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Journal articles
Pregnancy outcomes associated with extended use of the 52-mg 20 μg/day levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system beyond 60 months: A chart review of 776 women in Brazil
Contraception (2017), doi:1001016/j.contraception.2017.10.007 Accepted date: 10 October 2017
Provider and lay perspectives on intra-uterine contraception: a global review
Reproductive Health (2017) 14:119 DOI 10.1186/s12978-017-0380-8 Published: 26 September 2017
Teamwork in Qualitative Research: Descriptions of a Multicountry
International Journal of Qualitative Methods Vol 16, Issue 1. First published date: August-30-2017
Hormonal contraceptive methods and HIV: research gaps and programmatic priorities
Contraception Volume 96, Issue 2, August 2017, Pages 67-71
Programme Reporting Standards (PRS) for improving the reporting of sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health programmes
BMC Medical Research Methodology (2017) 17:117 DOI 10.1186/s12874-017-0384-7
A never-before opportunity to strengthen investment and action on adolescent contraception, and what we must do to make full use of it
Reprod Health (2017) 14: 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-017-0347-9. First Online: 20 July 2017
Design and initial implementation of the WHO FP umbrella project- to strengthen contraceptive services in the sub Saharan Africa
Reproductive Health 2017 14:74 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-017-0335-0 Published: 15 June 2017
The promotion of intrauterine contraception in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review
Contraception April 2017 Volume 95, Issue 4
Provider-controlled or user-dependent contraceptive methods: Levels and pattern among married women of reproductive age in China, 1988–2006
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. Volume 211, April 2017, Pages 68–73
Integration of family planning services into HIV care and treatment services: a systematic review
Studies in Family Planning DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12018 First published: 24 March 2017
Country-specific data on the contraceptive needs of adolescents
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2017;95:166. doi: March 2017
Family planning and Zika virus: need for renewed and cohesive efforts to ensure availability of intrauterine contraception in Latin America and the Caribbean
The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care Vol. 22 , Iss. 2, 2017 - Published 3 March 2017
Experience from a multi-country initiative to improve the monitoring of selected reproductive health indicators in Africa
Int J Gynaecol Obstet doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12105. First published: 15 February 2017
Study protocol on establishment of sentinel sites network for contraceptive and abortion trends, needs and utilization of services in Zika virus affected countries
Reproductive Health 201714:19 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-017-0282-9 - Published: 2 February 2017
A study protocol for facility assessment and follow-up evaluations of the barriers to access, availability, utilization and readiness of contraception, abortion and postabortion services in Zika affected areas
Reproductive Health 201714:18 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-017-0283-8 Published: 2 February 2017
Pharmacy provision of sexual and reproductive health commodities to young people: a systematic literature review and synthesis of the evidence
Contraception 2016.12.002 - Published online: 23 December 2016.
Contraceptive sales in the setting of the Zika virus epidemic
Human Reproduction, pp. 1–6, 2016 doi:10.1093/humrep/dew310 Published: 7 December 2016
Introducing the World Health Organization Postpartum Family Planning Compendium
Gynecology Obstetrics DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12003 First published: 3 November 2016
Use of the World Health Organization's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use Guidance in sub-Saharan African Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study
Glob Health Sci Pract September 28, 2016 vol. 4 no. 3 p. 506-510
The Botswana Medical Eligibility Criteria Wheel: Adapting a Tool to Meet the Needs of Botswana's Family Planning Program
African Journal of Reproductive Health Volume 20 Number 2
Extended use up to 5 years of the etonogestrel-releasing subdermal contraceptive implant: comparison to levonorgestrel-releasing subdermal implant
Human Reproduction pp. 1–8, 2016 - First published online: September 26, 2016.
Comparing Effectiveness of Active and Passive Client Follow-Up Approaches in Sustaining the Continued Use of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) in Rural Punjab: A Multicentre, Non-Inferiority Trial.
PLOS ONE 11(9): e0160683. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0160683
Effect of BMI and body weight on pregnancy rates with LNG as emergency contraception: analysis of four WHO HRP studies
Contraception Available online 12 August 2016
Self-administration of injectable contraceptives: a systematic review
BJOG 2016; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14248. Published online 22 August.2016.
WHO medical eligibility criteria update
Contraception Volume 94, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 193–194
Participatory approaches involving community and healthcare providers in family planning/contraceptive information and service provision: a scoping review
Reproductive Health 2016 13:88 | DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0198-9 | Published: 22 July 2016
Moving towards the goals of FP2020 — classifying contraceptives
Engaging with community-based public and private mid-level providers for promoting the use of modern contraceptive methods in rural Pakistan: results from two innovative birth spacing interventions
Reproductive Health 201613:25 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0145-9 - Published: 17 March 2016
A prospective, open-label, single arm, multicentre study to evaluate efficacy, safety and acceptability of pericoital oral contraception using levonorgestrel 1.5 mg
Hum. Reprod. (2016) 31 (2): 227-232 doi:10.1093/humrep/dev305 - February 2016
Research gaps identified during the 2014 update of the WHO medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use and selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use
Contraception doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2015.12.009 - 23 December 2015
An analysis of adolescent content in South Africa's contraception policy using a human rights framework
Journal of Adolescent Health , Volume 57 , Issue 6 , 617 - 623
Family Planning – friendly Health facility Initiative to promote contraceptive utilization
WHO South-East Asia J Public Health 2015 ; 4(1-2): 3–5.
Determinants of method switching among social franchise clients who discontinued the use of intrauterine contraceptive device
International Journal of Reproductive Medicine Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 941708
Combined hormonal contraceptive use among women with known dyslipidaemias: a systematic review of critical safety outcomes
Contraception - Available online 10 August 2015 - doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2015.08.002
Optimizing the delivery of contraceptives in low- and middle-income countries through task shifting: a systematic review of effectiveness and safety
Reproductive Health 2015, 12:27 - Published: 1 April 2015
Comparing effectiveness of two client follow-up approaches in sustaining the use of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) among the underserved in rural Punjab, Pakistan: a study protocol and participants' profile
Reproductive Health 2015, 12:9
Assessing predictors of contraceptive use and demand for family planning services in underserved areas of Punjab province in Pakistan: results of a cross-sectional baseline survey
Reproductive Health 2015, 12:25 doi:10.1186/s12978-015-0016-9
Barriers to modern contraceptive methods uptake among young women in Kenya: a qualitative study
BMC Public Health (2015) 15:118 DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1483-1
Underuse of modern methods of contraception: underlying causes and consequent undesired pregnancies in 35 low- and middle-income countries
Hum. Reprod. (2015) doi: 10.1093/humrep/deu348
Systematic reviews
Combined hormonal contraceptive use among breastfeeding women: an updated systematic review
Contraception 2015 May 19. pii: S0010-7824(15)00218-8
Superficial venous disease and combined hormonal contraceptives: a systematic review
2015 Mar 30. pii: S0010-7824(15)00128-6.
Safety of the progesterone-releasing vaginal ring (PVR) among lactating women: a systematic review
Contraception. 2015 Apr 11. pii: S0010-7824(15)00136-5
Hormonal contraceptive methods and risk of HIV acquisition in women: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence
Contraception Volume 90, Issue 4, October 2014, Pages 360–390
Contraceptive options for women living with HIV
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2014 Aug;28(6):881-90. doi: 10.1016.
Hormonal contraceptive methods and risk of HIV acquisition in women: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence
Contraception DOI: 10.1016.
Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access
Chandra-Mouli et al. Reproductive Health 2014, 11:1
Outreach and integration programs to promote family planning in the extended postpartum period
Sonalkar S, Mody S, Gaffield ME. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.09.021.
Family planning versus contraception: what's in a name?
