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Recently, at DesignCon 2014, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on universal flash storage (UFS). This was my second year with the panel, and I was glad to be back to get an update on where UFS is, what challenges remain, and what the future holds.
There is no doubt that the mobile communications market has moved well beyond voice. I know this to be true even when I watch my father-in-law, flanked by my two teenage daughters, who are conscientiously explaining to him the advantages/disadvantages of an iPad vs an iPad mini, each demonstrating on her own tablet. They are telling him he doesn't need to bother to get a new computer; he just needs a tablet. And, he's buying it.
Plus, the regular news of wearable devices and a connected world leave me in no doubt as to the importance of finding low-power, high-performance mobile solutions for just about anything. Fortunately, JEDEC has developed an embedded mass storage approach known as UFS.
The first speaker on the DesignCon panel was Kathy Choe Thomas, who was also a panellist last year. She is senior product marketing manager, NAND flash products, for Samsung Semiconductor. In addition, she serves on the Universal Flash Storage Association (UFSA) board of directors and as chairman of UFSA Marketing Committee. She put UFS in context with what she termed the "mobile computing revolution." Choe Thomas pointed out that while 80 per cent of the world's population have mobile phones, only about a quarter of the world's population have smartphones.
A slide from Choe Thomas's presentation projects that 5.6 billion people will have smartphones by 2019.
She shared another statistic: in the fourth quarter of 2012, tablet shipments surpassed PCs/notebooks combined. This was less than three years after tablets were introduced. The smarter, faster, and more powerful mobile devices being designed now require smarter, faster, and more powerful memory. The key mobile memory requirements are low power and fast performance.
Thomas also talked about the evolution of mobile memory, mentioning the JEDEC-defined storage solutions optimised for mobile devices. eMMC is open mobile storage with low power. It is mature, but not scalable. UFS, on the other hand, is scalable, and offers higher performance while maintaining low power. In terms of "What is UFS?" she explained it as a tiny SSD for mobile. Some statistics:
Next, John Geldman, director, industry standards, Micron Technology, took on the question: What exactly is "SSD for Mobile?" He pointed out that UFS supports one or two "lanes" (for 2x bandwidth) and it supports performance ranges from 125Mbit/s (one lane of HS-G1) to 1.2Gbit/s (two lanes of HS-G3). He also detailed the UFS command sequence and what UFS can do to minimise interface power. Geldman noted that the initial form factor for UFS is BGA, with a microcard under discussion.
Zachi Friedman is director of product marketing, mobile storage, at Arasan Chip Systems where he is responsible for all mobile storage IP products. His NAND Flash experience spans devices, controllers, and SSDs. He has worked in networking, InfiniBand, and Ethernet. He talked the group through how to create a UFS implementation and fielded questions on IP. He discussed the UFS layered architecture and how to validate a UFS design.
Next up was another veteran panel member, Perry Keller, who is the application and standards programme lead at Agilent Technologies. He serves on the JEDEC and UFSA Boards of Directors and is Chairman of JEDEC's UFS Measurement Subcommittee and UFSA Compliance Committee. Keller talked about the "UFS ecosystem," explaining what will be involved in getting UFS into the mainstream, including the efforts of JEDEC, UFSA, the MIPI Alliance, and others. He detailed the UFS compliance test process.
Overall, this was another great panel on UFS for DesignCon. There seemed to be much more informed questions from a larger audience this year, as UFS has advanced a great deal in the last year. Any questions on UFS? Let me know in the comments below.
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The tragedy of the crashing of the Costa Concordia on the coast of Italy has been front page news for over a week now. This has been perhaps the most deadly cruise disaster since the sinking of the Titanic.
There have been 16 confirmed deaths so far and even one death is one too many. There's no excuse for the cruise captain's negligence. I've been getting a lot of questions about the disaster and what it will mean for the future of cruising. I answered some of them when I was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about how the Costa Concordia incident will affect the travel industry, but I wanted to expand upon those answers here.
Q: How will the Costa Concordia incident affect the future of the cruise industry?
A: Although the incident might not deter avid cruisers, other vacationers might avoid cruising for some time. Incidents like this are rare in the industry, and all eyes will be on the cruise liners to see how they handle this and implement changes to improve passenger safety. Officials are reporting that this incident was most likely due to a misjudgment on the part of cruise captain. I predict cruise liners will be closely scrutinizing safety protocols and will be filling any potential gaps they see to ensure the utmost safety of their passengers.
Q: Does Friendly Planet Travel have any travelers booked on the Costa Concordia?
A: Friendly Planet Travel hasn't sold any trips on Costa Cruises for a few years now. However, we do offer cruises on various cruise lines owned by Costa's parent company, Carnival Corporation. Among the Carnival-owned cruise lines that we offer are Carnival, NCL, Royal Caribbean Lines, Celebrity, and Azamara.
Q: Should I cancel my cruise booking because of the Costa Concordia?
A: Avoid the urge to cancel a cruise you have booked because of this incident. Cruises are historically safe — safer than driving a car. The U.N.-affiliated International Maritime Organization lists 38 incidents involving passenger ships since 2005 in which more than 60 people died. Compare that to car travel, in which more than 100 people die per day. You have a better chance at getting struck by lightening — about 40 people die every year from lightening strikes, according to the National Weather Service. No one has called Friendly Planet Travel to cancel an existing cruise booking. Right now, Carnival Corporation and nine leading cruise lines around the world have announced a comprehensive audit and review of all safety and emergency response procedures, so they're taking extra precautions to ensure this doesn't happen again.
