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"This is an outstanding new introductory textbook on neuropharmacology and its implications for cognitive neuroscience. Anyone who wants to keep abreast of this rapidly emerging science needs to learn the fundamentals which this book would help facilitate. I highly recommend it."Doody's Review Service
Molecular Neuropharmacology offers a clear, thorough explanation of the molecular functioning of the nervous system in normal and disease states. More than three hundred concept-clarifying full-color illustrations along with didactic text boxes provide an in-depth understanding of nerve cell receptors, their effectors and second messenger targets, and the molecular genetics that are often impacted by these systems. You will also learn how malfunction of these molecular systems relates to human disease and the corresponding medical treatment.
Molecular Neuropharmacology is the most relevant, well-written resource available to help you make the connection between neuropharmacology and clinical neuroscience.
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Description:This is a top-notch new textbook covering the neuropharmacology basis of cognitive neuroscience. The textbook is a great introduction to the fundamentals of neuropharmacology, the neural mechanisms involved in the actions of drugs, and neurophysiology/neuropharmacology of cognition, emotion, and memory. Written and edited by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this book is an outstanding contribution to neuroscientific education.
Purpose: The purpose of this textbook is help the reader have a deeper appreciation of drug action by developing an understanding of the ?... entire sequence of events commencing with drug action?. The editors correctly assert that ?...only with an awareness of the many steps in the process can we grasp how a drug changes complex nervous system functions such as movement, cognition, pain or mood?.
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This Post is by Jon Buerg.
A while back, an article I wrote about history repeating itself when it comes to our profession's embrace of BIM generated a nice bit of discussion, and a single quote really stood out to me. Shoegnome reader Phil Allsopp may have just made the analogy of the year when he wrote, "One other pet peeve of mine is to hear architects…talk about their 'CAD guys' or 'BIM technicians'…It's the same thing as someone touting themselves as an orchestra conductor but they can't read music or play any of the instruments before them."
I (and several others) had a strong reaction to that analogy, which is to say that I thought it was friggin' awesome. I've been thinking for a while about why I think that quote is so awesome, and that thought exercise lead me to write this article.
Part of what Phil addresses with his comment is the wedge that gets driven between the management and production folks at an architecture firm. On the management side of the wedge, you have professionals who handle everything but the production work. And on the production side of the wedge you have professionals that do all the production work (and hopefully also gain exposure to the some of the tasks of the management side for IDP or training for career advancement). So, you have management bringing in work, defining a scope for that work and setting a budget to get the work done; usually with little to no working knowledge of what it actually takes to get the production portion of that work completed. It's not hard to see how all this can leave the production side thinking, "hey, WTF!"
If anything, it seems like the emergence of BIM in architecture only serves to drive the wedge deeper. Now we have management speaking in hyperbole to clients about BIM, or asking why the front end of the production work is taking longer than it used to in the good ol' days. What a mess. At this point, I feel like I should be crafting a killer analogy to drive the point home, but I don't need to because Phil did that already. Perfectly.
As I've advanced in my career as an architect and taken on increasing levels of management, I've made a conscious effort to always stay informed and reasonably competent in the latest technology that drives production work. Even when I think I don't have time to learn or practice by doing some production work, I remind myself that it's my professional obligation to be competent in all aspects of practice. Then I get down to that production work and I realize it's also a great way to establish and maintain relationships with those who are at earlier stages of their careers and are hungry to learn more. And then I think back to the start of my career and I remember that my favorite management people to learn from were doers when it came to the production work, too—and they stayed that way throughout their careers.
So to all of you on the management side of the wedge, roll up your sleeves so you don't wear out the elbows of your shirts from all the mousing and keyboarding as you learn (or re-learn as the case may be) how to draft in the 21st century. Preferably in a BIM environment. Preferably from a talented production staffer that is eager to learn from you as well. Then commit yourself to keeping up with this production work and understanding that you may be a teacher, but you have to learn from those you teach as well. That's how this works. Got it?
There's a business rationale behind removing the wedge too. When management has a first-hand understanding of what goes into the production work and how the technology behind that work functions, it has a funny way of creating better outcomes for project delivery, even increased profits and a more stable workplace in the long run. All sorts of amazing realizations will happen for management when they start to understand what it really takes to produce the deliverables for the projects they are managing.
Finally, for all my production peeps out there I say to you, hang in there. Some of us in management have figured this out or will figure it out after reading this article. If you're still not seeing change, go find a great architect out there who will help you — they do exist.
A special thanks to Phil Allsopp for the fantastic analogy that made me think!
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WWE fans go wild as former CEO Linda McMahon visits White House with special gift
LINDA McMahon was confirmed by the Senate to run the federal Small Business Administration yesterday.
And the former WWE CEO was sworn in to her role earlier this week, in a ceremony attended by her entire family.
One snap shows the entire McMahon family, including the children, posing with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
But it's not the new business move from Linda that had everyone talking.
In the snap, Trump was given a sweet reminder of the time he was heavily involved in the wrestling world, which fans could clearly see.
Linda's husband, Vince, entered a bet with Trump during 2007's Wrestlemania with both billionaires putting their hair on the line.
Vince picked Umaga to represent him in the match, while Trump chose Bobby Lashley – who eventually won the match.
Legendary wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin was the special guest referee for the match, and helped Trump shave Vince's head live in front of the 80,000 wrestling fans.
However, the former wrestler then grabbed Trump and hit him with the Stone Cold Stunner – his famous finisher move.
Trump was joined with his old friends Linda and Vince, along with their son Shane and wife Marissa Mazzola-McMahon, daughter Stephanie and her husband Triple H, and their grandchildren.
And the family even gifted the President of the United States with a photo of him shaving Vince's head.
