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Where Apple is Slipping, Samsung is Stepping up
Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) cult following is what helps set it apart from other companies. When I say cult, I don't mean it lightly. Those that purchase Apple products seem to get infected with the Apple bug, buying any product Apple produces.
The question is if the devotion is still there though with all these competitors.
A study done on October 25, 2012 by Strategy Analytics found that customer loyalty in iPhone users declined for the first time in 2012. In 2011, a incredible 93% of iPhone users said that they would make the iPhone their next phone. In 2012, loyalty was on the decline, dropping to "only" 88%.
Although Apple seems to be losing loyalty from new competitors emerging, other companies would kill to have these numbers. A report by Barron's in August 2012 found that only 48% of Android users and 2% of BlackBerry users plan on repurchasing. Of course this was back in 2012, and it addresses the whole Android market, not a specific smartphone company.
Times are changing, and the dice seems to be rolling in Samsung's (OTC:SSNLF) favor. Brand Keys 17th annual customer loyalty engagement survey (CLEI) was released on February 5, 2013 and is the largest survey in regards of customer loyalty. Brand Keys surveys 39,000 consumers, which is enough to generalize the US population, and they do it with 95% confidence, making this survey very accurate.
This survey found that for the first time ever, Apple was dethroned by Samsung from its number one smartphone, tablet and laptop loyalty position (click here to download the study - you must put in your name and email and they email it to you immediately.)
Apple came in second for smartphone loyalty, in which it had been the leader since 2007 when the iPhone was introduced. Samsung beating Apple is a huge step for its Android run smartphones, as it now has set the precedent that the iPhone is not untouchable.
Samsung tied Apple for second in the tablet market, losing to Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle. The two tech giants tied for first in laptops, which is also a big step for Samsung.
Samsung also took first place in flat screen TVs and second in printers, two markets Apple is not a leader in.
Samsung owns the Market
The news gets better for Samsung. In late January 2013, Strategy Analytics released a report stating Samsung captured 30% worldwide market share, selling a record breaking 213 million smartphones, trouncing Apple's 20% market share and 138 million in iPhone sales.
Articles such as that of a Forbes Contributor TJ McCue claim that although Apple has a smaller market share, it has a greater customer loyalty presence. TJ wrote this on January 28, 2013, which of course was 8 days before Brand Keys CLEI was released, which found Samsung, not Apple, is leading the pack in customer loyalty.
Not only has Samsung overtaken Apple but, according to Localytics survey in February of this year, it has also overtaken the Android platform as 8 of the top 10 Android phones are made by Samsung.
Above shows Samsung's dominance in the Android market.
Samsung's 80% smartphone market share is a testament to the pure power Samsung possesses.
While Apple's only smartphones are the iPhone models, Samsung offers a variety of different cheaper models allowing it to sell to a larger demographic across the world.
Has Apple "cool"ed off
Recent research performed by Buzz Marketing shows that the status symbol of the iPhone no longer carries the same weight for teenagers. The Samsung Galaxy seems to be a more innovative phone compared to the iPhone, and caters to younger more tech savvy users, while the iPhone is very popular among middle-aged adults (getting the same phone as your parents apparently isn't cool.)
The above chart highlights the key differences between the two phones, and while the iPhone may be lighter, the S3 offers a more powerful removable (replaceable) battery, wireless charging, a higher megapixel front camera, more connectivity, and of course near field communication (NFC) tags. NFC tags can be found in over 50 Samsung, Windows and BlackBerry phones and may be the most innovative piece of technology Apple doesn't have. NFC tags allow users to share files wirelessly by simply "bumping" two NFC enabled phones together. The NFC tags are just starting to take off and could really help distance Android products from Apple products.
It would appear that as Samsung continues to innovate and release new concepts to the market, Apple focuses on keeping its products simple and easy to use. Samsung is capturing the ever expanding tech savvy user base, while Apple seems to be still targeting those concerned with the phone's cosmetics.
Samsung has figured out the balance between new features and ease of use, while Apple is struggling to incorporate new features (Maps, Siri) without enormous user backlash. Apple has gotten itself into a dilemma with users wanting each iPhone to be fresh with ground breaking features, while it somehow stays similar to previous models.
As Apple works to sort out its problems, Samsung just keeps rolling forward as it recently announced the unveiling of the Galaxy S4 is to take place on March 14 in New York.
If the Galaxy's past performance is any indication of its future performance, the S4 should be huge. Samsung will only steal more consumers from Apple, slowly chipping away at Apple's market share, which will not only further establish Samsung as the outright leader in the smartphone sector, but also as the biggest tech giant in the world.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Roundup: Mortgage rates rise; State sets tougher rules; more
Bakery Square developer paid $5.4M for 2.0
Developers of the $100 million Bakery Square 2.0 project in East Liberty paid $5.428 million for the former Reizenstein School, which is being demolished. The developer, Walnut Capital Partners of Shadyside, recently purchased the 12.91 acre site, which contains the school, from the School District of Pittsburgh for $420,000 per acre. The first part of the development to be built is the first of two 175-unit apartment buildings in March, following a decision to eliminate about 20 single-family residential homes on the property. As demand for office space arises, the first of several office buildings along Penn Avenue, will be started, according to Todd Reidbord, a principal of the company which also built Bakery Square, across Penn Avenue from the new development.
Wesco profit dips 11.3% on expenses
Wesco International Inc., South Side, said profit fell 11.3 percent during the October-December quarter because of one-time charges and higher expenses. Net income dropped to $49 million from nearly $55 million in the year-ago quarter, or 95 cents a share, versus $1.12 a year earlier. Wesco, a distributor of electrical, industrial and other supplies, experienced "a challenging economic environment," said CEO John Engel in a statement. Revenue rose 3.5 percent to more than $1.64 billion from $1.59 billion. The quarter included results from acquiring Eecol Electric Corp., a distributor in Calgary.
Tougher rules set on gas compressors
New state rules set tougher emissions limits for compressor stations that move natural gas from well sites to transmission pipelines. The Department of Environmental Protection said Thursday it finalized revisions to a general permit for natural gas-fired engines and equipment at the stations. The emissions limits are 75 to 90 percent stricter than those under the old permit. DEP also is seeking comments until March 19 on a plan approval and operating permit exemption for air emissions sources at drilling sites; wells would be eligible if they meet emission control criteria that are stricter than federal standards. Details are at www.dep.state.pa.us.
30-year mortgage rate rises to 3.53%
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to its highest level in four months but remains low by historical standards. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on the 30-year loan increased to 3.53 percent. That's up from 3.42 percent last week and the first time the rate has exceeded 3.50 percent since September.
