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Continuing a pattern from last week, Ray Lewis has been present during the portion of this week's practices open to the media. But the 13-time Pro Bowl inside linebacker is still on the injured reserve list with a designation to return, which is why defensive coordinator Dean Pees isn't making any assurances about Lewis' return for Sunday's game against the New York Giants.
"It'd be great to have him back," Pees said after Thursday's practice. "I said that a couple weeks ago when we first started kind of seeing him come back. I'd love to have him back. I think it'd be a great emotional lift. But more than that, we could use some bodies in there, too, at linebacker. We'll just have to wait and see whatever they say is a go, but we'd love to have him back."
Without Lewis, Jameel McClain (spinal cord contusion) and Dannell Ellerbe (sprained right ankle/left foot), the defense started Josh Bynes and Brendon Ayanbadejo in last Sunday's 34-17 loss to the Denver Broncos.
Bynes, an undrafted rookie last season, manned the Mike linebacker spot previously occupied by Lewis and McClain. If Ellerbe sits out his fourth consecutive game, Bynes would make his second career start.
"If it happens, it happens," Bynes said. "I'm anticipating whatever. I prepare every game like I'm going to be a starter. Even with me knowing that I'm not going to play, I still prepare each and every week like I'm going to be a starter because you never know – just like what happened Sunday – when your time is going to come."
Pees didn't get into the specifics of what Lewis is doing in practice, but he said that Lewis has looked like, well, Lewis.
"At this time of the year, I don't think there's very many teams out there hitting like you do in training camp. So you don't necessarily see the physical part," Pees said. "But the mental part, that's not going to leave you after 17 years missing a couple weeks. So he's there."


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The Toughest Scene I Wrote: Writer-Director Nicholas Jarecki on Arbitrage
Richard Gere improvised the scene's best line.
Over the next few weeks, Vulture is talking to the screenwriters behind 2012's most acclaimed movies about the scenes they found most difficult to crack. What pivotal sequences underwent the biggest transformations on their way from script to screen? Today, Arbitrage writer-director Nicholas Jarecki reveals how Richard Gere helped shape the financial thriller's most pivotal scene. He told his story to Kyle Buchanan:
It's the scene with Robert (Richard Gere) and his daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) in Central Park after she discovers all these financial improprieties in the company. When I originally wrote that scene in the earliest draft, he was giving his confession to his right-hand man, and it wasn't his daughter. Additionally, in the very last scene of the movie, a random extra was the one who introduced Robert at this charity event, not his daughter. Now I had a reading of the script about a year before I shot it, and this great actor Stuart Margolin said after, "Hey, I know I'm just a stupid actor, but what if his daughter introduced him at the end?" I thought it was brilliant, and luckily he didn't sue me at the Writers Guild arbitration! But you can see that in my earliest thinking, I didn't understand the conflict in the father-daughter relationship properly.
Once I realized it should be his daughter he's confessing to in the Central Park scene, because that would be the Aristotelian way to do it — I steal everything from Aristotle — it was still a tricky scene. Everyone's spent the movie wondering, "What was his crime, what was his fraud?" so that had to be dealt with in an expedient way, but it was also important to see how she would respond. She's a threat to him and she could expose him, so what he's really asking in that scene is for her to become complicit and to keep quiet.
One of the enormous pieces of luck I had on this film was that I had a one-month rehearsal process. One day, Richard and Brit and I sat around the kitchen table and started talking about the scene, and we ran through it a couple of times. Right away, we saw some unexploited opportunities, so I took some notes, rewrote the scene, and reprinted it. We did that about eight or nine times, and it was going so fast that I eventually had them stand over the laptop and I was just typing it in as they were improvising shit, so that we wouldn't waste paper.
A wonderful thing that came out of this improvisation — and I hate to reveal it, but I must — is that Richard wrote the line after she says, "You should have consulted me, I'm your partner." Richard stood up and said, "You're not my partner, you work for me. Everyone works for me." He really thought that was the crux of the character, that in his hubris and megalomania, he had read one too many of his own press releases. It was so beautiful that I had to write it down.

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Editor's Note: This is the fifth article in a series of stories about the 2013 City of Stuttgart proposed budget. The other articles ran Jan. 4, 9, 11 and 15. The salary breakdowns for these departments will be listed in Tuesday's edition of the Stuttgart Daily Leader due to Stuttgart City Hall being closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
The Stuttgart District Court has a separate budget titled CAOJF — the projected income sits at $145,000.
These funds come from projected court costs when someone is on trial, according to Vicki Maxwell, Stuttgart District Court Clerk.
The funds go to accounts as follows:
Act 918 (DWI) $5,000
Arkansas County $60,000
Judge/Clerk retirement $5,000
Police Pension $0
Small claims $5,000
State of Arkansas $70,000
The City of Stuttgart also has farm property located on the Stuttgart Municipal Airport property. This has been leased to Ronald "Ronnie" Bauman of Benchmark Farms, an Arkansas general partnership, since Oct. 28, 2008.
The budget request for this year includes $5,000 for maintenance, repairs and supplies and $250 for miscellaneous expenses.
The Parks and Recreation Fund is a separate budget from the budget titled Parks.
The 2013 proposed budget includes:
Advertising $200
Concession expense $10,000
Contract labor: Umpires/Referees $5,000
Insurance: Fire and casualty $5,000
Insurance: Health $5,400
Maintenance, repairs and supplies $5,000
Miscellaneous $250
Office expense $250
Pension: City Contribution $5,793
Salaries $44,000
Tax: FICA $2,728
Tax: Medicare $638
Taxes: Sales and use $400
Uniforms-youth $11,500
Utility: Electricity $6,500
Utility: Telephone $1,400
Utility: Water $1,900
Youth programs $20,600
Total $126,559
The Stuttgart Aquatic Center also has a separate budget, which includes:
Advertising: $75
Concession expense $900
Maintenance, repairs and supplies $2,000
Office expense $100
Miscellaneous $100
Salaries $37,000
Tax: FICA $2,294
Tax: Medicare $2,294
Utility: Electricity $3,500
Utility:Telephone $75
Utility: Water $1,860
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Trial in 2011 Lisbon shooting fatality may start in SeptemberBy BOB HOOKWAY
Special to the Union Leader
June 23. 2013 4:34PM
HAVERHILL — The 2011 hunting season was particularly deadly in New England's three northern states, starting with the shooting death of Kenneth L. Brunelle, 31, in Lisbon.
That 2011 season was marred by the shootings of hunters and others, including several fatalities, in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
But according to recent motions and a judge's decisions on file in Grafton County Superior Court in North Haverhill, the second anniversary of Brunelle's death will approach before the case gets under way in the fall, should it go to trial.
Wade S. Holmes of Mt. Eustis Road in Lisbon is charged with negligent homicide and reckless conduct with a deadly weapon in the Nov. 9, 2011, shooting death of Brunelle, a Marlborough, Mass., father of two young boys. Brunelle was with his father and brother in the woods not far from Holmes' residence shortly after sunrise on the first morning of New Hampshire' deer rifle season that year.
Brunelle was not hunting, but was filming or photographing his relatives as they hunted, according to authorities.
A New Hampshire medical examiner said Brunelle was killed by a high-velocity rifle shot to the neck.
Holmes, 48 at the time, would later tell state police and New Hampshire Fish & Game Department officers that he mistook Brunelle for a deer before he opened fire that morning.
One Fish & Game district commander at the scene of the Lisbon fatality said New Hampshire officers have in recent years made it a point to stop referring to such incidents as "accidents."
