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Shuttered Gunstock Inn attracting interest from potential buyersBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
January 26. 2013 7:25PM
GILFORD - After seven years of owning the historic Gunstock Inn, the Bastille family was forced to close its doors last week.
The family - Richard, Maurine, Ed and Louise - bought the inn and its fitness center in 2006, and did their best to keep the 90-year-old inn's character while maintaining its reputation as one of the area's finest establishments.
But in the years after they took over the inn, the sour economy caused a drop in business, Richard Bastille said. The family has been trying to sell the inn in past months as they kept the business going, but last week the family's bank stepped in and forced them to close its doors.
"We put a lot of our lives into the inn," Bastille said. "It's sad to have to leave."
But there is a silver lining of sorts, he said. Several potential buyers have toured the inn since it closed and a few have made offers, and though the bank has not yet accepted any of the bids, the family is hopeful.
"It would be nice if someone took over and kept the inn as it should be, as we have," he said. "That would make us happy, if the right owner took over."
The real estate market's downturn has made selling the business difficult, he said. The family bought the 25-room inn and its popular fitness center for $1.1 million, but its selling price is presently $610,000, Bastille said.
The inn, which is located near the entrance to Gunstock Mountain Resort, has been a mainstay of the town. Originally built to house the workers who helped build the resort, the inn was once called "The Baraks." Skiers have made up a large part of the inn's clientele over the years, he said.
The inn's beautiful architecture and its spacious views of the Lakes Region have drawn the attention of Les Schuster, owner of the Lazy Inn and Lake Side Getaway in Laconia and the Bear Tree Lodge in Meredith.
Schuster wants to buy the inn and has made a formal offer that was not accepted by the bank, which has been cautious about buyers thus far, Bastille said.
"There was nothing wrong with my offer, no problems at all, but the banks are being very particular now about who they sell to," he said.
Schuster said he's not giving up, though. "I'm looking for another investor, and hopefully that will satisfy the bank," he said.
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Dec. 6, 2011
BOSTON — It was his 18th birthday on game day — Saturday, Dec. 3 — and Cathedral High School quarterback Matthew Owen was running the ball toward the opposing team's end zone in what would likely have been the game-winning touchdown.
But a flag was thrown, the touchdown was overturned and Cathedral went on to lose what might have been its first 4A State Super Bowl win ever. All because one referee thought that when quarterback Owen raised his left arm in celebration just before crossing into the end zone, he had violated new rules adopted by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association banning any form of celebratory behavior.
It was a heartbreaking birthday gift for Owen, but it's raised larger questions of whether the MIAA has gone too far. Cathedral High School athletic director Jimmy Lynch joined WGBH News' Jordan Weinstein to talk about the call and the bigger questions.
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nesgirl wrote:The reason why I got upset earlier is that I got reported by several, and a user threatened to have me permanently banned yesterday, which led me to believe I was going to get kicked off.
I am a bit nervous of saying anything anymore like I said, because I am afraid that user is just going to report me again. Either I am going to have to change my arguments somehow so I don't get into trouble or I am going to have issues.
Well, just stop needlessly attacking people then. Outside of debate and those sorts of things, of course. My advice as far as revising your arguments is to avoid (at all costs) being reactionary or emotional. If you're going to make an assault on someone, try to make a serious argument, rather than being heated or spontaneous. It's okay to be passionate and satirical, but keep it as refined as you can.
I must say, it often is difficult to have respect for you and your thoughts. Because you so often have no respect for others'. I read what you said on "1000 things to do in a lucid dream." Those sorts of things are uncalled for, nesgirl. It's why people get angry, that's all. I don't particularly blame them.


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Rumors about the LG Optimus G have been keeping us busy, but the speculation can now come to an end. LG has officially unveiled the Optimus G – its new flagship phone powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with integrated LTE connectivity. But the fun doesn't stop there. LG has also equipped the Optimus G with a 4.7-inch IPS True HD display (1280×768 pixels) with G2 Touch Hybrid Display technology which uses a unibody unit that eliminates the gap between the glass and the LCD panel, ultimately reducing its thickness by 30 percent.
The LG Optimus G is also equipped with a 2,100 mAh battery developed by LG Chem which runs more efficiently and lasts up to 800 cycles, a 60 percent improvement over the standard lifespan of 500 charges of traditional batteries. Other specifications include 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, 13 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera. The only thing really missing from the LG Optimus G is Android 4.1. The handset will ship with Android 4.0, but we suspect LG is already working on an Android 4.1 update.
LG plans to release the Optimus G in Korea in September with a global release expected for this fall. Pricing details for the LG Optimus G are not yet available, but we don't see how they would be able to get the price any lower than the Samsung Galaxy S III.
LG has not had huge success recently in Europe and North America. Will the Optimus G be the device to finally make LG a true competitor?Show Press Release
Newest Premium Device from LG Sets High Benchmark for Performance and Usability
SEOUL, August, 28, 2012 -— LG Electronics (LG) revealed its newest premium mobile device with the announcement of the Optimus G, a high-end smartphone that offers powerful performance, an elegant and sleek design, and an innovative user experience. As the first LTE device featuring Qualcomm's Snapdragonâ"¢ S4 Pro Quad-Core processor, Optimus G will set the foundation for every future premium smartphone from LG.
Best-of-Best Technologies
To offer the best smartphone to consumers, LG gathered industry-leading partners and technologies to develop the Optimus G. In collaboration with Qualcomm, LG developed the Optimus G with the goal to be the first LTE smartphone with the Snapdragonâ"¢ S4 Pro CPU. LG also joined hands with vertically-integrated sister companies LG Chem, LG Display and LG Innotek for the ultimate battery capacity, viewing and user experience.
Next Generation Quad-Core with LTE
The Optimus G will be the first commercial and global smartphone to offer the Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064) processor with a Quad-Core Krait CPU, LTE supported capabilities, and the newest generation Adrenoâ"¢ 320 GPU. The Snapdragon S4 Pro runs at 1.5GHz and features Asynchronous Symmetric Multiprocessing (aSMP), which enables each core to power up and down independently, for maximum performance with better battery life. Furthermore, the Adreno 320 is over three times faster than the Adreno 225 found in previous Snapdragon processors for an enhanced gaming experience with faster frame rates, smoother play and support for higher HD resolution displays.
Cutting-edge Display and Outstanding Battery Efficiency
With help from LG Display, the Optimus G sports a beautiful 4.7-inch WXGA True HD IPS+ Display with 320ppi high pixel density (1280×768 pixels) and Stripe RGB IPS Panel with 15:9 aspect ratio. LG Display pushed the boundaries of its technology to offer True HD IPS+ Display, which is sharper and crisper with color accuracy of sRGB 100 percent to show natural and life-like images.
Moreover, the Optimus G will be the first smartphone to be equipped with LG Innotek and LG Display's newly developed G2 Touch Hybrid Display for touchscreen panels (TSP). The G2 Touch Hybrid Display is thinner than current TSPs and offers the slimmest panel display with no diffused reflection for clearer and sharper visibility, even outdoors. Thanks to the new technology, the thickness of the screen panel has been reduced and the screen itself is much stronger to withstand damage from impact.
Lastly, LG Chem developed a high-density 2,100mAh battery that provides more power capacity and prolonged charging cycles. The new battery technology extended the battery lifespan to 800 cycles at 80 percent charging capabilities, much greater than the lifespan of 500 cycles in regular phone batteries.
Enhanced UX for Productivity and Entertainment
Whether users need functionality or fun in their daily lives, the Optimus G has it all, including a high-resolution 13.0MP camera and unique and differentiated user experience (UX) features, such as:
· Live Zooming allows zooming in and out while viewing a video;
· Dual Screen Dual Play, not only allows mirroring between the smartphone and a TV, it also has the ability to
display different content on each screen. For example, a slide presentation can be displayed on the TV
while the Optimus G shows the accompanying speaking notes;
· QMemoTM, first seen in the Optimus Vu:, allows users to write, draw, or jot a memo directly on the captured
screen with their finger for sharing instantly with others as an attachment or a URL;
· Time Catch Shot allows users to select and save the best shot among the images taken just before the
shutter button is depressed;
· Cheese Shutter takes a photo when a voice command is spoken.
The added UX features are anticipated to provide instant and intuitive productivity to complete tasks beyond simple multitasking.
Innovative and Modern Look
LG maintained its differentiated design philosophy with the Optimus G. The Optimus G is encased in an eye-catching slim body epitomizing timeless beauty that perfectly demonstrates LG's design philosophy. Premium glass is utilizied on the back cover with a polarized glass pattern that offers a clean, modern look. The G2 Touch Hybrid Display contributed significantly to the design of the Optimus G as it reduced the thickness of the device enabling Optimus G to fit more comfortably in the hand. And the jet black front display flows smoothly into the body for a seamless look with no gaps.
"We are confident that users will have a superior experience with everything that we're offering in the Optimus G," said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "Optimus G isn't just another high-performance phone with the latest bells and whistles. It's a collaboration of some of the best component makers on the planet coming together for a singular cause, to develop a smartphone that stands out in a sea of me-too devices."
NTT DOCOMO will be the first to unveil a Japanese edition of the Optimus G. The global version of the device will be launched in Korea in September, followed by other markets worldwide.
Key Specifications:
· Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Processor with 1.5GHz Quad-Core CPU, Adreno 320 GPU with 4G LTE
· Operating System: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
· Network: 2G / 3G / 4G LTE
· Display: 4.7-inch WXGA True HD IPS+ (1280×768 pixels) / 15:9 ratio
· Memory: 32GB
· Cameras: 13.0MP rear / 1.3MP front
· Battery: 2,100 mAh
· Size: 131.9 x 68.9 x 8.45mm
· Weight: 145g
· Other: Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, USB2.0 HS, A-GPS, MHL, DLNA, NFC