• United Parcel Service Inc. said weak global trade and a disappointing holiday-shopping season slowed it down in the fourth quarter. UPS said that it lost $1.75 billion in the fourth quarter because of a $3 billion charge for pension liabilities, compared with a profit of $725 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 3 percent to $14.57 billion, beating analysts' forecast of $14.48 billion. UPS employs 3,140 in the Pittsburgh region.
• Hershey said net income rose 5.5 percent in the fourth quarter, as sales of its Kit Kats, Reese's and other candies boosted revenue. The company, based in Hershey, said it earned $149.9 million, or 66 cents per share. That's up from $142.1 million, or 62 cents per share, in the year ago period. Sales rose 12 percent to $1.75 billion from $1.56 billion a year earlier.
Other news:
• John O'Britz of South Fayette, has been appointed chief financial officer at Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania. O'Britz, a certified public accountant, was assistant controller with Goodwill in the mid-1990s and had been director of finance for Franklin Interiors since 1999.


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Corporate Japan's Unholy Allies
By JAMES STERNGOLD
Published: December 6, 1992
TOKYO— The Ito-Yokado Company is not the kind of company you would expect to find cutting deals with gangsters in public toilets. Japan's most profitable retailer, it is respected here as a model of disciplined management and no-nonsense efficiency. Its 7-Eleven Japan convenience-store chain has become such a cash machine that when the Southland Corporation, the chain's American founder, went bankrupt, Ito-Yokado could afford to rescue it.
That is why the company caused such a sensation here recently when three of its senior executives were arrested for making large illegal payments to the mob. According to a confidential police document, Ito-Yokado's internal auditor and another senior executive entered the ground-floor men's room of the Nippon Life Insurance Building on July 13 and handed over one million yen, the equivalent of about $8,000, to a group of sokaiya -- a type of gangster that specializes in corporate extortion.
All three executives secretly met the gangsters twice more, first in the elevator of the Fukoku Life Insurance Tower and then in a private room at Akahane, an expensive restaurant, and passed along 26 million yen more in illegal payments, the equivalent of about $210,000.
In October, the police arrested the three, along with three gangsters. Then, on Oct. 29, Ito-Yokado's president and guiding force, Masatoshi Ito, announced despondently that he was resigning to "take responsibility" for the payoffs.
It was an ambiguous mea culpa, however, as Mr. Ito insisted he had known nothing of the improprieties, despite the fact that some of the cash had allegedly come from his wife's bank account. He also refused to clear up the mystery of what Ito-Yokado would pay so much to hide.
The incident is but one of the more striking in a string of recent scandals that have thrust into the open a shadowy if rarely acknowledged side of Japanese business and politics: intimate and durable connections with the underworld. Specialists in Extortion
Ito-Yokado's case was particularly startling because the sokaiya are supposed to have nearly disappeared after 1982, when a new law made the corporate payoffs illegal. Yet here was one of Japan's most highly regarded corporations making the largest known payment to the gangsters.
"The point is that Ito-Yokado is not likely to be an exception," said the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun in an editorial.
On the surface, these connections seem incongruous. The often flamboyant sokaiya offer a colorful counterpoint to the blue-suited legions that guide corporate Japan. Although a diverse lot, sokaiya tend to wear snappy if occasionally loud suits, half-tinted sunglasses and jewelry meant to show every yen of its worth. It is a look that says the sokaiya do not mind standing out -- one reason they can seem so menacing in this conformist society.
There are many types of sokaiya, but their principal method is intimidation. They generally do not use violence but rather threats of it, as well as nuisance tactics and promises to disclose at annual shareholders' meetings embarrassing information about the misuse of company money, the sexual peccadilloes of top executives or failed deals. Capitalizing on the Japanese penchant for secrecy, they can use almost any such information as a weapon to extort cash.
There are also many sokaiya who offer themselves as mediators to deal with others who are threatening the companies, much as lawyers do in the United States.
The continued influence of the sokaiya offers an important lesson to those who might consider investing in the Japanese stock market. Not only do payments to the sokaiya come out of the pockets of shareholders, but once the gangsters are bought off they sometimes become savage instruments for suppressing even legitimate questioning of the company's management at annual meetings, shouting down questions from shareholders or at times threatening to attack any challengers to the management. In Ito-Yokado's case, the recent payoffs were made after the sokaiya reportedly helped insure that the company's annual meeting in June would come off without any embarrassing disclosures. The meeting, in fact, lasted a crisp 29 minutes.
"Companies refuse to disclose most information to the public in Japan and try to keep it secret," said Takayuki Suzuki, a senior analyst at Merrill Lynch Japan and a former retail industry executive. "The sokaiya love that. But the real point is that we have absolutely no shareholder democracy in Japan. Annual meetings are just ceremonies."
The persistence of corporate connections with the underworld also offers a sobering counterpoint to the image of corporate Japan as single-mindedly focused on gaining competitive advantage through technology, new management techniques and plain hard work. The picture that has emerged instead is one of companies and even politicians striking Faustian bargains in which they resort to the underworld as a shortcut to power and wealth, or to conceal misdeeds. A Growing List
The list of those who have dealt with the mob in one way or another has grown to a troubling degree in the last two years.


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The corporate watchdog's deputy chair,
"Just as we have reshaped prospectus' disclosures, directors' reports will be reshaped," she told a meeting of chief financial officers in Sydney. "[They] need to concentrate more on analysis of financial performance and future prospects."
If annual reports became readily useful for investors, she said it could reduce the amount of disclosure needed for bond issues. "I hope the annual report will become a good base for building a good corporate bond market," Ms Gibson said. "If you have got a good annual statement about where the business is going, the top-up [for capital market disclosures] should be much less.
"We are never going to be able to do away with analysts' briefings, but I would like to see people who do not go to analysts' briefings get better information than just what is on the slides lodged with the ASX companies platform," she told CFO.
Gibson acknowledged getting annual reports to the standard required for use for capital market fund-raising disclosure was going to take some time. A consultation paper released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, entitled Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, was the start of those changes.
"Whether we can get the annual report to be the base document for capital raising disclosures – you can't even think about that until the annual report is in much better shape," she said.
In ASIC's view, the management discussion and analysis at the front of many annual reports don't meet the requirements of the Corporations Act. Under section 299A, the operating and financial review should contain information about "operations", "financial position" and "business strategies and prospects for future financial years". But in its recent reviews of reports, ASIC says there is a lack of analytical information in the operating and financial review and the statutory exemption for disclosing future business strategies – that it would be "unreasonably prejudicial to the entity" – has been "mis-applied" in some cases.
Gibson said she was aware of concerns that ASIC's guidance would lead to annual reports becoming even longer, but that this could be offset by reducing the public relations and marketing content.
"We don't want annual reports to get longer. I think annual reports will get shorter because there will be less pretty pictures prepared by the marketing section," she said.
ASIC took a similar approach when it overhauled prospectus disclosures for equity raisings last year.