The state accuses Holmes of "failing to identify with certainty a target at which he was shooting," according to the indictments, which identified his weapon as a 30.06 Winchester rifle.
It has been a battle of paperwork since then between Assistant Grafton County Attorney Jack Bell, the prosecutor, and Holmes' attorney, Leonard Harden of Lancaster.
Last month, Holmes waived his right to a speedy trial, and Judge Peter H. Bornstein agreed to a motion to continue a hearing for 45 days that was to have taken place on May 16.
The judge also tentatively scheduled the start of a jury trial in the case for September.


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General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Division The Compleat Lawyer
Spring 1998 © American Bar Association. All rights reserved.
From the Editor
jennifer j. rose, editor-in-chief of The Compleat Lawyer, spent 28 years growing old in Iowa before moving to Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Old people used to look and act their age. You could identify one at ten paces: gray hair, bifocals, halting gait, brooches, and a taste for aspic. And their legal problems seemed to be primarily what to do with those worldly goods when they passed over to the great beyond.
Advances in medical science prolonging life, coupled with a baby-making frenzy of those who came of age in the forties and fifties and the wild and crazy attitudes of the sixties and seventies, make old people a hefty segment of the population, demanding legal solutions to problems our great-grandparents never envisioned.
No longer a neatly defined category, the entry level for "old" keeps changing. Always several decades beyond your own age, the mark hovers around your parents' age, until you realize that you're now the eldest of the clan. Having passed the quarter-century mark in practice, many 50-year-old lawyers are "old lawyers," basking in their prime, bored, contemplating practice changes, or wistfully dreaming of doing something else. And there are significant numbers of age cohorts, late starters, for whom lawyering is a second career.
So What Is Elder Law?
Today's older client bears little resemblance to our ancestors, whom we charitably called "Senior Citizens." Casting off old labels, scorning "mature" for "Third Age," they're getting married and divorced and sometimes even siring children, raising grandchildren, working, idling, possessing wealth, flat broke, flying off to outer space, hale and hearty, in chronic vegetative states. The older client has become a distinct client base whose needs demand attention and who hold the purse strings to a disproportionate share of America's net worth. The savvy lawyer can't afford to ignore them.
Elder law is more than probate and tweaking finances to finance nursing home care through Medicaid. Health care decision-making, elder abuse, welfare reform and public benefit programs, financial planning, and age discrimination changed the face of practicing law for older clients. And as lawyers age, so too do their clientele. Those clients who built your practice while they were starting families, buying first homes, and growing careers now seek out advice about stretching wealth into old age, caring for elderly parents, and Social Security. Because we never know when we are going to be considered "elderly" or near the end of our lives, many aspects of elder law impact those of any age. Perhaps it is time to characterize elder law as Extreme Law.
"That New-Fangled Socratic Method"
Just as young lawyers plotted careers in civil rights and liberties, juvenile law, prison reform, and glamorous arenas, older lawyers laid claim to probate law. A lawyer's age, personal life experience, and length of practice shapes attitudes toward certain areas of practice. The cases and clients that were once so captivating no longer seem as compelling, as youthful zeal for causes yields to the reality of mortgage and tuition payments. Some lawyers breathe a resurgent second wind of fiery-spirit idealism and intellectual challenge at the midpoint of their careers, either as a test of mettle or an antidote to staleness and boredom.
Defending Lady Chatterly's Lover initiated Boston lawyer Ed Hamada's 35-year-old legal career, and the Tet Offensive shifted his focus to the Selective Service System. As the war wound down, his practice focused upon errant lawyers and families. Anticipating yet another shift before he becomes a burden upon his children, he remarked, "While we make conscious and responsible choices as we develop a sense of who each of us really is in the world of law, we should not ignore the serendipitous lift into new fields, new ideas, and new clients."
It's easy to leave the older clients to older lawyers, until you realize that you're closer to qualifying for membership in the Senior Lawyers Division than the Young Lawyers Division. (For most ABA members, it's a 19-year gap.) Your long-standing clients have aged, your parents became old, and an AARP card has replaced your own Jaycee membership. You're the age that the old, established lawyers, who might have been all of 45, were when you were a brand-new lawyer. And the new lawyers are young enough to be your children.
Muttering "What's the matter with kids today," you go to the Internet to jog your memory that those lyrics came from "Bye, Bye Birdie." You find yourself trying cases before a judge who wasn't even born when Kennedy was shot, who's never heard of Rosemary Woods, Maggie Kuhn, or Billy Sol Estes, and who wonders if that new-fangled Socratic Method was part of your legal education. You realize that you have left the ranks of the insouciant youth and joined the sagely wizened. The shibboleths of age have crumbled.
Sooner or later, we all get old—or at least to the end of our rope. Whether you look upon law and the older client as a new specialty, an expansion of your current practice, or simply as a means of staying in tune with the times, it's inescapable. (Except, perhaps for Stan Cohn, who ably steered this issue as issue editor and did not appear to age one bit in the process.)
Out with the old, in with the new—that's the story of federal laws, which change faster than the gossip in the Beltway. You'd think the lawmakers would have something better to do, but legislating seems to give them a sense of purpose. Not the usual beach time fiction special, the Summer 1998 issue of The Compleat Lawyer will tell you everything you wanted to know about major federal laws.


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Lauren Alaina Brings Her 'Georgia Peaches' to the 'Today' Show
In honor of the 2012 ACM Awards festivities, the 'Today' Show has gone country this week. With scheduled appearances by Randy Travis, Lee Brice, Josh Turner and Kellie Pickler spread out throughout the remainder of the days leading up to April 1, Lauren Alaina took the 'Today' stage this morning (March 26) to perform her high-energy single 'Georgia Peaches' for 'Today' Show hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford.
Before taking the stage for her rockin' southern song, Alaina chatted for a bit with the two hosts. After introducing her album 'Wildflower' and pointing out that it debuted at No.2 on Billboard's Country Album chart, Gifford added encouragingly, "Congratulations, sweetie. That's very unusual, and especially for someone as young as you are." Kotb agreed, asking the young 'Idol' star, "What does it feel like to be 17 and on top of the charts?"
In her sweet, thick Georgian accent, Alaina admitted, "Well, it's pretty cool I must say. I never expected it, you know. I grew up dreaming about it and then I tried out for 'American Idol' and all of a sudden, everything changed." Looking every bit the classy Southern Belle, Alaina donned a leopard print frock on the show, cinched off with a thick black belt that showcased her new thin figure. With her blonde bangs swept to the side and her makeup just so, she definitely doesn't look 17.
After talking for a bit with the hosts, the young singer took the stage with her band to perform her hit, 'Georgia Peaches.' Even though she brings every bit of grit and sass to the song that talks about short shorts and her girls back home, Alaina still smiles through every performance — the 'Today' show appearance included — making her seem even sweeter. But don't be deceived by all that sweetness. This girl, who recently tracked background vocals for Aerosmith, is not afraid to rock.
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TOKYO, Japan, March 27, 2013 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the development of updated software for the Riding Trainer designed to teach motorcycle safety effectively. Installation of the new software program started with Riding Trainer models produced in February 2013, including those for overseas.
The new software is designed to further advance the ability to foresee and predict the dangers encountered in motorcycle riding, by providing even more realistic situations and conditions.