Gaz Beadle shares snap of girlfriend Emma McVey's baby bump
This Morning: Gorka addresses Strictly romance rumours
Stacey Solomon SURPRISES Joe Swash in Australia
Hollyoaks' Stephanie Waring in 'secret romance' with co-star – despite Max Evans kiss
Ant McPartlin beams as he celebrates his 42nd birthday following difficult year
The Graham Norton Show: Hillary Clinton unveils painful injury
After remembering the moment Trump received Stone Cold's trademark finisher, fans quickly worked out that 46 per cent of those in the snap have been subject to the move.
Vince, Linda, Shane, Stephanie, and Triple H have all been on the receiving end, including the President.
Linda famously donated millions of dollars to Trump during the fierce Presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton last year.
And the President's relationship with WWE goes back decades, and he has even hosted two Wrestlemania events at his venues.
He started his on-screen rivalry with Vince in January 2007, when he showered WWE fans with tens of thousands of dollars during the Fan Appreciation Night event.
In 2009, he bought Monday Night Raw from the McMahon's and announced the following shows would air without adverts.
His take over caused stock to fall, before he eventually sold it back to Vince for double the price.
Trump was even inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2013.
The businessman was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20.


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Global warming is forcing the Global Seed Vault to make an early upgrade
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When coming in second is perhaps even more alarming.
There is still time.
Wild times on the Canadian coast.
The rift on a floating ice shelf has been growing since July 2016.
Sea ice, meanwhile, hit record monthly lows.
Google Street View is Arctic-bound.
Record heat caused the melt rate of the Greenland ice sheet to spike, with potential implications for the rest of the world.
Dwindling sea ice and snow cover in the polar regions may be altering the weather over the continents of the Northern Hemisphere.
Extreme weather events from the European heat wave of 2010 to the Pakistan floods of the same year could be tied to rapid Arctic warming, a new study found. The study adds to growing evidence that manmade global warming is already altering weather patterns.


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- Stir it once and leave it undisturbed. Do not stir.
- After the sugar dissolves add milk to the sugar syrup. The impurities if any in the sugar will start floating on the top. Take this out with a help of a perforated ladle. I skipped this step as my sugar was clean .
- Boil this again. After few minutes, if you take the syrup in a ladle and touch with your hands it will be sticky. This is we call "pisu pisupu padham" in tamil. This syrup is used for Gulab jamun.
- If you further boil the syrup for few more minutes in low flame, and take the syrup in your hands and test it it will for half string, that is, it will form a string but will immediately break, if you pull and forefinger and thumb gently apart.It is called half string consistency.
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- When you touch the syrup with your forefinger and rub between thumb, if you gently pull your fingers apart, one string will be formed and it will be firm. This is one string consistency. This is used for boondi ladoo, jalebi and mysore pak.
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It seems has single-handedly taken on the marketing for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Barely a day goes by without the director tweeting an annoyingly enigmatic picture from the set, and today is no different.
Webb gave us a glimpse at some kind of chamber which is due to make an appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? It does look a little like the one which transformed Norman Osborn into the Green Goblin in 's 2002 Spider-Man. Having said that, the pose Webb pulls, combined with the chamber's slightly more rustic look suggests it could have something to do with Electro? Of course, a third possibility is that it has no real bearing on the movie at all. But where's the fun in that? See for yourself:
Day 39. Part I. twitter.com/MarcW/status/3…— Marc Webb (@MarcW) April 2, 2013
Day 39. Part II. "Do you still have Raimi's number?" #producers twitter.com/MarcW/status/3…— Marc Webb (@MarcW) April 2, 2013
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By Yanni. Piano Solo Personality. New Age. Songbook. With introductory text and black & white photos (does not include words to the songs). 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.306388).
Item Number: HL.306388
ISBN 0634023373. 9x12 inches.
Features piano solo arrangements of 10 selections from Yanni's two latest releases, plus fantastic photos and a biography. 'Music is an incredibly direct language - it bypasses logic and speaks directly to your soul.' - Yanni.
About SMP Level 6 (Late Intermediate)
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David Lerner Associates: 2013 Social Security COLA Less Than Half of 2012 Amount
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (or COLA) for 2013 will be just 1.7% -- less than half of the adjustment that was made for 2012.
David Lerner Associates: Why You Could Be on the Hook for Your Parent's Long-Term Care
Call it the new baby boomer challenge, but adult children may very well find themselves legally responsible for the costs of their aging parent's long-term care.
David Lerner Associates: Retirement Plan Contribution Limits Increasing for 2013
Each year the federal government considers making inflation adjustments to the maximum amount of money that can be contributed annually to qualified retirement plans like Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and 401(k)s. The IRS announced that the annual contribution limit for IRAs would be increasing in 2013 for the first time in five years.
David Lerner Associates : How Grandparents Can Help Save For College
With the cost of college continuing to rise faster than the rate of inflation, getting a college degree has become increasingly difficult for many American families. Some families are turning to grandparents to help ease the college savings financial burden
David Lerner Associates: Complaints about Hidden Medicare Costs
Some seniors have complaints that despite what they thought would be the case, Medicare does not cover all of their healthcare costs..
David Lerner Associates News: 2014 Social Security COLA Is.1.5 Percent
In October the SSA announced that the Social Security Cost-of-Living (COLA) in 2014 will be 1.5 percent, down slightly from the 1.7 percent increase in 2013.
David Lerner Associates News: Is a College Degree Still Worthwhile?
Many Americans are starting to question the value of a college degree. A recent study seems to indicate that a college degree is indeed worthwhile.
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Many areas of women's lives are in the spotlight during International Women's month. One important factor that has still not been achieved in the US is financial equality - as witnessed by the responses to Patricia Arquette's passionate plea for equal pay for equal work in her acceptance speech at the 2015 Oscars
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Matt Cain will start Game 3 of the NLCS against the Cardinals on Wednesday.
That was the assumption already, but it's now official. The real question is whether the Giants will go with Tim Lincecum or Barry Zito in Game 4. Cain allowed six runs in 10 2/3 innings (5.06 ERA) over two starts during the NLDS against the Reds. He currently lines up to pitch a possible Game 7 next Monday.


