 2011
In 2 days, on March 30, Breakfast with Dave is changing to a paid, secure service. On this date, reports will be delivered in a secure format available only to paid subscribers with a File Open security plug-in installed.
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Equity markets are mixed to lower to start off the week — Europe is off fractionally while most of Asia is in the red (though the Shanghai and Kospi indices were barely higher); Asia-Pacific was down 0.5%. Concerns over production stoppages and electricity shortages in Japan seem to be at play here (see Fear of Shortages Drives Panic Buying of Japanese Goods on page B3 of today's NYT). Even so, bond markets are also trading quite defensively today. The dollar is embarking on a countertrend rally, partly because it became hugely oversold (are there really buyers of the euro at 1.40+?).
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President Bullard became the latest to vocally support the end of any further quantitative easing programs (this followed Philly Fed Plosser's comments — he is an FOMC voter — that the Fed should actually begin to raise rates soon!). The tone from the Fed of late has been a tad hawkish, to be sure. And the euro right now is contending with the implications for further sovereign debt bailouts in view of Angela Merkel's growing political problems as her CDU party was crushed in the Baden-Wurttemberg elections, garnering just 39% of the vote in the worst showing since 1952 and eradiating its long-standing majority in the region (have a look at Poll Defeat Fuels Merkel's Critics on page 4 of the FT). Mr. Sarkozy also faces signs of dissident as the French socialist party emerged victorious in France's municipal elections over the weekend. The oil price is slipping a tad as the rebels in Libya score some more military points in the quest with NATO to remove Gaddafi from power.
On the data front, it was a very light start to a hectic week — U.K. business confidence declined in March to a two-year low with Sterling taking a hit on the news. The dollar's strength is cutting into the commodity complex and the resource-based currencies. While the news of the Canadian election may have undercut the loonie, the reality is that the polls now suggest that the Conservatives either retain their strong minority or perhaps even gain a majority — when this happened in the fall of 1984, the Canadian dollar went on for a very nice rally in the ensuing four-week bout of market euphoria.
A seven-quarter run of positive profit growth ― six were double-digits ― came to an end in the fourth quarter as pre-tax corporate profits in the U.S.A. sagged at a 10% annual rate (looking at corporate earnings before tax without inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments). That was the first decline since the fourth quarter of 2008. The YoY growth rate is still healthy at +16% but off the boil, that is for sure.
For all the talk about how the overseas economy has been the main driver of U.S. profit growth; that has very quickly become yesterday's story. On a national accounts basis, which provides the broadest picture of U.S. corporate profits, earnings derived abroad actually fell at a 9.5% annual rate and that followed an 8.8% decline in Q3. The sharper economic recovery overseas played an equally large role this cycle in fuelling U.S. production growth, but this support does seem to be subsiding — have a look at page A2 of today's WSJ (Foreign Shocks Temper America's Export-Led Rebound).
By sector, the profit leaders in Q4 were by far the financials, followed by metals, tech, machinery, and energy. The areas with minus signs attached to their profit performance included transports, retail, autos, electrical equipment and chemical products.
The final figure for the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index came in below expected, at 67.5 in March (the preliminary number was 68.2 ― the consensus was looking for 68.0). This was a huge 10 point drop from the February level of 77.5 and consumer sentiment now stands at its lowest level since November 2009 when the economy was barely emerging from the worst recession since the 1930s. Take a look at the chart below and you will see that consumer sentiment is: (i) below the worst levels of the 2001 recession, and (ii) in line with the troughs posted during the 1990-91 downturn.
It's not just the level but the change. Ten point plunges happen rarely, and when they do, the economy is either in recession or about to head into one, believe it or not. The lone exception was in September 2005 ― when Hurricane Katrina hit. Outside of that, declines of this magnitude only happened in October 2008, September 2001, August 1990, December 1980 and March 1980. As an aside, the slide in March actually slightly surpassed the 9.7 point plunge after 9/11, the Worldcom/Enron fiasco in October 2002 (-5.5 points) and the stock market collapse in October 1987 (-4.3 points). Just to put this into some kind of perspective. The equity market did take a bit of a stumble in March but a 6% dip followed by a rebound should not have been much of a factor. What could be at play here are four things.
1. Home prices are sliding again and two-thirds of Americans are homeowners.
2. Gasoline prices have surged and other surveys show that households are already cutting back on discretionary spending as a result. Inflation expectations have risen to nearly a three-year high of 3.2% (five-year median) from 2.9% in February, and there is a 30% inverse correlation between this component and the headline consumer sentiment reading.
