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Semiconductor Alert! (Aug. 27-31)
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Commentary & analysis of week's chip news, Aug. 27-31
Greetings from Down-East Maine, where we definitely are in a mini-recession. While we might not be hurting as badly as Silicon Valley, a gang of small manufacturers turning out everything from shoes to forest products have been closing their doors up here this summer. And our biggest business, tourism, was off in June.
I live in the poorest county in the Pine Tree state, and a nearby factory in Eastport is shutting down this fall--100 jobs gone in a town of 3,000! Now I hear a telemarketing company in Calais, a town of 3,000 that's 12 miles away, is closing its doors. That knocks out another 100 jobs. When that kind of disaster hits in a remote area like this, people usually end up with just one choice: Move south to find another job. To make matters worse, we've just been informed that Maine has the highest overall taxes in the nation.
But, the air is still pure, it's 49 degrees here this morning, the sea breeze is our window air conditioner. And it rained last night, so the fields are green again. Right now I can see Canada and the Bay of Fundy outside my home office window--a couple of fishing boats bobbing up and down at anchor off our beach, and two sloops sailing by from nearby Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. Thank god for telecommuting.
Why did 3 key Motorola
execs leave the company?
Motorola managers must now be wondering whether the next upturn in chips and cell phones will come in time to help their troubled company. At least three vice presidents have left the company in recent days as second guessers now question whether Motorola president Bob Growney over-reacted last week by responding to reports the firm was thinking about selling or spinning-off its troubled semiconductor unit.
Whatever the case, few companies can afford this kind of executive drain. Daniel Artusi, vice president heading up the Austin-based networking and computing systems group, has left Moto to join Silicon Laboratories as COO to run operations.
Thomas Conn Jr., who worked 20 years at Motorola Semiconductor, has resigned his post as vice president and head of the imaging systems division, which designs system-on-chip products. He will become CEO of Cynergy System Design, which makes embedded systems simulation solutions for hardware and software co-verification.
And Fairchild Semiconductor, headquartered up here in god's country, has named Hans Wildenberg, a 16-year Motorola veteran, to EVP in charge of sales and marketing and to its executive committee. Wildenberg had been VP and head of global sales at Motorola Semi.
(See Aug. 28 story.)
Competition just doesn't
get much hotter than this!
Intel has always been the toughest kind of competitor--I remember the 1980s when the big chip maker "requested" customers to buy its commodity DRAMs along with its short-supply microprocessors. But I don't think I've appreciated just how nasty and bloody its current battle is with Advanced Micro Devices over the PC processor market.
Despite its overwhelming lead in this huge chip market, Intel is going all out to beat AMD in the race for faster microprocessors--even though it still isn't clear what "killer apps" will need this kind of power in the immediate future. Heck, I just purchased a 500-megahertz PC and it's the phone lines that are killing me. Although the two chip makers account for nearly all the global MPU market now, their frantic price cutting is burning much of both company's current profits. Indeed, the stakes are high here.
This week Intel used its San Jose developer forum to promote its new line of processors. It not only rolled out its latest high-speed processor--the 2 gigahertz Pentium 4--but it hyped a product that is more than one year away. The chip giant demonstrated its Pentium 4 running at 3.5 gigahertz. The 32-bit chip is based on Intel's new 0.13-micron process, but reportedly won't be out until the second half of 2002. Before that hot chip arrives, the company expects to offer a 2.2 gigahertz chip by the end of the year.
But Intel didn't even stop there. EVP Paul Otellini says that "a 4-gigahertz processor is on the horizon."
Now the ball is in AMD's court and Intel's new chip is expected to pressure the No. 2 MPU maker to execute its plan to ship its 1.5-gigahertz Athlon processors.
One close observer expects AMD to begin shipping the 1.5-gigahertz chip "in the next 45 days." He says he has talked to PC makers that have tested both processors, "from what I can understand, if you would conduct a blind taste test, customers won't be able to tell the difference" between machines built around the 2-gigahertz P4 and the 1.5-gigahertz Athlon. Now if they just don't ship a $10 bill with every MPU.
(See Aug. 28 story.)
New round of consolidation
begins in DRAM business . . .
It seems just like yesterday when the Japanese semiconductor giants pushed Intel out of the world's largest chip market Yeah, I'm getting old.. Intel figured there wouldn't be enough profit in a commodity DRAM market. It took the Japanese a few years, but now they're acknowledging the same problem. But it is taking an awful year for DRAM to convince them.
Now it seems the DRAM business is following the same course the automotive market took more than 60 years ago to consolidate into just a handful of supplier survivors. Toshiba apparently has contacted several large memory chip makers, including South Korea's Samsung, the world's largest, in an attempt to get rid of its troubled DRAM business.
While Toshiba ain't talking, a Samsung official acknowledges that Japan's largest semiconductor company contacted the DRAM giant to explore the possibility of selling its DRAM business to the Korean company. "As far as I know," a spokesman tells Reuters, "Toshiba is contracting several ranking DRAM makers around the globe."
Tom Quinn, Samsung Semiconductor marketing chief, says that what's going on in the DRAM marketplace "indicates the seriousness of the current market downturn." No matter what develops in the Toshiba matter, he expects the global DRAM market to go through wide scale consolidation in the near future.
There was buzz too regarding another big DRAM vendor, Infineon Technologies, that reportedly was also talking to Toshiba about its DRAM business. The German chip maker confirmed it was holding negotiations with Toshiba "to cooperate in DRAMs," but it wouldn't comment on any joint venture or merger.
(See Aug. 28 story.)
. . . as DRAM market
collapses this year . . .
The current incredible-shrinking DRAM business is due to weakening PC sales, a lack of new software that needs more main memory, and by careening prices due to overcapacity. This crisis has caused many observers to predict a major shakeout among suppliers. Some of them now say that only two-or-three major DRAM vendors are needed globally.
Meanwhile, DRAM suppliers--especially the Japanese--are drowning in red ink as average selling prices for memories continue to fall like a rock. Worldwide DRAM revenues are now expected to plunge 56% this year to $14 billion, down from $31.5 billion in 2000, according to Dataquest. DRAMs hit their high point in 1995 when global sales shot to more than $40 billion.
The latest consolidation in the DRAM industry began a year ago when NEC and Hitachi combined their two struggling DRAM operations into a new joint venture called Elpida Memory. The South Korean government previously had orchestrated a merger of LG Semicon into Hyundai Electronics, which was renamed Hynix Semiconductor. But that combine is now caught up in a severe financial crunch and needs money desperately to meet more than $2 billion in short term debt that's maturing in the next 12 months.
. . . and Winbond is hit by reports
Toshiba will pull out of DRAMs
Taiwan's Winbond Electronics, and perhaps even the island's entire DRAM industry, may be in a pickle by Toshiba's reported decision to pull out of the DRAM market.
Because of the Japanese giant's changing direction, the Taiwanese DRAM vendor is pulling out its technical team from Toshiba's lab and has put its plans on hold to build a $3.5 billion, 300-mm wafer fab in the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park next year.
The move by Winbond, which licenses its process technologies from Toshiba, comes just days after Toshiba reportedly opened talks to sell its DRAM unit to Samsung and Infineon Technologies. Winbond says it is altering its deal with Toshiba after the Japanese company started negotiating a "new collaboration model and process technology strategy."
Some analysts took a negative view of the whole situation, raising concerns that Winbond would lose its ability to license next-generation technologies. "The most significant effect would be once Toshiba sells its DRAM business, Winbond will be in a tough situation since it has no ability to develop new technologies on its own and it's very expensive to license from somebody else," says Barro Liou, industry analyst with Prudential Securities in Taipei.