A major enhancement in this update is the adoption of exteriors of actual 15 motorcycle models and the faithfully recreated meter display and engine sound of each model. A variety of the models includes small scooters such as the PCX, midsize sports models such as the CBR250R, and large sports models such as the CB1100 and VFR1200F. They are simulated to imitate various use in numerous countries around the world. Additional new features include a function for experiencing advanced braking systems such as the Combined Brake System (CBS), a front- and rear-wheel combination brake system, and Combined ABS, which brings together the CBS and the Anti-lock Brake System (ABS). Honda plans to roll out the software update at motorcycle dealers with existing installations of the Riding Trainer.
The Riding Trainer was created to promote widespread adoption of useful motorcycle safety training devices for developing riders' ability to foresee and predict the dangers encountered in motorcycle riding. Overseas sales of the Riding Trainer started in November 2005 at Honda motorcycle dealers across Europe and in February 2006 for Honda motorcycle dealers and other corporations in Japan. Approximately 5,000 units are currently in use in 53 countries throughout the world. Honda aims to expand the sales so that the system will enjoy more widespread use and further demonstrate Honda's commitment to safety - a key element of its activities.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government and has left the country, a regional diplomatic source said on Monday.
"He defected. All I can say is that he is out of Syria," the source, who did not want to be named, told Reuters.
Makdissi, who belongs to Syria's Christian minority, staunchly defended Assad's crackdown on the 20-month revolt against five decades of autocratic rule by Assad and his late father.
A former diplomat, Makdissi is fluent in English, a rarity in the state apparatus shaped by xenophobic Baath Party ideology. But he had little influence in a system underpinned by the security apparatus in which the foreign ministry has no say.
Lebanon's al-Manar Television said earlier that Makdissi had been sacked for making statements which did not reflect official positions.
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The color-coded areas identify areas in Seattle where Seattle DCI will allow factors to be used in calculating wind loads that may differ from the values in ASCE 7. We will accept the topographic factor (Kzt) values on this map as default values for Kzt instead of thecalculated values required by Section 26.8.2 of the 2010 edition of ASCE 7 (ASCE 7-10). In addition, where ASCE 7 would ordinarily require the use of factors associated with Exposure Category D (shoreline areas with at least 1 mile of water upwind — see ASCE 7-10 Section 26.7.3 for a more precise definition), we will accept the use of the factors associated with Exposure Category C in the areas shown on the map. Other shoreline areas are not required to be designated as Exposure Category D.
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TOGLIATTI, Russia -- A chilly wind snapped at Vasily Kurikov's face at noontime Tuesday as he walked to the employment office to find a part-time job as a street cleaner.
He'd worked for 28 years at AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest carmaker, but the factory has him on half-shifts and, like everyone else in town, he's heard that there are 27,600 job cuts coming. Looking at the people in front of him, many of them AvtoVAZ workers left to wander this city on the banks of the Volga River, Kurikov said that things could turn bad.
"Most of Togliatti works for AvtoVAZ," he said. Kurikov's eyes squinted as he continued: "If there are mass layoffs, then our labor unions must organize strikes, and we will come to the streets and speak about our problems."
The prospect of unrest among AvtoVAZ's 102,000 employees has set off alarm bells from Togliatti's city hall to the Kremlin, about 500 miles northwest.
The plight of AvtoVAZ hints at what many say is a crucial weakness of modern Russia: its outdated infrastructure and inefficient, Soviet-legacy companies.
The company produces the Lada, a cheap car originally based on the Fiat that became an emblem of the Soviet Union and is Russia's most popular automotive brand.
Observers have described Togliatti as "Detroit on the Volga," as the automaker grapples with financial difficulty not unlike Ford's, Chrysler's or General Motors', with workers facing layoffs or early retirements.
For Russia's leadership, the implications are profound. Although no one is predicting riots in Togliatti, any hint of trouble in the provinces is seen as an unacceptable challenge to the Kremlin's centralized, authoritarian power.
The prospect of life without a job at AvtoVAZ has left many dazed in the city of about 720,000 people. Once known as Stavropol on the Volga, it was renamed in 1964 for Italian Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti, whose last name is often transliterated here as Tolyatti.
Some workers whose hours have been slashed sit on park benches, their breath smelling of beer or vodka, and stare into space when asked how the layoffs might affect the city.
AvtoVAZ's problems were laid bare after the global financial crisis slammed Russia's economy. Only a year and a half ago, the consulting and financial services firm Ernst and Young predicted that Russia would be Europe's largest car market by 2012. The French carmaker Renault bought a quarter of AvtoVAZ for about $1 billion in 2008, and other Western companies were lining up to get a piece of the action.
Then the recession hit. An August report by an Ernst and Young analyst in Moscow noted predictions that the Russian auto market would be down 50 percent this year.
After producing about 900,000 vehicles last year, including kits sent overseas to be assembled, AvtoVAZ officials said they expect output to fall to about 350,000 in 2009.
Many observers have hinted at the possibility of a massive restructuring.
Taking a cleaver to the company, though, could lead to the sort of social upheaval that the Kremlin has sought to avoid at all costs. In December, riot police were sent 4,000 miles from Moscow to the Far East city of Vladivostok to break up protests against higher tariffs on imported cars.
When reports surfaced about layoffs this summer, and concern began to spread through Togliatti, the company's leadership released a statement carried by government media that said the reports were just rumors. In September, though, AvtoVAZ confirmed that its work force would be reduced from 102,000 to about 75,000.
Togliatti's employment office said that about 19,800 AvtoVaz workers will be employed in public works jobs, such as cleaning public squares, until November, a temporary measure to offset their lower wages.
"Of course it would be very bad if there are a lot of layoffs, the situation would get very bad in the city," said Andrei Petrovsky, who's worked as a welder at the plant for four years.
What does he think will happen? "The heads of the factory say a lot. They promise a lot," Petrovsky said, looking more worried the longer he spoke.
He thought to himself for a moment and then said, "Let me ask you a question, how are things in Detroit?"
There's already been one protest in Togliatti, bringing around 2,000 people to the streets in August, and another one, expected to be much bigger, is planned for this month.
There's a large population for demonstration organizers to draw from: AvtoVAZ employs about one in seven people in Togliatti, and more than one in five of its working-age population.
AvtoVAZ's reach is far greater than just the city -- one senior AvtoVAZ official recently estimated that 3 million jobs in Russia are tied to the company through a long line of affiliated firms or suppliers.
"That's why, I suppose, our government is paying very much attention to the developments over here," said Eduard Vaino, the company's vice president for government and shareholder relations.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last week threatened Renault that if it didn't quickly ante up more investment for AvtoVAZ, its shares would be diluted by the issuing of more stock, risking the value of its $1 billion investment. Putin then declared Monday that the government would never allow AvtoVAZ to collapse.
The company had record losses of $447 million during the first six months of the year, according to state media. It's already received more than $800 million in government support, and has been approved for an additional $400 million.
Despite the rhetorical bluster by Putin and others, critics say that Russia's leadership is largely at fault for not diversifying the economy and helping modernize companies such as AvtoVAZ. During the past decade or so of booming oil and gas exports that brought wealth and prestige, very little was done to revamp a nation still largely stuck in Soviet-era practices.
Other major car firms operate a web of cost-efficient, multinational suppliers, bringing the final parts together at assembly-line plants. AvtoVAZ, however, remains a massive city within a city. There are hundreds of acres with factories to smelt metal, produce plastic and manufacture tools. Until recently, AvtoVAZ oversaw about 100 school buildings and a hockey arena.
"We have a submarine over there," Vaino said Wednesday evening, gesturing out the window of his 22nd-floor office. "How it's related to car manufacturing, no one can say."
The company still oversees, among other things, an extensive bus transport system, a full-sized hospital, and a museum that features helicopters and, yes, a large submarine sitting in the middle of a field.