Maria I Rodríguez, Lale Say, Marleen Temmerman The Lancet Global Health - 1 March 2014 ( Vol. 2, Issue 3, Pages e131-e132 ) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70177-3
It's about time: WHO and partners release programming strategies for postpartum family planning
Gaffield et al. Global Health: Science and Practive, Advance Access Article published on February 4, 2014 as doi: 10.9745/GHSP -D-13-00156
Outreach and integration programs to promote family planning in the extended postpartum period
Sarita Sonalkar, Sheila Mody, Mary E. Gaffield. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.09.021.
A global research agenda for family planning: results of an exercise for the setting of research priorities
Moazzam Ali et al. Bulletin of the World Health Organization; Type: Research Article ID: BLT.13.122242
Advancing social and economic development by investing in women's and children's health: a new Global Investment Framework
Stenberg K et al. The Lancet Early Online Publication, 19 November 2013 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62231-X
Programmatic aspects of postpartum family planning in developing countries: a qualitative analysis of key informant interviews in Kenya and Ethiopia
Sarita Sonalkar, Sheila Mody, Sharon Phillips and Mary E. Gaffield. African Journal of Reproductive Health, September 2013; 17[3]:54-56.
Prevention and management of nausea and vomiting with emergency contraception: a systematic review
Contraception 2013 May;87(5):583-9
Initiation of progestogen-only injectables on different days of the menstrual cycle and its effect on contraceptive effectiveness and compliance: a systematic review
Contraception 2013 May;87(5):576-82.
Advance supply of emergency contraception: a systematic review
Contraception 2013 May;87(5):590-601
When can a woman resume or initiate contraception after taking emergency contraceptive pills? A systematic review
Contraception 2013 May;87(5):602-4
Retention of intrauterine devices in women who acquire pelvic inflammatory disease: a systematic review
Contraception 2013 May;87(5):655-60
When can a woman have an intrauterine device inserted? A systematic review
Contraception 2013 May;87(5):666-73
How does the number of oral contraceptive pill packs dispensed or prescribed affect continuation and other measures of consistent and correct use? A systematic review
Contraception 2013 May;87(5):605-10
A multicenter randomized clinical trial of one-rod etonogestrel and two-rod levonorgestrel contraceptive implants with nonrandomized copper-IUD controls: methodology and insertion data.
Contraception 2013 Jan;87(1):113-120
Comparative efficacy of postpartum sterilisation with the titanium clip versus partial salpingectomy: a randomised controlled trial
BJOG. 2013 Jan;120(1):108-12.
Hormonal contraception and risk of HIV acquisition: a difficult policy position in spite of incomplete evidence
Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec;20(39 Suppl):14-7.


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It was two great summer days in downtown Portland, Oregon when three musicians got together at a loft space sitting, jamming, listening to each other and grooving along. It was literally the first time the musicians played together. The result of the session produced another project for the Eric Skye Acoustic Groove Trio.
The 11-track Slow Moving Dog consisted of original bluesy soul jazz grooves recorded live in a studio. There are no overdubs, no gooey reverbs, et cetera, just the compilation of Eric Skye, a Pacific Northwest jazz guitarist, Bruce Robertson, a New York City, British-invasion influenced drummer, and Brian Casey, a virtuoso upright jazz bassist. The tracks bring the group some form of nostalgic memories.
"Happy Cake" recalls a favorite treat at a long gone Ace Cafe on Folsom Street in San Francisco. "Lemon Merengue" is a fun groove that started out as a samba. "Slow Moving Dog" is about the day Robertson noticed a dog laying on a very busy sidewalk in the studio's security cam. He said, "Man, that's one slow moving dog."
As a listener, one can not only feel the love of music emulated by each musician, but the joy each one brings to the scene. It's simply a project one could listen to several times and not realize it. The interaction element was brilliant and to forsake the studio preliminaries for live music is intimate and fun indeed.

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Harrison Barnes scored nine of his 27 points during a 19-0 second-half run and No. 8 North Carolina bounced back from a 33-point loss at Florida State with an 82-68 victory over Virginia Tech on Thursday night.
John Henson added 16 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks for the Tar Heels (16-3, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who trailed 44-36 before Barnes started the run with two free throws, a jumper and a dunk. Before it was over, it stretched to 31-5 and a 67-49 lead with 8:23 remaining.
The Hokies (11-7, 0-4) missed 15 straight shots during the run and lost their fourth straight. They are off to their first 0-4 start in league play since the 2006 team lost its first six.
Erick Green led Virginia Tech with 17 points and Dorenzo Hudson had 16, all in a dazzling span of less than 8 minutes in the first half. Jarell Eddie added 15 points and freshman Robert Brown had 12.
The Tar Heels trailed 39-34 at halftime but took command quickly once Barnes heated up. His six consecutive points and two free throws by Tyler Zeller tied it at 44, and with the Hokies unable to make anything, Barnes added an 8-footer, Reggie Bullock hit a 3-pointer and Henson a foul-line jumper. A three-point play by Zeller and Barnes' free throw finished the burst that last 5 1/2 minutes.
Dorian Finney-Smith's two free throws ended the Hokies' scoreless drought, but the Tar Heels scored seven more points before Brown's 3-pointer, Tech's first field goal in more than 9 minutes.
By then, the suspense was gone and both coaches substituted freely.
For a time, though, Hudson made it look like it could be a huge night for the Hokies.
Pulled from the starting lineup in favor of Brown, Hudson was nonetheless honored before the game for joining Virginia Tech's 1,000-point club. When he checked in at the first media timeout, he quickly established that he wanted to get busy on the scoring the next 1,000.
With the Hokies trailing 15-9, he hit a 3-pointer from the left corner, and then one from the right corner 1:21 later. That pulled the Hokies within 17-15, and the crowd flashed back to his 41-point game in 2010 against Seton Hall. It came before a foot injury ended last season early and a sprained knee slowed him this season, but with the crowd exhorting him to keep it up, he obliged.
His two free throws with 10:36 to play tied it, and his 3 gave the Hokies their first lead, 20-17. He added another 3 and a breakaway layup 13 seconds apart later in the half, giving Virginia Tech its biggest lead, 35-28.
Hudson had 16 points in the half, and Green had 10. While the packed Cassell Coliseum crowd could hardly contain themselves, the Hokies had trouble with the Tar Heels' big men. Henson and Tyler Zeller had five of the Tar Heels' first seven baskets, and they pulled to 39-34 at halftime when they inbounded the ball with nine-tenths of a second on the clock to Henson coming down the lane, and he jammed it with two hands.
Henson had 10 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in the half, and Zeller scored six.
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Eric Thomas, (center) science teacher at Mill Valley High School, Wednesday was named De Soto USD 232's elementary finalist for 2009 Kansas Teacher of the Year. Thomas is pictured with Mill Valley Principal Joe Novak and Superintendent Sharon Zoellner.
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"I still wouldn't count Johnson & Johnson out from putting another bid in. They're doing a little bit of lobbying behind the scenes. They're interested."
"The warning letter is a clear negative for Guidant and adds to its near-term challenges in its [cardiac rhythm management] franchise."
"We are somewhat surprised to see Guidant's board support Johnson & Johnson's offer. Recall that this is the same company that thought Guidant was only worth $63 a few weeks ago. Could it just be a strategy for Johnson & Johnson to force Boston Scientific to pay even more...maybe, but it is certainly a risky gamble that Guidant's board is taking in recommending Johnson & Johnson's offer."
"As the offer size for Guidant increases and the relative value of its ICD business increases, we can't ignore the fact that at some point it might make sense for one of the two contenders to take a serious look at St. Jude Medical."
"We would expect BSX to quickly come back with a new bid, but importantly, we do not expect management to increase its debt or offer more equity."
"At a time when Boston Scientific management should be devoting 100 percent of its efforts to the Guidant transaction, it now also must address the warning letter."
"The company continues to impress on its ability to protect the bottom line in the face of temporary slowdowns in one or more business segments."
