text: Can you guess the athletes based on their childhood photos? SportsChatter Staff Born to swim Without his sisters' influence, the United States might not have witnessed the best swimmer in history. At the age of seven, this kid started swimming and set a national record in the 100-meter butterfly three years later. @m_phelps00/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/k7hxWvSx05/?hl=en Model citizen This little boy grew up to become a model citizen. He was the salutatorian of his high school in Las Vegas before playing college baseball at the University of San Diego, where he won the 2013 Golden Spikes Award, given to the top collegiate baseball player in the nation. @jess__bryant/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BO3Nt2BAxAu/?hl=en Kris Bryant After being drafted by the Chicago Cubs with the third overall pick in the 2013 MLB Draft, Kris Bryant became an emerging star in the MLB. In his first two MLB seasons, Bryant won the Rookie of the Year Award, National League MVP Award and helped the Cubs win their first World Series in 108 years. Joe Robbins/Getty Images Born to play basketball On one Christmas morning, this NBA superstar received his first basketball and hoop. He developed into the best high school basketball player in the country and skipped college to pursue his dreams in the NBA. This former No. 1 overall draft pick said he was born to play basketball. @kingjames/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BOdrACuhUxO/?hl=en LeBron James Not only was LeBron James born to play basketball, but he also became one of the greatest to ever play the game. "The game chose me before I even had a chance to see if I wanted or not," the four-time NBA MVP said on Instagram. James, a 13-year veteran, won his third NBA championship in 2016. Getty Images Role change This former youth football quarterback ended up chasing NFL quarterbacks for the Houston Texans. @justinjames99/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/9E9dA6yG6J/ JJ Watt Before finding his niche as a pass rusher at University of Wisconsin, JJ Watt was a tight end in high school. Now a two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Watt credits the position switch for his dominating NFL career. Andy Lyons/Getty Images Best friends These sisters are only one year apart but started their professional tennis careers at the same time in 1995. They won their first doubles championship in 1998 at the ages of 18 and 19. @serenawilliams/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/9crSRIsTH_/ The Williams sisters Now Venus and Serena Williams have won 21 doubles championships together. The Williams sisters became the first two players to play in four consecutive grand slam finals against each other. Both Venus and Serena have been ranked No. 1 in singles throughout their career, but Serena, the younger of the two, has 23 more singles titles than Venus. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Fastball Starting at a very young age, this Washington Nationals outfielder threw the ball harder and hit the ball farther than anyone on his team. He was the best pitcher, catcher and hitter on his Las Vegas Little League team, which featured MLB players Kris Bryant and Joey Gallo. bharper3407/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BDx62QkgIRk/ Bryce Harper Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper didn't stop dominating baseball at the Little League level. He was the first overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft and was the National League MVP three years later. Harry How/Getty Images Born to swim Without his sisters' influence, the United States might not have witnessed the best swimmer in history. At the age of seven, this kid started swimming and set a national record in the 100-meter butterfly three years later. @m_phelps00/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/k7hxWvSx05/?hl=en Michael Phelps Yes, it's hard not to connect the title of greatest swimmer ever to Michael Phelps, who holds the record for Olympic medals with 23 gold and 28 total medals. But it all started with his sisters. "The only reason I ever got in the water was my mom wanted me to just learn how to swim," Phelps said on Jimmy Fallon. "My sisters and myself fell in love with the sport, and we decided to swim." Al Bello/Getty Images Millville great This MLB star earned the nickname "Millville Meteor" because he went to Millville High School in New Jersey and blasted onto the MLB scene at a young age. @miketrout/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/fTAFNOptZn/?taken-by=miketrout Mike Trout Being drafted out of high school by the Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout quickly developed into the best outfielder in the MLB. In his first five MLB seasons, Trout, a five-time All-Star, won two American League MVP Awards with the Angels. Rick Yeatts/Getty Images Gold star As a child in Houston, this gold medalist began her gymnastics career at eight years old when she started training with coach Aimee Boorman and quickly became the best in the world. During the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, she won four gold medals, including the women's all-around. @simonebiles/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/wekTDoQXME/?taken-by=simonebiles&hl=en Simone Biles Since 2013, Simone Biles has been the reigning world all-around champion, winning gold at the 2014 World Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Ian MacNicol/Getty images Long and lanky Ever since he was a little boy, this eight-time NBA All-Star has been known for being long and lanky. His lean build earned him the nickname "The Durantula." @trey5/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Tvo66NsHZ8/?taken-by=trey5&hl=en Kevin Durant At the NBA combine, Kevin Durant couldn't bench press 185 pounds once. But that didn't matter. The Golden State Warriors forward has won four NBA scoring titles and the 2014 MVP award. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Started in the pool It was hard to get this Olympic swimmer out of the pool from an early age. Growing up in a pool helped her accomplish her goal of becoming an Olympic gold medalist. @kledecky/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BQbTi-nF4WK/?taken-by=kledecky&hl=en Katie Ledecky Not only did Katie Ledecky help the United States win four gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, but she also captured the world record in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle. Julian Finney/Getty Images Child prodigy This kid was introduced to golf at age two and quickly became a child prodigy. At three years old, he putted against comedian Bob Hope during a television appearance on "The Mike Douglas Show." @tigerwoods/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/4MTWADS8VT/?hl=en Tiger Woods Sixteen years after his appearance on "The Mike Douglas Show," Tiger Woods participated in his first PGA Tour major, the 1995 Masters Tournament. Woods ranks second all time with 79 PGA Tour wins, including 14 major championships. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Toy stick When this kid was two years old, he grabbed a toy hockey stick and refused to let it go. Born to two Russian Olympians, he would grow up to became an NHL All-Star for the Washington Capitals. @aleksandrovechkinofficial/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BKdj4DLBeG1/?taken-by=aleksandrovechkinofficial&hl=en Alex Ovechkin Since being drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2005, Alex Ovechkin, a 11-time All-Star, has won the Hart Memorial Trophy twice as the league's most valuable player. Ovechkin is sixth in points among active players. Jamie Squire/Getty Images The champ is here Before becoming the king of boxing, this kid won his first Golden Gloves championship at 16 years old and won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He now goes by the nickname "Pretty Boy" for the lack of scars on his face. @floydmayweather/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/OrlHF3x3a1/?taken-by=floydmayweather&hl=en Floyd Mayweather Since turning professional in 1996, Floyd Mayweather is 49-0 and has won the title belt in five different weight classes. Al Bello/Getty Images Same name, different time Wanting to following in his father's footsteps, this kid entered his first go-kart race at 12 years old. It wasn't until five years later that he made his professional racing debut at Concord Motorsport Park, where he raced a 1978 Monte Carlo. @dalejr/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BQqbUnQh40U/?taken-by=dalejr&hl=en Dale Earnhardt Jr. Always living in the shadow of his father Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made a name for himself by winning 24 NASCAR races throughout career. "I can still remember every lesson he taught me," Dale Jr. said about his father. 