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By now you probably heard, most likely on The Drudge Report, about the ten-year old girl in Finland, who had her laptop confiscated by mean old police because she downloaded some music illegally and her father, Aki Wequ Nylund, made a post about it how horrible the mean old people who support artists rights are because it's like a ten year old girl, man, and you're stealing her laptop and stop the insanity!
Of course we heard the news through the objective and not one-sided at all Torrent Freak Blog.
But thankfully the very objective and not one-sided at all Pirate Bay promised her VIP status, so I guess it means she can steal music at a faster rate or something. And someone else, an anonymous benefactor, donated a laptop to replace the one the evil police took.
Notice how there are very few named in this story? Also the enforcement people, the anti-piracy people who want to ensure artists get paid for their work? Nary a mention, nor a quote. Are journalists lazy or what? Even for the interest of the story, wouldn't you want to know how an organization would allow this to happen?
I got in touch with Jaana Pihkala, Deputy Director and Senior Legal Advisor For The Copyright Information and Piracy Center or CIAPC (i.e. the people in question) to find out what exactly was going on from their POV. Here is what Pihkala told me:
CIAPC represents a wide range of rights holders in Finland, including the music sector, who have appointed CIAPC to work against piracy.
In October 2011, popular Finnish artist Chisu's new album "Kun valaistun" was released. CIAPC monitored the initial illegal file-sharing of the album on Pirate Bay. CIAPC did not monitor mere downloading of the album (which seems to be the common misconception in the media). However, the BitTorrent technology usually works so that the person downloading a file is automatically also sharing it to other downloaders.
A complete evidence package was gathered from 67 file-sharers using Finnish IP-addresses. In 28 cases, CIAPC sent the evidence to the District Court of Helsinki, asking for a court order that obligates the illegal file-sharers' Internet Service Provider to reveal CIAPC the contact details of the Internet account holder behind the IP-address.
The request for the court order is based on the Finnish Copyright Act Section 60a . Before giving the order, the District Court verifies from the evidence package that the copyright infringement has occurred from the mentioned IP addresses as stated by the applicants.
CIAPC then sent a letter to 28 people. The letter states that a copyright infringement has been noticed from the Internet account holder's IP address. It also tells possible consequences of copyright infringements in general and the account holder is kindly asked to contact CIAPC in order to discuss the matter. During these discussions, a settlement is proposed if deemed justified.
In the case in question, the father refused to settle the copyright infringement with the rights holders, so CIAPC had no other option than to ask the police to investigate the circumstances of the file-sharing.
CIAPC, the District Court or the ISP cannot know the details – for example the age – of the person who used the BitTorrent client behind a household's IP address at the time of the surveillance. In fact, CIAPC still doesn't know who used the BitTorrent client in the case in question, as it is still under police investigation. It was the father of the 10-year-old girl who publicly stated that he instructed his daughter how to find the album online.
CIAPC can only act within the boundaries of the current law which does not permit rights holders to tackle illegal piracy in more efficient and softer ways. CIAPC and the music sector has presented the matter to the government and suggested a graduated response program where ISPs would send education notices to Internet users who distributed files without permission. Such measures have been successful outside Finland but the Finnish government has not yet taken steps to ensure that such a program could be introduced to enable rights holders to pursue a more proportionate approach to fighting piracy.
So there you go. You'll either agree, or you won't. At least now you know the other side of the story.
But wait! There's moar! This is the best part. Believe me, you'll love this. Chisu, the artist the ten year old's father showed how to steal her album on a torrent site, came out on her Facebook wall saying that while she supports artist's rights, she doesn't support this kind of punishment.
You'd think her Facebook fans-- you know, the ones who actively liked her page in order to make comments-- would want to say something positive about her stance. After all, isn't it her right to make a living? The people who commented in English (and I'm willing to bet from their names, they aren't Finnish, or live in Finland, or understand Finnish without the help of Facebook's horrible Bing translator) didn't. As evidenced by the above photo. I don't know about the Finnish comments but in English this is what is being posted on her page.
This is modern copyright discourse: Someone who has fooled themselves into believing once it's online it's merely '0's and 1's, except you know, you can sing along to it. Because you see, calling it by another name means it's okay. And two other people have nothing to contribute except launching personal attacks against her, as if she had anything to do with the whole thing.
Keep it classy, Freehadists!
It is entrapment no matter which way you turn the page. You just can't put a stack of CDs in the middle of a square and leave them overnight not expecting people to 'find' them. If they take one they are merely picking up what was left there. Besides, in 2009 a court hearing in canada revealed that about 40% of music leaked online through file sharing networks was done purposely by the record companys as part of their campagne. They created a precedent to download illegally by doing this.
Thereby, I found most song of the album by Chisu on YouTube, released through official channels. They are the same creative copyright, the same 1/0s. Better they make a damn good argument.
Entrapment? Seriously now in criminal law, entrapment is conduct by a law enforcement agent inducing a person to commit an offense that the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit. This is more like a sting operation. "a person would not be a victim of entrapment if the person was ready, willing and able to commit the crime charged in the indictment whenever opportunity was afforded, and that government officers or their agents did no more than offer an opportunity." (source) The person in the household (9-year old girl or whomever) has two options. One is to buy the album on iTunes/Google Play/Spotify/Amazon. The other is a free Bittorrent download. The person chose the torrent download, and also seeded that same file for hours on end. Not entrapment. It's not like she was coerced into robbing a bank or "we'll shoot this puppy" here.
As if the artist is the one earning. Adland is as sick as the music industry. This pretty sums up my thoughts: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/music_industry
Apologies, AnonymousCoward above, I'm just responding to your comment here : As if the artist is the one earning..., you see, I have seen this argument before, the one that insinuates that the Record Company Industry are raking home the earnings of talented artists, without ever nurturing artists, seeking out new artists, or in other ways investing their earnings in artists and their creative work.
So sure, lets go with that thought - artists aren't getting enough dough from Big Bad Music Industry™, so lets not pay music industry, goes the logic. And instead of having an industry like the established music one, artists are left to fend for themselves on the internet while locker-box creators like Kim Dotcom's of the world, rake home the cash on various levels of premium pay levels and countless spots for banner ads... without ever investing in any new artists or extending retainers for artists working on new albums.
What I see here is the warped logic that: Artists should not make any money, reign on the internet today. Or artists shouldn't be making money off their artistic work, rather on other areas such as sales of T-shirts, commissioned (commercial) work, and having their videos sponsored by car & cellphone makers. I simply disagree. Not every bit of music is suitable for a Chevrolet ad, and I doubt the Penguin Cafe Orchestra , for example, could survive and hone their skills on t-shirt sales at concerts.
You downloading it for fee doesn't mean that someone isn't making money off it, there's money being made regardless. The real shame lies in the fact that this someone isn't the creator of the work we are enjoying.
If the artists decides to release their work for free, and ask people to download and donate whatever to them that's their choice. If they instead decide to sign with a record label who will not allow you to download for free, that too is their choice. You don't have the right to make that call for them.
(That youtube link is making my point, A random youtube user, NOT Penguin Cafe Orchestra, has uploaded their song, and opted in to sharing the revenue for that pre-roll ad, so now Random Youtube User and Google are making a bit of cash on you listening to a skilled groups work. They however get zip, nada, nilch. Not even enough money to buy a new string if they need it.)
And last but not least: when saying "Adland" in that manner, while on adland, the registered trademark website, it sounds like you're talking about us and not the advertising industry in general. Not cool bro.


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Nov 11, 2012
AMHERST, Mass. (courtesy Amherst College) - Six different players factored into the scoring to lead Brandeis University to a 3-0 victory over Lasell College in an NCAA Second Round game on Hitchcock Field.
With the win the Judges improved to 15-4-2 on the season and advance to face Cortland State in the sectional semifinals next Saturday at Ithaca College while the Lasers close out the season with a 15-5-1 mark.
Moving into the attacking third in the 13th minute, sophomore Dara Spital (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) headed down a cross at the top of the 18, playing an oncoming Sapir Edalati (Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South) on the left side of the box. Beating Laser goalkeeper Ashley Parrelli '13 to the ball, Edalati, a sophomore, chipped a shot into the left corner past a sliding Lasell defender to put the Judges on the board. It was her seventh goal of the season.
Generating a scoring opportunity just over two minutes later, the Lasers' Bridget Lynch '15 served a cross to twin sister Kayla Lynch '15, but senior netminder Francine Kofinas (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West) made the save on the ensuing header to preserve the lead.
Hoping to add to the tally in the 29th minute, Spital created space in the box before putting a low shot on net, but Parrelli made a diving stop to keep Lasell within one. With just over a minute left before the half, Mathilde Robinson (Palmetto Bay, Fla. / Miami Palmetto) sent a cross from the right side across the face of the goal. Making a run toward the backpost, Melissa Darling (Weymouth, Mass. / Weymouth) got a foot on the volley, but pushed the try wide left, narrowly missing a chance to double the Brandeis lead.
Staying aggressive to start the second, rookie Sara Isaacson (Medfield, Mass. / Medfield) made a move down the right side before floating a cross to the opposite field. All alone on the left side of the box, junior Madeline Stein (Mount Kisco, N.Y. / Fox Lane) settled the pass before slipping a low shot under the keeper to make it 2-0.
Earning a corner in the 60th minute, sophomore Alyssa Fenenbock (Upper Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands Regional) served a ball toward the far post, finding the head of rookie back Haley Schachter (West Barnstable, Mass. / West Barnstable), who headed the Judges' third marker into the right corner. It was Schachter's second goal of the tournament.
Brandeis finished with a 16-9 shot advantage, while Lasell held a 6-2 edge in corners. Kofinas made three saves in the win, while Parrelli made four stops in the loss.