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With the possibility that president-elect Donald Trump will grant tax amnesty on overseas corporate profits, there's much talk about more than $2 trillion in estimated cash that could make its way back to the United States.
Societe Generale quantitative analysts have some strong views about how some very familiar and very large U.S. companies should use profits when it comes to share buybacks and paying down debt. Read More>>
A paper released today by Cornell University's Emerging Market Institute points to the steady rise of multinationals in emerging markets, and a rising class of leaders from these companies.
The iSharesMSCI Emerging Markets exchange-traded fund (EEM) has had a rough week with a more than 2% decline. But country performance is quite mixed. Read More>>
Entrepreneur India magazine says the world's biggest brands will always fail in India, including Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Apple (AAPL) and Procter & Gamble (PG).
The article offers harsh criticism of the forays that these companies have made in India, and serves as a reminder that investors should dig into local media for perspective. The article concludes:
"For businesses to succeed in India the solutions have to be either the cheapest solution available or it has to be trusted by people. Earning the trust of the Indian consumer goes a long way in getting new business."
And here's what author Ashis Mohanty says about Apple:
"Apple started selling iPhones from 2007, but they opened their first Apple Store in India only in 2015 (still tentative). That's almost 8 years and still they don't have a clue how to set-up their store and capture 900 million cell phone subscribers."
The iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA) is up 0.6% today; India's industrial production outperformed most expectations in July, but there remain significant headwinds to a sustained recovery, Capital Economics writes today.
Russia is only 0.4% of the MSCI's global benchmark index, but the country's predicted recession in 2015 could have serious implications for Russia-exposed companies.
Citi Research says trends in risk contagion among equities in 12 emerging markets show markets are not in panic, with signs of correlated selloff limited:
"Pairwise [emerging market] correlations are only 34%, well below the 67% hit at the worst of the 'taper tantrum' in 2013. … In this sell-off, pairwise correlations across U.S. stocks and EM countries remain low. We would prefer to buy into a correlated dip."
But European banks are heavily exposed to debt in Russia. Citi Research offers this short list: "based on latest EBA data (end-2013), the most exposed banks to Russia in absolute terms are Societe Generale (SCGLY & SOGN.France) (c€25 billion, 62% of tangible equity), UniCredit Group Italy (UNCFF) (c€18 billion, 40% of TBV [tangible book value]), Raiffeisen Bank (RBIV.Austria) (c€15 billion, 181% of TBV), Nordea (NDA.Sweden) (c€6 billion, 23% of TBV) and OTP Bank (OTBU.Hungary) (c€3 billion, 83% of TBV).
Here's Citi's estimation of the most exposed non-financial names, based on percentage of sales, or otherwise of profits, as marked below. The list is ranked by that percentage.
Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCHGY & CCH.Switzerland) Beverages 33%*
Carlsberg (CABGY & CARLb.Denmark) Beverages 32%*
Nokian Renkaat (NKRKY & NRE1V.Finland) Autos 29%
Fortum (FOJCY & FUM1V.Finland) Utilities 29%**
BASF (GASFY & BASFn.Germany) Chemicals 25%*
Inchcape (INCH.UK) Distributors 20%
Japan Tobacco (JAPAY & 2914.Japan) Tobacco 15%
TeliaSonera (TLSNY & TLSN.Sweden) Telecom 14%
Portugal Telecom (PT & PTC.Portugal) Telecom 14%
Adidas (ADDYY & ADSGn.Germany) Apparel/Luxury 13%
Telenor (TELNY & TEL.Norway) Telecom 13%
Danone (DANOY & DANO.France) Food Products 11%
Philip Morris (PM) Tobacco 10%
E.ON (EONGY & EONGn.Germany) Utilities 11%**
BP (BP) Energy 10%***
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Long ago, Yum! Brands (YUM) hitched its future to China's. And these days, that decision is causing investors pain, as the company struggles to rebuild confidence with Chinese consumers, among other issues. Too much pain, according to Merrill Lynch, which downgraded the stock to Underperform from Buy today ahead of this evening's earnings release.
The timing, alone, stands out. Analysts rarely announce big changes the day of an earnings announcement if only because people will remember if they got it right or wrong in less than 24 hours. Clearly, Merrill's Joseph Buckley, Andrew Charles, and Gregory Francfort have some strong opinions. They write:
…we are concerned that avian flu news on top of chicken supply issues on top of pricing/value decisions that penalized KFC China sales starting in the 4Q of 2012 will prolong Yum shares' recent underperformance. We are lowering our rating on Yum shares from Buy to Underperform. In our view, there is a good chance that Yum will lower 2013 EPS guidance again given recent avian flu influences on KFC China sales that have already been categorized by Yum as "significant".
And what earnings they do have from China are likely worth less from a valuation perspective. The analysts applied a 25x multiple to Yum's China earnings, at the low end of their usual range, while boosting the multiple on the earnings from Yum Restaurants International and the U.S. They write:
We have consistently made the case that Yum's valuation should skew higher over the long term as the fast growing and high return China business becomes a bigger part of the operating income pie. We think this thesis has worked and has potential to work again when China sales recover.
But the flip side of the China valuation argument is that when that business is under pressure YUM's valuation looks high. In the charts below, we track Yum's 10 year absolute valuation on a P/E basis and also relative valuation versus the S&P 500. Given what we expect to be a full year operating profit decline of about 35% for Yum China, there is potential near term valuation compression from the current levels of 23x our revised 2013 EPS estimate and 19x our revised 2014 EPS estimate.
Yum has dropped 2.7% today to $63.51. It's fallen 0.7% this year, compared to McDonald's (MCD) 13.5% rise, the 11.5% gain in restaurant stocks, and the SPDR S&P 500′s (SPY) 10.2% return.
China's regulators are bobbing for Apple (AAPL)–and it won't be pretty for the U.S. tech giant, according to a Citigroup report.
On March 28, China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce said Apple should be investigated for "illegal acts." This report followed a March 15 program on China Central Television, which claimed the tech giant treats Chinese consumers worse than others, while the People's Daily criticized Apple's response to the claims last week. Note that these are all state-linked enterprises.
