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Big Switch Networks Ships First Open Software-Defined Networking Product Suite to Accelerate Network Transformation
SDN Embraced by Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs and the SDN Industry's Largest Partner Ecosystem
PALO ALTO, CA – November 13, 2012 – Big Switch Networks today announced the general availability of the first Open Software-Defined Networking (SDN) product suite, and the industry's most open architecture delivering: the largest ecosystem of partners, the broadest range of network applications, and the widest range of deployment options. The Big Switch Open SDN product suite enables customers to quickly adopt new network applications not possible with traditional networks, and is deployed in some of the largest and most innovative production networks.
Big Switch Networks Open SDN focus on open APIs, open standards, and platform-independence garnered the industry's largest ecosystem of physical and hypervisor switch, security, cloud orchestration and application partners. Big Switch Networks Open SDN ecosystem partners include: A10 Networks, Arista Networks, Broadcom, Brocade, Canonical, Cariden Technologies, Citrix, Cloudscaling, Coraid, Dell, Endace, Extreme Networks, F5, Fortinet, Gigamon, Infoblox, Juniper Networks, Mellanox Technologies, Microsoft, Mirantis, Nebula, Palo Alto Networks, Piston Cloud Computing, Radware, StackOps, ThreatSTOP, and vArmour. Click here to see Ecosystem Supporting Quotes from the companies listed above.
"SDN is the most disruptive and transformative trend to hit the networking industry in over 20 years and Big Switch Networks Open SDN product suite delivers on the promise of the full potential that we envisioned when we started this company," said Guido Appenzeller, CEO and co-founder of Big Switch Networks. "Big Switch Networks ecosystem ensures customers the broadest range of choice in physical and virtual infrastructure and applications, coupled with the industry's only open network application platform. Our Big Virtual Switch network virtualization application enables up to 50% more VMs per rack, resulting in as much as $500K/rack in CAPEX savings and $30K/rack/year OPEX savings, based on a 40 server rack."
The Big Switch Networks product suite is the only generally available SDN offering that unifies applications and infrastructure across vendors including support for both physical and virtual switches. The suite includes Big Network Controller (BNC), the Open SDN platform for network applications which scales to more than a thousand switches and 250,000 new host connections per second; Big Tap, a unified network monitoring application which provides cost-effective enterprise-wide network visibility; and Big Virtual Switch (BVS), a data center network virtualization application that makes the data center network as agile and dynamic as cloud compute resources, while also driving dramatic increases in compute utilization through automated network provisioning.
Big Virtual Switch supports up to 32,000 Virtual Network Segments, enabling multi-tenancy and workload dynamism at unparalleled scale and simplicity, and offers integration into popular orchestration systems, including OpenStack, CloudStack, Microsoft System Center, and VMware vCenter.
"SDN is enabling a range of applications and bringing new-found agility to what historically has been a closed and inflexible enterprise network architecture," said Joe Skorupa, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Data Center Convergence, Gartner. "Open APIs, network application suites and support for physical and virtual infrastructure are important to realize the maximum benefits from SDN."
"Software-defined networking and network virtualization enable more robust, responsive IT infrastructures," said James Davis, Senior Vice President, Global Network Services, Fidelity Investments. "Big Switch Networks Open SDN architecture and the company's commitment to open standards and open APIs, with support across the entire network including physical and virtual infrastructure, provides a long term path to network agility, network innovation, and greater overall utilization."
"We believe SDN has the potential to bring transformational change to the way companies build/manage their network to meet the challenges of highly dynamic and virtualized applications over the next few years," said Steven Schwartz, Global Head of Telecommunications and Market Data Services at Goldman Sachs and Member of the Board of Directors at ONF. "As fellow members of ONF, we believe the commitment to open architecture, standards and frameworks will be critical to the innovation, adoption and evolution of SDN to address the dynamic needs of the enterprise network."
Big Virtual Switch dynamically provisions Virtual Network Segments making the network as agile and dynamic as other cloud infrastructure and preserves workload network properties, independent of where the workload is physically located to:
- Improve compute utilization by 25% to 50%
- Rescue stranded compute capacity providing up to 50%+ more VMs per rack
- Improve VM density and drive down power & cooling costs
- Reduce cost of building out new data center infrastructure
- Support a range of topologies including: hypervisor switch overlays, physical switches or Hybrid Network Virtualization, which includes any combination of the above
Big Tap delivers monitoring functions to your Open SDN. Big Tap provides cost-effective, enterprise-wide network visibility, optimizing the utility of your security tools, performance tools, and network packet brokers:
- Delivering ubiquitous and continuous Network Visibility
- Filtering and directing traffic to meet analytical tool needs
- Leveraging Ethernet Switching efficiency and performance scalability
Big Network Controller is the Open SDN application platform and includes an open programming interface, open core controller based on Floodlight, and open protocols to deliver unified network intelligence, programmability and scalability:
- Common network abstraction on network infrastructure
- Normalized policy and functions across fabric
- Standards-based and open core architecture
- Enterprise class manageability, scalability and resiliency
Pricing and Availability
- Big Virtual Switch - Starts under $4200/month- Available Now
- Big Tap- Starts under $500 month - Available Now
- Big Network Controller - Starts under $1700/month- Available Now
About Big Switch Networks
Big Switch Networks is the leading Open Software-Defined Networking (SDN) company. Big Switch shipped the first Open Software-Defined Networking product suite, and has built the industry's most open architecture delivering: the largest ecosystem of partners, the broadest range of network applications, and the widest range of deployment options. Big Switch leverages industry standards and open APIs that enable customers to deploy dynamic and flexible networking applications, including data center network virtualization. Big Switch Networks was founded in 2010 by Guido Appenzeller and Kyle Forster and has raised $39 million from Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Goldman Sachs and others.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. stock market on Monday gave up some of last week's gains that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 17,000 for the first time.