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NICOSIA, Cyprus, January 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
The INBusiness Awards 2012 took place for the fifth consecutive year at the Hilton Park Hotel in Nicosia. A total of 12 awards were presented to companies, business practices, products, and people that are leading the local and international business community. Hellenic Bank, MTN, Chivas and TFI Markets sponsored the event. Chrysanthos Tsouroullis coordinated the event while the entertaining part was undertaken by the internationally renowned soprano Katerina Mina .
The winners of the event are as follows:
New Product / Service Award
Managed Print Services, Demstar Information Group
Recipient: Stelios Kolokasides, CEO Demstar Information Group
Presenters: Marios Mavridis , an economist and member of the Democratic Rally and Thanos Chronopoulos , Chief Marketing Officer of MTN
Industry / Manufacturing Award
Vitatrace Nutrition
Recipient: Christodoulos Angastiniotis , CEO Vitatrace Nutrition
Presenters: Filios Zachariades, President of the Federation of Employers and Industrialists and Marios Tsiakkis, Secretary General of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Services Award
Intercollege Global Training
Recipient: Odysseus Christodoulou, CEO of Intercollege Globaltraining
Presenters: Demetra Kalogirou , President of the CySEC and Lucas Marangos , CEO of TFI Markets.
SMBs Award
NIPD Genetics
Recipient: Philip Patsalis , CEO of NIPD Genetics
Presenters: Philokypros Andrew, President of the Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Dinos Lefkaritis, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Larnaca
Manager Award
Recipient: John Lysandros, CEO, PHC Franchised Restaurants Public
Presenter: Haris Georgiades and Fotis Fotiou , Spokesperson DISY and DIKO respectively.
Best Workplace Award
Recipient: Christis Christoforou , Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte
Presenter: Dimitris Syllouris, president of EVROKO and Vasilis Petridis , CEO Laiko Cosmos Trading Ltd
Corporate Social Responsibility
Lanitis Group
Recipient: Platon Lanitis , Chairman of the Board of Lanitis E.C. Holdings Ltd
Presenter: Sophocles Aletraris, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment and Pambos Papageorgiou, AKEL MP
Business Individual who excels internationally
Recipient: Chris Lazari , President, Lazari Investments
Presenter: Andreas Papanicolaou , Director of Marketing Services, Public Relations & Cultural Activities Group Hellenic Bank and Koufaris George, President of Cyprus Stock Exchange.
Editor's Choice Award
FxPro Financial Services
Recipient: Dennis Sukhotin, Executive Chairman of the Board
Presenter: Daphne Tang , General Manager and Elena Leondiou, Director of Media Department IMH.
Business Award
Recipient: Konstantinos Pittas, Head of Sales on non-European Federation
Presenter: Makis Keravnos, Chief Executive Officer of Hellenic Group and Vassos Shiarly, Finance Minister.
Young Business Leader Award (In memory of Andy Hadjicostis )
Recipient: Alexis Fotiades , CEO, Fotos Fotiadis Distributors
Presenter: Constantinos Ioannou , member of the Board of IMH and Alexis Nickolas , General Manager of Sigma TV.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Recipient: Kikis Lefkaritis, Executive Chairman of the Board, Petrolina (Holdings) Public Ltd and Chairman of the Lefkariti Group of Companies
Presenter: Dr. Andreas Panayiotou , President of the Board of Directors at Hellenic Bank and Neoclis Sylikiotis, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.
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The Beryl project has often been criticised as being nothing more than eyecandy for the sake of eyecandy. However, there are numerous features in Beryl which could improve usability and workflow. In this series of three articles, some of the new usability features in Beryl 0.2.0 are highlighted and explained (article I, article II, and article III).


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Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations Articles
Learn how to improve nursing colleague and patient relations. allnurses.com staff along with the community will offer advice on handling difficult patient/client encounters. Find ideas on improving patient/client interactions, ways to de-escalate situations, how to improve nursing and healthcare work relationships and foster teamwork.


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Ageism and Retirement
Lynn McDonald
Retirement is a modest social institution that appeared in most industrialized nations near the start of the 20th century. The aim of retirement was to solve the societal dilemma of an increasingly aged labor force by moving older workers systematically out of their jobs so as to not cause them financial harm (Atchley, 1980, p. 264). Although retirement has been considered benign since its inception, the history of retirement indicates that it is one of the main progenitors of ageism in society today (Atchley, 1982, 1993; Haber & Gratton, 1994; McDonald, 2013; Walker, 1990). Retirement and its accompanying stereotypes have been used as a tool for the management of the size and composition of the labor force contingent on the dictums of current markets in any given historical era. Ever-changing ideologies about older adults that extend from negative to positive ageism have been utilized by business, government, the public, and the media to support whatever justification is required in a particular era, with little thought to the harm perpetrated on older adults. Unfortunately, society has subscribed to these justifications en masse, including older adults themselves. In this article the ageism embedded in retirement is examined to make what is implicit explicit to social work practitioners and policymakers in the field of aging.
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Prevention
Flavio F. Marsiglia, David Becerra, and Jaime M. Booth
Prevention is a proactive science-based process that aims to strengthen existing protective factors and to diminish or eliminate other factors that put individuals, families, and communities at risk for substance abuse. Prevention is important because alcohol and drug abuse are a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and health expenditures in the United States. Alcohol and other drug abuse is also associated with infectious diseases, chronic diseases, emergency room visits, newborn health problems, family violence, and auto fatalities. The comorbidity of drug and alcohol abuse with mental health disorders and HIV adds urgency to the development, evaluation, and implementation of comprehensive and effective prevention interventions. The social work profession plays a key role in substance abuse prevention, as it not only targets the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs but also aims at reducing the related negative health and psychosocial outcomes and economic burden they produce on individuals and society at large.
Asian Americans: South Asians
Brij Mohan
This entry briefly profiles the dynamic fusion, fluidity, and future of South Asians in America. While Diaspora India is emblematic of immigrant culture as a whole, South Asian duality still remains uniquely enigmatic. People from South Asia represent a confluence of diversity and complexity that calls for understanding and acceptance as a model to deconstruct a tolerant and successful pluralist society.
Attachment Research, Developmental Implications, and Clinical Interventions with Children, Adults, and Couples
Shoshana Ringel
This review summarizes contributions to attachment theory and research by John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Mary Main, and many other researchers. It addresses contributions from the Adult Attachment Interview to the understanding of loss and trauma as well as the intergenerational transmission of attachment patterns from parent to child. The review describes current findings from infant research, and the implications of attachment theory to clinical interventions with children, families, adults, and couples.
Laura S. Abrams
This entry explores past and present social-scientific lenses concerning bisexuality. The author traces the rise of a bisexual movement in the 1970s to present times. The entry concludes by addressing social work's limited contributions to understanding bisexuality and proposes trends and directions for future practice and research with diverse groups of bisexuals.
Bullying in Youth
Jonathan Singer and Karen Slovak
Bullying is the most common form of violence in schools and has been shown to disrupt the emotional and social development of both the targets and the perpetrators of bullying (Raskauskas & Stoltz, 2007). Bullying can be physical, verbal, relational, and direct or indirect. There are well-established age and sex trends (Olweus, 1993; Smith, Madsen, & Moody, 1999). There has been considerable research on bullying-prevention programs and scholarship on best-practice guidelines for school social workers (Dupper, 2013). An emerging concern is with the use of electronic and Internet devices in bullying, referred to as "cyberbullying." In this article we define bullying and cyberbullying; discuss risk factors associated with being a bully, a victim, and a bully-victim; describe prevention and intervention programs; and discuss emerging trends in both bullying and cyberbullying.
Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory
Keith Warren
Chaos theory and complexity theory, collectively known as nonlinear dynamics or dynamical systems theory, provide a mathematical framework for thinking about change over time. Chaos theory seeks an understanding of simple systems that may change in a sudden, unexpected, or irregular way. Complexity theory focuses on complex systems involving numerous interacting parts, which often give rise to unexpected order. The framework that encompasses both theories is one of nonlinear interactions between variables that give rise to outcomes that are not easily predictable. This entry provides a nonmathematical introduction, discussion of current research, and references for further reading.
Client Violence
Christina E. Newhill
Client violence and workplace safety are relevant issues for all social workers across practice settings. This entry addresses why and how social workers may be targets for a client's violent behavior, and what we know about who is at risk of encountering violence. Understanding violence from a biopsychosocial perspective, identifying risk markers associated with violent behavior, and an introduction to guidelines for conducting a risk assessment will be discussed. The entry concludes by identifying and describing some general strategies for the prevention of client violence.
Cognition and Social Cognitive Theory
Paula S. Nurius
Social cognition refers to the ways in which people "make sense" of themselves, other people, and the world around them. Building on social psychological contributions, this entry summarizes processes through which we perceive, interpret, remember, and apply information in our efforts to render meaning and to interact. Rather than a rationalistic depiction, we see complex relationships among cognitions, emotions, motivations, and contexts. Social cognition provides guidance to mechanisms or venues through which personal and environmental transactions related to meaning take specific form, thereby offering crucial insights into adaptive or maladaptive development as well as change strategies.
A principal benefit of social cognition for social work practice is its empirically supported and broadly applicable framework for explaining how person–environment interactions unfold and might be altered in the service of social work practice and social justice. Social cognition includes, for example, social knowledge, social influences, the relationship between social structures and categories (age, race, and sex) in constructing meaning, stereotyping and other biases in information processing, dynamic processes through which memories get stored, recall, and revised, attributions of others' behavior and motives and of one's own responses and internal states, identity development, and processes through which affect, cognition, and neurophysiology interrelate as people interact with their social environments.
Community Healing and Reconciliation
Joshua Kirven and George Jacinto
Community healing and reconciliation have been a focus of many nations in response to civil war, genocide, and other conflicts. There have been increasing numbers of high-profile murders of African-American youths in the United States over the past 10 years. This article provides an overview of gun violence and its effects on African-American youths. Sanford, Florida, and Cleveland, Ohio, experienced the murders of Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, and the responses of the cities will be highlighted. The two cities provide potential models by communities to address historical injustices in the aftermath of high-profile fatal black male tragedies.