That could apply to the entire Taiwanese DRAM industry, as makers depend heavily on foreign partners for technology transfers. "None of the Taiwan players is sophisticated enough to have their own design capabilities," Liou points out.
Winbond should also brace for a sales decline, since half of its DRAM output is shipped to Toshiba, according to analysts. "Winbond has to look for new customers for its DRAM products," which account for 50% of its sales, says Alfred Yin, analyst at BNP Paribas Peregrine Securities in Hong Kong.
(See Aug. 29 story.)
It's tough out there now for
Japan's electronics giants . . .
It isn't that hard to figure out why Toshiba was shopping its DRAM business this week. The Japanese giant is in big trouble. It unveiled a sweeping reorganization plan this week that will mean 10% of its work force--or 18,800--will go over the next three years. And that's all in Japan.
That's going to hit the bottom line hard. Toshiba now estimates than it will have a net loss of nearly $1 billion for the year ended next March 31. That's nearly $2 billion away from the previous year's $800 million net profit. Sales for fiscal 2002 will fall 3% to $48 billion, Toshiba estimates.
(See Aug. 26 story.)
. . . as four of them slash
54,000 jobs, lose $ billions
Toshiba isn't the only Japanese electronics giant that's facing real trouble. In fact, it is the fourth to reorganize operations and chop its work force in recent weeks. NEC is slicing 4,000 workers, Fujitsu is reducing its staff by 16,400, and late this week Hitachi followed suit.
Hitachi, which called its massive cutbacks "emergency management measures," is cutting 10,200 jobs in Japan and 4,500 overseas. Some 2,000 of those jobs in Japan will come in semiconductor operations. The company says it is closing down a number of chip manufacturing plants in Japan and overseas, including its DRAM facility in Singapore called Hitachi Nippon Steel Semiconductor Singapore.
It appears that the Japanese electronics giant has all but come to a dead stop in this fiscal year's semiconductor capital spending. It is slashing this budget by 57% to $500 million from its current budget of $1.17 billion in the year ending March 31, 2002.
Hitachi now expects to post a net loss of $1.17 billion in fiscal 2001 instead of the net profit of $750 million projected just four months ago. That's a $2 billion swing! Sales this year are now projected to fall 10.3% to $65.4 billion from $72.9 billion last year. Those are tough numbers!
(See Aug. 31 story.)
Wilf figures IC bottom reached,
but U.S. will be off 40% in 2001
The good news, as far as Wilf Corrigan is concerned, is that the IC downturn appears to have hit bottom. But the bad news, adds the veteran CEO of LSI Logic, is that the IC market this year will be a disaster.
"The panic could be over," Corrigan says, because "a lot of our customers have told us that their business has bottomed." But he figures this year's global semiconductor business will fall "something north of minus 30% over 2000." And he notes, the market will be even worse in the U.S. The U.S. chip market could decline by about 40% over last year, he estimates.
Next year, Wilf is looking for an uptick. "I think it's fair to say the worldwide IC industry in 2002 could grow by 20%. But that will not be a cause to celebrate," he says. That "will just get us back to where we were the year before."
Wilf already is seeing initial recovery signs in some chip markets--especially in the storage and consumer segments. But he notes that communication chips remain soft.
(See Aug. 27 story.)
Sarnoff comes up with way
to shrink the unshrinkable
Sarnoff, the old Bell Labs in Princeton, N.J., has started licensing new technology it developed that will reduce by 30% the size of circuitry on a chip that hasn't been shrunk in years. And that would mean big cost savings.
"We've found a way to shrink . . . the I/O input/output and ESD electrostatic discharge protection areas that have been stuck at the same size for years," says Koen Verhaege, who is design director at Sarnoff Europe. "We reduce it at least 30%, while improving device performance."
Shrinking the I/O and ESD portions of a chip hasn't been keeping pace with the logic and memory of deep-submicron devices, notes Sarnoff. The labs' long years of experience in ESD and I/O design resulted in a brand new approach that increases electrostatic discharge protection by 30-to-60% while achieving at the same time the 30% cut in the silicon area needed for driver and ESD transistors, says Verhaege.
South Korea's Hynix Semi and Japan's Toshiba already have license the new technology called TakeCharge! Savings of $100 or more per processed wafer are possible now because chip; makers can place more devices on a wafer, the R&D outfit says.
The new technology enables designers to put $100 worth of additional devices on a wafer. And the savings is "often several times that figure, with no additional masks or process line changes," Verhaege claims.
(See Aug. 28 story.)
Nanoelectronic circuits may be
in production within a decade
Nanotechnology is this week's hot technology development. Research on atomic-level electronic devices got headlines this week when IBM scientists reported the first successful creation of a logic circuit within a single molecule. A few days earlier, researchers at Osaka University disclosed they had bulk-produced carpets of micron-long chains of crystalline globules and silicon dioxide stems that they predict may vie with nanotubes to produce next-generation semiconductor circuits.
IBM researchers predict their circuits could go into production in from two to 15 years, while the Japanese scientists predict a 10-year development time frame for their technology.
The creation of a logic circuit within a single-molecule carbon nanotube may lay the foundation for that technology to succeed silicon in electronic circuits within 10 to 15 years. Transistors had been created in carbon nanotubes, but functioning logic circuits has not.
"The ability to build a whole circuit on a single molecule has always been the holy grail of computing," says Phaedon Avouris, lead scientist on the IBM project. "This gives us hope that by the time silicon reaches its limits in another decade, we will be ready to bring nanotubes out."
The IBM team currently is focusing on nanotubes, which it says offer the potential to change computing, making; it possible to build switches just 5 nanometers across--about 100 times smaller than today's silicon switches. Chip makers could use these nanoscale circuits to produce higher-density electronic devices that consume less power and dissipate less heat.
IBM efforts, so far, have been aimed at proving out the concepts, and not geared toward the creation of devices in production volume. IBM plans to study the physics of nanotubes for no more than two more years, then it wants to move into development of methods to mass-produce such circuits.
The IBM researchers are certain that carbon nanotube technology offers the best alternative today to silicon. "There are physical limits to how small you can go with silicon, and we expect to reach those limits in about 10 to 15 years," Avouris notes. "Right now, this technology is by far the most promising of all the different molecular alternatives that have been proposed."
(See Aug. 28 story.)
Intel product plans could kill
standalone USB chip market
I guess some folks never learn. They forget about the 11th commandment of chip design. That sooner, rather than later, system chips will expand their functions to gobble up any nice little businesses that were making a market in supplying peripheral chips to go along with the central chips. I may be missing something, but I have always wondered why developers of graphics chips and the like figured they had a long-term business.
Of course, the biggest spoil-sport here is Intel. Back a few years ago, for example, the chip giant integrated the graphics functions into chip sets, a dramatic move that played a major role in the eventual shakeout and death of the standalone, graphics IC suppliers.
Now the world's largest chip maker is at it again. This week it revealed plans to integrate more functions on PC chip sets--to drive down the costs of personal computer platforms, of course.
Intel expects to integrate Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 technology into its PC chip sets by the fourth quarter, according to VP Louis Burns at the Intel Developer Forum. The move obviously poses a big threat to suppliers of standalone USB chips, which includes a long list of vendors such as Cypress and NEC.
Burns made a big point of saying that the next challenge for its OEM customers is to leverage USB 2.0 and related I/O bus technologies rather than just focusing on the higher speeds of new CPUs. "We think the CPU side is done," he says. "The thing that needs work is I/O," he told developers.