3. Real average weekly earnings have contracted now for four months in a row. And, as the chart below illustrates, the index measuring expectations for "real family income" slid to 58 in March from 60 in February and 64 at the end of 2010. Only one other time in the last 30 years have we seen this subindex so low and that was in June 2008.
4. While jobless claims have trended down, new hirings are not improving based on the broadest surveys we have. Moreover, unless productivity growth is tailing off, why would anyone expect job creation to accelerate with the pace of overall activity slowing down from over 3% in Q4 to something closer to 2.5% this quarter and very likely a post-fiscal-stimulus hangover that leads to even slower growth the next quarter?
In addition, the internals of the University of Michigan report were very soft, especially when it comes to depicting the future:
• 27% see higher unemployment ahead; 22% see it declining (mostly economists!);
• 53% see lower real incomes in coming months; 11% see increases;
• 25% cite business conditions as deteriorating; 21% see it improving;
• 12% rate government policy as "good"; 41% say "poor" (in November 2008 these figures were 6%, and 55%, respectively) ― not good news at all for the White House then, and not now either.
In this environment, the question is, how can anyone believe that interest rates can go up? Well (and this is a great contrary indicator for the bond market), 53% believe rates are going up and a mere 7% see them going down from here. These are almost the same numbers we had in April 2010 and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note went on to rally about 160 basis points in the next six months.
The sharp drop in consumer sentiment in March was broadly based across all socio-economic groups and regions, but what really caught our eye and supports the notion that gasoline prices are at play here, was that sentiment among low
The "expectations" component absolutely fell out of bed ― sliding 13.7 points to 57.9. Only three other times in the data's history have we seen such a decline, and as for the level, we are back to March 2009 when the recession was at its worst point. Again, following the 9/11 tragedy, the decline was 11.7 points. Incredible. The difference is that, back then, we did have a market that responded to the incoming economic data.
Note that the University of Michigan "expectations" component leads consumer spending with a 75% correlation going back to the 1990s. A further big slowdown in spending is coming our way, in our view.
It is interesting to see the U.S. stock market rip. The correction is yesterday's story and momentum has clearly taken over. In each of the past three days and on days when poor economic data releases came out (home sales, durable goods and consumer sentiment). Now we see that the good old ECRI weekly leading index has stopped going up, and this is happening along with the downward revisions to real GDP forecasts and the stalling-out and moderate reversal in analyst upside-downside EPS revisions. The "spot" ECRI index is down in each of the past two weeks and three of the past four weeks; the "smoothed" index just turned in only its second decline since the 'double-dip days' of last August.
Momentum seems to have taken over. Real GDP forecasts are coming down. Profits in Q4 actually contracted sequentially, and analysts are no longer taking up their EPS numbers. It is an interesting market, no question ― and probably more dangerous now than any other time this cycle. Or maybe I just spend too much time thinking about risk. Nobody else seems to talk much about it any more. But the outlook is fraught with risk and many investors cannot see the forest past the trees and are ostensibly still tempted to play into the short-term euphoric behaviour of the market place. much time thinking about risk. Nobody else seems to talk much about it any more. But the outlook is fraught with risk and many investors cannot see the forest past the trees and are ostensibly still tempted to play into the short-term euphoric behaviour of the market place. Syria Crackdown as Unrest Spreads (front page of weekend FT).
It has been impressive ― through all the adverse global political news, weak U.S. leadership, spurious U.S. data releases, the S&P 500 has managed to rebound 4.5% from the recent lows. The major averages rose more than 2% last week but let's keep in mind that they are also down over 2% from the time of the Japanese disaster.
The volume has been extremely light, and in fact, was near 2011 low on Friday (down 6% on the major exchanges).
The VIX index has just undergone its sharpest seven-day decline on record and down 40% from the recent post-Japan crisis high back on March 16th. Yet a cursory glance at the headlines would suggest that if anything, the risk is now for heightened volatility ahead. To wit:
• Japan Accelerates Evacuation Around Nuclear Plant Amid Fresh Leak Fears (front page of the weekend FT).
• Starvation Risk Seen in Korea (weekend WSJ, page A11).
• Tokyo Residents Grapple With Shortage of Life's Basics (weekend WSJ, page A8).
• Crackdown on Bahrain Unrest (weekend FT, page 2).
• Riot Police in Jordan Clear Camp of Protesters (Saturday NYT, page A8). Syria Crackdown as Unrest Spreads (front page of weekend FT).
• Japan Accelerates Evacuation Around Nuclear Plant Amid Fresh Leak Fears (front page of the weekend FT).