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Peyton and Eli faced each other three times during their NFL careers, and Peyton won all three. Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Young cub This little major league slugger would eventually help the Chicago Cubs win their first World Series in 108 years as their starting first baseman. @arizz_44/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/k7gbw3Kp41/?taken-by=arizz_44&hl=en Anthony Rizzo The Cubs traded for Anthony Rizzo in 2012, and the first baseman put together three consecutive All-Star seasons. Rizzo won the 2016 Silver Slugger Award and Gold Glove Award. Jamie Squire/Getty Images Little Ben It might be hard to imagine, but this little boy would grow up to be one of the toughest quarterbacks in the NFL. @AntonioBrown/Twitter https://twitter.com/AntonioBrown/status/837414499435053056 Ben Roethlisberger At 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is one of the largest quarterbacks in the NFL. Since being drafted by the Steelers in 2004, Big Ben has won two Super Bowl rings and has been selected to five Pro Bowl teams. Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Forever young Before being a member of the 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team, this gold medalist began her career at age two. @alyraisman/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/hi3k3lPudx/?taken-by=alyraisman&hl=en Aly Raisman At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Aly Raisman collected two silver medals for the all-around and floor exercise and a gold medal as a member of the United States gymnastics team. Raisman was one of two United States gymnast to win a gold medal at both the 2013 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Alex Livesey/Getty Images Giddy-up This kid enjoying a ride on a rocking horse grew like a weed and quickly emerged as a basketball star at a young age. When this future NBA All-Star was 15 years old, he grew five inches and became one of the top players in the country. @lala/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BC0no7PRjZ3/?taken-by=lala&hl=en Carmelo Anthony Carmelo Anthony rode his high horse into the NBA as the third overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft following an NCAA championship with Syracuse. The New York native is a 10-time NBA All-Star and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Bryn Lennon/Getty Images All in the family It looks like this recent super bowl champion was born to play football. His dad was a Hall of Fame defensive lineman who won a ring at the 1984 Super Bowl with the Oakland Raiders. @laflamablanca95/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/8l4HKpKesY/?hl=en Chris Long After an All-American season at Virginia, Chris Long was the second overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft taken by the St. Louis Rams, where he spent the first eight years of his career. During the 2016-17 season, Long finally won his first Super Bowl ring as a member of the New England Patriots. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Sister bonding Check out this future tennis pro, famous for becoming the world No. 1 for the first time at the age of 18. When she was a child, this future Russian tennis pro towered over all the other kids and is still one of the tallest women tennis players in the Association of Tennis Professionals. @mariasharapova/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BD__xgJpepa/?taken-by=mariasharapova&hl=en Maria Sharapova Throughout her 11-year ATP career, Maria Sharapova has collected over $36 million in prize money. Sharapova has won five Grand Slam single titles and a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. 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Before being a first-round draft pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars, Bortles played high school football at Oviedo in Florida and college football at Central Florida. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Down under Though he lives in Philadelphia now as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, this former No. 1 draft pick learned his basketball skills in Melbourne, Australia. @kingjames/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BNAWMI7hZMZ/?taken-by=kingjames&hl=en Ben Simmons Ben Simmons was born in Melbourne while his father was a member of the Melbourne Tigers, and he moved to the United States as a sophomore in high school. Nick Laham/Getty Images Start Slideshow »


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About the Book
Our proposal for the UK Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 challenges the way we perceive our cities. This came from our observation that there is a misled preconception of an idealised differentiation between our urban and rural environment and of how our modern life is overwhelmed by speed and our image obsessed culture. We believe this distinction is in fact ambiguous and focus instead in our common sensual experience of space.
Building on the slogan 'Better City, Better Life', the pavilion reintegrates an emotional sensibility in how we read our cities through the layering of narratives and its tectonic structure.
This report documents the process and thoughts that lead to the final proposal for Group 12's Expo Pavilion.
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Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
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- Publish Date Mar 08, 2009
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AMD's new mojo: Betting big and doubling down
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AMD's Fusion Developer Summit last week was surprisingly heavy on swagger-and gambling analogies.
Credit AMD with articulating a bold vision for change. The company, which in the past has been criticized for lack of decisiveness and direction, has put its stake in the ground.
"To me, that was the most impressive thing," said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Instead of just trying to be a player in the market, AMD is saying, 'This is the direction we are going in and this is what we are going to build.' "
Nathan Brookwood, principal of Insight64, also applauded the formation of the HSA Foundation—and the participation of several significant firms. Brookwood said AMD's heterogeneous computing push has its roots in the company's 2006 acquisition of ATI Technologies Inc., which brought the company the graphics technology now found in APUs.
"AMD's competitive position had eroded," Brookwood said. "If this [HSA] can put them on the map and cause them to become more relevant, good for AMD and good for the industry."
Brookwood said he believes the participation of other firms in the HSA Foundation will cause developers to pay more attention to it. "I think it will cause developers to take it more seriously, both because of the size of the potential base of equipment [using HSA] and because it's no longer just an AMD dream but a shared vision."
AMD made it clear that the founding partners of the HSA Foundation are just the beginning. The company hinted that it expects further momentum for the foundation in coming weeks and months, when more hardware vendors and, eventually, software firms, academic institutions and software developers are expected to join up.
"It will grow from here like a pyramid," Papermaster said.
Of course, AMD isn't the only company offering chips that combine both graphics and processors in the same integrated device. Intel, ever AMD's nemesis, has got that, too. But as Su noted, Intel makes its marketing hay primarily through brute force CMOS scaling, driving to new technology nodes much faster than its rivals. AMD, which is now fabless, simply cannot even attempt to keep pace.
According to Su, pushing through new technology nodes yields incremental improvements in microprocessor technology. A fundamental change to the computer programming model offers far more bang for the buck, she said.
"We are trying to change the way computing is done," Su said. Later, she added, "CMOS scaling is not going to continue forever."
Su, who joined AMD earlier this year after four years at Freescale Semiconductor, stressed that AMD's mindset has changed under Rory Read, who took over as president and CEO of the company last year. For years, Su said, AMD's mindset had been that it was acceptable to be the No. 2 players in microprocessors. "That's not okay anymore," Su said.