There are several ways to boost the I/O in a system, he says, including the IEEE 1394 serial link, Infiniband-based communications, and Serial ATA connections for mass storage. Intel also is pushing its 3GIO bus, This "Arapahoe" chip-to-chip bus I/O technology designed to replace the exiting PCI architecture, which was just endorsed by Compaq, Dell, and Microsoft. And Intel is moving along here. "The final 3GIO spec will be out by mid-2002," Burns says.
(See Aug. 30 story.)
Moto claims industry's
first EUV photomasks
It looks like Motorola Semiconductor may have taken a big step toward moving chip making to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography and making it possible to produce integrated circuits with features sizes less than 100 nanometers (0.10 micron).
Its researchers have fabricated what Moto claims are the industry's first EUV photomasks. The EUV mask sets were built with a "very complex IC design layout," the company says. The development project is being used to gain experience with EUV photomasks, which will start being used with a prototype EUV litho tool early next year. . "Our objective is to develop proficiency in the fabrication of these masks. Ultimately, we expect to transfer the processes to mask suppliers," says Joe Mogab, a Moto lab director.
Advanced Micro Devices and others are working with U.S. Dept. of Energy's labs to accelerate the development of EUV as a next-generation lithography technology. The Extreme Ultraviolet LLC consortium has developed a working alpha tool using EUV.
Industry executives have been urging the consortium to speed up its timetable for manufacturing tools from its current target of 2005 to 2003 or 2004. Moto expects EUV lithography systems to be ready for manufacturing by 2005.
Moto researchers demonstrated a mask patterning process that's suitable for current industry-standard reticles--substrates 6-inches square and 0.25-inch thick. The masks were produced with an extension of today's wafer-processing tools.
(See Aug. 29 story.)
Hell-bent to take over market,
Samsung shows 1-gigabit flash
Samsung Semiconductors, long considered a "one-note Johnny" with its huge DRAM business, continues to beat its marketing drums harder for its flash memory business. Now it says it is shipping engineering samples of the world's first 1-gigabit NAND flash memory device, a key product in its grand strategy to take over the lead in the global flash market.
The potential low cost of its 0.12-micron NAND flash device, Samsung says, should give it a big advantage over emerging nonvolatile memory technologies such as polymer ferroelectric RAMs (PFRAMs), Ovonics unified memories (OUMs), and magnetic RAMs (MRAMs).
NAND flash memories, which have fizzled this year by dropping an estimated 28%, are due to resume their meteoric growth next year, analysts figure. Semico Research predicts that revenues for NAND-based flash memories will grow 138% to $2.74 billion in 2002. By 2004, NAND flash memory will shot up to $8.25 billion, according to the Phoenix market researcher.
Samsung predicts mass production of its new 1-gigabit flash will begin early next year for such applications as Windows NT-based computing devices, third-generation (3G) cellular phones, personal digital assistants, digital music systems, such as MP3 players, and digital cameras.
(See Aug. 30 story.)
TSMC changes mind and is
ready to build fab in China . . .
Looks like foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing sees the Chinese writing on the wall.
While chairman Morris Chang said just weeks ago that TSMC had no plans to invest in China over the next 3-to-5 years, he acknowledged this week the foundry would be ready to launch its first operations in China if the Taiwanese government gave permission. "The time is coming very soon" for TSMC to start investments in China, said Chang, widely regarded as the chief architect of Taiwan's IC industry.
TSMC increasingly is feeling the competitive heat from multinationals such as NEC and Motorola, which are forming joint venture or building fabs in the surging Chinese market. There already are 14-or-so fabs either under construction or reading to break ground in China.
"China offers not only tax incentives, but high-tech personnel, land, water, electricity, and above all, a huge market," Chang said. "Even if we don't use these resources, our competitors will, undermining TSMC's leading edge."
"China has great potential to become a market as big as the U.S.," declares Rick Hsu, analyst with Nomura Securities in Taipei. "If TSMC and UMC don't get started soon, they will have a big price to pay years down the road."
(See Aug. 27 story.)
. . . and Cirrus Logic gets
China bug, signs with CSMC
Fabless chip vendor Cirrus Logic also sees China in its future. This week it signed a five-year foundry deal with China's Central Semiconductor Manufacturing to fab CMOS-based mixed signal consumer ICs initially for the Austin company.
No word on why Cirrus pulled out of its existing contracts, except the move would give it an edge in China's fast-growing market. "CSMC strengthens our consumer entertainment strategy by adding a significant local manufacturing resource for us in the China market," says Jerry Gray, VP for Cirrus Logic.
Four-year-old CSMC is based in Hong Kong, and its 6-inch and 5-inch fabs are located in Wuxi, China. The two firms expect China to become the second largest market in the world by 2010.
CSMC, which claims to have pioneered the open foundry model in China, says that it has racked up a fab utilization rate of more than 80% for the first half of this year, more than double that of the Taiwanese foundry giants.
(See Aug. 30 story.)
New DDR-like DRAM
pushed for JEDEC standard
Intel, which certainly has had its troubles with new generations of memory Rambus comes to mind, has been working hard with a secretive group over the past two years to come up with a new DRAM standard.
Intel and leading memory chip makers are now circulating to PC makers the specifications for a double-data-rate-like DRAM that the group hopes will succeed Rambus and DDR-2 memories. This Advanced DRAM Technology group will propose the spec to the Jedec standards body by as early as September.
OEMs have asked that ADT's technology be made a standard, Tabrizi said. "OEMs want to see ADT in Jedec," says Farhad Tabrizi, marketing VP for Hynix and an ADT group member. "The key to success is making it an open standard, and we believe that means having it become a Jedec standard."
ADT hopes to merge its new spec with Jedec's DDR-2, Tabrizi says. "It's similar to DDR-2 with some minor modifications to allow more headroom," he says. "We've incorporated some new design techniques so that we can go to much higher frequency than DDR-2." The goal is to drive the new DRAM technology into mainstream PCs starting in 2003 or 2004, Tabrizi says.
"I definitely don't want two memory standards," comments Fred Leung, marketing VP for Acer Laboratories, one of three chip-set vendors advising the ADT group. "Otherwise the memory controller will get too complex, or I would have to offer multiple versions of the chip."
Jedec has yet to hear ADT's proposal, but leading DRAM makers such as Elpida, Hynix, Infineon, Micron, and Samsung, who all participate in Jedec, also are working with Intel in the ADT group to develop what they hope will become a new standard. Unlike Jedec, the ADT group restricted the number of participants and kept quiet about its work. This was done to streamline the standards-making process and avoid patent conflicts, says Tabrizi.
However, memory chip vendors already are planning to sample DDR-2 devices by year end, and the new ADT parts aren't expected to arrive until 2003 at the earliest. And if Jedec declines to replace its current DDR-2 with ADT or creates a separate standard for ADT, it will likely cause more fragmentation that could further confuse the issue.
(See Aug. 29 story.)
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Note: This sage advice comes from someone who hasn't dated in 30 years!
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
It was all indoors, they had a vendor area and tons of shopping. The eye candy was everywhere. Wranglers on almost every man. I felt a little bit like a dog just staring but my goodness the sites WOW. I did see the guy - he was working with the cattle. I stopped by where he was at after it was over and we talked for probably 30 minutes and then he had to get back to work. So who knows but it was fun and I am glad I got out of my comfort zone and all I can say is I like Wrangler jeans. Ladies I tell ya this is the thing to do. I think there is a circuit we could follow WOW


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In every life we have some trouble,
when you worry you make it double
don't worry, be happy!