"I think this is a great long-term vision but I do not believe this is a real issue for our bond market," he said.
"The real issue is a lack of propensity for fund managers to market and offer to superannuation and retail investors a viable alternative asset class."
King & Wood Mallesons mergers and acquisitions partner Shannon Finch also agreed "periodic disclosures" like annual reports could be improved, but for those companies that did not raise much capital costs would be raised without much benefit.
"I think getting periodic disclosure to a better standard is a good thing for the market, but it does impose a cost on businesses," she said. "Not that many companies actually raise capital regularly, so while it will position companies better for a whole range of things, it would involve an increase in costs for companies who wouldn't necessarily see those happy synergies."
ASIC said including guidance on integrated reporting – which has similar goals to provide a much clearer, concise report but also covers non-financial information – had been considered, but the concept was too undeveloped and it didn't want to wait to ensure companies were following what is already required by law. However, Ms Gibson said the guidance could be updated to include integrated reporting concepts.
■ Asset consultants: the capital gatekeepers
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Fat Face looking good for flotation
Fat Face is "seriously considering" a stock market flotation emboldened by strong Christmas trading and a solid first half to the financial year.
Anthony Thompson, the fashion retailer's chief executive, said that it was "examining a flotation in more detail" after total sales increased by 5 per cent in the five weeks to January 4.
Lazard, the investment bank, was appointed at the end of last year to help examine the company's financial structure. Mr Thompson, the former chief executive of Asda's George division, said that he would update the market over the potential for a flotation "in due course".
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Can't boot native XP-Pro in a dual boot configuration out of BT2final using vmware server 1.0.3-44356
while getting this error: "ntldr missing"
hda1: xp-pro (fat32)
hda2: boot (ext2)
hda3:swap (ext2)
hda4: bt2final (reiserfs)
lilo boot manager...
(single booting works properly.)
(bt2final out of xp-pro via vmware workstation 6.x.x worked fine...)
anybody else who had this problem?
Dont get me wrong: Setting up a new virtual machine by using a fresh installation via a xpSP2 Compact Disc works without any problems... (besides that until now i couldnt find out how to bring up a network connnection in virtual xp via my BT2final perfectly working pcmcia-wlan-card)
btw.: ARE pcmcia-cards and usb2.0 supported or NOT?
also, when installing the vmware server i got an error-message concerning a perl-script... i didnt bother about it, cause balding parrot mentioned that there could be some issues.
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg
Bengt Jangfeldt
Thu 30 Jan 2014
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
One of the most remarkable stories of World War II - that of the Swedish businessman and diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who worked to protect many thousands among Budapest's Jewish community from deportation to Auschwitz - will be revisited in this special lecture by Swedish historian Bengt Jangfeldt in partnership with the Swedish Embassy and I.B. Tauris. After gaining access to previously unexploited Russian and Swedish archival sources, Jangfeldt has been able to reconstruct the events surrounding Wallenberg's arrest by the Soviet secret police. For the first time he will shed new light on the reasons for the arrest and his fate following his disappearance in the prisons of the Soviet Union. The lecture therefore is highly relevant on one of the strands being explored for Holocaust Memorial Day 2014, the topic of forced journeys and journeys from which there was no return. This event is free but places are limited and therefore booking is essential.
Refreshments will be served after the event and Bengt Jangfeldt's new book, The Hero of Budapest: The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg - to be published by I.B. Tauris in 2014 - will be on sale at a special price.
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SIA RU007381, Belkin, John N, John N. Belkin Papers, circa 1930-1980
- Creator:
- Belkin, John N
- Title:
- John N. Belkin Papers, circa 1930-1980
- Data Source:
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Dates:
- 1930, 1930-1980, circa 1930-1980
- Notes:
- John N. Belkin (1913-1980) was born in Petrograd, Russia, and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1938. That same year, he received his B.S. at Cornell University. He continued at Cornell, first as Assistant Entomologist for two years and then as Entomology Instructor until 1942. Belkin accepted a position as Junior Entomologist for the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1942, but soon afterward was commissioned in the United States Army Sanitary Corps.
- Belkin was the Commanding Officer of the 420th Malaria Survey Detachment in the Solomon Islands from 1943 to 1945, where he conducted his extensive surveys and collecting of specimens that would later serve as the basis of his two-volume The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific. Belkin returned to Cornell in 1946 and received a Ph.D. in medical entomology. He then worked briefly at Rutgers University as an Assistant Specialist in Entomology, and from 1946 until 1949 was Associate Professor of Biology for the Associated Colleges of Upper New York.
- Belkin moved to California in 1949 to take a position as Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He became an Associate Professor in 1952 and a full Professor of Entomology in 1958. In 1962, Belkin became Professor of Zoology at UCLA, a position he held until his death in 1980.
- Summary:
- These papers consist of notes and collection information gathered about mosquitoes from all over the world, as well as field notebooks and data used for The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific. Also included is the typed manuscript, illustrations, and galley proofs of The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific, Belkin's professional correspondence documenting his career at UCLA, and photographs and slides taken at many different field locations.
- Topics:
- Entomology, Malaria
- Subjects:
- Belkin, John N, Cornell University, Tennessee Valley Authority, United States Army Sanitary Corps, Rutgers University, Associated Colleges of Upper New York, University of California, Los Angeles
- Form/Genre:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Field notes
- Local Number:
- Physical Description:
- 8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Table of Contents
Record Unit 7381
Belkin, John N.
John N. Belkin Papers, circa 1930-1980
Collection Overview
|General Information About This Collection
|Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
|Belkin, John N.
|John N. Belkin Papers
|circa 1930-1980
|8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
|Record Unit 7381
|Language of Materials:
Historical Note
John N. Belkin (1913-1980) was born in Petrograd, Russia, and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1938. That same year, he received his B.S. at Cornell University. He continued at Cornell, first as Assistant Entomologist for two years and then as Entomology Instructor until 1942. Belkin accepted a position as Junior Entomologist for the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1942, but soon afterward was commissioned in the United States Army Sanitary Corps.
Belkin was the Commanding Officer of the 420th Malaria Survey Detachment in the Solomon Islands from 1943 to 1945, where he conducted his extensive surveys and collecting of specimens that would later serve as the basis of his two-volume The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific. Belkin returned to Cornell in 1946 and received a Ph.D. in medical entomology. He then worked briefly at Rutgers University as an Assistant Specialist in Entomology, and from 1946 until 1949 was Associate Professor of Biology for the Associated Colleges of Upper New York.
Belkin moved to California in 1949 to take a position as Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He became an Associate Professor in 1952 and a full Professor of Entomology in 1958. In 1962, Belkin became Professor of Zoology at UCLA, a position he held until his death in 1980.