AMD has good reason to want to change the discussion from the old Intel versus AMD dynamic. Intel has held a dominant position over its smaller rival for many years, with market share typically of 80 to 85 percent. But the new direction also underscores a new competitive reality. With Windows 8, the first version of the OS to support ARM-based devices, and with both AMD and Intel seeking to expand their presence in the mobile world—where ARM's architecture dominates—the competitive landscape for AMD means more than just Intel.
"As long as AMD is going to continue to offer x86 products for PCs and servers, there's no way they aren't going to compete with Intel," Brookwood said. "But they are taking a very different approach."
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Style Stealer (Mother-Daughter Edition!): Sarah Michelle Gellar And Charlotte Prinze
How adorable are Sarah Michelle Gellar and her 3-year-old daughter Charlotte Prinze on their way to ballet class?! I couldn't resit doing a Style Stealer for not just Sarah's stylish-mom-on-the-go look, but also Charlotte's little tutu and moto jacket combo (which I would totally wear myself but have dutifully recreated in kids' sizes). Get all the shopping details for both looks after the jump!
On Sarah:
Boyfriend Cardigan: $20, Target
Distressed Jeans: $54.50, J.Crew Factory
Knee-High Boots: $89, Zappos
Print Scarf: $21, Loft
Aviators: $195, Nordstrom
On Charlotte:
Quilted Moto Jacket: $48, Amazon
Tutu Skirt: $7, Kohl's
Skull Scarf: $12, Mango
Boots: $49, Zappos


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The financial services watchdog has warned that promotional activity on social networking sites is subject to the same regulations as more traditional channels after an investigation found that some advertising was in breach.
Following a study of the way that financial services firms were communicating with the public, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) cautioned that all promotions occurring in informal channels ranging from social media to iPad applications and online forums such as message boards must include the usual disclaimers and risk warnings.
The regulator examined 30 Twitter and Facebook pages and also explored companies' behaviour in financial forums.
It said in a statement: "Throughout the review, we identified good and poor practice among firms who had adopted the use of new media to communicate financial problems. Some promotions lacked risk warnings. Other promotions, while not very specific about products or services, nevertheless went beyond the definition of 'image advertising."
Image advertising involves displaying company logos, names and a simple list of services provided and is exempt from many of the FSA's regulations.
While the watchdog acknowledged that many organisations may not have felt that the adverts concerned met the definition of financial promotion, it said that its rules covered "all communications by regulated firms to clients, not just promotional ones".
"The rules for non-promotional communications are fairly high-level – the main rule is that communications must be fair, clear and not misleading," the FSA added.
But because of its requirements that adverts contain certain risk information "prominently and clearly", it could mean that new and social media were, by definition, unsuitable for certain forms of promotional activity.
"It is important to consider whether a channel is a suitable method for the type of communication. For example, Twitter limits the number of characters that can be used, which may be insufficient to provide balanced and sufficient information," the regulator said.
It would not be "prescriptive", however, if firms wanted to provide a link to further information using Twitter, a spokeswoman told law firm Pinsent Mason's Out-Law.com web site. Instead it was up to each one to work out what the Conduct of Business Sourcebook 4 rules on communicating with clients meant for them.
"The rules are media neutral. Those rules and regulations stand regardless of whatever media you are using. Each IFA [Independent Financial Advisor] or each firm is going to market themselves in completely different ways," she added.


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Germany's economy has bottomed out and is set for modest growth in 2010, although unemployment could rise without a quick recovery in the global economy, journalists from the country told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Europe's largest economy has suffered severely from the global financial crisis because of its heavy dependence on exports, but the nation will likely continue to be driven by its "classical industries" — like automobiles, chemicals and mechanical engineering — in the coming years, they said.
Even though Germany has emerged from the worst recession in decades, its recovery is expected to be weak — with 2010 growth forecast by the OECD at 1.5 percent, compared with 1.8 percent for Japan and 2.5 percent for the United States, Christoph Kapalschinski, editor of corporate news at the Handelsblatt business daily, said at a symposium Nov. 30 co-hosted by Robert Bosch stifftung and Keizai Koho Center.
That is because of the heavy export-dependency inherent in its main industries, such as automobiles and machinery, he said. German exports began picking up in September but were still 19.4 percent down from a year ago at that point, he noted.
Unemployment remained relatively stable despite the crisis, as companies retained surplus workers by reducing working hours under a government-subsidized program. While the number of jobless stood at 3.3 million in September, roughly 3.4 million others were covered by this program, which the government says has saved 1.1 million jobs, Kapalschinski said.
Still, German workers' income declined 5.2 percent in the first half of 2009, and any substantial improvement in employment will hinge on a quick worldwide recovery and financial stability, he said.
The global crisis and the severe shock to the German economy have highlighted the country's heavy dependence on exports, which in value-added terms has nearly doubled since the beginning of the 1990s, said Klaus-Rainer Jackisch, an economics and stock markets editor at Frankfurt-based broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk.
Jackisch said Germany's dependence on the classical industries will remain strong. Germany will continue to "see opportunities in exports," making the traditional industries its primary engine for growth, he said.
At the same time, Germany is looking at growth potential in new business sectors, such as environmental technologies, and has already taken leading positions in some of them, including energy-efficient and low-carbon building technologies, Jackisch said.
"Green" industries accounted for 5 percent of Germany's industrial sales in 2007 and employed roughly 1 million workers in 2008, a number that is expected to double by 2020, he said.
The new center-right coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a host of macroeconomic challenges, including record high levels of new debt issued to finance the surge in government spending needed to support the fragile recovery. However, not enough attention is being paid to the paradigm shift in German politics accompanying these challenges, said Ute Welty, a reporter at public broadcaster Sudwestrundfunk (SWR).
Merkel was returned for a second four-year term in the federal election in September, which saw the creation of a new conservative coalition combining her Christian Democratic Union with the probusiness Free Democratic Party.
Welty said the outcome of the September election signaled substantial changes in voter behavior and underlined the decline in support for the two major parties that formed the "grand coalition" during her first term.
While the center-left Social Democratic Party saw its share of votes fall sharply from 34 percent in the 2005 election to 23 percent, the CDU bloc also suffered a slight setback from 35 percent in 2005 to 33.8 percent. That compares with the 43.8 percent won by CDU in the 1990 election right after the country's reunification.
Membership the Social Democrats has fallen about 50 percent from roughly 1 million in the 1980s, and the CDU has lost nearly a third of its membership over the past 15 years, Welty said. Affiliation with any political party has declined to "almost meaningless levels" among those in their 30s and younger, she added.