• Starvation Risk Seen in Korea (weekend WSJ, page A11).
• Tokyo Residents Grapple With Shortage of Life's Basics (weekend WSJ, page A8).
• Crackdown on Bahrain Unrest (weekend FT, page 2).
• Riot Police in Jordan Clear Camp of Protesters (Saturday NYT, page A8).
Whether you are perma bull or perma bear or everyone in between, the column by Paul Lim in the Sunday NYT business section (The Bounce Isn't Enough to Recover From a Bubble on page 4) states that fully recovering from a bubble burst usually takes a long, long time, notwithstanding the flashy 100% rally from the March 2009 lows. The economic recovery is less than spectacular, and in fact, ranks as one of the poorest ever ― 3% growth so far whereas GDP usually expands at a 5.5% pace. And outside of exports, no real economic variable is close to coming in anywhere near the levels prevailing before the recession began in 2007 (and the revisions the Fed made to the industrial production statistics on Friday show that output is further away from the cycle highs than previously thought ― by an additional 2.6 percentage points (now IP is down 7.6% from the pre-recession peak). The data up until January were looking okay but since that time the vast majority of economic indicators have come in below expectations. Look for nonfarm payrolls to disappoint, yet again, this Friday (consensus around 200k).
Also have a look at page B9 of the weekend WSJ ― Stocks: Bracing for Falling Profits. And then go back and have a look at Bob Farrell's Rule 1 ― the concept of mean reversion. Profits relative to GDP stand at a historical high of 12.7% compared with the long-run norm of 10.5%; while S&P 500 margins at 8.2% are also far above the historical average of 6.1%.
Well, let's just say that the eurozone really does not have a concrete strategy to deal with its sovereign debt crisis (see EU Draft Lacks Details on Bailouts on page A11 of the weekend WSJ). It is apparent that Angela Merkel is dramatically losing support at home for funding any more bailouts for member states. No doubt there is enough in the rescue fund to help out Portugal ― a bailout estimated at $80 billion ― but now all eyes will turn to Spain where the housing market and banking system (cajas) is in tatters and heavily exposed to Portuguese debt.
The events in the Middle East are such that the geopolitical risk premium in the oil price is not going to subside anytime soon. In fact, it could well intensify depending on what happens in Bahrain and the Shiite demonstrators are surely looking at the insurrection in places like Syria and now Jordan. And Chinese corn imports are about to hit a 15-year high, which will only serve to exacerbate the exceedingly tight global grain markets. Hundred dollar oil and seven dollar corn is going to take a very big toll on U.S. consumer spending in coming months. Forewarned is forearmed.
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UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: S Jairus Byrd and Jim Leonhard; TE Scott Chandler; DL Alex Carrington; PK Dan Carpenter; LB Arthur Moats; OL Thomas Welch.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: TE Mike Cau...
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: S Jairus Byrd and Jim Leonhard; TE Scott Chandler; DL Alex Carrington; PK Dan Carpenter; LB Arthur Moats; OL Thomas Welch.
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: TE Mike Caussin.
NEEDS: The Bills' inability to negotiate a long-term contract with Byrd opens a significant hole on a defense that showed marked improvement last year. Converted cornerback Aaron Williams capably made the switch to safety and is now locked up long term. Re-signing Leonhard would provide insurance at the position. Landing an experienced backup QB is a need after veteran Kevin Kolb missed the season with a concussion. The Bills had to scramble to add quarterbacks after rookie starter EJ Manuel suffered knee injuries. Pass-rushing DE Jerry Hughes emerged as solid complement to Mario Williams, making him a candidate for a contract extension entering the final year of his current deal.
—The Associated Press
BUFFALO — Three-time Pro Bowl safety Jairus Byrd has already begun attracting plenty of interest before the NFL's free agency period opens.
A person familiar with discussions told The Associated Press on Monday that the Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams are among a number of teams that have expressed interest in signing Byrd.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because talks have not been made public.
The person revealed those three teams specifically as having contacted Byrd's representatives since Saturday, when the NFL allowed discussions to begin with prospective free agents.
Teams aren't allowed to sign players until Tuesday afternoon.
Byrd is among the top defensive backs set to hit the market after a solid five-year stint with the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo chose not to apply its franchise tag and retain Byrd's rights for a second consecutive year.
Byrd's asking price is projected to be high after he elected to test free agency by choosing not to accept a lucrative offer from the Bills.
Two people familiar with a portion of the Bills' contract offer said Byrd stood to make about $30 million over the first three seasons of a multiyear deal. The full length and value of the contract — including guaranteed money — were not revealed.