Q. What can I do to be a better-prepared cruise passenger?
A: The very best thing that travelers can do is prepare themselves for various scenarios while on a cruise ship. This includes finding out where you should go on the ship in the event of an emergency, determining the location of life boats, and discovering the storage spots of extra life jackets and other supplies. Wendy Perrin, writer of the Perrin Post on Condé Nast Traveler, recently published a comprehensive list of things that travelers can do to prepare themselves while cruising. I suggest that anyone planning to cruise check out Wendy's tips.
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Coping With Severe Ulcerative Colitis: An Interview With Richard
by Amy Scholten, MPH
Richard is a 76-year-old retired musician, piano technician, and graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. After a severe battle with ulcerative colitis in his middle years that resulted in an ileostomy (removal of the diseased colon and surgical connection of the ileum to an opening in the abdominal wall), he now enjoys an active retirement in Florida. Richard shares his trials with and triumphs over this disease.
Tell me when you first knew there was a problem.
Richard: That's hard to say. I've had digestive problems all of my life-mainly stomach problems, pains in the gastrointestinal area, and nausea. But when I was in my early to mid-forties, I started having a lot of diarrhea...stubborn diarrhea that would last a week at a time. It would come back every so often, and this made it really difficult when I was working. I might be tuning a piano in someone's house and have to ask to use the bathroom, and it was embarrassing. Or I might be playing in the band and have to go. Eventually, it got so severe that I lost a lot of weight-at my worst I got down to about 96 pounds! I got so weak one day that I couldn't get out of bed and my wife had to call an ambulance to take me to the hospital.
So when were you first diagnosed with ulcerative colitis?
Richard: When I was about 50. I had been trying to control the problem with nonprescription antidiarrheal medications like Kaopectate, but the problem had become chronic. I had all kinds of tests-endoscopic procedures and lower GI series.
What was your reaction to the diagnosis?
Richard: Well, at first it was just hard to believe. I thought that there would be a cure. But I ended up in the hospital for a month and nothing they did really helped, so my doctor said I needed surgery-an ileostomy. I've heard of people having some real emotional problems with this, and knew someone who had to get psychiatric help because he and his wife were having such a hard time dealing with it. But I actually wasn't too worried-I just didn't want the disease or the surgery to put me out of commission. I wanted to be able to function at work and live a normal life. And when I was in the hospital, I was so sick that I was relieved that they could do something about it-even if it meant major surgery.
Did anything precede the worsening of your condition? Any emotional stress or major life events?
Richard: Well, I had a lot of stress because I worked a lot-tuning pianos during the day and playing in a band at night. I also have a nervous temperament. Then my father died suddenly, as did another relative, and my daughter got sick. It was a bad year. I also was taking medication for a tooth problem, and right after that, the colitis got worse. I always think that had something to do with it.
How was your disease treated?
Richard: While I was in the hospital, I had cortisone-the upper limits of it for about 10 weeks. It puffed up my face and ankles. I took another medicine -I think it was some type of drug that the Chinese use, but I can't remember the name of it. But it helped to soothe the inflammation before I ate. I received lots of electrolytes too-I had IVs in both arms. All of my treatment was in the hospital. Before that, I just took nonprescription antidiarrheal medication.
Did you make any lifestyle or dietary changes in response to your illness?
Richard: I tried everything-taking vitamins, being careful with what I ate. I stayed away from roughage (fiber), but that might've been a mistake-I'm not sure. I drank more milk because, years ago, the thought was that it was good for ulcerative conditions. But that's not recommended anymore.
Did you seek any type of emotional support during your battle with ulcerative colitis or when you were facing surgery?
Richard: Not really. Only from my family. Although I did have a musician friend who had gone through the same thing who visited me before and after the surgery. He gave me a pep talk and then explained how to use the ileostomy equipment.
Tell me about the challenges of adjusting to an ileostomy.
Richard: Well, at first there was a lot of embarrassment. You tend to think you're a freak. The doctor told me I wasn't a freak and that I wasn't the only one in the world who had an ileostomy. I guess I adjusted well compared to others. The hardest part was the physical adjustment-the routine of having to eliminate. But it became second nature after a while-no big deal. In the hospital several people showed me how to use the equipment I needed. The people who actually had ileostomies were the best teachers though. I learned a lot through trial and error. And some equipment is better than others.
I had to adjust to getting back into life. I had to time what I was doing in order to change the ileostomy bag. I was lucky that I had a job where I could come and go as I pleased, but I imagine it might be tough for someone with a strict work schedule. And I had to prepare for emergencies, and what I'd do when I was playing in the band.
It's been 25 years since you had the ileostomy. How are you feeling these days?
Richard: I'm feeling very good-as normal as I should at this age. I'm having no trouble with the ileostomy. Certain foods bother me sometimes, like if I eat too many vegetables-something that's good for most people. But with an ileostomy, the stools are looser.
What advice would you give to anyone living with this disease?
Richard: Well today I think they have better methods so that they probably don't have to use surgery so much. I would advise people having a problem to see their doctor as soon as possible-and make sure they get a good doctor. See what methods are available besides surgery. Also, know that it's a problem that can be handled, so try not to be too upset. Get care, help from the people around you.
One thing that really helped was humor.When I got home from the hospital my kids used to laugh at me because I was eating all the time. They could hear me out in the kitchen munching or tearing the wrappers off of something-and I was so skinny! I never have fully recovered my normal weight which used to be between 145-150 pounds. I'm about 25 pounds lighter.
One good thing that came out of this is that when I was in the hospital for so long, I gave up smoking because they wouldn't let me smoke. I had smoked since I was a teenager. But two things especially impressed me to quit. I was in intensive care and one of my roommates had an operation for lung cancer and he was a mess. He died shortly after, but I remember him saying to his wife "Smoking wasn't worth it." Another roommate had emphysema from smoking, and I listened to him coughing, hacking and fighting to breathe. So I quit!