Descriptive Entry
These papers consist of notes and collection information gathered about mosquitoes from all over the world, as well as field notebooks and data used for The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific. Also included is the typed manuscript, illustrations, and galley proofs of The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific, Belkin's professional correspondence documenting his career at UCLA, and photographs and slides taken at many different field locations.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
- Belkin, John N.
- Cornell University
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- United States. Army. Sanitary Corps
- Rutgers University
- Associated Colleges of Upper New York
- University of California, Los Angeles
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7381, John N. Belkin Papers
Container List
Box 1
Abonnenc, Mr. E., Bondy (Seine) France
Adames, A. J.
Adams, Herald
Aitken, Thomas H. G. 1979
Aitken, T. H. G. - 1969-1978
Aitken, T. H. G. - 1966-1968
Aitken, T. H. G. - 1965
Aitken, T. H. G. - 1964
Aitken, T. H .G. - 1953-1963
American Mosquito Control Association, Inc.
American Society of Professional Biologists, Inc.
Anduze, Pablo
Alexander, C. P.
Ali, S. Rashid
Albuguerque, Dr. Dalcyde Oliveira
Alin, V. N.
Alvarez, Jesus M.
Aragao, Mario B.
Arnaud Jr., Paul H.
Arnell, Hal
Arnett, Ross H. - 1953-1959/1972
Arzube R., Manuel E.
Assem, J. van den
Atkinson, Ian
Audy, Ralph Dr.
Austin, Joseph Ray Mr.
Avery, J. G.
Baisas, F. E.
Baker, Edward W.
Ball, Gordon H.
Baranowski, Richard M.
Barnett, H. C.
Barr, Ralph
Barreto-Reyes, Pablo
Basio, Dan
Basio, Ruben G.
Bates, Marston
Batista Del Villar, G.
Bejarano, Dr. J. R.
Beier, Dr. Max
Bellamy, R. Edward
Bequaert, Jos.
Berg, Cliff O.
Bergold, Dr. G. H.
Berlin, O. G. W. (Dr.)
Bertram, D. S.
Bettini, Dr. Sergio
Biagi, Francisco
Bickley, W. E.
Big Bend National Park, (Supt.)
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Blanton, Franklin S. (Dr.)
Blodget, Dudley C.
Bohart, Dr. Richard M.
Bohart, R. M. - 1949-1968
Bolanas de Meza, Hilda
David D. Bonnet
Bonne-Wepster, J.
Boreham, Melvin M.
Bosworth, Maj. Anthony B. - Texas A&M
Bowman, R. K.
Bradley, G. H.
Bram, Ralph A.
Breeland, Samuel G.
Breland, O. P.
Brennan, James M.
Biological Research Institute of America (BRIA)
British Museum (Natural History)
Brookman, Bernard
Brown, E. S.
Bruce-Chwatt, L. J.
Bryan, Edwin H., Jr.
Burger, John F.
Burnett, G. F.
Butler, George D., Jr.
Byers, George W.
Cape Region
Carlson, Paul H.
Carpenter, Col. Stanley J.
Carter, Ernest S.
Casal, Osvaldo
Castle, T. A.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts - W. A. McDonald
Washington, DC - Gorgas Memorial Institute Vol. II
Panama - Gormas Memorial Lab. Galindo, Pedro
Washington, DC - Gormas Memorial Institute Vol. I
Trinidad - Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory Aitken, Thos. H. G.
CMCA - Submitted Papers
W.A. McDonald - Correspondence - N-Z
W.A. McDonald - Correspondence - A-M
Saipan - Webb
Pacific Is. Loc. Unknown Leg. Bishop
California State Health Department
Chiriboga, Jorge
Hopkins, G. H. E.
Instituto nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Hunderford, H. B.
Vedalia and other Newsletters
Chandler, Harry
Clark, J. F. Gates
Clastrier, Jean
Cheong, W. H.
Cheesman, L. E.
Chapman, Herald
Chapman, Harold G.
Cova-Garcia, Pablo
Cowsill, V. P.
Crabill, R. E., Jr.
Craig, George B., Jr.
Cranston, Peter S. - BMNH
Cotrim, Maria
Cornely, Guy
Cook Islands
Cornell University
Cook, R. B.
Connell, W. A.
Cook, Edwin F.
Clark, William H.
Coher, Edward I.
Cole, Arthur C.
Cole, Gerald A.
Coleman, R. W.
Colless, Donald H.
Cruz, Oswaldo (Director)
Culzoni Z., Maria Mercedes
Cupp, E. W.
Curran, C. H.
Curry, Laverne L.
Cutler, John C.
Darlington, P. J.
Defence Maping Agency
Darsie, Richard F., Jr.
deBeaux, Dr. J.
Deane, Leonidas
Day, W. C.
G. F. Davis
Davis, Don R. (Donald)
Davies, John B.
Box 2
Dary, R., Mario
Degallier, N.
Delfinado, Mercedes D.
De Leon, Walfrido
Denning, D. G.
Deutsches Ent. Institut.
Diaz Najera, Alfonso Prof.
Dietrich, Henry
Dillow, L. S
Disney, R. H. L.
Dobrotworsky, Dr. N. V.
Dodge, Ernest S. - Peabody Museum
Dodge, Habold R.
Dell, R. K. - Dominion Museum
Dornstreich, Mark
Douglas, G. W.
Drake, Eugene
Dreisbach, R. R.
Dresden Museum - Staatliches Museum far Tierkunde
Du Bose, William P., Jr.
Dumbleton, L. J.
Duret, Jose P. (Dr.)
EADS, Richard B.
Eddy, G. W.
Edmunds, George F.
Efford, Ian E.
Eldridge Bruce F, USA
Elliott, Roy
Emerson, K. C.
Fairchild, G. B.
Fanara, Dean M.
Farner, Donald S.
Farr, Thomas H.
Fauran, P.
Fay, Richard W.
Fischer, Eric and Dave Varity
Fize, Jack M., Dr.
Flint, Oliver S., Jr.
Floch, Herve
Flock, Robert A.
Floore, Thomas G.
Florida Med Ent. Lab
Florida-State Plant Board of
Fontaine, Russell E.
Foote, Richard H.
Forattini, Oswaldo P.
Foreign Importations
Forsyth, Don
Fowler, Jerry L.
Fox, Irving
Franclemont, John G.
Francy, D. Bruce
Freeborn, Stanley B.
Frick, Kenneth E.
Friedmann, Herbert
Frogner, Karl J.
Frohne, W. C.
Fuller, Henry S.
Furlow, Bruce M.
Furman, Deane P.
Gabaldon, Dr. Arnoldo
Gabinaud, Dr. A.
Galindo, Pedro & Gorgas Mem. Lab - 1967
Galindo, Pedro & Gorgas Mem. Lab - 1964-1966
Galindo, Pedro & Gorgas Mem. Lab - 1954-1963
Galloway, C. B.
