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Urban Forestry Outreach
The Urban Forest Management Division offers information on the importance and benefits of trees as well as current threats posed by invasive forest pests. For over 30 years, Fairfax County has been proactive in raising awareness about the importance of trees and forests in our community.
Urban Forest Management Division participates in:
- Educational programs with schools and youth groups
- Community events
- Tree plantings
- Seminars and meetings
If interested in having us participate in your next event or would like information on presentations we offer in classrooms, please contact the Urban Forestry Division at 703-324-1770, TTY 711, or e-mail.


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SANTA CRUZ - A body found alongside Highway 1 near Soquel Drive Monday was a white man who appeared to have been in his 50s, coroner's officials said Tuesday.
The man has not been identified, deputy Naomi Silva said.
Silva said she believes he is a man with alcohol-related arrests, but said the body was thinner and that perhaps the man had been ill recently and had lost weight.
She said if he has been arrested, his fingerprints will be sufficient to identify him. They will then notify family members before releasing his name, she said.
The body was found by Caltrans workers Monday afternoon in a homeless camp near the highway.
Follow Sentinel reporter Cathy Kelly on Twitter at @cathykelly9.

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Praise Me or Curse MeRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
What am I?
You may praise your good fortune and curse all you hate,
Yet I rule all your chaos and gamble your fate.
By some I'm avoided by others I'm game,
Called by fat or slim, my meaning's the same.
HintI'm dying for you to guess!
AnswerChance .. the luck of the draw in life! We praise it when it goes our way and curse it when it doesn't .. some avoid risk and others gamble at every chance .. There is no difference between a fat chance and a slim chance .. Good luck in life!
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text: For those who love the beauty of the Persian cat with its glorious long fur coat, but don't want to deal with the extra grooming necessary to keep that breed clean, or the excessive amounts of cat fur and shedding, the Exotic Shorthair may be the perfect choice. Developed as a shorthaired version of the Persian cat, this breed has a warm, docile personality, with the convenience and ease of a shorthaired cat. read more


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Last week I talked about riding slowly to avoid sweating and last year I talked about fresh summer cycling. However, when the temperature is 90 degrees, changing into work clothes after the commute may be simpler than worrying about sweat marks and riding super slowly, especially when you'll have to duck into the bathroom to freshen up anyway. Such was the case today, when I "kitted out" after suffering through a terribly sweaty ride in my work clothes the day before.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm pleased to introduce my LGRAB team kit.
As always, I have the Nutcase helmet and Po Campo bag. I might get a breezier helmet for the summer to cool my head better – a sporty helmet with lots of air vents. In the alternative, I'll ride my Dutch bike on the bike path more often to forgo the helmet. Sweaty hair is my least favorite part of bike commuting (well, after cars).
I wear these crochet and leather fingerless gloves for longer hot rides with my Betty Foy. The combination of sweat and cork grips causes callouses otherwise.
My first summer of riding, I bought a lot of clothes specifically for commuting. Any old summer dress or tank and short combo would do, but I like Patagonia's skorts (looks like a skirt with shorts underneath) and tanks with build in bras. Anything in merino wool is also good.
Keen cycling sandals are ugly as sin, but keep my feet cool and are odor resistant – a huge benefit when they're sitting around my office all day. They have built in things on the bottom to connect clipless somethings. I ignore those.
Essential eye gear, of course.
The whole shebang.
My skirt and blouse were rolled up in my basket, but I'm gonna start leaving some suits in my office, along with my work heels.
Whether you prefer to ride in work clothes, casual clothes or special cycling clothes, it's all good. Mix it up. Experiment. Just do what works for you.
Anyone else making accommodations for the heat (or cold, for the Australians out there)?


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NEXT week sees the launch of the 11th annual Winchester Business Excellence Awards (WBEA), the premier business awards in the district.
Split into eight categories, including entrepreneur, eco business, rural, service excellence and overall business of the year awards, the event is organised by Hampshire Chamber of Commerce, Winchester Business Improvement District (BID), and the Hampshire Chronicle.
Principal sponsor of the 2013 awards is Denplan, which has its headquarters in the city.
The launch will be held at The Holiday Inn, Winchester, next Wednesday (January 30) from 5.30pm.
Part of the largest hotel chain in the world, the 114-room four-star Holiday Inn opened in Winchester two-and-a-half years ago, and has won a number of awards for its customer service, food quality and green initiatives.
The winners of this year's Winchester Business Excellence Awards will be announced at a glittering gala evening at the Guildhall in Winchester this June.
A spokesman for WBEA said: "The 2013 Winchester Business Excellence Awards offer local businesses a unique opportunity to gain the recognition and prestige they deserve for their achievements."
For more details about how to enter, see next week's Hampshire Chronicle.


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New Minnesota Vikings receiver Greg Jennings told KFAN in Minneapolis Monday that he was in contact with former NFL quarterback Brett Favre before making his decision to leave the Green Bay Packers for the rival Vikings.
"Literally, as I got off the plane and (offensive coordinator Bill) Musgrave walked up to me, I'm on the phone with Brett," Jennings said, per Vikings Update of Scout.com. "I spoke with Brett two or three times throughout this process. He shot me straight. I knew if there was one person that would shoot straight and tell me exactly what I wanted to hear and things I possibly didn't want to hear, it would be Brett. He did that for me."
Conspiracy theorists who assume Favre did this to stick it to the Packers can chill. There's no reason to make a mountain out of ant hill here.
Jennings, a former teammate of Favre's from 2006-07, simply reached out for advice on a difficult decision Favre had experience with and received it. This might be more of a story had Favre denied Jennings any wisdom about making what was certain to be the polarizing choice of leaving Green Bay for the Vikings.
Jennings was searching for financial security and then received a better monetary deal from Minnesota. That reality paved his eventual deal with the Vikings, not Favre's harmless advice.
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Four months and nearly 120 days after Doug Collins' resignation, the Philadelphia 76ers decided on former San Antonio Spurs assistant Brett Brown for the franchise's vacant head coaching position.
The 76ers introduced Brown on Wednesday during a press conference at the Wells Fargo Center. Brown agreed to a four-year, guaranteed deal Monday morning. The terms were not disclosed.
Brown relieves Collins of a team that went 34-48 in the 2012-2013 regular season, the same club that looks to rebuild under new general manager Sam Hinkie for at least two seasons.
MORE: Brown to use tolerance and patience during rebuild
Philadelphia Inquirer: Brown excited for new challenge with 76ers
With a chunk of their roster gone and a rookie left to shoulder the load at point guard, Brown could be in for a tough ride.
"I do think general manager Sam Hinkie and the ownership group is committed to the process and won't necessarily be judging him based off of wins and losses," said an NBA scout who requested anonymity.
"If Brown does not live out his contract, it would likely be because Hinkie doesn't feel like they have gotten the most, development-wise, out of the assets that they eventually accumulate."
One-and-done coaching crises have been seen before in the NBA and aren't an uncommon occurrence. Following Phil Jackson's departure from the Los Angeles Lakers in 2011, Mike Brown took the reins. Brown lasted 71 games before he was dismissed.
Sam Vincent was the second coach in franchise history for the Charlotte Bobcats. In his lone season, he finished with a 32-50 record and was given the boot after owner Michael Jordan praised him as a coach for the future. Mike Dunlap also led the Bobcats for a season before being released during their continued rebuild.
Even one of the Sixers coaching choices, Michael Curry, an assistant with the team, was a one-and-doner himself. Though he wasn't as poor of a choice as others (39 wins and a first-round playoff exit) he still went through a rough patch after serving as an assistant for the Detroit Pistons.
Is Brown really the right choice for a team that's likely to win fewer than 25 games in the first season of its rebuilding phase?
"It's hard to say," the scout said. "Obviously, the success of San Antonio, both in terms of wins and losses as well as player development, gives Brown a solid resume. How much of that was due to Brown's direct influence, (Gregg) Popovich, (Mike) Budenholzer, or any of the other staff members… is impossible to know for sure. But focusing on a player development coach from a winning organization seems to be the right approach to take."
Brown, who was originally reported as Sixers coach nearly two months ago, is a renowned player development coach who joined the Spurs in 1998 as a member of the basketball operations department. He rejoined Popovich's staff in 2002.
The former Spurs assistant was named head coach of the Australian National team in March 2009. Brown was with the Spurs for their championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007.