AvtoVAZ "was constructed in the Soviet era, and it was never meant to be competitive on the open market, much less the global open market," said Andrei Lyapin, a coordinator for the Interregional Trade Union of Automotive Workers in Togliatti. "Togliatti is clearly a bill that someone has to cover. It's much more than a business problem, it's a social problem."
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Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have taken another step toward meeting the demanding cooling needs for the complex internal components found in today's microelectronic devices and systems.
Energy to power electronic devices generates heat, and effectively managing and removing that heat is the subject of work being done by Satish Kandlikar, professor of mechanical engineering in RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering. He introduced micro-structured enhanced boiling surface technology, an enhanced surface technology that consists of advanced high heat flux removal applications using evaporation momentum force.
This technology increases the heat transfer coefficient—the rate at which heat is conducted through materials—in boiling systems. This breakthrough can be advantageous in high heat flux removal applications in industries such as nuclear energy, microprocessors, data centers, refrigeration and military or biomedical applications, he says.
The new surface technology concept was presented at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' recent International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, July 8–12, where Kandlikar was one of the plenary speakers.
"Even though we are making the chips smaller, the heat generated remains the same," Kandlikar says. "By coming up with new techniques, we are able to remove heat efficiently."
As one of the foremost experts in the field of heat transfer and boiling utilizing nano- and micro-technologies, he and his research team have advanced the high heat flux removal process. The developments took place based on better management of vapor removal and liquid influx to the heated surface. This force, called evaporation momentum force, was presented as one of the main features of the boiling phenomena.
"A new non-dimensional number incorporating the evaporation momentum force was introduced," Kandlikar says. "This led to a new record in terms of heat transfer coefficient—a heat flux of over 300 watts per square centimeter—while maintaining the wall superheat below 5 degrees Celsius."
A record heat transfer coefficient of 629,000 watts-per-meter squared per degree Celsius was achieved, while the previous record, set by Kandlikar's group last year, was 280,000.
This concept is comparable to the heat generated by an electric iron being dissipated over an area the size of a human thumbnail, while keeping the temperature below 80 degrees. By better understanding boiling phenomena, and this new pathway, it will make headway into every application where boiling is used, Kandlikar explains.
This new process will lead to power savings because heat can be dissipated with very small temperature differences. The new information extends the boundaries in the field to provide both simultaneous increase in heat flux and reduction in surface temperature, key areas in the field. A patent on this technology is pending.
"We are making boiling a very efficient heat transfer mechanism, again, at micro-scale," Kandlikar says. "At the microscale, boiling is not living up to the promise. We really need to go to macro-scale to understand what is going on. That is going to change the way boiling surfaces are designed."
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Mount Tambora, "The Pompeii Of The East"
Situated near the northern edge of the island of Sumbawa in the West Nusa Tenggara Province, – between the islands of Lombok and Flores, Mount Tambora is known to the world as the site of the largest and most deadly volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Just like Mount Toba in North Sumatra, Mount Tambora is also recognized as one of the world's supervulcanoes. However, if the mega-eruption of Mount Toba – that occurred in the geological past- only left its traces in the massive Lake Toba, Mount Tambora, on the contrary, is still very much active, standing today at a staggering 2,751 meters.
If the mega-eruption of Mount Toba is believed to have plunged the earth into a 6-to-10-years of volcanic winter, and the explosion of Mount Krakatau in 1883 produced the loudest sound ever heard in the world in modern history, the super volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora also created a global episode where following its eruption the previous year, the year 1816 is forever remembered as "The Year Without Summer", resulting in the worst famine of the 19th century.
Its phenomenal eruption in April 1815 left a fascinating 7 Km-wide gaping 6.2 km wide caldera containing a two-colored lake with depths reaching 800 meters, and is considered as the largest caldera in Indonesia. In 2004, archaeologist Haraldur Sigurdsson discovered the preserved bodies of two adults buried in nearly 10 feet of ash in the remnants of a small village on the volcano. The discovery is similar to the one made in the wake of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in the year 79 that destroyed the city of Pompeii, prompting Mount Tambora's nickname to become "the Pompeii of the East".
Today, aside from attracting seismologists, volcanologists, archeologists, biologists, and other scientists, Mount Tambora is also known as a prime destination for mountaineers from all over the globe who enjoy the thrill of conquering its challenging tracks. There are two ascent routes to reach the caldera.
The first route, the Doro Ncanga starts from Doro Mboha Village southeast of the mountain. This route follows a paved road through a cashew plantation until it reaches 1,150 m (3,770 ft) above sea level. The end of this route is the southern part of the caldera at 1,950 m (6,400 ft), reachable by a hiking track. This location is usually used as a base camp to monitor the volcanic activity because it only takes one hour to reach the caldera. The second route starts from Pancasila village northwest of the mountain, known as the Doro Peti is steep. Using the second route, the caldera is accessible only on foot.
The climb to the caldera usually takes two days through dense forests.
On the summit of Mount Tambora, mind-blowing sceneries await. Several parts of the edges of the caldera are beautifully decorated with edelweiss flowers and amazing layers of rocks. An excellent blending view of rugged mountain, astounding lake-caldera, and the vast blue sea on the horizon is truly a glorious prize to gain after hours of challenging hikes.
The marvels of Mount Tambora also lie in the two conservation areas situated at the foot of the mountain. The first is the 18,178.66 hectares Mount Tambora South Wildlife Reserve (Suaka Margasatwa Gunung Tambora Selatan) that offers hilly and mountainous landscapes and steep valleys. Among some of the animals that dwell here are: Wild Boars (Sus scrova scrova), Timorese Deer (Cervus timorensis), White Parrots (Cacatua galarita), Red Chest Perkici (Tricoglosus haematodus mitchelli), and Yellow crowned Parrots (Cacatua sulphurea). With a variety of wildlife, there are many things visitors can enjoy while they are here such as bird watching, Jungle Trekking, Camping, and observing the traditional process of collecting natural honey.
The second is the South Tambora Hunting Park situated south of the Wildlife Reserve. As the name suggests, the site is a perfect place for those who wish to conduct hunting safaris. Here, there are a great number of deer and wild boar running freely, making it an exciting place to hunt. The sensation of aiming and pulling the trigger at the precise moment is truly a one of a kind experience that can be found here.
The accommodation options on and around Mount Tambo itself is obviously limited to tents and camping at the camping grounds or along the mountain track. The nearest town which can offer accommodation and other facilities is the town of Bima.
You can fly to Sumbawa Besar and Bima from Bali (occasionally), from where tours can be arranged to Gunung Tambora. Fights also fly in from Mataram on Lombok in under an hour. Boats serve Port Tano from east Lombok, from where buses take about 5 or 6 hours to reach Dompu, the stop-off point.
To reach Mount Tambora, first you need to get to the village of Pancasila. It is problematic if you want to do this in one day from Sumbawa Besar. If you want to try, take the Sumbawa Besar/Dompu bus very early in the morning and tell the driver you want to go to Calabai/Pancasila. You can try saying in Indonesia: Mau mendaki Tambora (I want to climb Tambora). He will drop you after four to five hours at the tee-intersection from where the road to the right goes to Dompu (about 20 km away) and the road to the left takes you to Calabai. There are regular buses to Calabai but the road is a bit bumpy and the 110 km trip takes 4-5 hours. From Calabai you have to take an ojek (back of a motorcycle) to Pancasila.
