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Navi Mumbai, India (PressExposure) March 18, 2009 -- The new report entitled, âTop 10 Medical Equipment Trends in 2009â ( [http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/Top-10-Medical-Equipment-Trends-in-2009.html] )is an essential source of intelligence and insight on the key medical equipment market trends in the year ahead. Drawing from unique global databases of market value, product sales, competitor shares, key events, financial deals and pipeline products, the report identifies the key trends, expected to influence the global medical equipment market landscape in 2009.
A strong understanding of the trends will prove to be a decisive factor in strategic planning and decision making for all involved in the value chain - investors, manufacturers, distributors, regulators, payer/providers and analysts tracking this industry
Obama Plans To Bring Stellar Growth For Healthcare Information Technology
Driven by the realization of an ever-increasing necessity to strengthen and streamline healthcare delivery and management, the US Healthcare Information Technology (IT) market which was valued at $3.4 billion in 2007 is expected to grow by 14.6% annually to reach $6.72 billion by 2012.
Barack Obamaâs plan to tackle health issues brings a positive development for medical device manufacturers, particularly in the Healthcare IT sector, where it is forecast to drive nearly 15% per annum growth. Given the recent downtrend in the market and lack of credit, Obamaâs plan provides an excellent opportunity for Medical Companies as the number of people going from uninsured to insured will be increasing. Under Obamaâs plan, insurance companies will be forced to insure people with a history of health issues. That should be a welcome sign as reimbursements for such individuals continue to pile up. $10 billion investment over 5 years in Healthcare IT is a long standing change needed for the health care system to move from paper based records to standardized electronic based systems. This will allow medical insurance portability from job to job and across state lines, making it easier for employers to provide insurance to their employees, Above all making health insurance affordable to 45 million uninsured people should increase the number of individuals using medical devices.
Home Healthcare Equipment Market Is Poised For A Big Return In 2009 Owing To Cost Containment Efforts By Both Providers And Purchasers
Consumersâ interest in their health is increasing the opportunities for home healthcare device manufacturers who provide a connected view of the individualâs well being. The forecast upcoming recession will lead more people to treat themselves at home. Healthcare equipment like Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Devices, nebulizers, drug delivery devices, digital signal processing hearing aids, glucose monitoring systems and self test (IVD) devices are set for a high single digit to double digit growth rate in the next 5 years. This trend is gaining prominence because of the need to reduce medical costs. This is leading to better reimbursement rates from insurers. The global market for home healthcare devices is set to grow by more than 9% from 2007 to 2012 with the market exceeding $70 billion in 2012. Â Emerging Medical Equipment Markets Will Continue To Grow In 2009, Assisted By The Ongoing Trend Towards Medical Tourism And Helping To Offset Any Negative Impact Felt By The General Economic Downturn Â
Multinational companies will continue to relocate manufacturing operations in emerging economies to ensure that they can capitalize on the increased wealth and healthcare spend allocated by consumers and governments in key markets like China, Brazil, India and Taiwan in 2007. As governments continue to remove restrictions on medical imports and the ability of foreign manufacturers to enter key markets, we can expect to see multinational companies increase market share and dominate key sectors and help drive the growth of medical tourism.
Medical tourism is one of the fastest growing industries and countries like India, Thailand, Singapore and Philippines have become favorite destinations for patients from developed countries. Huge price differentials, availability of advanced technologies in private hospitals and highly skilled medical professionals in these countries are driving the medical tourism business. In 2002, Indian medical tourism generated $300 million in revenue. Since 2002 there has been an increase of 25% in medical tourists to India. Indian medical tourism revenue is forecast to reach $2 billion in 2012 when compared with $800 million in 2007 with a growth rate of 29% CAGR from 2007 to 2012.
Major Medical Equipment Manufacturers To Remain Stable In Spite Of Mounting Financial Crisis
The impact of the credit crunch on medical device companies, and particularly their Research and Development (R&D) spend has been limited. Most of the big companies are still committing an average of 10% of their revenues towards R&D. Companies with more diversified portfolios are less susceptible to market fluctuations, hence they are likely to remain stable in the face of the global economic turmoil.
For example, Abbott is raising its guidance for the full-year 2008. The company reported double-digit sales growth in each major global business with worldwide sales growth of 17% in the third quarter for 2008 when compared with the third quarter of 2007. Similarly Medtronic recorded 2009 first quarter revenue of $3.706 billion, a 19 percent increase over the $3.127 billion reported in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. Smith & Nephew reported a revenue growth of 9% with a trading profit of 3% in third quarter of 2008 when compared with 2007. All these companies along with Johnson & Johnson, Baxter, Cardinal Health, and B Braun, 3M Health Care, Roche Diagnostics and Becton Dickinson are volume driven, which makes them less risk prone to the ongoing financial crisis. Another big factor that is insulating the medical device companies from the current economic concerns is Medical Professionals unwillingness to switch from a product they are comfortable with. Unlike the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries which are characterized by lengthy product development, regulatory approval processes, patent law suites and huge R&D investments, medical equipment companies are cash rich and do not have many patent issues. Â Direct To Consumer Advertising Of Medical Devices To Continue To Increase In Prominence In 2009
The Direct to Consumer (DTC) Advertising approach has been employed by medical device manufacturers for the past few years with some impressive results, a trend that is set to continue as the âbaby boomerâ generation continues to age. Notable among companies employing this strategy is Stryker which has been running ads using golf legend Jack Nicklaus to promote Trident® Acetabular, a ceramic replacement hip, Zimmer Holdings promoting replacement knees for women, Medtronic advertising heart defibrillators.
The amount spent by the medical device industry for DTC Advertising through television and the internet was approximately $195 million in 2007 nearly doubling the amount spent in 2005. This is a significant amount when compared to almost no spending on DTC Advertising by medical device companies in 1996, especially considering $1.5 billion spent by medical device companies in 2005 on special trade journals that are typically accessed by doctors and hospitals.