Investors took a step back to reassess Thursday's stronger-than-expected jobs report while awaiting second-quarter earnings that start trickling in this week.
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.00% closed 7.8 points, or 0.4%, lower at 1,977.65, with only the defensive sectors, such as utilities, telecoms and consumer staples, ending with modest gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.19% fell 44.05 points, or 0.3%, to 17,024.21. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.07% was dragged down by losses in biotech and Internet companies, ending the day down 34.4 points, or 0.8%, to 4,451.53.
The Russell 2000 RUT, -0.44% underperformed other benchmarks, falling 21.41 points, or 1.8%, to 1,186.44.
Read the recap of MarketWatch's live blog of today's stock-market action.
Kristina Hooper, U.S. investment strategist at Allianz Global Investors, said investors overreacted to last week's jobs data, as it's likely that inflation, not a stronger economy, will be what pushes the Fed to raise interest rates.
"Investors are digesting and rereading the jobs report, hence we are saying markets pausing after record levels. Still, we think markets are too liberal in expecting rate hikes in the second half of 2015 and will be surprised if it happens sooner," she said.
The new earnings season begins Tuesday with results from aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. AA, +1.25% after the bell. Another highlight is Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, -0.04% on Friday.
Earnings for the S&P 500 are expected to rise by 4.9% for the quarter, according to FactSet, and with stock prices extending their reach to new highs, investors are likely to be less forgiving if companies miss Wall Street's expectations. Analysts have reduced their earnings estimates by the lowest amount since the second quarter of 2011, said John Butters, senior earnings analyst at FactSet.
Among individual companies, American Apparel Inc. US:APP rallied 1.7% after The Wall Street Journal reported the retailer is in talks to raise new financing following the ouster of CEO Dov Charney.
Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.81% rose 2.1% on big gains in June sales ahead of a busy fall season. For more stock movers, read Movers and Shakers column.
In the commodities market, oil futures settled lower, with the U.S. oil benchmark CLQ24, -50.58% slipping below $104 a barrel
Gold futures US:GCQ4 settled at their lowest level in more than a week, extending losses from the previous session.
Asian stocks closed mostly lower, with Japan's Nikkei Average NIK, +0.38% down 0.4%, and European stocks fell after an unexpected and steep drop in German industrial production raises worries about growth.
The dollar DXY, -0.21% extended gains into a fourth consecutive day, with traders considering whether the U.S. jobs report for June adds more pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates sooner than later.
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Toyota stops sales of some 2013, 2014 models; seat material at issue
DETROIT – Toyota has told North American dealers to stop selling six popular models because the seat fabric doesn't meet flammability standards.
Company spokesman John Hanson says one soft material beneath the seat covers doesn't comply. No fires or injuries have been reported. Toyota is still totaling how many vehicles are affected, but it will be in the thousands.
The move affects Camry, Avalon, Sienna and Tacoma models from the 2013 and 2014 model years. Also covered are Corollas and Tundras from 2014.
It's not clear what will happen with vehicles that have already been sold. Hanson says Toyota has reported the problem to U.S. safety regulators, who will decide if the vehicles must be recalled.
The Camry is the top-selling car in the U.S., with more than 408,000 sold last year.
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Apple: Citi Says Buy, Capstone Says Samsung Won Black Friday, Pacific Crest Lowers PT
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Shares of Apple (AAPL) were recently rising around 1.3%, following Citi's bullish re-initiation of coverage, although other analysts are sounding more cautious notes this morning.
Today Citi's Glen Yeung and team initiated coverage of Apple with a Buy rating and $675 price target, noting that investors should take advantage of the recent selloff, especially with year-over-year growth expected to stabilized in the first half of next year.
Still, he notes that his target price is still below the consensus, as headwinds loom for the firm. Read highlights below:
Enough of a Pullback? — Our analysis shows that Apple shares have corrected consistent with the average correction in its own history, with companies that have achieved 4% of the S&P500, and with companies that have shown similar deceleration. Historically, such corrections are followed by 20%-50% appreciation in the following 12 months. While a correction to below the average leaves risk, an adverse change in macro is required to take shares to these levels. While possible, we err on the side of optimism.