Citigroup's Glen Yeung sees the attacks as another reason to be wary Apple. He writes:
While Apple has offered 2 statements in their defense, we have concerns about the impact of this propaganda on Apple's China market share. Recall that a similar campaign hit HP in 2010, leading to a ~50% reduction in their PC share in China. Apple derives ~16% of its sales in China (CY12) and China accounted for ~24% of Apple's revenue growth in the past 2 years (2010-2012). If Apple were to lose as much as 50% of their China market share, this would equate to ~$13.1B/$3.62 in revenues/EPS.
The attacks might also prevent Apple from hooking up with China Mobile (CHL), Yeung says, and could damage Apple's brand longer-term.
Apple is just the latest company to have its life made difficult by Chinese authorities. In recent months, Google (GOOG), Coca-Cola (KO) and Yum! Brands (YUM) have also been targeted.
China's CCTV targeted Apple (AAPL) in its annual "consumer protection" report, but it appears to have encouraged celebrities to trash the tech giant, as well.
Here's TeaLeafNation's take on CCTV's report:
In the lead segment, CCTV accuses Apple of shortchanging Chinese consumers. The program reveals that when consumers bring in iPhones for repair, Apple offers to replace the phone instead of repairing specific parts. However, the replacement phone is not new, just a refurbished one with the old backcover. This practice does not exist in the U.S. and Europe, claims CCTV, and thus is discriminatory against Chinese consumers.
Consumers took to Sina Weibo–China's answer to Twitter–to express their displeasure, and were joined by many celebrities. The only problem: Those celebrities might have been paid by CCTV for their posts. The Wall Street Journal's China Real Time Report has the details:
A report by China Central Television questioning the integrity of Apple Inc. has instead ended up shining an unkind spotlight on the state broadcaster's own reputation thanks to what appears to be a poorly edited post on the country's most popular Twitter-like microblogging service.
The post, by Taiwanese-American actor Peter Ho included instructions to "Post around 8:20″ that he'd failed to delete. And soon celebrities were coming out of the woodwork to describe how CCTV had come to them for Apple-bashing posts.
The episode has been well covered around the web, but what concerns me is that China appears to be targeting yet another multinational that happens to compete rather successfully in China. Remember, in recent weeks, a government research institution complained that Google's (GOOG) Android controlled too much of China's smartphone market, and Coca-Cola (KO) got busted for illegal mapping At least the Yum! Brands (YUM) scandal–where antibiotics were found in their KFC chicken–involved an actual health concern.
Last week, I asked Marketfield's Michael Shaoul what he thought of the timing of these cases. He replied by email:
I think in general we should expect the new regime to stir the waters a little bit – as part of the process of the various factions vieing for power. Beating up on foreigners is often good domestic policy at these times – particularly with China coming under external pressure to clean up its hacking.
U.S. companies with China business seem to be brushing off the troubles, however. Morgan Stanley's basket of China exposed U.S. multinationals has returned 8.5% this year including reinvested dividends, roughly in line with the S&P 500′s 8.6% return.
Morgan Stanley released a report called "20 for 2016″ today, in which it purports to pick its favorite 20 stocks to own for the next three years. Three specifically mention business in the emerging markets.
The companies were chosen by Morgan Stanley's analysts for being the highest-quality stocks among those they cover. When Morgan Stanley says quality it means sustainability "of competitive advantages, business model, pricing power, cost efficiency, and growth." And while they're not necessarily the best values in the market, they're the ones Morgan Stanley believes will have "increasingly differentiated" business models and market positions three years hence.
Among the companies–which includes such well-known names as Amazon.com (AMZN) and J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM)–three specifically mention emerging markets: American Tower (AMT), Estee Lauder (EL) and Philip Morris International (PM). Here's why they were selected.
American Tower
Cell towers are Morgan Stanley's preferred way of playing wireless, because the companies have "very stable with long-term contracts, almost automatic renewals, rate escalators, low capital expenditures, high margins, strong-credit tenants, and high barriers to entry." And what sets American Tower apart is its emerging-markets business, which will drive future growth. Morgan Stanley's Simon Flannery writes:
American Tower generates ~32% of site leasing revenue from emerging markets. We remain cautious about the less favorable trends abroad — less-mature wireless industry, political instability, lack of zoning / property / land use rights, and currency volatility. However, management believes that international site leasing revenue will organically grow 8% to 11% per year. Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa are deploying 3G and in the early phases of 4G (2 to 5 years behind the US), while Ghana and India are in the early phases of 3G (6 to 10 years behind).
Estee Lauder
Dara Mohsenian notes that the company traded at a premium to peers, but says it's a well deserved one. She writes:
We forecast low-teens (%) long-term EPS growth, vs. high single digits for peers, driven by higher top-line and margin expansion. We project 6% long-term organic revenue growth for Estée, which is at the very high end of our HPC coverage, driven by Estée's exposure to high-growth prestige beauty product categories and market share gains, with strong growth in emerging markets and the travel retail channel, as well as prestige beauty share gains vs. mass beauty. We believe the top line will be driven not only by increased penetration in emerging markets, but also by pricing (~200 bps) in a beauty category that generally has lower demand elasticity relative to many other product categories
Philip Morris
Here's David Adelman's take:
PM operates in an inherently attractive industry, with high profit margins and substantial free cash flow, enabling robust total shareholder returns. PM benefits from significant geographic diversification, with exposure to emerging markets' growth and developed markets' high margins. Strong underlying pricing power has led to consistent operating profit growth, and recently PM has been bucking industry trends by growing volumes. Meaningful share repurchases, in combination with a growing dividend (3.7% yield), contribute to reliable returns.