"There is increasing chatter that when the in-patient payment system comes out in a couple of weeks, that it will be more controversial than we've seen in prior years."


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119 air-conditioned guestrooms at Homestead Resort feature coffee/tea makers and makeup/shaving mirrors. All accommodations have balconies. All rooms include separate sitting areas. Bathrooms feature hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Guestrooms offer complimentary free local calls (restrictions may apply). Televisions have VCRs. Rooms also include irons/ironing boards.
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Facial rejuvenation is an option for individuals who want to improve the appearance of their skin. Two possible therapies include Fractional C02 and Ultherapy, which was recently approved for treating the décolleté area.
"We're getting to the time of year when people are thinking about laser treatment options," said Dr. Eugene Nowak, founder of Nowak Aesthetics. "We're getting closer to fall, so people have less sun exposure. Doing their rejuvenation procedure helps them to feel ready for the holidays, trips or events."
Modern laser technology is less invasive and more effective than outdated treatment options, Dr. Nowak said.
"This is very different from old-style lasers that used to remove the whole surface of the skin," Dr. Nowak said. "This therapy option treats about 40 percent of the skin, reducing downtime or recovery time. It's a nice balance of getting people positive results."
An in-office procedure, Fractional C02 targets the surface of the skin, addressing discoloration and pigmentation challenges; reducing lines, wrinkles or acne scars; and stimulating collagen production, Dr. Nowak said.
"We apply topical medicine to make the patient more comfortable," Dr. Nowak said. "We typically boost it up with injectable numbing medicine. The laser then targets the surface of the skin, actually removing a small, microscopic area of skin and heating the collagen. This causes the body to go in, repair and rejuvenate that collagen."
Benefits appear "quickly," Dr. Nowak said. "If someone had a Fractional C02 procedure on Friday, they would typically see an aesthetician on Monday for a facial to cleanse the skin and start the healing process. Benefits are typically completed within a 7- to 10-day range, but we can see it as soon as Monday."
Cool compresses help remove heat from the laser and reduce the risk of post-treatment swelling, Dr. Nowak said. Color match treatments help conceal the area in the event of redness. After treatment, patients will notice peeling and exfoliation; pigmentation, coloration, and skin texture begin to improve.
"The collagen stimulation and remodeling can take place over a three to six month process," Dr. Nowak said. "Aestheticians will support with facial treatments and restarting topical skin care products to help get the best results and maintain results over the long-term."
Ultherapy is another treatment option for patients who would like to treat the facial area, neck, and chest area, Dr. Nowak said. In contrast to laser treatments, which address both the skin's surface and underneath the skin, Ultherapy is an option for patients focusing on skin tightening. It has the additional advantage of very little recovery time.
"Some patients want tighter skin because their skin is losing elasticity," Dr. Nowak said. "Ultherapy offers non-surgical skin tightening; it's been cleared by the FDA for skin lifting. It's very exciting to be able to offer that technology. They've just released a protocol for the décolleté and chest area, which is traditionally very challenging to treat."
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Coming June 9, 2016, Here & Now listeners and visitors will experience our stories and journalism online in a whole new way.
A special task force in Connecticut is holding a public hearing today on mental health issues and guns.
It is not known if Newtown shooter Adam Lanza had any diagnosed mental illness, but a family friend has said Lanza's mother was in the process of having her son committed to a psychiatric hospital just before he went on his shooting spree.
Connecticut lawmakers are now debating whether to join most other states in passing what's called "outpatient commitment," which would mandate court-ordered treatment for people with serious mental illness who are not in the hospital.
It's outraged some mental health advocates, who say people with mental illness should make their own decisions. Here's an excerpt from an opinion piece in the Hartford Courant by Janet Van Tassel, head of the Connecticut Legal Rights Project:
"Because a forced medication or treatment law would restrict the fundamental civil rights of people with mental illness, there are questions about whether it would violate Connecticut's constitutional protections for these individuals. Certainly, it would require an enforcement system and court proceedings comparable to those used in New York, which cost more than $32 million per year. Consequently, it would be very costly, and use money that would be better spent on community services."
The measure is being applauded by others who say they desperately need the help for their loved ones who don't know they're seriously ill. The Treatment Advocacy Center argues on its website in favor of outpatient commitment, also called assisted outpatient treatment (AOT):
"Studies and data from states using AOT prove that it is effective in reducing the incidence and duration of hospitalization, homelessness, arrests and incarcerations, victimization, and violent episodes. AOT also increases treatment compliance and promotes long-term voluntary compliance, while reducing caregiver stress. The six states that do not have AOT are Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Nevada, and Tennessee."


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The Cambridge Police received a false report early Saturday morning of a "male with a large firearm and wearing body armor" at 77 Massachusetts Avenue. The report was declared to be false around 2.5 hours later after MIT and Cambridge police searched each building room-to-room. Students were not notified of the situation until after an hour after the initial tip.
The report came in as an ongoing, electronic, running message at 7:28 a.m. Two minutes later, Cambridge and MIT officers responded to 77 Mass. Avenue and began searching and clearing administrative offices, classrooms, and bathrooms in MIT's Main Group (central buildings). About 30 officers responded, according to John Boyle, a Cambridge police spokesperson. A special response team was notified and was on standby, but was not needed. The Boston Police department offered resources but was also not needed. State police shut down Massachusetts Avenue between Vassar Street and Memorial Drive at 7:35 a.m. MIT and Cambridge police set up a perimeter around MIT's main buildings, although they ran into students and MIT staff several times during the search. A graduate student commented on MIT News's Facebook page asking if he should leave if he was in the Main Group Building, but no one from MIT responded.
Police radio traffic suggested that the gunman had a long rifle and body armor, was hiding in the bathroom and that he was going after MIT President L. Rafael Reif and school staff in retaliation for the death of Aaron Swartz. It is unclear how long the police were connected to the tipster, but the tipster was disconnected before 7:49 a.m.
The report came in as a running message received via an Internet relay or "electronic messaging system." The tipster's IP address indicated New York, although it does not necessarily mean the tipster was physically in New York. The Boston Globe reported that Cambridge Police spokesperson Dan Riviello said, "The threat did not come via one of the department's anonymous tip submission platforms." When asked by The Tech via email to clarify the "Internet relay," Riviello declined to comment because of their ongoing investigation.
According to police radio traffic, shortly before 9 a.m., an MIT staff member with the same name as one provided by the hoaxster was questioned by police but was uninvolved with the incident.
Around 10 a.m., the Cambridge police started to clear the scene, and at 10:19 a.m., the Cambridge Police tweeted, "Scene is clear. Call unfounded. No threat to public safety in #CambMA #MIT." MIT Alert sent a text message at 10:46 a.m. saying "Cambridge Police have issued all-clear. MIT returning to normal operation. MIT PD will monitor campus."
The FBI and Secret Service are working in conjunction with the Cambridge Police to investigate the hoax, according to Cambridge Police Department spokesperson Dan Riviello. In a press conference on Saturday, Cambridge police commissioner Robert Haas said, "If we do indeed identify this person, we will be seeking criminal charges." According to an email from MIT spokesperson Nate Nickerson, however, there is no comment at this time on whether MIT will be pressing charges, and MIT is currently "focused on cooperating in the investigation."
Timing of emergency alerts
A looming question that remains is why MIT's emergency alert service took so long to send out an alert to students. Cambridge and MIT police were at Mass Ave by 7:30 a.m., but the first alert, which appeared at MIT's emergency information site (emergency.mit.net), appeared at 8:47 a.m., more than an hour later. Students signed up for emergency alerts got a text message around 8:51 a.m. and an email was sent out around 9:22 a.m. notifying students of the report and asking them to stay indoors and report suspicious activity to campus police.
In comparison, the Cambridge Police sent out a tweet saying "Report of a possible person with a gun on Massachusetts Ave in #CambMA" at 7:35 a.m.