It may be wiser and less taxing to go to Dompu, have a good night's rest and make the journey to Calabai/Pancasila the next day. In that way you will arrive in Pancasila reasonably rested. Buy supplies for the trip in Calabai. There are plenty of shops selling noodles, biscuits, fruit, bottled water etc.If you are riding a motorbike/scooter be warned: the road is really pot-holed and you must pay it the respect it's due. Allow six hours for the 130 km Dompu – Pancasila journey.
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AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A lawmaker is demanding financial evidence to support a plan for government-sponsored drug-testing of laid-off-workers.
The bill came up for debate in a legislative committee on Wednesday morning.
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The ubiquitous PATH Train system serves many functions. It is obviously a means of transport for millions of people who need to travel between New York and New Jersey. But it is also a meeting place, where strangers are as likely to share thoughts on books and film as they are opinions about the Jets and Giants.
For Russell Kirk, a sax player/composer and professional jazz musician, the PATH trains were for three years a place of meditation. During this period a few years ago he was studying music at New York University in pursuit of his master's degree, and spending his nights listening to – and occasionally jamming with – some of the city's top jazz musicians. After these gigs he would distill the experiences of the day on his PATH train commute back to the Journal Square condo he shared with his wife.
Like many people who make this journey each day, Kirk said he "had no intention of being in Jersey City and ended up there sort of by accident."
A native of Baltimore, Kirk and his wife had originally planned to move to Brooklyn so he could attend NYU and she could pursue a professional career in the restaurant business.
'Everything in Jersey City…is a big struggle. But with struggle comes great art.' – Russell Kirk
Kirk's struggles to make ends meet while going to school and immersing himself in the New York-North Jersey music scene became the impetus for several strong compositions that he wrote during that period. The result is Kirk's second CD, "To Journal Square," a recording of original jazz tunes that were inspired by Jersey City and the years he spent pondering music on the PATH.
A metaphor
The album includes eight original compositions – fairly mellow and contemplative in mood – that feature Kirk and 10 top-tier jazz musicians who are well-known in the genre. The band featured on the album includes Grammy-winning musician Terri Lyne Carrington on drums. "To Journal Square" was co-produced by Kirk and Greg Osby.
The PATH (path), he said, is a metaphor for life itself.
"It was an interesting feeling [living in Journal Square]," said Kirk, who has a very slight Southern drawl to his accent. A Caucasian who was raised in predominantly African American Baltimore, he said, "There, everywhere I went, everything was 50/50, black and white. I'm a white guy playing jazz. I can play jazz with a group of black guys and not feel like a minority. But in Journal Square it was the first time I felt like a minority – and it was a very interesting feeling because there was all of this diversity. But it wasn't the kind of diversity I was accustomed to."
Homage to diverse community
The Journal Square community is home to many Arab immigrants, South Asians, and Latinos, and has been called the city's most diverse municipal ward. "To Journal Square" is the second album recently to pay homage to this culturally rich community. Last year folk musician and Journal Square resident Robert Albrecht released "A Tale of Two Cities," an album that traced the lives of working class people in Hoboken and Jersey City. The album included several songs that touched on life in and around the Journal Square of old.
Life's path has taken Kirk back to his native Baltimore. When his wife was pregnant with their first son they made the decision to return south to be closer to family and medical services they felt more comfortable with.
But the couple still owns their Journal Square condo, which they rent out, and Kirk still returns to Jersey City periodically to deal with condo business.
"The jazz scene in New York and New Jersey is like no other jazz scene anywhere else – and they're different," Kirk reflected. "The jazz scene in Newark is not the same as the jazz scene in New York. But there's a language they speak there and it was important for me to be a part of that, even if it was for a short time. Because now I can say I've had that exposure."
For the moment, the family, which now includes two sons, has no intention of returning to Jersey City, said Kirk. But, he adds, "You never know. You never know where life's path might take you."
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 5, 2013) - His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to 60 recipients from across the country and various walks of life on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 10 a.m., at Rideau Hall.
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This commemorative medal has been presented over the last year to 60 000 deserving Canadians to celebrate significant contributions and achievements, and to recognize those who, like Her Majesty The Queen, have dedicated themselves to service to their fellow citizens, their community and their country. Additional information about the Diamond Jubilee Medal program is available at www.gg.ca/diamondjubilee.
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Gary Agnew
Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Agnew is Alberta chair of the Canadian Forces Liaison Council. He also provides volunteer leadership and support to many organizations and global causes, including the Calgary Zoological Society.
Deborah Ann Beatty
Toronto, Ontario
Ms. Beatty is being recognized for her lifelong dedication to environmental projects to protect Lake Simcoe and its watershed.
Bonnie Bond
Pugwash, Nova Scotia
Ms. Bond co-founded a successful pewter giftware company that not only features a unique mix of fine handicrafts, but also returns 10% of its profits to charitable organizations.
Lisa Susan Brown, M.S.M.
Toronto, Ontario
Ms. Brown founded Workman Arts, which provides working opportunities to individuals with mental illness. The company, which has received international success, has also hosted global artists at home through the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival.
Melanie Burton
Belleville, Ontario
When she was only 11 years old, Miss Burton created Reading Rocks!, a program that teaches kids to love reading by giving them access to material that suits their age group and encourages them to read.
David and Penny Chapman
Markdale, Ontario
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are the founders of Chapman's Ice Cream, which is today the largest independent ice cream manufacturer in Canada. They have been recognized for their ecological leadership, as their company is the first of its kind in Ontario to have its own wastewater treatment plant.
The medals awarded to David and Penny Chapman will be given to their daughter, Frances Chapman.
The Reverend Father Charles Cheverie
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Active at the University of Prince Edward Island for more than 50 years, Father Cheverie played a key role in the revitalization of traditional fiddling with the younger generation of PEI musicians.
Wendy Crewson
Toronto, Ontario
Ms. Crewson has appeared in many films, TV shows and dramatic series. After winning a Gemini Award for her portrayal of Sue Rodriguez, the right-to-die advocate with ALS, Ms. Crewson became a supporter and spokesperson on behalf of the ALS Society of Alberta.
Anna Jean Currie
Regina, Saskatchewan
Recipient of the 2012 Saskatchewan Junior Citizen of the Year Award, Ms. Currie is to be commended for her inspiring volunteer work with the Regina Food Bank, the International Best Buddies program, and the Jean Vanier swim program through her school.
Jean-François Delisle Roy
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Mr. Delisle Roy is actively involved with people with mental health problems, helping them to overcome obstacles and identify their needs as part of their recovery efforts.
Roxanne Desmarais
Gatineau, Québec
When she was 11 years old, Miss Desmarais recognized a need and created a school lunch program to help some of her classmates. Today, over 400 lunches are provided each month in schools across the region, with help from community organizations and her family.
Judson Deuling
Whitehorse, Yukon
A proud Northerner, Mr. Deuling is a teacher with over 20 years of experience. Among other initiatives, he contributes to the Professional Learning Community Program and he organizes the Yukon Youth Parliament every year.
Dan Dodge
Belleville and Ottawa, Ontario
Mr. Dodge is a global pioneer and a technological visionary. He is the co-creator of the QNX real-time software and is also credited for developing in-car infotainment systems and the world's fastest Internet routers.
Jane Dragon
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Mrs. Dragon is a respected Chipewyan elder. She often speaks at schools and colleges to share her experience and to encourage students to excel in education, culture and sport.
Yvonne Earle
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Ms. Earle is being recognized for her long-time volunteer community work in Iqaluit. She has been involved with the Piviniit Thrift Shop, and the Iqaluit Literacy Program.
Susan Garvey
Ottawa, Ontario
As the executive director of Cornerstone Housing for Women, Ms. Garvey is committed to providing the best possible housing for women who are at risk of being homeless.
