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Tuesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a "fiscal cliff" package from the Senate that rescinds tax increases for a majority of Americans, as well as extending federal dairy policy for another nine months in the absence of a new farm bill.
The fiscal cliff package extends the Milk Income Loss Contract program through Sept. 30, as well as the dairy price support program.
Because Congress had not passed a farm bill by the end of 2012, dairy policy on Jan. 1 would have reverted to a 1949 law without the fiscal cliff fix. That, in turn, would have increased federal price supports for cheese, butter and milk powder to 75 percent to 90 percent of parity (based on the purchasing power that farmers had between 1910 and 1914). That would have been the equivalent of $38 to $42 per hundredweight milk.
Under this scenario, milk prices in the grocery store would have increased -- possibly doubling -- which led to the term "dairy cliff" in the national media.
While the latest congressional action averts the "dairy cliff," it also postpones dairy policy reforms that were sought by the National Milk Producers Federation and approved last summer by the U.S. Senate and the House Agriculture Committee. The reforms, part of a larger farm bill, never got passed because the farm bill never made it to the House floor for a vote.
In a statement Tuesday morning, following Senate passage of the fiscal cliff deal, National Milk Producers Federation president and CEO Jerry Kozak expressed frustration over the continuing delay of policy reforms.
"The Senate's vote earlier today on a nine-month extension of current farm policy is a devastating blow to the nation's dairy farmers," Kozak said. "After months of inaction, the plan that passed overnight as part of the fiscal cliff package amounts to shoving farmers over the dairy cliff without providing any safety net below...
"Dairy farmers across the country have united behind the Dairy Security Act provisions in the original farm bills that have already been approved by the full Senate, and by the House Agriculture Committee....
"Despite the progress made in 2012 on the farm bill, we're starting 2013 on a bad note. We oppose any farm bill extension of any duration that does not contain the Dairy Security Act, and resolve to work this year on achieving that as a long-term goal," Kozak said.
The International Dairy Foods Association, meanwhile, was more congratulatory toward Congress's efforts.
"We appreciate that the (fiscal cliff legislation) includes provisions that will avoid the resurrection of dairy policies from more than 50 years ago. This agreement allows Congress time to fully and openly consider future reforms to our nation's dairy policies," said IDFA president and CEO Connie Tipton.
"Dairy manufacturers are an important segment of our nation's economy, and we are committed to working with Congress this year as formulation of the 2013 Farm Bill begins. The interdependence of this industry from farmer to consumer is critical, and our nation's dairy policies deserve to be updated and supported. We commend the bipartisan effort of Representatives Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and David Scott (D-Ga.) in proposing a margin insurance program ― a safety net ― for dairy farmers that does not impose new government rules and conditions on milk production. This approach has broad support from consumer and taxpayer groups, from farm organizations and from across the food manufacturing and retail industry," Tipton said.
Also, see "Fiscal plan averts 'dairy cliff,' buys time for farm bill" from Reuters.


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That's because I've been complaining in this blog about similar issues long enough that I kind of take it for granted that the background is known. That's a bad habit and I thank you for bringing it to my attention.
I started to answer your question but the answer went on long enough that I felt a separate journal entry was appropriate [perl.org].

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By M.B. Roberts — October 2001
There may be no better feeling: After a day of cruising, there it is, a glorious spit of land just out of reach—and just in time. The day was wonderful, but you're ready for a break from the swells, sun, and wind. The only salt you want to see for the next two hours is around the rim of a margarita glass.
After talking with boaters and marina operators around the country, we compiled this list of some of the best places to find those margaritas—or an icy-cold long-neck beer and accompanying chicken wings or smoked-fish dip. All the restaurants, bars, and cafes on our list are casual. Some are spit and sawdust, some could be called casually elegant. But each boasts two key elements for a weary boater: a nearby dock and a desire to welcome you off the water. (Note: Call ahead for docking instructions, water levels, etc.) All prices given are the cost of one meal, excluding drink, tax, and tip.
Our list only skims the surface. As there are literally hundreds of places countrywide, consider this a humble beginning. Enjoy!
Where the locals go, but tourists are welcome. Good, local fare in a "spit and sawdust" atmosphere. Blue crab claws, cracked conch, and grouper Reubens.
Claim to Fame: grouper, and you can feed the catfish outside at night.
Bayside Bar & Grill
Dock at Jim's Pier and head upstairs to Ajax Bar for the best view on the bay. The varied menu takes time to peruse: sandwiches, pasta, seafood, etc. Attention anglers: They'll cook your catch—fried, broiled, blackened, or Veracruz style.
Claim to Fame: great frozen margaritas.
Clam Shack (seasonal)
This tiny take-out place is the most celebrated thing in Kennebunkport (apologies to George and Barbara). Boaters can dock at Yachtsman Lodge & Marina (check out this AAA Four Diamond lodge) and walk over.
Claim to Fame: the best fried clams in Maine and the best lobster roll on Earth (according to Eat Your Way Across the USA).
Black Dog Tavern
Casual is a relative term here. The decor and dress code are at-ease, but the food is superb. The menu, featuring the freshest seafood and local produce, changes daily. Another relative term: tavern. Vineyard Haven is a dry town, so BYOB.
Claim to Fame: Black Dog T-shirts.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Bungling robbers target Farnworth Post Office but leave empty handed
6:00am Tuesday 25th March 2014
By Miranda Newey
6:00am Tuesday 25th March 2014
By Miranda Newey
ROBBERS who threatened customers and staff in a Post Office may have struck twice in one day.
A robber wielding a baseball bat and two other men burst into Farnworth Post Office in Brackley Street on Saturday at 11.15am. The man with the baseball bat waved it around, telling customers to get on the floor.
One of the gang attempted to open the tills before the men left empty handed.
They escaped in a stolen Toyota Auris and drove off towards Albert Road, Farnworth.
The car was dumped in Stourbridge Avenue, Little Hulton, at about 12.30pm the same day.
Detectives believe the gang may have targeted Subway on the East Lancashire Road, Swinton, earlier the same day at 8.45am. Demands for cash were made.
A woman, who was working in Subway, ran out of the store. The suspects stole cash and left in a black car, driving along Broadbent Street, Swinton.
Two of the men are described as being white and about 5ft 6in tall. One was stocky and had a round face.
Det Cons Stuart Round said: "We are investigating the possibility that these two robberies, in which innocent people were intimidated and threatened, are connected.
"Both occurred in daylight hours by a number of men who clearly have no regard for the safety and wellbeing of the public.
"If anyone witnessed either incident and is yet to speak to police or has information about those involved please come forward.
"I would also like to hear from anyone who saw the car being abandoned to call me."
People with information can call police on 0161 856 5608 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Holt Primary School has sped into first place in the South West region of this year's Big Pedal competition.
This is the third year the 149-pupil school has triumphed in the regional round of the inter-school competition.
They came seventh out of 188 in the national small primary schools table and will be rewarded with a bike stunt show and workshop.
The competition encourages children, teachers and parents to choose two wheels for their school journeys. The more people who scoot and cycle to school the more points the school wins.
Head Margaret Harnden said: "The children are very environmentally aware."
Other primary schools which took part included Aloeric Primary School in Melksham, The Mead in Hilperton, and Walwayne Court in Trowbridge.