At a press conference on Saturday, John DiFava, facility operations and security director, said that he was called at his home and "made the call to the appropriate people" after he got in his car and started down Highway 93. "The response from the alert came pretty quickly after I made that phone call," DiFava said. DiFava could not recall what time this happened.
At 8:37 a.m. ten minutes before the first alert from MIT was sent, someone at MIT's control station asked a sergeant if he should get in contact with the Security and Emergency Management Office (SEMO) to send out an alert asking people to stay out of the Main Group (MIT's central buildings), and the sergeant said he would call "the chief and Captain Pierce" who "were out." It is unclear whether DiFava's notification came before or after 8:37 a.m.
When asked about the lag, DiFava said, "I have to look into it and find out the reason for the lag."
Nickerson did not provide any new information when asked about timing of the emergency alerts.


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OH how I do so agree with the writer of "Once bitten, twice shy..." (Letters, January 18). I also ask who the heck this Eastleigh borough resident masquerading himself as a Coxford local person is?
In fact he has no genuine connection with Southampton let alone the Coxford area.
Claiming to know the community well in a Labour leaflet does make someone a community campaigner.
When local Southampton independent councillors Don Thomas and Keith Morrell say something they mean it, working closely with the community in authentic campaigns: Sainsbury's right of way, Erskine Court, Oaklands Swimming Pool, reinstating bus routes and many more.
If this Eastleigh dweller is to stand in the approaching local city elections let's stop the pretence and let's start to have honesty in Labour's political leaflets.


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Adam Rabinowitz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics was one of only twenty recipients awarded a National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) Digital Humantities Start-Up Grant for 2014. The $54,096 award will support Rabinowitz's project "Periods, Organized (PeriodO): A gazetteer of period assertions for linking and visualizing periodized data."
PeriodO is an online resource that will collect and link existing scholarly materials to more clearly define historical, art-historical, and archeological periods. By amassing and cross-referencing this data, Rabinowitz and his co-investigator Ryan Shaw, of the School of Information and Library Science at the Univeristy of North Carolina, hope to provide a tool that will help researchers across disciplines better better reconcile conflicting dates and definitions for period terms used in databases and documents.
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According to the Austin American-Statesman, Texas Longhorns forward Tristan Thompson, of Brampton, will enter the NBA draft.
The decision is not a surprise. Thompson, one of Canada's top basketball prospects, had been interviewing agents for some time now and sources had told The Sun he was a virtual lock to go.
Thompson is expected to formally announce his decision on Friday.
The Big 12 freshman of the year averaged 13.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game and was outstanding in Texas' win over Oakland in the first round of the NCAA tournament, boosting his draft stock.
Though Thompson originally said he wanted to return to the school, especially because longtime friend and teammate Myck Kabongo of Toronto will start there in the fall, the lure of potentially being selected in the lottery appears to have been too much to pass up. The 2012 draft is expected to be one of the best in two decades after stars like Harrison Barnes, Jared Sullinger and Perry Jones III elected to stay in school, whereas the 2011 version is considered poor.
Thompson had until April 24 to declare for the draft. Players can still pull out if they don't hire an agent by May 8.


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If in approaching so vast and amorphous a bookshelf one should dare to venture any generalization, it is that the Sephardic cultural sensibility...
"The Schocken Book
of Modern Sephardic Literature"
edited and with
an introduction
by Ilan Stavans
Schocken, 439 pp., $27.50
Publishing houses that set out to showcase writing from one "culture" in fat volumes often end up with unwieldy tomes that draw artificial boundaries around times and places. Schocken Books succeeds here where others fail, perhaps because it has the sure-footedness that comes from its long, deep list of Judaica.
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A new collection, "The Schocken Book of Modern Sephardic Literature," offers up surprises for both newcomers and a reader well-versed in literature by and about Jews. For some Americans, the real revelation may be discovering Sephardic Judaism itself.
All of Judaism shares a foundation, and its two largest populations, Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews, inhabit much common ground in their practices. But Judaism has a polyglot history, born of centuries of upheaval and displacement, and Jews maintain many differences in observances and traditions.
The best-known Jewish communities in America are the Ashkenazim, or those descended from Jews in Central and Eastern Europe. ("Ashkenazic" comes from the Hebrew word for Germany.) Sephardic Jews take their name from the Hebrew word for Spain, and those who identify as Sephardim today have roots there, in Portugal, North Africa and the Middle East. These names refer to the great centers of Jewry in medieval Europe.
(Another term, "Mizrachim" — from the Hebrew word for "Eastern" — usually refers to non-Ashkenazim without roots in Spain, including some in Kurdistan, Iran and the Far East.)
The Sephardic condition, as editor Ilan Stavans writes, is "one of fracture and displacement." That description rings true for most of history's Jewish populations, but as Stavans notes, Spain's expulsion of Jews from the Iberian peninsula in 1492 was particularly dramatic and far-reaching.
That expulsion greatly reduced the Sephardic population and scattered survivors around the globe, including, eventually, the Americas. For various reasons, starting with their mass migration from Europe at the turn of the last century, Ashkenazic Jews have remained the majority culture in the United States, with its history and traditions most visible. This collection reveals the lopsided nature of our awareness of this Diaspora history, and introduces the rich societies and textured writing that developed as Sephardim melded with many host cultures.
Stavans, professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, is a passionate writer in his own right; his introduction to this collection fairly vibrates with energy. He's organized an astonishingly varied, lively collection, beginning with a fascinating short story published in 1844 about a Jewish family's 18th-century flight from Portugal. Stavans identifies the author, Grace Aguilar, as the first Anglo-Jewish novelist.
He moves from the emotional poetry of Emma Lazarus (whose best-known poem welcomes the "huddled masses" at the Statue of Liberty) to the contemporary short story by Ruth Behar, "Never Marry a Man Who Doesn't Beat You," a clever sendup of the midlife sparks between the only two Cuban Sephardic Jews in Ann Arbor.
Now, highly unscientific studies of bookstore browsers picking up this collection will tend to reveal a common pattern: Scan, flip, flip. Heft the heavy volume. Set it down. Perhaps there should be a little card hung on the shelf that reads: "Do Not Be Afraid! You Do Not Have To Read This Cover-to-Cover All At Once."
Owning such a book is like buying an annual membership to an art museum; once your admission is covered, you are gloriously free to dip in for a quick visit — or an entire afternoon — any time you wish.
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Blink twice, and you'll miss Goku's "Kamehameha" blue energy attack, right in the beginning of this new Japanese Dragonball Evolution trailer.
The slightly spotty footage shows Piccolo bringing a rain of pain upon those beneath him, and proves that Fox has indeed changed the name to Dragonball Evolution.
I gotta admit, Piccolo is starting to look greener and greener. But I'm still taken aback by the slo-mo stop scene fighting. I guess this will be the make or break moment for this movie, can they carry out the fight scenes and keep it true to the original DB?
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The last Holden Monaro has - gasp - been bought by a collector of classic Fords.
Darryl Mattingley, 55, from Emerald in Queensland, took delivery of the yellow Monaro at a ceremony in Brisbane last week after posting the winning bid in the last minute of the 10-day auction on eBay.
The Monaro's sale price of $187,600 was donated to the Leukaemia Foundation.
It is Mattingley's first Holden. He owns three highly collectible Ford Falcon GTs, among other rare cars, and is said to have a Ford Parking Only sign in his garage where the Monaro will be kept.
When Holden put the last Monaro up for auction on the internet three weeks ago, it expected bids from all over the world. But the bidding became a battle between two men from the same remote Queensland town who were prepared to pay more than triple the original price of the car.
Neither bidder had any idea that the person he was competing with was just a few kilometres away. And, despite the town's population of just 12,000, they did not know each other.
Mattingley had never met the under-bidder, Albert Hajdu, but he had heard of him. Mattingley's 34-year-old son works for Hajdu in the mining business.