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I had to catch the first 3 qtrs of the game via audio only yesterday... with only glimpses of a TV here and there thru the 3rd. I was able to catch the 4th qtr via TV.
So tonight I put played my recording of the game...
Peyton played a good game. He had a couple of questionable throws that were interesting, and that hurry up on 3rd downs didn't work out too well, but overall he was in control of the game. It didn't look like he was out of sync or that the Ravens could keep him flustered or take us out of what we wanted to do.
That said, sometimes all it takes is one bad play to turn a game so I know where the detractors are coming from when they are casting a critical eye at Peyton. OTOH... now that the defense has decided that Freeney and Mathis don't have to pash rush and try and spin around the outside every.... single... down.... our defense is making it possible for our offense to play without a ton of pressure (the pressure to be perfect) on each possession. We don't have to have perfect offense when the defense plays like this.
Not only did the overused outside pass rush of Freeney and Mathis create gaping holes for the opposition to run to but it also was forcing the opposition away from their throwing game anyway (because who wants to throw when there was such an intense pass rush coming (seemingly) every down?). So IMHO it was failing on two levels. Someone finally figured out that stopping (and slowing) the run first, even if we did invite the other team to throw, was actually a benefit for the Colts (our pass defense isn't bad, plus the opposing offense can't be as safe throwing as opposed to running and might just make some unforced errors of their own when putting the ball in the air (like receivers running the wrong routes, QB's over/under throwing the recievers, bad snaps, or plain old dropped balls). And this has allowed us to start mixing it up again and keep the opposition guessing as the game wears on. So all of a sudden we can take advantage of Freeney and Mathis as pass rushers again as long as we keep things less predictable. Maybe it's a whole lot more complicated than that but that's at least that seems to me to be what we've changed (plus added Bob Sanders).
I'm a sucker for watching a defense be a big factor in wins. And that's what they are doing so far in these playoffs.


text: Sally Evans Sovilla: Old Charleston still exists in memories August 31, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Every July my husband, Sam, goes home to where he grew up -- Charleston, W.Va. On the third weekend of the month, the graduates from his old high school, Charleston High, gather for an annual classes-of-the-1950s picnic, so every year one can reconnect with classmates and friends.The local men and women provide delicious and plentiful food for an indoor picnic. Former band members march in and take the stage to play the school songs and favorite songs of the '50s. My husband and I go every year from our home in Cincinnati, and after so many years it's like I am one of the graduates too.This annual picnic also is a chance to revisit places that evoke memories both for him and for me. This past summer, the 58th since he graduated, we made our usual driving tour of those old familiar places -- well, the ones that are still standing.We always begin by going to the house in Kanawha City where his parents lived after their family was grown. The Cape Cod house has been remodeled, and long gone are the garden of delicious produce, the yard abloom with black-eyed Susans and canna and a swing set our children spent many hours on. But we see it as it was when we visited with our family. We drive down the street to the railroad tracks, "seeing" our children running down whenever we hear the whistle of a train. We point out homes of neighbors we used to know, all with new owners, and maybe stop at the Biscuit World by the old barbershop for a biscuit sandwich. Other restaurants we liked are gone, and we especially miss the Southern Kitchen.The first house my husband lived in was just a few blocks away. It too is gone. He talks about a big field next door where all the kids played. At the familiar railroad track he showed our children how to put a penny on the track, wait for the train, and then have a souvenir flattened penny. In his day, he and his friends also went to the tracks and climbed on the standing railcars.Another nostalgia-filled area is the East End, where my husband's family moved when he was in third grade. The Interstate replaced the both his old house and the street. Some of the homes of his buddies in the East End still stand, and he points them out with an accompanying story of those carefree days of youth.We get out of the car at nearby Laidley Field, where my husband used to run track and go to football games. Sam tells me of making a ladder of discarded lumber and climbing over the fence to get into some of the games, his older sister at times being an accomplice.Continuing toward downtown, we pass many dilapidated buildings and deserted storefronts. They stand like ghosts -- a once familiar local diner, a paint store, the Valley Bell, the pool hall, the Sugar Bowl, Haddy's Market and the State Theater, where Sam spent many a Saturday afternoon. On one corner stood a little diner where, after delivering the morning newspaper, he'd stop for a hot muffin. The neighborhood my husband remembers riding to on his bike to hang out on street corners with his buddies now exists only in his mind.One of our favorite stops is the Capitol. As a boy, my husband played on the grounds, sometimes challenging himself to make his way all around the building going from windowsill to windowsill. Imagine that in this day and age! We always took our young children to play at the Capitol. How they enjoyed tossing pennies into the big circular fountain, chasing squirrels, sitting next to and pretending to ring the huge Liberty Bell on the Capitol steps.The downtown Sam remembers, and the one I remember from 1954, has changed a lot. Gone are two favorite department stores, The Diamond and Stone & Thomas, places my mother-in-law loved to shop. My husband still talks about going to town as a boy with his mother and having lunch in The Diamond's fifth-floor cafeteria.As we drive through town, Sam points out Estep's, a men's clothing store, and the Peanut Shoppe, both still in business, but places of his past are few and far between. This trip we found the Blossom Deli had closed.We're always happy to visit an old-time drugstore still in business in Kanawha City. They're always busy at lunchtime, definitely still a favorite with the locals. We make sure every trip we have a Charleston Hot Dog or two, and often order that or a "Long Bob" at Trivillian's.Whenever we go back, we always take flowers to Sunset Memorial Park for my husband's family. We spend time at their graves, remembering, and as we drive through the large cemetery my husband sees familiar family names on many of the tombstones.Our last stop before heading home is always Capitol Market, a downtown market my husband remembers his father going to. The indoor vendors and the farmers have almost anything you could hope to find. One year I found very small plums, the likes of which I haven't seen since I was a child and a neighbor had that kind of plum tree. We leave with the backseat full of our purchases, knowing, of course, we can find the same fruits and vegetables at farm markets back home, but here they seem a little more special. Still, we have yet to find tomatoes that taste as good as those my Italian father-in-law used to grow.Hometowns change over the years, but you can go home again. Go to those long-ago places and let your memory do the rest.Sally Evans Sovilla, of Cincinnati, may be emailed at email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 3 Plans for all-ages venue rise in old bakery building 4 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval 5 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property Travel Notes: Sept. 1, 2013 Previous Story Help Out: Sept. 1, 2013 Next Story