Despite the Browns' struggles on and off the field, Cleveland is regarded as a potential landing spot for Byrd because Mike Pettine was hired as coach in January. Byrd enjoyed playing under Pettine, who was Bills defensive coordinator last season.
Byrd is capable of playing either safety position, which fits Pettine's defensive philosophy that puts a premium on player versatility. The Browns have a potential opening at safety, with T.J. Ward eligible to become a free agent.
Cleveland can also afford Byrd's asking price with the team nearly $50 million under the salary cap.
The Rams need to improve their defensive backfield after they manned their safety spot with fill-ins last year.
The Bills still haven't ruled out Byrd returning. That prospect appears less likely after Buffalo turned its attention to signing fellow starting safety Aaron Williams to a four-year, $26 million contract extension last week.
Byrd earned his third Pro Bowl selection last year despite missing a majority of the offseason before accepting the team's one-year, $6.9 million franchise tender in mid-August. He then missed the first five games of the season with plantar fasciitis in both feet.
Byrd still finished tied for the team lead with four interceptions, and added a sack and a forced fumble. Overall, the 2009 second-round draft pick out of Oregon has 22 interceptions and 11 forced fumbles in 73 career games.
— A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press the Pittsburgh Steelers will part ways with linebacker LaMarr Woodley.
Page 2 of 2 - The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the move is not yet official. The 29-year-old Woodley will be designated a post-June 1 salary cap cut, but will be allowed to sign with another team when the new league year begins Tuesday afternoon.
By postponing the move until after June 1, the Steelers will free up about $8 million in salary cap space in 2014. Woodley will, however, count $8.5 million against the team's cap number in 2015.
Woodley signed a six-year, $61 million contract in 2011, but has struggled to remain healthy. He missed at least three games in each of the last three seasons.
— Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Jason Babin is now a free agent.
Babin voided the final two years of his contract Monday, hitting the market before the Jaguars cut him.
Babin, who had 7 ½ sacks last season, was due to make $6 million in 2014 — more than the rebuilding team was willing to pay for a 33-year-old pass-rusher who's no longer in his prime.
— The New York Jets parted ways with wide receiver Santonio Holmes on Monday, cutting the talented but injury-plagued playmaker after four seasons.
The move, which had been expected, saves the Jets $8.25 million, which Holmes was due to make as his base salary this season. He was also scheduled to have a $10.75 million cap number, a lofty total for a one-time Super Bowl MVP who has struggled with injuries and inconsistency the last two seasons.
The Jets also released cornerback Antonio Cromartie on Sunday, clearing $17.75 million of salary cap space before the NFL's free agency period starts Tuesday. New York could also save another $8.3 million if they cut quarterback Mark Sanchez, who missed last season with a shoulder injury.
— Free agent defensive end Michael Bennett is returning to Seattle after agreeing to a multi-year deal with the Super Bowl champion Seahawks.
Terms of the contract were not immediately available on Monday. Bennett was considered one of the top free agents in the NFL after a breakout season with the Seahawks where he led the team in sacks and proved a versatile option as a defensive end and defensive tackle.
— The Packers have officially announced the re-signing of Sam Shields, who would have been one of the top cornerbacks available this offseason in free agency.
General manager Ted Thompson made it official in a statement Monday. The undrafted rookie in 2010 out of Miami started 14 games last season with 61 tackles, four interceptions and 16 passes defended.
Shields agreed to a four-year deal worth $39 million with a $12.5 million signing bonus. He has combined with Tramon Williams to form a solid cornerback tandem for Green Bay.
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Asperger's Syndrome
Two posts ago, I wrote about dealing with a non-neural-typical spouse. If you haven't read it, I highly suggest going back and doing so to frame this post. It also has a lot of content I'm going to leverage in this one. In fact, I'm going to go back and read it now to make sure I know what I already wrote. It's OK, this post will still be here after we've read the other, well, it will be for you, I haven't written it yet, so I have a largely empty page. After you're done, we can get back to talking about Asperger's Syndrome and marriage specifically.
So, as I said, I have Asperger's Syndrome, but I should point out, I am, with all due humility, extremely high functioning. Almost no one in my life knows, including my parents. So, if you know someone with Asperger's Syndrome or Autism, they likely will not match me. I have a much higher ability to self-observe about how my mind functions and am not quite as trapped inside my mind as others. That said, I will do my best to communicate the typical Asperger's traits, so be aware, not everything I write will be about me. Sorry, this may get confusing and may make you believe things about me which are not true. I will attempt to mitigate that as best as I can. In many cases and ways, these behaviors are going to seem like ultra-stereotypical male, which, I think, may be part of the reason people like reading this blog. By being an ultra-stereotypical male in some ways and attempting to mitigate weaknesses in order to survive in a neural-typical world, I may have insights that help wives understand their husbands and husbands learn to coexist better. That's my theory anyways.