Risks are Increasingly in Focus — Observation of Apple shares versus its y/y rev. growth explains the recent sell-off. While easily attributable to the law of large numbers, exogenous factors also play a role. We assert that Apple's share of the smartphone market is at risk from low-end smartphones and competition from other eco-systems. We see upside from tablets, but this negatively impacts GM. Meanwhile, we see other risks to GM that lead us to model margins below consensus. In light of this, we see caps to Apple's P/E multiple (reflected in our PT), likely promoting a more trading bias for the shares.
However, Pacific Crest's Andy Hargreaves offered a slightly more sobering take; in a note out today he lowered his target price on the stock from $670 to $645, writing that he believes that while strong demand for products continue to propel Apple, the company's gross profit per unit has "likely peaked".
Capstone's Rory Maher is also cautious about Apple's showing on Black Friday. In a note out today, he details a survey of 8,000 Facebook (FB) comments about Apple and Samsung Electronics (005930KS) products, and ranked them according to enthusiasm. "Of the 560 comments that included commentary on the iPhone vs Samsung phones the trend indicated many consumers are switching to Samsung from Apple or are on the fence. For example, 26% of the comments that included both products were made directly after switching to Samsung from Apple, whereas 25% of comments were made asking friends which one they should buy (indicating they are undecided). We believe the number of comments from undecided consumers led to a Neutral score of 1.7 for all the comments whereas those made after switching to Samsung were strongly positive."
Maher also writes that the Note 2 was largely well received by commenters, as was the Galaxy S 3, despite some battery issues. He concludes that the survey was positive for Google (GOOG): "Since Samsung is the largest selling Android device we think the survey illustrates continued momentum for Android to build on its 65%-plus share of the smartphone market."
Still, other good news came out of Barclays, which said it will buy 8,500 iPads for its staff in a push to improve customer service. ""We investigated a number of different tablet options and in this instance, we concluded that iPads were the best solution for their specific needs. We are now starting to use these across Barclays branches in the U.K.," said a company spokesperson. Barclays didn't specific whether it would buy the full size iPad or the mini.


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We'd all love to own the most beautiful gadgets in the world but sometimes irritating things like money and family members who don't want us to blow it all on items that we don't technically need can get in the way. Essentially, there's two ways around this but, before you start planning the perfect murder, allow Pocket-lint to step in and help you out.
This being Style Week, we've got a few ideas instead on how to turn the kit you already own into fabulous looking items of aesthetic wonder that'll make your co-workers and friends weep with envy. All of this at a fraction of the cost of buying something state of the art. So, what with today all about laptops, here are the best accessories to buy to make your laptop look beautiful.
The most obvious thing to do with your laptop if it doesn't look very nice is to hide it in a bag. That way you can turn even the most hideous lump of grey plastic into a thing of beauty. Bags are also good in general for carrying computers about but, of course, that's merely secondary.
Having said that this is a cheaper option than buying a new device, let's start with where that might not be so true. If you're serious about this, then your first port of call may as well be with the serious fashion designers who, these days, churn out bags with laptop compartments like there's no tomorrow.
For men, Burberry run a superb line. For a full on man bag experience that you can carry around like a briefcase there's there's either the Smoked Check or Beat Nylon for something smooth but modern, more timeless tan leather option in the Push-Button and, if you really want to make a statement, the white Gladstone Canvas.
If you'd rather wear over the shoulder, then the Beat Nylon comes in a cross-body messenger bag style too as do the similar style in both Vintage Check and your classic Burberry Haymarket Check as well as a tan leather. All rather swish.
For women, it's a case of whether you want to go for the classic Burberry Check or leather and are we talking bowling ball style or for the shoulder? Either way the London fashion design house has got you more than well covered with the likes of the Heritage Jacquard, Medium Vintage House Check and Medium Check Jacquard all looking tasteful as well as the Nova Check Bowling Bag if your laptop's on the small side. You'd best make the measurements. You're looking at anywhere between £400-900 for any of this lot.
Naturally it's a similar story with the likes of Gucci who do an excellent, if pricey, range of messenger bags for men and women. There are some other designers and bags that are more affordable, though, and just as stylish likes this pair from Radley in the shape of the Bloomsbury, for women, and the Workbag for men (if you've got guts, go with the purple, otherwise we'll let you off with the black). Not at all bad for around £250.
Finally on the designer side, and probably most affordable of all without having to sacrifice on looks, is the wonderful collection for both men and women from tech bag specialist Knomo. As well as a host of tablet and phone cases, you can also pick up all sorts of fancy leather brief cases and more colourful, more shiny handbag styled versions. The site will let you search by laptop screen size as well as also having a specific Apple section if that's the way you run. Particular Pocket-lint favourites would have to be the Bungo Messenger, Cholet, Paris, Kobe and one of the coloured Saxbys for something a little more funky with all of them coming in under £200 or thereabouts.