Anaïs Gascon-Vaillancourt
Hefei, Anhui, China and Gatineau, Quebec
Recipient of the Governor General's Academic Medal for her academic excellence at the high school level, Miss Gascon-Vaillancourt has gone on to college, where she is studying in the field of health.
Bradley Hall, C.D.
Ottawa, Ontario
Mr. Hall is secretary-general of the Canadian Agency of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He played a vital role in the repatriation of Canada's Unknown Soldier.
Elizabeth Grace Hay
Owen Sound and Ottawa, Ontario
Ms. Hay is a short story writer and novelist who has been nominated twice for the Governor General's Literary Award for Small Change and Garbo Laughs, and later won the Giller Prize for Late Nights on Air.
Aaron Hernandez
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
The music of this hip-hop artist inspires youth to work hard, never give up, have pride in themselves, make positive choices and strive to achieve their dreams.
Colleen Jones
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ms. Jones gained worldwide recognition for skipping her team to two women's world curling championships and an unprecedented four consecutive Tournament of Hearts national titles.
Oliver T. Jones, O.C., C.Q.
Montréal, Quebec
An accomplished musician, Mr. Jones continues to inspire new generations of artists. He is one of Canada's best jazz musicians of all times.
Gregory Kane
Ottawa, Ontario
Mr. Kane is an accomplished lawyer and a respected professor of law. He has been successful in his business ventures and generous with his volunteer commitments.
Rebecca Khoury
Montréal, Quebec
Sensei Rebecca Khoury has been president of Karate Canada since 2008. She is a five-time national champion and has competed around the world, bringing great honour to Canada.
Sergent Nicole Laperle
Cornwall and Ottawa, Ontario
Sergeant Laperle is being recognized today for her exemplary clerical work throughout her career in the Canadian Forces and for her remarkable leadership and dedication during charity campaigns.
Suzie LeBlanc
Edmundston, New Brunswick and Toronto, Ontario
Soprano Suzie LeBlanc has given numerous concerts in Europe, North America and Japan. She also founded the Académie Baroque de Montréal, which promotes baroque music.
Sébastien Lefebvre and Jean-François Stinco
Montréal, Quebec
The popular rock group Simple Plan, to which Mr. Lefebvre and Mr. Stinco belong, is concerned about problems facing youth. Through its foundation, the group promotes music as a stimulating way for young people to find their passion and purpose in life, avoid street gangs and stay in school.
The medals awarded to Pierre Bouvier, Charles Comeau and David Desrosiers will be presented to them at a later date.
Raymond Reed Ludwig
Medstead, Saskatchewan
Mr. Ludwig has greatly supported fundraising campaigns promoting prostate cancer research and men's mental health, recently raising close to $100,000 for the Movember campaign.
Robert Lunney
Winnipeg, Manitoba and Toronto, Ontario
Now retired, Chief Lunney has been a true leader in policing for more than 40 years, having namely served with the RCMP, the cities of Edmonton and Winnipeg, and as president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
Sandra Yuen MacKay
Vancouver, British Columbia
Ms. MacKay is a visual artist and writer. Having overcome great obstacles herself, she is now an advocate and spokesperson for mental health issues.
Steven MacLean, M.S.M.
Ottawa, Ontario and St-Hubert, Quebec
As one of Canada's astronauts and former president of the Canadian Space Agency, Dr. MacLean has promoted Canada's space program on the national and international stage.
Lenora Marcellus
Victoria, British Columbia
A registered nurse, Dr. Marcellus advocates for substance-exposed mothers and newborns. She also provides training on infant care for foster parents and caregivers.
Alice Milmore
Maniwaki, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario
Ms. Milmore, a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion for more than 50 years. She has also assisted at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony for more than three decades.
Master Warrant Officer Keith Paul Mitchell, C.V., M.S.M., C.D.
LaSalle, Quebec and Kentville, Nova Scotia
Master Warrant Officer Mitchell is one of only 20 Canadians to have been awarded the Cross of Valour, Canada's highest decoration for bravery. The search and rescue technician jumped into freezing Arctic waters to provide aid to a critically ill fisherman onboard a ship.
Fire Chief Bruce Montone
Ottawa and Windsor, Ontario
Fire Chief Montone has been a firefighter for more than 30 years and has greatly contributed to the profession. Formerly Ottawa's deputy fire chief, he now heads the Windsor Fire Department.
Clive Morris
Stittsville, Ontario
As a veteran of the Royal Air Force, Mr. Morris has served on the Royal Canadian Legion Ritual and Awards Committee, and has assisted at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony for more than 20 years.
Tammy Nelson
Kingston, Ontario
Highly regarded as a traditional Elder, Mrs. Nelson is a positive influence and an outstanding role model for the Aboriginal youth in her community.
Seamus O'Regan
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and Toronto, Ontario
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Jonathan Palluq
Clyde River, Nunavut
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Major George Pearce, C.D. (Ret'd)
Brighton, Ontario
For some 21 years, Major Pearce co-hosted Remembrance Day televised broadcasts and other military anniversaries. His commentaries have helped Canadians better understand the contributions of our veterans during conflicts.
James Ross
Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
As entrepreneur and former chief of the Teet'lit Gwich'in Council, Mr. Ross has developed initiatives to create jobs, as well as educational and cultural opportunities, for the Fort McPherson community.
Miriam Schlanger
Toronto, Ontario
Mrs. Schlanger is recognized for her involvement with Toronto's Out of the Cold program and other charities. She also holds fundraisers in her home to support charitable organizations in Israel.
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Montréal and St-Laurent, Quebec
Former professor of civil engineering at McGill University, Professor Selby gave many years of volunteer service to the Welcome Hall Mission, in Montréal, helping those looking for a shelter and a chance to rebuild their lives.
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Sainte-Julie, Quebec
A long-time member of the Canadian Olympic Committee's board of directors, Mr. Sieber has also served on the Candidature Acceptance Working Group, which reviews and analyzes Olympic bids before recommendations are made to the International Olympic Committee.
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Port Chester, New York, U.S.A. and Toronto, Ontario
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Bronxville, New York, U.S.A. and Toronto, Ontario
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Michael Smith
Fortune and Souris, Prince Edward Island
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Pictou County and Stellarton, Nova Scotia
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The Right Reverend D. Ralph Spence
Hamilton, Ontario
Bishop Spence, one of Canada's heralds extraordinary, shares his passion by speaking to youth groups and new Canadians about the history of Canada's symbols, the importance of public service, and volunteerism.
Iain Tait
Windsor and Ottawa, Ontario
Mr. Tait is the international commissioner for Scouts Canada and chair of the International Committee. In addition to doing international development work, Mr. Tait is a member of the Ottawa Police Pipe Band.
Daniel Taylor
Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario
Professor Taylor is a countertenor and the head of Early Music at the University of Toronto. He is also artistic director and conductor of the choir and orchestra of the Theatre of Early Music, which performs more than 30 concerts every year all over the world.
Stella Torontow
Ottawa, Ontario
Ms. Torontow is actively involved in business development, as well as health and cultural activities in Ottawa. Among many endeavours, she has greatly contributed to the creation of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Women's Health Centre of Ottawa.
Cora Tsouflidou
Caplan and Ste-Thérèse, Quebec
Ms. Tsouflidou is the president and founder of Chez Cora restaurants. She also operates a foundation to help improve the lives of Canadian children.