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BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Browns rookie running back Trent Richardson is riding a stationary bike at practice, the closest he's been to the field since undergoing knee surgery last month.
Richardson had an arthroscopic procedure done on his left knee Aug. 9, his second operation since helping Alabama win the national championship in January. The No. 3 overall pick in the draft, Richardson did not play in any of Cleveland's four exhibition games.
Last week, Browns coach Pat Shurmur said he was "very optimistic" Richardson would play in the Sept. 9 season opener against Philadelphia.
Other than signing autographs one day, Richardson had not been on the field and had been rehabbing his injury inside the team's complex.


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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - The Jacksonville Beach Planning Commission discussed and voted down a proposal for a gun range on Penman Road on Monday night.
A Jacksonville Beach insurance agent tried to buy the building that is currently Atlantic Laser Office Products and put a gun range there. The site is on Penman Road right across the street from the Montessori Tides School and it's surrounded by other businesses.
"The indoor range is going to be safety, safety, safety I believe," said Sam Bass.
On the other side opponents brought in yellow signs in opposition.
"I don't think we're concerned about what goes on in doors, but you can't control what goes on in the parking lot," said Rosie Hetman.
The controversy over the gun range stemmed from where the range would have been placed next to a bakery frequented by students from Fletcher High School and right across the street from Montessori Tides School. The majority of the opposition Monday night were parents of kids at the school.
"I'm worried that it's even come to this state in the conversation that we would consider a shooting range in the proximity of the schools, restaurants and cafes on Penman Road," said Chris Margolin.
"At the last meeting there were a lot of people in opposition and we understand their concerns and that's what we were here to offer rebuttal and that's why we were here and the legislature of Florida has made it clear what the policy is and laws of Florida are should've been approved," said Cord Byrd, attorney for the proposed gun range.
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Jennifer Lopez to Stage One-Night-Only Concert in Manila, 11/26
Manila, Philippines, September 6, 2012 — (Press Release) International pop superstar Jennifer Lopez aka J-Lo is off to Manila for a one-night-only performance at SM Mall of Asia Arena on November 26.
Filipino fans are bound to experience J-Lo's "Dance Again World Tour" on home turf, only a few months after her concert's kickoff in Panama. The tour is part of the promotional juggernaut behind the livewire performer's "Dance Again… the Hits" album, a greatest hits anthology released through Epic Records.
Fresh from her successful stint as a celebrity judge on the popular FOX TV reality show "American Idol," J-Lo lost no time in gearing up for her very first headlining concert tour, which promises an all-out, flashy, dance-'til-you-drop party — only the Latin pop diva can dish.
The singer will wear costumes by Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad.
The Manila leg, which is one of the six Asian stopovers included in the tour, is a live event of Radio High 105.9 FM, Vista Land, and Music Management International.
Concert tickets will be available soon via SM Tickets at (632) 470-2222, www.smtickets.com.


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PVH Jumps On Q1 Beat; Offers Mixed Guidance
PVH Corp. (PVH) jumped 6.5% after hours, as its fiscal first-quarter earnings report came in well ahead of expectations.
The apparel company posted a loss of $20 million, or 25 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $1.30 a share. Excluding one-time earnings, adjusted per-share earnings were $1.91, up from $1.33 a year earlier. Revenue grew 34% to $1.91 billion.
Analysts were looking for PVH to earn $1.35 a share on revenue of $1.92 billion.
Same-store sales increased 5% in the North American market and 4% in Europe.
For the second quarter, PVH expects to earn $1.35, in-line with estimates, while its revenue forecast of $1.9 billion came in ahead of the expected $1.84 billion.
The company reaffirmed its full year guidance for $7.00 a share, excluding non-recurring items, compared to the $7.08 consensus. It sees revenue of $8.2 billion, squeaking past the $8.19 analysts are predicting.
PVH has benefitted from the success of its Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands recently; the recent acquisition of Warnaco Group—licensor of the Speedo brand, among others—accounted for much of this quarter's loss.


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For additional information on the recall, please see "Outbreak linked to Chamberlain Farms cantaloupe."
The recall of Chamberlain Farms cantaloupe linked to a salmonella outbreak hit other Indiana growers hard when customers took a guilt-by-association approach to buying because the specific grower wasn't named for six days.
Dan Egel, a plant pathologist at Purdue University and treasurer of the Southwest Indiana Melon and Vegetable Association, said some growers had abandoned melons in their fields.
"One grower I spoke with has already plowed them under," Egel said Aug. 21. "Others are saying they won't plant any next year. One man had $15,000 worth in his cooler and he said he was just going to throw them out because no one wants to buy from the area."
Cantaloupe growers out West are also upset, saying inconsistent expectations from receivers has created a double standard, according to Hank Giclas, vice president of Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers.
Steve Patricio, cantaloupe grower and president of Westside Produce, Firebaugh, Calif., said buyers have dropped the ball by putting too much faith in suppliers and growers who do not use good food safety practices.
As president of the California Cantaloupe Advisory Board, Patricio helped develop a marketing order that includes food safety requirements.
"The buy side has traded increased delivery costs for reduced food safety procurement costs," Patricio said.
Dan Vache, vice president of supply chain management for the United Fresh Produce Association, Washington D.C., said all entities in the supply chain share responsibilities. He said retailers and distributors should require suppliers to use good food safety practices, and they need to have traceability programs themselves.
"Some of these issues will go away when we achieve whole-chain traceability," Vache said.
Food safety advocates and some produce professionals suggested the Food and Drug Administration tardiness in issuing rules required by the Food Safety Modernization Act has contributed to recent recalls and outbreaks.
The produce rule was due in January, but FDA was late submitting it and it has been stalled at the White House Office of Management and Budget for months.
Ray Gilmer, United Fresh vice president of communications, said the association has volunteered to provide information and resources to help the government with the rules.
"We are talking about food safety, and every day of delay has an impact on our ability to increase the standards," Gilmer said.
Western Growers' Giclas said he wasn't convinced more regulations or guidelines would help.
"There is no shortage of guidance out there and still we see instances of people who aren't following that," Giclas said.
National guidelines expected this year
Despite his skepticism, Giclas and Western Growers have been working with the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, the Produce Marketing Association, United Fresh and independent researchers to develop national commodity-specific guidelines for cantaloupes.
Trevor Suslow, research extension specialist at the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California-Davis, has been helping with the national guidelines, and said he expects they will be published in a couple of months.
However, Suslow said he thought more could have been done to educate growers across the country about safe harvesting, handling and distribution in the wake of last year's deadly listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe from Jensen Farms in Holly, Colo.
"I think there was a missed opportunity," Suslow said Aug. 23. "I wish we could have done a better job of getting existing information to county extension agents and others who were already engaged with the smaller growers."
Suslow said much of the information in the new national commodity guidelines is already on the books.
"They are largely what we already know," Suslow said. "The big issues (in the new guidelines) are about raising the bar of expectations for all producers."
The Packer's national editor Tom Karst contributed to this story.