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SAN MATEO — Cloud-communications company RingCentral connected clearly with Wall Street investors Friday morning, gaining more than 40 percent in early trades.
RingCentral raked in $97.5 million at a valuation of $887 million by commanding the top of its proposed price range Thursday night, selling 7.5 million shares for $13 apiece. That price didn't last long, however: Shares opened at $17.51 Friday morning on the New York Stock Exchange, and moved as high as $19.40 before closing at $18.20, a gain of 40 percent from its IPO price.
"We're very, very happy with the outcome," an ebullient RingCentral CEO Vlad Shmunis said in an interview from New York. He noted than when the company 10 years ago launched with the idea of selling business communications over the cloud, "We were probably ahead of the market."
RingCentral's rise is similar to — though not as intense as — its Silicon Valley predecessors from last week, FireEye and Rocket Fuel. Those two enterprise-software companies saw their prices more than double during their first day of trading, and have maintained their solid gains through the first week of trading: FireEye closed Friday up 105.6 percent from its IPO price at $41.11, while Rocket Fuel was up 81.3 percent to $52.59.
The IPO market is heating up as investors await two highly anticipated offerings in the technology field, Twitter and Alibaba. Alibaba — a Yahoo (YHOO)-funded Chinese Internet giant that could challenge Facebook's record valuation for a tech company — signaled a switch from Hong Kong to the United States for its public debut this week, adding to excitement sparked when Twitter announced in early September that it had filed privately for an IPO. Those offerings could come by the end of the year.
RingCentral, which trades under the symbol RNG, fits a similar mold to most of the successful Silicon Valley IPOs of the past two years, including FireEye and Rocket Fuel, offering a cloud-based solution to a business problem. The company installs cloud communications systems that funnel businesses' phone calls through a multitude of devices to reach workers on the go or at their desk.
By striking a partnership with AT&T and expanding their customer base to more than 300,000, RingCentral has managed to steadily grow revenues from $50.2 million in 2010 to $78.9 million in 2011 to $114.5 million in 2012. That growth has produced growing losses as well, however, with a net loss of $7.3 million in 2010 increasing to $13.9 million in 2011 and $35.4 million in 2012. In the first six months of 2013, RingCentral lost $23.9 million on revenues of $66.7 million, according to its regulatory filing.
Shmunis called the nearly $100 million the offering added to his company's coffers "enough to carry us through to break even," though he would not commit to a timetable for how many years that might take.
As to whether RingCentral left money on the table by pricing its IPO at $13 a share rather than somewhere closer to the $18 range where it finished, Shmunis said: "Our bankers did an amazing job in getting just the right people to invest in the company. Of course, we'd much rather see our stock go up than go down on the first day of trading."
Shmunis founded the company in 1999 and launched its cloud phone service in 2003, after previously founding and leading Ring Zero Systems, which was acquired by Motorola.
RingCentral sold all but 80,000 shares in the offering, reaping the lion's share of the windfall, which the company will use to expand its sales, marketing and infrastructure, according to the prospectus; venture capital investors Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and DAG Ventures did not sell any shares in the IPO. Underwriters, which include Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch, have access to 1.1 million more shares.
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As the mother of a seventh-grade girl, to say that I'm navigating through the treacherous waters of middle school, bullying, drama and various cyber-issues would be an understatement. Sometimes it feels like I have things under control, but I know that's just a fantasy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she survives, without too much trauma, what are probably the worst school years of her life.
When it comes to finding advice about how to help our kids with this rough time of their childhoods, with we often turn to our schools or psychologists or social experts — but often, the advice is a collective — That's just how it is. Kids can be pretty nasty in the middle school years and we just have to knuckle down and get through it the best we can.
Slate Senior Editor Emily Bazelon completely disagrees. I was excited to interview her about her new book on all of this, Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy.
I was especially curious about what prompted her to write this book. After all, bullying isn't a new topic, and other popular books have addressed have analyzed have covered all that territory. But Bazelon, the mother of two sons, ages ten and 13, told me that there actually is new information we need to consider, especially in our age of living online and the way our kids communicate with each other today. For example, while boys tend to use their aggressive behavior in person, girls infamously use the tools of manipulation and exclusion — things that they can do effectively online. Consider that with the fact that teen girls send almost twice as many text messages in any given day as boys (girls average 90 texts per day while boys averaged 50) and it the world of middle school kids, 21st century technology and the fact that we increasingly live our lives online creates a toxic teen-age world, especially for those who are the targets of bullies.
Schools try to do their best to educate our children in the language of empathy and the pitfalls of online tools, in efforts to bring cyber-bullying under control. But parents we need to keep in mind that as today's schools are asked to do increasing amounts of things with fewer resources, we, as parents, have to step up our accountability for our children's social and emotional well-being. What becomes a real gray area is when children engage in cyber-bullying at home, but is has an impact on children's well-being in school. Often, administrators and teachers throw up their hands and say there is nothing they can do if behavior happens outside of school. However, Bazelon points out that if there is actual disruption at school as a result of the online bullying, parents can ask schools to step in.
What was surprising to Bazelon, an admitted skeptic about whether we're experiencing an epidemic of bullying, she said she didn't appreciate just how serious the problem is until she saw the research on the long-term psychological impact that the new world of bullying has on our kids.
Bazelon sees a need for a new national movement, one that's not so different from the one launched decades ago that so many of us see as a completely logical thing today — Mothers Against Drunk Driving. We need concrete strategies and mass media involvement to make that change.