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Robby Benson is sitting serenely in the cafe of the Beverly Hills Hilton, sipping hot coffee as afternoon sunlight pours in through the windows. The 56-year-old actor, voice of the Beast in Disney's animated "Beauty and the Beast," is the picture of rugged health and wellness; he wears a loose blue button-down, his thick brown hair falls in waves and his easy smile welcomes passersby as he stands up to say hello.
It's not the appearance one would expect from a man who's endured four open-heart surgeries in 18 years, but Benson, who runs and swims nearly every day, doesn't give in easily to circumstance. In his recently published book, "I'm Not Dead …Yet," he writes about his congenital heart valve defect and how his health motivated him to find a new way of life and to work toward helping others.
Your first open-heart surgery was in 1984. What finally prompted you to write about what you've gone through?
I have had the gift of people coming to me and asking for advice and help with either loved ones or themselves. They're either an advocate or a patient, and one way or another they are very vulnerable. I want to give as much of myself as I possibly can to help them navigate this very brutal experience.
When I woke up in the ICU after my fourth open-heart surgery, I started thinking, if I could show the things that I've been through and the mistakes that I've made — and I've made a lot of mistakes — people can bypass these mistakes and have a better and healthier experience.
How are you feeling now, and what are you doing for exercise?
What I learned is that moderation is really imperative. I feel so lucky to celebrate my body and exercise. To me it is a gift.
I do 45 minutes of cardio most days — it's not killer cardio, but it's moderate, and it keeps my entire body healthy. Exercise is so good for me mentally too. Other days I use the Stairmaster for 45 minutes, then I take off my sweaty shirt, put on those really cool barefoot running shoes, put on my goggles and I run about two miles to a lake by our house — at a decent pace, nothing fast, just what feels right at that moment — then I swim across the lake and I run home.
How did your heart disease change the way that you live and approach life?
You know, each surgery is such an education, such a learning experience. The year before the first surgery, I had run the New York Marathon. I thought it would be noble to bounce back from the surgery as fast as I possibly could, to the point where eight weeks to the day that they cut me open, I ran a 10K.
At the time, I thought that was the right thing to do. But I was putting myself in jeopardy foolishly by being macho. I thought that was taking care of my family, when in truth I should have gone for long walks holding my wife's hand, being with her and talking with her.
There are also days when I'll start my run, then and then I'll stop and I'll say, "You know, I think I've done enough." I would never have done that before, because I thought of it as quitting. I perceived quitting as something that can be an epidemic; once you start, it might creep into other things. I've learned that's just not the case. I'm not quitting. If I feel good tomorrow I'll go for this run, this swim, but today I think I'm going to go home and write some music.
What are you hoping to accomplish by being so public about your health challenges?
It took me so long to get to the point where I started making the right choices and stopped being a macho control freak, and I hope people can learn from that.
I also really believe, having been a patient for so long, that it's harder to be the loved one than it is to be the patient. The patient has tangible things that they're dealing with; they feel the pain, they understand the pain, but the loved one has to deal with the unknown and use their imagination, and I think that's very frightening. That's where the book comes in.
Do you think this has opened you up artistically and creatively?
Always. In my life, I have learned to harness that energy from almost everything that's happened to me into something creative, even if it's incredibly negative energy. Otherwise it's a waste of my time. As far as I'm concerned, to just sit around and stew in negativity and anger is wrong. There's no doubt that I could get started in the negative and have as much anger as anyone you'll ever meet, but I was taught at a very, very young age to turn that energy into something positive.


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Market Research Report
Global Markets for Plastics Additives -- Focus on Emerging Markets
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|Published: May 21, 2012
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This publication has been discontinued on July 2, 2018.
The total market for plastics additives is projected to increase from $39.6 billion in 2011, to $41.3 billion in 2012, to more than $43.1 billion in 2013, and to nearly $54.7 billion in 2018 yielding a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% for a period of five years, from 2013 to 2018.
The market for plastics additives in the emerging markets region was $6.0 billion in 2010, increasing to $6.2 billion in 2011. The market is expected to increase to $6.8 billion in 2013 and to $8.6 billion in 2018, at a CAGR of 4.9%.
The emerging market for plasticizers was worth $2.1 billion in 2011, which is expected to increase to $2.3 billion by 2013. This segment is further projected to reach nearly $2.9 billion by 2018, a CAGR of 5.0% over the last five years.
Source: BCC Research
Many products are made from plastics (e.g., protective packaging, components in cars and aircraft, insulating materials, toys, mobile phones, buildings, medical devices, profiles and pipes). Plastics improve safety, save energy and can help protect the environment. Plastics are an essential part of modern-day life, and some activities depend completely on plastics and plastic products. Plastics and plastic products are made by mixing essential polymers with additives. Additives make plastics safer, cleaner, tougher and more colorful, and in some cases, plastics will not function without them. Additives increase the cost of producing plastics; however, they help conserve precious, raw material reserves. Without the additives that turn basic polymers into useful plastics and plastic products, their use would be a lot more expensive.
The market success of polymers, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polypropylene (PP) depends not only on the basic polymer but also on the additives that make the plastics as useful as they are. Their usefulness is largely attributed to the polymers used to make them and not to the additives used. Yet, when concerns arise regarding human health and the environment, plastics additives are often found to be responsible, and the industry is required to replace the additive or prove that it is indeed harmless.
The goal of this market research study is to identify and measure the market opportunities for the full range of plastics additives. The global additives market is broken down and measured by various parameters, and future growth is forecast for both the overall market and every possible market segment. Regional markets are also measured and examined in detail.
This report helps identify various growth opportunities in the field of plastics additives. The report also can help those in involved in the production and sale of additive and plastics products take full advantage of current and future opportunities.
The report has been prepared and presented in a simple, easy to understand format with a number of tables and charts/figures. A study of applications and global and regional markets for all types of the plastics additives and the plastics additives industry has been made in detail. The consolidation and globalization of the plastics processing industry has been studied in this report, so that additive manufacturers and suppliers can establish themselves in all the major regions.
The supply and pricing of raw materials and the basic feedstock of various plastics additives have been fluctuating greatly with the run-up in prices of raw materials and energy. This aspect of the plastics processing industry has also been studied and analyzed in detail in this report.
The environmental/regulatory aspects of different types of plastics additives continue to present concerns as well as opportunities to additive suppliers. The effects of these factors on the supply chain, value and demand for additives have also been studied in detail in this report.
Srinivasa Rajaram, the analyst of this report, is a mechanical engineer with more than 40 years experience in designing factory layouts and setting up factories. He has set up factories for the production of weighing machines and dynamic balancing machines in India and has experience in the design, production and servicing of the above equipment. He was Senior Vice President of M/S Schenck Avery Ltd., an Indo-German joint venture, and set up the electronics department for manufacturing various types of electronic weighing and dynamic balancing equipment. He has authored several technology market research reports for BCC Research.


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Relevant higher education – Let's focus!
Education can take many forms. These include: formal education (through academic mainstream schooling, including technical and vocational instruction for youth ); informal education (learning that takes place outside of institutions); special education (for those experiencing intellectual/physical disability); and non-formal education (life-relevant knowledge and skills acquired both within and outside educational institutions).
Wake up: quality education goes hand in hand with decent work
From 18 to 24 October 2011, week II, the e-discussion platform was open to all to discuss the realities of how their education systems have prepared them (and their peers) to access employment. There were more than 300 comments posted by young people from more than 95 countries across the globe – including from Peru, Senegal, Kenya, Yemen and India.