So, this underdevelopment of the pre-frontal cortex can cause some obvious behaviors, and some not-so-obvious ones. I was going to follow the same pattern as my post on ADHD, but I'm finding the subject matter doesn't lend itself that way. So we'll see if I can get the same effect of showing weaknesses and strengths and tips for mitigating and leveraging them respectively while using a different form. Continue reading


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Here are the slides to the talk I gave at Windy City Rails yesterday, which illustrate some techniques for building services and deploying them as Rack apps mounted in Rails, or outside of Rails using thin/unicorn and foreman/upstart.
Here at Reverb, we have decided on a stack of technologies that includes Grape, Roar, and JSON+HAL. We've put together a service skeleton you can take and use to build Ruby services based on these technologies:
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Weekly Global Update for March 12, 2014
Walt D. Custer
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The U.S. Department of Commerce released its factory orders report detailing electronic equipment and component sales, orders and inventories for January.
Source: www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3
The Semiconductor Industry Association announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.28 billion for the month of January 2014, an increase of 8.8% from January 2013, marking the industry's highest-ever January sales total and the largest year-to-year increase in nearly three years. Global sales from January 2014 were 1.4% lower than the December 2013 total of $26.65 billion, reflecting normal seasonal trends. Regionally, sales in the Americas increased by 17.3% compared to last January.
"The global semiconductor industry has built on its record revenues from 2013 with an impressive start to 2014, led largely by continued strength in the Americas market," said Brian Toohey, president and CEO, Semiconductor Industry Association. "Sales in January were up across most regions and nearly all product categories compared to last January, which bodes well for continued growth during the rest of 2014."
Source: www.sia-online.org
Note: Per Custer Consulting Group's semiconductor leading indicator, global semiconductor growth would likely deteriorate from its January level (Chart 23).
Worldwide sales of tablets to end users reached 195.4 million units in 2013, a 68% increase on 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. While sales of iOS tablets grew in the fourth quarter of 2013, iOS's share declined to 36% in 2013. The tablet growth in 2013 was fueled by the low-end smaller screen tablet market, and first time buyers; this led Android to become the Number one tablet operating system (OS), with 62% of the market.
"In 2013, tablets became a mainstream phenomenon, with a vast choice of Android-based tablets being within the budget of mainstream consumers while still offering adequate specifications," said Roberta Cozza, research director at Gartner. "As the Android tablet market becomes highly commoditized, in 2014, it will be critical for vendors to focus on device experience and meaningful technology and ecosystem value — beyond just hardware and cost — to ensure brand loyalty and improved margins."
Source: www.gartner.com
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues increased year over year by 2.4%, totaling $6.9 billion, during 4Q'13 according to the International Data Corporation. For the quarter, the total (internal plus external) disk storage systems market generated $8.8 billion in revenue, representing a 1.3% increase from the prior year's fourth quarter and a sequential increase of 17.2% compared to the seasonally lower 3Q'13. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped surpassed 10.2 exabytes, growing 26.2% year-over-year.
"Industry stakeholders able to capitalize the most on this demand were often those with recent product refreshes and strong go-to-market initiatives targeted at integrated infrastructure and storage optimization."
"The disk storage systems market was able to break free of recent headwinds due to traditional year-end budget flushes, improved economic sentiment, and a strong desire to address long-standing storage infrastructure inefficiencies," said Eric Sheppard, Research Director, IDC Storage. "Industry stakeholders able to capitalize the most on this demand were often those with recent product refreshes and strong go-to-market initiatives targeted at integrated infrastructure and storage optimization."
Source: www.idc.com
Wearable technology mainly concerns devices and apparel/textiles. Devices are discrete electronic and electrical hardware sold on its own for bodywear. It may be utilized by being attached to apparel or by constituting worn accessories such as electronic watches and earphones. Glasses, jewelry, headgear, belts, armwear, wristwear, legwear, footwear and even skin patches are involved and the device business is already large. By contrast, the apparel/textiles option concerns electronics and electrics integral in or distributed through apparel including rucksacks and bandages.
It will be a big business later in the decade. It involves disruptive new technologies: it is not incremental at all and it will even enable electronic fashion and luxury goods.