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Climb Safe: Gear Doesn't Last Forever - Crampons
To help make more climbers safer climbers, Rock and Ice has teamed up with Black Diamond Equipment to present the Climb Safe series. These articles aim to answer some of climbing's most common gear-related questions. Here, Kolin Powick, Black Diamond's Director of Quality, investigates the lifespan of crampons.


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Draft day is now a week away for the Charlotte Bobcats. Having a coach, GM and a bright orange logo is nice. But nothing really happens until a few living, breathing players show up on the roster.
Knowing the parameters Charlotte general manager and head coach Bernie Bickerstaff has given himself, and with a very good idea of who will be available, what might the expansion draft look like a week from today?
The Bobcats obviously are playing their cards close to the vest, but Insider, drawing on several interviews with Bickerstaff and other GMs around the league, is willing to take a shot.
Bickerstaff made it clear the team is looking for young, athletic players. It will shy away from veterans in the expansion draft, especially those with huge contracts. While the team could nab big names like Antoine Walker, Penny Hardaway, Eddie Jones and Jerry Stackhouse, Bickerstaff has been clear over the past few months that the team would only spend that kind of money on a player who "makes a real difference." None of the high-priced veterans on the unprotected list would qualify as "difference-makers" by any stretch of the definition.
That means the Bobcats are going to be looking for deals that land them draft picks, young players with a chance to develop, and/or players with low-priced contracts or team options whom Charlotte can clear off the books quickly to make room for free agency.
Before we begin, just a quick reminder on the rules of the expansion draft:
# Unrestricted free agents are ineligible for the expansion draft.
# Each team can protect up to eight players. A team with fewer than eight players on its roster to protect still must leave at least one player unprotected.
# The Bobcats must select a minimum of 14 players and can select a maximum of 29 players overall.
# The Bobcats can select only one player from any one NBA team.
# The Bobcats are not bound to the salary cap during the draft. They can take on as many contracts as they like. However, once the draft is over, any players they've drafted and keep will count toward their cap (which should be around $29.5 million next season, 66 percent of the full cap number).
# If the Bobcats waive a player selected in the expansion draft before the first day of the regular season, the player's remaining contract will not count against the team's salary cap.
# Restricted free agents selected in the expansion draft automatically become unrestricted free agents.
# Teams are allowed to entice the Bobcats to select players by offering cash (up to $3 million), draft picks or agreeing to additional trades in return.
# If a team has a player selected by the Bobcats, it receives a trade exception equal to the player's 2004-05 salary. This allows teams to replace a player lost in the expansion draft with another player of comparable salary.
Here's Insider's opinion on how things might go down next Tuesday.
Pick Pos./Name Team Contract Comment
C Jahidi White Suns 1 year, $6.2 million How do the Suns convince the Bobcats to swallow this contract? They offer $3 million in cash and a future first-round pick, perhaps the one Cleveland owes them (that pick is lottery-protected, so Phoenix won't get it until the first year the Cavs make the playoffs). The Bobcats would jump at the chance to have another first-round pick but will try to hold out for the Suns' No. 7 pick this year. Suns GM Bryan Colangelo says he isn't budging, but you never know -- getting White off the books gives Phoenix roughly $16 million in cap space to make a run at Kobe Bryant this summer. They know they're $6 million short right now.
C Elden Campbell Pistons 1 year, $4.4 million This is the second of three deals the Bobcats would have to consider. If the Pistons threw in $3 million in cash, Campbell would cost Charlotte $1.4 million for the season. Throw in a future first-rounder (Detroit already traded this year's), and the Bobcats just might bite. What's in it for Detroit? An extra $4.4 million in cap space might allow them to re-sign both Mehmet Okur and Rasheed Wallace this summer.
PF/C Christian Laettner Wizards 1 year, $6.2 million This is another deal to look at. The Wizards also are interested in clearing cap space and want to move Laettner. If the Wizards threw in $3 million in cash and their lottery pick (No. 5), would the Bobcats bite? That's probably what it would take. The Wizards, in return, clear enough room to throw $10 million or so at a free agent. They're not enamored with anyone in the draft anyway, so why not pull the trigger and use the free agency money to find a real center?
PG Troy Bell Grizzlies 2 years, $2.8 million A lottery-pick point guard last year, Bell can score, handle the ball, is a great athlete and a four-year college star. Dahntay Jones and Theron Smith also are interesting options here, but Bell has the most upside.
SG/SF Aleksandar Pavlovic Jazz 3 years, $4.3 million He was a surprise entry on the list. Either the Jazz gave up something so the Bobcats wouldn't take him, or the Bobcats agreed to give the Jazz something in return for making him available. If the first is true, obviously he won't be taken. If the second is true, you're looking at a young, athletic player who could be a great fit long-term in Charlotte.
SG Gerald Wallace Kings 1 year, $1.7 million Wallace is another guy with huge upside who just never really found his groove in Sacramento. At one time he was considered the best high school player in the country. The Bobcats could give him a starting role and lots of shots next season.
SF Qyntel Woods Blazers 1 year, $1.1 million Woods is loaded with talent and athleticism, but a few drug-related incidents have derailed his career. The Bobcats might prefer to pass because of his past. But based on his talent, they've got to take him.
PF Brandon Hunter Celtics 1 year, $620,000 (team option) Hunter had a stretch in late February where he looked like a real keeper. Obviously this list isn't littered with serviceable big guys. He's a little undersized for the position, but Hunter is worth taking a gamble on for a year.
C Zaza Pachulia Sonics 1 year, $620,000 (player option) There aren't many decent young centers on this list. Pachulia, at just 20 years of age, has by far the most upside. Again, you can't beat the price.
PF/C Jamal Sampson Lakers 1 year, $695,000 (team option) Sampson fits into the same category as Pachulia. He's young, big and has a decent shot of making the team for the price.
F James Jones Pacers 1 year, $600,000 (team option) The Pacers would hate to lose him. Jones has great athleticism and shooting ability for a 6-foot-8 player. He's the type of guy who could make the team as a role player or just become another cap casuality.
G Jeff Trepagnier Nuggets 1 year, $700,000 (team option) He's a high flyer, but if they take him, the Bobcats probably won't exercise his option.
C Ruben Boumtje Boumtje Cavaliers Restricted free agent. Boumtje becomes an unrestricted free agent the minute the Bobcats draft him. No worries, they wouldn't have kept him anyway.
SG/SF Tamar Slay Nets Restricted free agent Slay is a promising talent who could be re-signed, but mostly he allows the Bobcats to conserve their cap space.
Building the Bobcats
This expansion mock draft is really divided into three parts.
With the first three picks, look for the Bobcats to deal with an eye toward picking up draft picks and moving veteran players on to other teams in trades. Here, they pick up one pick this year, two future picks and $9 million in cash to offset the $16.7 million cost of those players next year. Under the rules of the expansion draft, Charlotte could waive White, Campbell and Laettner immediately and clear them completely off their cap. Chances are, under this scenario, they'd do just that.
The next group of players are the ones the Bobcats likely would keep. This group includes Bell, Pavlovic, Wallace, Woods, Hunter, Pachulia and Sampson. If the Bobcats kept all seven players for next season, the total cap hit comes to just $7.8 million. Wallace, Woods and Pavlovic all play similar positions, though, so don't be surprised if the Bobcats take at least one of them with an eye toward using him as trade bait before the draft or later in the summer.