"I wouldn't know him if he walked up to me," Mattingley says. "But I guess I will get to meet him now."
The remote town between Longreach and Rockhampton, about 900km north-west of Brisbane, is known for its mining industry and sapphire fields but Mattingley is a house relocator who earned his wealth through investments.
Hajdu, a confessed "Holden man" and owner of a limited-edition Monaro CV8-R, says he hopes Mattingley will at least let him sit in the car.
"I don't know what he's going to do with the car. Apparently he's got a Ford Parking Only sign in his garage," Hajdu says. "He's a Ford man, so I hope he'll let a Holden man like myself sit in it, although I don't expect he'll let me have the keys to start it."
The first Hajdu knew of Mattingley's bid was when Mattingley's son turned up to work on Monday morning after the first weekend of bids.
"His son said 'are you bidding on the Monaro' and I said 'how did you know' and that's when he told me his dad was the other bidder," Hajdu says. (Hajdu used his surname on eBay, whereas the winning bidder used the name shelda0.) "When I got home I said to the wife, 'honey, let's bump the bids up'."
He had the highest bid - $187,355.55 - in the last few hours until Mattingley overtook him in the last minute.
"I remember looking at the screen with a few minutes to go and thinking 'I'm going to end up with this car'," Hajdu says. "But then at one minute to go the computer beeped at me and told me I wasn't in the lead any more. I would've tried to out-bid him but the contract says you have to pay within three days of the auction closing and that was too tight for me."
Ebay was obliged to enlist the services of the independent firm Going Gone to verify all bids after hoax bids drove the price up to $15 million on the first day of the auction. Nevertheless, the last Monaro set a new record as the most expensive item ever sold on eBay in Australia.
Hajdu says he thinks the car is "a bargain", given its collectibility. "I'm surprised more people or corporations didn't [bid] more, especially given that it's for a charity." Both bidders thought the car would eventually sell for between $300,000 and $400,000.
So, will Mattingley ever sell the car? "Everything you own is for sale if the price is right," he says. "I bought this car purely as an investment. I've made some good investments and I've made some bad ones.
I hope this is a good one."
He says the Monaro will be stored and won't be registered and will be displayed at various car shows. He is yet to determine if he can insure the car for the amount paid, rather than the car's RRP of $60,490.


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State study uses corn, soybean alternatives to process ethanol
Editor's Note: This is the second in a four-part series this week on the renewable fuel industry. Tomorrow, learn about a Luverne man's experience growing miscanthus for ethanol production.
WASECA -- Minnesota is known as a row crop state, and all one needs to do is take a drive through the countryside to see acres upon acres of corn and soybeans growing in the summer sun.
Years ago, the state's corn and soybean crops were fed to livestock, and what wasn't used was hauled away by truck, rail or ship for further processing into breakfast cereals, cooking oils and other goods.
Farmers looked at those export shipments as lost revenue, and when value-added became a buzz word in the 1980s, the movement began to develop renewable fuels from renewable resources. In the last two decades, ethanol plants -- and later biodiesel refineries -- cropped up across Minnesota's landscape to capture more money for the farmers who plant the seeds and till the soil. Adding value to Minnesota's corn and soybean crops has, in essence, boosted the economies of rural communities throughout the state.
Yet, as farmers and processors reap the benefits of renewable fuels, there are some Minnesotans who aren't content to think corn and soybeans are the end-all for renewable fuel production.
At the University of Minnesota Southeast Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, Gregg Johnson is leading a biomass study that involves growing bushy willow and poplar. The goal of the research is to develop a method to extract cellulose from the plants that can be processed into ethanol.
"What we're really interested in is serving multiple benefits," Johnson said. "We want to provide raw product for ethanol or feed, but we want to do it in a way to address environmental issues such as erosion, nitrate leeching and storing water, so we don't have as much going into our lakes and streams."
By planting willow or poplar in strategic areas of the landscape, Johnson said landowners can help improve the environment and, at the same time, play an active role in the production of renewable fuel.
Getting started
The University of Minnesota began researching woody biomass a couple of years ago, when a company looked at Waseca as a possible site to burn woody trees for the production of steam and electricity.
"That thing fell through, but they were very interested in willow," Johnson said. "We started growing both willow and poplar and looking at the agronomic components of those plants."
In the last two years, considerable amounts of research dollars have been invested just on the engineering phase to extract cellulose for ethanol production. As those questions are being answered, Johnson said other issues such as growing needs and habits, fertilizer needs and weed control have taken a back seat.
The University of Minnesota, however, isn't the only educational institution researching willow and poplar. Johnson said their researchers work with the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, specifically on the willow project, while the poplar research is coordinated with the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) of Duluth. In addition to willow and poplar, the research center in Waseca is testing the biofuel potential of alfalfa, corn stover, False Indigo and switchgrass.
Expanding resources
With the abundance of corn in the Midwest, some might argue there isn't a need to bring other alternatives into the mix for ethanol production.
To the contrary, Johnson said a speaker at a seminar he recently attended claimed that only 25 percent of the nation's corn crop could be used for ethanol production before it would start impacting the food market.
"It appears there's kind of a limit to corn being used for liquid fuel," Johnson said. "With this tremendous demand that is coming, we need to find other sources of raw material for ethanol production."
Woody biomass, he believes, could be the answer.
"Woody biomass ... has complex sugars and yields a lot more sugars than a corn plant," Johnson said. "You just have to work to get at those sugars."
Another reason Johnson sees potential in the woody crops is location. There are some areas where corn simply won't grow very well -- areas where willow or poplar could thrive.
At the research center, Johnson said workers are planting bushy willow in a high-density, twin-row system. The trees are planted in 6-inch cuttings, allowed to grow through the summer and then cut to create six to eight new shoots to come up in the spring. Once established, Johnson said the willow can be harvested after three years, with plants re-establishing themselves for up to a 20-year period. Poplar, on the other hand, are left to grow for about five years before harvest.
As for harvesting the wood, Johnson said SUNY has created a harvester that is similar to a forage chopper with a modified head. The contraption chips the wood and blows it into a trailer, and from there the process begins to extract the cellulose.
The research center in Waseca has several acres of willow and poplar that are involved in a variety of ongoing experiments. The first harvest of willow will take place this fall, with poplar harvest starting next year.
The results of those harvests will include information on which varieties grow best in Minnesota's climate, and which are most productive in cellulose.
Johnson said the technology of extracting sugars from woody biomass is within a year or two of being completed. Even then, it could be years before farmers are actually planting willow and poplar for ethanol production.
"The industry has to take the technology and develop the plants and the infrastructure," he added. "Our goal here is we want to be able to have that basic information on how to grow this biomass, so when the opportunities come along to locate a plant in the state, we can make it more feasible for them to supply the materials for the plant."
In the two years since research began on woody biomass in Waseca, Johnson said they've learned quite a lot about willow and poplar production. Among the biggest challenges are weed control -- there aren't the variety of herbicides available that there are for corn and soybeans -- along with the cost of establishing the plants and then harvesting them after three years.
"There is a pretty significant up-front cost of establishing the material, but if you spread that over 20 years, it becomes negligible," Johnson said.
Aside from ethanol production, Johnson said the plants could become more profitable as people find uses for the co-products.
"You're producing compounds that can be used to develop plastics and other uses," he added.


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To hear author Sam Harris tell it, lying — whether to protect someone's feelings or protect a reputation — always leads to a worse outcome than telling the truth.
For instance, say your husband comes up to you wearing a silly shirt and asks, "Honey, does this shirt look silly?"
If you say "no" to protect his feelings, or to honor his sense of taste, or just to keep the peace, you've done the man wrong. He will then act on your response and — the next night — stroll proudly into a crowded room like the "Prime Minister of Silly Shirts."
Your benevolent fib has only made matters worse.