In the US, the number of people, 65 or older, roughly stand at 37 million in 2007 and is likely to reach 40 million approximately in 2010 and 55 million in 2020. On average, every 8 seconds a person from the baby boom generation turns 50 and the trend will continue over the next 10 years. A lot of baby boomers may require procedures for heart, knee, and hip at a young age when compared to their previous generations. Increased life expectancy and changing demographic trends may ultimately lead to increased usage of medical devices, especially in markets like diabetes, cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, diagnostic imaging. DTC Advertising ultimately drives the patients to seek medical attention thereby increasing the volume of patients, improves compliance, improves sales, builds the brand name and acts as a powerful tool for companies in terms of recruiting people for trials. Â Healthcare Information Technology Spend To Gain Significant Attention In 2009 And Beyond From Both Developed And Emerging Economies
Mr Barack Obamaâs win in the US Presidential Election boosts the prospects of Healthcare IT in the US market in the next 5 to 10 years. To improve quality and efficiency and reduce healthcare costs, Obamaâs plan of investing $10 billion over 5 years is a sign of ITâs importance in Healthcare. Healthcare IT has not only received attention from medical equipment manufacturers but also from big IT companies like Microsoft, Cognizant, IBM, and Intel among others.
Healthcare IT has also received a boost from India and China with their planned investment in Healthcare in rural and middle tier cities. The Indian government went a step ahead offering a 5 year tax holiday for companies setting up hospitals and clinics in rural and middle tier cities. Apparent advantages of Healthcare IT is that it will force both the governments and healthcare providers towards long term investment in this sector and will be a trend in both developed and emerging economies. The Healthcare IT market in India is to grow at a rate of 7.5% CAGR from 2007 to 2012. This is significantly higher when compared with the previous yearâs growth of 4.6% CAGR from 2000 to 2007. Â Drug Eluting Stents On A Comeback Trail In The US Market In 2009
A US FDA statement saying that the use of Drug Eluting Stents (DES) are safe and have very minimum risk when they are used âon-labelâ should significantly improve the US market for DES. Positive results from Boston Scientificâs TAXUS HORIZONS AMI trial, Abbott Laboratories SPIRIT I, II, III trial and Medtronic's Third-Generation Endeavor® Resolute trial has renewed the faith in the product. One important outcome of these trials was that DES implantations not only open blocked coronary arteries but also chemically inhibit future blockage.
This is evident in the third quarter results of Boston Scientific, Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic Corporation. The tremendous reception and sales of Abbottâs XIENCE V puts doubts about the safety of DES to rest. As a result is forecasting a growth rate of 5% CAGR from 2008 to 2012 for the DES market in the US. This is a complete turnaround from the negative growth seen in 2006 and 2007.
Young Adults And Middle Aged Patients To Drive The US Market For Hip Resurfacing For Next Five Years
The US hip resurfacing market is set to grow in double digits during 2007 â 2012 but not as quickly as expected by some industry sources. The growth limiting factor is the patient pool comprising of adults and middle aged patients with good bone stock. Another factor contributing to the lower than expected growth is the limited number of doctors performing the hip resurfacing procedure. This is very small market in the US dominated by Smith & Nephew. Stryker entered the US market for hip resurfacing in 2007 with limited success so far. With no visible entrance of new companies in the near future, Smith & Nephew is set to dominate the US hip resurfacing market for a long time. The hip resurfacing market in the US is set to grow from 16 million in 2006 to 220 million in 2012 with a growth rate of 55% CAGR over the same time period.
Cash Rich And Innovative Companies To Benefit In The Current Economic Scenario
Low equity prices will give an opportunity for big companies to go after innovative companies developing products in niche markets for an equity share instead of financing. A prime example of this is Bausch & Lombâs equity investment to acquire a minority share and securing exclusive rights to purchase - AcuFocus, Inc., a privately held company located in Irvine, California in January, 2007. The primary reason for Bausch & Lombâs investment in AcuFocus Inc is to gain access to the corneal implant technology and AcuFocus ACI 7000. Big companies like Getinge, Hologic Corporation and small and upcoming companies like Small Bone Innovations, Core Essence Orthopaedics will be most watched for their existing and coming product lines. Â Products Related To Womenâs Health, Minimally Invasive Surgery And Home Healthcare Are Set To Garner Special Attention In 2009
Cardiovascular diseases, Orthopedics, Diabetes care and Womenâs health related products will be keenly watched out for in 2009 as these issues account for the majority of peopleâs health concerns. Existing products that might have been slow to take off might find their way to the top of the market segments due to factors like better post launch numbers, lack of better alternatives, cost effectiveness and efficacy. Products like Breast Tomosynthesis should have a high impact once launched because of the productâs contrast-enhanced 3-D imaging and reduction or elimination of overlapping tissue. Although some of the products are extensions of existing products they nonetheless improve efficiency and overcome some of the disadvantages and limitations of existing products. Â High Volume And Low Value Of Deals Will Be A Norm In The Medical Equipment Mergers And Acquisitions Landscape In 2009
Medical Equipment Deals in 2009 are likely to continue to be high in volume but relatively low in value, a trend set in 2008. Average deal values have come down in 2008 when compared with the same time period for 2007, while on the other side the deal volumes went up.
From January 1st to November 5th, deal values in the medical equipment industry stood at $77,000 million with a deal volume of 556. For the same time period in 2007, the value of deals stood at more than $90,000 million and the number of deals at 428. This clearly shows that the companies are avoiding big one off investments due to lack of cash flow in the markets and tighter lending policies. Instead of investing in one big company or a product, companies are looking for investment across the market to leverage their positions. Markets that have been gaining a lot of attention are Healthcare IT, Interventional Cardiology and In-Vitro Diagnostics. These markets along with hospital supplies and home healthcare equipment represent high growth markets both in the developed and emerging economies.
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I visited hospital with a broken toe, spent 4h waiting to be checked and left home with nothing. The first doctor who had a look, said oh yes, we need to have a look here. Go sit down and someone will come to you. But they only brought my history card to the right doctor after an hour. I waited 2 more hours, which is in total 4h and went home really unhappy. There was a young man sitting with a finger cut off and be waited for the same time! This is ridiculous!/and it is not like there were a lot of people or anything. Well done Lewisham, will not come back
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In my opinion the Halloween series should have stopped with Halloween Resurrection and not had try and do a remake of the original two Halloween movies. was an excellent lead actress in the first two Halloween movies, and her career has taken off since then. played his role as Michael's doctor real well, and he was a beloved character from the movie series.