That's not a bad core. Bell is capable of playing point. Pavlovic, Woods and Wallace all can swing between the two and the three. Hunter can play the four. Pachulia and Sampson both can be back-ups at the five.
The last four players -- Jones, Trepagnier, Boumtje and Slay -- would be waived immediately with no cap hit or salary ramifications.
Phase 2
Next, the Bobcats turn to the regular draft to start filling holes. With the No. 4 pick, they're looking at either Luol Deng, Josh Childress, Andre Iguodala and possibly high schoolers Shaun Livingston and Dwight Howard. The guy Bickerstaff really wants, though, is Emeka Okafor, and he's been trying to work out a deal with Orlando to get the No. 1 pick. Would a combination of the No. 4 pick and one or two of the players they just drafted fit the bill for Orlando? Or, if the Bobcats strike a deal with the Wizards, would a combo of the No. 4 and No. 5 pick make the Magic bite? Bickerstaff believes Okafor could give the Bobcats that immediate presence in the paint they're not going to find in the expansion draft. Charlotte also has a second-round pick it likely will use on a big.
The Bobcats won't find everything they need in the draft, but given the extra cap space they'd save by drafting from the expansion pool as outlined above, the team would have roughly $18 million left to fill in the holes via free agency.
With young players like Kenyon Martin, Mehmet Okur, Jamal Crawford, Quentin Richardson, Stromile Swift, Rodney White and Hedo Turkoglu available, Charlotte might be able to land a couple of nice, young free agents.
If I were Bickerstaff, I'd conserve cash and offer nice deals just above the mid-level exception to restricted free agents Swift and Crawford. Both are young, immensely talented and really need a change of scenery. If you offered both a starting salary at around $5.5 million to $6 million a year, chances are Memphis and Chicago wouldn't match. Wizards big man Etan Thomas is another possibility, if the price is right.
I'd use the other $6 million or $7 million on a few well-placed veterans who know how to win and play hard. Players like Brian Cardinal, Bob Sura, Bruce Bowen, and Michael Curry would all be good fits on an expansion team.
If the Bobcats follow our blueprint -- and if other teams and players cooperate -- here's what their lineup could look like come October.
PG: Jamal Crawford, Troy Bell
SG: Gerald Wallace, Qyntel Woods
SF: Alexsandar Pavlovic, Michael Curry
PF: Stromile Swift, Brian Cardinal, Brandon Hunter
C: Emeka Okafor, Zaza Pachulia, Jamal Sampson
That's a pretty decent team to put on the floor in year one -- high-octane, fun to watch, with a real eye toward developing some young stars for the future.


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By Charles Robertson, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Charles Robertson global chief economist for Renaissance Capital and lead author of 'The Fastest Billion: The Story Behind Africa's Economic Revolution.' The views expressed are his own.
The rise of Africa's long forlorn economies – what we at Renaissance Capital have dubbed "The Fastest Billion" – represents the final phase of a global economic transformation that began over 200 years ago as agrarian societies saddled with absolute rulers began their journey through industrialization into the pluralistic middle-class societies increasingly driven by the information age we know today.
For many reasons, Africa largely missed out on this journey. But no longer: while the process will not be complete by 2050, a changing set of global and local realities suggest that Africa is set to be the final beneficiary of this revolution.
Over the past decade, the billion people who live in Africa have experienced the fastest growth the continent has ever seen, and many of its countries (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Guinea) are among the fastest growing in the world. A growing body of evidence backs our view that as Africa's population doubles to two billion over the next several decades, its GDP will increase from $2 trillion today to $29 trillion in today's money by 2050.
To many in the West, such figures beggar belief – just as similar projections for East Asia's Tiger economies or Latin America's star performers did in the 1980s. The idea that Americans and Europeans would drive around in South Korean automobiles, or fly around in Brazilian-made jetliners, would have brought great guffaws from experts of 1980. But today, Hyundai, Kia and Embrear are household names. Things change quickly when certain tipping points are reached. We believe Africa has reached such a point.
More from GPS: How Africa could feed the world
By 2050, assuming a conservative trajectory similar to what India achieved since 1990, Africa will produce more GDP than the United States and eurozone combined do today, and its basic social, demographic and political realities will also be transformed. The necessary elements that have propelled countries from late medieval commerce with authoritarian government through to industrialized nations with comprehensive and far-reaching social and legal institutions are well known.
A continent rich in natural resources – mineral, agricultural and in energy – Africa is also rich in the youth of its population, enjoying a demographic advantage over all other regions of the world.
The pace of technological innovation globally is now so rapid, and technology is so easy to transfer – as evidenced by the boom in mobile phone technology and the roll-out of broadband across the continent – these young Africans are not only the recipients of technology, but via M-PESA banking, are becoming exporters of it, too.
Today, Africa has the greatest room to boom on the back of two centuries of global progress. The take-off in Africa began around the turn of the century, 40 years after independence. Why not earlier? Because human capital was extremely constrained by a lack of primary and secondary education, while global capital could find better opportunities in East Asia and Latin America. Political leaders in the 1960s and 1970s were inexperienced, often self-serving and were offered contradictory advice on how best to develop a country. There were no strong Asian role models to emulate. International involvement in Africa was too often geared towards Cold War geopolitics, feeding civil wars and strife, rather than trade and investment.
What has changed? Many governments have learnt from their mistakes and seen the positive reform examples not just in Asia, but more importantly in Africa itself, from Mauritius to Botswana and Cape Verde, and now Ghana to Rwanda. In most countries there has been no single reform miracle, like China's in 1978 or India's in 1991, but rather a series of small steps which taken together have been just as powerful.
Stronger growth and good public finances – Africa's numbers are far better in this regard than those of Europe, the United States or Japan – have helped draw in record levels of foreign private-sector capital. But the improvement shows across the board – in primary and secondary education, in health, personal security, transparency and governance.
The headlines of the day may not support this – war rages in parts of Congo and Sudan, poverty and corruption stain too many of the continent's peoples. Such are the stuff of headlines. But today we count around 30 democracies across the continent, some strong and immortal, but many fragile and still vulnerable. That number will grow.
Today the continent is reaping the benefits of high commodity prices and exports to China to begin the process of infrastructure investment that accelerates growth. Each year, in the oil sector alone, a major new discovery is heralded, from Ghana to Uganda and most recently Kenya, pushing Africa's share of world oil reserves to 10 percent. African oil production growth has already been the fastest in the world over the past 10 years, all of it in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Africa now produces 10m barrels a day, as much as Russia or Saudi Arabia, with the 6m barrels of SSA alone worth $235 billion of oil revenue annually or 20% of 2011 GDP. Renaissance expects volume increases to ensure this tops $300 billion even with no change in oil prices by 2019.
Nearly a trillion dollars of oil revenue every three years means unprecedented inflows of foreign exchange to fund imports of investment and consumption goods. Rapid economic growth means growing African demand for resources. Do not be surprised if Nigerian steel consumption rises from 1.6 million tons annually today to 115 million tons annually by 2050. African motor vehicle sales of 8 million by 2020 may reach 14 million by 2030, higher than the U.S. today. Who knows – someday you may find yourself driving a Nigerian auto and dialing hands free on a Tanzanian-made phone. It has all happened before.
As if a dictator from any North or Central African country would let an ounce of prosperity slip out of his own grip to his people.
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After reading through the vast number of ranging responses here...I can't help but wonder:
Who has actually been to more than one part of Africa in the past 3-5 years?