Five-fold growth over the next decade
As the wearable electronics business powers over five times from over $14 billion today to over 70 billion in 2024, the dominant sector by value will remain the increasingly merged medical, healthcare, fitness, wellness sector. It has the largest number of big names behind the most promising new developments such as Adidas, Accenture, Fujitsu, Nike, Philips, Reebock, Roche, Samsung and SAP, with Apple recruiting top people from that industry for obvious reasons. Their intellectual property is profound: their agenda is heroic, addressing many of the biggest issues of our time such as the greying of the population, the epidemic of obesity and diabetes. This even extends to a replacement pancreas as a skin patch and exoskeletons and limbs to make the disabled whole again.
Infotainment vs infomatics
The advanced infotainment sector will grow to exceed it in numbers but not value in 2024. Here, Google Glass and other eyewear will be a large sub-sector alongside smart wristwear. Smart glasses have excellent hands free user interfaces such as speaking to you, voice recognition and "blink to take a picture" and they are very easy to use compared to most wristwear, with the exception of the popular fitness-monitoring wristbands. Advanced infotainment does not have a particularly heroic agenda in the main. For instance, it makes mobile phones more useful and provides more realistic video games through vibrating suits and 3D headwear, attracting little support from governments. Just as the first volume wearable electronics - basic earphones and electronic wrist watches - moved to China at collapsed prices, the largely conventional electronics in most wearable advanced infotainment today means that much of it will also be commoditized within the decade. As yet, there is no equivalent to Samsung cornering OLEDs for early smart phones and Apple cornering other valued early smart phone technology.
Wristwear currently has the largest sale within advanced informatics but it has particular problems. As a speaker at a recent event on the subject said, the most promising ones need to be mobile-phone based and multi-functional but using these, "Is like assembling an ocean liner through a keyhole".
At the other extreme, basic earphones and electronic wristwatches are a static market massively over-supplied. Add the other important sectors of wearable electronics - industrial, commercial, military and lastly fashion - and we have a wearable technology business where the number of developers and manufacturers is growing to 17,000 in 2024 (when we include the 2,000 involved in generally applicable key technology).
Source: www.IdTechEx.com
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the ninth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 57th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Bradley Holcomb, chair of the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Business Survey Committee stated the February PMI registered 53.2, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from January's reading of 51.3 indicating expansion in manufacturing for the ninth consecutive month. The New Orders Index registered 54.5, an increase of 3.3 percentage points from January's reading of 51.2. The Production Index registered 48.2, a decrease of 6.6 percentage points compared to January's reading of 54.8. Inventories of raw materials increased by 8.5 percentage points to 52. As in January, several comments from the panel mention adverse weather conditions as a factor impacting their businesses in February. Other comments reflect optimism in terms of demand and growth in the near term."
Source: www.ism.ws/
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Walt Custer is an industry analyst focused on the global electronics industry. Prior to forming Custer Consulting Group he was Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Morton Electronic Materials, a global supplier of specialty chemicals and process equipment for the PCB industry.
Custer has been a member of the IPC trade organization since 1975 where he received both the President's and the Raymond E. Pritchard Hall of Fame Awards. He is currently a member of the IPC Executive Market & Technology Steering Committee. Custer is also a Director of the EIPC European PCB trade organization.
He authors regular "Market Outlook" columns for Global SMT & Packaging magazine, the Journal of the HKPCA and the TTI MarketEYE website.


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Cholesterol comes from two different places. It's in the food we eat and our bodies produce it naturally. But reducing the cholesterol in our diets doesn't have to be all bad.
Twice a year nutritionist Sky Joiner teaches a Heart Healthy Cooking Class at Jeff Anderson's Hospital. Sky says learning to eat healthy isn't that hard, but takes a conscious effort.
"Every time you put a bite in your mouth you can choose whether you want to make it a healthy bite or take in something that's gonna decrease you chances of being healthy," said Joiner.
One of the easiest ways to make that happen is to plan ahead before you go to the grocery store, and just don't buy the junk.
"What we're really wanting to do is to change your overall lifestyle, and the guidelines as far as what we want cholesterol levels to be are continuing to get lower," said Joiner. "So that makes it even more important to learn how to cook and how to make good choices."
Better food choices are not the only healthy changes we can make that really impact our health. Being more active is hugely important in choosing a healthy lifestyle.
Trainers suggest 20 to 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise three or four times per week for best results. It doesn't have to be strenuous; low impact walking will do. And if you can't make that happen, anything is better than nothing.