Such changes mean German politics is now marked by the coexistence of several parties rather than the dominance of the two majors — CDU and the Social Democrats. It also implies that previously unthinkable alliances — some of which are already emerging on the state level — may be possible in the federal government in the future, she said.


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The dollar store channel is expanding into new markets, and this is having an impact on many key GM and HBC categories.
Store growth within the dollar store channel is unsurpassed by any other retail channel, as players within the space are venturing beyond their rural and small-town American roots into both urban and suburban areas throughout much of America.
The channel, comprising such operators as Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Fred's, and 99 Cents Only, continues to expand its shopper base via new store openings. Top dollar store channel retailers have added more than 5,900 stores since 2001, according to ACNielsen, a leading market research firm and sister company to Progressive Grocer under the VNU umbrella.
Compare that proliferation rate to Wal-Mart's new store count during the same period, which consisted of just 645 stores, and you get a picture of the level of activity within the dollar channel. What's more, the dollar store segment is showing more and more focus on food and beverage to drive shopping frequency and per-trip spending.
These low-priced limited-assortment retailers are quite well entrenched among low-income households; the channel now extends way beyond that core, and has experienced strong increases in penetration across all income groups, to the tune of 67 percent of all U.S. households.
With this kind of growth in store count, coupled with the uncertainty within certain segments of the economy, the dollar store channel is affecting shopping trips in a number of retail channels. Indeed, as dollar stores make their way into new markets, grocery stores, mass merchandisers, drug stores, and convenience/gas operations will all feel the impact.
ACNielsen examined the potential impact of the dollar store on other retail channels in a recent study, "The Dollar Store Shopper," prepared by Jane Jensen, director, shopper insights for ACNielsen Homescan. The study was based on the ACNielsen Homescan Panel, which provides longitudinal buying and shopping behavior, with the ability to integrate attitudinal insights from a sample of U.S. households.
Nonfoods activity
Both the HBC and general merchandise departments within the dollar store segment have similar share: Combined, they represent 18 percent of the total UPC dollar share in that channel, and they've gained two share points since 2001.
The dollar channel has a 45 percent household penetration in the overall HBC category, with the average consumer spending $19 in nonfoods there annually. This penetration is similar to that of supercenters; however, the annual buying power per household is significantly lower in dollar stores, due to shoppers' basket size and trip frequency in that channel.
While 66 percent of dollar channel shoppers have purchased an HBC item within the channel, they prefer to do the bulk of their personal care shopping in mass and supercenter channels. Only 4 percent of their HBC dollars go to the dollar segment.
Both drug and grocery are also used for fulfilling consumers' HBC needs as well -- but primarily on promotion. The drug and grocery channels have the highest percentage of HBC sales on promotion relative to the other channels.
For GM, dollar channel penetration is similar to that of drug and supercenters, and again, annual spending in the dollar channel is significantly lower -- primarily due to basket size for drug.
The 76 percent of dollar channel shoppers who purchase GM items use the channel to meet only 3 percent of their GM needs. The majority of their GM shopping is done in the mass and supercenter channels. As with HBC, promotion plays a key role for a dollar shopper to purchase his or her GM needs in drug or grocery.
Top penetration categories within dollar stores range from stationery and school supplies to kitchen gadgets and batteries. These top categories are divided equally between HBC and GM (five categories each). None of the categories average more than three purchases in the dollar channel per year.
Of the top HBC items purchased within the dollar store channel, nine are oral hygiene items—primarily toothpastes -- and four are first-aid items. Six of these items are private label.
Of the top-selling GM items purchased within the dollar store channel based on overall purchase occasions, 10 are batteries/flashlights, both branded and private label. Six items are school/office supplies.
Although the grocery channel has a distinct advantage over other channels in the area of shopping frequency, trips to this channel have been on the decline. Also, consolidation continues with increased competition from value retailers.
The grocery channel maintains a commanding share position in food categories and has a strong share in HBC and nonfood categories. However, value retailers and drug chains are driving year-to-year sales growth. Grocers facing strong competition from dollar stores will find the following strategies helpful, according to ACNielsen:
--Adding a dollar store section to the nonfoods department, or similar dollar-store items within key sections.
--Emphasizing value and quality among competing products, and providing a wide assortment of these items.
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A 26-year-old father was arrested on child neglect charges Saturday, accused of leaving his 1- and 2-year-old children unsupervised while he slept off the effects of alcohol, Tampa police say. Douglas Wimbish told police he "had been drinking all day and had to sleep," according to his arrest report. The children were spotted roaming unattended outside their MacDill Avenue apartment. When an officer arrived, the children were back inside and the apartment door was open. Wimbish became belligerent when he awoke and didn't know where his children were, police said. He remained at the Hillsborough County jail Sunday in lieu of $7,500 bail.
Two men arrested for sex in public
Tampa police arrested two men Saturday night for having sex in public at a Drew Park adult theater. John W. McBride, 60, of 5540 Cyril Drive, Dade City, and Frederick George Gallmeyer, 71, of 6189 Nichole Court, Sarasota, were arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior and exposure of a sexual organ. According to arrest reports, McBride and Gallmeyer were having sex at the Playhouse Theatre on N Hubert Avenue in view of other patrons just before 10 p.m. Hillsborough County jail records show that Gallmeyer remained in custody Sunday in lieu of $750 bail. McBride posted bail and was released. Tampa police have cracked down recently on these types of illegal activities inside adult businesses in Drew Park, a mostly industrial neighborhood east of Tampa International Airport and south of Hillsborough Avenue. Last year, the City Council earmarked $132,714 for police to monitor behavior at businesses in the area.
Man gives youths booze at party
Deputies arrested a 21-year-old Valrico man on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and having an open house party, which ended with two juveniles being hospitalized. Luis Enrique Marrero Espinet of 1211 Piney Branch Circle remained in the Hillsborough County jail Sunday in lieu of $750 bail. According to his arrest report, Marrero Espinet held a house party Saturday night and invited juveniles and gave them alcoholic beverages. The ages of the hospitalized juveniles and their conditions was not provided in the report.