Its sad that most readers here would rather live in denial of facts than to accept progress for Africa however little.It is true that there are many hindrances to development in Africa and mostly due to cultural diversity and hence tribalism.There is also the issue of colonial legacies.unlike many western countries most African countries have been independent for less than 50 years meaning while most western countries are 200 or so years old most African countries are 50 or less.Then the childlike state that Africa has been accorded puts it in a constant beggar like situation.foreign aid is the biggest enemy of Africa.statistics show that the biggest foreign aid recievers are the most corrupt countries.it kills innivation.Africa should refuse the aid just like China and singapore did and then painfully but surely soar up.
Thom Browne, Jason Wu and Apple have new production lines. We may have to learn Swahili.
thats kool.
Do you know why?
Europe's economy and High-Techs grew, after Jewish left to America, with full packed ill-packages. The consequences became, terrible for America. It keep loosing friends.
Africa started grew, after Jewish left.
Any growth in Africa so far is mainly due to natural resources.This kind of growth can be unhealthy because it does not require that the population improves itself. It gives too much power to the rulers and power corrupts.
"Any growth so far is mainly due to natural resource" As I know places like Rwanda with almost zero minerals and yet they are able grow their economy by 11.3%( expected 2013 within 2013)I disagree with Tom and I think it has to first deal with a good governance (Zero tolerance to corruption and women empowerment) – Rwanda being a good example.
2050 is way far yonder.I believe it will be sooner.
I thought I was reading about China or some other emerging economy on seeing this piece. Finally someone in the West is waking up to the economic potential of Africa amid the present challenges, both self and externally inflicted. The negative coverage of the continent has one positive aspect to it though; business men like myself can quickly move in to harvest the potentials we have lived with but has been so vigorously denied by the Western media before most of the Fortune 500 or whatever they call themselves realize they are late to the party. Finally, take it or leave it and at the risk of sounding bullish but methinks 2050 is too far off. The reason is simple i.e. most Africans are beginning to wean themselves of the aid- and- resource- driven model of development into the trade- and- innovation- driven model. This will lead to over half of the projected development occurring within the next 10 to 15 years while the balance will follow thereafter.


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Make no mistake: Saleforce.com's ambition is to become the next Oracle. But given that the company just reached an annual revenue run rate of $3 billion, it has a long way to go before it will catch Oracle's $37 billion in annual revenue. That said, here's a look at how it might get to $10 billion within the next few years.
Saleforce.com gets outsized attention compared with similarly sized software vendors (CA has a $4.6 billion run rate, for example) in part because it's easy to lose perspective when you're at a massive event like Dreamforce. Last week's conference in San Francisco was attended by more than 85,000 people, according to Salesforce, which CEO Marc Benioff clams makes it "the largest vendor-led event in the technology industry." That means it has arguably surpassed Oracle Open World, although we'll see if Oracle succeeds in scaling up that event, which is set for next week in San Francisco.
It's tough to say just how much both of these vendors are padding their event numbers with cheap passes that also get attendees into headliner evening rock shows by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dreamforce) or Pearl Jam (next week's Oracle Open World). Salesforce, for example, distributed such passes at San Francisco area college campuses.
[ Want more Dreamforce news and analysis? Read Salesforce.com's Benioff Preaches To New Flock: CMOs. ]
As for the real content of the event, Dreamforce presenters kept up a steady stream of the words amazing, fantastic, incredible, and awesome to describe the company's various announcements and customer stories. And to emphasize the generational difference between Salesforce and incumbents like Oracle, Salesforce execs also talked incessantly about how business is changing and, with it, sales, service, marketing, and software development practices. It's only natural, went the logic, that technologies and technology providers must change for the cloud, mobile, and social era.
Oracle and others can certainly attempt to acquire and organically grow their way into cloud and mobile delivery, but Salesforce has succeeded in setting itself apart as the leader of the "social revolution" for the enterprise. It certainly helps that Facebook is a big Salesforce customer and partner. During a marketing keynote, a Facebook exec announced that Salesforce.com is at the top of a list of new "Preferred Marketing Developer" partners. That status will give Salesforce early access to new Facebook social marketing and social advertising features.
Salesforce played the "next generation" card to the hilt. At one point a youthful Facebook executive opined during a keynote video that the company is "building a next-generation enterprise for a next-generation workforce with next-generation tools." And customer presenters from Burberry, Coca-Cola, Ford, GE, Virgin and other companies chimed in as well, mostly because they, too, want to be and be seen as being social savvy.
To emphasize the changing of the guard among tech vendors, Benioff said during his keynote that Salesforce is "standing on the shoulders of giants, the leaders of our industry who have come before us." The list included "the incredible leadership of Bill Gates and Larry Ellison in creating client-server computing." How's that for a back-handed compliment painting Oracle CEO Ellison into the past?
There's no doubt that Benioff will keep mining the contrast between Salesforce.com and decades-old tech giants. Just as Larry Ellison can't change the fact that he's 68 years old, Oracle can't change the fact that at $37 billion in revenue, it's nearly impossible to achieve double-digit organic growth (which is why it pursues acquisitions aggressively). As evidence, Oracle last week reported a 2% decline in revenue for it's latest quarter ended Aug. 31. Sales of new software, including cloud services, surpassed expectations and grew 5%, but Salesforce.com, meanwhile, keeps racking up 30%-plus revenue gains. The latter has a much smaller base, but double-digit gains get people excited.
Now that Salesforce has six product lines--sales force automation, customer service, marketing, collaboration, human capital management, and cloud development platforms--there are plenty of avenues for more fast growth. The sales and service applications both lead their respective cloud categories, but they can continue to gain overall CRM market share by replacing Oracle Siebel, SAP, and other on-premises systems. Oracle held 11.0% of the CRM market in 2011 versus 9.9% for SAP and 9.5% for Salesforce.com, according to IDC. The total CRM market grew 11.2% in 2011, according to IDC, so Salesforce.com's 30%+ sales growth is clearly translating into market share gains.


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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Seven-time Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson will start on the pole Sunday but there will be plenty of other drivers to keep an eye.
Like rivals Joey Logano and Tony Stewart, who carry their feud to a short track. Or Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer, who began their feud here last year.
And Mark Martin, who is filling in for injured Denny Hamlin.
And Sprint Cup points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr., who starts 17th.
MORE: Junior lead good for sport | Gordon vs. Bowyer | Stewart vs. Logano | Danica worried
Here's a deeper look at the 43-car field for the STP Gas Booster 500:
1. Jimmie Johnson — This is what the field didn't want to see — the dominant driver starting on the pole.
2. Marcos Ambrose — A good short-track driver, he desperately needs a good finish
3. Brian Vickers — He could surprise again in 55 before he gets golden opportunity replacing Denny Hamlin at Joe Gibbs Racing.
4. Joey Logano — After two straight confrontations, all eyes will be on him. He says he won't back down; he may have to prove it.
5. Kasey Kahne — Won the last short-track race; sneaky fast on the small ovals.
6. Jeff Gordon — If anyone can beat Johnson, he's the one. Would love an eighth grandfather clock.
7. Brad Keselowski — Remember that he nearly stole one at this track in October. Paul Wolfe will be working his pit-box magic.
8. Matt Kenseth — He'll go unnoticed all day, and then be there at the end.
9. Carl Edwards — Has to be pleased with good starting spot on his worst track.
10. Ryan Newman — The defending race winner will be lurking in the weeds again, waiting to pounce when they start wrecking in front of him.