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The Federal Government Highlights Economic Benefits of Electronics Recycling; Top Officials Tour Electronic Waste Recycler
Release Date: 11/10/2011
Contact Information: John Martin, (212) 637-3662, firstname.lastname@example.com
- (New York, N.Y. – November 10, 2011) Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. General Services Administration toured e-Green Management of Islip Terrace, New York to highlight the environmental, public health and economic benefits of recycling electronics. The EPA and GSA are partners in a "National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship," which commits the federal government to promoting the recycling of electronics and advancing a domestic market for electronics recycling that will protect public health, prevent pollution and create jobs.
"The growing electronics recycling industry has the potential to create new economic and environmental opportunities," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "Our work with businesses like e-Green Management means that more of our nation's electronics will be handled responsibly, and more jobs will be created. I commend e-Green Management for their work."
"The federal government is the nation's largest consumer of electronics and GSA can and will ensure that it becomes the most responsible user of these items," said GSA Regional Administrator Denise L. Pease. "Our efforts in this region alone already keep 1300 tons or 49% of office and building waste out of landfills. Through GSA's programs for reuse, recycling and proper disposal of e-waste, the federal government can lead by example and, at the same time, help promote job growth in this emerging industry. Supporting small businesses who continue to generate jobs and strengthen our economy is a priority of President Barack Obama."
Every year, Americans generate almost 2.5 million tons of used electronics, which are made from valuable resources such as precious metals and rare earth materials, as well as plastic and glass. From computers and cell phones, to portable communication and music devices, the U.S. is a global leader in designing and developing new and improved electronic technologies. The responsible management of electronics provides an opportunity to promote economic development and jobs by developing a strong domestic electronics recycling market while preventing pollution.
The National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship includes four overarching goals:
- · Build incentives for the design of greener electronics
· Increase the safe management and handling of used electronics
· Reduce harm from U.S. exports of e-waste and improve the safe handling of used electronics in developing countries
· Ensure that the federal government expands recycling of equipment purchased by the federal government
Under this strategy, GSA will ensure that all electronics used by the federal government are reused or recycled properly. In addition, EPA and GSA will promote development of new environmental performance standards for categories of electronic products not covered by current standards. Several federal agencies will work together to identify methods to move federal agencies toward reuse and recycling.
A key component of the strategy includes the use of certified recyclers and increasing the safe and effective management and handling of used electronics. There are two existing domestic third-party certification recycling entities, the responsible recycling, or R2, and E-Steward certifications. The electronics recycling industry is increasingly using these certification programs. Certified recyclers are regularly audited to ensure that electronics are recycled in a manner that is safe for human health and the environment.
Founded in 2007, e-Green Management is part of the R2 certification program. The company recycles used computers, color TVs, cell phones, printers and fax machines, in addition to batteries and fluorescent bulbs. E-Green Management is planning to expand the number of full-time employees of the company within the next two years.
For more information on the EPA and industry collaboration: https://www.epa.gov/electronicsstrategy
More information on GSA's electronic stewardship goals and promoting federal agencies' purchasing Environmentally Preferable Products: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/234565
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I uploaded the Dattebayo release for all for those that don't like Torrents or don't have a BE account.
Always U2D
This was the best movie of all...
The plot was something different...Honestly i thought that this movie
would me as boring as the 2nd one..
The music was really epic and it made me feel ecstatic..
Fights were awesome...The part in which all the captains
were fighting against the "huge octopus" was the BEST..
i was able to watch aaaaall the captains of gotei 13 in actions...
Also at the end of the movie i have to admit that i was about to shed tears... .
..oh!I almost forgot about the last scene with Kon..It was really HILLARIOUS!!!!!!!:tears:
This Movie was the best...!!!!
L:" If you use your head, you won't get fat even if you eat sweets "
so i watched the new movie. it was ok. not my fav out of all of them. you can watch it at zomganime.com
amazing movie^_^10 thumbs up......i just finished watching it and it really is one of the best....it has so much to offer and things i really wasnt sure they would put.....the only thing i wonder about is where in the bleach timeline does this take place in?.....before or after the fake karakura town.....or after... i dont know but if u havent seen it u have to see it^_^.....this is the link i saw it on....good luck^_^
i need help on the naruto shippuden facebook app.... help!!!
memphis834,,thanks for the link..
i happy to watch it..really
Kaizoku ni naru
Love this movie
Where the hell am I?
it worth to watch..
i feel that the relationhip btw Ichigo and Rukia more than friend
Kaizoku ni naru
I saw this over the weekend and was really impressed. IMO Movie 1 didn't have enough action but the characters we're really good. Movie 2 got the action part right and the story/characters was ok. I think Movie 3 is heads and shoulders above the others.
I really loved the characters and the whole idea behind the story. The action was great as well. The person who wrote this should be doing more anime episodes. It's better than what Kubo puts out every week imo.
I thought that this movie is better than the other Bleach movies. I really liked it.
hey guys watch it at animeseason it should have it! i eatched the other day and loved it!lolz but that is just me.......
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I just watched this the other day and thought the animation quality was awesome, i thought the same of the latests naruto movie
it also made a nice break from the current bleach filler, which, althought being the best filler so far, is just a filler
i'm starting to forget who chad, orihime and.... err, the other guy are though!
anyone else wanting to see more of ichigo's dad as a shinigami?
do you know anything about ichigo;s dad..who really he is?
Kaizoku ni naru
There's things about Isshin we know but mostly he's a mystery.
1.) States he's a captain level shinigami (You even see his captain's robe worn on his shoulder)
2.) He's really well informed. Knows all about arrancars/vizards/Aizen's plans
3.) Has ties to Urahara & Ishida's dad
4.) Recently regained his powers after having lost them for 20 years
Few other things but there's still sooo many questions that haven't been answered in the series.
This is all really off topic lol.
Anyways, the movies great, I watched it again the other day. Seeing Urahara fight and wear the Captain's robe was awesome. Seeing Ichigo's bankai vs. Sajin's bankai was pretty cool. The animation was great and overall, there was a lot of emotion in the movie (particularly the ending). Seeing all of the captains including Urahara & Yourichi fight at the same time was awesome.
Always U2D
A thought on Isshin is he says hes at a captain level but doesnt know how much reiatsu the gigai prevented him from gaining back. Does this mean he could be on a level above the captains? Or am I just confusing this line with another character?
I recall him implying that he was at a captain's level and then later speaking to Urahara. Urahara stated something like "I'm glad you're back at full strength, I'd hate it if you blamed me if you were weaker" and then Isshin just says that he wouldn't blame Urahara if he lost strength, he'd just accept it. So I think he did have his full strength that night.
It's safe to say that his power level is that of a high tier captain. When Ichigo finds out that Shinji is a vizard, during the convo they both remarked that the reiatsu they were feeling was extremely high. And for someone as strong as Shinji to say that says a lot.
Shinji also didn't recognize the spiritual pressure. So Isshin may be before Shinji's time. Ichigo having the same last name would be recognizable in SS and it wasn't sooo with that info he could have been around before Yamamoto but then again that just doesn't seem right. Isshin hasn't aged that much, he'd have gray hair and be old looking. Idk, KT really just likes leaving people on cliff hangers or mentioning things and then never explaining them.
Random thought but how the hell does everyone know Urahara anyways? He escaped punishment and fled to the real world yet everyone knows his location. You'd think SS would have tried to capture him during all this time. Granted his punishment was that he'd be stripped of his power and sent to earth anyways, still you'd think before he was such a help as he is now, that they'd track him down.
Always U2D
i finally finished the movie, and it was awesome. i loved the animation quality, and the ichigo vs dark rukia fight was epic. and almost cried at the ending and i loved the final scene after the credits. haha, poor kon
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Car News
Chevrolet Adds 6-Speed Auto Option to Sonic Turbo
- 6-speed automatic now available with optional turbo engine
- 1.4-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder offers more efficiency, extra torque
- Automatic transmission adds $1,070 to the bottom line
Chevrolet is now offering a six-speed automatic transmission on the turbo-powered version of its subcompact Sonic sedan and hatchback. The optional 1.4-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine provides more power and better fuel economy than the base 1.8-liter engine, but was previously available only with a six-speed manual. Now drivers who prefer just two pedals can also take advantage of the turbo.
All new for the 2012 model year, both the Sonic sedan and hatchback bring improved safety and fresh style to the economical subcompact segment, including motorcycle-inspired design cues inside and out. Even the $13,865 base model boasts ten standard airbags and stability control, helping the Sonic to be named a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
While the base Sonic LS is available with an automatic, only moving up to the LT or top-of-the-line LZ model brings the $700 turbo engine option. The LT sedan with a 6-speed automatic starts at $16,135 and climbs to $16,835 with the turbo. The hatchback is $800 more than a similarly specified sedan.
The extra money buys two advantages from the turbo motor - more torque and better fuel economy. While the base 1.8-liter engine and the 1.4-liter turbo both produce 138 horsepower, the turbo has 148 lb-ft of torque compared to just 125 lb-ft in the base engine. Peak torque in the turbo is also available across a wider range of engine speed, which means more immediate engine response and better acceleration.
Opting for the automatic transmission reduces fuel economy slightly, but even with the 6-speed automatic transmission, the turbo gets the best fuel economy. With the turbo and the automatic, the Sonic returns an EPA-estimated 27 mpg city and 37 mpg highway. The best possible fuel economy with the base engine comes with the standard manual transmission, which is rated at 26 mpg city and 35 mpg highway. That's good, but not as good as the turbo engine with either transmission.
When it was only available with the manual, the Sonic's turbo engine option likely appealed mostly to drivers who wanted more thrills behind the wheel. Now with the available automatic, everyone can enjoy the efficiency advantages of the turbo without having to choose their own gears.
What it means to you: Regardless of transmission choice, the optional turbocharged 4-cylinder engine in the Chevy Sonic offers the best fuel economy and performance.