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It seemed like a great idea to spend spring break a month ago learning how to metal detect at Montpelier in Virginia. It was a good excuse to get outside, learn a new surveying technique, and get to see James Madison's house.
And then it snowed. And not a little bit of snow, but a lot of snow. So much snow that we couldn't even get to the site we were supposed to be surveying for two days.
This, however, gave us plenty of time to tour Montpelier and even go on a side trip to Monticello. We did the two tours almost back to back, with a brief break in the middle for lunch. But it allowed us to do a direct comparison between the two historic houses, their tours, and their archaeology programs and interpretation. In general, the histories of people other than James Madison were incorporated better at Montpelier than the stories of people other than Thomas Jefferson were incorporated at Monticello. The interpretation at Montpelier felt more inclusive and was better at presenting a picture of the plantation as a whole.
Once the snow melted enough to begin the metal detecting, we bundled up and headed out to the woods. The snow that covered the site had been shoveled to the side by the archaeological interns who are employed at Montpelier. The next step for the site was to lay out a grid, creating 10 foot by 10 foot squares marked by orange flags. Once the whole grid was laid about (about 100 square feet), we began the metal detecting process. There were two professional metal detectorists, who were teaching three of us who had never detected before what to do. Metal detecting seems like a simple enough process, but no one tells you about the background noise you hear when you put that headset on. It is very loud, and hearing the difference between background noise and an actual metal object is not easy. But there is a difference in the sounds, and that was what we were looking for. We covered the 10 foot by 10 foot squares one at a time – marking all of the hits (that's when you hear a metal object) with blue flags. Then the professional metal detectorist would come in and check our work. In general, it seemed that those of us who were learning could hear about half of the metal objects that were in each square. But we improved as the day went on. The snow continued to melt, and by the end of the day, the site was covered in blue flags and an ever-increasing amount of mud. The flags were then counted, and recorded on a site map, so we would know how many hits were in each 10 x 10 foot square.
This data will be used to determine where excavation units should be located during our advanced archaeological field school this summer.


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CA snaffles records manager
MDY waters in archiving
CA has bought itself yet another storage bowstring, in the form of records management firm MDY Group.
MDY's FileSurf software automates record-keeping for email and other bottomless file dumps produced by businesses.
CA says the snaffle represents a continuation of its "Intelligent Storage Management" strategy. Last year the firm bought email and instant messenger archiving specialist iLumin. CA anticipates that these acquisitions will make it well placed to take advantage of increasing regulation of enterprise data.
Storage management SVP Bob Davis said: "With this acquisition, CA is providing customers with an even more compelling and complete solution for mitigating risk and streamlining information assets."
All 70 of MDY's New Jersey-headquartered employees will make the move. MDY founder Galina Datskovsky, who gets a plum job as a SVP for CA's flagship BrightStor line as part of the deal, said: "We're excited about...applying our technology in an integrated manner with customers' broader enterprise IT management strategies."
CA has not disclosed the terms of the deal. ®