If the Knomo gang are still more than you're looking to spend in the name of fashion, then there's still plenty of options but naturally the quality begins to take a dip. Nonetheless, Pakuma has some colourful options around the £50 mark with the Choroka K3LT and K3; Port Designs do a good looking Indiana MacBook bag which is worth it for the name alone if not the safari adventure stylings and both Tech Air and Muji do decent looking messenger options. For women's less expensive laptop bags you'd probably best head to Hama Nice, Krusell and the Port Designs Roma.
Of course, the final route, and possibly the kind of bag that'll draw more comments than any others are handmade ones that most other people are highly unlikely to have. The place to head here is Etsy. It's very simple. Just type laptop bag into the search and you'll get in the region of 17,000 items to choose from from the kooky to the retro via the geek and the chic. The downside is that you'll probably end up paying for shipping. The upside is that there's some wonderfully creative crafters out there to persuade you to do so.
If you'd rather not commit to a whole bag, or you just don't need one, then you'll find the laptop sleeve market an excellent field for cooling up your computer. Luckily, Pocket-lint has already compiled its favourite ones out there but there are plenty more to choose from. Proporta is a good place to head. The laptop section allows you to search under your specific machine. Mainly focused on mobile phones, the selection isn't what it could be and it rather depends on what laptop you use but there a certainly some crackers on the system.
The next step up from that is probably Wrappers who make sleeves from natural fibres that manage to look as incredible as they feel. Again, you can search by machine but what's really nice is that the good people of the company will make bespoke ones from special patterns and materials that you choose as well.
Last of all, again, you can head back over to Etsy with this time just the 9,000 odd to sift through if you enter "laptop sleeve". Hundreds of winners there just waiting to be bought. Try searching under geekery for something a little more amusing than swish. Stylish all the same, of course
Less invasive still than a bag, case or sleeve is simply a skin or decal as you might find it called. Essentially what we're talking about is a sticker to slap on the back of your screen to make you machine turn instantly from plain and dull into pretty much anything you want it to be. Obviously they serve little in the way of protecting your computer but who cares about function in a week like this.
Wrappz is an excellent place to start. Choose your machine for a size match and then either pick from one of their thousands of designs (Hollywood icons, cameras, flags, patters, music acts) or upload something of your own be it a picture or a pattern. Around £20 and a few days later and it'll arrive at your door ready to slap onto your machine and make it look ace.
Of course, Etsy can still help out with plenty of decals to choose from which tend to not occupy your entire laptop back cover. There's around 4,000 to sift through this time but if even that's too much of a stretch then why not just cover your laptop in any old stickers? Plaster it in enough and the effect you get is something like a comic book collage of randomness. A good look but perhaps something you'd only try with a machine that you don't intend on keeping for too much longer.
Built-in speakers on laptops are largely rubbish and, while we're obviously more concerned with form over function in Style Week, that doesn't mean we'd ignore an opportunity to have both. You can sculpt speakers in all sorts of intriguing and artistic ways and ones made to plug into the 3.5mm jack of a computer are no exception. The choice is largely about whether you want your stylish sound for when you're on the move or for your desk. Either way, Pocket-lint has investigated.
Desktop is where all the fun is frankly. There's a lot more of them out there and they look great. It's all about glass with Harman Kardon who have both the SoundSticks, which come with possibly the best looking sub we've ever seen, and the GLA-55 speakers (see what they did there) which look like a pair of icebergs. The former are a surprisingly affordable £150, or thereabouts, while the latter will set you back about as much as you paid for your laptop, if not more.
Your other main port of call for stylish dekstop audio is, naturally, from Bang & Olufsen who has the pyramid shaped BeoLab 4 speakers. They are another bank breaker though. Fortunately, Bose are much more reasonable and probably better sounding too. Head either for Bose Companion 3 or the properly suped-up Bose Cinemate GS Series II home theatre sound from your PC package. If you really need to keep your feet on the ground though, check out the JBL Creature III or Spot Black & White, or something like the Soyntec Voizze 330 speaker system.
Naturally, you'll take a cut in quality and style once you're looking for a portable solution but the iHome rechargeables do a decent job and look tasty in metallic red, the Philips SPA3251 are far better in white than the name suggest and the Razer Ferox system isn't too tatty either.
Last of all, there's the humble mouse to consider - well, short of a Hooters mouse mat that is. Yes, if you're after something that's more about style and you get your fingers in a cramp using you touchpad all the time, then there's a couple of options worth considering.
The pick of the bunch has to be either the unique aesthetics of the Microsoft Arc Touch or the familiar simplicity of the Apple Magic Touchpad. The next level down, if you can handle the complexity, is the Cyborg RAT 9 and beyond that it's probably a case of kitsch with either the Casio Calculator mouse or one of the vehicles from the Road Mice range. We'd go for the Camaro cop car but that's us.