The 1978 Halloween introduced us to Michael Myers, and his sister who was played by a young Jamie Lee Curtis. It was a good horror movie at its time, and it brought out the fear we all had about going out on Halloween night. Donald Pleasance did an excellent job as Sam Loomis who was Michael's doctor. We all wanted Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) to kill Michael, but we also had feelings for Michael and did not want to see him die. The ending scene, where Michael falls off the balcony after getting shot by Dr. Loomis, and we discover that Michael's body is nowhere to be found, we have the feeling that he maybe supernatural.
In 1981's Halloween 2, we continue where we left off with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) being taken to the hospital after she got attacked by Michael Myers. This is where another one of people's fears begins to take place: being in a hospital alone. Michael kills off most of the staff at the hospital on his rampage to kill Laurie Strode. Towards the end of the movie, we find out that Michael Myers is Laurie Strodes older brother. Michael had killed his sister when he was six, and Laurie was only a baby at the time and she was adopted by the Strode family. At the end of the film, Dr. Loomis is seen supposedly killing Michael off by setting him on fire.
In 1988's Halloween 4, we see at the beginning of the movie, we see a truck that is going to take Michael Myers, whose been in a coma since the explosion at the hospital, is being taken to the sanitarium. We soon find out that Michael is not dead, and he kills the two attendants taking him to the sanitarium. We also discover that Laurie Strode has a niece name Jamie Lloyd, who is living in Haddonfield, Illinois, where Michael did the killings in the first two movies. In this movie, Michael is trying to kill his niece Jamie, and he's willing to kill anyone and everyone to do so. Towards the end of the movie, Michael is again shot, and he falls down, and Jamie goes over to touch him, but when she touches him, Michael gets up and he gets shot again. At the end of the movie, we see someone put on a clown's mask, like Michael did when he killed his older sister, and see the person stab a woman preparing a bath. As we hear the screams and see Dr. Loomis run up the stairs, it is then that we see that it was Jamie who stabbed her mother, and it seems that Michael is reborn in Jamie.
In 1989's Halloween 5, we see that Jamie is in a children's hospital and that she cannot talk, or she is unwilling to talk. Whatever that Michael is feeling, Jamie is also feeling, and since Michael cannot talk, neither can Jamie. Michael returns to Haddonfield to terrorize the people and to once again try and kill Jamie. Towards the ending of the movie, Dr. Loomis is seen beating Michael to death after Jamie tried to appeal to her uncle by touching his face, which only sent Michael into a rampage. At the end of the movie, we see that Michael is locked up, and being taken to a maximum-security prison. Jamie is sitting in a police squad car, and she hears gun shot inside the prison. When she leaves the car and goes into the prison, she discovers that every cop in the prison is dead, and that Michael's cell is empty and that he is gone.
In 1998's Halloween H2O: 20 years later, we see a woman whose house has been broken into, and a file on Laurie Strode is missing. We are later introduced to a much older Laurie Strode who now goes by the name Keri Tate, and has a teenage son. Laurie teaches at a prep school, and tries to forget about her past, but she has told no one, including her son about her past. Michael reads the file, and finds out that his sister is not dead, and that she works at the prep school. Laurie is freaking out because its Halloween night, and she has not had a good Halloween in forever. After Michael does his normal killings, we finally see the fight scene that we've always wanted to see: Michael vs. Laurie. Laurie wins, and we see Michael being taken away in an ambulance, and we see that Laurie is driving the ambulance, knowing that Michael is not dead. Laurie crashes the ambulance, and at the end of the movie, she cuts off Michael's head.
In 2002's Halloween Resurrection, we see the ending of Halloween H2O, and discover that Jamie is now in a insane asylum, after she cut off the head of a paramedic that had Michaels mask on him. Michael had made sure that the paramedic would not talk, and then stuffed him in the body bag with Michael's mask on his head. The beginning of the movie is Michael killing Laurie after all these years. This movie is about a scare show putting people in Michael Meyer's house, and daring them to spend 24 hours in the house without leaving. Michael kills all but one of the people in the house, and she only survives because a friend of hers is texting her about the whereabouts of Michael.


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The year is 1907. The young composer Nikusha sets out on a journey over the villages of Central Georgia to record folk songs. For this he provides himself with a map of the places he would like to visit. His accidental co-traveler is Leko Tatasheli who is convinced that the composer is on a mission of the revolutionary committee and his map is the plan of a future uprising…
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Apparently, vacationing on a yacht in St. Tropez wasn't lavish enough for music power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Now that they have the adorable 6-month old princess Blue Ivy in tow, they've decided to upgrade.
In August, Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Carter will rent a 31,000-square-foot estate in the Hamptons for $400,000, according to the New York Post. The house's monthly rent is $128,000 higher than the 2010 average sales price of a U.S. home.
The $43.5 million dollar abode comes with ample amenities — rock-climbing wall, recording studio, two-lane bowling alley, virtual golf and skateboard half-pipe.
[Related: Jay-Z Raps New Verse About Blue Ivy]
The 60-foot heated pool is equipped with an underwater stereo system. It also has a gym, spa, combo basketball, racquetball and squash court, and garage that can store eight cars.
The master bedroom suite is 2,800-square-feet, bigger than most homes. And while the 11-acre property is large enough to accommodate guests, the lot includes a separate two-bedroom apartment.
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Built by developer Joe Farrell, the Bridgehampton mansion located on Halsey Lane is also known as Sandcastle. A name like Sandcastle is quite fitting for baby Carter.
Jay-Z has been visiting The Hamptons for no less than 10 years. He's attended parties hosted by the likes of Sean "Diddy" Combs and pals, and celeb couple Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, who own homes in the exclusive section of Long Island, New York.


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Unless an arbitrator rules otherwise, it looks like Terrell Owens won't be celebrating any touchdowns for a while. So our lasting image of his end-zone stylings, at least for now, will probably be the celebration from three weeks ago, when he pulled out a towel he'd hidden under his shirt and went into his "Hi, I'm Terrell and I'll be your waiter this evening" routine.