"Lying," writes Harris in his new book "Lying" (Four Elephants Press, $16.99) "even about the smallest matters, needlessly damages personal relationships and public trust."
And what constitutes a lie?
"Believing one thing while intending to communicate another," the author explains.
What befuddles Harris is how often we indulge ourselves in the practice.
"Few of us are murderers or thieves," he writes, "but we have all been liars. And many of us will be unable to get into our beds tonight without having told several lies over the course of the day."
Having interviewed many LDS people over the years, I'm always struck at how responses to questions about financial obligations or fidelity are answered directly with conviction while questions about honesty are often hedged with words like "try" and "strive."
In fact, looking back at how I spent my own day today, I can "honestly" see moments where I purposely shaded or shifted the truth.
Why did I do that?
Why do the rest of us?
Harris offers a dozen reasons, including: To avoid embarrassment, to exaggerate our accomplishments, to disguise wrong doing, to conceal defects in a product or service, to gain an advantage over others and, of course, to spare someone's feelings.
And in each case, Harris says, telling a lie is never in our own best interest.
We just think it is.
Honesty, he concludes, is always the best policy. The trick, he says, is to tell the truth in a way that people won't slap your comment back in your face like a badminton birdie.
Harris does concede there are situations where a lie is justified. If we — or those we love — are threatened with violence, telling a lie becomes a form of self-defense and is just as appropriate as using force to defend ourselves.6 comments on this story
But those moments are few and far between in our lives.
Most of the time we finesse the truth or offer bogus opinions for the simple reason we think it will make our lives easier. Yet, Harris says, that is seldom the case. Lying almost always makes things more complicated. And a fib is the quickest way to undermine trust, sabotage a relationship or make people feel betrayed.
People who hear the truth might not like it at first. But, in the long run, they will appreciate the candor.
I know I do.
And I have the silly shirt at home to prove it.
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A reluctant student of eschatology, The Bitch was alarmed this week to receive what might be the fourth or fifth sign so far this year of the imminent Armageddon.
Although tight, revealing garb and Burberry tams are venerated as South Florida cultural standards, Lior Gonda, a Web designer from Weston, was asked to leave a popular mall because he was wearing a demure floor-dusting skirt.
This past July 17, Gonda and a group of friends spent an enjoyable afternoon shopping and socializing at the Boynton Beach Mall. They had just left Claire's Accessories -- no doubt stocking up on black rubber bracelets and Hello Kitty gear -- when they were approached by mall security guard Erik Jean François.
"It was maybe 4:00 p.m. We were standing around, talking, deciding where we were going to go next, and François came by and told us we were blocking pedestrian traffic. We started walking away. I took two or three steps, and the guard looked at me and said that because I'm a guy, I'm not allowed to wear that kind of outfit at the mall," Gonda recalls.
Turns out Gonda's Highlander-looking getup meets all Bitch Sartorial Safety Standards.
"It was probably completely black. Most of my skirts are black, and all of them are long, floor-length. They're really baggy and really comfortable. Much more comfortable than pants, I can tell you. I was probably wearing like a fishnet shirt with a shirt over it. Also most of the time I wear some kind of hat," Gonda says.
But back to the incident: "I guess the guard was paying close attention to me, because from far away, my skirt just looks like baggy pants. He said I either had to zip it up and make it a two-legged item -- and the skirt I was wearing doesn't do that -- or I had to leave. I didn't feel like making a big scene, where he would call the cops or anything like that, and it was close to closing time, so we just left," remembers Gonda.
The Bitch wonders: If a Scottish gentleman were to enter the shopping complex wearing a traditional kilt, would he be asked to leave? Or a Vietnamese male in an ao dai or Greek fellow in a foustanella? What if the ghosts of Mohandas Ghandi and Kurt Cobain wanted to get together at the food court to talk poppy propagation? Is there an official mall regulation against tasteful gender-bending style? Efforts to obtain a copy of the mall's rules were met with stubborn refusal.
"After we were kicked out, I asked one of my friends who wasn't wearing a skirt to take my camera and please take a picture of the rules, which are posted on a bulletin board near the entrance. The security guy who kicked me out suddenly ran in front of the board and told my friend he was not allowed to take pictures at the mall," Gonda explains. "My friend was being respectful, and some malls do have that policy, so he requested a printed copy of the rules -- which I believe is a decent request -- and the guy ignored him and just repeated himself, no pictures at the mall. That's what my friend told me. I wasn't actually with him because I didn't want to go inside the mall again and have the security guy yell at me."
Attempts via e-mail to obtain a copy of the mall rules were in vain. The Bitch made several further stabs at gathering data from the management office of the Boynton Beach Mall, including leaving voicemail messages for Carla Davis, the head of mall marketing; and Andrea Horne, the mall's manager. The Bitch was informed by an unfriendly receptionist that Davis and Horne were the only people who could provide her with a copy of the mall's rules. Some semblance of an irrational response came from Sam Yates, the public relations representative for BBM, who sent The Bitch's request through the proper elaborate channels. Yates then responded via e-mail by saying Gonda's ejection was related to behavior, not appearance: "The mall welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Miami New Times inquiry. Our records indicate that on July 17, a group of youth at the mall were asked to leave after they were observed creating a disturbance.... Rowdy or inappropriate behavior is in conflict with Rules of Conduct posted in the mall. We ask all mall visitors to adhere to our Rules of Conduct for the safety of everyone."
The Bitch pointed out that, given her love of provocative attire, it would be difficult to plan an inoffensive outing to, say, the mall's Hot Topic -- a presumably rent-paying, mall-traffic-generating chain store dedicated to outfitting My Chemical Romance-loving alternateens -- without a copy of the mall's rules. Yates's response: "Feel free to visit the Boyton mall [sic] if you would like to see the Conduct Code that is posted at several locations in the mall. A hand-out/printed version is not available."
Gonda says his fashion sense isn't meant to be a big confrontational deal, nor is it inspired by the wizards of Harry Potter, Wiccan worship, or intense fandom of Dungeons & Dragons.
"It's just a lifestyle," Gonda shrugs. "I express myself by wearing what I want." His friends share a similar stylistic credo. "My friends dress the same, for the most part. We don't have to be in skirts -- it's more like what today's society would describe as a 'goth' outfit," says Gonda. "But I don't believe in labels; I just express myself through whatever means possible, and one of my means of self-expression is through fashion. I enjoy acting as well, so dressing up in many different ways is something I enjoy. I used to volunteer for the Renaissance Fair and dress up in those old-fashioned clothes," he explains. "If females are allowed to wear skirts, why aren't guys?" asks the free-spirited fashion plate.
Having spent some time chatting with Gonda about many things normal and paranormal, The Bitch is pretty sure he is not an incorrigible shopping-center rabble-rouser. But even if the mall's elusive rules clearly state no gentleman is allowed to wear a skirt while roaming from the Thomas Kinkade Gallery to Piercing Pagoda Plus, that would not satisfy Gonda and friends.
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"If the rule doesn't exist, then the security guard was abusing his power, and if it does exist, then I think it's a discrimination against alternative lifestyles. And besides that, the guard didn't let us see the regulations. If the rule exists, I would like someone to show it to me."
Gonda's next step is to complain to Simon, the Indianapolis-based company that owns the Boynton Beach Mall. He also intends to investigate the matter further, possibly by returning to the scene of the crime, with a small army of similarly dressed friends.
"If it's a one-time deal, then people won't care about it. But if it's a pattern of behavior, then that might have more influence in either changing the regulation or raising awareness of the issue," he says. "I just want to encourage people to be themselves and to not be afraid of expressing themselves through what they wear, how they act, or their sexual preference."
As The Bitch always advises when she is asked how best to thwart The Man: Fight back with fashion.