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Aaron Neville said, "You can take the boy out of New Orleans, but you can't take New Orleans out of the boy."
Neville, who performs Thursday night at the Clay Center for FestivALL's Mayor's Concert, left his hometown of New Orleans after the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina destroyed his family's home. Six years ago, he moved to New York, after he met his second wife, photographer Sarah Friedman.
"No, I don't miss New Orleans," he said.
Then again, he doesn't stay away for very long.
In May, Neville again appeared at the New Orleans jazz festival and played a Christmas show at the New Orleans Civic Center back in December.
Also, he still has family in New Orleans and some of his brothers' musical projects are based out of New Orleans.
He keeps in touch with them.
"Everybody is cool, doing solo stuff," Neville said. "We did 30-some years as the Neville Brothers. Now, it's just time to go out and do what we do."
Neville, meanwhile, enjoys New York.
"I'm remarried, happy," he said. "This is the place I'm supposed to be."
While Neville is still performing songs off his doo-wop record, "My True Story," produced by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, the singer/songwriter said he was slowly working on a new record based on some of the poems he's written over the years.
Neville said for the longest time, he didn't give his poetry much thought.
"I didn't think it was nothing," he said. "I'd write it down and then throw it in a bag in the car."
A friend saw the poems, told him some of them were pretty good and encouraged him to publish them.
"I Am a Song" came out in 2010, not long after Neville remarried.
"It was a limited edition," he explained. "We sold them at the gigs."
Turning poems into songs isn't anything new for Neville. He said the Neville Brothers songs, "Yellow Moon" and "Voodoo" were poems he wrote and the group later turned into songs.
Writing poems and writing songs are pretty similar, Neville said.
"When I write there's always rhythm," he said.
His songs and poems have similar foundations and similar themes.
He laughed. "I write a lot about my wife, Sarah. A lot of love stuff and I write about stuff in the world: hurricanes and tornadoes, stuff that's affecting man on this earth."
Stuff he's seen.
Neville witnessed the destruction of New Orleans caused by one hurricane and the destruction of New York caused by another.
He doesn't know what to make of it except that something with the weather isn't right.
Neville said, "In the 1950s, in New Orleans, we used to call hurricanes 'September storms.' Now they come from June to December."
Summers are hotter, too, he remembered.
"When I was a kid in New Orleans, we didn't have air conditioning," Neville said. "My dad, like most people we knew, had a window fan and it would cool the whole house off.
"That don't work no more."
He said he thinks about things like that and sometimes writes about it, too.
As far as that next record, Neville didn't know when he'd get around to putting it together. Maybe by next year.
"I'm working a lot right now," he said.
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Last week I fielded a call from a reader, Steve Norell, of US Merchant Services, who was responding to my past articles regarding the "dirty" nature of the payment processing industry. Up to that point, the best ideas I had heard regarding ways to clean things up came from the ETA and RSPA. Both point to ongoing education and certification of members.
Norell -- who sells POS and merchant processing -- started the call by telling me that neither organization was on the right path to solving the problem. His answer? Legislation. He pointed me to an article that told of a state law requiring people to pay a fee and get licensed to trim trees. He followed that up by telling me that in his office, he currently has 10,000 files containing customer names, social security numbers, dates of birth, bank information, and so on. All, without ever being required to submit to a criminal background check, get certified, or in any way participate in anything close to a vetting process.
Essentially, it's more difficult to get into the tree trimming business than to sell merchant processing and gain access to people's most private information. Information that can ruin people's lives. Norell's belief is that laws forcing an application, background check, and certification/licensing are what will clean things up.
Admittedly, since I'm on the outside of the payment's industry looking in, I'm not sure if laws requiring licensing (including a fee that would dissuade fly-by-night people from jumping in) are possible, the right thing, and/or would truly solve the problem. I certainly think such laws would help, but I'm sure there are others who aren't fans of Uncle Sam getting involved.
No matter how you feel about government involvement, it doesn't change the fact that right now there's seemingly nothing in place to keep the riffraff out of the processing business. The ETA and RSPA have their certification programs, but neither require them and (correct me if I'm wrong) neither include criminal background checks.
So, what do you think about this? Do you have any better ideas?