The thing is, there was no need to hide the towel, because football is the one sport where players routinely wear towels as part of their uniform -- which is kind of weird when you stop and think about it. And that's exactly what Uni Watch has been doing lately.
Uni Watch knows what you're thinking. Admit it: You are thinking, "He can't write an entire article about towels, can he?" Au contraire, mon frere! Towels are good for more than just snapping your teammate's backside in the locker room. They've quietly worked their way into the fabric of the game over the years, and they play a bigger role in football's visual history than you might think. As Uni Watch briefly noted a few weeks ago, Desmond Howard used to put strips of black tape on his towel (which became such a signature look for him that it's even included on figurine depictions of him). And if you're old enough, you no doubt remember the once-common sight of a quarterback breaking the huddle, walking up to the line, and flipping up the towel that was tucked into the center's rear waistband and draped over his butt. And then there's the whole Terrible Towel thing (whose full story is told here).
And consider this: While most other components of an NFL uni are Reebok-branded, the towel carries the Wilson "W" (along with, of course, the annoyingly ubiquitous NFL Equipment logo). How did that happen?
"If you look at old photos, players just wore plain white towels," says a contact at Wilson who prefers to remain anonymous, so we'll refer to him as the Wilsonian. "But we make the official NFL footballs, and when we re-upped the ball contract in the early '90s, the NFL asked us, 'Hey, you want the towels, too?' It was kind of a no-brainer, and I think it's just been included every time we've re-upped our contract with the league. It allows us to get a little exposure and keep our logo in the camera view, especially now that the NFL uniform is all Reebok."
This is, of course, the essence of Uni Watch's longtime bete noire, logo creep. But for some reason, the towel branding doesn't seem so odious. Maybe it's because Wilson is more of an old-school company that isn't out to devour the entire world. Or maybe it's because there's something endearingly quaint, or even a little sad, about this particular marketing effort. Like, seriously, how much brand equity can there be in a towel?
Speaking of which, ever wonder how the towel stays so perfectly tucked, with the logos positioned just so? Turns out there are little strips of Velcro sewn into the towel, to keep it securely anchored. And the towel isn't just folded -- the upper half of the towel is sewn shut, so it can't blouse out too far. "We used to have the NFL shield and our logo on just one side of the fold," explains the Wilsonian. "So guys were flipping the towel around and you couldn't see the graphics. But in 2003 we started putting the logos on both sides, so now you're more likely to see them."
But get this: For all of Wilson's branding efforts, they don't actually make the towels. They outsource out the manufacturing to McArthur Towel, a 120-year-old Wisconsin company that specializes in licensed towel products. "We make the Gatorade towels," says Don Carroll, McArthur's shipping and production manager. "And we've been making the Steelers' Terrible Towels for as long as I can remember. We move between 250,000 and 400,000 of those every year."
The basic NFL waistband towel isn't available for sale (imagine -- a licensed piece of equipment that isn't being merchandised!), but the Wilsonian was kind enough to send Uni Watch a few samples. The big surprise is that the towel is, frankly, rather unpleasant to the touch. In a league that makes such a big deal about high-performance this and that, wouldn't you expect a supersoft, ultra-plush towel? Forget it -- this towel, despite being 100%-cotton, feels stiff and coarse, like a really cheap dishtowel, or a washcloth at a low-end motel. "I agree with that assessment, actually," says the Wilsonian. "I know McArthur has come to us with higher-grade versions, but the thinking here has been that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's not like we're getting complaints about it."
"It's basically a cheap promotional towel," confirms Don Carroll at McArthur. "Frankly, I think a lot of the players just wear it for looks, not for function. But we have another version made of microfiber, which Peyton Manning has been using for three years. It's super-absorbent, and it's a little larger. We sent some samples to the teams, and Manning must have liked it -- he's the only one who uses it." Sure enough, Manning's towel does look a bit bigger than everyone else's. And, Uni Watch notes with a raised eyebrow, it appears to be consistently logo-free.
Other towel tidbits:
• "Each team gets 528 towels for the season," says the Wilsonian. "We get them in boxes of 176, and each team gets three boxes."
• During the Super Bowl, the towel becomes part of the annual Super Bowl logo blitz.
• Trent Green doubled his pleasure, and Wilson's brand presence, by wearing two towels on October 21 -- a look that has some historical precedent.
• The Terrible Towel, which started as a one-game promotion 30 years ago, has become such a phenomenon that it's now essentially a brand unto itself, which explains the plethora of Terrible non-towel products like this and this.
• The Hall of Fame's collection of game-used uniforms and equipment doesn't include any towels -- yet.
OK, so we've got branding, fashion statements, touchdown celebrations, promotions -- what else are towels good for?
"Well," says Don Carroll, measuring his words carefully, as if this might be a trick question, "they're good for dryin' ya up." Ah, yes -- of course.
Paul Lukas keeps forest-green towels in his bathroom (and now has two NFL waistband towels hanging next to his kitchen sink). Archives of his "Uni Watch" columns are available here, here and here. Got feedback for him, or want to be added to his mailing list? Contact him here.


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Senate passes bill to ease FAA furloughs
Under the legislation, the Federal Aviation Administration would gain authority to transfer up to $253 million into other programs to "prevent reduced operations and staffing," through Sept. 30.
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WASHINGTON — With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation late Thursday to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers.
A House vote on the measure was expected as early as Friday, with lawmakers eager to embark on a weeklong vacation.
Under the legislation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would gain authority to transfer as much as $253 million from accounts that are flush into other programs, to "prevent reduced operations and staffing" through the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.
If the Senate bill wins House approval and is signed into law by President Obama, the furloughed controllers are not expected to return to work before Saturday.
Although fewer flights were delayed Thursday than earlier in the week, Friday is one of the busiest travel days.
In addition to restoring full staffing by controllers, Senate officials said the available funds should be ample enough to prevent the closure of small airport towers nationwide. The FAA had said it would shut the facilities as it makes its share of $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts that took effect last month at numerous government agencies.