While I'm not quite finished reading Sticks and Stones, I was struck by a simple fact that many of us discount:
"The depersonalized featured of technology can exacerbate cruelty," even though the roots are in the real world, not the virtual one.
Does any of this resonate for you and your family experience? While it's hard to separate our own teen experiences from those of our kids today, Sticks and Stones serves as a very important reminder and call to action — for parents and schools — that we can't cling to the theory that kids have survived bullying since the dawn of time, so there's no need to do anything differently in 2013. There is a need for a sea change in how we sail through the cyber-world of our tweens and teens, and Bazelon gives the road map of how to do that.
And here's good news for you! If this sounds like an interesting read, we have a copy of Sticks and Stones to give away here at The Broad Side! Leave a comment on this post about your experience with middle-school bullying, especially if it relates to cyber-bullying and our teens hanging out online, and we will pick one comment at random on Friday, March 1 to receive it!


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CARACAS, March 14 (Reuters) - Venezuela's annual inflation rate rose to 57.3 percent in February, the central bank said on Friday, as violent opposition demonstrations during the month disrupted the economy.
The South American OPEC nation, which has one of the world's highest rates of inflation, said that despite the protests inflation slowed on a month-on-month basis to 2.4 percent from 3.3 percent in January.
Demonstrators outraged over shortages of staple goods and soaring consumer prices have been staging protests and blocking roads since the middle of February demanding that President Nicolas Maduro resign.
Maduro describes the soaring inflation as the result of an "economic war" led by opposition leaders and supported by ideological adversaries in Washington.
"These results came in the context of the economic war ... which had consequences for the distribution of consumer goods, limitations on the workday, and restriction of the hours of operation of commercial establishments," the bank said.
The cost of recreation and health services both jumped 4.1 percent from January, while the cost of restaurants and hotels rose 3.9 percent.
Opposition leaders say the economic problems show the state-led economic model pioneered by late socialist leader Hugo Chavez has run out of steam.
Venezuelans have for months been struggling to find basic consumption items including cooking oil, toilet paper, and flour, which has in the past weighed on the president's popularity ratings.
The bank's scarcity index, a measure of product shortages, jumped to a record 28 percent in January. The bank's press release on Friday did not include the figure for February.
Businesses say the shortages are caused by a combination of currency controls that prevent them from importing raw materials and price controls that at times force them to sell goods below their cost of production.
The current wave of protests, which have slowed food deliveries and forced many businesses to close, may turn public opinion against the opposition and help Maduro deflect criticism over the economic problems.
A primary driver behind inflation is the torrid expansion of the money supply that vastly outstrips the pace of economic growth. Liquidity grew close to 70 percent in 2013 despite economic growth of just 1.6 percent, and the money supply has doubled since November 2012.


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London Olympic Marathon Madness
With less than five days until the 2012 Olympic Marathon race, athletes from around the world are pressed to make final preparations for the ultimate showdown. While many have mastered training plans that will allow them to achieve peak performance on race day, others are fighting nagging injuries that threaten to keep them on the sidelines. Welcome to London Olympic Marathon Madness.
Over the weekend, four time Olympian and hometown favorite Paula Radcliffe withdrew from the women's marathon distance race. Radcliffe is the London Marathon record holder who is suffering from a foot injury that will prevent her from competing.
Paula Radcliffe made the grueling decision to withdraw from the 2012 Olympic Games.
American runner Desiree Davila, who finished second at the Olympic Trials in January, may follow Radcliffe's suit if her right hip flexor tendon injury doesn't improve in the next few days. In a media blunder over the weekend, Davila's coaches sent an email indicating she would not run the Olympic race. Word of Davila's supposed withdrawal spread like wildfire through various social media outlets before making its way back to Davila, herself. She quickly took to her Twitter account to let fans know she has not made a decision by stating, "My race, my final call." We're crossing our fingers to see Davila line up against the world's best on Sunday, August 5th.
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Not all athletes are plagued by injuries, although some have to fight battles that seem just as difficult. In the end, winning the battle feels like sweet victory. Esther Obiekwe will make history at the 2012 Women's Olympic Marathon as the first women to run from Nigeria. Though Obiekwe is a full time banker, she manages to find time for training and has competed at some of the world's most renown races including, Athens, Berlin, Boston, and Dubai. Obiekwe's employer, Diamond Bank announced it would be sponsoring Esther's training kits as well as her travel expenses to London. Obiekwe views her participation as not only a personal achievement, but as one that she will share with all Nigerian women.
Esther Obiekwe will be the first woman to represent Nigeria for the marathon race at the Olympics.
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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are up 6 cents, or 1.6%, at $3.28, following a 14% jump yesterday which appeared to be the result of multiple rumors.
AMD's rise today comes as competitor Intel (INTC) this morning announced its COO Brian Krzanich will be its new CEO.
The stock got one downgrade today, that I can see, from Macquarie Equities Research's Shawn Webster, who cut his rating from Buy to Neutral, with a $3.30 price target, following his upgrade back on March 18th, writing that while chips in game consoles from Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) are still important to AMD, the valuation is now too rich for him.
The trends in the business are positive, writes Webster:
AMD has confirmed it will supply chips for the Playstation 4 and X-Box 720. While we believe it will be margin percent dilutive, we still estimate it will have significant earnings power, which appears to be unappreciated by the Street. If we subtract our game console chip forecast from Consensus AMD revenue forecasts, it implies the Street is expecting AMD's core business to be flat in Q3 and decline 5% QoQ in Q4—which we think is too bearish. We model sequential growth of up 16% QoQ for each of Q3 and Q4 at AMD versus the Consensus forecast of up 6-8% QoQ. […] We have been positive on stabilization in the company's improved roadmap and execution, as well as lower risk of share loss in graphics chips and microprocessors (based on our industry checks).