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Press release 257/2012
5 November 2012
The national Ahtisaari Day will be celebrated on Thursday 8 November. This year, the main venue of the Ahtisaari Day will be Helsinki, and the programme will be divided into events intended for schools, the general public and experts.
All schools in Finland have been invited to take part in the Ahtisaari Day and to consider the importance of mediation.
"The mediator pupils show an important example in their own communities. Mediation will develop into an everyday skill learned at a young age," says Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.
In the morning, President Martti Ahtisaari will visit two schools in Helsinki to award one pupil who has promoted mediation in school work in each. This year the places he will visit are the Kallahti primary school and Nordsjö lågstadieskola (Swedish-language primary school in Vuosaari). In the afternoon, President Ahtisaari will participate in a party for mediator pupils, organised by Helsinki Education Department. This year, nine schools organised election of the best mediator of their school and the names of those receiving the award will be published on the Ahtisaari Day.
On the Ahtisaari Day, Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja and Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala will visit Helsinki Media Arts Upper Secondary School. The programme will include a discussion session between the ministers and upper secondary school students and playing the Ahtisaari Day conflict resolution role play together with the students. In the game, the participants try to solve a conflict in an imaginary state called Kurkum.
In addition to the events in Helsinki, the Ahtisaari Day will also be celebrated in schools in Oulu and Kuopio. In addition, the Joensuu-based ENO virtual school will export the Ahtisaari Day to other countries as well by organising, for example, a tree planting campaign in Indonesia.
In the afternoon, the Ahtisaari Day will continue with a public event held at the University of Helsinki. The theme of the event is civil peace in Finland and elsewhere in the world, and the panellists discussing the theme will include President Martti Ahtisaari, international justice expert Jarna Petman from the University of Helsinki, and journalist, author and documentarist Elina Hirvonen.
"It is important that, on the Ahtisaari Day, we discuss the preconditions of peace in Finland and elsewhere in the world. Often peace cannot be achieved without the key elements of life, such as safe immediate surroundings, clean water and schooling opportunities for girls, being fulfilled. In our own society, such key elements are fulfilled," says Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala.
The registration for the debate at the university is open for everyone and the event can also be followed as live webcast over the Internet.
The Ahtisaari Day will still continue on Friday 9 November with an international seminar of experts held at the Helsinki City Hall. The panellists taking part in the discussion will be President Ahtisaari, founder of the Open Society Institute George Soros, BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet, and General Robert Mood, who was responsible for the UN Supervision Mission in Syria. Commentary addresses will be given by Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, CEO Anne Berner and Olympic medallist Silja Lehtinen. The topic of discussion is the impact of the unstable economic situation on mediation activities. The seminar organised by CMI and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs is part of the Ahtisaari Day.
The purpose of the national Ahtisaari Day, now celebrated for the second time, is to increase information about prevention and resolution of disputes both internationally and at an everyday level. The day lays special emphasis on mediation and conciliation in everyday life and the Finnish mediation competence.
The Ahtisaari Day is celebrated in November on an annual basis around Martti's name day (10 November). The main organisers of the Ahtisaari Day include the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Culture, and the Finnish National Board of Education.
Additional information: www.ahtisaaripaiva.fiKeijo Norvanto, Director of Communications, tel. +358 40 520 3925, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (general coordination, school visits by ministers)
Elina Lehtinen, Head, Communications & Fundraising, tel. +358 40 834 0465, CMI (enquiries concerning the high-level expert event, President Ahtisaari's visits to schools)
Ira Leväaho, Communications Manager, tel. +358 50 5058 152, University of Helsinki, Community Relations (enquiries concerning the University of Helsinki event)


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An estimated 600,000 Americans are homeless, but the spread isn't uniform. Some cities have been hit harder than others.
When I teach cultural geography, I discuss the idea that some thing are "in place" and others are "out of place" based on the cultural norms that change from place to place. Homelessness is almost always "out of place." What parts of the built environment in your city are purposefully uninviting to the homeless? What is the connection between the city (and urbanization) and homelessness? What could (or should) be done in major metropolitan areas with high rates of homelessness? What is the spatial patterns evident in the geography of homelessness? What accounts for these patterns? What surprises are in the data from the article?
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DUBLIN, Ohio, 18 November 2013—OCLC, the nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization based in Dublin, has been named among the "Best Places to Work" in Central Ohio.
OCLC was ranked fifth in the category for organizations with 500 or more employees. The rankings were determined by questionnaires completed confidentially by employees and data collected by Quantum, an Omaha, Nebraska-based research organization. Awards were presented to finalists in each category during a luncheon, hosted by Columbus Business First, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on November 12.
"We are honored by this recognition," said Skip Prichard, OCLC President and CEO. "OCLC is committed to providing a vibrant work environment, one that supports and encourages staff to excel in their work, grow professionally and give back to their communities."
OCLC headquarters in Dublin employs 750; a total of 1,250 employees work in OCLC offices around the world.
In addition to "Best Places to Work," OCLC has been recognized as an outstanding workplace by several other organizations this year:
- OCLC was among Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT for the eighth consecutive year
- OCLC was named among the Best Employers in Ohio for the fifth consecutive year by the Best Companies Group in conjunction with the Ohio Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) State Council
- OCLC was awarded the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility for the third consecutive year, and fourth time overall.
- OCLC was named among Top Workplaces 2013 by Columbus CEO magazine and WBNS 10-TV.
The Best Places to Work program, launched in 2005, is a voluntary nomination-based program. Each nominated company had the option to participate in the survey process free of charge. Quantum Workplace hosted an anonymous online survey with questions about workplace satisfaction.
All companies that met the completed survey requirements had their individual scores tallied by Quantum Workplace and were sent an overview of their company's scores.
Each organization is ranked against the other companies in its size category. The top companies in each size category are honored as Business First's Best Places to Work.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 74,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat.org on the Web. For more information, visit the OCLC website.
OCLC, WorldCat, and WorldCat.org are trademarks and/or service marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.
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Manager, Media Relations


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FX Orders a Billy Crystal Pilot
About a comedian.
FX has ordered a comedy pilot starring Billy Crystal, the network announced today. The Comedians, based on a Swedish show of the same name, is about a veteran comic (Crystal) who gets paired up with an edgier young upstart (yet uncast!) for a late-night show. Comedy vet Larry Charles is onboard to direct the episode, which will shoot this summer, and also to serve as a writer and executive producer. This is Crystal's first TV show since Soap, believe it or not, and Soap ended in 1981.


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Folk designer Cathal McAteer came all the way from Lamb's Conduit Street in London to share his idiosyncratic designs with the Context crew over pints. Needless to say, you can add us to Folks rapidly growing fan base. Folk operates under the notion that it works best when we can all have some honest fun along the way. Tiny bits of detail appear in unexpected places throughout the Folk collection.
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Or because you're a girl? No but really. Guys: Do you ever sit down to pee just out of pure laziness?
Or because you're a girl? No but really. Guys: Do you ever sit down to pee just out of pure laziness?
When they said "sit down", I stood up.
very, very, very rarely. also, sometimes I think I have to poop, but I don't.
I wrote a four word letter.
If I were a guy, I'd sit down to pee at home. Every time. Just because it's comfortable and much less likely to cause a mess. Toilets aren't designed to be pissed in from up high. However, in public bathrooms I'd always stand, and naturally when peeing in nature/outside. I will always be jealous of that versatility... hovering over public toilets and figuring out where the hell to pee when outside are the only times I wish I were a guy.
I think I sit down about every other time when I have a wee. Not because of laziness, but for comfort.
Only when I want to read the comics from my calendar.
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I can't...water is too cold.
Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Bill Hicks