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I got home a little while ago which ends the first of my ten day stints in an incredibly beautiful and remote parts of Tasmania working and living with a small group of people. I have been able to spend a little more time on my practice but I am also splitting my free time by studying the local human history, geology, fauna and flora as well as getting to know the locale by foot and kayak.
fortunately, or unfortunately, when I away I am without internet, cell phone and television reception. Hence my decision to step down from my role as administrator and moderator.
The new job is intense and usually a lot of fun. As one of our guests said today, I wear "a lot of different hats", but then, all of us do.
I hope you and your loved ones are well and happy.
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Pork producer losses grew for the week ending Dec. 28, according to calculations by Sterling Marketing, Vale, Ore. Farrow-to-finish producers lost an average $40.38 per head for the week, compared to losses of $33.81 recorded the week before. One year ago producers were losing $16.12 per head, according to Sterling estimates.
Meanwhile, pork packer margins slid further into negative territory for the week ending Dec. 28 registering a loss of $2.42 per head, after recording a slight loss of 87 cents per head the previous week. One year ago, pork packer margins were $9.30 per head on the plus side.
Hog slaughter for the week ending Dec. 28 was 1.755 million head, down 25.0 percent from the week before due to the Christmas holiday and down 10.5 percent compared to the same week last year. Year-to-date hog slaughter is up 1.7 percent while pork production is up 1.8 percent, according to Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.
Western Corn Belt negotiated hog prices were little changes for the week ending Dec. 28 at $82.50 per hundredweight versus $82.74 the week before.
Feed costs for the week ending Dec. 28 were estimated at $123.54 for hogs placed into finishing as of that date.
The Sterling Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending Dec. 28:
- Average farrow-to-finish margins: -$40.38 per head
- Average pork packer margins: -$2.42 per head
Cattle feedlot losses eased last week. Losses averaged $ 42.18 per head for the week ending Dec. 28. That compares to losses of $55.70 per head the week before and a $32.81 per head loss for the same week in 2011.
Beef packer losses grew for the week ending Dec. 28. Packers lost an average of $64.39 per head for the week compared to losses of $59.00 recorded the prior week.
The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker for the week ending Dec. 28:
- Average feedlot margins: -$42.18 per head
- Average packer margins: -$64.39 per head
- Sterling Profit Quotient: -143.8
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On the Forefront: Cardiac cellular transplantation: A future treatment for heart disease?
Over the years, the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disease in dogs and cats have improved through the development of new technology (echocardiography), the introduction of new drugs (ACE inhibitors, calcium sensitizers), and a growing understanding of the cause and pathophysiology of disease. Yet despite these advances, the morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac disease remain high.
In human medicine, the most effective medications are those that alter the underlying pathophysiology of disease, usually by correcting the abnormal activity of neurohormonal mechanisms such as the renin-angiotensin or sympathetic nervous system. However, even these medications cannot replace cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) that are irretrievably lost to the underlying disease. Unlike other types of cells, cardiomyocytes are terminally differentiated and are incapable of returning to the cell cycle. Progressive loss of viable cardiomyocytes, a feature of heart disease in both people and animals, leads to further stress on the remaining tissue, sustained activation of detrimental neurohormonal activity, and progressive loss of global cardiac function.
USING CARDIAC CELLULAR TRANSPLANTATION TO TREAT CARDIAC DISEASECardiac cellular transplantation (CCT), a novel heart disease treatment, aims to replace lost cardiomyocytes with progenitor cells capable of growing into new cardiac-like tissue. Many organ systems can regenerate new tissue; the liver, skin, bone marrow, and skeletal muscle all contain populations of precursor cells capable of rebuilding damaged tissue. For example, skeletal muscle contains myoblast (satellite) cells that reside in the periphery of the muscle fiber. These myoblasts are recruited to areas of muscle injury to engraft and differentiate into new functional skeletal muscle. Other examples of these adult stem cells include bone marrow and endothelial progenitor cells. Using stem cells derived from adult tissue instead of those from embryonic tissue has several advantages, the most important being the avoidance of the ethical dilemma surrounding embryonic stem cell use. Also, using adult stem cells from a patient's own (autologous) tissue removes the concern over transplant rejection.
Atherosclerosis-related myocardial infarctions
CCT has been successfully performed in people with atherosclerosis-related myocardial infarctions. During this procedure, aliquots of stem cells are directly injected into the heart muscle with a syringe and needle at the time of coronary artery bypass grafting. The results from early trials in people as well as from a growing amount of animal data suggest that, when implanted, a variety of adult stem cells are able to survive and differentiate into cardiac-like muscle tissue, rebuilding the heart one cell at a time.
Canine dilated cardiomyopathy
This catheter-based injection technique only requires access to the femoral artery and does not require a thoracotomy. We have injected up to five million myoblasts into the hearts of normal dogs and have preliminarily established the feasibility and safety of this technique. We have also examined the efficacy of myoblast entrapment within the myocardial capillary bed and documented the survival of the transplanted cells up to seven days after the transplant.


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SB: NC State Wins 12 in a row; Sweeps Pitt in Third Game, 5-1
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Raleigh, N.C. — The NC State softball team extended its win streak to 12 games with a 5-1 win on Sunday at Dail Stadium to sweep a three-game series with Pittsburgh. The Wolfpack improved to 13-6 overall and 6-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while the Panthers fell to 8-11 on the year and 0-3 in ACC play.
For the first time this season, Wolfpack hitters led off every inning with a single to put runners on base in every frame.
"Three conference wins is a great weekend," said head coach Shawn Rychcik. "I thought we hit the ball really well and had a game plan all the way through. We were well prepared for Pitt and I give a lot of credit to my assistant coaches for that. We played well defensively and did a good job of controlling the game and getting ourselves out of some jams."
Junior shortstop Renada Davis led off the bottom of the first for the Pack with a double down the left field line to ignite State's offense. She moved over to third on a groundout and scored on Hanna Sommer's sacrifice fly to deep right field to give the Wolfpack a 1-0 lead.
State added to its total in the second inning after freshman Nadia Kemp singled to start the frame and scored on a throwing error by Pitt's catcher attempting to get Kemp out at third base.
The Wolfpack scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth, following three hits and two walks in the frame. Lana Van Dyken opened the inning by legging out a single to the shortstop and freshman Molly Hutchison followed with a walk. A passed ball moved runners over to second and third before Sommer smacked a singled up the middle and advanced to second on the throw home to plate Van Dyken and senior Hayley Stowe, who pinch ran for Hutchison.
Hannah Yeager replaced Sommer at second base to pinch run and scored later in the inning when senior Leah Jones lined a single through the left side to make it 5-1 in favor of the Pack.
"We're starting to get more comfortable at the plate and starting to produce when we need to," Rychcik added. "I think we've found a rhythm and are in a good spot right now."
Pitt scored its lone run of the contest in the bottom of the fourth when a throw down to second base skipped off of Ashlee Sills' helmet and went to the wall in left field, allowing her to score from second. An error was charged to the catcher on the play so the run was unearned.
Davis led the Wolfpack at the plate with a 3-for-4 outing, while Jones, Kemp and Van Dyken each had two hits in the contest. Sommer had one hit in the game and collected three RBI.
"I'm very happy with the way I hit and the way we hit as a team," said Davis. "Yesterday, I felt like I could have played better so I came out with more focus and I hit very well."
Junior Emily Weiman picked up her 11th win of the season in the circle with another stellar outing. She had 11 strikeouts in the contest, highlighted by striking out the side in the fourth. Weiman retired eight batters in a row at one point in the game, spanning from the final out of the second inning to the first out of the fifth inning.
NC State will return to action on Tuesday, March 11 when it hosts the Radford Highlanders in a doubleheader set for a 2 p.m. start.