Garcia, Marco E. C.
Gardner, Mr. Clark
Garrick, Leslie D.
Gaufin, Arden R.
Geijskes, D. C.
General Biological Supply House
Gertsch, Willis J.
Giglioli, G.
Giglioli, Marco E. C.
Giaquinto, Mario
Gillogly, Cpt. Alan R.
Gjullin, C. M.
Gomez, Luis Diego
Gonzalez, Roberto H.
Goodbody, Prof. Ivan
Gould, Douglas J
Gourlay, E. S.
Gout, Dr. Michel
Grant, Harold J., Jr.
Grenier, Dr. P.
Gressitt, J. L.
Grjebine, A.
Grimstad, Paul R.
Guerrero, Dr. Lacenio
Guiilosa, B., Silviano
Guimaraes, J. H.
Gurney, Ashley B.
Hack, Walter H. (Dr.)
Haeger, James S.
Halcrow, James G.
Hale Carpenter, C. D.
Hall, Dr. David G.
Hamon, J.
Handler, Dr. Jerry
Hansell, M. H.
Hansens, Elton J.
Harbach, Ralph E. Dr.
Hardy, D. Elmo
Harmston, F. C.
Harrison, Bruce A.
Hastritter, Michael W.
Harrison, R. A.
Hayes, Jack
Heinemann, Sandra J.
Heithaus, E. Raymond
Henning, Hans G.
Herman, Carlton M.
Hertel, Dr. R.
Hill, Samuel O. (Lt. Col.)
Hill, Jr., Dr. Rolla B.
Hochman, Robert H.
Hogue, Charles L.
Hoogstraal, Harry
Hornbeck, M. E.
Huang, Yiau-Min
Huettel, Milton D.
Hummelinck, P. W.
HNM - Hungarian Natural History Museum - Mihaly, F.
Hurd, Paul D., Jr.
Instituto do Zoologia, Naples, Italy
Iyengar, M. O. T.
Jakob, Werner L. - CDC Fort Collins
James, Maurice T.
Jenkins, Dale W.
Jones, J. Knox (University of Kansas)
Joseph, Mr. Stanley R.
Joshua Tree National Monument
Joyce, Charles R.
Jucci, Carlo
Kaira, N. L.
Kaufman, Dr. Reinhard
Keegan, Hugh L.
Kellen, W. R.
Kimsey, Robert
Kirzmiller, Dr. J. B.
Kline, H. V. B.
Knight, H. H.
Knight, K. L. - 1977
Knight, Kenneth L. - 1970-1976
Knight, Kenneth l. - 1948-1969
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Knutson, Lloyd V
Komp, William H. W.
Krombein, Karl V.
de kruijf, Dr. H. A. M.
Kurihara, T.
Kuschel, B. A. (Mrs. Beverly A. Holloway Kuschel)
van de Kuyp, E.
Laarman, J. J.
La Berge, Wallace
LaCasse, Walter J.
Laffoon, Jean
Laird, Marshall
Lake, Robert W.
Lambert, Sylvester (Mrs.)
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John Lane
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Laruelle, Jacques, Dr.
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Lee, Vernon H.
Leech, Hugh B.
Leeson, H. S.
de Leon, Romeo (Prof.)
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Lewis, C. Bernard
Lewis, David J.
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Linsley, E. Gorton
Liu, S. Y.
de Souza Lopes, H. (Dr.)
de Souza Lopes, O. (Dr.)
Lopez, Dominguez Carlos (Dr.)
Lunt, Steele R.
Lutz, Bertha
MacDonald, W. W.
MacKenzie, D. W.
MacNeill, C. Don
McClay, A. T.
McCarthy, D. D.
McDaniel, Ivan N.
McDonald, John L.
Machado, A. Carolos
Maffi, Mario (Dr.)
Magnaual, J. F.
Maisey, Seymour
Maldonado-Capriles, J.
Marinkellie, C. J.
Marks, Elizabeth N. (Dr.)
Martelli, Antonio
Martin, Felipe
Martinez, A.
Mascarenhas, Prof. R. dos Santos
Massal, Emile
Mattingly, Peter - 1972
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Moussa, Moufied A.
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Newhouse, Verne F.
Nicholson, A. J.
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Ochoa, J. Onofre
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Oliveira, S. J.
Ortiz, C., Ignacio
Otero, Luiz
Osorno-Mesa, Ernesto
Page, William
Pajot, F. X.
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Reid, J. A.
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Rabello, Ernesto
Rageau, Jean
Ramalingam, Shivaji
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Rogers, Thomas E.
Reiss, Frederick
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Rios, Ricardo Iglesias
Roman, E.
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Ronderos, Ricardo A.
Rosen, Leon
Ross, Edw. S.
Rozeboom, L. E.
Sabrosky, Curtis W.
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Sanjean, John
Sasa, Manabu
Schaffer, John G.
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Schick, Robert X - 1956 To/From
Schoenig, Dr. E. H.
Schlinger, E. I.
Schroeder, Donald A.
Schuster, R. O.
Sedlag, Ulrich
Seifert, Richard P. "Rick" Dept. Biological Sciences
Sirivanakarn, sunthorn
Senevet, George
Senior, White R. A.
Serie, Charles
Servicio Nacional para la Eradicacion de la Malaria (SNEM)
Shelly, A. J. "Tony"
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Sloof, Dr. Rudi
Smith, Gordon E.
Smith, Marion R.
Snow, W. E.
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Sollers-Riedel, Helen
van Someren, E. C. C.
Spence, Leslie
Spencer, Neal R.
Steffan, Wallace A.
Spielman, Andrew
Spilman, T. J.
Stivers, John
Stokes, Glenn M.
Sudia, Dr. W. Daniel
Sutil, Ezequiel Dr.
Strickman, Daniel & Linda
Suarez, Octavio M.
Subra, Raymond
Stone, Alan - 1969 Retired 1973
Stone, Alan - 1963-1968
Alan, Stone - 1958-1962
Samoa - Filariasis Project
Filariasis Seminar
Med. Ent. Project-Public Health
Domestic - Revision
USPHS Progress Reports
Alan Stone - 1954-1957
Alan Stone - 1948-1953
Takahashi, Dr. Mitsueo
Tanner, Vasco M.
Tapa, S.
Symes, C. B.
United Fruit Company
Tyson, Edwin L.
Tuthill, Leonard D.
Tuxen, S. L.
Turbott, E. G.
Tsacas, Dr. M. L.
Travis, B. V.
Trimble, R. M.
Trpis, Milan Dr.
Traub, Robert
Townsend, J. I.
Trapido, Harold
Townes, Henry (Amer. Ent. Inst.)
Teller, Leslie W.
Tenorio, Joaquin A.