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Cherry Chicken Tart Recipe
The filling of this tart is as delicious as it sounds. Cherry roasted chicken breasts are shredded into fairly large pieces and mixed into a creamy sauce.
The tart is sealed with a thin layer of Monterey Jack cheese. I made the flaky crust with fresh herbs: chives, creeping red thyme and Italian parsley. You could prepare the crust in advance and store it in the freezer until you're ready to bake. I served the savory tart with a large arugula salad to complete the flavorful meal.
Reminder: I'll be giving a cooking demonstration (complete with samples!) of one of my potato creations at the Los Altos library. On Saturday, May 25th, starting at 2 pm, I will be talking about my first cookbook, Haute Potato, and cooking, and we'll have the opportunity to chat afterwards. This event is free and open to the public and my cookbook will also be available for purchase and signing. So as to be able to serve enough food for everyone, I would greatly appreciate an RSVP so you may be added to the guest list: send an email to events{at}PhamFatale{dot}com with "Haute Potato Reservation" as the subject, indicating the number of people you'll be coming with. Please spread the word; the more the merrier. I'm so excited, can't wait to meet you!
Event Type: Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adult, Teen
Date: 5/25/2013
Start Time: 2:00 PM
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Yields: 8 servings1½ cups + 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons sea salt
12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced
1 egg
3-4 tablespoons ice water
¼ cup Italian parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1½ tablespoons fresh creeping red thyme (or regular thyme), chopped
1 tablespoon garlic chives, snipped
6 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
2 boneless chicken breasts, with the skin on (about 1 pound)
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons papaya paste (see tips)
1 (12-ounce) jar dark Morello cherries (see tips)
3 tablespoons Bellindora balsamic cherry vinegar
1 tablespoon coarse-grained mustard
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk, warmed
¼ teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
½ teaspoon black pepper, freshly cracked
¼ teaspoon turmeric
2 tablespoons Monterey Jack cheese, freshly grated
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
For the tart shell:
In a mixing bowl, combine 1¼ cups flour and ¾ teaspoon sea salt in a small bowl and place in the freezer for 30 minutes. Remove from the freezer and add the 8 tablespoons of cold butter, 1 egg and ice water. Using a pastry dough blender, blend until the mixture becomes a thick dough. Add ½ tablespoon chives, 1 teaspoon thyme, 2 tablespoons parsley and garlic powder. Make sure not to over-mix it.
Dust a flat surface with the remaining flour. Place the dough and roll it out into 2 (11-inch) disks.
Transfer to 2 non-stick, round, loose-bottomed, (9-inch) tart molds lined with parchment paper. Following the curve of the mold, crimp the dough against the edge. Leave a little excess above the edge because the dough will settle a bit in the oven. Prick the dough with a fork. Chill in the refrigerator for about 20-30 minutes.
Making the cherry chicken:
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
Remove the fat around the bottom of the breasts if there is any. Wash the chicken breasts and pat them dry using paper towels. Cover the chicken with papaya paste. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil. Season with cayenne pepper, salt and pepper. Rub evenly.
In a large, non-stick pan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the garlic. When it's fragrant and slightly golden, transfer to a blender.
In the blender, combine the garlic, mustard, ¼ cup of the juice from the cherry jar, balsamic cherry vinegar, 1 teaspoon thyme and turmeric. Blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Add ¼ cup olive oil and briefly pulse 2-3 times until well emulsified. Pour into a baking dish and cover with 3 ounces cherries. Place a small rack in the bottom of a baking dish and place chicken breasts. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Remove from the oven, then loosely cover the dish with a sheet of aluminum foil and let sit for 15 minutes. Separate and tear the meat into large, long pieces, reserving the pan drippings.
For the sauce:
In the same non-stick pan, melt 4 tablespoons butter. Add 5 tablespoons flour and stir until it becomes a thick paste. Slowly add the milk and the pan drippings, stirring constantly until thickened. Add the remaining chopped thyme, nutmeg and parsley. Turn off the heat. Add the chicken pieces. Mix well.
Assembly time:
Fill the tart shells with the chicken mixture. Top with the remaining cherries. Finish with a thin layer of cheese. Bake at 375°F for 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350°F and cook for another 25 minutes until golden. Finally broil for about 2 minutes to get a nice golden, cheesy top.
Remove from the oven and allow to rest for at least 10 minutes.
Serve warm with a green salad.
Bon appétit!
I used Bellindora balsamic cherry vinegar.
I used Monterey Jack cheese, which is a semi-soft cheese that tastes pretty bland, because I didn't want to over-power the taste of the cherry chicken filling. You could substitute other mild cheeses such as Muenster or mozzarella.
You can find dark Morello cherries at Trader Joe's.