But the stock run-up captures those opportunities:
AMD stock trades near the low end of normal revenue multiple ranges, but above the mid-point on earnings and book multiples. Despite our belief on upside to the Consensus, we feel the recent run- up in the stock adequately reflects the game console potential balanced by the poor PC demand environment and the company's leverage and execution track record.


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- Diversified industrial base
- Leader in high-end electronics
- Highly successful educational system
- High public R&D spending
- Increased investments in Asia
- Increased competition from China (steel, shipbuilding, textiles)
- Weight of commodities imports
- High level of household indebtedness
- Ageing population
- High youth unemployment despite successful education system
- Unpredictability of the North Korean regime
- Proportion of chaebols in the economy
Exports and fiscal stimulus support growth momentum
Exports and fiscal stimulus support growth
Growth is expected to edge down slightly but remain robust in 2019, thanks to exports and budgetary support. The contribution of exports could nevertheless be slightly lower than in 2018, as the US-China trade war will weigh on Chinese demand for South Korean products. South Korea's largest export by value – semiconductors – may be particularly impacted in the short run. This could affect the secondary sector and South Korean industrial conglomerates (chaebols). Deteriorating confidence indicators could slow private investment. Rising labour costs also pose a threat, particularly if not accompanied by productivity gains and corporate tax reductions. This is especially true for the ICT sector. Moreover, stricter regulation on mortgages should continue to weigh on investment in construction and real estate. Nonetheless, a more expansionary fiscal policy should offset the decline in private investment and promote growth. An increase in public employment, the minimum wage, and social spending is expected to support consumption. However, it is expected that the latter will be constrained by high household debt levels (155% of disposable income) as well as a sluggish labour market, with low female participation rates and relatively high youth unemployment (around 10%). Inflation is expected to stabilise around the central bank target (2%) in 2019, after increasing due to higher oil prices. The latter justified two interest rates of 25 basis points each since the start of the tightening cycle on November 2017. However, the monetary policy setting is expected to remain accommodative through the first half of 2019 as inflation pressures abate, to avoid throttling the consumption of highly indebted households.
Slight decrease in the current account surplus not a concern
The budget surplus is expected to shrink as a result of the government's expansionary fiscal policy. Government payrolls will continue to increase, while the minimum wage is expected to be revised up by 6% to KRW 8,350 for 2019. Various subsidies to consumers and financial support to SMEs will also weigh on public spending. The defence budget will be increased by 8.8% in 2019 to support South Korea's military reform programme. The growth of spending in social welfare and defence will be partially offset by a decline in infrastructure spending. Corporate taxes remain amongst the highest in the OECD (at around 30%), which will contribute to higher tax revenues. Public debt, which is lower than the OECD average, is expected to remain stable and low risk. Household debt continued to rise in 2018 and remains a source of concern.
In 2019, the current account surplus is expected to decline but remain positive. The balance of goods is likely to remain in surplus, although export growth should be slightly lower than that of imports due to mounting trade war risks. The steadying of relations with China is expected to continue to significantly boost tourist numbers, which plummeted in 2017. Foreign exchange (FX) reserves will remain at a comfortable level, and the rise in the central bank's key interest rate has helped mitigate the risk of FX depreciation. Policymakers should not be too concerned about FX depreciation and policy divergence with the US FED as the South Korean economy does not have a financing gap; a weaker won is actually positive for its export sector.
Improving ties with North Korea, but risks remain
Following the March 2017 dismissal of Park Geun-hye on corruption allegations, Moon Jae-in (Democratic Party) was elected President with an economic programme to stimulate growth, initiate social reform, and reduce the influence of the chaebols. After nearly 10 years of a Conservative presidency, and despite the circumstances of the election, the transition was smooth. However, with only 40% of seats in the National Assembly, the President will continue to encounter some difficulties passing laws.
President Moon's popularity has been largely bolstered by a move to engage in strategic dialogue with Pyongyang. President Moon and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un agreed to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula during the April 2018 inter-Korean Summit. This was followed by a bilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore on July 2018. However, North Korea has threatened to restart its nuclear programme if an agreement with the United States is not made. South Korea postponed the permanent deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system on environmental concerns. The move reflects the difficulties that the new regime will experience as it walks the fine line of balancing its relations with both the United States and China.
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Organizations can considerably amplify the resources available to their innovation projects — by helping volunteer innovators benefit from participating in the process.
When business executives and economists think about whether developing an innovation will be worthwhile, they tend to focus on the economic value of the outcome of the innovation process. "Will we earn enough profit from using or selling X innovation to justify the money and time required to develop it?" is, in effect, the question they ask.
However, that standard cost-benefit assessment is seriously incomplete when applied to individual innovators. These individuals can gain significant benefits from participation in a development process as well as — or even instead of — benefits from using or selling the innovation created.1 When innovation project sponsors can offer volunteer innovators such benefits, the net cost of those innovation projects can be much lower.
To understand this idea, consider the fact that innovation centrally involves problem solving. In other situations, problem solving is known to be valued by participants for the process itself. That is, people often engage in problem solving for the value of participating in the process — independent of any value derived from the solution found. Crossword puzzles provide a good example. Crossword aficionados can spend hours working hard to solve a crossword puzzle. Their reward is entirely in the fun of solving, not in the solution found. (After all, the solution is already known to the puzzle designer.) Indeed, if you were to offer avid crossword puzzle fans the puzzle solution to save them the effort of doing the puzzle for themselves, your offer would certainly be declined — and you might well be reproached and told not to spoil the fun.