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Visit the web page of the Department of Mineral Sciences! You will find information about the staff, the Gem and Mineral Collection, and the ongoing science!
Module - Mineral Science home page
Your support helps us:
- Grow our Gem & Mineral Collection to keep it at the World-Class level, providing minerals for research and education as well as awe-inspiring specimens for the Gem and Mineral Hall
- Launch groundbreaking rotating exhibitions and develop our existing fabulous Gem & Mineral Hall
- Create fun educational programs around gems, minerals and meteorites
- Share our treasures and knowledge by increasing our virtual presence
- Support our innovative research: help the discovery of new minerals, the investigation of the deep earth using exciting clues from diamonds or fund the next generation of scientists.
Annual Contribution of $1,000
With this level of membership that includes a Family Membership to the NHM, you will have access to at least 5 benefits per year and a subscription to the Gem & Mineral Council's bi-monthly e-newsletter. Events may include:
• Exclusive lectures given by world-renowned scientists, collectors, and jewelers.
• Exciting, local, family-friendly field trips.
• Visit the world with a geology expert: international field trips lead by the curatorial staff and/or a field geologist (usually organized every other year).
• Adult and children's workshops on topics such as gems, meteorites, geology, and more.
• Meet the creator: invitation to the openings of rotating exhibits.
• Private viewing of collector's collections at their home, or visit to a private, local mine.
• Invitation to the Gem and Mineral Annual Reception.
Annual contribution of $5,000
The Connoisseur's Circle is directly involved in the annual purchase of a specimen for the collection. You will have access to:
• All the benefits listed above.
• Annual dinner with the Curator and Collection Manager to vote on a new specimen to purchase (e.g., gem, mineral, meteorite, rock), from a selection chosen by the curator.
• A day tour with the Gem and Mineral Curator at international Gem and Mineral Shows, such as Tucson (AZ), Munich (Germany) or Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (France).
• Up to two invited guests per lecture.
• Private tours of the Gem and Mineral Collection and behind-the-scenes tours for friends and family (up to 10 people).
For information on how to join or renew your membership with the Gem & Mineral Council, contact us at (213) 763-3326 or at email@example.com
Amethyst with a clear quartz hat. Both the crystal (7 cm high) and the gem (72 carats) come from California, Fresno County, in Shaver Lake.


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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc.
It reduces the security level of the computer:
it terminates processes belonging to security tools, such as antivirus programs and firewalls, leaving the computer defenseless against attacks from other malware; it listens on open ports in order to control the computer remotely; it awaits remote-control orders received through
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
It uses several methods in order to avoid detection by antivirus companies:
Autorun.UI uses the following propagation or distribution methods:


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I recentrly installed Slackware Linux 10 into a box with static ip address (my first one, its hard here in greece to have dsl internet).
I have a problem with iptables:
I dont know how to tell iptables to block a specific port or port range to the world. Let me explain. This box runs ftp, mail and irc server. But I want these services to run only in the local network and any requests from the .."outside" to be blocked.
how can i achieve this?


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Whooping Cough vaccine required for 7th graders starting this fall
Whooping Cough vaccine required for 7th graders starting this fall
South Carolina 7th graders will be forced to roll up their sleeves for a vaccine that will keep them in class and protect infants at home.
Starting this fall all students entering seventh grade will have to be up to date on the vaccine that protects against whooping cough.
The requirement by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control comes as childhood immunizations have dropped and cases of whooping cough have spiked statewide.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious, potentially fatal respiratory disease that is most dangerous to infants. It can prevent an infant from being able to breathe or eat, and cause brain damage or pneumonia.
Infants are often infected with the disease by adolescents and adults who are carrying it.


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is a no-charge service designed to help you confidentially acquire already owned domain names.
During this expansion of the domain namespace, some names ending in new extensions will be unavailable due to registry or ICANN rules.
Our team handles thousands of daily inquiries and has years of experience connecting buyers and willing sellers. We look forward to serving you.