"You can do 5 or 10 minutes in the morning if you have a break and 5 or 10 minutes in the afternoon if you have a break, so anything is going to be beneficial," said Stacey Stanley, a trainer at Jeff Anderson's Health and Fitness Center.
Stanley also says it's never too late to start. So what was the verdict on those heart healthy recipes?
"There wonderful! I think everyone needs to know that you can have fat free and sugar free and sodium free food that is delicious," said participant June Ferguson.
Joiner says it just comes down to choices and changing the way we think about the option to be healthy. Her motto is: "If it's greasy on the fingers, it's bad on the heart."


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Blues Salute Tkachuk After Friday's Game
Team also presented jerseys to randomly selected fans at ice level
Friday, 04.9.2010 / 9:45 PM CT / St Louis Blues - News
By Chris Pinkert - St. Louis Blues
Especially for Blues forward Keith Tkachuk, who announced Wednesday that he would retire at the end of the season, which concludes Saturday in Nashville.
Tkachuk finishes his 19-year NHL career with more than 1,202 games played, 538 goals, 527 assists and 2,219 penalty minutes.
"It is difficult but it's been a long run. I've enjoyed every team I've played for," Tkachuk said Wednesday during a first period television interview on FS Midwest. "I owe everything to the game of hockey.
"I had a great run here in St. Louis. I think the one thing I'm most proud of is the fact that I'm going to retire as a Blue."
With friends and family in attendance, Friday's game marked Tkachuk's final game in St. Louis.
"I knew the fans would give him an unbelievable send off and he's such a great guy," said goalie Chris Mason. "I feel real fortunate that I had a chance to play with him."
Said David Perron, "(My first year), he got on me for making sure you do everything as a professional hockey player. He was trying to get me started off the right way and I'm really glad I got to play with him.
"I'll miss him a lot."
In addition to Tkachuk's farewell to St. Louis fans, the team randomly selected fans to go to ice level after the game and get a game-worn jersey directly from a Blues player. The "Jerseys Off Their Backs" promotion was sponsored by Verizon Wireless, who presented the Fan Appreciation Game.
Fans are encouraged to attend Keith Tkachuk's retirement press conference in the Scottrade Center atrium on Tuesday, Apr. 13 at 12:30 p.m. Visit stlouisblues.com late Tuesday afternoon for complete coverage of Tkachuk's retirement.


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If you know, android makes it compulsory to have one widget on your lockscreen. If you don't use a widget, android replaces the blank area with clock. So what happens if you want a blank lockscreen ? You need a blank widget. That acts like a widget so that android does not put a clock on blank lockscreen and at the same time you don't see anything in this widget..
This is a blank, transparent lockscreen or homescreen widget without any functionality. Use it to fill up pages on your lockscreen or homescreen. A very simple widget that doesn't use up unnecessary resources. To use this, just add 'Blank' from the new widget dialog.


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At the market of Yangshuo, in addition to the trade of fruits, spices, chicken and ducks, it is still practiced the butchery of dogs and cats. The consumption of these animals, nowadays in China, is not widespread but mostly confined to the rural areas of the country, and the degree to which it is deemed to be socially acceptable has now become extremely contested, with International organization, as well as Chinese animal groups and pet-owners, condemning the practice.
Location: Yangshuo City, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China.
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What exactly is Ubuntu One?
It looks like it syncs files between computers, but I don't get exactly what it does.
What exactly is Ubuntu One?
It looks like it syncs files between computers, but I don't get exactly what it does.
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server based storage with a local software interface.
2GB will be free, 10GB is $10 monthly. I would suspect pricing and storage limits would change before it comes out of beta.
Kind of like dropbox.
What somebody needs to come up with is something that can take all the internet drive services (skydrive, dropbox, spideroak, adrive, etc. etc) and make them one drive mounted on your desktop... or get real fun and have them show up as one drive but with some type of raid functionality, like a cloud-drive or cloud-raid..... I haven't looked, maybe that already exists?
Maybe I'm thinking about it too hard. =P
I am wondering what advantage this has over Dropbox. It seems to be an Ubuntu-only version of Dropbox, which is too bad because I need to sync my files to Ubuntu, other Linux distros, Mac, and Windows. I do like the idea of it being hosted by Ubuntu and I would hope that it is completely open source unlike Dropbox.
I will of course give it a go once my invite comes in. I'm sure it is a great addition to Ubuntu and one that will hopefully make it to the repos. I just hope that there are plans to port it to Mac and Linux as well.
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I didn't/haven't really thought it through, it was just a random idea.
I know there is some means to mount 'internet' drives as local drives already (some win, some linux).