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You know what I really love? I love when couples really understand the importance of capturing the time in their life surrounding their big day. I really love when they capture those moments in serious style, like these two. Who, decided why not get Jenny Futography to snap up some sunset shots before their big day? Because the result was pure perfection, and you can see them all right here.
From Jenny Futography... By the time you're reading this, Tiffany and Dean will have tied the knot! Their bridal session was inspired by everlasting romanticism. The beautiful bride-to-be is a hair stylist with inherent artistic eye. With the help of some of the most talented and creative people in set-design, makeup, and hair, we were able to pull off this timeless fairytale bridal session. Shot in a beautiful field in Georgetown, Texas at sunset, we were truly able to capture their love on camera.
Photography: Jenny Futography | Makeup: Laura Martinez | Hair: Studio Tilee | Set Designer: Maureen Stevens
Photography: Jenny Futography | Makeup: Laura Martinez | Hair: Studio Tilee | Set Designer: Maureen Stevens


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Lebanon Valley College
Lebanon Valley is a small private liberal arts college. Its mission arises directly from its historical traditions and a relationship with the United Methodist Church. he College's aim is to enable our students to become people of broad vision capable of making informed decisions and prepared for a life of service to others. To that end we seek to provide an education that helps students acquire the knowledge skills attitudes and values necessary to live and work in a changing diverse and fragile world. hrough both curricular and co-curricular activities we endeavor to acquaint our students with humanity's most significant ideas and accomplishments to develop their abilities to think logically and communicate clearly to give them practice in precise analysis and effective performance and to enhance their sensitivity to and appreciation of differences among human beings. ebanon Valley College aspires to pursue this mission within a community in which caring and concern for others is a core value. We value strong and nurturing faculty interacting closely with students; encourage individual student development; and affirm the interrelatedness of liberal learning and the ideal of vocation. We regard the cultivation of wisdom that is the capacity of judging rightly in matters of life and conduct and a lifelong love of learning as the ultimate reward of the educational experience.
School Information101 N College Ave
Annville, Pennsylvania 17003-1400
Locale: Suburb: Small
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Carnegie Basic: Baccalaureate Colleges--Diverse Fields
Religious Affiliation: United Methodist
Accrediting Agency: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Common name(s): LVC
Students & Faculty
Total Tuition $45,200.00
Other Requirements:
Degrees & Programs
|Actuarial Science
|American/United States Studies/Civilization
|Art/Art Studies, General
|Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
|Biology/Biological Sciences, General
|Business Administration and Management, General
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Zolioke 2013 Presented by Zoltan Mesko Foundation
Tim North here from Zoltan Mesko Foundation. I wanted to let you all know that we just announced details for ZoliOke 2013 for June 8, 7-10pm at Royale (Boston, MA). We are still going through some of the legal work before we can release the partnering children's hopsitals that we will be benfitting, but we will be announcing shortly via our social media (as well as an update on this thread). I know that many of you will not be able to attend the event, but if you would still like to make a donation to Zoltan Mesko Foundation I have provided a link below.
Thanks again to our outstanding Michigan community for your ongoing support, and please do not hesitate to post questions or e-mail me directly: [email protected]
Go Blue!
Tim North
Zoltan's YouTube announcement for Zolioke 2013 Presented by Zoltan Mesko Foundation: http://youtu.be/xdlZsxjlsjA
What: Zolioke 2013 Presented by Zoltan Mesko Foundation
Where: Royale Boston Nightclub, 279 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02116 (http://royaleboston.com/)
When: 7:00-10:00pm EDT, June 8, 2013
Why: Benefiting Zoltan Mesko Foundation partner children's hospitals. Details TBA in coming weeks.
** Tickets pricing and link TBA this week **
Zoltan Mesko Foundation on the web
• Website: www.zoltanmeskofoundation.org (under construction, will be online by 3/1)
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZoltanMeskoFoundation
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/ZoltanMeskoFDN
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/zoltan-mesko-foundation
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• Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/118101959221879188307
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ZoltanMeskoFDN
• Causes: www.causes.com/causes/797542-zoltan-mesko-foundation
Donate to Zoltan Mesko Foundation: https://www.sagepayments.net/eftcart/forms/donate.asp?M_id=466273987379
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Hello! can anybody help me on making a rye pale ale recipe. i was thinking on this malt bill:85 % 2 row base malt10 % rye malt5% caramel 40Using US 05 on low 60's and just wondering on the type of hops that could use...I have 2 lbs of citra...is that hop good for the rye flavor? any good combo using citra? any other combos that could be good for that recipe?thanks!
What Denny said...I think you want at least 15% rye in in a "rye APA". I love Citra so I say go for it. Seems like a lot think it is overpowering so say to use in in moderation. I think Citra goes well with Cascade and Centennial