Bob Marley
It's a nice fall day and you are walking along the street feeling contented with your life. Things are going well.
Then, what many of us do is ruin the moment with a thought like, "How can I be happy when there are so many who are hungry and with wars going on in the world?"
We sabotage our happiness by destroying it ourselves.
Unless you are on the Armed Services Committee or a person who is in a power position, there is really nothing you can do about the war or the hungry in this exact moment. You deserve this nice fall day and the feeling of contentment. But lots of us don't allow it.
Of course you can help – by being active in a political party, by donating money to a cause, by voting with your heart – or joining a spiritual group which is dedicated to world peace.
But you can't do it this instant as you are walking down the street and you have ruined your good day by canceling out your good feelings. It is hurting you and not helping anyone else. We are all connected at a Universal level and you are making things worse by not enjoying yourself.
You are sending more negative energy out into the world when we need all the posititivity we can get. Good feelings and thoughts, it is said, are a form of prayer.
We deprive ourselves in even more simple ways. For example, there are two ways for me to get to a friend's home about five miles away.
One way, which is the quickest, is on a main, busy street. The other is along Sheridan Road, a beautiful winding road along Lake Michigan. There are lovely homes with beautiful gardens on either side of the road. It is a peaceful drive in all seasons of the year but it takes about 15 minutes longer to go that way.
It occurred to me one day that I was depriving myself of the pleasure of the ride for 15 minutes! Even when I was not pressed for time. I now take Sheridan Road whenever I can because I am worth it!
There are so many little ways we are not kind to ourselves.
We walk into a supermarket and they have a sale on flowers. Two bunches for nine dollars. We hesitate. But, seeing those flowers on our table for a full week gives us pleasure. Buy the flowers! You would probably buy them for a friend. Be your own friend. You are worth nine dollars.
My friend Ruthie told me a story about her elderly mother. She had given her a beautiful cashmere sweater but when she stopped in to see her on a cold day, she was wearing a sweater which had holes in the arms. She was saving the cashmere sweater "for good."
Her mother was 89 years old. Ruthie found the new sweater and insisted that her mother put it on. She said, "Mom, this is as good as it gets. Wear the sweater!"
What are you saving for good? And why? I think it is because at some level, we don't feel we deserve nice things unless someone else can see it. We are not good enough to enjoy what we have for our own pleasure.
Let's talk about our pajamas and nightgowns. We have several new ones in our dresser drawer we have received as gifts. Why do we wear the old tattered ones? Because we feel we are the only ones who see us at night? Throw them out. Or use them as cleaning cloths. They are not even good enough to give to Good Will.
It is time for us to be kind to ourselves. Not by going to Tiffany's and buying a diamond ring. In the small ways that add up to a little comfort and luxury in our otherwise hectic and busy lives.
The late Erma Bombeck wrote a poem that is much quoted and is often sent over the Internet. She called it, If I Had My Life To Live Over. I never tire of reading it. A few lines always jump out at me –
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
There would have been more "I love you's." More "I'm sorry's." But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute … look at it and really see it … live it … and never give it back.
We all encounter sadness and disappointment in our lives. It is part of the territory.
But when happiness comes – "Live it – and never give it back!"


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N. Africans side with France to fight Nazis
Published 4:00 am, Friday, February 23, 2007
Days of Glory: Starring Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan and Sami Bouajila. Directed by Rachid Bouchareb. In French and Arabic with English subtitles. (R. 120 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)
In the future, everyone who ever fought in World War II will get his own movie. At least, that's how it feels sometimes. Almost 62 years after the last shot was fired, World War II movies continue to be made, each one highlighting a different aspect of the experience. In one way, the phenomenon is consoling: The war maintains its hold on our imagination for the simple reason that, all these decades later, it remains the single greatest calamity ever to befall the human race -- and may it ever so remain.
[Podcast: Mick LaSalle on 'Number 23,' 'Days of Glory,' 'Amazing Grace.']
But the deluge of World War II movies presents a challenge to "Days of Glory," one it can only partially overcome. Very little about it is new. A viewer doesn't have to be a film critic to have a sense of deja vu watching scenes of guys charging up a hill toward machine gun nests. And the scene of the old soldier, many years later, finding the names of his friends amid a sea of crosses on a hillside -- that was moving the first few times, and though it's still not a matter of indifference, its impact has diminished.
Director Rachid Bouchareb tries, but he can't compete with recent American war films in either sentiment or spectacle. However, he does have one thing going for him: a fresh angle. "Days of Glory," the Algerian candidate for the best foreign film Oscar, tells the story of the North African Muslims who fought with the French against the Nazis. In a sense, they were fighting one set of invaders on behalf of another set, to evict the German butchers for the sake of the French imperialists. The bizarre English-language title, by the way, creates the false impression that something glorious is going on. More reflective of the movie's content is the French-language title, "Indigènes," which means native born.
The tension between France and North Africa -- often played out externally and sometimes played out internally, within a single soul -- is the real source of drama. Though what happens and even how things happen are of only mild interest, the emotion behind the action is often surprising and fascinating. For example, the soldiers evince a genuine love for France (even if they've never seen it). Their frustration is not that they've been colonized. Rather, their frustration is that the French refuse to see them as French. France refuses to love them back.
Instead, they're treated like third-class citizens. The French troops get to go home on leave, but they don't. The French soldiers get promotions, but they don't. The French even get to eat tomatoes at dinner, but they don't. Bad enough that they get shot at, but then they turn around and get insulted by the side they're fighting for.
The movie doesn't have much to say beyond that. It just presents their situation and lets the injustice of it register with the audience. More than most war films, "Days of Glory" conveys the thing that soldiers often say, that ultimately a soldier doesn't fight for a cause but for his comrades. The story here isn't much, and the truth it reveals, to them and us, isn't earthshaking, just quiet and somber. The men in this tight unit -- each of whom is vividly defined -- have no reason at all to fight, except to save each other.
-- Advisory: War violence and language.


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Jets' Litke to coach Midwest squad
The tourney will be held Feb. 20-22 at the Troy Sports Center in Troy, Mich.
The event features teams from the Central, Midwest, North, South and West divisions of the NAHL, along with an NAHL 18U Selects team comprised of some of the top players playing in the NAHL that were born in 1993 or later.
College and pro scouts use the tournament to gauge the ability of the top players.
The Jets will send five players to the Midwest Division team based on the team's current first-place winning percentage (.770) in the Midwest.
The St. Louis Bandits (.694) will send four, the Springfield Jr. Blues (.432) and Coulee Region Chill (.388) will each send three and the Chicago Hitmen (.222) will send two.
Jeff Brown of the St. Louis Bandits will be Litke's assistant.
Each of the teams will consist of a 20-man roster (12 forwards, 6 defensemen, 2 goaltenders), with minor player divisional crossover amongst the six teams.
The Jets will have a two-game series tonight and Saturday night against Traverse City of the North Division at the Janesville Ice Arena.
Traverse City is 17-11-5, while the Jets are 27-7-3. Both games start at 7:05 p.m.
Jordan Bancroft leads the Jets in scoring with 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points.
Connor McBride is second with 16-19-35, and Pijus Rulevicius is third at 14-16-30.
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'Team Tammy' spaghetti lunch set Sunday at noon
Team Tammy has set a spaghetti lunch on Sunday, April 21 to raise funds for Milam County Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society. The lunch, with dine-in or to-go plates available for $7 each, will start at noon until sold out and will be held at Smokin' Oak BBQ. Desserts will be available for an additional purchase.