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Online Extras: August 2007 Issue
Here are the Online Extras for the August 2007 issue of Popular Woodworking.
* Download a full-size pattern in pdf format of the Arts & Crafts Bookrack.
* For details on the Clock Movement, click here for a PDF.
* For details on the Clock seatboard, click here for a PDF.
* To visit Clock Prints website, click here.
* For details on the Column turning, click here.
* Click here to watch a video about the clock's split turnings.
* Download a free slideshow of the Sindelar tool collection.
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Disaster-Related Contracts
Notice of Intent to Participate in Cooperative Contract – Print Procurement and Analysis Services
Please note that the State of New Jersey intends to participate in the State of Vermont Print Procurement and Analysis Services award contract:
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The State of New Jersey anticipates joining the State of Vermont contract in September 2011.
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Miniopterus australis
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|Miniopterus australis Tommes, 1858
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|Identification of M. pusillus and M. australis is extremely difficult as they overlap on morphological characters. A number of New Guinea specimens identified as M. macrocneme, M. medius, and M. schreibersii were in fact M. australis (T. Reardon pers. comm.).
In the Philippines, there are three size classes of bats of the genus Miniopterus, and all of the smallest can be referred to Miniopterus australis, rather than M. pusillus (Koopman 1993, Heaney et al. 1998). The taxonomy of this species requires review (L. Heaney pers. comm. 2006).
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|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Rosell-Ambal, G., Tabaranza, B., Pennay, M., Thomson, B., Reardon, T., Kingston, T. & Sinaga, U.
|Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority), Chanson, J. & Chiozza, F. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Listed as Least Concern because it has a very wide distribution, it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats (including agricultural and disturbed areas), has a presumed large population, and because it is not believed to be in decline.
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|This widespread species ranges from the Philippines through the island of Java (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia), Sulawesi (Indonesia), Timor (East Timor and Indonesia), the Moluccan Islands (Indonesia), the Aru Islands (Indonesia), the island of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), the Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea), the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia to eastern Australia, including several Torres Strait Islands. It occurs throughout the Philippines except Babuyan/Batanes group with specimens recorded from Bongao, Bohol, Capiz, Catanduanes, Guimaras, Leyte, Luzon (Bulacan, Kalinga (Heaney et al. 2004), and Rizal provinces), Mindanao (Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Maguindanao, and Zamboanga del Norte provinces), Negros, Panay, Polillo, and Siquijor (Heaney et al. 1998) being found from sea level to about 925 m asl (Heaney et al. 1998; Esselstyn et al. 2004; Heaney et al. 2004). The species has also been recorded from Samar (J. C. Gonzales pers. comm. 2006), Cebu (Paguntalan pers. comm. 2006) and on Isarog at 1,450 m asl (Sedlock unpubl. data). It ranges from sea level up to 1,500 m asl in New Guinea. Given that specimens of this species may have been misidentified as another species, it may be found to range more widely than is currently known (T. Reardon pers. comm.).
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Native:Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan); Malaysia; New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Timor-Leste; Vanuatu
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|It is generally a common species. Maternity colonies of hundreds of thousands of individuals may be encountered (Flannery 1995). In the Philippines, the species is common in appropriate habitat with caves (Heaney et al. 1998). It is also common in Sabah and elsewhere in Indonesia.
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|This species roosts in colonies in caves and tunnels, and may also be found roosting in tree holes. It forages for insects in rainforest, Meleleuca swamps and dry sclerophyll forests (Strahan 1995; Flannery 1995; Bonaccorso 1998). It has a gestation period of about four and a half weeks after which a single young is born. The species may migrate seasonally.
In the Philippines, the species is often dependent on caves (Heaney et al. 1998, Esselstyn et al. 2004) where it forages over the canopy in secondary and primary lowland areas, including agricultural areas (Heaney et al. 1991; Lepiten 1995; Rickart et al. 1993; Sanborn 1952; Taylor 1934). It has also been documented in montane forest on Luzon (Heaney et al. 2004).
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|There are no major threats to this species, although it is presumably locally threatened by disturbance of maternity caves. In the Philippines, limestone quarrying is destroying roosting habitat and it is also threatened by disturbance caused by guano mining there, however, individuals reoccupy caves once the disturbance ceases.
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|In view of its wide range, it is presumed to be present in a number of protected areas.
|Rosell-Ambal, G., Tabaranza, B., Pennay, M., Thomson, B., Reardon, T., Kingston, T. & Sinaga, U. 2008. Miniopterus australis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T13562A4163633. . Downloaded on 21 September 2018.
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One reason why DBAs often use relational (i.e., related) databases is that they avoid data duplication and hence save disk space. In relational databases, you use identifiers for items when possible. That way, you need to record the items' textual descriptions in only one table. When you need to refer to an item in another table, you simply specify that item's identifier. For example, suppose you have a database of movie data. In the database, you have a table named Genre that lists genre textual descriptions (e.g., Comedy, Documentary) and their identifiers (e.g., 1, 2). You now want to include a table similar to the MovieReview table in Lesson 4. The MovieReview table includes a column named Genre, which contains genre textual descriptions. Rather than list the genre textual descriptions, you can use the genre identifiers provided in the Genres table. When you need to display data from the MovieReview table with the genre textual descriptions in the Genre table, you can use a JOIN clause to join the tables.
JOIN clauses, which were first incorporated into SQL Server 7.0, let you build queries that retrieve data from two related tables. Prior to SQL Server 7.0, you had to join tables using a technique that consisted of listing the tables in a FROM clause and joining them in a WHERE clause that used special notations to represent different types of joins. SQL Server 2005 still lets you use the old join technique. However, future versions of SQL Server might not support it. Thus, you should learn how to use the JOIN clauses, no matter whether you're first learning how to join tables or have joined tables for years using the old technique.
There are five types of JOIN clauses available in T-SQL:
At first glance, these names might seem confusing. To help you understand the differences and which type of join is suitable for which type of queries, I'll walk you each type of join. But first, you need to create and populate two tables so that you can follow along with the examples.
The Prerequisites
The examples in this lesson rely on objects in the MyDB database, which was created in Lesson 2. If you didn't previously create the MyDB database, you'll need to do so. Go to "T-SQL 101, Lesson 2" to get the code and instructions.
You also need to create two new tables: Movie and Genre. You can create and populate these tables by following these steps:
1. Download the CodeToCreateMovie&-GenreTables. sql and CodeToPopulate- Movie&GenreTables.sql files. Click the "Download the Code" hotlink at the top of the article.
2. Create the Movie and Genre tables. Open SQL Server 2005's SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or SQL Server 2000's Query Analyzer and copy the code in CodeToCreateMovie&GenreTables.sql into the query window. Execute the code.
3. Populate the Movie and Genre tables by executing the code in CodeToPopulateMovie&GenreTables .sql in SSMS or Query Analyzer.
The INNER JOIN Clause