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LA Galaxy 1, FC Dallas 0
Saturday, July 28, 2012
FC Dallas Stadium – Frisco, Texas
Scoring Summary:
LA – Mike Magee 4 (Robbie Keane 6) 62'
Misconduct Summary:
LA – A.J. DeLaGarza (Yellow Card) 65'
LA – Marcelo Sarvas (Yellow Card) 68'
FCD – George John (Yellow Card) 89'
LA Galaxy: Josh Saunders; A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, David Junior Lopes, Bryan Gaul; Sean Franklin, Juninho, Marcelo Sarvas, Hector Jimenez (Michael Stephens 78'); Mike Magee (Jose Villarreal 69'), Robbie Keane©.
Subs Not Used: Brian Perk, Tommy Meyer, Bryan Jordan, Kenney Walker, Pat Noonan.
FC Dallas: Kevin Hartman; Zach Loyd, Hernan Petruz, Matt Hedges (George John 46'), Jair Benitez; Daniel Hernandez© (Julian De Guzman 79'), Andrew Jacobson, Jackson, David Ferreira, Carlos Rodriguez (Fabian Castillo 46'); Scott Sealy.
Subs Not Used: Chris Seitz, James Marcelin, Victor Ulloa, Ruben Luna.
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Referee's Assistants: Peter Manikowski and Eric Proctor
4th Official: Armando Villarreal
- With the win, the Galaxy are now 10-10-3 on the season for 33 points. They remain in fifth place in the Western Conference, one point behind Seattle who also won tonight, beating Colorado 2-1, and Vancouver who are tied for third with 34 points each.
- The Galaxy are the seventh team in MLS this season to reach 10 wins with Houston accomplishing the feat a few hours earlier.
- LA now have as many wins as losses on the season for the first time since April 28 when they were 3-3-1 for 10 points.
- The Galaxy are now unbeaten in their last five games, going 4-0-1 in that time for their longest unbeaten streak of the season.
- LA finished July with a 4-1-1 record for 13 points, making it their best month of the season.
- Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena made two changes to the side that beat Chivas USA in their last league game on July 21 with Omar Gonzalez and Mike Magee each returning to the starting lineup. They replaced David Beckham, who missed the game in order to fulfill Olympic commitments in London, and Landon Donovan who was suspended for yellow card accumulation.
- This was the first start since July 4 for both Gonzalez and Magee, though each played in Tuesday's friendly with Tottenham Hotspur.
- Donovan was missing a game through suspension for the first time in his Galaxy career.
- In addition to Beckham and Donovan, the Galaxy were once again without Andrew Boyens, Edson Buddle, Todd Dunivant, Dan Keat, Leonardo and Kyle Nakazawa who all missed the game because of injuries.
- Pat Noonan started the game on the bench after missing each of the last nine games with a right quad strain.
- The game was scoreless at halftime. It was the first time that the Galaxy entered halftime of a game tied 0-0 since June 17 when they beat Portland 1-0.
- This was just the fifth time this season that LA have been tied 0-0 at the half. They went on to score first in three of those and are now 1-2-1 in those games.
- Mike Magee gave the Galaxy a 1-0 lead in the 62nd minute with his fourth goal of the season and fifth in all competitions
- Of his five goals, four have been scored on the road while all four goals in the league have come against Western Conference opponents.
- In four career games for LA at FC Dallas Stadium, Magee has two goals, each of which were game-winners in 1-0 victories.
- Robbie Keane was credited with the lone assist on the goal. He now has six assists on the season.
- Keane finished the month of July with five goals and four assists while playing in all six of LA's games in the month.
- Keane now has a goal or an assist in all three games that he has started this season as the club's captain and in six of the eight games that he has played since returning from the European Championships, including five of six this month.
- Josh Saunders finished the game with one save for his fourth shutout of the season and his 10th victory.
- Saunders joins Jorge Campos, Kevin Hartman and Donovan Ricketts as the only goalkeepers to win 10 or more games for the club in consecutive seasons.
- Saunders and the Galaxy now have four shutouts on the season, two of which have come on the road. Those two games are also the only two road games that both David Beckham and Landon Donovan did not start.
- Omar Gonzalez played the full 90 minutes in central defense for LA. This was the first time since MLS Cup 2011 in November that he played a full 90 minutes.
- David Junior Lopes was not shown a yellow card in the game, meaning that if he is not booked in his next game, he will have one yellow card cleared from his record.
- Despite neither David Beckham nor Landon Donovan playing in tonight's game, the Galaxy's three Designated Players finished the month with 11 goals and 11 assists.
- Jose Villarreal made the longest appearance of his MLS career, replacing Mike Magee in the 69th minute and playing the final 21 minutes.
- This was just the fifth time this season that a Galaxy game ended 1-0. They are 2-3-0 in those matches, though they have won each of the last two.
- The attendance for today's game was a sellout crowd of 22,565. The Galaxy have now played in front of a sellout crowd for all 12 of their away games this season, while also seeing capacity crowds in their road games at Toronto FC in the CONCACAF Champions League and against the Carolina RailHawks in the Third Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
- The Galaxy will be back at The Home Depot Center on Thursday, August 2 when they host Real Madrid in a friendly at The Home Depot Center as part of the Herbalife World Football Challenge. That game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes as well as online at ESPN3.com.
- The club returns to MLS action on Sunday, August 5 when they travel north to face Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field. That game will kick off at 6 p.m. and will be shown live on ESPN2 and SPN Deportes.
LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena
General thoughts on the game...
It was a good result for our team tonight, you know. We've played awfully well over the last month, so we're getting ourselves in good shape, making good progress.
On playing without Beckham and Donovan:
That's all part of it. Issues we deal with all the time, so it's not an excuse. [FC Dallas] played the LA Galaxy tonight, so that's whatever 11 shirts are on the field. It's the Galaxy and you always miss players, so that's all part of the challenge.
On the play of Robbie Keane and Mike Magee...
It was okay. Obviously, the goal was big. In the first half they were pretty dangerous. You know they did a good job. No question about it.
On the return of Omar Gonzalez and his play...
Remarkable. We thought he wouldn't quite make it to 90 minutes, so it was a good week for him. From 65 minutes from him Tuesday against Tottenham [Hotspur] and 90 minutes tonight, so he's well on the road to recovery.
On the team's defensive effort...
The guys did well. We just did well. They hit a lot of crosses. And you know when we have two big centerbacks and big goalkeeper in there.. It's a little bit easier for us when we haven't had that situation this year. In a lot of ways those are balls that, you know that fall in our favor. It's a good effort. [Bryan] Gaul had another good game and A.J. DeLaGarza continues to play well in midfield. [Sean] Franklin played well at right midfield and [Robbie] Keane's leadership was critically important for us tonight.
LA Galaxy forward Mike Magee
General thoughts on the game...
It's huge. Obviously missing [David] Beckham and Landon [Donovan] always makes it difficult and then coming into this heat on the road. You know it shows a lot and speaks volumes about the kind of team we've turned into the last few weeks.
On his goal...
Robbie [Keane] and I were looking to do a one-two or he was looking to do a one-two with me and the defender kind of backed off of me and I took my look.
On scoring in Dallas...
My Under-17 National Team head coach, John Ellinger, is the assistant coach here. Sometimes, when I play here I get up for the game a little bit more than I'm used to. Being that he kind of kick-started my career. Yeah, but I like scoring big goals, always.
LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane
On playing with Mike Magee...
It was good. Mikey is a clever player. He picks up good positions and he's easy to play with because he's got good feet. It was a great finish on his goal.
On other missed chances...
Yeah. We had quite a few chances, unlucky a few times. We got one cleared off the line. But when you're away from home it's important to get the win. It's ways nice to get the three points. I think we deserved it because we were certainly the better team.
LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez
On playing the full 90 minutes...
I didn't think I'd come back after the first half because it was so hot and I had cotton mouth the whole time, but I'm happy I did get through it. I know I was fit enough to get through it and we'd already made two subs. I knew that I was going to have to push through it and I'm happy to get through it for the team, I'm happy to get the three points and happy to get the shutout.
On playing in his home state...
I really wanted to play well here. Especially because I had so many friends and family here. They were behind me throughout the whole surgery and all the rehab. I'm happy I got to play here and do well. It was a good step and a good step in the right direction.
On the play of the defense...
We had good shape the whole game. We didn't really sit back. We actually put a lot of pressure on them. We actually got around [David] Ferreira and we got around [Andrew] Jacobson and didn't really allow them to do much of anything. We brought the game to them and played really good soccer.


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The 14th annual Soup and a Bowl is coming up
From the people who have brought events such as �Stars Dance for the Arts� and Grammy award winning Esperanza Spalding to the community, the Community Council for the Arts is planning the return of its 14th annual Soup & a Bowl fundraising event Jan. 27.
For one inclusive price, ticket holders can choose a handcrafted pottery bowl and partake in as many different homemade soups as desired, adding salad, bread, beverage and dessert. Soups also will be available for take out at $5/pint and $10/quart.
Entertainment will be provided by the Dolce Dulicmers and Drew McPhatter on piano. Annette and Scott Turik are co-chairing the event, and children�s activities will be provided. Small child care will be offered in the Children�s Painting Studio.
Come and spend the morning and early afternoon, arrive after church or any time between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Soupmakers, so far, include: John Archie, jambalaya; Rose Clark, corn and crab chowder; Stephen Hill, stuffed baked potato soup; Mark Jones, hamburger stew; Rick Landis, shrimp corn chowder; Matt Maroules & Joe Strickland, Christopher�s chili; Lucy & John Marston, creamy chicken & rice soup; John McPhaul, Chick Fil-A chicken tortilla soup; Neuse Quilter�s Guild, vegetable and vegetarian vegetable soups; David Mooring, potato soup; Linda Mooring, chili; Bruce Parson, giant limas with sausage; Jan Parson, tomato bisque; Mike Robinson, fish stew; Shelia Stroud, tomato bisque; Stuart Stroud, chili; Scott Turik, Brunswick stew; Garland Walker, Manhattan style clam chowder; Teena Williams, shrimp stew.
Other soupmakers include Bill Ellis, Mary Jo Jefferson, Mark Moore, John Nix and Jeff Yourdon.
The primary event sponsor is Wells Fargo Investments, providing paper products and beverages.
Soup & a Bowl
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 27
Community Council for the Arts
400 N. Queen St.
Tickets: $20 adult, $12 ages 5 to 12, free 5 and younger (bowl not included)
Available: kinstoncca.com through PayPal; at arts center
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The GeForce GTX 465 is NVIDIA's third graphics card in the Fermi lineup, below the flagship GTX 480 and GTX 470, NVIDIA has been releasing lower end cards based on the Fermi architecture to increase availability to end users who don't all plan to spend top dollar for the best card out there. The unreleased GTX 460 specifications recently leaked all over the web to continue to fill the pricing gap but that is the land of NDA's so on with the card we have here, from PNY's XLR8 line the GeForce GTX 465 XLR8 1GB. This card has some serious competition from the ATI side of the fence in the HD 5830 and HD 5850 so read on to see how the PNY GTX 465 compared!
The PNY GeForce GTX 465 graphics card that we have on the test bench today is a dual-slot single GPU video card that measures in at 9.5″ in length and uses the part number VCGGTX465XPB. The GeForce GTX 465 is the same length as the GeForce GTX 470, but is one inch shorter than the GeForce GTX 480. If you have a small system this card should be able to fit in more cases and be easier to route wires around since it is shorter in length. The PNY GeForce GTX 465 XLR8 video card features reference clock speeds of 607MHz core clock (1215MHz on the stream processors) and 802MHz on the 1024MB of GDDR5 memory. The front of the PNY GTX465 is fairly plain, but PNY tried to spruce it up a bit with their stickers.
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The way I feel about religion is the way I feel about myself during Puberty. Hate it, but can't pretend it never happened.
I was raised Muslim. I have issues with the religion, I'm not practicing but there is no doubt that my blood is as Islamic as it gets… you can take a look at my family tree, if you know what I mean.
And for years now, I've been observing Islamophobia— passively. I'm not a hijabi, I can conceal my religious heritage. And while I've never denied being a Muslim, I sure have conveniently left it out of conversations.
Villifying 'Muslims', as you know, condemns all Muslims regardless of where they fall on the spectrum of extremism to laissez faire. These past few days, have just been a little too much for me. The movie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali's article, the protests…
is it an Islamic Awakening, or is the AntiChrist coming?
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"Sicily In New York City"
The Sicilians were a large immigrant community in lower Manhattan and other areas of New York City, and they brought with them several dishes from their homeland. Today, Lidia celebrates the Sicilians with a Stuffed Calamari Dish and a Broccoli with Garlic and Anchovies. She then makes a Cappuccino Cake which she actually discovered in New Orleans - another locale with a very large Sicilian population. D
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The Spiro Area Chamber of Commerce announced Friday morning the cancellation of their annual car show and craft fair set to kick off Friday morning with a 5K walk. According to Chamber Director, Sunnye Gillham, the threat of rain caused the cancellation. It has not been announced at this time if an alternate date will be scheduled.