Tidwell, Mac A.
Timlin, John S.
Walsh, Robert D.
Ward, Dr. Richard D.
Ward, Ronald A.
Taylor, Dr. Brian
Vinson, J.
Vockeroth, J. B.
U. S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institution)
Valencia, Jose
Vargas, V. Mario
Vargas, Luis
Varley, Prof. G. C.
Vazquez G., DRA. Leoniia
Wygodzinsky, P.
Usinger, R. L.
Wise, K. A. J.
Woke, Paul A.
Wolff, Torben (Dr.)
Wood, Mrs. Kenneth
Woodbury, A. M.
White, G. B.
Whittemore, Lt. Col. Frederick W., Jr.
Wilton, Donald P.
Wirth, Willis W.
Washino, Robert K,
Watson, Dennis
Watt, J. C.
Weiss, Roberto
Wenzel, R. L.
Werner, Floyd G.
Weyrauch, W.
Yamaguchi, Tiyo
Young, Dr. Martin D.
Zeledon, Rodrigo (Dr.)
Zavortink, Tom
Box 5
Xavier, Sebastiao Hamilton
Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt-Universitat Berlin
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Hot Springs Faunx
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Belkin, Japan Field Notes & Bibliography
Porter-Mojava Ranch
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Culex tarsalis
Malaria Vectors Guadalcanal
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UCLA Mosquito Collection
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Inter-American Malaria Symposium 1971
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GAL - Schroeder
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MAR - Martinique
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"When you look at the advances in the technology of ultrasound, it's been tremendous in the last five to 10 years," Hoppmann said.
One USC medical student who quickly learned the importance of ultrasound technology is Christine Lawrence, whose own thyroid condition was detected during a practice ultrasound screening in class.
As a first-year medical student, Lawrence was the "patient" being scanned in ultrasound class. As the doctor guided the ultrasound equipment, he found a lesion on her thyroid. After a biopsy, Lawrence learned she had thyroid cancer on New Year's Eve, 2009. In January 2010 she had her thyroid removed and had follow-up procedures over spring break and the winter holidays, timed so she wouldn't have to miss class.
Now the second-year medical student from Liberty takes thyroid medication every day. And she truly understands the value of ultrasound.
"I was a believer in ultrasound anyway, but this definitely demonstrated the importance of it," Lawrence said. "You can see something a lot easier than feeling for it. If I hadn't had the ultrasound, I'm not sure when it would have been found."
Lawrence plans a career in family medicine, where she plans to use ultrasound as part of her practice.
"You can sit there and look at something and not have to send a patient somewhere else where it will be more expensive, it will take more time and the patient will be less likely to do it," she said.
Because ultrasound is portable, inexpensive and easy to use, it's also the perfect diagnostic tool in rural areas or developing countries, Hoppmann said. It can be used by primary-care physicians or nurse practitioners, particularly in rural areas where there are not many specialists.
Hoppmann is also president of the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education, an organization created to bring medical educators and practitioners together to help direct this revolutionary change in medicine. He said the World Congress will showcase the USC School of Medicine's work in ultrasound and the city of Columbia. GE Healthcare is the corporate benefactor for the event.
"It's truly going to be a world congress," Hoppmann said. "We've had commitments from all over the world – Germany, Italy, India, Bulgaria, Australia. Having this platform for the School of Medicine and the University of South Carolina and the Columbia community is wonderful. This is a huge opportunity for us."


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Although Michael Vick has played just one game for the Philadelphia Eagles, the team has what it doesn't need -- the beginning of a quarterback controversy.
Calls of "We want Vick" echoed through Lincoln Financial Field last Thursday as Vick made his debut for the Eagles. That's at best a distraction for incumbent quarterback Donovan McNabb.
Writes Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
"With Vick here, you should pardon the expression, McNabb is on an even shorter leash with a significant and vocal percentage of Eagles fans."
Former Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin, just announced as an analyst for the NFL Network, echoed those remarks to colleague Michael Hiestand.
Vick still isn't eligible to play in the regular season, but commissioner Roger Goodell has pledged to review his staus by Week 6. Said Irvin of the potential for a quarterback controversy if Vick returns by then, "I'm not sure you're going to have to wait that long."
Though McNabb has publicly been supportive of Vick, Irvin was skeptical that the 11th-year veteran really wanted Vick, the three-time Pro Bowler, on the Eagles.
"I had to question that," Irvin told Hiestand. "Did McNabb go to (the team) about Vick, or did they come to him."
The Eagles had a quarterback issue last year when they benched McNabb in favor of Kevin Kolb in a loss at Baltimore in November. Philadelphia fans then booed McNabb when he started the next game at home on Thanksgiving night.
With Vick now in line to relieve McNabb, Sheridan writes that it could brew a storm of negativity that could be dangerous for Eagles coach Andy Reid:
"The 'We want Vick' chant that went up during the third quarter could not have helped. In my worst-case vision of how this might play out, this sort of thing would have happened in October or November, if McNabb found himself mired in one of his characteristic slumps. That it happened after a single preseason interception is breathtaking."
-- Sean Leahy
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Fight between American Idol's Minaj and Carey gone to far
October 09, 2012 3:00 AM
by Monti Rock III
With NFL fans and players rejoicing the return of the pro referees, maybe we should have them on the set of "American Idol." Nicki (Minaj), control yourself! The "F" word does not belong here. Be a lady!!! It seemed like neither Keith nor Randy could get her to shut up. And she was heard threatening to "show the bi…h."
Hey, a little tension among the judges creates excitement but this thing between her and Mariah Carey went too far.
I have been watching "Vegas," the semi-fictional show about the former sheriff of Las Vegas, Ralph Lamb, who is indeed to this very day one of our most colorful characters.
Dennis Quaid (who portrayed Doc Holliday in the 1994 movie "Wyatt Earp") playing Ralph Lamb is a slam dunk. Michael Chiklis ("The Shield") also stars in this well-tuned drama that boasts a fantastic cast. In fact, in my eyes, Michael steals the show. He portrays evil personified.
This is my new guilty pleasure and the TV is now set for it on Tuesday nights (CBS, Ch. 8 from 10-11 p.m.).
Hurry, if you want to see the great Garth Brooks at the Wynn. This country superstar will be closing his show Nov. 17 in order to reportedly prepare for a big tour and new album. He has been performing at the Wynn for the past three years.
"Total Recall" by Arnold Schwarznegger! OMG, why write a book and put your family through your mistakes? That man's ego is bigger than all my careers – it's world-wide!
Seats for Barbra Streisand at the MGM (Friday, Nov. 2) are almost sold out. The ones at $104 per ticket are gone. She's going back to Brooklyn, but it's not the same Brooklyn now. She says her son Jason Gould (who has a voice like "butta") will be singing on tour with her and doing a duet album.