We define "innovation process benefits" as all those benefits that innovators will get if they directly participate in the innovation development process — and will not get if somebody just hands them the solution to an innovation challenge. Important examples of innovation process benefits include enjoyment and learning obtained from participation in the project, as well as reputational gains obtained from being known as having made high-quality contributions. Innovation process benefits are distinct from benefits associated with using or selling the innovation created. They are only available to participants in the development process.


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Expression of Form
NAKED recent paintings by Laura Ross-Paul MFA '76 (and PSU art instructor), Froelick Gallery, 817 SW Second Ave., Portland, October 31 to November 29
The figures in Laura Ross-Paul's paintings hover between an emotional world and real world--sometimes dreamy and other times poignant. Ross-Paul balances these multiple dualities with vibrant color, translucent layers of oil and wax, and glimpses of the natural environment.
An active exhibitor and teacher throughout the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years, Ross-Paul is among the foremost painters of the region. Her narrative imagery is known for potent, direct emotion, which has earned her paintings a place in the collections of museums nationwide.
On Campus
Littman Gallery, 250 Smith Memorial Student Union, weekdays: noon to 4 p.m., November 2 to 29, free
The citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, launched this traveling exhibit in 1995 to convey the realities of atomic bombings and, more importantly, to push for peace. The exhibit consists of photo panels, video, and A-bomb artifacts--many of which belonged to school children who died, whose stories are told in accompanying narrative.
Frontiers Past and Future: Science Fiction and the American West
by Carl Abbott
(urban studies and planning faculty)
University Press of Kansas, 2006
Artless: the Odyssey of a Republican Cultural Creative
by Gary Cole
Ooligan Press, Portland State University, 2006
Chinese Capitalism and the Modernist Vision
by Satyananda Gabriel '79
Routledge, London, 2006
Roadmap to Stardom: How to Break into Acting in Hollywood
by Rif Haffar '89, MBA '90
Ameera Publishing, Los Angeles, 2006
The Four Seasons of Healthy Aging
by Anna Mae Tichy EdD '85
Spotted Horse Press, Denver, 2006


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Note: This is a sponsored post. I was given paints to use for this project, but the idea, opinions and tutorial below are completely my own.
Do you remember using Tulip Soft and 3D Paints (aka "Puffy Paint") back in the eighties? I was a kid back then and remember seeing it everywhere – jackets, shoes, school bags, and of course, t-shirts! It was one of those fun DIY projects that everyone could do, with good results almost every time.
Flash forward thirty years. Tulip has kindly given me the opportunity to re-live those moments using their products! My task: to update a shirt using the classic techniques from my childhood.
For this project, I thought that I would do something with Leo in mind, for a change. He loves things that go, especially trucks, construction vehicles and airplanes. Then, as I was starting to jot down ideas, a rocket ship came to mind, and I knew he would love it!
Here are the steps, including a printable stencil that you can download for free!
DIY Boys Totally Radical Rocket Ship Onesie
Supplies :
Onesie or T-shirt
Freezer Paper
Xacto knife or scissors
Foam Craft Brushes
Tulip Dimensional Fabric Paint
1. Start with a clean onesie that has been washed and dried at least once.
2. Download the rocket ship image and print it out onto freezer paper (more on freezer paper stencils here). Carefully cut out the shaded areas with an xacto blade to make your stencil.
3. Position the stencil on your shirt where you would like it and then iron it down in place.
4. Place a piece of cardboard on the inside of your onesie (to keep paint from possibly bleeding through). Using your paint and foam craft brush, press the paint gently onto your fabric using a tapping motion until all areas are filled, changing colors as desired. Let dry for about 4 hours.
5. Once dry, gently peel the stencil off of the fabric. Now, outline your filled in areas. Tulip Dimensional Fabric Paint has a fine applicator point perfect for this kind of work. Let that dry another 4 hours and your little one will be ready to blast off!
The onesie shown uses Tulip Soft Fabric Paint in Neon Orange, and Tulip Slick Dimensional Paint in Fluorescent Blue, Green, Yellow and Orange.
Tulip continues to be a craft favorite in households today! In addition to Tulip Soft Paints and Dimensional Fabric paints included in my post, Tulip is known for it's wide variety of Fashion Glitters, Glam it up Crystals, Fabric Markers and One-Step Tie Dye! Find all your favorite Tulip products by clicking here.
In fact, all this summer Tulip is bringing tie dye to the masses with their Tie Dye Your Summer campaign! Visit their Tie Dye Your Summer site at Tie Dye Your Summer. They have so many fun tie dye videos and inspirations as well as an awesome giveaway of a tie dye iPad and party (it really is an amazing prize pack that you'll want to enter! Click here to enter this exclusive giveaway!
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Global Business Leadership Curriculum
The global business environment, in which change is a constant, requires a different type of leader. This new leader must have functional knowledge and analytical skills, yet be adept at leading teams of innovators. These leaders must have a global mindset that combines openness to and awareness of diversity across cultures and markets with a propensity and ability to see common patterns across countries and markets. At the same time in an organization with a global mindset, people view cultural and geographic diversity as opportunities to explore and are prepared to adopt successful practices and good ideas wherever they come from.
The global business leadership curriculum provides an intensive, community based, 16 credit sophomore course experience. Juniors and seniors will take upper level core classes in global business and as seniors take a capstone advanced global strategy course. Students will receive the opportunity to develop a global mind-set through study abroad experiences, international internships, and in-depth studies in doing business in a specific region of the world.