The Honourable Richard Wagner
Montréal, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario
Justice Wagner was appointed to the position of puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in October 2012. He has greatly contributed to the judicial system, namely in Quebec and has been recognized for spearheading the Centre d'accès à l'information juridique (CAIJ) for members of the profession.
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Leduc and Edmonton, Alberta
Firefighter and chair of the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal Program Advisory Committee, Mr. West has greatly contributed to the profession and now shares his expertise in planning for and responding to emergencies as fire commissioner of Alberta.
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London, Ontario
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Just days after their rivals at IDC published reports about smartphone and tablet market share, the analysts at Gartner weighed in on the future of these smart devices in business. And the firm says that with tablet shipments to businesses tripling by 2016, Microsoft is set to own 39 percent of the market.
(The Gartner report concerns business usage only. I previously covered IDC's market share reports in "IDC: Android Tablets Surge, Take iPad Down a Notch" and "IDC: Android Utterly Dominates the Smartphone Market." Those reports encompassed the entire worldwide market—consumer and business—for those products.)
"For most businesses, smartphones and tablets will not entirely replace PCs, but the ubiquity of smartphones and the increasing popularity of tablets are changing the way businesses look at their device strategies and the way consumers embrace devices," Gartner VP Carolina Milanesi said in a release regarding the rise of smart devices. "In 2016, two-thirds of the mobile workforce will own a smartphone, and 40 percent of the workforce will be mobile."
The Gartner data is a bit hard to parse, because the release moves back and forth between discussions of smartphones and tablets. The firm claims that Google's Android OS will control 56 percent of the business market for smartphones by 2016, up from 34 percent this year. And 53 million tablets will be sold to businesses in 2016, up from 13 million this year.
Windows 8 will take the number-three spot in the business tablet market by 2016, Gartner says, presumably behind Android and iOS (and presumably including Windows RT). But if you factor in other ultra-mobile devices—hybrid PCs, essentially—Windows' share rises to 39 percent by 2016, Gartner claims (and, I assume, rises to at least second place). The firm doesn't provide figures for Android or iOS, so it's unclear how that compares with the competition.
It is perhaps instructive to compare what Gartner is saying with a recent Forrester report that concluded that Microsoft, Google, and Apple would essentially divvy up the market for so-called personal computing devices—smartphones, tablets, and PCs—by 2016, with Microsoft dominating in PCs, in a three-way tie for tablets, and well behind the others in smartphones. I wrote about this report in "Embracing a More Heterogeneous Future."


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Flora of the Yellowstone Region
Mobile app puts identification of over 391 wildflowers, trees, and grasses at your fingertips
The app is the brainchild of Whitney Tilt, Bozeman conservationist and co-founder of High Country Apps, which offers a library of mobile apps for outdoors lovers. Tilt developed a curiosity about plants while working on his family's ranch in Idaho in the 1970s. He brought that knowledge and curiosity with him to Bozeman when he settled here years ago, and found himself asking, "Am I crazy, or is there no decent field guide to this region?"
Tilt went on to write that guide, Flora of Montana's Gallatin Region, Greater Yellowstone's Northwest Corner, then teamed up with a software developer to create the app. Tilt believes that while a digital app might seem counterintuitive to some nature enthusiasts, it's a great way to connect with kids – who are increasingly immersed in the digital world – while out hiking together. Also, "A hike is more fun when you know what you're looking at," says Tilt.
For Tilt, his hope is for everyone to get outside and develop a love of the land. "The only way Yellowstone and the surrounding wilderness will be well managed in the future is if we have people outside experiencing them," he says. And because the app and its data are stored directly on the mobile device, it can be used with or without a data connection, making it useful in the backcountry where cell coverage is often absent. Also, unlike a book, Tilt periodically adds new flowers and plants to the app, offered to purchasers as free download updates.
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Heirloom Home Platters by Cam-Rock Clay Works are personalized and custom hand-painted works of art. Each personalized pottery piece is hand-poured, hand-finished, and kiln-fired before being sent to the decorating process. Using the photography provided by the customer, the artists will hand-paint your home in your choice of cobalt blue or forest green onto this 12.5 inch earthenware plate. Each beautiful platter, signed by the artist, makes a memorable wedding, anniversary, or holiday gift.
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Testing of samples is generally performed as described below.
A screening analysis is performed for both ethanol and drugs if both types of testing are requested. Confirmation testing is performed for all positive screening results. If testing for ethanol and drugs is requested, the testing will be performed in parallel. As such, individual reports will be issued for the ethanol and drug testing. Drug testing usually takes longer for completion than the ethanol testing; therefore, ethanol reports will normally be issued before the drug report. If additional testing is requested, after the original toxicology report has been issued, a second report will be issued containing the results from the additional testing. If there is not enough sample to complete the confirmation testing, the result for the group will be QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient).
The Department of Toxicology provides toxicology reports to contributors and prosecutors online through a secure online program called iResults. Reports on cases received after September 25, 2011 are available in iResults. For reports on cases prior to September 25, 2011, please contact the Department. The Department does not routinely distribute toxicology reports by mail. A general overview on the use of iResults is available using the link below. In iResults, search requests by individual are all under the selectable criteria "subject name". In cases where analysis has been outsourced, results received after April 1, 2014 are available by clicking the view related images "Mona Lisa" icon. For outsourced reports prior to April 1, 2014, please contact the Department.


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People who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk for developing tuberculosis (TB). Their risk for TB doubles in the first year they developed the HIV infection.footnote 1
If they have latent TB, which cannot be spread to others, they are at risk for the infection becoming an active disease, which can be spread to others. Active TB in the lungs also is more likely to spread to other parts of the body (extrapulmonary TB) in people who have HIV infection than in people who do not have it.
Both active and latent TB are sometimes difficult to diagnose in people who also are infected with HIV or who have AIDS.
- TB skin tests sometimes do not detect an infection in people who have AIDS or HIV infection even when they have TB. This is because their immune systems often do not work well enough to respond to a skin test.
- Active TB symptoms may be similar to common AIDS symptoms (weight loss, night sweats, fever, and fatigue).
- Some lung infections common in AIDS, such as Pneumocystis pneumonia, may mask the signs of TB on chest X-rays.
Tuberculosis can be the first sign of an HIV infection or AIDS.
- When people are diagnosed with active or latent TB, they should have a test for HIV.
- When people are diagnosed with HIV, they also should have a test for TB.
Active TB may speed the progression of HIV in people who are infected with both diseases and also may increase their risk of dying from the HIV infection. People who have both diseases may be at increased risk for developing multidrug-resistant TB. For these reasons, it is important to promptly treat people who have HIV infection and TB. With treatment, latent and active TB usually can be cured in people who have HIV or AIDS.
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President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.
The official U.S. figures of number of strikes and estimated deaths remain classified.
But, according to the New America Foundation which maintains a database of the strikes, the CIA and the military have carried out an estimated 416 drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, resulting in 3,364 estimated deaths, including militants and civilians. The Associated Press also has reported a drone strike in Somalia in 2012 that killed one.
The think tank compiles its numbers by combining reports in major news media that rely on local officials and eyewitness accounts.
Strikes in Pakistan spiked in 2010 under Obama to 122. But the number has dropped to 12 so far this year. Strikes were originally carried out with permission of the Pakistani government of Pervez Musharraf, though subsequent Pakistani governments have demanded strikes cease. Most of those killed by the strikes in Pakistan are militants, according to the New America Foundation database.
The CIA and the military have carried out some 69 strikes in Yemen, with the Yemeni government's permission.
2002 - Up to 10 killed in 1 strike in Yemen
2003 - None.