And the risk of more tobacco bans? Adelman doesn't seem too worried. He writes:
Although recent news around plain packaging (PP) in the UK is a reminder of regulatory risk in Tobacco, we see limited risk of further unexpected negative developments (e.g., disruptive excise tax increases) in 2013 (and see a good chance PP will not be instituted in the UK, where PM is under-indexed). Market diversification is a major asset in this respect, as the company: (1) has meaningful exposure to high-growth emerging markets, as well as (2) high-margin developed markets, and (3) maintains a buffer against idiosyncratic underperformance in individual markets (e.g. the Philippines in 2013). We view the shift toward greater profitability from Asia (and away from the EU) as another positive trend.
American Tower has gained 0.4% to $76.41 today, Estee Lauder ticked up 0.1% to $65.09 and Philip Morris International has jumped 0.8% to $91.30.
It's been a tough time for multinationals operating in China recently. Coca-Cola (KO) is being investigated for "illegal mapping," a government-linked research organization slammed China's reliance on Google's (GOOG) Android platform, and BHP Billiton (BHP) was accused of bribing officials to win an Olympics-related bid.
But one group of multinational corporations has some good news to report: The baby-formula makers. According to Oppenheimer's Ingrid Yin, they've been winning market share from local competitors.
The share gain trend of large domestic companies in the last few months finally reversed in January. The top five foreign infant-formula brands gained 210 basis points in market share, with 150bps of that coming at the expense of China's top five domestic players. Meanwhile, domestic players ranked below the top 10 also lost share: 70bps….[C]onsumers are still much concerned about quality issues for domestic products, and the solid demand for imported formula in January was favorable for top foreign brands to consistently gain market share.
This reverses the trend from the last few month of 2012, when domestic manufacturers had been gaining market share on foreign companies. Big gainers included Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), whose market share rose 1 percentage point to 13.5% of the Chinese market, Abbott Laboratories (ABT), which added 0.7 percentage point to 6.8%, and Pfizer's (PFE) Wyeth division, which gained 0.5 percentage point to 10.3%.
Numerous instances of tainted formula have been reported during the past five years, including Yili Industrial Group's acknowledgement that mercury had contaminated some of its products last year. China's government has been trying to convince its population that its homegrown products are safe.
Mead has dropped 1.3% today to $70.76, Abbott has dropped 0.3% to $34.88 and Pfizer has gained 0.4% to $28.04.
Yum (YUM) reported same-store sales last night and the best that can be said is that the news out of China is a lot less bad than expected. A lot of bad news had been priced into the stock, so it's not surprising to see Yum's shares jump out of the gate.
BloombergBusinessweek has the details:
The owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell said late Monday that its sales at China stores open at least a year dropped 20 percent for that two-month period, less than the 25 percent decrease it had projected.
Yum's China sales rose 2 percent overall for the month of February, helped by the timing of Chinese New Year. But the timing of the holiday hurt the company's January sales, ultimately having a neutral effect.
Analyst opinion is all over the place. Over at Oppenheimer, analysts Brian Bittner and Michael Tamas, the most positive of the bunch, write:
While still a "prove it" story, Feb. China comps represent a clear improvement from
Jan. as chicken meat issues have begun to abate. Combination of improving "core"
trends and easing comparisons drives our EPS estimates higher. While business
remains down year-over-year, visibility into YUM's ability to drive positive comps by
4Q13 is stronger and a rebound year in '14 is highly probable, in our view. Margins do
remain a question mark in the equation. We raise our price target to $77 and maintain
Outperform rating.
BofA Merrill Lynch's analysts, who rate the stock a buy, note that the "new is good only versus expectations…" They write:
Yum reported that China same store sales for 1Q (the two month period of January-February for China) declined 20% with KFC down 24% and Pizza Hut (PH) down 2%. It seems strange to describe such sales weakness as a positive versus expectations but that is the case as Yum had guided in early February for 1Q China comps to be down 25%.
They raised their price target to $80, from $70, after restoring their pre-chicken-problem multiple of 30x to Yum's China business.
Susquehanna's Rachael Rothman, like Merrill Lynch, increased the multiple she applies to Yum's China earnings, as same store sales seem to be improving faster than many expected. But she upped hers to 20x from 19x, and increased her target from $62 to $67.
Raymond James' Bryan Elliott, who rates the stock an underperform, worries about the costs involved in restoring sales in China. He writes:
Management provided no disclosure on the extra costs of advertising, discounts, or other actions that have recently been undertaken to try to help sales recover. Barring additional disclosures in the interim, this will keep EPS visibility well below average until EPS is released on April 23. That makes it difficult to judge the EPS impact of the modest reduction in the rate of the sales decline for February – if the improvement was "purchased" through aggressive pricing and promotions EPS could still disappoint…
YUM jumped almost 7% after hours to over $72 – a level that if sustained would put YUM back to a record high EV/EBITDA multiple on forward 12 month EBITDA. We believe the after-hours jump was mainly short covering, and would not expect it to be sustained.
AllianceBernstein's Sara Senatore, meanwhile, notes that with "the stock up after hours, the current price already appears to discount a return to trend growth by F14…" As a result, "the risk-reward does not look favorable at these levels," she says.
Yum has gained has gained 2.1% this morning to $69.29 at 10:18 a.m., trumping the 0.3% loss at McDonald's (MCD), which announced China sales on Mar. 8, 0.3% loss and the S&P 500′s 0.2% loss.
Emerging markets have been synonymous with growth, but the outlook for individual nations is constantly changing. Countries from Brazil and Russia to Turkey face challenges including infrastructure bottlenecks, credit issues and political shifts. The Barrons.com Emerging Markets Daily blog analyzes news, data and research out of emerging markets beyond Asia to help readers navigate the investment landscape.
Barron's veteran Dimitra DeFotis has been blogging about emerging market investing since traveling to India and Turkey. Based in New York, she previously wrote for Barron's about U.S. equity investing, including cover stories and roundtables on energy themes. Dimitra was among the first digital journalists at the Chicago Tribune and started her career as a police reporter at the Daily Herald in the Chicago suburbs. Dimitra holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Columbia University, where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in the business and journalism schools.