Woman burns to death in wreck
A fatal accident shut down all lanes of Interstate 4 in Polk County on Sunday for more than an hour, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers withheld the name of the victim, pending notification of relatives. The accident happened at 1:45 p.m. just east of Kathleen Road in Lakeland. A 1998 Ford was traveling westbound on I-4 when it attempted to pass a 1997 Mercury. The left front corner of the Ford clipped the right rear corner of the Mercury, causing the driver of the Ford to lose control and overturn several times, troopers said. The Ford caught fire, burning the driver inside. She died at the scene from her injuries. Troopers identified the driver of the Mercury as William Huggins, 69, of Lakeland. He and passenger Shirley Huggins, 58, weren't injured.


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text: You are here:HomeFind a CemeteryCemetery Details Cemetery Details Cemetery Details Map SKEW BRIDGE CEMETERY Print page 12 SKEW BRIDGE CEMETERY See Casualty Records View Image Download Cemetery Plan Country:Turkey (including Gallipoli) Identified Casualties:256 GPS CO-Ordinates:Longitude:26.19982Latitude:40.05973 Location InformationFollow the road to Helles, opposite the Kabatepe Museum. After 14.2 km's, take a right turn at the 'T' junction and after 14.3 km's take the left fork. After a total of 25.2 km's, the cemetery will be found on the right, down a short track. It is also 2 km's north-east of Sedd-el-Bahr, between the road to Krithia and Kilid. Visiting InformationThe Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time. Please note that in the absence of a cemetery register, visitors are advised to locate the Grave/Memorial reference before visiting. This information can be found in the CASUALTY RECORDS within this page. For further information and enquiries please contact email@example.com Historical InformationThe eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea.The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 28 April, following the landings at Helles, the first attack was mounted towards Achi Baba, the ridge which dominates the southern part of the peninsula. Fatigue, however, brought the assault to a halt some kilometres short of the objective, near the village of Krithia. Turkish counter attacks followed but were repulsed and during the period 6-8 May, the 29th and French Divisions, reinforced by the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Infantry Brigades, carried out a renewed attack on Krithia, making some gains but suffering heavy casualties.Between 1 May and the beginning of June, the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade and 42nd (East Lancashire) Division landed on the peninsula. With these reinforcements, the Allied force at Helles pushed forward once more on 4 June, but again to little effect. A further attack between 28 June and 5 July at Gully Ravine inflicted heavy casualties on the Turks, but despite local gains - at one point the line was pushed forward more than a kilometre - there was no breakthrough. By 13 July the advance at Helles was effectively over and the position remained unchanged until the evacuation in January 1916.Skew Bridge Cemetery was named from a wooden "skew" bridge carrying the Krithia road across the Dere, just behind the centre of the line occupied by the Allied forces on 27 April 1915. It was begun during the fighting of 6-8 May and used throughout the occupation. At the Armistice it contained only 53 graves (Plot I, less Row E), but was greatly enlarged when further burials were brought in from the battlefields and from the following smaller cemeteries:- Orchard Gully, R.N.D., Backhouse Post and Romanos Well.There are now 607 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 351 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them.The cemetery covers an area of 2,210 square metres.


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A cute minisweater in the Roman Stripe stitch pattern with set-in cap sleeves. The sweater is knit in pieces and seamed together at the end, and is fairly quick to knit. Detailed instructions on how to make decreases and bind off on each row of the Roman Stripe pattern have been included.
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SYNOPSIS: Two best friends set out to rescue their pal after he's accidentally dragged to hell. REVIEW: Just when you thought the worst thing that Freestyle Releasing put out was God's Not Dead, along came a fancy new contender, Hell and Back. Had I been in middle school or possibly high on drugs, this might have been a humorous movie. …Read More »
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Film Review: Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A small-time magician arrives in an enchanted land and is forced to decide if he will be a good man or a great one. REVIEW: Why oh why did Hollywood decide that a prequel to "The Wizard Of Oz" (1939) was necessary? We got more than a few sequels already (1985's "RETURN TO OZ" being the most egregious of …Read More »
Sam Raimi, Mila Kunis and THE WIZARD OF OZ?
I know what your thinking, why the hell would we be talking about THE WIZARD OF OZ on a hard core horror site such as this? If you think back hard enough you will probably realize that as a child one of the first things you seen that scared the sh*t out of you was that Green witch and her …Read More »
'BLACK SWAN' Wings Portman Another Award
Natalie Portman proudly proclaimed that her parents taught her "to work my hardest" and to "never be an asshole" as she accepted her award for Outstanding Performance for a Female Actor in a Leading Role, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards this past Sunday. The mommy to be is on a winning streak and has racked up numerous accolades for …Read More »
Black Swan: Earns Portman a Golden Globe
Motion Picture Drama for her role of Nina Sayers in Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller BLACK SWAN. On stage, Portman was beaming with girlish pride as she joked about her relationship with Benjamn Millepied who doubles as her ballet instructor and father of her unborn child. She also teasingly called her costar in the film Mila "Sweet Lips" Kunis. Sadly, her …Read More »
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SYNOPSIS: A thriller that zeros in on the relationship between a veteran ballet dancer and a rival. REVIEW: To say Black Swaw is open to interpretation, would be an understatement. Though we really shouldn't expect anything less from visionary director Darren Aronofsky. His films have taken bold steps over his career, though I believe that Black Swan is well within …Read More »


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MARK Cooper admitted that he was a little nervous pre-match at the prospect of throwing Ben Gladwin into the deep end against Preston North End, but the Swindon Town manager's concerns were more than eased by the midfielder's man of the match performance.
Gladwin, who Cooper rates highly due to a series of impressive displays in training, was immense at the heart of the Town midfield as the Robins ended their own eight-match winless run and Preston's 12-game unbeaten streak with a 1-0 victory at the County Ground.
The former Marlow man, who only turned professional with Swindon in November, won the second-half penalty which Michael Smith converted and wowed the home crowd with his range of passing and close control.
After the game, Cooper said: "Ben is consistently one of the best players in training and I've spoken to him a few times now about transferring his training performances onto the pitch.
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"His performance was outstanding.
"He does that every day but the trick has been trying to get him to transfer it onto the big pitch and he's done that today.
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The hostage situation that occurred in Spruce Pine yesterday ended with police shooting the suspect.
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Life in Flight (2008)
Patrick Wilson stars as a married architect who begins to second guess what he thought was a perfect life over the course of a collaboration with a sexy urban designer named Kate (Lynn Collins) in the 2008 drama Life in Flight. Also in the cast are Hollywood knockouts Rashida Jones and Amy Smart, who slips a nip in the movie's trailer. Smart movie, Amy!Join Mr. Skin for the full review >>


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Did we go overboard with our zombie coverage?
At least a few angry readers thought so.