How to make papaya paste (great meat tenderizer): Peel a green papaya. Grind the cubed papaya with seeds in a mini food processor; place about 2 teaspoons of papaya paste per slot of an ice-cube tray and freeze them. Transfer the ice-cubes into sealable plastic bags and place back in the freezer.Published By: on May 8, 2013.


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Ben Kingsley's no color-by-numbers comic-book villian
He brings nuance, and a one-of-a-kind costume, to his role in 'Iron Man 3.'
Maybe it's some sort of cinematic karma balance that has put Ben Kingsley, who once played Hindu leader and peace advocate Mahatma Gandhi, in the robes and rings of an iconic megalomaniacal comic-book supervillain.
Or, perhaps it's just the fact that he's a fine actor who has taken many a Shakespearean stage over the years and nabbed an Oscar to boot.
Whether it's from the Bard's hands or a comic book, the actor says, "you have to breathe a new life into them and make them a recognizable, however bizarre, human being."
Kingsley makes his superhero-movie debut as the international terrorist the Mandarin, a foil to Robert Downey Jr.'s billionaire inventor Tony Stark, in Iron Man 3. And what an enemy he is: When Stark calls out the Mandarin after the baddie takes out one of his closest friends, he responds in kind by sending a bunch of helicopters to blow Stark's Malibu mansion and treasury of Iron Man suits to kingdom come.
MORE: 'Iron Man 3' is a box-office record-breaker
In the film, "Ben's a real bad guy," says co-star Don Cheadle. However, "he's done it before. He's played the best people in the world and the worst people in the world. He's clearly got a lot of range."
There is more to the Mandarin than meets the eye, though. "No actor should play a villain villainously," Kingsley adds. "That's a dead end and a one-gag performance. It makes him so shallow and two-dimensional."
The Marvel movies, especially the Iron Man series, have tended toward realism with their villains -- in this case, taking the Mandarin, an iconic Iron Man character who debuted in 1964, and making him a cyberterrorist who takes over the airwaves and mass media to strike fear in Americans.
"He backs up his threats with these real acts of terror," Kingsley says. "The broadcaster is totally confident in his place in destiny, the future, history, the people culture, evolution, civilization -- I'm afraid that's been going on a very long time. You can go back to black-and-white footage of the 1930s. It's the same guy with the same sense of total righteousness and self-conviction talking rubbish, basically."
Stark likens the Mandarin's strange voice to a Southern preacher in the movie, and that gives the character as much personality as his costume, a collection of items such as U.S. Army boots and fatigues, dog tags, a Chinese cape, samurai hair, and a beard aimed to be disconcerting and undermine the audience.
"Everything is calculated to say, 'You don't know where I'm coming from,'" Kingsley says.
The actor was pleased that Downey, Gwyneth Paltrow and others were so welcoming to the new guy on set, but that's just the respect one gives someone of Kingsley's caliber, according to the man in the Iron Man suit.
While Kingsley does have a tough reputation in some circles -- there is an urban legend that he makes people call him "Sir Ben" -- Downey found him to be "as playful as they come. He takes the work very seriously. He doesn't take himself particularly seriously," he says.
"He would say, 'Please call me Ben.' But I would call him Sir Ben since he's earned that title. And it's appropriate. I have had enough of foreign-exchange training shooting those Sherlock movies to know it's appropriate to call him by his title."
A four-time nominee, Kingsley won his lone Oscar for 1983's Gandhi, and he feels that if superhero movies had been as de rigueur back then as they are now, he would have jumped at the chance to play Tony Stark or one of the Avengers.
With Iron Man 3, his longtime fan base gets to see him in a bigger action movie than they're used to, while at the same time Kingsley enjoys opening himself up to a totally new demographic.
"I doubt it very much that it'll be the people who watched The House of Sand and Fog who are going to watch," he says with a chuckle. "I don't think anybody's going to be surprised -- they're just going to accept it as, oh, that's that guy who played the Mandarin."
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Exposure to antibiotics at home and in the broader environment influences the risk of children carrying antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria, according to a study published in the The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
The study was based in four areas of Peru with poor health systems, where antibiotics are used indiscriminately and without prescription. It covered coastal, mountain and jungle environments and focused on children between the ages of three months and three years.
The study suggests that environmental exposure to antibiotic-resistant E. coli can be as important as the consumption of antibiotics, according to the paper's principal author, Henry Kalter, from the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
A risk factor at home was the use of antibiotics by other family members. The study demonstrated that children who hadn't taken particular antibiotics themselves still carried bacteria resistant to them.
At the community level, living in a place where many families raised chickens themselves was a protective factor against the transport of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. According to Kalter, high consumption of home-raised chickens probably protects a community against exposure to antibiotics. He contrasted home-raised chickens with market-bought chickens, which may be given high doses of antibiotics and therefore have high levels of antibiotic-resistant E. coli.