There was no immediate reaction at the White House, although administration officials participated in the negotiations that led to the deal and evidently registered no objections.
Senate approval followed several hours of closed-door negotiations, and came after most senators had left the Capitol on the assumption that the talks had failed.


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Behind the scenes of New York City's Great White Way, virtuosos of stagecraft have built the scenery, costumes, lights, and other components of theatrical productions for more than a hundred years. But like a good magician who refuses to reveal secrets, they have left few clues about their work. "e;Blue-Collar Broadway"e; recovers the history of those people and the neighborhood in which their undersung labor occurred.
Timothy R. White begins his history of the theater industry with the dispersed pre-Broadway era, when components such as costumes, lights, and scenery were built and stored nationwide. Subsequently, the majority of backstage operations and storage were consolidated in New York City during what is now known as the golden age of musical theater. Toward the latter half of the twentieth century, decentralization and deindustrialization brought the emergence of nationally distributed regional theaters and performing arts centers. The resulting collapse of New York's theater craft economy rocked the theater district, leaving abandoned buildings and criminal activity in place of studios and workshops. But new technologies ushered in a new age of tourism and business for the area. The Broadway we know today is a global destination and a glittering showroom for vetted products.
Featuring case studies of iconic productions such as "e;Oklahoma "e; (1943) and "e;Evita"e; (1979), and an exploration of the craftwork of radio, television, and film production around Times Square, "e;Blue-Collar Broadway"e; tells a rich story of the history of craft and industry in American theater nationwide. In addition, White examines the role of theater in urban deindustrialization and in the revival of downtowns throughout the Sunbelt.
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Nowadays when investment and trade are increasingly getting professionalized, it is very important for investors to get a sense of the laws of the countries in which they intend to invest. We, in this piece, try to briefly indicate the rights, and obligations of foreign investors mandated by the Afghan trade and investment laws.
The rights and obligations of foreign investors, among other things, are expressly stated the aforementioned laws and are as follows:
- A hundred percent foreign ownership of foreign investment: A Foreign investor can own the entire investment with exception of land and do not need an Afghan shareholder.
- Non-Discrimination: As per the article sixteen of the Afghanistan Investment Law, all investors having a business purpose, technical and financial capability of doing business, are subject to the same laws and regulations regardless of whether they are owned by foreign citizens or Afghans, unless there are specialized laws adopted for special occasions.
- Tax Exemption: As per the Income Tax Law of Afghanistan, businesses that incur a loss in the financial year are awarded tax exemption. A business that incurred loss may transfer that loss to incoming years and may deduct it from its taxable income in accordance with the provisions of the law.
- Custom Duties Exemptions: As per the article eighteen of Private Investment Law of Afghanistan, products or export items, of a business montaged in Afghanistan may be awarded custom duties exemptions within the limits of the law.
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A hospital may seem like a strange place to visit, but the Hopital St Louis near the Canal Saint Martin offers an oasis of peace and quiet – and an unusual museum!
At its heart is a square – in many ways similar to the Place des Vosges – with centuries old trees and superb 17th century architecture. This miniature park is what rests of the original structure that was built just outside the ancient city walls to keep plague victims away from other inhabitants of Paris.
It was Henri IV who ordered the construction of the hospital, but he was assassinated by Ravaillac before the edifice was finished. It was finally opened in 1618 during another outbreak of the plague, with up to six patients per bed! For the next two centuries it dealt with many outbreaks of infectious diseases, slowly building up world-renown in the field of Dermatology. This has led to another curiosity in the hospital, perhaps the most unusual and secretive museum in Paris, the Musee des Moulages (Museum of wax moldings).
Throughout the 19th century, moulds were made of all known diseases that affected the skin, and over 4,000 of these have been put on display in one of the hospital's 17th century buildings. It is a creepy, fascinating place, but unfortunately rarely open to visitors, and only when pre-arranged.
Note: the garden is not always open at weekends, but is generally open other days during the spring and summer.


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Caramel is a perfect flavour for biscuits. These are simple to make and take about five minutes to prepare. Kids love them!
- 225 g / 8 oz butter or margarine
- 1 tablespoon condensed milk
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour (plain/all-purpose)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence/extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup desiccated coconut (finely shredded)
- 2 cups cornflakes
- Melted chocolate (optional)
1Preheat the oven to 180ºC / 350ºF. Line baking trays with baking paper.
2Cream the butter, sugar and condensed milk together.
3Add the egg and vanilla. Stir through.
4Mix in the dry ingredients. Combine well but quickly.
5Roll the mixture into small balls. A teaspoon per ball is adequate. Arrange on the baking trays.
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Polk Introduces New Flagship LSiM Home Audio Speaker Lineup
Polk's new reference series, LSiM, utilizes Polk's most advanced engineering to date, achieving remarkable high-end performance that makes a true audiophile listening experience accessible to music lovers everywhere.
BALTIMORE, MD, August 16, 2010 - Polk Audio®, the Speaker Specialists®, today announced a new top of the line home audio speaker lineup that brings the company's legendary sonics to their highest pinnacle yet. The new LSiM series utilizes Polk's most advanced engineering to date, achieving remarkable high -end performance that makes a true audiophile listening experience accessible to music lovers everywhere.
"We're tremendously excited to unveil the new LSiM series, which are the most advanced speakers we've built in our nearly 40 year history, " says Polk's Vice President of Product Line Management, Mark Suskind. "The LSi line has been Polk's flagship selection for almost a decade, but in light of current technological possibilities, we felt it was time for a re -visit. The result is not so much an evolution of the current series as it is a re -engineering of the qualities that have made LSi the best in its class."
The new Polk LSiM series encompasses a full range of tower, bookshelf, center and surround channel models, each of which is designed with the finest materials and Polk's most advanced acoustic engineering. The performance objectives for the series were set with an exceptionally high bar - - open, transparent, three -dimensional sound, with accurate tonal and temporal response at all frequencies; extended dynamics; uniformly wide dispersion; deep, tight, integrated bass; and compatibility with a broad range of past, present and future electronics. Each of these difficult sonic objectives has been achieved in the new LSiM series.