I would envision, for those you can mount, that the drives would be mounted locally and then the software raid (just like any other software raid) would combine the drives into a raid configuration/ virtual drive. The raid software would take care of allocation of data as it currently does with actual drives.
If more allowed different types of access it would be easier and better but I'm sure some smart people out there already have this figured out....
Uncertain whether the fact that the client sofware is open source will enable users to compile support for non-Ubuntu OS...
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if i remeber correctly the client and protocol are open.
so there is nothing stoping people from writing an app for win/mac.
even better. the client is in python and i don't see why it couldn't be ported to win/mac.
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Is this somehow similar to Gmail Drive, where it will be included on the Places window? I hope this is better than that. Will this run on other OS, which it implies as it is still consider as Open Source? What if I want to sync my files on external drive and im accessing my UbuntuOne profile on the net remotely? Is this possible? But with that, I'm looking forward this service will hopefully come soon.


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Wednesday, 31 August 2016 11:01
Fan Cans—team colors on beer cans—encourage false sense of safety, research says.
College freshmen—a group already vulnerable to falling prey to the dangers of alcohol—are lulled into a false sense of security when exposed to fan cans, beer cans decorated in their school colors, say researchers from the University of Missouri Alcohol Studies Program.
Facebook or Face-to-Face?
Wednesday, 31 August 2016 11:01
Don't depend on social media to get Millennials to spend, says marketing expert.
While teens are social media-savvy, marketers eager to reach them should not depend on Facebook and Twitter to maximize profits, says a report stating that Millennials are more likely to communicate face-to-face than online when discussing favorite products.
Jane Bailey, VP of Planning & Perspectives at TPN, a nationally recognized retail and shopper marketing agency, says that the findings are not surprising.
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Wednesday, 31 August 2016 11:01
More college students going vegan to combat animal cruelty, while enjoying pizza, pie and more.
When youth animal rights group peta2.org, a division of PETA, released its annual list of North America's most vegan-friendly colleges there was no shortage of schools cited or vegan dishes and desserts which students—vegan and non-vegan—enthusiastically recommend. With over 80 schools nominated this year across the U.S. and Canada, it is clear that veganism is crossing over from a fringe trend to a mainstream lifestyle. Why has there been an explosion of vegan dining choices in many of the top universities and colleges across the country and beyond? To match the demand, says Ryan Huling, assistant manager of college campaigns for peta2.
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Wednesday, 31 August 2016 11:01
Gen Y moms prefer digital, rather than face-to-face, communication more than their older cohorts.
Mothers are more connected online than the average woman, with younger moms especially committed to digital communication, says a report examining moms and online behavior. More than 90 percent of U.S. women with children under age 18 in the household are online, compared with roughly three-quarters (76.3 percent) of all adult women. Mothers of Generation Y, however, are even more involved in online communication than their older counterparts, with nearly one in five (17 percent) stating that they use email or Facebook to communicate with immediate family—with "immediate family" defined as family members living in the same household.
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Depression Health Center
Weight Linked to Depression
Sept. 24, 2010 -- Nearly a quarter of obese Americans say they have been diagnosed with depression, a significantly higher percentage than normal weight people, according to the latest Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
The new survey also says that more than one in four American adults who are obese are considerably more likely than people who are a normal weight to report experiencing negative feelings of stress, worry, anger, and sadness.
The survey finds that 23.2% of obese adults report having been diagnosed with depression, compared to 14.9% of people who are overweight, 14.3% of people of normal weight, and 19.1% of underweight people.
The report also says that:
- 41.6% of obese people feel stressed, 34.5% say they worry, 15.7% report they feel angry, and 19.9% experience sadness.
- 37.4% of overweight people feel stressed, 29.5% worry, 13.1% feel angry, and 15.8% suffer from sadness.
- 39.4% of people of normal weight feel stressed, 30.6% worry, 12.6% experience anger, and 16.3% report sadness.
- 42% of people who are underweight say they feel stressed, 35.9% worry, 16% feel angry, and 21.3% experience sadness.
The findings were based on more than 250,000 interviews between January-September 2010.
Classifications Based on Body Mass Index
Gallup calculates body mass index scores based on survey respondents' self-reports of height and weight. BMI values of 30 or above are classified as obese, 25.0-29.9 as overweight, and scores between 18.5 and 24.9 put people in the normal range. A BMI of less than 18.5 is classified as underweight.
Gallup says that "carrying some extra weight does not appear to have the same effect as being obese, as negative emotion levels among those who are overweight are about the same as among those who are a normal weight."