This is an easy way to get your Sunday lunch and support a great cause. For more information, contact Tammy Storey, 936-245-4813, or Marie Bakken, 254-718-0133.
This month's Milano Opry is set for Saturday, April 20 at Milano High School. Doors open at 6 p.m. show starts at 7 p.m. Admission is $7, children 10 and under get in free.
Special guests are Ron Brewer, recording artist and evangelist from Summerville, Georgia and Erin Vestal from Bryan. House band members are Michael Herod, Billy Barnett, Ab Woods, Michael Wall, Ricky Blagg, Will Fountain and Lynn Martin.
Concessions will include hamburgers, barbecue sandwiches made by Steve Telg with Truth & Light Custom Cabinetry and the Opry's famous homemade pies. Proceeds go to scholarships for local youth.
Milano Lodge No. 605 AF&AM will host its 13th annual fourman scramble tourney on Saturday, April 20 at the Cameron Country Club with tee time set for 9 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the group's scholarship fund.
Entry is $40 per person and prizes will be awarded to first through third place teams. A limit of four mulligans are available for $5 each. Private carts are welcome. Carts will be available for $20 each and 10 carts are available.
Prizes will also be awarded for longest drive, closest to the pin and hole-in-one. Lunch and drinks will be provided. Hole sponsorships are still available.
For more information, contact Jesse Love, 512-455-7915, Aaron Alford, 512-446-5450 or Mark Morgan, 512-455-9837.
Milano High School's National Honor Society will host a blood drive on Monday, April 29 in the MHS fine arts hall.
Time is noon to 5 p.m. and donors can call the high school office (512-455-9333) to sign up or walk-ins are welcome.
Be sure to make plans to help support the second annual Knight Volleyball Scholarship Fund-raiser set for Saturday, May 4 at the Milano Elementary gym. Registration will start at 9 a.m. and games will begin at 10 a.m. Numbers will be drawn for teams that morning.
Registration forms may be submitted the day of the event but T-shirts will not be guaranteed, as supplies are limited. Cost to play is $20 per person. To just watch the tourney, admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. A concession stand will be available. For more information, contact Amanda Honeycutt at email@example.com.
A fund-raiser golf tournament is planned for Saturday, May 18 to help fund a few new scholarships at Milano High School this spring. It will be a four-man scramble format and will be held at the Rockdale Country Club golf course.
Cost is $60 per player or $240 for a four person team and is limited to the first 18 teams. Two mulligans may be purchased per person for $5 each. Single players are welcome and will be paired with a team.
Prizes will be given out to the top three teams, as well as for longest drive, closest to pin and hole-in-one.
Participants will also be served breakfast tacos and a barbecue lunch. Entry deadline is May 10. Forms are available at www.milanoisd.net or at the high school principal's office.
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Allmendinger Overcoming Odds To Become ContenderApril 17, 2009
Note From The Writer: At some point while I was writing this, it was announced that Richard Petty Motorsports has signed a contract with A.J. Allmendinger through the 2010 season. While no sponsorships were mentioned, I would assume (and we know what assuming does) that Allmendinger should be able to safely finish the season, which outdates some of the information in this article. I have left it in its original form, before I became aware of this information. My congratulations to Allmendinger on his long-term deal.
This weekend's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix was supposed to be A.J. Allmendinger's last race of the season.
The No. 44 entry in the Richard Petty Motorsports stable only had enough sponsorship for eight points-paying events when the season began. However, Allmendinger's success this season ensures that he will be racing much more this year, and maybe even more.
After a successful career in the Champ Car World Series, including five wins and a third place points finish in 2006, Allmendinger was brought into the Sprint Cup Series by the fledgling Team Red Bull.
To label the 2007 campaign for Team Red Bull and Allmedinger a perfect storm for failure would be an understatement: a rookie driver completely unfamiliar with closed-wheel racing, the building of essentially four stables of cars for Cup (2007 was the introductory year for the Car of Tomorrow, so both COT's and the traditional cars were in use), and a new manufacturer to the scene in Toyota all promised hardship.
Allmendinger would not make the field for a Cup race until his fifth attempt, at Bristol in the series debut of the Car of Tomorrow, and even in that qualifying run he brushed the outside wall. He would fail to qualify for 19 of the season's 36 events. In the 17 races Allmendinger did run, he finished on the lead lap only three times and failed to finish twice.
Allmendinger faced immense pressure to succeed in 2007. The team needed desparately to be in the top 35 of owners' points to ensure more starts in its second season, and it was very clear that, if Allmendinger couldn't do the job, former Formula 1 driver Scott Speed would be ready to claim the seat.
Speed nearly won the ARCA Championship in a Red Bull entry, and claimed a victory in the Camping World Truck Series event at Dover in late May.
Allmendinger again failed to make the field for his first three Cup events, and was promptly replaced by Mike Skinner for six events. With the team now in the top 35 thanks to Skinner's efforts, Allmendinger was able to gain race experience and steadily improved throughout the season, recording his first top two 10 finishes at Indianapolis and Kansas as four other top 15 finishes.
However, this was not enough to protect him from the chopping block, as Allmendinger was released by Team Red Bull in September, setting the path for Speed's entrance into Cup. With the release coming late in the season, Allmendinger's 2009 season, even his career, was in jeopardy. Many of the "silly-season" maneuvers for the 2009 season were thought to have already occured.
Allmendinger used the rest of 2008 as an open tryout, making one start for Michael Waltrip Racing before finishing the season in Gillett Evernham Motorsports' No. 10, one of several replacements for fellow former open-wheeler Patrick Carpentier. In these five races, Allmendinger finished no worse than 26th, ending the season with an 11th at Homestead.
With those runs, Allmendinger was brought into the stable permanently for 2009 when Gillett Evernham merged with Petty Enterprises to form Richard Petty Motorsports.
However, in an offseason marked by mergers in the wake of the recent economic woes, Allmendinger once again found himself outside the top 35 to start the season. Could he overcome his past history and get the No. 44 team in the field of an event without the aid of owners points?
Allmendinger has answered that question strongly in the affirmative. He raced his way into his first Daytona 500 start, and recorded his first career top five finish, crossing the finish line third in a rain-shortened Great American Race. Allmendinger recorded finishes of 17th and 16th at Atlanta and Bristol to place the team 16th in points.
Now, Allmendinger is reaping the rewards of his fight to respectability on the Cup circuit. Without the pressure of qualifying amongst "go-or-go-homers," Allmendinger finished ninth at Martinsville.
He is ensured enough sponsorship to run until the Richmond race in September, and it is certainly reasonable to believe he will continue to garner the attention of sponsors if he continues to finish in the top 10.
With a chance at redemption, a boss with 200 wins, and teammates such as Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler who have been to victory lane a few times themselves, how much longer will it be before Allmendinger returns a Richard Petty owned car to victory for the first time since 1999?
My money is on sooner rather than later.


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Justified stars Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the local lawmen in the county of Harlan. Here's FX's recently released promo for Season 4, which hints at what's ahead. That includes God, Raylan's father, romance and some gunplay…
Vague spoilers about Season 4 ahead!
Season 4 introduces a bit of new religion to Harlan County in the form of a dramatic but potentially manipulative Pentecostal preacher who might be making things difficult for Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), whose business is crime and tends to conflict with religion in that way. Joseph Mazzello (The Pacific - though you may also recognize him from Jurassic Park) sells the preacher role well, as we're left to wonder if he's genuinely trying to save the people of Harlan, or if he has some hidden motives. Meanwhile, tonight's premiere introduces the start of a new mystery for Raylan, which begins with a flashback at the start of the premiere, and appears to be connected to Raylan's father. The situation results in Raylan teaming up with Patton Oswalt's Constable Bob Sweeney, a law enforcer who lacks the skill and confidence of Raylan, but is determined to prove himself. Patton Oswalt plays the relatively tame and awkward role perfectly, and he plays off Olyphant's confidence just as well.