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Maldives: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- Growing bilateral relations with China and Saudi Arabia
- Growth of tourist activity on uninhabited islands
- Airport infrastructure
- Support from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Dependence on the international economy due to the scale of tourism in the national economy
- Insularity
- Chronic budget deficit and growing dynamic of public debt
- Political instability
- Vulnerability to natural disasters and the negative effects of climate change
Current Trends
Increased Growth Through Tourism and Infrastructure Projects
Economic growth, highly dependent on that of the tourism sector (24% of the GDP), should stabilize at a fairly high level in 2018. It will likely be supported by the increase in the number of visitors from European countries (largest regional market, 49%), but it will also depend on the situation in China (largest national market, 21.5%).
The tourism drive will be supported by the massive investment in dedicated infrastructure. The project for an international terminal at the country's main airport has been awarded to a Saudi company, and accounts for almost 10% of the GDP. It will accommodate more than 7 million passengers per year compared to the current 1.5 million. The construction of a bridge linking Malé, the capital, to the airport has been financed by a loan from China, and it should be operational in mid-2018. The construction sector is therefore expecting a strong increase in activity, and more than 75% of business leaders plan to increase their workforce, which should have a positive effect on domestic consumption. Nevertheless, payment deadlines in the sector remain lengthy, which can discourage companies. The fishing sector, a major source of employment in the archipelago, remains archaic.
Inflation is expected to be very low in 2018 and is expected to return to the rate seen in previous years, fueled by quota and tax policies on imported products.
Public and Current Account Deficits Fueled by Investments
The public investment program is expected to keep the budget deficit high in 2018. Tax revenues are expected to increase in 2018, driven by tax reforms on imported products, as well as the payment of an airport tax by tourists since June 2017. Subsidies, particularly on electricity and food products, are set to be phased out, and spending by the Asandha social security system should fall.
The current account deficit is likely to remain large. The country's lack of a manufacturing industry compels it to massively import and places a strain on the balance of trade (pertaining to goods). Imports are expected to increase with increasing demand for building materials as part of new investment. The share of commodities in imports is also expected to grow, and the extent of the current account deficit will be determined by their market prices, notably that of oil.
Exports, mainly fish, are expected to increase slightly, driven by growth in the frozen tuna trade, which in turn should offset the decline in fresh tuna trade. Tourism revenue, which enters in the balance of services, constitutes the main positive contribution to the current account balance. Thus, the archipelago has a need for significant external financing, which makes the country dependent on the support of international donors. Nevertheless, reserves have moderately increased thanks to tourism growth and large FDI flows (10% of the GDP). These two sources help reduce the pressure on the Maldivian currency, the rufiyaa, and therefore the risk of a currency crisis.
Increasingly Significant Demonstrations and Anti-Democratic Measures
Since the election in 2013 of President Abdullah Yameen, half-brother of former President Mamoon Gayoom (from 1978 to 2008), the regime has become more and more authoritarian. Many arrests have taken place, which has led to many citizens' demonstrations, which are firmly repressed. Even the judiciary is not spared: 56 lawyers have been suspended from their activity for demanding respect for the rule of law.
The president is now able to employ the army to face the opposition. As a result, in July 2017, the military blocked access to the Majlis, the Maldivian parliament, to prevent a vote on censorship concerning an individual close to the head of state. The elections in late 2018 will be opposed by the two main political forces of the country: the Progressive Party of the outgoing president, and the Democratic Party of the Maldives, led by exiled dissident Mohamed Nasheed (who has requested political asylum in the United Kingdom after having been sentenced in the Maldives). If the electoral process is properly carried out, it seems that it would be difficult for the current president to remain in power.
With the exception of tourist islands, which Maldivians are barred from visiting, the safety situation in Malé and other islands could become worrisome in 2018 with the threat of terrorism and demonstrations of the opposition.
The business climate in the country seems to be deteriorating continuously due to, among other aspects, growing instability, corruption, and the authoritarianism of the regime. The country was demoted by more than 100 places out of 190 in the Doing Business ranking of the World Bank over ten years, falling from 31st to 135th place).


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FSF News
FSF to Host Summit on Freedom for Network Services
The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Freedom for Network Services to discuss how the free software community can ensure that software, and its users, stay free in this new technological environment.
Join the FSF in calling on libraries to eliminate DRM
Join the Free Software Foundation and DefectiveByDesign.org this Saturday (2/9/2008) at the Boston Public Library to demand the removal of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology from the library! If you are not from the area, join the cause to eliminate DRM and launch action for your local library if they use DRM.
Free Software Foundation Releases GNU Affero General Public License Version 3
A Quick Guide to GPLv3
The FSF Compliance Lab has published a new article to help developers understand the benefits of GPLv3.
Send comments opposing TLS-authz "experimental" standard by October 23
Environmental and social justice groups unite in support of free software
International coalition of environmental and social justice groups condemns Microsoft Vista and calls for the adoption of free software
Microsoft cannot declare itself exempt from the requirements of GPLv3
"Microsoft has engaged in anticompetitive conduct in the software industry for many years, and has sought to attack free software for almost as long," Free Software Foundation says
Protesters call on the BBC to eliminate DRM from the "iPlayer"
London and Manchester, England — Tuesday, August 14, 2007 — Anti-DRM Protesters call on the BBC to eliminate DRM from the iPlayer
Submit your nominations for the 2007 free software awards
Nominations are requested by 31 October 2007.
FSF releases the GNU General Public License, version 3
iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them
FSF Releases "Last Call" Draft of GPLv3
'Play Ogg': FSF launches free audio format campaign
New FSF campaigns team to coordinate free software activism in defense of computer user freedom
FSF releases third draft of GPLv3 for discussion
Ted Ts'o wins the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software
Theodore Ts'o was recognized for his many and varied contributions to free software and his work for the kernel developer community.