11. Kyle Busch — He's a beast at Bristol and Richmond, but has never won at Martinsville.
12. Martin Truex Jr. — Finished fifth in this race last year.
13. Jamie McMurray — Has been fast, but like always, can't catch a break.
14. Juan Pablo Montoya — Fast and frustrated, he could wreak havoc on the field.
15. Clint Bowyer — Stirred up controversy and started a long-running feud with his late move last year. He could win, but he'll have to get by Gordon first.
16. Paul Menard — He's off to a great start, but short tracks are not his forte.
17. Dale Earnhardt Jr. — The grandstands will rock if he gets to the front. He's never won here, but he's been close the last few years.
18. Regan Smith — Looking to give 51 team yet another good run.
19. Kurt Busch — He's got two straight top-fives; could get a third on tough short track.
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — Rookie in for an eye-opening experience on NASCAR's toughest short track.
21. Kevin Harvick — Should hang around and could make something happen at the end.
22. Greg Biffle — Like Edwards, just looking to survive on one of his worst tracks.
23. David Ragan — Decent qualifying run for Front Row team.
24. David Stremme — Like Ragan, looking for his first top-20.
25. Travis Kvapil — In same category as Ragan and Stremme — a veteran driver who needs a good run with struggling team.
26. Tony Stewart — He won't be back here long. But will he be hunting for Logano?
27. Michael McDowell — Has parked it early in three straight races.
28. Scott Speed — At least he's trying to race.
29. Jeff Burton — No one needs a good finish more than Burton, who used to be a frequent contender here.
30. David Gilliland — Two wrecks and a best finish of 24th so far.
31. Bobby Labonte — Would you believe that he won here — way back in 2002?
32. Danica Patrick — Stewart says this could be amusing. She just hopes it's not a total disaster. It could be embarrassing.
33. Landon Cassill — He better stay out of Danica's way. She will be frustrated and won't put him with any antics from him.
34. Aric Almirola — Starting a long way back, but had two top-10s here last year.
35. Mark Martin — Big things expected in Hamlin's car, but it will be a battle starting back here.
36. Ken Schrader — Old veteran still plugging along, picking up rides where he can.
37. JJ Yeley — Finished 10th at Daytona; it's been all down hill since.
38. Scott Riggs — How many laps will he run before this team parks it?
39. Dave Blaney — Respectable at California. Can he hang on at a short track?
40. David Reutimann — Two-time winner can't be enjoying weekly struggles.
41. Casey Mears — He's run well so far, but will get lapped early starting here.
42. Josh Wise — Like Mears, he will have to get out of the way in a hurry on half-mile track.
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Everyone you talk to these days has been affected by the downturn in our country's economy over the last few years. Either they've lost a job, or they known someone dealing with unemployment. Times are tough and money is tight for almost every family in our country right now. When money is a scarcity in your life, good whole foods often get moved down on the priority list. Buying the fresh, organic eggs for $4.50 doesn't seem as important as it did before when you can get eggs for $1.99 and spend the two dollars on something else you need.
Some would rather give up their morning latte with double vanilla than give up the organic fill-in-the-blank. Others are not even given the option of cutting back on their groceries when a special diet is needed and WOW! the cost of alternative foods can get high pretty fast. So what do we do when we want to feed our families with nutritious foods and still keep the budget in check?
I don't have an answer for all of us, but I thought I would share some ideas that I've found helpful for getting by and still eating well in these economically-challenging times.
1. Plant some of what you eat regularly: I planted my first garden this year. I love shopping for vegetables and fruits more than other ingredients and I find picking up my favorites at a farmer's market to be rewarding and enjoyable. Not only do I feel good about helping others get by, but I like to see who grew my veggies. Yes, I love the experience, but I find I spend beyond my allotted budget. Not just because the prices are a little higher, but I buy much more than I planned because something is too beautiful to pass up. This year, I'm trying to keep myself out of the markets and get my hands into the garden. I paid near the cost of one trip to the market for my whole set-up. I'm not promising that I won't buy produce, but this will help us supplement our produce budget with staples that we use frequently. I'm planting things that store well so I can stock up for the winter months too. If you don't have room for a formal garden, container gardening is a great space-saving solution. For info on getting started on gardening, check out these great resources:
–Better Homes and Gardens: Planning your first vegetable garden.
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2. Use dried beans: This is a challenge for me, but one I'm trying to implement. Dried beans are far cheaper than their canned counterparts. Most stores have a variety of dried beans in the bulk section (which is tip 3) and a pound of beans is often less than a single can of said bean. They are more time consuming, but I've been trying to counteract that by cooking a big batch and freezing meal-size amounts for later use. You can find basic directions for all sorts of different beans on our website.
3. Use the bulk bins: If you have a food sensitivity, you might skip this step. There are some great finds to be had in the bulk bins and most foods are less than their packaged counterparts. Not only are not paying for the packaging, you're not getting the packaging either. Just the simple flour, oats and beans that you want for a price that's affordable.
4. Bake your own bread: If number 1 and 2 didn't scare you off, this one is a real no-brainer. A good loaf of bread can cost upwards of $5 at the store. Making it yourself using the simple ingredients- flour, yeast, water and salt- can save you big $$ if your family eats a lot of bread. Bread baking is not as scary as it can seem and can be really quite simple. Many bread recipes can make 2-3 loaves at once, which you can simply throw in the freezer until ready to use.
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Marshal vows legislation to keep gays out of Virginia's National Guard; Graham threatens to block START treaty ratification in revenge over repeal of DADT
Hardy Haberman Flagging Left
I was wrong. I was very skeptical of the chances of getting "don't ask, don't tell" repealed in the lame duck Congress, yet they did it. Yes, Hardy, there is a Santa Clause!
The vote for repeal, which was slightly bipartisan (eight Republicans voted for repeal), was a great holiday surprise. But what comes as no surprise is the vehemence with which opponents vow to fight on, even after they have lost on this one.
Already the voices of hard-core homophobes are chiming in. Virginia Delegate Bob Marshal says he will introduce legislation to prevent openly gay men and women from serving in the Virginia National Guard.
Hatred, especially hatred of LGBT people, dies hard.
Further west, Sen. John McCain, one of the most vocal opponents of the repeal, still laments its passage.
"I hope that when we pass this legislation that we will understand that we are doing great damage. Today is a very sad day," McCain declared.
Meanwhile, Lindsey Graham is leading the charge for Republicans to block the new START treaty ratification in retaliation for the repeal of DADT. Apparently in Sen. Graham's eyes, keeping gays out of the military is more important than nuclear disarmament.
Like I said, old hatred dies especially hard.
And then there is Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos. Anyone who watched the debate in the Senate was most likely surprised at his strident opposition.
"I don't want to lose any Marines to distraction. I don't want to have any Marine that I'm visiting at Bethesda with no legs be the result of any distraction," he said before the vote.
I guess Gen. Amos figured that Marines are just too delicate to serve next to gay troops, or at least to know which Marines are gay and which are not. I have to wonder how much further his career will go now that the law of the land has changed?
Additionally, some evangelical chaplains have voiced their worries that they will no longer be able to preach. A Pentagon report stated, "Some of the most intense and sharpest divergence of views about 'don't ask, don't tell' exists among the chaplains."