With a few new arcs introduced in the first couple of episodes of the season, Justified wastes no time building new momentum. It'll be exciting to see where things go as the season progresses.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Wells Fargo posted record profits of nearly $5.2 billion during its first quarter, but the company's shares fell nearly 1 percent Friday over worries about a decline in revenue and a drop in its mortgage business.
San Francisco-based Wells earned $5.17 billion and generated revenue of $21.3 billion in its January-March quarter. Compared with the year-ago first quarter, profits jumped 22 percent, but revenue fell 1.7 percent.
"It was a solid start to the year during a quarter that normally is soft for banks on a seasonal basis," said Joe Morford, an analyst with the San Francisco office of RBC Capital Markets, an investment firm. "This is still one of the most profitable banks out there, a high-quality company with superior returns."
Still, investors were spooked by erosion in the bank's mortgage business. Home loans are a key segment of its business and have driven its success in recent quarters.
Investors shed Wells Fargo's shares, which fell 0.8 percent and finished at $37.21 Friday.
Wells Fargo originated $109 billion in home loans in the first quarter, down 12.8 percent from the $125 billion originated in the fourth quarter, which ended in December.
"The mortgage business is still very strong," John Stumpf, CEO of Wells Fargo, said during a conference call with analysts Friday. "It's our sixth consecutive quarter of originations above $100 billion. We're very bullish on the business."
Despite the erosion, Wells hired more employees for its mortgage operations during the final three months of 2012 to improve customer service.
"We view the purchase market as a big opportunity," Timothy Sloan, the bank's chief financial officer, said during the conference call. "As refinancing volume comes down, which has happened over the last few quarters, we have our sales folks and our bankers out there being more proactive with our customers."
Wells now is the No. 1 home loan company and accounts for one out of three new residential mortgages. It saw an increase of 31 percent in purchase activity during the first three months of this year.
But applications for home loans totaled $140 billion in the first quarter, down 7.9 percent from the $152 billion in applications in the fourth quarter.
The bank's profits beat Wall Street's expectations, with per-share profits of 92 cents, ahead of the predictions by analysts of 88 cents.
The slowly improving economy nationwide should provide a tail wind for Wells, said Ken Thomas, a Miami-based independent bank analyst and operator of BranchLocation.com.
"The economy is recovering slowly," Thomas said. "As the economy goes, so goes housing. As housing and the economy go, so goes Wells."
Contact George Avalos at 408-373-3556 or 925-977-8477. Follow him at Twitter.com/george_avalos.


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I have been living in a student house since sept, It's not uni provided accommodation, it's a seperate company, anyway when I signed the contract at the beginning of the year, they did not give a specific date of when the tenancy ends (I assumed it would be after graduation or just before (July-ish)), After emailing the accommodation place a month ago asking for a date which I need to leave, they replied a week ago saying I need to be out within two weeks (June 21st) :shocking: Are they allowed to do that? Only give me two weeks notice? Is it different rules for student housing?
I did have somewhere to move into after the student house, but it wasn't supposed to be so soon, the house I was meant to move into isn't ready yet and I don't have the money yet to afford to pay them rent even if it was ready, (I'm putting in a claim for JSA, but takes couple of weeks and I don't have an address to give them, what do I say? Do I tell them I'm homeless? Or soon to be? I don't know how it works) and I need to apply for Local Housing Allowance as I can't afford the rent and its private rented but its the only choice I have so I don't end up homeless again. I don't have anywhere else to move into in the meantime, am I gonna have to go down the hostel route again until this house is ready?
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- Artist: Dream Disciples
- Genre: Industrial/Gothic
- Release Date: 6/22/2003
Dream Disciples are now in their 12th year and going strong this live album is feverishly awaited by their legions of U.K. fans, the band have sold over 16,000 albums in their history and with their last release received a 4K in Kerrang, a 8.5 in Terrorizer and a 8/10 in Rocksound with glowing reviews. The live album, 'Gestalt', is the Dream Disciples at the peak of their career. In their natural home, the live environment, they are gigantic and overwhelming. Blu from Starvox writes: Hmm. Perhaps a history lesson first, 'cause I did my homework: In Mick Mercer's Hex Files: the Goth Bible published way back in 1996, he says the UK's Dream Disciples are 'one of the hardest working bands around.' Indeed, by their track record, it appears so having played all over Europe including the UK, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, and the Czech Republic. They've released 5 CDs (plus 3 promo versions), and have just completed their sixth - Asphyxia. Ten years and counting they're still in the game -- I could tell you that they played this past April at the Whitby festival and that they are booked to play this coming August 4th at the Euro rock festival in Belgium. I could also mention, that whilst scanning club and radio playlists from Europe, like I often do, there's hardly one that doesn't include a track by The Dream Disciples.
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Fearful that delaying action on "don't ask, don't tell" until after the midterms could potentially kill the measure for the year, repeal advocates are pushing Senate majority leader Harry Reid to schedule a Senate floor vote on the defense funding bill in September.
"I'm a little anxious," said Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. "The reality is the number of legislative days in this Congress are rapidly dwindling, and we need to see that the defense authorization bill up on the Senate floor in September."
When Congress returns to Washington next week, the Senate will have until October 8 when they leave for the midterms to take the crucial vote on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, which contains the provision to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."
But one political operative and repeal advocate noted the bill will be competing for attention with new legislation Democrats are pushing that would provide tax breaks for businesses.
"The Democrats are trying to figure out what they can effectively do in those four weeks to distinguish themselves from Republicans before the midterm elections," said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "The tax cut issue may provide that contrast."
The source wagered that if the Senate floor vote does not take place before the midterms, the defense funding bill would have a "50-50" shot of passing before the end of this Congress. If it is not finalized by year's end, the repeal effort will die.
Reid's spokesman, reiterating statements he made last month, told The Advocate the defense authorization bill stood a chance of being addressed upon lawmakers' return next week.
"It's on the list of things we would like to do in the next few weeks," said Jim Manley.
But it remains to be seen whether Republicans will continue to obstruct the bill and, if they do, whether Democrats have the grit to force the vote through, in which case they will have to produce 60 votes to end debate (reach "cloture") in order to get the bill to the Senate floor, where it will require 51 votes to pass.
Prior to the August recess, Manley said, the majority leader tried to reach an agreement with Republicans to move forward with a vote on the legislation, but Sen. John McCain of Arizona — who was fending off a primary challenge from hard-core conservative J.D. Hayworth — thwarted the effort.
"Now that [McCain's] primary is over," Manley said, "hopefully he will allow us to go to the bill."
McCain's office declined to comment for this article.
But Sarvis said hope may not be enough in this case and called continuing to accommodate Republicans "a prescription for failure." He's looking for Majority Leader Reid to file a cloture petition if Democrats cannot find common ground with the GOP on taking a vote.
"We reached a point where we can't sit on sidelines and let the opposition continue to object — the critical hour is here," Sarvis said, adding that he believes Reid will keep his commitment to bring the legislation to the floor.
But if Sarvis does not see such a commitment soon, he said, SLDN will take the fight to Reid's home turf in order to lobby for action.
"We'll take it to Nevada or Arizona or wherever we need to go to get the job done," he said.