An inner join is the most common type of join between two tables. A column or columns in the first table are compared to a column or columns in the second table using a comparison operator such as the equals (=) operator. Whenever a match is found, the rows from the first table are connected to the rows in the second table. Unmatched rows are discarded. The structure you end up with after the join is almost a new table unto itself. It will contain the selected columns from both tables. For example, if you have Table1, which has ColumnA and ColumnB, and Table2, which has ColumnC, an inner join will produce a structure with ColumnA, ColumnB, and ColumnC. Whether the individual rows contain data depends on the result of the join.
Let's explore inner joins further with the Genre and Movie tables. To begin, execute the code
SELECT * FROM Genre SELECT * FROM Movie
As Figure 1 shows, both tables have a GenreID column, which makes them an excellent join candidate. Each GenreID in the Movie table points to the appropriate genre record in the Genre table. (Note that there is one GenreID—10—in the Movie table that doesn't have a corresponding record in the Genre table. This is intentional and will be used for demonstration purposes in "The OUTER JOIN Clauses" section.)
To create a list of movies sorted by their genres, you can use the INNER JOIN clause to join the Movie table to the Genre table in code such as
SELECT g.Genre, m.Movie FROM Movie m INNER JOIN Genre g ON g.GenreID = m.GenreID ORDER BY g.Genre, m.Movie
Let's walk through this code line by line. The first line selects the columns you want to see in the result set, which in this case are the Genre column from the Genre table and the Movie column from the Movie table. Notice that the column names are prefixed with the letters g and m. These are table aliases. The alias for each table is specified in the FROM clause immediately following the table name and usually consists of a shortened version of the table name. In this case, m is the alias for Movie and g is the alias for Genre.
Aliases are used in this query because both tables have columns named GenreID. Alternatively, you could use the TableName.ColumnName naming convention (e.g., Movie.GenreID, Genre.GenreID) when specifying the columns, but I find this approach a bit long winded, especially when referencing tables with relatively long names. It really comes down to personal preference, so feel free to use either method.
For inner joins (and outer joins), tables participating in the join are listed in the FROM clause. In this case, the Genre table and the Movie table are being joined. In simple inner-join queries, the order in which you list the tables doesn't matter. For example, the code
SELECT g.Genre, m.Movie FROM Genre g INNER JOIN Movie m ON g.GenreID = m.GenreID ORDER BY g.Genre, m.Movie
would provide the same results. That's not the case in some other types of joins, as you'll see shortly.
The ON keyword is used to indicate which columns should be matched together. In this case, we're matching the GenreID columns from both tables. Other column comparisons can be added after the ON keyword by using the AND keyword.
Finally, the ORDER BY clause is used to sort the results alphabetically first by genre, then by movie. Figure 2 shows the results.
Now suppose you want the result set to show only those movies in the Sci-Fi genre, as Figure 3 shows.
This can be accomplished by using a WHERE clause to add a filter:
SELECT g.Genre, m.Movie FROM Movie m INNER JOIN Genre g ON g.GenreID = m.GenreID WHERE g.Genre = 'Sci-Fi' ORDER BY m.Movie
As you can see, the INNER JOIN syntax clearly separates the joining criterion from the filtering criterion. In all five types of joins, the WHERE clause filters data from the result set after the join has already taken place. This is a key difference between the JOIN clauses used in SQL Server 7.0 and later and the old join technique used in SQL Server 6.5 and earlier. In the old join technique, both the join and filter criteria are in the WHERE clause.
The OUTER JOIN Clauses
There are three types of outer joins: left outer join, right outer join, and full outer join. When considering outer joins, it helps to think of two tables arranged side by side. The table on the left is the first table in the join. The table on the right is the second table in the join. Left outer joins return all rows from the first table and only rows from the second table that meet the join criteria. Columns from the second table that don't match the criteria will contain NULL values. Right outer joins return all rows from the second table and only rows from the first table that meet the join criteria. Columns in the first table that don't match the criteria contain NULL values. Full outer joins return all rows from both tables. Whenever a row in one table has no match in the other table, the columns will contain NULL values.
Let's perform a left outer join on the Genre and Movie tables to see whether there are any genres that don't have a matching movie. In the following query, Genre is the left table and Movie is the right table:
SELECT g.GenreID AS 'Genre.GenreID', g.Genre, m.MovieID, m.GenreID AS 'Movie.GenreID', m.Movie FROM Genre g LEFT OUTER JOIN Movie m ON m.GenreID = g.GenreID ORDER BY g.Genre, m.Movie
As this code shows, the OUTER JOIN syntax is similar to the INNER JOIN syntax, except that it matters which table gets listed first in the FROM clause. The Genre table must be listed first because it's the left table.
Figure 4 shows the results of this left outer join. As you can see, the columns from the Genre table for GenreID 7 contain actual data, whereas the columns from the Movie table contain NULL values. Thus, there is a GenreID 7 in the Genre table but not in the Movie table.
Now let's perform a right outer join on the Genre and Movie tables to see whether there are any movies that don't have a matching genre. In this query, Genre is still the left table and Movie is still the right table:
SELECT g.GenreID AS 'Genre.GenreID', g.Genre, m.MovieID, m.GenreID AS 'Movie.GenreID', m.Movie FROM Genre g RIGHT OUTER JOIN Movie m ON m.GenreID = g.GenreID ORDER BY g.Genre, m.Movie
As Figure 5, shows, in the first row, the Genre table's columns contain NULL values, whereas the Movie table's columns contain data. So, there is a GenreID 10 in the Movie table but not in the Genre table.
Finally, let's perform a full outer join on these tables to identify records in each table that have no corresponding record in the other table. When performing a full outer join, the concept of left or right table doesn't apply, so the table order doesn't matter. The query
SELECT g.GenreID AS 'Genre.GenreID', g.Genre, m.MovieID, m.GenreID AS 'Movie.GenreID', m.Movie FROM Genre g FULL OUTER JOIN Movie m ON m.GenreID = g.GenreIDORDER BY g.Genre, m.Movie
produces the results in Figure 6. If you look at the results closely, you'll see all the movies with matching genres, the genres with no matching movies, and the movies with no matching genres. In essence, the full outer join gives you the results of an inner join, left outer join, and right outer join in one handy package.
Full outer joins are especially useful for tracking down data integrity problems. For example, from the results in Figure 6, you can see that "To Kill a Mocking Nerd" in the Movie table has an invalid GenreID. If you change this movie's Genre- ID from 10 to 7 in the Movie table and rerun the full outer join query, this data anomoly disappears.
The CROSS JOIN Clause
A cross join produces a Cartesian product of two tables, which means that every row in the first table is joined to every row in the second table. You can read more about Cartesian products (and the mathematics behind them) at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_product.
Because of the exponential nature of the results, the cross join is commonly used to generate large volumes of test data from relatively small tables. For example, the Genre table has only 7 rows and the Movie table has only 13 rows, but an unfiltered cross join would produce a result set containing 91 rows.
The cross join is also commonly used because it's easy to implement. You don't need to include the ON keyword in cross joins, and the order in which the tables are listed doesn't matter. For example, let's perform a cross join of the Movie and Genre tables. To limit the result set, let's include a WHERE clause so that only comedies and thrillers are included. The query would look like
SELECT g.Genre, m.Movie FROM Movie m CROSS JOIN Genre g WHERE Genre = 'Comedy' OR Genre = 'Thriller' ORDER BY Genre, Movie
As Figure 7 shows, every Genre record is connected to every Movie record.
JOIN In on the Fun
As you can see, it's easy to use the INNER JOIN, LEFT OUTER JOIN, RIGHT OUTER JOIN, FULL OUTER JOIN, and CROSS JOIN clauses. Now that you know how to perform inner joins, outer joins, and cross joins, I hope that you'll use your newfound join skills to create some sample reports. Just try to have fun and keep the cross joins to a minimum, especially when dealing with tables with thousands of rows or more. (Your DBA will appreciate it.)