Our coverage was certainly extensive on the downtown zombie walk and related activites last weekend. We did a page one feature and a Lodi Living special on zombie-mania a week before the events. We did a short reminder just before, and provided page one coverage, with ghoulish photos, afterward.
In the newsroom, we saw the zombiefest as something fun and different, a chance to be creative and celebrate an off-beat event. After all, it isn't every day you see zombies on School Street. This is also true: As a news organization, we are trying to reach out to young readers, and we felt this was an event with a somewhat youth-oriented, admittedly edgier theme.
But some readers were quite offended. They felt we were glorifying something dark and somewhat perverse.
"Why would you put that one page one of your newspaper?," asked one reader. "That's just garbage."
Another reader just shook his head.
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I was the pedicab driver parked in front of Megabite at around 4:10am, playing Michael Jackson and Snoop Dogg. You were with your friend. When you were inside, a cop came by and asked me to move. I parked my cab and came back to get your number, but you'd vanished. If you're free perhaps you'd like to go sit on a log at the beach with a warm drink?
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A Croxley Green Parish councillor has been banned from entering council property and removed from a council committee after he was labelled a "habitual and vexatious complainant" by the authority.
Councillor Robert Ridley will continue to represent Croxley Green South. However, he will not be permitted to enter parish council property except to attend meetings.
He has also been removed from Croxley Green's environment and amenity committee.
The decision follows a meeting of the parish council on Thursday, February 27 in which politicians considered Councillor Ridley's conduct.
In March 2013, Councillor Ridley was deemed to be "pernicious and pestilent" and was told he could not enter council buildings except for meetings, but the latest decision means he will no longer serve on one of the council's key committees.
A statement from the council said that Councillor Ridley "was considered to be a habitual and vexatious complainant".
It stated: "His continued disregard for the council's policies, procedure and protocols continued to bring this council into disrepute and undermine all the good work done by his fellow councillors and the staff.
"There was significant concern that he was continuing to send emails to external third parties in which allegations were made, which, without the necessary correct background, the reader would be ill informed of the true position and would get a totally false impression of the work and workings of this council."


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FDA Seeks Public Comment on Approaches to Reducing Sodium Consumption
Constituent Update
September 15, 2011
On September 13, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with several key initial partners, launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. As one component of this initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are launching efforts to identify opportunities to reduce sodium in food in order to put more control into consumers' hands. As a first step, FDA and FSIS have announced the establishment of dockets to obtain comments, data, and evidence relevant to the dietary intake of sodium as well as current and emerging approaches designed to promote sodium reduction.
Excess sodium intake is a contributor to high blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Most of the total sodium intake comes from processed and restaurant foods rather than what people add in cooking or at the table. As part of its ongoing efforts to help Americans control their sodium intake, FDA is seeking input on the opportunities for sodium reduction efforts, building on initiatives already undertaken by the food and restaurant industries.
In April 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued the report titled, Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States. The report concluded that sodium intake remains well above recommended levels despite several decades of education, labeling, and outreach efforts to reduce sodium consumption in the United States. Among other things, the IOM report noted that more research is needed to develop and implement new technologies for sodium reduction and discussed the role of voluntary action by industry.
FDA and FSIS recognize ongoing efforts by a number of members of the restaurant and packaged food industries to reduce sodium and appreciate the complexities of reducing sodium in foods. Continued input and support from industry and other stakeholders are important to support further progress on this significant public health issue. A Federal Register notice will be published in the near future announcing a public meeting to discuss the topics on which FDA and FSIS are requesting information.
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DORSET TV drama Broadchurch was the big winner at last night's BAFTAs walking away from the prestigious awards ceremony with a hat-trick of gongs.
The West Dorset-based show was a massive hit on our television screens, averaging an audience of 9.1million viewers when it was screened in early 2013.
It has now picked up three awards at the BAFTA Television awards, to add to its already impressive haul of awards.
The show picked up the award for best Drama Series, beating competition from My Mad Fat Diary, Top of the Lake and The Village.
Olivia Colman scooped best leading actress for her performance as DS Ellie Miller in the show, meaning the popular actress has now picked up three BAFTAs in two years.
David Bradley, who played Jack Marshall, also won an award for Supporting Actor, meaning that Broadchurch was the most successful show at last night's awards
Its writer Chris Chibnall accepted the award for what he said was ''a huge team '' and praised the ''greatest cast I could ever hope for''.
Speaking backstage, Bradley said the show ''just became a kind of phenomenon'' and praised Chibnall for ''keeping all the plates twirling in the air''.
Chibnall himself said he had been ''pessimistic'' about the show's chances of winning and was already ''focused'' on the next series.


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It has been well documented that today's culture craves authenticity in leadership. It shouldn't be, but many times it is hard to find in leadership, even in the church. One of the fastest ways for a leader to lose loyal followers is to fall short in the area of authenticity.
I was talking with a young staff member of another church recently. She said the reason she struggles to follow her pastor is the pastor isn't off stage who he claims to be on stage. I get that. I think all of us struggle with that one … both in living authentic lives and in following an inauthentic leader.
How do we remain authentic as leaders? Here are 7 thoughts on remaining an authentic leader:
1. Yes is yes and no is no. That means not over committing. It means following through on commitments made. It means learning to prioritize and learning to delegate. It helps people learn your word is good and worthy to follow.
2. Not calling it awesome if it was mediocre at best. Many times as leaders we want to pretend something is better than it really is, rather than admitting when something could be improved. We exaggerate success. We pretend our church is bigger than it really is. We pretend we are more awesome than we really are and our life is more perfect than it really is. People usually can spot a pretender.
3. Not claiming to know everything. We don't. And, people know when we don't. Better to admit it on our own.
4. Refusing credit when not deserved. Taking credit for other people's work is not only wrong, it causes people to mistrust leadership. Authentic leaders seek recognition for others equal or more than their own.
5. Asking for help. Every leader needs it. Authentic leaders seek it. And they give credit to where they received it.
6. Remaining accessible and accountable. The fastest way for a leader to get in trouble is to isolate him or herself from others. Authentic leaders live transparent lives in front of all people and completely open to a few. You don't have to confess every sin (that'd be all my time), but as leaders we need to live in a practice of confession and raw transparency or repetitive temptations, struggles and sins to a few people who can see and speak into the deepest parts of our lives. And have the freedom to ask the hard questions and challenge where necessary.
7. Admitting failures and confessing fears. You make them. We all do. Everyone trying to follow a leader knows this about the leader. Authentic leaders readily own up to them. Leadership is scary. Authentic leaders push through fear but don't pretend the fear is not real.