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DENVER -- Right-handed pitcher Tyler Chatwood was sent down to Triple-A Colorado Springs after two Major League starts -- one competitive, the other a sparkling six scoreless innings against the Dodgers. His response was eye-catching.
Chatwood struck out eight, walked none and needed 89 pitches on Tuesday night to complete the first nine-inning shutout by a Colorado Springs pitcher at home since 2003. Chatwood held Iowa to four hits in a 5-0 victory.
"It's definitely tough, but I think that's part of it," Chatwood, 23, told The Gazette newspaper in Colorado Springs. "You can't control it. You've just got to go out there and pitch and to keep the pressure on the team to make decisions."
The Rockies sent Chatwood down when the guy he replaced in the rotation, righty Jhoulys Chacin, returned from a back strain. Rockies right-hander Juan Nicasio, who started Wednesday night against the Yankees, and left-hander Jeff Francis, the scheduled starter Thursday afternoon, have struggled to give the Rockies length, so Chatwood hopes to keep forcing the issue.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss made it clear he was paying attention.
"'Chat' is really coming on," Weiss said. "I've always liked his competitiveness. I wasn't around in the past, but even this year in Spring Training it was evident this kid competes. He's got great stuff. It's just a matter of being more efficient and commanding that stuff. I like the way he handles himself."
The choice was between Nicasio and Chatwood when Chacin returned. Now it appears Nicasio is pitching for his spot.
"Regardless of your situation in the big leagues, there's always pressure to perform," Weiss said. "If there's not somebody in your organization that's looking to take your job, there's somebody someplace else. They'll go get somebody to take your job. It's a tough league and you have to perform.
"Juan knows what he's got to do and we've talked about it. He's very similar. There's a lot of good stuff. He's got to be a little more efficient with it."
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HSBC has agreed to give U.S. borrowers $249 million in cash and other housing help as part of a deal to settle accusations of mortgage-servicing abuses, federal regulators said Friday.
The major bank joins a dozen others who've also agreed to offer aid to homeowners who may have been harmed during the peak of the foreclosure crisis, said officials from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board.
Previously: Banks to pay $8.5B to settle foreclosure abuses
The other companies in the agreement are: Aurora, Bank of America, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, MetLife Bank, Morgan Stanley, PNC, Sovereign, SunTrust, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo.
In all, mortgage servicers -- the companies that manage and receive mortgage payments -- will offer $9.3 billion in aid, including money payments, loan modifications and principle reductions.
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When the settlement was first announced in early January, Alys Cohen, staff attorney for the National Consumer Law Center said: "If the reviews had been done right the first time, banks would have been on the hook to pay far more to homeowners."
Under the agreement, borrowers could get anywhere between hundreds of dollars to up to $125,000. The amount depends on the error or issue that may have occurred. Roughly 112,000 borrowers with HSBC are expected to get payments, regulators said.
For example, someone who was assessed an incorrect fee would likely get the minimum compensation, while someone who went through a wrongful foreclosure may get the maximum, federal officials have said.
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Unemployment is falling?
Last week's unemployment figures had many people shaking their heads. One report showed a meager 114,000 jobs created over last month, which was not much to get excited about. But later it was announced that our unemployment rate had fallen from 8.1 percent down to 7.8 percent.
That's much more significant.
But if you do the math, the figures don't seem to add up. It would require more than 450,000 newly created jobs to lower the unemployment to that level. So how did we do it with just 114,000?
You need to dig a little deeper into the report to get a better understanding of how these numbers are reported to the public.
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) uses two separate surveys to create a complete picture of the labor market. They blend the results from the Current Population survey (also know as the household survey) with those from the Current Employment Statistics survey (also known as the Payroll survey).
The Household survey consists of 60,000 households actually being called and questioned about their particular employment circumstances. These figures are then extrapolated to show an average for the country. This report showed a huge gain of 873,000 jobs created.
In contrast, the Payroll survey consists of a monthly sample survey of about 141,000 businesses and government agencies. This report that showed 114,000 jobs created (this was the first report released to the public).
The BLS then combines and averages these two reports to create the actual unemployment figure. This average represents more than enough newly created jobs to lower the unemployment rate to 7.8 percent.
But here are some things to remember: The Payroll survey is an estimate at best and is often revised at a later date. Also, just because we saw so many newly created jobs reported in the Household survey, it does not take into account the level of pay that these jobs are providing. Some of these jobs may represent jobs where workers took employment at significantly reduced income levels than they had previously.
While all job creation is important, for our economy to improve the quality of work and pay must be preserved as well. Without it, spending cannot expand, and without more spending, this recent rally that we have seen in the stock market may not last. In many ways our economy is tied to consumer spending.
The government has spent a lot of money lately in efforts to shore up unemployment. But I believe that in the long run, the best way for our current situation to improve is with a healthy amount of spending from the population as a whole, which will likely require continued growth of jobs that pay a living wage.