"An important aspect of our conclusions is that the protective effect was not due to the fact that the children were eating certain types of chicken; rather that their communities were," he said.
Kalter suggested that communities consuming more chickens raised at home presumably had less resistant bacteria in the environment, such as in open sewers and uncovered wells.
"This study reinforces the message that exposure to antibiotics leads to the development of antibiotic resistance, by studying the role of different types of exposure on small children carrying of antibiotic-resistant E. coli," he continued.
According to Kalter, examining these factors provides a better understanding of how antibiotic resistance spreads in the developing world.
"These findings suggest that unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans and animals should be minimised as much as possible," he added.
"Many tons of the antibiotics consumed each year on the planet are given to stock animals. This study demonstrates that this use has a very real cost to human health," Edward T. Ryan, president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, said in a press release from Johns Hopkins University.
The study was run by the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, the Peruvian charity PRISMA and the infectious disease laboratory of the Cayetano Heredia University in Peru.
The original paper in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is here.
This is my translation of a story written by Zoraida Portillo on the Science and Development Network, "Antibióticos propician resistencia infantil a E. coli", published on June 14, 2010. You can read the original in Spanish here.
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The Pros and Cons of Travelling Alone
Among the primary purpose of travel would be to gain encounters that let us develop and grow as individuals and it's important that individuals travel the way in which bests suits them in a particular time. For instance, I love to continue adventure holidays which almost always features a select few and expert guide, and that i frequently take part in writing retreats all over the world with like-minded people. But also for me, the actual pleasure of travelling happens to be to consider off by myself and merely 'see' what comes on the way. Evidently this can often be fraught with frustrations, difficulties as well as dangers.
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The Obama administration is actively discussing the creation of a regulatory commission that would have broad authority to protect consumers who use financial products as varied as mortgages, credit cards and mutual funds, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
The proposed commission would be one of the administration's most significant steps yet to overhaul the financial regulatory system. It would also be one of its first proposals to address causes of the financial crisis such as predatory mortgage lending.
Plans for a new body remain fluid, but it could be granted broad powers to make sure the terms and marketing of a wide range of loans and other financial products are in the interests of ordinary consumers, sources said.
Sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions are ongoing, said talks have begun with industry officials, lawmakers and other financial experts about the proposal, which would require legislation. Last night, senior policymakers, including Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers, were to discuss the idea at a dinner held at the Treasury Department.
Responsibility for regulation of consumer financial products is currently distributed among a patchwork of federal agencies. Some of these regulators regard consumer protection as a low priority. And some financial products are not regulated at all.
The proposal could centralize enforcement of existing laws and create a vehicle for imposing tougher rules.
The idea is likely to face significant opposition from industry groups, which argue that stricter regulation limits the availability of financial products to consumers.
It could also trigger a massive regulatory turf war. Banking regulators and agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates mutual funds, could stand to lose powers, personnel and funding. Those agencies are likely to argue they are positioned to protect consumers because they oversee the financial firms directly and have experience writing and enforcing rules governing financial products.
The proposal is part of the administration's broader plan to improve financial regulation. Officials have proposed the creation of a systemic risk regulator whose job would be to spot threats to the health of the overall financial system. Officials also have called for tighter regulation of individual financial firms and markets, including new rules governing hedge funds and derivatives.
While those proposals focus on the guts of the financial system, this new plan would concentrate on the front end -- consumers who borrow money to buy homes and products and who invest their money for retirement, college education and savings.
The leading proponent of such a commission is Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard University law professor who now chairs the Congressional Oversight Panel for the government's financial rescue initiative. Her plan is the kernel of the idea the White House is now considering, sources said.
Warren wrote in a 2007 article in the journal Democracy that the government had failed to protect American consumers in their relationships with financial companies.
"It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting the family out on the street," Warren wrote. "Why are consumers safe when they purchase tangible consumer products with cash, but when they sign up for routine financial products like mortgages and credit cards they are left at the mercy of their creditors?"
Warren proposed creating a new commission modeled on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which protects buyers of products such as bicycles and baby cribs.
Such a commission could be very powerful. A number of sweeping federal laws already offer broad protection to consumers of financial products, but those laws have been lightly enforced in recent years.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, for example, has clear authority to crack down on companies that charge excessive closing costs on mortgage loans, but repeatedly postponed planned reforms in the face of industry opposition.
Warren's proposal initially found little support in Washington, but the mood has shifted dramatically with the onset of the financial crisis and the election of a Democratic administration.
In March, Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced legislation to create a commission like the one that Warren had described. The legislation is co-sponsored by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). The White House's support would greatly improve its chances of passing.
In proposing the legislation, the senators said that the commission would be responsible for identifying emerging problems and for educating consumers.
They were also critical of the existing process.
"The Federal Reserve was supposed to do this, but they were asleep at the switch," Schumer said at the time.
Staff writer Neil Irwin contributed to this report.