What are some other ways you spot an authentic leader?
Ron Edmondson is a pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. He is also a church leadership consultant who is passionate about planting churches, helping established churches thrive and assisting pastors and those in ministry think through leadership, strategy and life. Prior to ministry, Ron had more than 20 years of business experience, mostly as a self-employed business owner. Follow Ron on Facebook, Twitter, and his blog at ronedmondson.com.
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Mr Justice Sullivan ruled in April and again last week that control orders which impose detention without charge break European human rights laws.
Home Secretary John Reid is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn the ruling.
The appeal centres on one man who was put under house arrest but not taken to court because of insufficient evidence.
In April, the High Court ruled that evidence behind the home secretary's decision to place the man, known as "MB", under a control order was so weak that it was a breach of his right to a fair trial.
The government had alleged he wanted to go to Iraq to fight coalition forces.
In his ruling last week, Mr Justice Sullivan said control orders were incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, which outlaws indefinite detention without trial.
The home secretary had no power to make the orders against six men and they must therefore all be quashed, he said.
But on Monday, Ian Burnett QC, for the home secretary, told the Court of Appeal Mr Justice Sullivan had "misapplied" the requirements of the convention.
"Parliament has crafted a very careful and elaborate statutory regime, which passes muster for all purposes under the convention," he said.
Mr Burnett accused Mr Justice Sullivan of making the "surprising" suggestion that Parliament was "not competent" to legislate and give the government powers to make control orders in the way that it had.
The judge had interpreted the 2005 Prevention of Terrorism Act, which conferred powers to make the orders, "in an artificially restrictive way" and failed to pay proper regard to the nature of the task entrusted to the home secretary by Parliament, Mr Burnett told the Court of Appeal.
The government, not the courts, should decide whether control orders were necessary, he added
"The taking of measures to combat terrorism involves a heavy political responsibility, and it is critical that there be proper political accountability if errors are made.
"Taking steps to protect against risks to national security, of which protecting against terrorism is the most obvious component, is one of the first responsibilities of government.
"Taking precautionary measures on the basis of valuation of risk is part of that task."
"A central part of the government's response to the threat of terrorism", control orders were made only when "necessary and proportionate" with proper safeguards in place, Mr Burnett told the Court of Appeal.
Control orders mean terror suspects can be tagged, confined to their homes and banned from communicating with others.
The orders are imposed on people suspected of terrorism but where there is not enough evidence to go to court.
Under the control orders restrictions, the suspects have to stay indoors for 18 hours a day, between 4pm and 10am, and are not allowed to use mobile phones or the internet.
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There have been quite a few video conversion utilities giving away their software for Halloween this year, but to be honest a lot of them aren't that great. I tried one of them today, however, called Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate (retail value of $66) and it is the obvious exception. You can apply for a free license code today only (expires 23:59:59 PM EDT on October 31, 2010).
Note: There are also some free Mac utilities on that page, but none quite as nice as this Windows app.
What I love the most is the drag-and-drop queue mode. With it you can just drag the videos you want to convert into the main window, and when you're done you can kick of the batch conversion. Plus you can configure each video so that it is converted into different formats for different devices.
I'll let the list of features below talk for itself, but I highly recommend jumping on this. The good news is that to get a free license code all you have to do is enter in your name and email address… you don't have to download anything at the moment so you can do easily do this from a mobile device as well. That means you can also sign-up other people if you think they may be interested in this. Technically, however, everyone will receive the same license key so it's more like you're on the honor system. For that same reason when entering in the license key make sure you enter the correct email address tied to the license, which is email@example.com and not your own personal email address.
Here's a list of features for the video converter:
- Various videos supported
- Rip DVDs to videos such as MP4, MPG, WMV, FLV, SWF, etc;
- Convert HD videos, camcorder videos, DRM protected videos and YouTube videos to common video formats;
- Extract audio from DVD and video as MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, M4A, etc.
- Enable converted files to be compatible widely
- Convert DVD and video on any other players for iPod, iPhone (including iPhone 4, iOS 4), Apple TV, PSP, and other mobile devices;
- Let your converted DVD and video be compatible with popular applications like QuickTime, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc;
- Allow you to upload converted files to YouTube, Google, Yahoo!, MySpace for sharing with others.
- Download YouTube videos with ease
- Enter a video URL to directly download videos from YouTube, Google, Yahoo!, MySpace and other video-sharing sites;
- Convert downloaded videos to applications and devices mentioned above.
- Transfer audio and files to portable devices
- Intelligently recognize connected USB devices such as iPod, iPhone, Blackberry, etc;
- Transfer converted DVDs, videos and audios to iPad, iPod and iPhone without iTunes;
- Directly import files from USB devices like mobile phones and camcorders for converting and editing.
- Make DVD with favorite videos
- Burn converted and downloaded videos to DVD discs to preserve the significative videos;
- Selected free provided DVD menu templates to make your DVD unique. You can also choose your favorite picture and song as the DVD menu background image and music.
- Practical video editing functionalities
- Cut off unwanted borders from a video frame to feature a highlight by cropping videos;
- Rotate videos and get your video to appear right side up;
- Clip and merge video clips to make a creative movie by your own;
- Add watermark to make your videos unique and in case of abuse.
- User-friendly and easy-to-use
- Customizable video brightness, contrast, saturation, resolution, etc;
- Allow you to take snapshot of DVD movies and videos;
- Multi-task conversion saves your time a lot;
- A concise user interface with only a few of buttons to make your work easier.
Here's some information on the different file formats and devices that the Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate supports out-of-the-box:
- Input File Formats Supported
- DVD: DVD Disc, ISO files, DVD folder, IFO files
- Audio: WAV, APE, FLAC, M4A, WMA, AAC, AC3, MKA, OGG, AIFF, RA, RAM, MP3, MP2, MPA
- Video: AVI, MP4, DAT, MPG, MPEG, NUT, H.264, NSV, VOB, MOV, FLV, MKV, MTS/M2TS/TS/TP/TRP(AVHD, H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2 HD), MOD, TOD, DV, WMV, ASF, 3GP, 3G2
- Output File Formats Supported
- Audio: FLAC, AIFF, AU, MKA, APE, OGG, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, M4A, MP3
- Video: MOV, VOB, MPG, WMV, HD WMV(WMV1, WMV2, WMV3) MP4, AVI, ASF, DV, 3GPP, 3GP, 3G2, FLV, MKV, M4V, SWF, HD MP4(High Profile H.264, MP4 VIDEO, H.264, Xvid)
- Image: BMP, GI,F JPEG, PNG
- Some of the Output Devices Supported by Profiles
- iPod, iPod Nano 5G, Touch 3G, iPad
- iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, OS 3.1
- Xbox, Xbox 360
- Apple TV
- Zune, Zune HD
- Sumsang Vibrant, Captivate
- Android Mobile: DROID2, HTC Aria, etc.