The new flagship Polk lineup is spearheaded by two 4 -way floor -standing tower models, the LSiM 707 and LSiM 705. Each features state -of -the -art transducers built with Polk's Dynamic Balance® design technology, which combines the latest in composite materials and computer -assisted geometry to create drivers with extraordinarily low distortions and artifacts. Both towers sport a stunning array of these high performance drivers, highlighted by Polk's Dynamic Sonic Engine enclosure, a single molded component that carries both a Polk proprietary 3.25" Extended Linear Motion (ELM) mid -range driver and a 1.0" Advance Isotropic ring radiator (AIR) tweeter.
Combining these transducers in a single optimized array produces an uncommonly wide and uniform dispersion pattern. The top -of -the -line LSiM 707 complements this array with a 6.5" ELM mid -woofer driver and dual 6x9" ELM subwoofers featuring Polk's PowerPort®, which maximizes low -bass energy ordinarily lost as air turbulence in the enclosure. The smaller LSiM 705 features the identical Dynamic Sonic Engine for high frequencies and midrange, along with Polk designed ELM 5.25" mid -woofer and dual 5x7" ELM subwoofers. A bookshelf -sized version of the towers, the LSiM 703, utilizes the same technologies as the towers, minus the internal subwoofer drivers.
Two center channel models are offered in the flagship LSiM series. The larger LSiM 706c features the same AIR ring tweeter and E:M 3.5" mid -bass driver that characterizes the Dynamic Sonic Engine of the larger tower models, flanked by two ELM 6.5" mid -bass drivers with a rear port design. A smaller center channel model, the LSiM 704c features the same layout, only with ELM 5.25" mid -bass drivers. The LSiM 702f/x surround model completes the series for a multichannel setup, offering a ELM 3.25' mid -range, 2 x 1.0" AIR ring radiator tweeters and a ELM 6.5" mid -woofer driver. All the speakers have been timbre matched for a perfectly blended and balanced acoustic environment.
The Polk LSiM series features Polk's most advanced material engineering, with Super Cell Aerated polypropylene cones that reduce mass and its resulting distortions. Driver baskets are built from cast aluminum frames that provide superior rigidity and exceptionally flat frequency response. Butyl rubber surrounds ensure outstanding linearity through many years of trouble free performance. Finishing touches include magnetic, non -diffracting grills, easy -leveling floor spikes and rubber trims around the driver baskets that create a cosmetically clean fit and finish.
The new Polk LSi M series will be available Q1 2011.
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'Die Hard 5' Is Now 'A Good Day to Die Hard' & Other Info Revealed
We Died Hard. Then, we did it a 2nd time. The third time, we added a Vengance. By the fourth, we were Livin' Free. But was it ever a truly good day to Die Hard? Probably not.
But this day—this fifth episode of the Die Hard franchise—most certainly is. It might not be the best day to Die Hard. Possibly not even a great one. But is it A Good Day to Die Hard? Why yes. It sure as shootin' is.
At least that's what Fox Filmed Entertainment's co-chairman Tim Rothman said on The Jim Rome Show this morning. The title of the next adventure for Bruce Willis' badass-everycop-turned-high-flying-renegade-super-being was not the only thing Rothman revealed. He also let listeners know that A Good Day to Die Hard will begin shooting in January 2012 for a release just over a year later, on Valentine's Day 2013. He expanded on something we already heard about: this will be John McClane's most globe-trotting adventure yet.
McClane will find himself in Moscow, attempting to free his ne'er-do-well son from Russian jail, when he is thrust into the position of preventing an apocalyptic threat instituted by a group of terrorists. You've come a long way from midtown, McClane. Pretty soon, you'll have done it all: New York, America, planet Earth, the galaxy…around the time of Die Hard 9: The Day the Music Died Hard, Bruce Willis will weep…for there will be no more worlds to conquer.
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A certain amount of hype – undeserved, some may say – surrounds the Greenhornes: First because the band toured with the White Stripes, and second because the Greenhornes' Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence appeared on the Loretta Lynn's Grammy-winning, Jack White-produced 2004 album, Van Lear Rose. Those who see the Stripes as saviors of the genre, who see the band's stripped-down, distortion-laden rendering of traditional blues as some kind of magic musical elixir, may naturally approach the Greenhornes' first EP for V2, East Grand Blues, with an archivist's care and respect. The other camp — those who hear in Jack White's pseudo-revivalist jams nothing but big repetitive chords and barely competent drumming — may hear East Grand Blues as another knockoff, another attempt at nostalgia for an era the musician and its audience probably never lived in.
East Grand Blues, produced by the band's Detroit pal/collaborator Brendan Benson, is both of these: It's a group of hooky, melodic '60s rock, loose but still polished. It's also a near-covers record, lacking in creativity and doing little to hide its obvious influences: the Kinks, the Beatles, the Kinks, the Beatles. What East Grand Blues and the Greenhornes suffer from most is generational schizophrenia. "Pattern Skies," has an instantly recognizable guitar-lick over a simple foot stomping beat – think, well, the Kinks. But unlike the current crop that draw from past eras of blues-influenced rock (the White Stripes, 22-20's, Kings of Leon), the song, in its faithful adherence to the era's particular sound (singer/guitarist Craig Fox even delivers his generic lyrics in a Cincinnati-via-Liverpool drawl) comes across as a dedicated cover rather than anything fresh.
The trio's skill is evident throughout. Listen to the swampy blues of "Shelter of Your Arms" and the jangly, spirited "I'm Going Away." But listen further and you'll hear more than a little of dark blues of the Zombies' "She's Not There" behind "At Night." And "Shine Like the Sun," with its early-Beatles bossa nova and generic "you will be mine" lyrics, is, like most of the album, catchy in that been-done-before way. It's a tight trio, sure (for more, even better, evidence, listen to Van Lear Rose), but by mimicking a style so rooted in our consciousness as having been performed first by someone else, decades ago, the Greenhornes make it difficult to approach their music without any preconceived notions. This is the real problem with East Grand Blues: By rooting themselves in the successes of the past, the members are limiting their own successes in the future.