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Beyond Pasta: 10 Delicious Polenta and Risotto Dishes
We are talking Italian cuisine all week, here at The Kitchn, but we admit that it's been a little pasta-heavy so far. So let's turn our attention to the other two starchy dishes that Italians have perfected, and that we love exceedingly: Polenta and risotto.
Polenta, of course, is a simple dish made with fine or coarse cornmeal (you can make it with pretty much any cornmeal in your kitchen) and as such it's the European cousin of grits. It's cooked in boiling water, milk, or stock, and it makes a wonderful base for toppings of spicy greens, pulled meats, or sauces.
Risotto is the stirred rice dish that has a reputation for being quite finicky — but honestly, we've never had a truly awful risotto. Almost any rice, cooked gradually in boiling chicken or vegetable stock and finished with cheese, is going to be great.
Here are a few favorite polenta and risotto dishes from our archives — we're looking forward to revisiting these even more frequently as the weather cools.
10 Delicious Polenta and Risotto Dishes
• 1. Polenta Bar - Maybe the best way to eat polenta — with a mixture of different toppings. We like this no-stir polenta recipe from Marcella Hazan as a base.
• 2. Parmesan Polenta with Eggs and Roasted Mushrooms - An entry from last year's Quick Weeknight Meals competition, and an inspired combination of toppings for polenta.
• 3. Borlotti Beans in Tomato Sauce with Creamy Polenta - A fabulous vegan-adaptable recipe from Steve Sando's Heirloom Beans.
• 4. Fried Eggs and Collard Greens Over Polenta - Simple and hearty.
• 5. Polenta with Andouille and Broccoli Rabe - We like using extra-spicy sausage in this.
• 6. Red Pepper, Sausage, and Chard Risotto - A simple, smoky one-dish meal that makes fabulous leftovers.
• 7. Mushroom and Leek Risotto - We love risotto's capacity to absorb and blend favorite flavors and elements, like the mushrooms and leeks here.
• 8. Black Olive Risotto - With duck breast! A treat from David Leite's Portuguese cookbook.
• 9. Spring Lemon Risotto with Asparagus and Fiddlehead Ferns - Fresh and snappy, creamy and light.
• 10. Risotto with Squash and Sage - A recipe to take you straight into fall.
What's your favorite risotto, or polenta dish?
Related: Ten Ways to Feed Ten People for Less Than $20
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Machinarium, the award-winning adventure game is now available on BlackBerry App World for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Developed by indie studio Amanita Design, Machinarium is an old, rusty and legendary city populated only by robots of various forms and functions.
- The Story: You will have to get rid of wicked robots from the Black Cap Brotherhood and save the head of the city and also your robot-girl friend.
- The Puzzles: You will be solving many logical puzzles, adventure quests, brain teasers and mini-games.
- The Graphics: Backgrounds and characters are 2D hand-drawn and there is more than one hour of carefully crafted animations.
- The Music: Beautiful original soundtrack was composed and recorded by Floex (Samorost2 OST).
- Communication: You won't find any lengthy boring dialogs in this game, characters talk by comic bubbles with simple animations and symbols.


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At this moment in time, Samsung has it made. Not only has it defeated Apple's attempts to ban its devices from sale in Europe and Australia (for now), but with the Galaxy S II it has the market's best smartphone, and it also has the exclusive contract to develop smartphones for Google.
Its second such Google phone is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which introduces to the world the latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.
Android 4, as it shall henceforth be known, borrows features and styling from the tablet-orientated Honeycomb (Android 3) version of the OS, adding new features and a slicker look. We'll look at it in detail further down this review, but first let's take a look at the hardware.
The star is the subtly concave AMOLED screen, which measures 4.65in across the diagonal, with an HD resolution of 1280 x 720.
That's the highest resolution we've seen on any smartphone, and the Nexus manages to squeeze it into a chassis weighing only 135g. It's thin too, although not quite as skinny as Samsung would have you believe: at its thinnest point it measures 8.9mm from front to back, but that swells to 11.7mm at its thickest point.
Under the hood, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor backed with 1GB of RAM powers the Nexus to some impressive benchmark results.
The Nexus ran the SunSpider JavaScript test in 2,005ms – faster than any other smartphone we've yet seen. Our new web page load test, in which we time how long the phone loads 28 web pages in sequence, saw the Nexus return a time of 11 seconds, this time a little behind the iPhone 4S's 9.2 seconds.
Under the Quadrant mobile benchmark, the Nexus scored 1,785 points – quite a way behind the Samsung Galaxy S II's result of 3,460, but on a par with other Android phones of a similar specification.
Sweet, sweet Ice Cream
Coupled with the new operating system, though, the Nexus feels like a different beast entirely, because the principal benefit of Android 4 is immediacy.
Clicking links, swiping screens, and navigating your way around the new interface is as sharp an experience as it is on Windows Phone and iOS devices.
Every link, animation and action happens the moment you touch the screen. And nowhere is this more apparent than in the camera app, where snaps can be fired off as fast as you can tap the shutter button. Ice Cream Sandwich makes this the most tactile Android handset yet.
But what other changes does Android 4 bring? The most noticeable is the look. If you're familiar with Honeycomb, you'll recognise the neon blue-on-black colour scheme and modernist font.
It's cleaner and classier than the previous version, and is perfectly suited to the higher-resolution displays beginning to appear on modern smartphones.
In keeping with the tablet-style approach, Android 4 phones will now also sport an onscreen button bar, replacing the discrete physical or capacitive buttons we've become accustomed to. This runs along the bottom of the screen and plays host to three controls: back, home and multitasking.
The first two are self-explanatory; the third pops up a vertically scrolling thumbnail list of recent apps, allowing you to quickly switch between apps or kill them by dragging them off screen.
We're in two minds about this. On the one hand it's very elegant, and gives Google the flexibility to change the function of the buttons in future. On the other hand, the button bar is, for the most part, a permanent presence: whether you're browsing the web, using apps or playing a game it's always there, occupying valuable screen space.
With the button bar in place, the 4.65in screen on the Galaxy Nexus offers just over 4.3in of usable space (see screenshot above), something worth bearing in mind when comparing specifications with older models based on Android 2.3.
The exception to this is Android's video player app, which slides the bar out of the way during playback. Let's hope other apps, particularly games, soon follow suit.
Another implication of the button bar is that Android no longer has a dedicated context menu button. On Honeycomb tablets, this issue is resolved by adding an extra, onscreen button next to the three standard ones for applications that have features accessed via the menu button; on Android 4, a similar button appears in the shape of three dots, again to the right of the three main buttons.
The trouble is that there's another way of providing commonly used controls within Android 4 apps – via the new translucent Action Bar, which can sit either at the top or bottom of the screen. Google's intention is clearly to provide developers a more elegant way of presenting menus, but the result is a muddlesome mess, with menus and buttons that appear in all sorts of unexpected locations.
We're also uncertain how the onscreen buttons will jive with the physical buttons of existing phones (such as the Samsung Galaxy S II), when they eventually get their updates. Hopefully, there will be the option to turn it off.
Finally it's worth mentioning that, at the time of writing, there's no Flash Player for Ice Cream Sandwich. Adobe has promised an update at some time in December.
Other updates
There are plenty of other, more positive changes, though, from tweaks to the app icons to a slight overhaul of the Android desktop. The Google search widget now resides permanently at the top of the desktop, and persists across all of your multiple desktops (on the Nexus, you get five).
Meanwhile, five persistent shortcuts live along the bottom of the screen, all of which can be replaced with custom shortcuts, aside from the central app drawer launch icon.
The use and creation of folders on the desktop is also slicker than before. To create a new collection of shortcuts and apps, all you do is drag one on top of another on the desktop; this is identical to the way iOS folders work, but without the automatic naming, so we wouldn't be surprised if Apple takes umbrage.
Other changes include a new, sideways-scrolling app drawer, which comes with an extra widget preview section, so you can see what widgets look like before dropping them on your desktop.
The notifications area now has a natty transparency effect and a shortcut to the phone's main settings menu. Notifications themselves are more information rich, displaying contact photos alongside text, and you can also dismiss individual notifications.
The contacts app has been given a dramatic makeover, now integrating your Google+ contacts along with those from your Gmail and other social media accounts, as have all the core apps. The Gmail, Email, Calendar, Gallery, YouTube and camera apps all look neater and cleaner, and are easier to use.
Finally, there's a major change under the hood to the way Android addresses storage. Previously, the amount of storage allocated to app installation has always been fixed, with the amount varying from handset to handset; the result was that on handsets with small app partitions you could run out of space after installing only a handful of apps.
Android 4 treats all storage on the phone as one, unsegregated pool, just as in iOS and Windows Phone, so you shouldn't unexpectedly run out of space.
Hardware letdowns
We're big fans of Android 4, but despite initial appearances, the hardware it's running on isn't a perfect match. The Nexus's screen is our first concern. It's crisp, with an incredible pixel density of 319ppi, colours are vivid and contrast fantastic (this is AMOLED, after all). It's a great screen.
However, compared with the Samsung Galaxy S II (300cd/m2) and iPhone 4S (581cd/m2), its maximum brightness of only 197cd/m2 is disappointing. And we've covered the impact the button bar has on that seemingly big screen.
The plasticky silver-grey design doesn't really do it for us either. The phone fits nicely in your hand, but it looks and feels too cheap for the sort of money being asked.
SIM-free, the Nexus is around $770 to buy outright. At the time of writing, a contract Nexus will set you back between $45 and $129 per month, depending on the pricing plan and phone provider you go for (for more info on Australian telco pricing, click here and here).
Delve into the specifications and you'll also discover there's no memory expansion – 16GB is all you're getting.
Battery life is on a par with the Galaxy S II, with 50 percent remaining after our 24-hour test. And the camera is excellent: image quality isn't quite up with the Galaxy S II's 8-megapixel stills, but the camera is more responsive. With the Nexus you're able to snap successive, full-resolution shots as fast as you can physically hit the onscreen shutter button.
Despite these highs, and the love we're feeling for Ice Cream Sandwich, as a package the Samsung Galaxy Nexus leaves us cold. The screen is high res, but quality isn't as high as the Samsung Galaxy S II, battery life hasn't moved on, and the price is extremely high.
If you're desperate to get your hands on Google's latest OS, this is your only choice. For now, though, our favourite smartphone remains the Samsung Galaxy S II.