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Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) was recently honored by the IFA (International Franchising Association) for its partnership with the Wounded Warriors Family Support organization. The "Support Our Veterans Award" recognizes a business whose charitable support program has gone above and beyond the call of duty to help those men and women who have served in the U.S. military and their families by making an impact through their local communities. Marriott has been a proud sponsor of the Wounded Warriors Family Support Tour for the past three years which has toured the U.S. to raise awareness for veterans and their families. The company has a long standing commitment to recruit veterans returning from active duty and this partnership with Wound Warriors Family Support is an extension of our work. Liam Brown, President, Select Service, Extended Stay and Owner Franchise Services, Marriott International accepted the award from Eric Stites, President of the Franchise Business Review on behalf of the company.


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FIFARMA Local Associations Meeting 2017 took place in Santiago de Chile, Chile between January 19th and 20th 2017 in the Renaissance Hotel.
Local Associations Directors of Latin America and FIFARMA gathered together to analyzed the current situation of the Healthcare system in Latin America and define the course of action and FIFARMA support to Local Associations. Local Associations Directors shared pressing initiatives they have been supporting in each country to boost the development of patient centric policies. FIFARMA will support projects to foster the improvement of patient´s health in Latin American countries which were discussed and analyzed during the meeting.
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This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-093470, filed Mar. 29, 2005 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a technology of electronically processing an annotation handwritten on paper, and more particularly to a technology of processing an annotation according to geometric properties thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
An annotation is often handwritten on a paper material, such as a document or a drawing, in order to record notes, correct description in the document, or for other purposes. Although such a handwritten annotation is perhaps usually intended for personal use only, there are times when a person may wish to share the annotation with other people, depending on the nature of the document and the purpose of the annotation. For example, if presentation materials displayed at a conference are printed and distributed to participants in the conference, participants may make annotations on the distributed presentation materials. In such cases, it can be of great benefit to share the annotations among the participants.
As one example, the shared use of handwritten annotations is enabled by handling the handwritten annotations on a document converted into electronic form by scanning of the document. Handwritten annotations, however, have a wide variety of geometries, sizes, and locations, which can pose a problem in that handwritten annotations are more difficult to handle than are electronically input annotations. Therefore, handwritten annotations are usually personally kept by each of the participants and not effectively shared among the participants.
For example, in the case of the above-described conference materials, because annotations are often written in the margin of the conference materials, a document portion originally contained in the conference materials must be scaled down to entirely display scanned conference materials on the screen. Further, in such conference materials, multiple participants can make annotations simultaneously on different sheets of the conference materials. If these multiple pages are simply scanned, plural independent files would be created without any link organically connecting the files. Under these circumstances, it is difficult to share the personally-made annotations among the participants. In addition, there is another problem that no adequate scheme has yet been established for handling a situation where a personally-made annotation is not wanted to be disclosed to public.
A storage medium readable by a computer stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function comprising comparing input image data with reference image data, extracting an annotation contained in the input image data based on a result of comparing, discriminating a geometry of the annotation, and classifying the annotation according to the geometry of the annotation.
An annotation data processing apparatus comprises a comparing unit that compares input image data with reference image data, an extractor that extracts an annotation contained in the input image data based on a result of comparing, a discriminating unit that discriminates a geometry of the annotation, and a classification unit that classifies the annotation according to the geometry of the annotation.
An annotation data processing method executable by a computer comprises comparing input image data with reference image data, extracting an annotation contained in the input image data based on a result of comparing, discriminating a geometry of the annotation, and classifying the annotation according to the geometry of the annotation.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the following figures, wherein:
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to an example in which the invention is used in conjunction with notes taken during a conference as described above.
The computer system 10 typically reads a program from a recording medium 11 and operates according to the instructions contained in that program. The computer system 10 includes a front end 12 which is typically configured with hardware including a display device and user input device, a GUI (graphical user interface) represented on the display device and operated by input from the user input device, and other components.
A distribution material generator 14 operates according to a user instruction through the front end and a program to convert image data (an image file) for use in presentation previously input into printing image data. In a conversion process, it is possible to perform processing to merge multiple pages of original image data into one page (so-called N-up processing); processing to add participant's names and participant check boxes when participants in the conference are previously known; processing to assign a file ID which identifies a file name, a page number, or the like of the printing image data generated or the original image data; or other processing. The distribution material generator 14 sends the generated printing image data to a printer 16 and causes the printer 16 to print the distribution material 42.
To convert the annotations handwritten on the distribution material 46 into electronic form, the user 40 uses a scanner 18 to scan distribution material 46 and generate input image data. The input image data generated is sequentially processed through an ID detector 20, a document acquisition device 22, and an image differentiator 24. More specifically, the ID detector 20 detects the file ID in the input image data generated, and the document acquisition device 22 retrieves the printing image data based on the file ID detected by the ID detector 20. The printing image data is reference image data including no annotations, while the input image data is data including an annotation. Then, the image differentiator 24 compares the printing image data with the input image data to find a difference between them and generates difference image data including a set of handwritten annotations. Further, a user detector 26 reads a name of participant and a check mark entered in a field of check box in the input image data to identify a user to whom the input image data associated with the distribution material 46 belongs.
An annotation extractor 28 receives the difference image data from the image differentiator 24, obtains user identification results from the user detector 26, and then extracts annotations from the difference image data in addition to linking the difference image data with the user. Extraction of annotations can be performed using image analysis, such as, for example, processing to divide the difference image data into clusters of image patterns. The annotation extractor 28 is equipped with a floating type determination section 30 and a nondisclosure type determination section 32 to classify the annotations into categories based on geometries of annotation. The floating type determination section 30 determines whether or not the extracted annotation is of a floating type which has a symbol pointing at a specific place, and the nondisclosure type determination section 32 determines whether or not the extracted annotation includes a mark indicating nondisclosure of the annotation. Data of the annotations classified according to determined results is stored in an annotation storage 34.