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Founded in 1919 by Union Carbide and listed in 1992, Kemet Corporation (NYSE:KEM) is a global manufacturer of a wide variety of capacitors, including tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid and electrolytic aluminum and film and paper capacitors. It operates 22 production facilities in ten countries globally and employs more than 10,000 employees worldwide, with a global sales force covering the Americas, EMEA and Asia.
KEM is organized into three business groups: Tantalum, Ceramic, and Film and Electrolytic. KEM's Tantalum Business Group is the largest tantalum capacitor manufacturer in the world based on net sales of $417 million in fiscal 2012. KEM has significantly invested in its tantalum capacitor business for the past 50 years, and it acquired Blue Powder, the largest production location for tantalum powder in the Western Hemisphere, in February 2012. Its Ceramic Business Group is one of the two leading ceramic capacitor manufacturers in the U.S. and among the 10 largest manufacturers worldwide, generating $213 million of sales in fiscal 2012. It has an edge in high reliability markets such as medical, industrial, defense and aerospace because of the Cermaic Business Group's high temperature and capacitance-stable product lines. With net sales of $354 million in fiscal 2012, its Film and Electrolytic Business Group is one of the world's largest suppliers of film and among the leading manufacturer of wet aluminum electrolytic capacitors for high-value custom applications.
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KEM is now the only vertically integrated sizable tantalum capacitor manufacturer in the world, following the acquisition of its former supplier Niotan in March 2012. With its ability to manufacture close to 80% of its tantalum powder requirements in-house going forward, it will further cement KEM's position as a strategic supplier to its global accounts by doing research and development on its tantalum powder to meet customer and market needs.
The proposed integration of NEC Tokin, an Asian-focused Japanese manufacturer of tantalum and other capacitors, and KEM is expected to create a global integrated electronic component solutions companies with targeted annual revenues approaching $2 billion (double KEM's current revenues) and projected EBITDA of $300 to $400 million. Applying a conservative EV/EBITDA of 5x to the projected EBITDA of the combined entity, KEM could be a billion-dollar company in the making.
In a conference call on March 12, 2012, KEM announced the joint venture and proposed integration of NEC Tokin, a manufacturer of tantalum and other capacitors, electro-magnetic materials, piezoelectric components, electro-mechanical devices and access devices. KEM completed the first step in their alliance with the completion of a capital injection of USD50 million (approximately JPY4.4 billion) in February 2013. The transaction comprises three major steps, with the second and third steps effected as two call options that expire in August 2014 and May 2018, respectively. First, KEM will acquire a 34% equity stake in NEC Tokin for $50 million and form a joint venture with NEC, which has been completed. Second, KEM will increase its ownership stake in NEC to 49% for an additional $50 million. Finally, KEM will acquire the remaining 51% ownership to have full control, through a final payment based on the greater of US$250 million or six times 12 months trailing EBITDA. NEC Tokin is a manufacturer of tantalum and other capacitors, electro-magnetic materials, piezoelectric components, electro-mechanical devices and access devices, currently has revenues and EBITDA of $755 million and $70 million, respectively. KEM derives 34% of its fiscal 2012 sales from Asia and NEC Tokin is expected to add significantly to that number. KEM sees minimal overlap between the both of them as NEC Tokin is more consumer and Asia focused.
Cost Control and ReductionOn the cost side, strategic acquisitions made by KEM to vertically integrate its supply chain in its Tantalum Business Group and Electrolytic Business Group, will result in significant costs savings in raw materials. In March 2012, KEM completed its acquisition of Niotan Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of tantalum powders, which was one of its former suppliers. This transaction will provide KEM with a constant and reliable supply of tantalum powder and result in a reduction in raw material costs amounting to $40 million in fiscal 2014 ending March. The purchase price is $75 million, with $30 million paid at closing and $45 million in deferred payments over 30 months. Including $10 million in royalty payments, KEM has to pay approximately $10 million every six months till September 2014. KEM also acquired an aluminum foil processing facility in Knoxville, Tenn., in June 2011 to secure the raw material supply necessary for the manufacture of its aluminum electrolytic capacitors. It is also currently consolidating its existing three facilities in Italy into one new facility in Pontaccio, Italy, and recently opened a new facility in Skopje, Macedonia, in October 2012, all part of initiatives to reduce manufacturing costs. This is part of KEM's plans to move more of its manufacturing to low cost areas in Europe like Bulgaria and Macedonia and Asia.
Investment Risks
KEM's profitability is adversely impacted by any increase in its principal raw materials such as tantalum powder, tantalum ore, palladium, aluminum and silver. For example, the price of palladium fluctuated between $563 and $833 per troy ounce in fiscal 2011 and KEM has responded to the price volatility by seeking ways to reduce palladium usage in its ceramic capacitors. While KEM experienced significant raw material price fluctuations in the tantalum supply chain in fiscal 2012, this is expected to change going forward with the March 2012 acquisition of Niotan Incorporated, its former supplier of tantalum powders.
KEM sells its products through three channels, with electronics distributors, original equipment manufacturers and electronics manufacturing service providers accounting for 42%, 15% and 43% of its 2012 fiscal sales. Historically, the booking trends for electronics distributors have been more volatile than that of the original equipment manufacturers and electronics manufacturing service distributors.
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Founded in 1919 by Union Carbide and listed in 1992, Kemet Corporation (NYSE:KEM) is a global manufacturer of a wide variety of capacitors, including tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid and electrolytic aluminum and film and paper capacitors. It operates 22 production facilities in ten countries globally and employs more than 10,000 employees worldwide, with a global sales force covering the Americas, EMEA and Asia.


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Obama, speaking at the opening of the session, confirmed they will focus on measures to prevent the break-up of the eurozone, in particular the potential exit of Greece.
But there remains a huge gulf between the European leaders over how to kick-start the economy, a clash between the pro-growth French approach and the deficit-cutting approach of the Germans.
"All of us are absolutely committed to making sure that growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package," Obama said today.
As he spoke, German chancellor Angela Merkel and British prime minister David Cameron nodded in agreement.
Cameron, after meeting the US leader early Saturday morning, said there has already been good progress on the euro issue and a "a sense of urgency".
Obama met the G8 leaders at his presidential rural retreat Camp David on Friday night, hosting a dinner that was dominated by Iran, Syria and other international issues.
The bulk of the agenda Saturday is being given over the euro crisis, with the new French president François Hollande lined up with Obama in favour of a stimulus package and Merkel holding out.
Also attending are Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, the Italian prime minister, Mario Monti, the Japanese prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, and the Russian prime minister, Dmitri Medvedev, who is attending in place of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. There are also two European Union representatives.
At the dinner of Friday night, there was broad agreement over forthcoming talks on dealing with the Iranian nuclear stand-off.
Following the private event, Obama told reporters that all those gathered were "firmly committed" to continuing with sanctions alongside diplomatic efforts to pressure Tehran.
He added: "Our hope is that we can resolve this issue in a peaceful fashion that respects Iran's sovereignty and its rights in the international community, but also recognises its responsibilities."
The US, Britain, Germany and France, along with Israel, have been putting the squeeze on Iran, claiming it is engaged in a covert attempt to secure a nuclear weapons capability. Tehran denies this.
The group said they did not expect all the issues to be resolved at the forthcoming meeting in Baghdad but they hoped the Iranians realised they would need to take concrete steps.
Leaders also discussed Syria, ruling out military intervention and instead agreeing to stick with a plan drawn up by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.
Obama said G8 countries were "supportive of the Annan plan", but added that it "has to be fully implemented".
They also expressed a determination that, with a death toll of 6,000 already in Syria, there has to be a move towards political transition from the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Russia, a traditional ally of Syria, has been resisting tougher international action but Medvedev acknowleged at the meeting there would have to be transition.
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The MELA will take place on Sunday, September 1st 2013 at Gunnersbury Park, London and Oxfam will be raising awareness of its work in South Asia.
Oxfam is the official charity sponsor for the London Mela which celebrates the culture and creativity of South Asia and last year attracted 82,000 people.