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Nestled on the beach, this Brighton-le-Sands hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Marrickville Metro, Marrickville Market, and Enmore Theatre. Maroubra Beach and Woolloomooloo Wharf are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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In addition to an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach provides a health club and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room. This beach hotel also offers a complimentary children's club, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach is a smoke-free property.
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Perez starts in center as Nats rest Span
LOS ANGELES -- Nationals manager Davey Johnson decided to give Denard Span the day off on Tuesday and start Eury Perez in center field against the Dodgers.
Left-hander Clayton Kershaw started for the Dodgers and Johnson wanted to give Perez at least one start this week. Perez could be sent back to Triple-A Syracuse once Jayson Werth is taken off the disabled list.
Perez, ranked No. 7 among the team's top prospects, was promoted to the big leagues this past Saturday after Werth was placed on the DL because of a hamstring injury.
Entering Tuesday's action, Perez has appeared in two games and has been hitless in one at-bat. Before the promotion, Perez was having a great year for Syracuse, where he was hitting .346 with six RBI and seven stolen bases.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also can be found on Twitter @WashingNats. Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @HitTheCutoff. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Changes in maternal calcium metabolism are necessary during lactation to provide adequate calcium in breast milk for development of the newborn skeleton. The calcium in milk is derived from the maternal skeleton, resulting in significant bone loss, a process thought to be mediated by the actions of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in combination with a decreased estrogen levels. After weaning, bone lost during lactation is rapidly regained.
Differences between African-American and Caucasian bone metabolism are well documented and include higher bone mineral density (BMD), lower risk of fragility fracture, lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH) D), and higher PTH in African-Americans compared to Caucasians. Most studies of bone metabolism in lactating women have been done in Caucasians. Because of differences in bone metabolism between African-Americans and Caucasians, we do not know whether African-Americans will have similar findings.
The primary aim of this study is to compare the changes in bone mineral density (BMD) during lactation in African-Americans with those in Caucasians. It is not known whether the loss in BMD during lactation will be the same for both races. African-Americans display skeletal resistance to PTH with short-term infusions and have lower bone resorption, higher BMD and lower fracture risk than Caucasians. A recent study by our group indicated that lactating African-American mothers had slightly lower bone resorption but quantitatively similar bone formation compared to Caucasians. However, there was a significant increase of 2-3 fold in markers of bone formation and resorption in both groups. Therefore, it is currently not known whether the loss in BMD during lactation will be the same for both races. Primary outcome measures in this study will include spine, hip and radius BMD by Dual X-Ray Absorbiometry (DXA)Scans during lactation (at 2,12 and 24 weeks postpartum or at weaning if prior to 24 weeks postpartum, and six months after weaning (+1 week). This longitudinal protocol will distinguish between two hypotheses. Either: a) as measured by BMD, bone loss in African-Americans during lactation will be equal to that in Caucasians, and skeletal recovery will be the same or possibly accelerated compared to Caucasians; or, b) African-Americans will be resistant to bone loss during lactation compared to Caucasians because of resistance to Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein (PTHrP).
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|"Bone Density and Calcitropic Hormones During Lactation in African-American and Caucasian Women"
- Change from baseline in bone density measurements (BMD) [ Time Frame: Change from baseline in BMD at 2,12, 24 weeks postpartum, and six months after weaning. ]Primary outcome measures will include spine, hip and radius BMD by DXA at 2, 12, and 24 weeks post-partum and 6 months post-weaning.
- Change from baseline of bone metabolism measurements [ Time Frame: Change from baseline at 2, 12,and 24 weeks postpartum, and six months after weaning. ]Bone metabolism measurements include: markers of bone turnover including calcium metabolic parameters such as calcium, phosphorus, fractional excretion of calcium, PTH(1-84), PTHrP, vitamin D metabolites, estradiol, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), prolactin, and breast milk calcium levels.
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|August 2012
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|September 2015
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|September 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Healthy African-American women who are exclusively breast-feeding.
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Healthy Caucasian women who are exclusively breast-feeding.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- 21-45 years old
- Post-partum after a singleton pregnancy
- Exclusively breast-feeding (not more than one supplemental bottle of formula per day)
- African-American or Caucasian by self-identification
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with cardiac, hypertensive, vascular, renal (serum creatinine of >1.5), pulmonary, endocrine, musculoskeletal, hepatic, hematologic, malignant or rheumatologic disease
- Fractures or bone surgery within the past 12 months
- Smokers and subjects with history of significant alcohol or drug use
- Pregnant women
- Women who achieved pregnancies with IVF or other hormonal manipulation
- Women who had significant complications with the most recent pregnancy or who are unable to exclusively breastfeed beginning at birth
- Subjects on chronic medications other than
- stable doses of thyroid hormone
- oral contraceptives
- vitamin supplements
- Women on Depo-Provera will be excluded
- Receiving an investigational drug within 90 days
- Weight greater than 130 kg
- Z-score -3.0 or less (hip or spine) on initial DXA
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01630629
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|University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
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|Mara Horwitz
|University of Pittsburgh
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This Morning: Apple Targets Zoom, Yahoo!'s Alibaba Glow, Commvault Slips
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $6.12, or 1.2%, at $536, after the company last night beat fiscal Q4 expectations and forecast this quarter's revenue above expectations.
The stock recovered from an after-hours dip as Apple explained a disappointing gross margin outlook was the result of new accounting for deferred revenue.
Price targets are zooming this morning, and and stock has gotten at least one upgrade, from R.W. Baird's William Power, who raises his rating to Outperform from Neutral, with a $620 price target, up from $525, writing that "with better-than-expected results now behind us, we expect the focus to turn to 2014, which we believe holds more promise."
Power sees a larger-screen iPhone, an Apple-branded television set, wearable devices, and a deal with China Mobile (CHL) as things that could be "catalysts."
Not everyone's at ease. Glen Yeung of Citigroup maintains a Neutral rating on the shares, though he hikes his price target to $530 from $430, writing that "Based on our prior analysis of the smartphone industry, we continue to have concerns about a post-release fall off in iPhone sales in F2Q14(Mar) as carrier release is more concentrated."
Speaking of smartphones, following data released last night by Strategy Analytics, research firm IDC this morning issued its own numbers for Q3 smartphone sales. IDC saw a somewhat smaller growth rate than the 45% Strategy Analytics projected, instead estimating a 38.8% rise. IDC had almost the same lineup, with Samsung Electronics (005930KS) topping the charts at 31.4%, followed by Apple at 13.1%, and Huawei in third place. IDC sees Lenovo (0992HK) as the fourth-largest smartphone vendor in the world, ahead of LG Electronics (066570KS).
Shares of 3-D printing maker 3D Systems (DDD) are up 51 cents, or 0.9%, at $57.49, after the company this morning reported revenue of $135.7 million, beat the consensus $132 million, and matched the average 26 cents estimate for EPS. The company cut its annual profit forecast to a range of 93 cents to $1.03, below the average $1.01, but raised its revenue view to $500 million to $530, which was better than an average estimate of $505.4 million.
Kenneth Wong at Citigroup, who has a Buy rating on the shares, and a $60 price target, writes that "Print systems and services were the primary driver relative to our estimates and while materials trended higher as well, it was below our expectations. DSOs trended back to mid-70s which should alleviate some concerns investors had around this metric."
Shares of Tableau Software (DATA), which last night beat Q3 revenue expectations, are up $4.3, or almost 7%, at $67.64, after the company last night beat Q3 revenue and a surprise profit.
Shares of Yahoo! (YHOO) are up 75 cents, or 2.4%, at $33.10, after Bernstein Research's Carlos Kirjner raised his rating on the shares to Outperform from Market Perform, and and set a $40 price target, writing that the value of the company's investment in Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is worth at least $24 per share, based on a valuation of Alibaba of $190 billion, well above recent estimates of perhaps $100 billion to $120 billion.
Alibaba is expected to go public at some point, and investors expect Yahoo! to cash out some portion of its position, although how it will do so is not yet clear.