Sahana wins the 2006 social benefit award
Sahana, an entirely volunteer effort to create technology for managing large-scale relief efforts, is the recipient of the 2006 Free Software Foundation Award for Projects of Social Benefit.
"Year of the Upgrade". Annual Associate Member Meeting, Saturday March 24.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA---Wednesday, March 7th 2007---The Free Software Foundation announced details for its annual associate member and activist meeting to be held at MIT, Cambridge, MA, on Saturday, March 24th, 2007.
FSF aims for partnership with hardware manufacturers
China: Support Bill Xu's campaign opposing proprietary banking requirements
China Merchants Bank excludes free software users.


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By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An 11-year-old girl won her fight to play football with boys in the Philadelphia-area Roman Catholic youth leagues when the Archdiocese reversed an earlier decision and said on Thursday it would permit co-ed play.
The case of Caroline Pla, of suburban Buckingham Township, drew international attention when an online petition on her behalf drew 108,000 supporters, according to her mother, Seal Pla.
The girl's family was told last fall that Caroline could no longer play on the team, as she had done for two seasons. She was the only girl on the team.
But on Thursday, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, headed by Archbishop Charles Chaput, told the family it changed its mind.
"At the direction of the Archbishop, the Archdiocese will allow for co-ed participation in CYO football, effective in the 2013 season," the church said in a statement.
The decision was made despite the recommendation of a panel drawn up by the church of parents, clergy, coaches and other experts which studied the issue and said it believed that the Catholic Youth Organization should continue to ban girls' participation.
Chaput opted to override that recommendation, the statement from the archdiocese said.
The girl's mother said the family was notified of the change of heart at the archdiocese by email.
"She was jumping up and down, she was so happy," Seal Pla said. "Issues relating to how the church treats its young people are really important right now, and this is a huge positive step forward.
"For Caroline, this was never about just her, but about all girls who want to play the sports they love. It was about allowing kids like Caroline the opportunity to grow physically and spiritually."
According to the church statement, the old policy reflected the church's thoughts on the importance of gender differences and the development of mature male and female identities.
Caroline was not available for comment Thursday night. She was attending a banquet for her basketball team.
Other archdioceses, such as those in Cleveland and Wilmington, Delaware, have no gender exclusion like the one that was in effect in Philadelphia.
(Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst; Editing by David Brunnstrom)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/philadelphia-church-reverses-decision-let-girls-play-football-023921195--spt.html
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Orioles put RHP Gonzalez on 15-day DL, recall Burnett
The Baltimore Orioles placed Miguel Gonzalez on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a right thumb blister.
Gonzalez is 2-2 with a 4.58 ERA in six starts this season. The right-hander left his last start May 3 against the Angels after six innings because of a blister.
The Orioles pushed Gonzalez back from his scheduled start Thursday, hoping he would be ready Saturday. But the blister hasn't healed enough to allow him to pitch.
"It's a callus with a blister underneath and both of them came off,'' manager Buck Showalter said. "So he's down to some pretty raw skin.''
The move is retroactive to May 3 and Orioles have off days Monday and Thursday, so Gonzalez will miss only one or two starts if he can come off the DL on May 19 to face Tampa Bay.
"We feel confident doing it this way that we can hopefully put it behind us and get him ready to make that start,'' Showalter said.
To fill out the 25-man roster, Baltimore recalled right-hander Alex Burnett from Triple-A Norfolk. Burnett was claimed by the Orioles on waivers from Toronto on April 12.
Burnett went 1-0 with a 0.96 ERA in six relief appearances with Norfolk. He was 4-4 out of the bullpen last year with Minnesota.
Showalter didn't say who would start in place of Gonzalez on Saturday, but said Steve Johnson is an option. Johnson, who was placed on the DL on March 31 with a strained muscle near his right rib cage, is on a rehabilitation assignment.


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Prahlad Jani brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "reduce, reuse, recycle." This 83-year-old holy man's body is his recycling bin, according to a recent news article. Claiming to have lived the past seven decades without food or water, Jani was taken in for observation by Indian doctors on April 22, and since then has had no food or water and has not passed urine or stool. His body has remained in perfect health since then, showing no signs of dehydration, hunger or fatigue. He is still active enough to climb stairs and several tests on his brain reveal that it resembles that of a 25-year-old.
Jani claims to be a "breatharian," a person who can live on "spiritual life force," since receiving a blessing from a goddess at the age of eight. He says that drops of water, or for him, drops of a magic elixir from the goddess, filter through a hole in his palate, sustaining him. In addition, he is able to produce urine in his bladder as well as reabsorb it back into his body, at will. Ordinarily, a person cannot survive without urinating, but it appears that Jani is able to filter and re-circulate the water that makes up 90 percent of his body at any time.
Here we have waste reduction and recycling in its simplest form. Or maybe it isn't so simple. Scientists, of course, are baffled by this mystery, and as of yet, have no scientific explanation for it. The "spiritual life force" that sustains him didn't stop at the blessing of the goddess. At age 83, Jani continues to receive energy through spiritual meditation, adding a fourth "r" – "rethink" – to the famous phrase, "reduce, reuse, recycle."
Jani is undergoing a series of medical tests over a period of fifteen days as scientists are hoping to find solutions for people in emergency situations who must go without food or water for long periods. Last week we gave suggestions for how to survive the apocalypse with six of our best emergency filters. Can we add Jani, the human filter, to our list? Only time will tell, so stay tuned for an update. In the meantime, while you wait for a miracle blessing from a goddess, those six filters still come highly recommended. For Jani and his fellow "breatharians," we recommend the 3M N95 Respirator Mask in case of emergencies; since meditation involves breathing, they'll want to make sure they aren't inhaling air pollutants..


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