Neishaa said: "I love shopping at Oxfam because it is shopping for a good cause. It is not fast fashion that fades. It is clothes that have been loved and want to be loved longer. Shopping at Oxfam is not about following trends, it gives you an opportunity to create your own unique style. New picks that fit within your existing wardrobe to bring a unique twist to that day or evening look.
"I have hand-picked some fantastic finds from Oxfam donations to create the ensemble called the 'Neishaa Gharat for Oxfam Collection'. We have also re-constructed key pieces with hand-made appliqué work. For example we have designed a butterfly garden on a Karen Millen dress. We are designing a scarf dress with beautiful Oxfam-donated silk scarves."
The exclusive preview of the 'Neishaa Gharat for Oxfam collection' will take place at the Oxfam tent, 1.30pm, 4pm and 6pm. The performance has been supported by Neeru Bhandari at Laviva Events, with hair and make-up provided by celebrity stylist Lubna Rafiq and her team from the TMP agency. The collection will also be available to buy online.
Oxfam will show case 30 pieces for the catwalk. All ensembles will be restyled and recreated from donated Oxfam clothes and accessories. Aashni, Contemporary Indian High Fashion House, London, has donated three designer outfits to the collection.
Neishaa Gharat is also creating an art installation called The Wishing Rail where visitors can play their part in creating it can by tying their wishes for a better world using strips of recycled clothes. The installation will be auctioned to support Oxfam in South Asia.
In South Asia Oxfam has helped millions of people improve their means to make a living, raised awareness of issues such as education, and helped people campaign for their rights.
This year marks 40 years of Oxfam working in Pakistan, where Oxfam has - for example - provided aid to about a million people after the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake and about 2.5 million after the 2010 floods.
This is the second year of Oxfam's involvement with the Mela and last year saw the marking of 60 years of the organisation's work in India. Oxfam is currently responding to the Uttarakhand floods with water, sanitation and shelter. In 2011 Oxfam marked its 40th year of working in Bangladesh by highlighting the millions of people helped in the country through our work to alleviate poverty and preparing for and responding to cyclones and floods.
Oxfam's Trading Director, Andrew Horton said, "Oxfam is very proud to be taking part in the Mela again this year. We look forward to highlighting the work that Oxfam has carried out in South Asia for more than 60 years, especially our work with women.
"This year marks our 40th year of working in Pakistan and we will highlight some of the work which has helped pull millions out of poverty. What is really unique about this year's event is a fashion show by Neishaa Gharat which will help create an experience that brings the audience closer to the ethos of re-use, recycling and recreating. It also identifies with Oxfam's organisational values, culture and work in south Asia. Pieces from the fashion show will be available to buy in the Oxfam online shop straight after the show. Be quick or you will miss out."
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For the past weeks i've been gearing up for the beta access to this awesome game.The one thing that I still can't decide is what class to use.There are perks to each of the classes like high damage with the warlock or taking major damage with the titan and many other things like revolvers and snipers and speacial.I want to hear what everyone else is going to choose when the beta finally gets here.
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Is there is NO best class just 3 classes each that excel in different ways for people with different play styles I prefer to be in the THICK of the firefight so TITAN is the way to go for me. It all depends on how you tend to play. You get 3 character slots so why not try out all 3 classes and then pick the one that 'feels' right to you.
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Diversity, equality and equal rights are an ideal leverage chip. Unless you're male.
Whether you're a golfer, a tennis player or are as athletic as Pavarotti, you've got an opinion on this.
Equality in sports.
Title IX is law.
Two women, Annika Sorenstam and Suzy Whaley, will play on the PGA Tour.
And another woman, Martha Burk, says it's just not fair that men can have their own club and not have a woman among them.
Balance is a great concept.
And I'm all for it if it's split down the middle. But the fight for true equality is about plausible as O.J.'s coast-to-coast crusade to find the real killer.
Let's be politically correct for a few paragraphs, yet try and still be realistic just for the sake of pleasing everyone.
Would it be feasible for a man to join the LPGA Tour? Tees are closer. Think Tiger Woods would see scores in the 50s? Heck, Casey Martin would probably see scores in the 50s.
What about professional tennis? How fierce would matches be if say, Andre Agassi or Andy Roddick just had to play three sets?
Men's matches last up to five.
Lines between the sexes are drawn everywhere. It's society. For the most part, it's accepted.
Sororities. Fraternities. Look at the Girl Scouts. The Boy Scouts. Men's and women's bathrooms.
Augusta National is a private club. Just as the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is. Just as the Junior League is.
Even Burk's group, the National Council of Women's Organizations is a private group, composed of predominantly, gasp, women.
"A club should have the right to have any membership it wants," said PGA golfer Len Mattiace, a staunch supporter of Augusta's policy.
"Even if they're hosting a world event."
Martha Burk has done for the Sharpie and posterboard what Lewinsky did for the cigar. It's popular to protest.
It's the American way. Freedom of expression is protected by the Constitution, Congress and the ACLU.
But what these headline-seekers are ultimately after has nothing to do with equality. It's a personal agenda, not a global one.
It's about finding a hairline crack in the societal plaster and splitting it wide open, if only just to say "I told you so."
It's about being able to put "problem solver" on the resume and be hailed as the savior to those age-old morality problems of gender discrimination.
But really, let's be serious.
This charade disguised as a goodwill campaign to integrate the ranks of Augusta is nothing more than an attempt to inject integrity into an image.
It's about the post-protest paper chase that will undoubtedly fetch Burk thousands of dead presidents as a motivational speaker, or even worse, an author.
And you thought David Wells was bad in ink?
But what will Burk's planned protests at this week's Masters tournament in Augusta accomplish?
When you have women's groups trying to disassociate themselves with you, (as have several just from the Augusta area) you'd have to think the ship was halfway to the bottom of the drink.
What the protesters want you to believe and subscribe to is that this is the second coming of the 1800s.
That women can fight in a war, but not play golf in Georgia. I could halfway agree with Burk if women weren't allowed on the Augusta grounds whatsoever.
But women played 1,000 rounds at Augusta last year. They're not prevented from doing so.
So let me get this equality issue straight on what you'll see in the coming weeks.
You'll see two women on the PGA Tour. You will see the continued support of Title IX, a law that trims away male sports spots to boost female participation.
You will see a crusade to get equal pay for women on the pro sports circuit even though their sports aren't equal from a competition sense.
And this week, you'll see a woman who says it's morally wrong to hold a golf tournament at a private club, yet one who has her own private organization composed of just women.
Only in America.
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This will be the 3rd summer that all 3 of our kids are at sleep away camp for 8 weeks. They love it. We love it too. The pace of our lives change. The kids get to experience being away, independence, learning to live with other people in close quarters (besides their family), make new friends, be physically active all day. When we all reconnect around the middle of August it is a love fest again. Fred and I got to have our fun and they got to have theirs.
Every year the kids get older. Realization is sinking in that the kids are only living under our roof for a certain amount of time. Makes me start to look at my future.
I've had an interesting career. Decided at one point, or perhaps it was just a natural progression, to stop getting paid to work. I still work but no one is paying me to do what I do. I'm a busy girl. Managing our lives is no easy task. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Yet, the silence when the kids take off is deafening. Don't get me wrong, I'll enjoy the free time. Do a few projects that have been nagging at me, read lots of books, figure out some possible vacations etc. But, what happens when the silence extends into 12 months a year.
At dinner a few weeks ago, 2 women at our table were empty nesters. Both women who also checked out of the work world while their kids were growing up. Each of them are smart and driven. So when the kids grew up, they started their next career. I was impressed. The balance is different for them now. They both talked about one day the house is full and the next day it is empty. A feeling that they just can't describe.
I have quite a few years before that happens but every summer seeing the kids empty bedrooms makes me think about "what's next?"


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