Fred Sainz, vice president of communications for the Human Rights Campaign, said the Senate has no reason to shy away from addressing "don't ask, don't tell" politically because House members who voted for repeal have not been targeted on the issue.
"We have yet to see even one member where the fact that they voted for repeal is being used against them in their reelection battle," Sainz said.
Sarvis added that not taking a vote on the bill that funds the nation's national security would be highly unusual.
"I think there's 60 senators or more who want to see that defense authorization bill passed," he said. "This would be extraordinary to hold up funding for the troops, for their pay and benefits, their equipment, rifles, and armor as they wage war halfway around the world for our country."


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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has transformed one of the world's largest collections of clothing and accessories, The Costume Institute, into a digital format which is now available to view online within the museum's extensive database of holdings. Over the past eight years, information on 29,432 objects from the 31,000-piece costume collection has been formatted and digitized as part of a museum-wide effort to enhance access to the Met's encyclopedic collections.


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Less massive aggressive-style helmets
So I picked up a 661 Dirt Lid last time I ordered some gear. It was cheap, I figured I could use an alternative helmet. It looks cool, it fits well, but when it's on me it looks friggin ridiculous. I'm 5'7" and fairly small overall, and I look like a first grader with one of those huge kids helmets on when I'm wearing it. I feel like I should be going into battle or something.
And so I now find myself wanting a helmet of a similar style (that is dirt jump/aggressive skate style), only slightly less massive so as to avoid looking like a total fool in the thing. Any suggestions?
The dirt lid is free to anyone in Chicago who wants to come get it.
Look at www.excelsports.com Go helmets and checkout the Catlike helmet. It is not large will not give you a mushroom head look. They fit more like a regular cap.
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Mrs. Doris Marie Bloss, 90, of Sarcoxie, Missouri, departed this life peacefully on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Sarcoxie Nursing Center. Doris enter this life on February 13, 1924 in Humboldt, Nebraska to the union of Jacob and Sadie Hunzeker. She graduated from Humboldt High School in 1941. After graduation she taught in a one room rural school, teaching grades one through eight for five years. On March 3, 1945 she was united in marriage to Hubert Bloss. They began life together on a farm near Summerfield, Kansas. In 1947 she and Hubert purchased a farm near Sarcoxie, Missouri, making the move on March 3, 1948. After Hubert passed in 1996, Doris continued to live on the family farm until her recent move to Sarcoxie Nursing Center. Doris loved working on the family farm, and took great pride in her vegetable garden. She was a 4-H leader for more than twenty years and also played the piano for the First Baptist Church in LA Russell, Missouri as well as the First Baptist Church in Sarcoxie, Missouri for twenty five years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sarcoxie, Missouri. Doris is preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Bloss, her parents; one brother, two sisters, daughter in law; Dair Bloss, son in law; Thomas Grace, and brother in law; Allen Bloss. Mrs. Bloss is survived by her son Richard and wife Anita of Sarcoxie, Missouri and daughter; Bonnie Grace of Sarcoxie, Missouri, two brothers; Kenneth Hunzeker and wife Dolly of Pawnee, Nebraska, and Lloyd Hynzeker and wife Mary Ann of Hays Springs, Nebraska, one sister; Mildred Bloss of Pawnee, Nebraska, four grandchildren; Mike Bloss and wife Kirstin, Jeff Bloss and wife Amy, Jennifer Hawkins and husband Garrett and Kristin Sharples and husband Tucker, nine great grandchildren; Nathan Bloss and wife Katie, Kurtis, Jade, Bethany and Rebecca Bloss, William Bloss, Adelyn and Colton Hawkins and Layne Sharples, two great-great grandsons; Drake and Barrett Bloss; as well as a host of other family and friends.
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Campaign for NJPAC Exceeds $180 Million Goal Five-Year Quest Raises Over $182 Million for Endowment, Operations, Capital and Reserve
Oct 01, 2009, 18:00 ET from New Jersey Performing Arts Center
NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Performing Arts Center announced today the successful completion of its five-year $180 million Campaign for NJPAC, an effort to raise essential endowment, operations, capital and reserve funds for the ongoing vitality of the nation's sixth largest performing arts center. A ceremony commemorating the achievement and honoring 119 major donors is being held today during which a new rotunda floor, designed by founding NJPAC architect Barton Myers, will be unveiled. At release time, a total of $182.7 million was raised.
"The success of The Campaign for NJPAC is just the latest evidence that a shared vision has changed a City and a State, touched lives, and made a profound difference," said Lawrence P. Goldman, NJPAC's President and CEO. "We are deeply grateful to all those who participated, many longtime friends, some at historic levels. Their boundless generosity, especially in difficult economic times, continues to inspire us to do better and dream bigger."
Funds from the Campaign have created an $86.3 million endowment for the Arts Center; supported annual operations for the past five seasons; funded capital improvements to keep the campus "Like New" and created a strategic reserve fund.
The Campaign for NJPAC was led by Arthur F. Ryan, former Chairman and CEO, Prudential Foundation and Chair of the NJPAC Board of Directors, along with the late Andrew T. Berry, Esq., Michael R. Griffinger, Esq., Harold R. Denton and Diana T. Vagelos. An "Attorneys' Campaign," led by Berry, Griffinger and Clive S. Cummis, Esq., Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq., Donald A. Robinson, Esq., Philip R. Sellinger, Esq., and Gary M. Wingens, Esq. raised nearly $1 million toward the overall Campaign.
"As we celebrate this milestone achievement and thank all those who made it happen, we know that our work is never really finished," said Peter H. Hansen, NJPAC Vice President of Development. "The Arts Center will always require both earned and contributed revenue to make possible all of its performances, programs and aspirations. We hope to continue to inspire the generosity of all those who care deeply about the arts, education and community renewal."
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Neako ft. Wiz Khalifa - Flesh
I don't know about y'all, but patience has never been my strong suit – be it a package in the mail or a new album from a favorite artist, if I know it's on its way, you can bet it'll be on my mind 24/7. Thus, I have a lot of love for an artist who cuts out the anticipatory period and simply drops a project out of nowhere – kinda like Neako did yesterday, with his latest LOUDpack mixtape. On this standout cut off the surprise project, the Jersey native takes a breather from the intense soul-searching of his recent EP leaks to revel in the pleasures of the Flesh. And who better to accompany the freestyle alum as he goes crazy with weed, women and liquor than Wiz Khalifa? Backed by the headliner's own stark synths and lumbering, reverb-drenched percussion, Neako and his Steel City cohort pay tribute to the fast life, taking advantage of their high-roller status to pull sh*t that would get the rest of us slapped : "I got a girl in every state, when I hop up off the plane I call them b*tches to they face." (Don't try that one at home, guys). Does this ode to fly living leave you craving more? You'll find what you seek on Neako's LOUDPack2: HIGHlights, out now online.


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Matt Carle is gone now as well, thanks to our friend Yzerman down in Tampa.
Carles agrees to 6 year contract with Tampa Bay. $5.5 aav.