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I just celebrated my 54th birthday. I'm not ashamed of my age at all, and I've been practicing saying it-- F-F-F-IFTY F-F-F-FOUR! Gulp! I'm not so sure I'm ready to practice the S-S-S-'s. No, I won't go there!
However, I've noticed that a few things in me are slowing down--considerably. My appetite is one of them-- which could be a curse for someone (that would be me) who enjoys a good meal. My lunch, in Carmel that I blogged about on Wednesdays (this week), is a perfect example. I didn't think I ate a lot of food-- half a salad, one luscious short rib (rolling eyes at the memory) and half a slice of fudgy cake-- and a glass of Italian white wine... hmmm, that does sound like a lot now that I relive that wonderful meal! My point is, I couldn't eat dinner that night, though six hours had passed.
So, this Thursday night, I decided to prepare a dinner "tapas style". (For those of you who aren't familiar with the term tapas, Wikipedia has a definition of it.) I chilled a bottle of wine and I made "grilled fresh figs and brie, wrapped in prosciutto". I also made my own version of a crab melt.
This was put together, literally, by the seat of my pants! It all started with a visit to Whole Foods to look for fresh figs-- for the above mentioned recipe. I love Whole Foods, but it's 1/2 hour away from my home. I happened to be in Monterey and I was on vacation... so I took a leisurely browse through the aisles and I stopped at the seafood case. Whole Foods really knows how to create mouth watering displays. On impulse I bought some local fresh dungeness crab. I have no idea what possessed me to do that, because I usually don't prepare many crab dishes. I was slightly taken aback that the $5.99 a pound ended up costing me close to $14.00! Yikes! The shells weigh more than I thought!
Crab spoils quickly, and I felt I had gone over budget, so it was time to decide what to make. It was time to make something what I paid -- but, I was limited to what was in my refrigerator.
While in Cambria in early July, I bought their locally grown avocados for $1.00 each. I didn't get the name of the variety, but they aren't the more familiar Haas Variety. These are elongated and much lighter skinned. It sure took a while, but they finally reached their peak of ripeness and I knew that crab and avocado were a perfect match.
I had purchased a fresh baguette while stopping at our local (and world famous) Earthbound Farm so that was a no-brainer answer to what vehicle I would use for crab & avocado.
Feeling like an amateur Iron Chef, I looked at my herb garden. I have a mound of fresh chives growing like crazy and an unruly tarragon plant that just keeps going... so I snipped a bunch of each herb-- it didn't even make a dent!
Now, how to season the crab? White Worcestershire! Alas, the bottle smelled "off" (I keep forgetting to use this on fish) so I reached for a fresh lemon from our tree. I opened my spice cabinet-- Old Bay Seasoning! Yeah, that's it! (It's also what I add to my egg salad.) A touch of kosher salt and fresh pepper and about 1 Tablespoon of mayo-- just a touch and it tasted good. I debated adding hot sauce, but I decided against it. Believe it or not, we're hot big Tabasco lovers in our house-- yes, we are true Northerners!
I didn't measure, so here is the ingredient list I used:
Fresh cracked crab, Old Bay Seasoning, kosher salt & pepper, fresh lemon juice, Best Foods/Hellman's Mayonnaise, fresh chopped chives (scallions would do well), fresh chopped tarragon-- not a lot, maybe I Tablespoon-- and that was it!
In the meantime, I sliced the half the baguette into crostini sizes and then I decided to cut the other half into a sandwich size. I added a brush of olive oil and then popped it for one minute under the broiler (set a timer, or you'll forget it and burn it) until slightly golden. I quickly rubbed a clove of fresh garlic on them.
This is also how I prepare my bruschetta, and I almost reached for tomatoes, but decided we had enough food.
I decided to leave the other half without an avocado topping... I couldn't remember if my son liked avocado...
I spread some crab mixture onto the long baguette, topped it with some sliced avocado-- then I remembered that I had some sliced provolone cheese.
I topped the sandwich with the cheese and put this back into the broiler for about a minute-- until melted and bubbly.
In the meantime, my husband and son set the table, poured a glass of white wine while I plated the fig tapas and the sliced the crab melts into bite-sized slices.
I left a small bowl of plain crab with some crostinis. If I had fresh salad greens, I would have tossed a simple vinaigrette...
Still, this dinner fed the three of us very well. My husband, who usually isn't crazy about shellfish, enjoyed this tapas style meal. I also noted that my son loves avocado slices, because he devoured these with great relish.
I really like tapas style eating-- especially while the weather is pleasantly warm and the days are long. It won't be much longer before I start dusting off my slow cooker and retrieving my pressure cooker from storage, to start preparing my repertoire of homemade soups and stews.
That's another thing I've noticed, as I've aged (like a fine cognac, thank you)-- time flies so fast!
My summer vacation ended on Friday, July 24th-- 3 1/2 weeks disappeared so fast, that I didn't finish half of what I had planned to do.
Still, I enjoyed every single day, and I'm thankful to be employed.