What took Barbra so long and whatever happened to Roslyn Kind, her sister and also a great singer? Another dysfunctional family? What would it have taken for Babs to be gracious and recognize that Roslyn also was blessed with a great voice? Family matters and family issues seem to be the beast in this one.
Over at the Riviera, Crazy Girls just celebrated 25 years of butt-kicking action! Veteran producer Norbert Aleman was in rare form – the media was crawling all over from local, national and international coverage of this event.
I have to take my hat off to PreferredPR and Michelle Tell, along with special kudos to Scott Santos' marketing. Scott is also the publisher of Strip Magazine. To do 25 years with any show in continuous performance is in itself a miracle! The reception prior to the show was awesome.
Let's hope the Riviera returns to its former place as a top player on the Strip. The girls mingled through the crowd, showing us why they were there. Mayor Goodman even declared the occasion as Crazy Girls Day in Las Vegas.
Last week, the great Jaki Baskow produced Keith Urban's appearance at Caesars Palace at a private function. Also last week at Caesars, Matt Goss celebrated his 44th birthday. To me, Kenny Kerr is Don Rickles with a dress! This great impersonator is now performing at the Onyx Theater every other Saturday. Go see him and you'll laugh your behind off!
Since Lindsay Lohan's location shoot in New York City the crime rate in LA has gone down, while NYC's is rising. A one-woman prison movie! Paris Hilton and her boyfriend had an altercation that resulted in some arrests. Nothing like competition! Will the police blotter ever stop processing these names?
Jon Theiss and his Babylon Tours will be the new VIP Service Manager at Bagatelle. Awaiting word when Tropicana opens the envelope as to the starting date of that new venue.
My friend Frankie Valli is performing a one-man show on Broadway while his Jersey Boys, – the biggest franchise currently in production, – is wowing them on the Broadway boards with theater-goers still flocking in to see this megahit!
OK, reality can be in Vegas, but how many of these shows do we really need? We had Elite, Las Vegas Housewives (do they really clean house?) and along with gigolos, pawn stars, porn stars and more porn stars. As for Snooki, who cares?!
We went to Buffalo Bill's in Primm last week to see one of the funniest comedians in show business, Sinbad. His show is a two-hour romp full of stories, reflections and reminiscences that had the audience in tears from laughing.
Sinbad has a unique style – fast-paced and nonstop. Best of all, it's clean – no obscenities or four-letter words to get a laugh. Sinbad's handling of a drunk heckler was something to see. All in all one of the most memorable experiences I've had in a long time.
We also got to the L.A. Comedy Club at Planet Hollywood. Comic Mark Patrick headlined that night and was much better than we expected. Hopefully he will move to a larger venue that will enable him to really show his stuff. This guy is funny!
After my near duet with death, I have risen and revived my Monti Rock Christmas. Believe me, I understand the spirit of the holidays and appreciate it more than ever.
Speaking of the approaching holidays, Ethel M starts its winter wonderland display very shortly. Do not miss this – its sugar heaven!
Where did the summer go? Although at 90 degrees, the rest of the nation would say we are still in summer.
Until next week, the Very Reverend Monti Rock III sends you all his very best.
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Silk Cloud and Cima, one of our favorite pairings, come together in Veer. Deceptively simple, this v-neck, tunic length sweater is knit in the round, with a flattering dropped hemline. Simple increases define the shape, and fitted sleeves are juxtaposed against the loose, easy fit. Silk Cloud gives an incandescent glow to the fabric, while the high percentage of superbaby alpaca in Cima make this a delight to wear.
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NATURE Celebrates David Attenborough with Miniseries ATTENBOROUGH'S LIFE STORIES, Beginning Tonight
Sir David Attenborough was eight years old in 1934 when he saw his first natural history film. It featured the popular naturalist Cherry Kearton, one of the earliest pioneers of wildlife photography and filmmaking. "Kearton's films captured my childish imagination," says Attenborough. "It made me dream of traveling to far off places to film wild animals."
Years later, those dreams became an illustrious reality. For over half a century, Attenborough has been at the forefront of natural history filmmaking, witnessing an unparalleled period of change in our planet's history. His first-hand accounts offer a unique perspective on the natural world.
As he marks his 60th anniversary on television, Nature presents Attenborough's Life Stories, a three-part retrospective of his life and work, airing on consecutive Wednesdays, tonight, January 23, January 30, and February 6, 2013 at 8 pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). The mini-series focuses on three areas that he believes have been transformed most profoundly during his time: filmmaking, science, and the environment. After the broadcast, each episode will stream at pbs.org/nature.
Nature is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET for PBS. WNET is the parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21, New York's public television stations and operator of NJTV. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.
With distinctive eloquence and enthusiasm for his subject, Attenborough is our incomparable guide in a lifelong journey through the natural world. How do you trap a Komodo dragon? Can a lion take down an elephant? Why are animals distributed in the way they are around the world? How do animals communicate with one another? What is climate change? How can the health of the planet be insured?
Attenborough answers these questions and more, recounting with wit and humor all the wonders of the natural world he has been able to share with his viewers - wonders sometimes never before seen on television. The 86-year old veteran of wildlife filmmaking returns to key locations that played a part in his remarkable body of work, shares old photos, anecdotes and rare footage from the early days in his television career. Informed by a Lifetime devoted to understanding and documenting the natural world, Attenborough also shares with viewers his unique personal reflections about Nature and the earth.
Episode one: Attenborough's Life Stories: Life on Camera
Attenborough revisits key places and events in his career and shows how a succession of technical innovations in filmmaking led to remarkable revelations about our planet and the creatures that inhabit it. The introduction of video cameras in underwater photography was a huge breakthrough in extending the time cameramen have to capture the most dramatic shots of animal behavior, such as swimming with dolphins and marlin hunting, without artificial lights.
Returning to his old haunts in Borneo, Attenborough recalls the challenges of filming on a seething pile of guano in a bat cave, especially when the lights went out, and how to catch a komodo dragon. He also shows how the invention of infrared film cameras made it possible to film one of the most amazing nocturnal hunting sequences ever recorded and proved that a pride of lions can kill an animal as big as an elephant.
Other innovations include the stabilizing camera mount, remote controlled camera, time lapse photography, and digital slow motion cameras. The latter, recording what is impossible to see with the naked eye, caught one of Attenborough's favorite moments: tricking a lovesick hoverfly into thinking that the objects Attenborough was shooting out of a peashooter were females whizzing by.
Episode two: Attenborough's Life Stories: Understanding the Natural World
Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film. Attenborough is seen interviewing Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz who studied animal behavior and geese in particular. Lorenz determined that if he was the first thing young goslings saw when they hatched, they would follow him as they would a parent. This process, known as imprinting, was a boon to filmmakers who could film animals behaving naturally in the wild.