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Tony Lynch David Mendelsohn. CHAPTER 11(part2) LISTENING. Listening strategies. Learning strategies: Techniques, approaches, or deliberate actions that students take in order to facilitate the learning and recall of both linguistic and content area information
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Learning strategies: Techniques, approaches, or deliberate actions that students take in order to facilitate the learning and recall of both linguistic and content area information
People are usually not conscious of how they listen in their first language unless they encounter difficulty.
What do second or foreign language learners need to do when they are listening???
They need to make conscious use of the strategies they use unconsciously in their first language.
Learning strategies are usually divided into metacognitive, cognitive, and social/affective
Meta cognitive strategy: It is developing a conscious awareness of the strategies we find ourselves using as we listen.
Cognitive listening strategy: it would be listening to the way people address each other (Darling or Dr Rose or Jamie)as a clue to the interpersonal relationship between them.
Social/affective strategy: asking for assistance from the interlocutor.
How do skillful listeners use them???
Skillful listeners use them in combination, varying their use according to the needs of the specific situation.
Settings WHERE
Methods HOW
1. Experiments
2. Pedagogic Tasks
3. Test Performances
4. real life communication
Experimental investigation has concentrated on aspects such the effects of prosodic patterns or speech recognition. We know that the characteristic patterning of speech in our L1 provides a metrical template that influences the way we process L2 speech.
These unconscious L1 metrical habits caused listeners problems up to relatively advanced levels of L2 proficiency.
The literature on L2 listening has tended to focus on pedagogic settings, such as the lecture theatre.
Researchers with access to candidates' performances in listening in world-wide tests, such as IELTS and TOEFL, have been able to investigate listening skills on a very large scale.
An important source of insight into listening is our own first-hand experience of communicative encounters and the listening problems to which they give rise.
1. Observation
2. Introspection
3. Retrospection
It is Comments by the listener at, or immediately after, the time of listening
Introspection studies are open to three main criticisms:
First: the demands of online reporting may lead listeners to listen differently from normal.
Second: the data obtained can be greatly influenced by the listeners' skill in verbalizing mental process, especially if the self- reporting is done in the L2
Third: listeners' reports may reflect prior knowledge, rather their listening.
These last two problems can be reduced by allowing subjects to report in L1 OR by selecting unfamiliar topics.
The listener is asked to recall the experience of comprehending some time later, usually prompted by memory support such as reviewing a recording of the original conversation.
Observation, introspection and retrospection need not be mutually exclusive. Applying them in judicious combination is probably the best approach to finding out how individuals listen and how they deal with comprehension problems.
The point of contact between theory and application is to be found in the work on learning strategies.
Diagnostic approach: in which a listening lesson would involve pre-listening ,listening and then an extended post-listening session' in which gaps in the learners' listening skills could be examined and redressed through short micro listening exercises'
Five characteristics that affect listening:
1. The students were seldom given any pre-listening activities to activate their schematic knowledge
2. The students were rarely told what sort of questions they would be asked after listening
3. The students were expected to listen to all texts in the same way
4. The listening material was usually audiotaped, depriving the learners of any visual clues
Authenticity of text
Authentic: not designed or recorded for nonnative speakers or for language learning purposes.
Is it always possible to use only authentic materials?
For example: if we are teaching students to deduce interpersonal relations between speakers by listening for the ways in which they address each other, it is unlikely that we will find in 'naturally occurring' texts sufficient occurrences of the use of names ,nick names and titles to provide adequate practice.
Ever since the advent of communicative language teaching (CLT), efforts have been made by materials developers and teachers to make learning tasks as realistic as possible.
It is at the root of teaching learners how to tackle a listening text. It involves showing learners clues as to how to get at meaning when there are gaps in their competence making this difficult.
Mendelsohn (1994), as part of his strategy base approach ,offers examples of strategies to determine setting (S) ,interpersonal relationships(I),mood(M) and topic(T)
A: Jane, have you met the new office secretary?
B: No, not yet. Why?
A: She's really nice. Did you know that she's pregnant?
Skills training
A certain level of linguistic proficiency is required in order to handle listening comprehension.


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|Arjan Kiel
Netherlands native, Arjan Kiel, has toured with bands throughout Russia, Europe, North and South America, and Africa. He has played the organ and piano, studied jazz and classical music, and has arranged scores for symphonic orchestras and big bands. Since 2008, Kiel has worked full time as a symphonic orchestra and choir composer for classical music and film scores. If you're a fan of Weta Workshop, like-myself, Arjan Kiel's music can be heard at the end of each Weta Cast. His own music, with titles like "Luthien and Beren" and "Arathorn's Wish", is truly Tolkien-inspired. And now, word of Kiel's scores have reached Middle-earth Network, a Tolkien-based radio station, and soon we will be hearing his music broadcasting to the masses through their site. Meet the man who's music will take you there and back again:
1. Can you take a moment to highlight some of your favorite past projects?
What I loved to do, and still do, is work with Jon Anderson. I've been a Yes fan all my life, and working with him and having Jon sing with my music, is really great! Also a highlight in my career as a musician was playing keyboards in the band with Sister Sledge, which gave me the opportunity to travel around the world
I also loved working with the Born of Hope team. The great footage, the story, the atmosphere, I just loved it. There's no music from me in the final movie, but, I had a lot of fun working on it, it was very inspiring to me and we still have good contacts.
I also loved the reaction of Mr. Doug Adams, who was very enthusiastic about my music, he wrote me: 'I have been enjoying your music for a couple of days now. Very well done, sir! I've recommended you as someone who can write original LOTR-style music.'
2. Many of your scores have been influenced by J. R. R. Tolken's novels. What is it about his work that inspires your creativity?
I've never read Tolkien untill I got home from the cinema watching FOTR. I was totally blown away by the movie. When I got home I took the book, the LOTR, which we had for years (..) and started to turn the pages, but from the back to the front. So I read the appendices first, and I was grabbed by this world, languages, races, this Middle Earth. Then a started reading it all, LOTR, Silmarillion, Book of Lost Tales, [The] Hobbit, etc. By the time TTT was in the cinemas I was kind of an expert!!