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There are some signs we should begin to see some cooling today, especially near the coast and bay. The marine layer is deepening up above 1,000 ft. and onshore winds should increase later in the day. Coast and bay highs will still reach the 60s to 80s, but should run a few degrees cooler than Friday.Our inland valleys on the other hand will see another hot afternoon with highs in the 90s and nearing 100 in the hottest spots inland around the Tri-Valley and Delta. Temps should drop a few degrees inland on Sunday as onshore winds slowly increase and we get extra high and mid level clouds moving in from the south.These clouds will be part of a another surge of monsoon moisture out of the Desert Southwest that will bring an increasing chance for thunder in the Sierra and possibly some showers on the coastal range to our south. We'll keep an eye on things to see if these showers make it as far north as the Bay Area early next week.Rob Mayeda
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Safety and Immunogenicity of One Dose of an Inactivated Trivalent Sub-unit Influenza Vaccine Administered to Non-elderly Adult and Elderly Subjects
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|Biological: Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
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|A Phase II Open Label, Uncontrolled, Multi Center Study to Evaluate Safety and Immunogenicity of a Surface, Antigen, Inactivated, Influenza Vaccine, Formulation 2011/2012, When Administered to Adult and Elderly Subjects
- To evaluate the antibody response to each influenza vaccine antigen at 21 days post-immunization in adult and elderly [ Time Frame: 22 days including follow-up period ]To evaluate the antibody response to each influenza vaccine antigen, as measured by Single Radial Hemolysis (SRH) and/or HI at 21 days post-immunization in compliance with the requirements of the current EU recommendations for clinical trials related to yearly licensing of influenza vaccines.
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No comparator is administered, only one IM single dose of trivalent subunit inactivated influenza vaccine is administered during the vaccination visit
Biological: Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
This phase II is performed as a multicenter study in adult and elderly subjects. Enrolled subjects received one single IM dose of trivalent subunit inactivated flu vaccine during the vaccination visit, according to the study protocol (follow-up period: until day 22) .
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01357265
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01357265
|Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Università G. D'Annunzio
|Via Dei Vestini, Cheiti, Italy, 66100
|Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute Università di Genova
|Via Pastore, Genova, Italy, 16132
|Distretto Sanitario di Base di Fossacesia
|Via Polidoro-Vasto, Lanciano, Italy
|ASL Lanciano - Vasto,
|Via S. Spaventa, Lanciano, Italy, 66034
|Vaccine and Immunotherapy Research Center Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases San Raffaele Scientific Institute
|Via Stamira d'Ancona, Milano, Italy, 20127
|Dipartimento di malattie infettive Ospedale San Gerardo
|Via Pergolesi 33, Monza, Italy, 20052
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|NCT01357265 History of Changes
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|May 20, 2011
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Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Vaccines ):
Seasonal Influenza
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Influenza, Human
Orthomyxoviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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I'm not a blogger, but I put one up the other day. Hoping to get input from my followers. ty.
I'm not a blogger, but I put one up the other day. Hoping to get input from my followers. ty.
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The latest debt trends & analysis from our industry experts
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20th December, 2013
In response to today's report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee report on payday loans, Peter Tutton, head of policy at StepChange Debt Charity said:
"Today's report is welcome: real-time data sharing, limits on rollovers, restrictions on advertising and funding for debt advice are crucial to addressing many of the problems associated with payday loans.
"While payday lenders have poured resources into attracting new clients, they have demonstrably failed to address the problems of widespread irresponsible lending and rollovers, problems which all too often pitch people into serious financial hardship. Ensuring that firms share data in real time will help to prevent multiple payday loan use and the spiral of debt that can result. While a limit of one rollover will help to protect consumers from rapidly inflating debts.
"Moves to tackle the problem of payday loan advertising via nuisance calls and texts are welcome. We know that this problem is widespread, 26.3 million people say they have received unsolicited calls and texts offering high-cost credit, such as payday loans. Regulators need to ensure that financially vulnerable consumers are not being targeted by unscrupulous firms offering high-cost and potentially harmful loans".
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Book your place now on one of our undergraduate open days. Open days are aimed at students who wish to start university in 2018 and wish to find out more about the university and the courses we run.
Book your place now on one of our undergraduate applicant days. Learn more about the course you've applied for and get a real sense of your chosen subject at Brighton.
There are a variety of events that are specifically for postgraduate students. These are for students wishing to start university in 2018.
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Option "Show Always Intellisense"
Sometimes when I want to list all the methods of a function. I have to use 2 keyboard shortcuts to do this.
Option "Always show Intellisense" would make suggestions show ALL the time. If I click somewhere out the editing box, they will disappear, when I click back, they show again.
Thank you for your feedback on this idea.
We have reviewed this and are not planning to complete this suggestion in the foreseeable future, as it has not gained sufficient user support relative to other suggestions in this area.
Mark Wilson-Thomas
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Qwertie commented
Which two keyboard shortcuts show you "all the methods of a function"? Personally, Ctrl+Space and Ctrl+Shift+Space are just about all the IntelliSense I need.
Mason commented
Great for VS 2011.
Milena Kolodziej Zak commented
Great idea.
Or the member list could show in a sidebar or something.
Kowalewski Janusz commented
Showing all the time would be anoying.
Try something like this: When the use clicks for example the work Math in the following line all the Math members will popout.
When the user clicks the System word, all the System members will pop out.
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Bill commented
No You fon't
Steve Jobs commented
We have this feature.
Jasom Jorm commented
Or at least... One key - IntelliSense appears.
For example: I don't remember the method names in classes. When I enter a class, I just browse for the desired one. The times of c++ when a user had to remember everything are way behind. When I sit by my computer I don't know which APIs am I going to use.
I'm not saying this is a feature for a majority of users. But it's really helpful.


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January's Scoundrel of the Month: Sen. Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON - Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) can't filibuster this vote: After thwarting a far-reaching proposal to reform Senate rules, and then bragging about it, the minority leader is your choice for January's Scoundrel of the Month.
"Time and again, Sen. McConnell has put the politics of the moment ahead of the public interest with his constant obstruction of Senate business," said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. "With his unprecedented abuse of the filibuster, Sen. McConnell is the embodiment of everything that's wrong with Washington."
In January, a group of reform-minded senators floated a proposal to curtail the abuse of the "silent filibuster." Ultimately, the Senate adopted a watered-down rules reform package, which members from both parties hailed as a bipartisan triumph. Nevertheless, within hours Sen. McConnell's reelection campaign sent an email to supporters boasting "We Beat the Liberals," and promising Sen. McConnell would continue to routinely obstruct Senate proceedings.
The minority leader has long demonstrated he is shameless when it comes to frustrating the will of the majority. Over his long tenure as the Senate's obstructionist-in-chief, Sen. McConnell has prevented the Senate from passing measures he previously supported, like campaign finance disclosure measures, and in one absurd case, even filibustered his own bill.
Nominations are already being accepted for February's Scoundrel of the Month. People, entities, and agencies are all eligible. Submit your choices by February 22. Voting will begin the following week.
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The CUNA Task Force report cites credit union consolidation, asset and membership growth to support its recommendations.
Despite the Task Force's recommendation to allow exclusive league membership, the CUNA board retains its current structure.
CUNA chairman addresses CEO Bill Cheney's departure and the trade association's future.
Patrick Pierce of City & County Credit Union re-elected chairman.
Bankers one step away from Transaction Account Guarantee extension without MBL; CUNA says it will continue opposition.
Association of leagues bestows Eagle Award for Thompson's advocacy work in the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison and in the U.S. Congress.
Trade group asks agency to implement changes before proposed law is passed.
Lee Butke, president/CEO of Corporate One FCU in Columbus, Ohio, has been named a director of the National Credit Union Foundation.
The House Banking Committee focused on oversight and trying to undo or modify some of President Obama's initiatives while the Senate Banking Committee focused on less sweeping efforts in 2011.
Mary Cunningham, the retired CEO of the now-merged USA Federal Credit Union in San Diego and former chairman of CUES and the National Credit Union Foundation, has become a director of FoolProof.


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