Shares of data management technology maker Commvault Systems (CVLT) are down $5.17, over 6%, at $77.33, after the company this morning reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $141.9 million, and EPS of 48 cents, topping consensus of $140 million and 40 cents. Based on questions on the conference call this morning, investors had some concern about the amount of deferred revenue Commvault recorded in the quarter being lower than they would have liked.
Commvault CEO Robert Hammer remarked that " Given the opportunity ahead of us, we will continue to heavily invest for growth and innovation, particularly in our sales and technical teams."
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Mary has a headstone but, Floyd does not have a headstone. I will try to remember to get lot sign added the next time I go to the cemetery
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Mary has a headstone but, Floyd does not have a headstone. I will try to remember to get lot sign added the next time I go to the cemetery
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If Katherine is buried on the same lot as Frederick and Wilhelmina then, she has no Headstone.
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Hello, Do you think that Oliver's wife could be Memorial #45385736, Anna B. Grant Snell, at Green lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio? I have been searching for an Anna B. Grant who supposedly was married to my great-great-grandfather, George R. Snell. She is on the 1880 federal census with him in Columbus, with a son Charles, who was 10. George is also on the 1880 federal census with my great-great-grandmother and their two children, in Detroit. I know they were married. I don't know if he divorced my great-great-grandmother, who died in 1906, or if he officially married Anna. Anyway, I am wondering if Anna B. Grant Snell could be buried by Oliver S. Gordon, at Greenlawn. She is not buried with George as he is in the Old Soldiers and Sailors section. Thank you so much!
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In addition to his marker, photos will be posted for these names that are in the same lot:
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Jennie Busch 1902-1965
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Dorothy H Krebs 1905-1980
Marguerite Krebs 1901-1990
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It doesn't matter to me, I don't mind keeping them or transferring the memorials. Just let me know if there's any additional information you want added to them, or any corrections.
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In Section Q, lot 32, there were no markers bearing the surname Gordon. However, I do believe I have found Theodora's marker in that lot as it has her first name and age at time of death, and interlocking initials of TPG. On the same marker was information for another child, Leonora, and her age at time of death seems to coincide with an existing memorial for Leonora Gordon. Based on all of this, I am posting the photo on both Theodora and Leonora's memorials.
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The seashore shall be administered, protected, and developed in accordance with the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and supplemented, except that any other statutory authority available to the Secretary for the conservation and management of natural resources may be utilized to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of sections 459i to 459i–9 of this title.
(b) Preservation in primitive state; recreational activities exception
Except for certain portions of the seashore deemed to be especially adaptable for recreational uses, particularly swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, and other recreational activities of similar nature, which shall be developed for such uses as needed, the seashore shall be permanently preserved in its primitive state, and, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no development of the project or plan for the convenience of visitors shall be undertaken which would be incompatible with the preservation of the unique flora and fauna or the physiographic conditions not [1] prevailing, nor shall any road or causeway connecting Cumberland Island to the mainland be constructed.
(c) Tours of the seashore
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary may enter into not more than 3 concession contracts, as the Secretary determines appropriate, for the provision of tours for visitors to the seashore that are consistent with—
(3) Public Law 97–250 (96 Stat. 709).
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Public Law 97–250, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 97–250, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 709, which enacted section 122a of this title, amended section 121 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 121 of this title and listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–447, § 145(b)(1), inserted ", except as provided in subsection (c) of this section," before "no development of the project".
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I finally got around to making a video. It has some putting, jump putting, and a few drives on it.
Sorry if its a little fuzzy, I am a little new at this...
I have been playing for 3 1/2 years now and am getting 400+ with my diablos fairly easily, and touching 350 with my E sabres
These shots take place in my yard on a few of my practice baskets.
The first drive was from a about a month or two ago. The first problem that I see is that I start my pull through too soon, before I plant my foot down. I tried to fix that in the second drive.
The second drive is how I am currently throwing. Another thing that may be a slight problem is that I may be throwing a touch nose up. Nose up used to be my main problem when I first started, but have corrected much of that as I progressed. The one thing that bugs me is if I am taking too big of a step when I plant my foot? It kinda looks like I take too big of a step which is prohibiting any power to be utilized from my hips, but I may be wrong on this.
The third drive is just something that I have kinda just tried out a few times just to see what its like. I feel that I lose some snap, but gain just a little arm speed. This throw is just WAY to inacurate. there is no consistancy whatsoever, but if a drive goes on line it gets a hair more d, but not really worth it, just something fun to try.
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When Eric Bortz's monocled cobra bit him in January, he thought the pain would be the worst part. The dealer who sold the snake said its venom glands had been removed. Unfortunately for Bortz, that wasn't so. Within hours, the New Jersey man began to have trouble breathing and was rushed to a nearby hospital. But like most hospitals, this one was ill-equipped to treat such a specialized malady. So doctors transferred Bortz to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, which specializes in snakebite treatment. Were it not for Jacobi's access to a wide array of antivenom through its partnership with the Bronx Zoo (which houses exotic snakes from around the world), Bortz could have died. Instead, he was treated and released days later.
However, 100,000 people worldwide each year are not so lucky. Despite the fact that humans learned how to make antivenom more than 100 years ago, there are critical shortages of virtually every kind of it, especially in developing countries. But why?
Making antivenom is a painstaking, resource-intensive, time-consuming process. It's not much different now than when it was first created in the 1890s by a protege of Louis Pasteur named Albert Calmette, who was living in present-day Vietnam when a flood forced monocled cobras into a village near Saigon, where they bit at least 40 people and killed four. Inspired by the then-new science of vaccinations, by 1896 Calmette had discovered the process of injecting horses with venom until they produced antibodies, taking the serum out of their blood and injecting it into snake-bitten humans as antivenom.
Leslie Boyer, a physician and head of the VIPER Institute at the University of Arizona, says the process is much improved a century later, but the steps remain largely the same. She and other antivenom experts walk us through how they create the antidote to the world's deadliest snakebites.
The first step is getting your hands on a lot of snakes, which are quarantined and monitored for weeks to months to ensure their good health. Before milking, put on protective gloves. Famed snake handler Bill Haast used his bare hands, but was eventually bitten on the right index finger, rendering him unable to wrangle serpents–his lifelong passion. Move the snake into a clean milking room. With some of the most deadly snakes, like banded kraits or black mambas, experts often use a short-acting anesthetic to calm the snake down.
Next, grab the snake with the thumb and index finger at the very back of the head, just behind the angle of the jaw where the venom glands reside. This allows you to press on the glands while preventing the snake from turning its head and striking you. Opening a snake's jaws may require gentle pressure, and with vipers, you might have to use forceps to swivel their fangs into the upright position and pull back the sheath covering the fang's hollow tip.
Take a vial and cover it with a rubber or plastic film. Then, snake in hand, push the fangs through the plastic (or let the snake simply strike on its own). Gently squeeze the glands to get out all the venom. In some cases, antivenom makers use a weak electric current to stimulate venom excretion. Carefully remove the fangs from the film. Snakes with fangs in the back of their mouths, such as colubrids, may require special tubes to bite into, which drain into a collection vial.
To get enough venom, each snake must be milked many times. For example, in 1965, the National Institutes of Health asked Haast, who founded the Miami Serpentarium, to produce 1 pint of coral snake venom. It took him, a man of unrivaled skill and patience, a total of three years and 69,000 milkings to get that much, from which the first and only American coral antivenom was made. Wyeth (now owned by Pfizer) produced this same antivenom until 2003, when it closed the factory. Since then the FDA–which must approve antivenom the same way it approves other drugs–has extended the expiration date of the scant remaining supplies three times because the supply threatens to run out soon.
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