I think it's the richness of details in his work. The beautiful but also dangerous world of the elves, Dunedain, Rohan, Valar, it's easy for me to believe this all happened for real! I also was very inspired by the music of Howard Shore. Thanks to his score for the trilogy, and reading the books of Tolkien, I decided to become a composer too. I already studied at the conservatory, but did the last few years study orchestration, and composing for orchestra and choir.
3. Your blog mentions you began collaborating with Jon Anderson back in November 2007 on "the voice of Yes", an opera. Is the project near completion?
Yes, we finished it. We are searching for ways to bring it to the public. I leave it a bit to Jon what he wants to do with it. We had plans for a little tour, but it's hard to do a tour with an orchestra and choir. But who knows!
4. What are your present projects, and are there any lined up for the future?
Jon and I are working on something new, which is very exiting. I also have some contacts and projects with Jef Murray, Paul Raymond Gregory, Ivan Cavini and Ian Brodie. Just watch Ian's coming new Facebook page in the future! I also have contacts with the forum http://parendili.org/. It's a forum for people that make poems in the Elvish languages. They made a lot of poems for me describing the first pages of the Simarillion, and some of the main characters of it. Melkor, Melian, Aule, etc. I haven't started on that one, but I'm very excited about it!
The best project, of course, would be a phone call from NZ, or USA, to work together with my great inspiration, Mr. Howard Shore in some sort of way, on The Hobbit. But everybody wants to, so, I just keep dreaming on…:)
5. How did you hear about Middle-earth Network (Dunedain Radio) and what part of working with them are you looking forward to?
My friend Jef Murray did ask me to contact Mark about [Middle-earth Network]. I looked into it and loved the idea! I'm looking forward to having some collaboration with other Tolkien lovers and artists. I think it's very good to work together from the same idea: the world of Tolkien which we all love. I think [Middle-earth Network] can connect a lot of people and also artists to each other. So I hope there will be some nice new projects thanks to [Middle-earth Network]!
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BRENDAN Rodgers is hoping Celtic centre half Jozo Simunovic has the nerve to deal with squaring up to Paris Saint-Germain forward line Edinson Cavani, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe after surviving a stare-off with Lionel Messi last season.
Simunovic, who yesterday signed a new four year contract which ties him to the Parkhead club until 2021, played in a Champions League group game against Barcelona in Glasgow back in November.
Rodgers is optimistic that facing Argentinian great Mess in the 2016/17 campaign, who spent the entire 90 minutes glaring at him, will have prepared the 23-year-old Bosnian for an encounter with the most expensive strikeforce in football history.
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"Defenders will develop against the level of movement and speed and technique these guys have," he said.
"I remember talking to Jozo last year and I said 'go on and tell me, what was it like to face Messi?' He told me 'every time I turned round he was staring at me!' He just said 'he was looking at me and it unnerved me'.
"The likes of Messi and Suarez don't go to the ball, the ball comes to them. All they are looking for is the space.
"When they see a guy move they move. Messi last year was just watching and waiting for his moment as you saw for his first goal and when they sense it they have the speed to get in there. They also have the technique to finish.
"You don't get that look in Scotland – well you do but they might be looking for something else!
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Before and after taking the streets: Social movement continuity and social movement outcomes
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Though large protests often surprise observers, they hardly start from scratch. Mostly, they are rooted in previous mobilisations, and they tend to produce outcomes which will have in turn an influence on future mobilisation. This panel focuses on what happens before and after large protests, addressing both the issues of movement continuity and movement outcomes. On the one hand, we aim to shed light on the role of organisations, submerged networks, abeyance structures, free spaces and other actors and mechanisms in ensuring continuity between different waves of protest. On the other hand, we intend to focus on outcomes with respect to the effects on activists' life-courses and movements' internal organization, beyond the traditional analysis of the movements' influence on policy-making. We welcome contributions on the two topics and invite in particular attempts to bridge them, aiming to analyse how the perceived success or failure of previous mobilisation affects future activism.


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Hoosac Valley's Haley wins Nate Hale Award
Hoosac Valley senior Jared Haley had a solid showing at last weekend's Western Massachusetts Division II track and field championships at Mohawk Trail Regional High School. But the highlight of his day didn't come with a time on the track — it came through a voice over the loudspeaker.
Haley was honored with the Nate Hale Award at the meet, an award presented to the "Outstanding Senior Male Athlete" by the Western Massachusetts Track & Field Officials Association (WMTFOA).
"It was definitely a surprise," Haley said of winning the award. "I knew my coach nominated myself and Peter Barrow for the award, but in no way was I expecting to get it.
"The fact I did get it is phenomenal and crazy. It was a pretty huge deal."
Haley is a six-year veteran on the track team. When the award was announced on Saturday, Haley had just finished running the 800-meter run and the two mile. He finished 14th in the 800 and third in the two mile. Haley also finished 15th in the javelin.
"I was just recovering from my 800 race," Haley said. "I was sitting down working on my muscles.
"When they announced my name for receiving the award it was just shock, really."
The award is named after former Mohawk coach Nate Hale. Hale was instrumental in starting cross country in Franklin County and across Western Mass., and he was also a founder of the WMTFOA. According to the nomination form, "candidates must demonstrate good sportsmanship. They should be a leader on the team and possess a good work ethic. They must always represent themselves, their school and the sport of track and field in a positive manner."
By all accounts, Haley hit the requirements right on the head.
"Sportsmanship is just something I've held very highly in athletics," Haley said. "I think everybody should root for everybody no matter what. ... Don't get me wrong, in the last 200 meters I want to try and win it just as much as anyone else would, but sportsmanship-wise it was a huge deal to me."
Haley's coach, Dayne Poirot, noted that the award was fitting for an athlete like Haley.
"It's great for a kid like Jared," Poirot said. "He's put in a lot of time, work and energy into track and it's great to see him get honored with an award like that.
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Haley's season continues on Saturday when he races at the Central/West Division II championships at Fitchburg State University. Haley is seeded in three races — the 800, the mile and the two mile.
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