Most of these concerns are that chaplains would no longer be able to preach that homosexuality is a sin. This little problem is particularly confusing to me since for centuries they have been able to reconcile killing the enemy in battle with the whole, "thou shalt not kill" thing.
Luckily, some chaplains — like retired chaplain Col. Jerry Rhyne — feel differently.
Rhyne has counseled gay troops who struggled with their sexual orientation for years. In an interview with CNN he said, "For me, it was very disheartening. I tried to bring them hope and encouragement to live their life to the fullest and to help them deal with their issues."
Needless to say, Col. Rhyne supported repeal of the policy.
I hope the voices of dissent will soften after they realize that essentially, nothing in the military will change except that those in the military will be able to concentrate on doing their job. They will no longer be distracted by the witch hunts and investigations that saw more than 13,000 gay men and lesbians discharged.
Gay and lesbian service members will no longer be distracted by trying to conceal their orientation. Military commands will no longer be distracted by spending valuable time and resources looking into every innuendo and allegation.
Contrary to Gen. Amos' assertion, having openly gay and lesbian troops serving will be less of a "distraction." Straight troops will not have to wonder who is gay and who isn't, though I suspect in reality it won't be an issue. All the service members I know, both straight and gay have told me they know gays and lesbians in their outfits and have never had a complaint against them.
The military will behave like the military, and continue to serve with honor and bravery.
Contrary to what they opponents of DADT repeal believe, gay troops are not going to start having orgies in the showers, and the behavior of troops will still be subject to military decorum. To believe otherwise is just not rational.
I have to wonder if folks like Lindsey Graham and Gen. Amos haven't been watching too much gay porn?
Hardy Haberman is a longtime local LGBT activist and a member of Stonewall Democrats of Dallas.
His blog is at http://dungeondiary.blogspot.com
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition December 3, 2010.


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The man accused of murdering missing five-year-old April Jones is expected to say he was probably responsible for her death, but did not murder her a court had been told.
Mark Bridger who was born in Sutton, denied charges of murder, abduction and perverting the course of justice when he appeared at Mold Crown Court this morning.
The 47-year-old who grew up in Croydon and attended John Ruskin and Shirley High School, will stand trial on February 25 with the case expected to take four weeks.
The judge, Mr Justice John-Griffith-Williams, ordered that none of the evidence mentioned in court could be publicly reported, but said a statement by defence barrister Brendan Kelly QC, saying that Mr Bridger was not guilty of murder but accepted he was probably responsible for her death, could be reported.
Dyfed-Powys Police still have 16 teams involved in the search for April, who went missing while playing on her bike outside the family home in Machynlleth, Powys, on October 1.
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Miniature watermelons continue to be a tough sell for importers of Mexican watermelons.
Edinburg, Texas-based Bagley Produce Co. sources some miniature watermelons from Mexico, but not many, said Jeff Fawcett, the company's sales manager.
"It's a very small program," Fawcett said. "We have just enough to fill trucks."
Bagley completes loads with minis as a service to customers who want them, Fawcett said — nothing more.
Minis are more in demand in the offshore deals because Central America services Europe, where minis are in higher demand than in the U.S., Fawcett said.
Jimmy Henderson, owner of Warren Produce LLC, McAllen, said his company used to source mini watermelons from Mexico.
The bottom line, however, made the decision to eliminate the program an easy one.
"For whatever reason, we couldn't make the numbers work," he said. "For two weeks you'd sell them at a profit, the rest of the time you couldn't. We stopped several years ago."
Ward Thomas, owner of McAllen, Texas-based Majestic Produce Sales, agreed that it's hard to make a go of mini watermelons from Mexico.
"We source just regular (watermelons)," he said. "Mostly seedless, a few seeded, but no minis."


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Standing out amid the visual overload of New York City's Times Square is no easy feat. But M&M's World pulls it off with ease in a 24,000-sq.-ft., three-level glass box whose colorful, engaging interior reflects the essence of the famous candy brand.
"We used dynamic color to make the M&M's candies larger than life," said Denny Gerdeman, principal, Chute Gerdeman, Columbus, Ohio (the firm also designed M&M's World in Orlando, Fla.).
High-profile flagship stores are often executed with little thought to budget. But Mars Retail Group made it clear from the start that M&M's World had to be affordable. The initial concept was value-engineered.
"We were on a given budget," Gerdeman said. "We evaluated the space from top to bottom to see how we could get the most bang for our buck. Our strategy was to utilize the budget so that customers could interact with the product on a human scale and the brand at a larger-than life scale."
Color is used throughout the space to illustrate the brand's tag line: "Chocolate is better in color." On the exterior, two enormous video screens feature moving kaleidoscopes of M&M's candies and the brand's signature characters.
"Starting on the outside, we set to work bringing the brand to life with an eye to the budget," Gerdeman said. "We used fluorescent lights, for example, rather than more costly LEDs to light the M&M's signage."
Also, rather than have each candy-shape on the sign (in which M&'s are stacked on top of one another) rotate, only two do. The other candies remain stationary.
"It's something very few people notice," Gerdeman added. "But it was a great way to trim both the sign's production and maintenance costs."Project Resources
Design: Chute Gerdeman, Columbus, OhioDesign architect: CG Architectural, Columbus, OhioConsulting architect: Jerome Gillman, New York CityGeneral contractor: MacKenzie Keck, Hackettstown, N.J.Lighting design: Illuminating Concepts, Farmington Hills, N.Y.Interior signage: Superior Graphics & Signage, Jackson, N.J.; Broadway National, Ronkonkoma, N.Y.Fabrics and beads: Moss, Belfast, Maine; ShimmerScreen, Mount Vernon, N.Y.Fixtures: Seven Continents, Toronto; Group DKG, TorontoRetail hardware: Capitol Hardware, Niles, Mich.
Originally, plans called for the Red character to be fashioned as a 3-D character element attached to the exterior (√Ý la King Kong). But that proved too expensive. Instead, he was created as flat art with pieces raised to varying degrees.
"We used dramatic lighting to help create a dimensional look, "Gerdeman added, "allowing him to cast shadows as if he were 3-D."
The interior is a carefully orchestrated expression of the brand's three core elements: color, shape and scale. Color-changing LED lighting on the perimeter walls turns the storefront into a glowing billboard for the brand, day and night.
The design leverages the storyline of the M&'s brand characters and gives it a New York twist. Green, for instance, is dressed as the Statue of Liberty, complete with torch. Other fun elements include what is billed as "the world's biggest wall of chocolate," 50-ft. wide by two stories high and made up of 72 continuous candy-filled tubes, where shoppers can create their own color mix. At the interactive "color mood analyzer," shoppers can determine which M&'s color best suits their current mood. A video component projects their images onto two giant in-store video screens.
To help keep costs in line, the ceiling was left exposed (it was painted chocolate brown) and a clear sealer was added to the existing concrete floor.
"The store environment is very playful and colorful, and it captures the focus of customers," Gerdeman explained. "Because the rest of the store is so engaging, the floor and ceiling recede and the overall space really pops."
In a low-tech but effective strategy, huge graphics were applied to the flat walls, providing dynamic visual impact for a relatively small price. In one instance, a digitally printed graphic replicates the look of the Times Square subway station and subway signage.
"The finished effect is totally authentic," Gerdeman said.
The shapes throughout the space are rounded or curved to replicate the iconic "lentil" shape of the M&'s candy. Fixtures are finished with high-gloss fiber-glass in the brand's signature colors.