The annotation storage 34 is configured with a data storage device, such as a hard drive. In the storage device, there is formed a document storage 36 containing the original image data and the printing image data. The image data stored in the storage device is read out by a back end 38 which is a device designed for performing display operation based on data accumulated in the annotation storage 34 and the document storage 36. According to an instruction from the front end 12, the back end 38 displays the annotation on an image according to the original image data.
Referring now to a flowchart shown in
During the conference, the user 40 may revise description in the distribution material 42 in their possession, make annotations for the purpose of taking notes, or mark the participant check box labeled the user's own name to generate the distribution material 46. Upon completion of the conference, or at an appropriate point during the conference, the user 40 scans the distribution material 46 using the scanner 18 to create input image data (S14).
The ID detector 20 reads the file ID from the input image data to detect a file name of corresponding printing image data and a page number in the file (S16). The document acquisition device 22 retrieves the printing image data from the document storage 36 based on detection results (S18). Then, the image differentiator 24 computes a difference between the printing image data and the input image data to generate difference image data (S20). The user detector 26 identifies the user who made the annotation from the marked status of the participant check box (S22).
The annotation extractor 28 extracts annotation data from the difference image data (S24), and then the floating type determination section 30 and the nondisclosure type determination section 32 determine a type of annotation based on geometries of the annotation. Classified annotation data is stored in the annotation storage 34 along with information to identify the user name, the printing image data for printing, or the like (S26).
The user 40 can review the stored annotation data as necessary by issuing an instruction through the front end 12. In this case, the back end 38 synthesizes an image from individual images in the original image data constituting the printing image data obtained from the document storage 36 and the annotation data stored in the annotation storage 34, and then displays the synthesized image on the front end 12 (S28).
Next, referring to
The input image data 70 differs from the distribution material 42 depicted in
The annotations 74 and 80 contained in the difference image data 100 are separated and classified by the annotation extractor 28. The annotations 74 and 80 are separated on the basis of a cluster of image patterns. Because each cluster 104 or 106 shown in
Subsequently, the floating type determination section determines whether the annotation data is the floating type or the fixed type for each set of annotation data (S44). In this determination, an annotation in which a remark is made with indication of a specific place (or area) is detected based on whether or not the annotation has a predetermined geometry. For example, it can be said that the combination of the solid circle 76 a pointing at the specific place, the leader line 76 b extended from the solid circle 76 a, and the text 78 placed in the vicinity of the leader line 76 b in the annotation 74 of
A user wishing to view the annotation corresponding to the icon can do so by clicking on that icon (S62). Responding to the click, the back end 38 displays the corresponding annotation in place of the icon (S64). The user can give an instruction for movement of the annotation through drag-and-drop operation (S66). In this case, when the annotation subjected to the movement is floating type, the back end 38 moves only written text or the like while leaving the specific place designated by the annotation unchanged (S68).
When the annotation 148 of floating type is thus displayed, movement according to a user's instruction can be easily performed. Even though a user moves the annotation 148 to obtain an annotation 160 as shown by a dashed line in
Referring to
The user may determine a pattern established as a judgment criterion as appropriate. Further, to facilitate utilization of the annotation of floating type, it is particularly preferable that a person who makes an annotation be aware of the judgment criterion used for classification.
Lastly, referring to
According to the above-described embodiment, the annotations personally written on documents at a conference can be managed in a centralized manner by the computer system 10. In this manner, participants can, for example, make remarks about a presenter's statement while displaying their own handwritten annotations. Further, when reviewing the conference, it is possible to view the annotations made by the participants along with the presentation material. Still further, the annotations made by the participants may be handled just like a reply to questionnaires, which makes it possible to gather opinions of the participants.
Although the above embodiment was described in connection with a conventional conference, in addition to such a conventional conference held at one place where all the participants gather, this invention may be advantageously applied to another type of conference implemented by connecting multiple sites where a part of participants are gathered through communication equipment, i.e. teleconference. In this case, by distributing printers and scanners to the sites, effects similar to those obtained in the conventional conference can be produced.
Next, various modifications of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In one embodiment of the present invention, whether or not the annotation contained in the handwritten annotation data includes a geometry which points to a specific place in an image according to the input image data is determined in the classification procedure. When the geometry is included, the handwritten annotation data is classified as the floating type, and specific place data representing position information of the specific place is generated. In other words, whether or not a shape pattern which points at a particular range or a particular point in the image generated from the input image data is contained is determined. Then, when the shape patters is contained, the annotation data is classified into a category which is tentatively designated as "floating type", and the specific place data representing position information regarding the range or the point of the specific place is generated. The "floating type" annotation has a characteristic that it is described in connection with the specific place. Accordingly, in a subsequent process, such as a display process, a storing process, an analysis process, or the like, instead of being collectively processed, the annotations are preferably handled individually in consideration of whether or not to be "floating type". Technology according to this embodiment enables such individual handling of the annotations.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the computer is instructed to perform a display procedure for displaying an annotation contained in the handwritten annotation data determined to be a floating type on an image according to the reference image data. In the display procedure, after moving a written position of the annotation from an originally written position to a position where the annotation can be displayed in part or in entirely and generating graphic representation for linking the annotation to the specific place based on the specific place data, the annotation is displayed at the written position along with the graphic representation. The graphic representation for linking to the specific place is typically a line pattern, such as a strait line, a curved line, an arrow, or the like, which continuously connects the annotation to the specific place. Under circumstances where a risk of causing confusion is low, for example, when the annotations to be displayed are small in number, the annotation and the specific place may advantageously be linked based on a common pattern, such as a common color, a common symbol, or the like, assigned to both of them.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, an annotation obtained by removing a geometry which points at a specific place from the original annotation is displayed in the display procedure. More specifically, when displaying the annotation whose written position is changed, the geometry originally given to indicate the specific place becomes unnecessary. Therefore, the geometry is removed to improve legibility.