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"Michael Kinsley and James Surowiecki"
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Tendinitis is inflammation, irritation, and swelling of a tendon, which is the fibrous structure that joins muscle to bone. In many cases, tendinosis (tendon degeneration) is also present.
Alternative Names
Calcific tendinitis; Bicipital tendinitis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Tendinitis can occur as a result of injury, overuse, or with aging as the tendon loses elasticity. It can also be seen in persons with body-wide (systemic) diseases such as
Tendinitis can occur in any tendon, but some commonly affected sites include the:
- Elbow
- Heel (
Achilles tendinitis)
- Shoulder
- Wrist
- Pain and tenderness along a tendon, usually near a joint
- Pain at night
- Pain that is worse with movement or activity
Signs and tests
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and look for signs of pain and tenderness when the muscle attached to the tendon is used against resistance. There are specific tests for specific tendons.
The tendon can be inflamed, and the overlying skin may be warm and red.
The goal of treatment is to relieve pain and reduce inflammation.
Rest or immobilization of the affected tendons is helpful for recovery. This may be achieved using a splint or a removable brace. The application of heat or cold to the affected area can help.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs), such as aspirin or ibuprofen, can also reduce both pain and inflammation. Steroid injections into the tendon sheath can also be very useful in controlling pain and allowing physical therapy to start.
Physical therapy that stretches and strengthens the muscle and tendon is essential. This can restore the tendons ability to function properly, improve healing, and prevent future injury.
Rarely, surgery is needed to physically remove the inflammatory tissue from around the tendon.
Expectations (prognosis)
Symptoms improve with treatment and rest. If the injury is caused by overuse, a change in work habits may be indicated to prevent recurrence of the problem.
- Long-term inflammation raises the risk of further injury, such as rupture
- Tendinitis symptoms return
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if symptoms of tendinitis occur.
- Avoid repetitive motion and overuse of the arms and legs.
- Keep all your muscles strong and flexible.
- Warm up by exercising at a relaxed pace before engaging in vigorous activity.
Choi L. Overuse injuries. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 14.
Drezner JA, Harmon KG, O'Kane JW. Sports medicine. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 29.
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Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Anne Smith had a bachelor's degree in biology, had worked some jobs that involved chemistry, was on a waiting list for medical school and had been accepted for Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va.
The 1988 Crystal Lake South graduate had options back in the early 1990s, but none of those were Smith's true passion.
Smith remembers the conversation that guided her career choice like it happened yesterday. She had observed Dr. Robert Witkowski, from Barrington's Good Shepherd Hospital, performing surgeries. Witkowski offered the aspiring medical student some advice.
"He said, 'If I could have been a pro golfer, I'd have been a pro golfer,' " she said. " 'If you love horses, you should give that a shot.' He told me to stay with what I love."
Smith heeded the doctor's words. She went on to teach horse riding and competed in show jumping. Later, she earned her license to gallop thoroughbreds at racetracks. Now Smith, a first-year trainer, has 6-year-old Nate's Mineshaft running in the 31st Arlington Million, which is set for a 5:44 p.m. post time Saturday at Arlington Park.
"Right now, I try to remind myself things people like Oprah [Winfrey] say, like 'You create your own luck,' " Smith said. "Or 'Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.' I'm going to prepare [Nate] the best I can, the way I think he needs to be ready. It's my first time doing it, so I'm trying to be as smart as I can. He's never faced this kind of competition and never run this distance."
Also, it will only be Nate's third race on turf, but he has run well over the past 16 months. Windy Hill Farm father-and-son owners Pete and Scott Reiman felt Smith earned her chance to be their trainer.
She had worked with her husband, Austin Smith, who left Windy Hill last year. The Smiths now are divorced, but Anne says her ex-husband was a good trainer who taught her a lot about the business.
"She actually did a lot of the day-to-day [training] with the horses," said Scott Reiman, whose farm is in southern Illinois. "She's such a hard worker and honest. I enjoy working with her more than anybody I've worked with.
"The reason we've had so many trainers is none of them seemed to think Nate was any good. All they wanted to do was put him in claiming races. I told her how fast this horse was and she believed me. Anne and Nate just have a connection."
Always a horse lover
Anne Smith developed an attachment to horses at an early age. She constantly bugged her parents, Dennis and Kay Preshlock, to let her ride. By age 8, they bought her a lesson package at Crystal Manor Stables on Route 176, then Anne got a job on the barn crew to pay for her lessons. A couple years later, after Dennis died, Kay fulfilled one of his wishes and got Anne her own horse.
Witkowski and his surgery partner at Good Shepherd, Dr. Robert Flanigan, had been Dennis Preshlock's doctors when he was sick. As a favor to the family, they let Anne observe surgeries after she graduated from Illinois. It was during that time that Witkowski offered his almost-fatherly advice.
"She's loved horses since she was a toddler," said Kay, who still lives in Crystal Lake. "Each horse is an individual. Anne recognizes each personality and their individual moods. She has a good eye for what each horse will respond to. She's very talented at that."
Smith competed in hunter and jumper shows through high school and rode on the equestrian team while attending the University of Illinois. In the summer of 1990, she had an internship at Arlington with trainer Carl Nafzger, a member of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. That summer, Nafzger had Kentucky Derby champion Unbridled at Arlington.
Nafzger taught her how to gallop thoroughbreds, but she went back to show jumping and teaching.
"I still incorporate methods and ideas from my show jumping peers," Smith said. "Every horse has something to teach you. Every trainer you work with will have something you can take with you."
Smith jumped against Olympic riders and qualified for national competitions three times. Jumpers still hold a spot in her heart and when she sees a thoroughbred that obviously is not going to be fast enough, she "reconditions" them and helps set them up with her jumping friends.
She points to one of the 14 Windy Hill Farm horses in her stall at the Arlington barns, who is a jumping candidate. The mare is just not fast enough to race.
"That's tough, letting them go," Smith said. "You want them to stay with you, but you have to make those kinds of decisions. Hopefully, they're good [at jumping] and you can hear about how great they're doing in their new job."
New opportunity
Smith lives close to the track and arrives around 5 each morning. The day starts with her checking the horses' legs and arranging their training schedules. She has four hours to get it all done before the track opens.
The Reimans hired Smith without reservations last October. They appreciated her knowledge and the way she handled the horses. They felt she, as much as anyone, helped Nate break out over the past year and a half.
There is some trial and error in horse training. Smith, who ran track in high school, says horses are very much like human athletes in some ways.
"These 2-year-olds are like junior high kids, some are growing and gawky, some are sprouting chest hair, and some are still shy and want to watch," she said. "Every single horse is different. You have to tweak and customize for their needs to bring out their potential."
Nate had an easy week leading up to the biggest moment of his career Saturday afternoon. His week included two massages and one day of paddock schooling, where he stands in the starting gate to make sure there are no issues there before the race.
On Saturday, Smith says Nate will know it's time.
"All of a sudden, he feels three inches taller," Smith said. "He starts walking around the barn grabbing everybody's hay nets like he owns the barn. He starts shaking his head. He looks up in the grandstand and he knows he's about to be on stage. It's really cool. They're very intelligent."
Kay Preshlock will be among the contingent cheering on Nate Saturday. She is proud that her daughter has reached one of horse racing's pinnacle races.
"I am not surprised [she is a trainer]," Preshlock said. "She has dedication, determination and a true talent and affection for horses."