- LG Prime
- BlackBerry, Torch 9800
- Window Mobile device: Pocket PC, Dell Axim X51, HP iPaq hw6500 series, etc.
- General MP4 players: Archos, Creative Zen, iRiver, etc.
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Jun 22, 2012 - Linda Bebout, Secretary, Riverton Kiwanis Golden KEditor:
We, as a club and individually, wish to add our names to the growing list of people who have expressed their appreciation for our Riverton Senior Citizens and Community Center.
Since receiving our charter in 1998, we have been meeting twice monthly at the "senior center." In addition, we hold our annual Christmas party and our prayer breakfast there. At all times we have had good food, excellent service and have been treated with courtesy and friendliness.
Our senior center should be a source of pride to the entire community. Many have expressed visiting other centers in Wyoming and state unequivocally that Riverton's is the best, with a modem facility, an excellent staff, and a huge variety of programs to suit almost any individual who goes there.
Most of our club members are retired, and all are busy with community projects and activities or other organizations, and so we have little time left, therefore, to take advantage of the many great programs and activities provided by the senior center. But we are cognizant of the combined efforts of the staff, the board of directors who work behind the scenes, and the many volunteers who give willingly of their time, and to all of them we express our sincere thanks and appreciation.
With officers and directors Joe Pepper, Hal Macon, Terry Hafner and Darlene Dahlin
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Most spring calving cowherds are now in the late-gestation stage of production, or will be there very soon. This is one of the more critical times on the calendar in terms of optimizing cowherd productivity. Not only is the bulk of fetal development occurring, but it also our last realistic chance if we need to put body condition on cows.
Most years feeding a beef cow herd in the winter is relatively straightforward. We put up hay all summer and feed it all winter. Most years there's enough good-quality hay to go around. The economics of relying on harvested feed may be an issue, but at least from a standpoint of feed availability and nutritional adequacy, that system has generally worked well.
The drought of 2012 has turned that system on its head. Good-quality grass hay and alfalfa hay is scarce and extremely expensive. Beef producers will be forced to be more creative in their feeding programs, and in many areas that means feed such as salvaged cash-grain crops, low-quality roughages and by-products.
While it may not be as simple as just feeding high-quality grass and/or alfalfa hay, late gestation diets containing the above types of feedstuffs can certainly be created and made to work very well. The first step, however, is to get a representative sample of the forages taken and analyzed. Some of the early test results have shown CRP hay in South Dakota to be as high as 9% and as low as 2% crude protein, depending on harvest date and prior field history. Corn silage results have ranged from 6 to 11%. Relying on book values when compositions are that variable could prove to be disastrous, either in terms of animal performance or a producer's pocketbook.
After the nutrient values are known, then a diet can be developed. A couple example rations for a 1,400-pound cow in late-gestation are shown in Table 1. In some cases, some additional protein supplements may need to be used, or a smaller amount of higher-quality roughage is needed to balance out the various silages, crop residues, and other roughages. The exact answer will depend on the resources that each operation has available to them or that can be purchased economically. These rations should be viewed as ideas or suggestions; an exact feeding program will depend on the conditions at each feeding scenario.
For some of these rations, particularly those relying on corn silage, the amount of dry matter offered may not be enough to completely satisfy the cows' appetite, even if the amounts of energy and protein are sufficient. In those cases, making sure that every cow has an equal opportunity to consume her daily ration will be very important to make sure that the less dominant cows don't lose condition. Another strategy that has been successful when limit-feeding cows has been to allow the cattle access to relatively cheap roughages, such as corn stalks, whether that is through grazing or in a bale form. For more information about limit feeding strategies check out the iGrow article Strategies to Control Hay Intake and Waste.
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I have a set of 48 exomes which were analysed according to the best practices (using GATK-2.2-3 and HaplotypeCaller). According to the VQRS I have this first level of "uncertainty":
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I have a tendency to read whatever is popular at any given time, but outside of that my taste varies. For the most part I read the books my friends recommend to me, which can get a little weird sometimes, since all of my friends are so radically different. Lately I've been re-reading all the books I studied in high school, and am really enjoying them much more now that I'm a little older.
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John Maine is starting. We'll also see Rule 5 pitcher Steven Register.
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Economic recession is causing many companies to ramp up the speed of green IT initiatives, while a much smaller number of companies have decided to slow down their green activities.
The lion's share of more than 1,000 companies surveyed by Forrester Research are not making any changes to their green programs. Among those who will, however, the number of companies accelerating green IT is twice as high as the number slowing down.
"The data is counterintuitive only at first glance," Forrester analyst Christopher Mines writes in a report released this week. "Companies are realizing that 'green means green' -- more sustainable computing operations are also more efficient and less costly."
Ten percent of the companies surveyed are accelerating green IT initiatives, while 5 percent are slowing down. The rest, 85 percent, are maintaining the same pace or say it's too early to know what impact the worsening economy will have on their green IT plans. Interest in the topic of energy efficiency seems to be growing, Forrester says, noting that its most recent poll in October garnered a larger response than any previous green survey the analyst firm has conducted.
The companies surveyed are distributed through the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Japan and other regions, and are mostly large, with 71 percent having at least 1,000 employees.
Naturally, saving money on energy costs is the primary motivating factor causing corporations to ramp up green IT efforts, particularly in the United States. Overseas, there is more concern about aligning IT with corporate green initiatives and using green to improve brand image.
Overall, 25 percent of companies are implementing a comprehensive green IT program, up from 15 percent last year and up from 20 percent in April. Another 27 percent are drawing up plans to go green, and another 34 percent are considering doing so.
Nearly six of ten companies already are using green criteria in their IT procurement process, and one of ten use a professional services provider to help plan or implement a green IT program.
Previous Forrester research predicted that the worldwide market for green IT services will grow from $500 million in 2008 to nearly $5 billion in 2013, and Mines writes that the recent survey data makes the analyst firm more confident in that prediction.
"It is a very encouraging data point for all of us in the IT industry who have been promoting the energy savings and reduced total cost of ownership of more efficient hardware and software," he writes. (Compare server products.)
This story, "Economic trouble driving green IT initiatives" was originally published by Network World.


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