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Cremation rites have been accorded. Inurnment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Dwight.
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Ivan was born Dec. 25, 1938, in Wing, a son to John and Rose (Fendrick) Zimmerman. He married Delores F. Humbert Oct. 10, 1959, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dwight.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, of Dwight; one son, Wayne Zimmerman, Lisle; one daughter, Brenda (Phil) Murray, Naperville; two grandchildren, Courtney and Keegan Murray; two sisters, Marilyn Grieff, Gardner and Phyllis (Morris) Rich, Saunemin; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Valerie Elizabeth Zimmerman, two sisters, Norma Johns and Stella Bessler, as well as three infant sisters and one infant brother.
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Zeke was a very loving husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather. "Poppy" had a special place in his heart for his grandchildren, Courtney and Keegan. His greatest enjoyment was watching them in their sporting events. He will be missed by all his family and friends.
Memorials may be made to St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Dwight.
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NBC dominated among the broadcast networks Monday, as "The Voice" grew week to week while pretty much every other program on the night fell off. CBS ran second behind "How I Met Your Mother" and "2 Broke Girls."
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MONDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Children of fathers who seem depressed are more likely to show signs of behavioral and emotional problems, although the nature of the link isn't clear, researchers report.
The study also suggests that kids whose parents both seem depressed are at particularly high risk.
"This opens the door to a vast array of answerable but currently unanswered questions about the health and development of children growing up in households with depressed fathers," said study author Dr. Michael Weitzman, a professor of pediatrics and environmental medicine at New York University School of Medicine.
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Twenty percent of those with mothers who appeared depressed showed signs of depression themselves; the percentage was 16 percent for those whose fathers appeared depressed. The number jumped to 25 percent if both parents appeared depressed, Weitzman said.
The numbers don't indicate why symptoms of depression in parents and kids might be linked. It could have something to do with depression, Weitzman said, or depressed parents might make kids depressed. Another possibility is that depressed kids make parents depressed.
If the link is directly from parents to kids, some possible reasons could include the inability of depressed parents "to respond to a child's requests and needs in a consistently reliable and empathic manner," said Dr. Rahil Briggs, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. "Depressed parents may also struggle to help their children regulate their own emotions, which may lead to poor social emotional development."
Dr. Christopher Bellonci, a psychiatrist and assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, said the findings are "consciousness-raising" because they point to how depressed males don't necessarily suffer in isolation. "They remind us that when you're working with depressed adult males you have to remember to ask, 'Are they a parent? Who's watching out for the kids?'"
The study appears online and in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics.
More information
For more about depression, try the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
SOURCES: Michael Weitzman, M.D., professor, pediatrics and environmental medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City; Rahil D. Briggs, Psy.D., assistant professor, pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and director, Healthy Steps at Montefiore, New York City; Christopher Bellonci, M.D., psychiatrist and assistant professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston; December 2011 Pediatrics
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Moving on, the columns that I've written over the last two weeks (linked at bottom) about Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) have probably generated more discussion on the Fool message boards than any others that I've written since we launched this portfolio early in 1998.
I think that all this discussion has been great. It's one of the biggest advantages of our message boards. No one of us is an absolute authority on investing or on any one company. I appreciate that people have questioned my analysis and offered additional insights (whether they have agreed or disagreed with me doesn't matter). When I write, I do my analysis and reach my own conclusions. It's good to see that so many other Fools have done their own research and reached their own conclusions as well.
For me, the bottom line on Pfizer is that I still think that it's a top tier pharmaceutical company. I don't believe that we should sell our Pfizer out of the Rule Maker portfolio; I also won't be selling my personal stake in the company. I do believe, however, that the company bears closer watching in the future than it has in the past. Pfizer has an excellent track record of developing successful new products. I expect that it will continue to do just that in the future as well.
If you look at top management of the major pharmaceutical companies, I'm pretty sure that you'll find Pfizer is the only one that's headed by a former marketing and sales person (CEO William Steere) rather than a financial or a technical person. One thing that I've seen in my own business experience is that people with a background like Steere's often are less fiscally responsible than those with financial or technical backgrounds.
In the past I've suggested that while the alliance revenues that Pfizer earns are certainly valuable in terms of adding to the income reported on Pfizer's bottom-line, they are not as valuable as the revenue generated by Pfizer's in-house pharmaceutical products because of the significantly longer amount of time that it takes to collect them. I thought that it would be worthwhile at this point to review another way in which you can look at Pfizer's fiscal policies. I also decided to do the same analysis for Warner-Lambert (NYSE: WLA), the company that developed Lipitor, one of the drugs that Pfizer co-markets.
Before we get to that, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a look at Lipitor, and the partnership between the two companies. Launched in 1997, Lipitor was the first drug to make it to $1 billion of sales in its first year on the market. It is the most frequently prescribed cholesterol medication for U.S. patients. According to Warner-Lambert's annual report, "In 1996, we looked at the global sales potential of Lipitor based on internal resources and said, 'That's not good enough.' So we crafted a winning alliance with Pfizer and established world-class manufacturing facilities in Ireland, enabling Lipitor to set a record for first-year sales for a new drug."
Obviously, this partnership has benefited both parties. During the second quarter of this year, the partnership was expanded with the announcement of the signing of a letter of intent to continue and expand this highly successful marketing alliance. Under the extended arrangement, the companies will continue to co-promote Lipitor for a total of ten years, that is until 2007. Further, the companies plan to explore Lipitor line extensions and product combinations. For example, currently, they are working on a drug that is a combination of Lipitor and Pfizer's heart medication Norvasc. As part of the expanded collaboration, Warner-Lambert and Pfizer also plan to co-promote Pfizer's migraine drug Relpax for ten years.
But, who's benefited more? I decided that one way to tell would be to look at the cash conversion cycle for both companies. Before you go over the rest of this analysis, you might want to take a break, drink a glass of Minute Maid Lemonade (hey, we own Coke in this portfolio, don't we?) and get out your calculators, as we're going to go through some numbers.
The cash conversion cycle (CCC) represents the number of days it takes a company to purchase a raw material, convert it into a finished good, sell the finished good to a customer and receive payment from that customer for that product. The CCC has three components: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO). The CCC is a companion to the three most important parts of the flow ratio -- accounts receivable, inventory and accounts payable. The lower a company's CCC, the better.
Let's take the parts one by one.
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
On a quarterly basis, DSO is calculated using the following formula: Accounts receivable / (Sales / 90). If you want to calculate it for the year, you can substitute 360 for 90 in that equation. I like to see this figure as low as possible. A low figure means that the company collects its outstanding receivables quickly, which means that it's not giving out interest free loans to its customers for long periods of time.
Let's calculate this number for the second quarter of this year for both Pfizer and Warner-Lambert:
Pfizer Warner-Lambert Accounts Receivable 3,396 1,949 Sales 3,779 3,151For Pfizer we take 3,779 and divide it by 90, getting 41.99. We then take that figure and divide it into 3,396. The result is that it takes Pfizer 81 days to collect its outstanding accounts receivable, which is higher than any other pharmaceutical company I've studied. If you do this same calculation for Warner-Lambert, you'll get a result of 56 days. Looking at those numbers, I'd much rather owe money to Pfizer than Warner-Lambert, as Pfizer would give me 25 extra days to pay.
Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO)
On a quarterly basis we calculate DIO using a similar formula to the one above. The differences are that we use inventory instead of accounts receivable and cost of sales instead of sales. That makes the formula: Inventory / (Cost of sales / 90). Once again we like to see this number as low as possible. There are two reasons for this. One is that as Rule Maker investors, we don't like to see a lot of cash tied up in inventory held on our shelves. The other is that if inventory is held for too long, it can become spoiled or obsolete.
Once again, we'll calculate this number for both companies:
Pfizer Warner-Lambert Inventory 1,805 1,027 Cost of Sales 476 723For Warner-Lambert we take 723 and divide it by 90, getting 8.03. We then divide 8.03 into 1,027 and get 128. This means that Warner-Lambert turns its inventory over almost 3 times a year as 128 * 3 is 384 days, which is a little longer than a year. If you do the same calculation for Pfizer, you'll see that it took 341 days to turn over its inventory. OUCH! I can't believe that! If Pfizer repeated its second quarter performance all year long, it would turn its inventory over just more than once a year. That's horrible.
Days Payables Outstanding (DPO)
You can calculate DPO each quarter using a similar formula: Accounts payable / (Cost of sales / 90). This is a number that we like to see as high as it can be. We like it when a company is able to get interest-free loans from its suppliers, and that's really what payables are, as long as they're paid under stated terms.
Here are the numbers for the two companies:
Pfizer Warner-Lambert Accounts Payable 770 1,700 Cost of Sales 476 723This time, we'll calculate the number for Pfizer. We can take 476 and divide it by 90. That gives us 5.29. Then we can divide 5.29 into 770. Pfizer's payables are outstanding for an average of 146 days. On the other hand, Warner-Lambert's are outstanding for 212 days. The interesting thing about this is that in 1996, the last year before the launch of Lipitor, Warner-Lambert's payables were only outstanding for 94 days. While I can't totally attribute that increase to the Lipitor alliance revenues it owes to Pfizer, I do believe that those revenues have had a big impact on DPO. This leads me to believe that Warner-Lambert is taking a lot longer to pay Pfizer than the 120 days that I suggested last week.
Putting It All Together -- The Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)
If we add DIO and DSO and then subtract DPO, we're left with the company's cash conversion cycle -- how long it takes to purchase a raw material, convert the raw material into a finished good, sell the finished good and get paid for it.
Here are the second quarter numbers for Pfizer and Warner-Lambert:
Pfizer Warner-Lambert Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) 81 56 Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) 341 128 Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) (146) (212) = Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) 276 (28)Remember, we want cash to be converted quickly, so the lower this number, the better. Warner-Lambert's negative CCC is outstanding. It certainly seems to me that when it comes to managing the balance sheet, Warner-Lambert is the Rule Maker of this comparison. I do believe that Pfizer is costing itself in the long run with what seems to be a lack of solid fiscal responsibility. I think this quote from Warner-Lambert's annual report sums up exactly what I've found by going through its numbers:
"While we may not be among the biggest spenders, we're clearly among the most productive. We like to say it's not only what you put in, but also what you get out!"
I ran these numbers quarterly and annually for Pfizer, Warner-Lambert and our other pharmaceutical holding, Schering-Plough, going back a few years. If you're interested in seeing how the results have changed as Lipitor sales have grown, you can check this post.
Related Links:
- Questionable Results at Pfizer?
- Pfizer's Approach to its Business Part 1
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