In one embodiment of the present invention, in the display procedure, when the originally written position is out of a display range of the image according to the reference image data, after relocating the written position into the display range, the annotation is displayed at the relocated written position. Examples of the state in which the originally written position is out of the display range includes a case where a paper sheet from which the input image data is captured has a large writable area in the margin of the sheet in which annotations are added, and a case where the paper sheet from which the input image data is captured includes N-up printed multiple pages with annotations written at the outside of the pages. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the specific place is assumed to be present within the display range.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, in the display procedure, when originally written positions of the annotations contained in plural sets of the handwritten annotation data overlap, the annotation is displayed after relocating the original written position of at least one of the annotations so as to prevent the annotation from overlapping. The presence or absence of overlap can be detected by comparing the written positions. Such an overlap could be introduced, for example, when the handwritten annotations contained in different sets of the input image data independently created are simultaneously displayed.
According to still another embodiment of the present invention, in the display procedure, when the originally written position overlaps a non-blank area in the image according to the reference image data, the annotation is displayed after setting the written position to a position where the written position is prevented from overlapping the non-blank area. This embodiment can be implemented by finding the presence or absence of the overlap through detection of the non-blank area (or blank area) in the image according to the reference image data.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, in the display procedure, upon acceptance of an instruction for movement of a display position of the annotation input by a user, the annotation is redisplayed at an instructed position, along with a new graphic representation which links the redisplayed annotation with the specific place. In other words, when a user drags the annotation having been already displayed to another location using input means, such as a mouse, the displayed view is regenerated to maintain the connection to the specific place.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, in the classification procedure, classification is performed based on a judgment as to whether or not the annotation contained in the handwritten annotation data includes a geometry which indicates permission or nonpermission of disclosure of the annotation. This judgment can be formed by presetting a discrimination pattern for the geometry representing permission (nonpermission) of disclosure. A person who attempts to make a handwritten annotation is requested to perform writing according to the discrimination pattern, to thereby enable control of the permission/nonpermission of disclosure. For the annotation classified into the category of nonpermission, processing for inhibiting disclosure is performed. An example of a very simple processing is data deletion. Alternatively, information on a user who owns the input image data associated with the undisclosed annotation may be acquired to grant an access right only to the user. According to this embodiment, both protection of individual's privacy and convenience in sharing information can be secured.
In still another embodiment of the present invention, the computer is instructed to further perform a function comprising the steps of a user identification procedure for identifying a user who has made the annotation based on a result of image processing of the input image data, a storage procedure for, after associating a part or the whole of the handwritten annotation data classified in the classification procedure with the user identified in the user identification procedure, storing the handwritten annotation data in association with the user, and a user view procedure for accepting a designation of a user who is associated with the annotation which is an object of display through user input, and then displaying or not displaying the annotation according to the handwritten annotation data stored in association with the user. Although the user identification procedure can effectively lighten an operator's workload by automatic user identification achieved through image processing, the user identification may be performed by, for example, manually accepting a user name from operator's input when desirable or when the increased workload is not overly burdensome. Further, this embodiment is also effective even when the classification procedure is not performed.
In any of the above-described embodiments, the computer may be configured with hardware such as a personal computer capable of performing computations, while the program may be software which controls the computer to instruct the computer to execute a predetermined procedure. The recording medium may be, for example, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a CD (Compact Disc), a floppy disk, a semiconductor memory, a hard disc, or the like, in which the program is stored.
During the extraction procedure, input image data may be compared with reference image data. The input image data is image data presumed to include a handwritten annotation and typically generated by scanning a paper document. Although the input image data is generally described in a raster format, the data may be described in another image format, such as a vector format, through format conversion. Because the reference image data is image data including no handwritten annotation (or handled as image data without handwritten annotation), for example, image data used for generating a paper sheet according to the input image data, or image data generated by scanning a paper sheet on which no handwritten annotation is made may be used. Similarly with the input image data, the format of description of the reference image data is not limited to a specific format. When the handwritten annotation data is extracted by differentiating between the input image data and the reference image data, as described above, processings, such as alignment of comparative positions, noise reduction, and so on may be performed as appropriate.
In the classification procedure, annotation geometries represented by the extracted handwritten annotation data may be discriminated. Because the annotation geometries refer to a pattern represented by shapes and colors of entities, such as characters, graphical objects, or symbols, contained in the annotation, the annotation geometries may be discriminated through processing, such as image pattern recognition, or the like. In such a recognition process, at least characteristic patterns in the annotation are discriminated and classified into plural categories according to a predetermined criterion. The handwritten annotation data classified may be partially or entirely stored in the computer or an external storage device.
In the above-described embodiment, the handwritten annotation is extracted from the input image data and classified into at least two categories. Through various settings of classification criteria, discrimination between an annotation being an object to be displayed, stored, and analyzed and other annotations can be achieved, and an individual display format, storage format, and analysis type can be specified for the annotation. In this manner, for example, in the presence of a great number of handwritten annotations, the handwritten annotations can easily be handled in processings, such as display processing, storage processing, or analysis processing, and legible and visible display of the handwritten annotations can be realized.
Having described the invention as related to the embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments but may be otherwise variously embodied within the scope of the following claims.
The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-093470 filed on Mar. 29, 2005 including the specification, claims, drawings, and abstract is incorporated herein by reference.
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BDOS Power State Failure
Whenever I go to hibernate my computer, or randomly when I leave for a period of time, I may come back to a BSOD and my computer fans running wildly. The BSOD lists something similar to Power State Failure. I've tried updating my drivers through device manager and have AMD catalyst checking for updates but I'm consistently getting "latest drivers installed."
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|04 May 2013
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
The zip you uploaded does not contain any crash dump.
Follow it: Dump Files - Configure Windows to Create on BSOD
Go to Option Two, Point 2. Download the .reg file and merge it in registry by double clicking it.
Now wait for another BSOD. When it occurred, search the .dmp files manually in the default path: C:\Windows\Minidump or %SystemRoot%\Minidump. See if the crash dump is recorded or not (hopefully it will be recorded).Post it following the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions.
Dont run any disc cleanup program/utility before you update another zip.
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Thank you. I'll try upload one soon.
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