2004 - Up to 7 killed 1 strike in Pakistan
2005 - Up to 15 killed 3 strikes in Pakistan
2006 - Up to 94 killed 2 strikes in Pakistan
2007 - Up to 63 killed 4 strikes in Pakistan
2008 - Up to 301 killed 37 strikes in Pakistan
2009 - Up to 634 killed in 56 strikes in Pakistan and Yemen
2010 - Up to 855 killed in 123 strikes in Pakistan and Yemen
2011 - Up to 647 killed 87 strikes in Pakistan and Yemen
2012 - Up to 621 killed in 81 strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
2013 - Up to 118 killed in 22 strikes in Pakistan and Yemen
Total estimated strikes: 417
Total estimated deaths, including militants and civilians: 3,365
Source: New America Foundation and AP reporting.


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About Us
Gruppo Navarra has decided to produce and sell it's products only in its stores; this was a winning choise that has allowed the group to become a leader in its market.
The new and exciting challenge starts with the last megastore located in Capodichino (Naples), with over 1500 mq of exhibition space. Today, the company has 3 factories, 3 megastores and 10 showrooms in Campania region.
The production
Renew Us continually respecting the environment this, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of the Gruppo Navarra that, since its origins, aims to offer the charm of craftsmanship and innovative industrial systems.
Navarra Group now offers even window frames of the highest quality, made with PVC and aluminum / wood, in full compliance with the strictest environmental regulations and complying with the tax advantages offe...
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100% Made in Italy, from raw materials to manufacturing and also:
Water-based paint
We produce everything from clew to the bead
The panels follow the strict European standards for reduced formaldehyde emission
Best quality / price ratio
Its own distribution network with its showrooms and direct sellers throughout Italy
Style, innovation and elegance
We deliver in a short time
You can visit our production plants in San Salvatore Telesino (BN).
And finally - Solid wood - Swarovski - Veneer:
- Frame Assembly and Finishing round as standard
- Brass handles as standard
- Casket doors with lock as standard
Our products
VenerePantographed: made exclusively on honeycomb panels plated with MDF of thickness 8 mm on the side, and this thickness is crucial as the pantograph assumes an important aspect: the picture is in fact more visible over machining of MDF 6 mm.
Lacquered: lacquer exclusively with RAL, there are available 11 standard colors. We can make lacquer in different colors on request. The finish is matte panel thickness is 4.4 cm. The frames and architraves series of solid spruce, on request can be supplied straight and square Venere.
Our services
Technical surveys
We carry out technical surveys throughout Italy with our direct surveyors.
We deliver anywhere
We deliver with our trucks or, if in small quantities, with forwarding agents. The packaging is specially designed for lifting others.
Workmanlike installation
We take care of first-person installation of our products with highly qualified staff.
Finally, we offer a great after-sales service.
We are pleased to announce the opening of the new showroom of Avellino
Shroom Avellino located on the street Morelli and ...
Celebrate with us the opening of new stores Secondigliano (Na) Saturday, April 25 extraordinary opening of all the showrooms
Saturday, April 25 extraordinary opening of all the showrooms with times from 9:00 to 13:00
Celebrate with us the opening of new stores Portici (Na) and Pozzuoli (Na)
Portici (Na) 80055 Via L.Bianchi n. 30, 32, 34 e 36, Tel. 081 0505102 (Near the exit of Portici) e Pozzuoli (Na) 80078 Via Pergolesi n. 144, Tel. 081 19248965 (Scenic descent that goes to the temple of Serapis)
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(+39) 081 7597271 - 7596791
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Where we areMain office and showroom:
Via Stadera n. 37/39/41 a/b/c
(Palazzo Navarra) - 80143 Napoli (NA)
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The production
Renew Us continually respecting the environment this, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of the Gruppo Navarra that, since its origins, aims to offer the charm of craftsmanship and innovative industrial systems.
Navarra Group now offers even window frames of the highest quality, made with PVC and aluminum / wood, in full compliance with the strictest environmental regulations and complying with the tax advantages offered in terms of energy savings.
Today the Gruppo Navarra offers to its customers a large choice of models and colors of doors and windows and numerous technical solutions, lacquered doors, decorated doors and etched doors, realized also with custom measures, incisions, inserts and original Swarovski applications. All the doors are meticulous in details.
We search incessantly modern and functional materials for example the melamine coating resistant to external and environmental forces and is the perfect combination of functionality and beauty, the coating wood veneer that is a valid alternative in terms of quality and convenience and can shed light on all the wood's characteristics (warmth, naterualness of the grain, color tone, etc.).
The top of the range is represented by the solid doors obtained from the procssing of an single block of wood.
The Gruppo Navarra has great success thanks to its numbers: 3 production plants for 30.000 mq total, 13 direct showrooms and 300 store throughout Italy,
30 company vehicles, 80.000 doors produced each years, 100 employees each of which is part of a dynamic and pleasant work environment where to grow professionally.
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CasertaVia Nazionale Appia, 65/67 - Casagiove. Aperto dalle 09:00 alle 13:30 Il pomeriggio dalle 16:00 alle 20:00 Cava dè Tirreni (Sa) - Secondo negozioCava dei Tirreni ,Via XXV Luglio, n.68, � Tel. 089 2962513
AvellinoVia Morelli e Silvati, n.68, 78 Tel. 0825 561616
Cava dè Tirreni (Sa)Via XXV Luglio, n.45, 57 Uscita Autostrada A3 Cava dei Tirreni � Tel. 089 2962513 Secondigliano (Na)Corso Secondigliano n�133, 80144 Aperto dalle 09:00 alle 13:30 il pomeriggio dalle 16:00 alle 20:00. Portici (Na)Portici (Na) 80055 Via L.Bianchi n. 30, 32, 34 e 36, Tel. 081 0505102 (Nei Pressi dell'uscita autostradale di Portici). Pozzuoli (Na)Pozzuoli (Na) 80078 Via Pergolesi n. 144, Tel. 081 19248965 (Discesa panoramica che và al tempio di Serapide) Nuova apertura: 4� Megastore Gruppo Navarra (a Villaricca)presso Via Circumvallazione Provinciale di Napoli, 295 - 80010 Villaricca (NA). A 200 metri dalla rotonda principale di Villaricca in direzione centro commerciale Auchan,1000 mq e oltre 100 prodotti in esposizione tra cui anche infissi, 14 vetrine, consulenza tecnica sul posto, baby parking, parcheggio esclusivo custodito. La Boutique (zona Vomero)Negozio a tre piani presso via Cilea 333, Vomero (NA) Via Oreste Salomone, 43-45 80144 Napoli (zona Capodichino)Tel. 081/7510793 Via Stadera, 37/39/41 a/b/c NapoliTel. 0817599642 Fax. 0817594309 Vico del Lavatoio, s.n.c. (Pressi Via Marina) - 80142 NapoliTel. 081 268773 Stabilimento 1 Via Cese Nove n'23 - 82030 S. Savatore Telesino BeneventoTel. 0824947445 Stabilimento 2 Via Selva di Sotto - 82030 S. Salvatore Telesino BenenventoTel.0824/947445 - Fax. 0824/947532 Stabilimento 2 Infissi Pvc e Alluminio LegnoStabilimento 2 produzione d'Infissi Pvc e Alluminio Legno Via Selva di Sotto - 82030 S. Salvatore Telesino Benenvento Tel. 0824/947532 Nuova Apertura Stabilimento 2 showroomsStabilimento 2 Showroom produzione e vendita in loco. Via Selva di Sotto - 82030 S. Salvatore Telesino Benenvento Tel. 0824/947532
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