"The fixture hardware was condensed to include as few pieces as possible—one item may have three uses," Gerdeman said. "This allowed for maximum efficiency in fabrication and minimum parts and pieces to inventory."
The numerous structural columns in the building were incorporated into the design. Backlit, stretched fabric "funnels" encase the columns, which are used for merchandising and branding. "Using fluorescent rather than color-changing light allowed us to create a more cost-effective brand statement," Gerdeman said.
It took Mars Retail Group two and-a-half years to find the right spot in Manhattan for M&'s World. As to future locations, the company has feelers out, but is not rushing into anything.
"For us, it's about finding the right location in the right city, not just the right city," said John Haugh, president, Mars Retail Group.


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Diamond Select Toys continues to release characters from "a galaxy far, far away" in 2010 with a variety of cool collectibles. On display at Toy Fair were new bust banks; detailed vinyl sculptures at a fraction of the cost of a resin piece. These included the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett which will see release with his Return of the Jedi colored armor (regular release) and as an exclusive Empire Strikes Back version.
The Clone Troopers will also receive the vinyl bust bank treatment this summer. Debuting at San Diego Comic-Con, collectors will be encouraged to "hunt" for all four clone busts at the show, including Otto, Cody, Mustafar and a regular white trooper. When all four busts are acquired, DST will reward fans with an exclusive alternate Commander Cody headsculpt (unmasked) and a new weapon (larger blaster rifle) to place on their Cody vinyl bust.
DST's Ultimate Quarter Scale line will continue to grow in 2010 with the addition of several exciting characters. Shown, but no photography allowed, was the first armored characters in the series, including Darth Vader and an Episode III Clone Trooper.
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High Quality, low Price $It's so amazing, I bought two of these at CVS, thinking that I'd give it a shot. When I was looking through the color selection is great! I specifically suggest the color Candy Pink, THE COLOR IS AWESOME, it's comparable to the Lady Gaga pink M.A.C. lipstick. There's no scent to it, it has high shine, and it goes on smooooth. Application is amazing, and there is a little shimmer, but it's only visible when you go in the sun, it's very subtle. Great Product :) — 6 years, 7 months agoeatinglipstick | 145 reviews
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Yuck!I found this on sale as well as a BOGO at Wag's. I bought Baby Pink which is full of glitter and no color & Soft Nude which just didn't do anything for me at all except enhance any flakiness on my lips. I'm starting to think there's a reason why this was on sale. I'll stick to MAC Lipglass and L'Oreal Lipsticks. — 5 years, 11 months agoSwoldierGirl72 | 342 reviews
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Good BuyI have this lipstick in 'mauve', a muted rasberry and in a sandy biege which I adore. The mauve is a bit too dark for me and seems to bring out the redness in my skin but I can see it being suitable for deeper skin tones. The beige is a great bargain substitute for Nars' lipstick, "Honolulu Honey" or Mac's lipstick in "Satin". They apply very well with a creamy texture. They are nicely pigmented t...read moreoo; he color deposits well. In terms of their staying power, after an hour a touch-up is necessary. Overall these are a solid buy and I'd purchase them again. — 4 years, 3 months agomoriarty.kt | 213 reviews
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County 9-1-1 Center Hosts National Event
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
April 5, 2007
Notes to Media:
High resolution photos from the news conference and tour of the 9-1-1 Center are available from the Office of Public Affairs.
Steve Souder, director of the Fairfax County 9-1-1 Center, is available for on-site or phone interviews (703-280-0528, TTY 711) about today's national event as well as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week.
Fairfax County's Board of Supervisors is scheduled to issue a proclamation on Monday, April 9, proclaiming April 8-14, 2007, as Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Fairfax County.
Fairfax County 9-1-1 Center Hosts National Event Announcing Public Safety Telecommunications Week
The Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications (9-1-1 Center) hosted a national news conference today announcing National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, April 8-14, 2007.
The event was the first time the two leading national 9-1-1 organizations – the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) – have held a joint media event for National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. Also participating in the event was the E9-1-1 Institute.
Fairfax County's 9-1-1 Center was chosen for today's national event partly because several of its employees were recently honored with the 2007 Outstanding Call Taker/Dispatcher Honors Award from the E9-1-1 Institute at a ceremony on March 13 in Washington, D.C. The staff were recognized for their quick and clear-headed actions on May 8, 2006, when a young man opened fire in the parking lot of the Sully District Station, mortally wounding Master Police Officer Michael Garbarino and killing Detective Vicky Armel.
The Fairfax County DPSC is a nationally recognized public safety communications center, one of the 50 largest in the United States and the largest in Virginia. It is the agency responsible for receiving all 9-1-1 emergency calls in Fairfax County and dispatching units of the Fairfax County Police Department and Fire and Rescue Department. DPSC received and handled approximately 1.1 million calls in 2006. Highly trained professional public safety communicators, the "1st of the First Responders," are the critical link that provides the county and neighboring jurisdictions with technical and operational excellence in processing and dispatching public safety resources. The center is one of the few of its kind in Virginia that is accredited by the commonwealth of Virginia to provide Emergency Medical Dispatch /Pre-Arrival Instruction to assist in medical emergencies prior to the arrival of public safety personnel.
For more news and information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.
Photo caption (from left to right): Fairfax County Public Safety Communicators Oscar Vasquez, Adrian King, Necol Hill, Lisa Smith and Deanna Head; Jason Barbour, president, NENA; Greg Rohde, executive director, E9-1-1 Institute; Steve Souder, director, Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications; Wanda McCarley, president, APCO International; David Rohr, interim fire chief, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department; and Lt. Col. Charles Peters, deputy chief of police, Patrol Division, Fairfax County Police Department.
Media Contacts:
For information about National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, contact Courtney McCarron with APCO International at firstname.lastname@example.com or 202-833-9600.
For information about the county's 9-1-1 Center or Public Safety Telecommunications Week in Fairfax County, contact Steve Souder, director, Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications, at 703-280-0528, TTY 711.
APCO International
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to the enhancement of public safety communications. APCO International serves the professional needs of its 15,000 members worldwide by creating a platform for setting professional standards, addressing professional issues and providing education, products and services for people who manage, operate, maintain and supply the communications systems used by police, fire and emergency medical dispatch agencies throughout the world. For more information, visit www.apcointl.org.
NENA is The Voice of 9-1-1™. Now celebrating its 25th year, NENA was established to promote implementation and awareness of 9-1-1 as North America's universal emergency number. NENA has grown to become the leading professional nonprofit organization dedicated solely to 9-1-1 emergency communications issues. NENA serves its more than 7,000 members in 47 chapters across the U.S., Canada and Mexico through policy advocacy, establishment of technical and operational standards, certification programs and a broad spectrum of educational offerings. Find out more at www.nena.org.


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The title of this column comes from a talk by esteemed investor Charlie Munger to a group of business students several years ago. Munger, for those unaware, is the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B). But that title gives him little credit. Munger has been partners with Warren Buffett for decades, and Buffett will be the first to tell you that Berkshire wouldn't be what is today without Charlie Munger.
Although Munger's transcribed talk spans 18 pages and devotes a good portion of the discussion to the value of understanding mental models in disciplines such as psychology, mathematics and biology as they relate to stock picking, he uses this framework of knowledge to understand business problems.