Demonstrating some of the thrilling attempts to bring new science to a television audience, Attenborough is seen standing in the shadow of an erupting volcano as lumps of hot lava crashes around him. He's describing how continental drift, caused by volcanic eruptions on the sea bottom, explains why a closely related group of animals can occur on both sides of an ocean.
Following up on his boyhood fascination with a book illustration showing a bird of paradise being Hunted by native tribes, Attenborough ventures to New Guinea in search of the elusive bird and is charged by a group of armed tribesmen until he offers a handshake signaling his peaceful intent. Eventually his cameraman filmed a plumed male and unplumed female, possibly the first film ever taken of a bird of paradise displaying in the wild, but Attenborough returned 40 years later with better cameras and the ability to shoot high up in the trees. Among other topics featured are DNA fingerprinting, chimpanzee behavior and Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection.


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is it possible to bring kind of a system into this? i think it would be good to make language-files
or something like this hold the translated text and can be replaced by another one easily. these
language-files could be uploaded via webgui and get stored on floppy/sd-card. on booting m0n0 should
parse this file and build a translated gui. this would help adding new languages and we wouldn't
have to start again when a m0n0wall update arrives. what do you think of it?
are there any helpful tools to implement this?
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> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004, Chet Harvey wrote:
> > M0n0wall is GPL'd under the BSD style licensing. Hate to speak for
> ahem, m0n0wall is released under a _BSD style license_ which is totally
> different from the General Public License (GPL). m0n0wall is thus not
> GPL'd, but BSD'd.
> the BSD license allows you to modify, distribute and read the code for
> m0n0wall.
> Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven."
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It might have come from > IBM research labs? > > Can anybody point me at this or any other papers on the subject? > > all the best > > Mark > > -------------------------------------------- > Mark Gaved > KMi, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA > +44 (0) 1908 6 54513 > m.b.gaved at open.ac.uk > http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/mark/ > -------------------------------------------- > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Thomas > Koenig > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 4:34 AM > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-l] SW to store webpages > > > Jeremy Hunsinger wrote: > > > you might doubt it, but it is a fact of the interface and its > > limitations. you could disagree there, but then you would be sorely > > pressed when faced with the full powers of the unix command-line. > > 1) Are you aware that HTTrack also offers a command line interface for > Unix? > 2) I am a social scientist, as I (maybe wrongly) thought were most of > the people on this list. I am familiar with UNIX, which already seems to > > be kind of a rarity among social scientists. Most of us aren't and, I > might add, shouldn't. For most purposes WebCopier seems an entirely > sufficient tool. Why shouldn't it? Give me examples, where its > limitations pose a problem. > > > which is also one of the reasons a unix user can do more with wget > > than httrack can do, but there is plenty of evidence in that arena > > already. > > > If there is, why don't you refer to that evidence? I gave already > several sources, including the article by Kellogg, which concludes: > > "With little coding, HTTrack can be extended to meet immediate mirroring > > needs." > > > as for the explanation marks, it was turning very clearly into a troll > > > war. > > Now, who's the other troll besides myself? I really don't appreciate > this "dissent" equals "trolling" allegations. And I do think that the > metaphor of a troll has become overused in CMC. > > > little escalations such as the exclamation mark will be interpreted in > > > many ways, and i don't know your intent, but I do know that at least > > one person saw it as a slight. > > Well: If an exclamation mark is considered to be "an escalation", what's > > next? Banning of question marks? > > An exclamation mark might be ambiguous, although, I think, I clarified > now at length what I wanted to say. In contrast: > > "kindly leave your exclamation marks at home." > > is much less ambiguous in my view. It is clearly an imperative, which I > happen to disagree with. > > > let's not go there. > > Why not? Obviously, there is disagreement on this list about it, so the > only way to solve this disagreement seems to me to voice one's opinions. > > I, for one, think, that the approach to try not to offend anyone no > matter what, is a bad one, because it stifles discussions. That does not > > mean that one should not try to be courteous, one clearly should, but > academic deliberations live from dissent, which is bound to offend > those, whose primary goal is harmony. I personally am not willing to > phrase my postings in a way, so that I make sure that nobody gets > offended. I try to follow the rules offered by Joshua Cohen: > > > 1. Deliberations take place in an argumentative fashion, through the > > ordered exchange of reasons > > and information among counterparts that make proposals and submitt > > them to criticism. > > 2. Deliberations are inclusive and public, and all the potentially > > affected by their decisions must > > have equal oppportunities to paticipate and to decide in them. > > 3. Deliberations are free of inner coercions able to undermine the > > equal position of participants, and > > everyone must have the opportunity to be heard, to introduce new > > issues, to make proposals and to criticize > > them. The coercion without coercions of the best argument is the only > > rule for accepting or refusing an > > argument. > > 4. Deliberations are generally oriented to reach a rationally grounded > > > agreement, and can in > > principle be continued or resumed in any given moment, yet the need > > for decision demands them to have an > > agreed final point. > > 5. Political deliberations reaches all those issues that can be > > regulated on behalf of the public > > interest, but that is not to say that issues traditionally judged as > > 'private' must forcefuly remain out of > > discussion. > > 6. Political deliberations are also extended to the interpretation of > > needs and to changes in prepolitical > > attitudes and preferences. > > (Cohen, Joshua (1996), "Procedure and Substance in Deliberative > Democracy", in S. Benhabib (ed.), Democracy and > Difference. Contesting the Boundaries of the Political, Princeton: > Princeton University Press, pp. 95-119.) Habermas, in "Between Facts and > > Norms" (Faktizitaet und Geltung), quotes BTW the same rules. > > These rules were initially intended for political decision making, but > also seem appropriate for academic deliberations.. I don't see, that I > violated any of theses rules. > > Frankly, I even guess you and I would agree on most of these points and > on many other points. So, it's even more interesting to see, where we > disagree. > > Thomas, preffering Unix over Windows, but acknowledging that the latter > is the the OS of this decade. > > (BTW: I also switched from HighCom to Dolby for the same reasons) > > -- > thomas koenig, ph.d. > http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/mmethods/staff/thomas/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-l-aoir.org at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-l-aoir.org at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/


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While Phillips' pieces are materially diverse, themes of ecological processes and a reconnection to land are evident throughout. Working with objects, environments, found things and made things, Phillips creates a world where everyday entities and events are brought out of their invisibility.
Her piece entitled "The R Series" (1999) documented her search throughout Britain and Ireland for places once pictured in postcards. In some instances the sites remained perfectly intact- in others, they were completely changed or gone. More recently, her piece "Green, Grey or Dull Silver" (2008), involved carefully arranged piles and sculptures for Bowerbirds, who have a tendency to collect objects of those three colors. In Phillips' work we get a sense of place shaped by ecology and cultivated for human needs.
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