For example, how is it that a commodity product like an airline seat, which provides so much benefit to society -- faster and safer travel, more time with family -- be such a value-destroying product for investors? If one were to aggregate the cumulative profits of the airline industry since the days of Kitty Hawk, the net result would be negative. The airline business, despite being essential to today's way of life, has been a disastrous investment that has worsened with deregulation. On the other hand, another commodity, breakfast cereal, not only competes with hundreds of other cereals but dozens of other breakfast items, yet cereal produces massive returns on equity for investors. Kellogg's (K) return on equity has consistently been above 40% for the past decade, and General Mills (GIS) operates with an average ROE of about 20%.
What accounts for the difference between cereal and airline seats? Psychology. Once deregulated, the airline companies aggressively pursued profits and the entire industry's willingness to do whatever it took to sell that one extra airline ticket all but ensured that airlines, in the aggregate, would not make money. Kellogg, on the other hand, could decide tomorrow to slash cereal prices by 50% to grab market share. Kellogg would still profit from its cereals but, in the end, would start a pricing war that would lead to a reduction in all cereal prices, thus lowering profits for all cereal makers. Understanding this human psychology, Munger says, allows an investor to understand why airlines are such a terrible investment.
So what are the keys to successful stock picking? You will be disappointed to know that it's no big secret. Make big, infrequent bets, says Munger. The smartest investor can't possibly know everything about 40 different companies, so why hold a lot of different stocks? The transactional costs of trading are also very expensive. If you invest in a stock that returns 15% and hold it for 30 years, thereby triggering a one-time tax of 35%, your annual rate of return comes out to something like 13%. On the other hand, if you own a stock that returns 15% a year and sell it every year at the same tax rate, your annual return comes out just under 10% a year. The 3% difference in returns is astronomical over that 20-year period.
The market, by and large, is efficient. On average, your stock market results will be average. Not everyone can simply beat the market. But what Munger is saying is that the key to successful stock picking is not batting 1.000 or even 0.500. Rather, it's investing patiently at attractive prices and letting the power of compounding swell your gains.


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Diagnosis and Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Diagnosis and Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
ABSTRACT: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can be tricky to diagnose. The International Association for the Study of Pain established criteria that differentiated CRPS as type 1 (formerly called "reflex sympathetic dystrophy") or type 2, associated with nerve injury (formerly called "causalgia"); patients also had to have pain disproportionate to the inciting event. Newer, stricter criteria have been proposed that cluster signs and symptoms and require documentation of objective findings as well as symptoms reported by the patient. The key to identifying CRPS is to obtain a proper history, document objective findings, and rule out other disorders that can imitate the condition. Treatment tends to be multifaceted; it includes physical mobilization of the affected limb and medications to help alleviate discomfort. (J Musculoskel Med. 2008;25:464-469, 490)
Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) described "causalgia" after nerve injury during the American Civil War. Over time, the syndrome was given multiple and colorful names, such as algodystrophy, sympathalgia, and posttraumatic spreading neuralgia. The term "reflex sympathetic dystrophy" (RSD) attributed to Evans in 1946 referred to a clinical syndrome similar to that observed in causalgia but in the absence of overt nerve injury. Both entities were renamed "complex regional pain syndrome" (CRPS) at the Orlando consensus workshop in 1993, and new criteria were adopted in 1994 by International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) taxonomy.1
Figure 1 – Swelling is seen in the right leg
of a patient with complex regional pain
syndrome type 1.
The criteria described CRPS type 1 (formerly known as RSD) and type 2 (formerly known as causalgia) as syndromes (a) arising after an initiating noxious event in the absence (CRPS 1) or the presence of overt nerve injury (CRPS 2); (b) with spontaneous pain or allodynia/hyperalgesia not limited to the territory of a single peripheral nerve (for CRPS 1) and disproportionate to the inciting event; (c) with past or present evidence of edema, skin blood flow abnormality, or abnormal sudomotor activity; and (d) excluding other conditions that would otherwise account for the degree of dysfunction.
This taxonomy was meant to be descriptive and general rather than implying etiology or pathophysiology.1 It acknowledged that in some cases the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) may be involved, but the mandatory and all-inclusive role of SNS was minimized. In this article, we discuss the diagnosis and management of CRPS, with emphasis on CRPS 1.
Figure 2 – In a patient with recalcitrant complex
regional pain syndrome type 1 (photograph taken
while the patient was under general anesthesia),
fixed dystonic posturing was established within
3 months even though sympathetic blocks,
opioid analgesics, neuropathic medications,
and aggressive therapy were used.
Figure 3 – A patient with complex regional pain syndrome type 1 had fixed posturing associated with coldness and profound allodynia 1 year after injury (A). The patient had been immobilized inappropriately in the "position of comfort" early after injury without much therapy to mobilize the extremity (B).
Figure 4 – A patient with complex regional pain syndrome type 2 has a lateral plantar nerve laceration (A). Widespread severe allodynia has resulted in dry scaly skin because the patient has been unable to wash the foot for 1 year (B).


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Bora Bora Discovery by 4-Wheel Drive
BOB-500 | Bora Bora, French Polynesia | See Special Notes
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Tour at a Glance
Tour Overview
Climb into your 4WD vehicle for an exhilarating safari into the lush interior of Bora Bora that includes informative narration on the island's history.
Begin at Vaitape on the west coast. Here you'll find the main wharf and a large marketplace selling souvenirs. Your rugged vehicle ascends Pahonu Hill for captivating views of the harbor and Matira Beach.
Stop for refreshments along the way then travel to a pearl boutique where you will find the famous Polynesian pearls, as well as an exhibit of photographs and books on these South Seas treasures. The black pearls of French Polynesia are quite famous for their quality and beauty, and Tahiti and the surrounding islands are the leading black pearl exporters in the entire world.
Continue on your journey and stop at naval gun sites from WWII. The "Guns of Bora Bora" have a fascinating history and you will see the rusty, seven inch naval cannons over 20 feet long on their swivel bases, perched on various strategic points.
From here, travel the island's north shore to the lush Faanui Valley. Climb to a mountain plantation, where a colorful burst of fruit and flower fields give way to spectacular views of sparkling Faanui Bay.
Your ride continues through charming villages as you complete this fun and fascinating adventure.
Special Notes
This tour travels unpaved tracks and trails that are bumpy and dusty. Not recommended for guests with neck or back conditions or pregnant women.
Child Price:
12 years & under only
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For information on walking distances and/or the number of steps at each stop, please see the detailed itinerary above.
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LEMON and sugar, strawberries and chocolate – whatever you have with yours students from Eastleigh College were sure to accommodate.
This Shrove Tuesday (March 4) saw students team up with a Winchester woman to help raise £188 for a heart muscle charity.
The Pancake Party, which was part of the Cardiomyopathy Association's first ever national fundraiser, saw 60 pancakes sold at the Red Carpet Restaurant on the main campus on Chesnut Avenue, and organisers say it was a big success.
Jo Macklin, Marketing Project Coordinator at Eastleigh College, said: "It went really well and we had a lot of people through the door. I know the students enjoyed it."
Anne Slaughter, 72, of Harestock near Winchester, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2012, and said it's important for people to be educated about the lesser known condition.
The retired neo-natal paediatric nurse said: "I really wanted to play my part in helping the CMA with this campaign. I want to support the education of doctors and nurses so that cardiomyopathy is diagnosed more quickly.
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