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Houma and Thibodaux cleaned up in their respective population divisions to be named district finalists in the Louisiana Garden Club Federation's annual Cleanest City Contest.
Houma and Thibodaux cleaned up in their respective population divisions to be named district finalists in the Louisiana Garden Club Federation's annual Cleanest City Contest.
Now, both cities are preparing for the final visit from the federation's judges.
The judges will arrive May 9 in Thibodaux at 8 a.m. and Houma at 10 a.m.
Houma won the state title in 2009. Thibodaux has not won since 1997.
Linda Brashier, president of the Terrebonne Garden Club, said her group is requesting business and property owners along the route to spruce up their yards and buildings.
Brenda Gautreaux, president of the Thibodaux Garden Club, said her group is doing the same.
Terrebonne High School is going to put up a welcome statement on its marquee, Brashier said.
The Terrebonne Garden Club will distribute door hangers to businesses and residents on the route from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday.
"Houma has so much to offer that other cities don't have," Brashier said, mentioning the city's Good Earth public transit system downtown, the Bayou Walk along Bayou Terrebonne and the downtown marina.
Brashier said Houma's appearance has greatly improved over the years.
"I've been doing this for eight years, and we've made a lot of progress in Houma," she said. The city really cleans up well."
The most important way residents can help contribute to the contest is to refrain from littering, and when they see litter, throw it away, both Brashier and Gautreaux said.
"Our government can't prevent litter from happening. It's the individual that prevents litter," Brashier said.
This year, the Terrebonne Garden Club started a program with local schools to educate children on why littering is bad and had them sign an anti-litter pledge.
The pledge's slogan is to remind children that "preventing litter begins with me."
If Houma or Thibodaux wins, the state garden club chairman will award the city with a cleanest city plaque.
In the future, Brashier said she'd like to see the Keep Terrebonne Beautiful organization expand and get involved with parishwide cleanup projects.
"Being clean will help more businesses grow and want to come to our community because a clean community is much more inviting," she said. "I think of it like this: You don't want to come home to a dirty house, so why would you want to come home to a dirty city?"
Both Houma and Thibodaux are members of District III. The Louisiana Garden Club Federation has been hosting the Cleanest City Contest since 1958.
Thibodaux is competing against Crowely, Destrehan and Pineville in the final round of the contest. Houma will compete against Hammond and Sulphur.
The routes that judges take show different aspects of the city, said Brenda Gautreaux, president of the Thibodaux Garden Club, such as schools, hospitals and recreation areas.
"We encourage everybody to help spruce up their lawns and pick up litter," Gautreaux said.
Gautreaux thanked everyone who made a special effort to clean the city for the district contest such as Thibodaux Mayor Tommy Eschete, students, police officers, firemen, residents and business owners along the route.
"With their support, we hope to earn the state title again."


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Exploring Reasoning and Proof
|Try It Yourself: Factors of 24 | Extending the Activity | Problem Reflection | Your Journal
After you've finished exploring the activity, answer the following extension questions.
Teacher A: I tried all the numbers from 1 to 24. First I tried a width of 1, then 2, then 3, and so on. Then my list said 1, 24, 2, 12, 3, 8, 4, 6. Then I tried 6, 7, and 8. I noticed that 6 x 4 works and so does 8 x 3, but those factors were already on my list; they are just rotated versions of rectangles that I already created. Just to be safe, I thought in my mind about 9, 10, etc., up to 24. None of them made a rectangle that had a new factor.
Teacher B: I have 1, 24, 2, 12, 4, 6, 8, and 3. I kept making one dimension half as long every time. I made a 1 by 24, then a 2 by 12, then a 4 by 6, then an 8 by 3. I could see the pattern: While cutting one dimension in half, the other one doubles. When I got to a width of 3, half of it was 1 1/2, but that's not called a factor because it's not a whole number. I also thought of breaking 24 into three, four, five, or six equal parts, but I didn't find any new factors, and I knew that a higher number of parts wouldn't work, because when I try a number such as 8, its partner factor had to be a smaller number, 3, and that's already on my list.
Teacher C: I worked in order. I made a 1 by 24, then a 2 by 12, then a 3 by 8. Actually, I didn't really need to make rectangles like a 4 by 6 because I know that 4 times 6 is 24. I stopped and thought about it. Twenty-four is a little less than 5 times 5, which is 25. No whole number times 5 equals 24. Fractions aren't allowed because we're finding factors. There isn't going to be a new factor after 5. If there were an undiscovered factor greater than 5, it would need a partner factor that is smaller than 5, but all the smaller factors were already systematically found.
Teacher C's systematic method is leading toward future development of a general convincing argument that you do not need to test factors beyond the next whole number equal to or after the square root of the number.
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One way to determine the success of a marketing campaign is to see how the competition reacts to it. While Intel is the king of processor clock speeds in the desktop realm, AMD has held its own performance-wise with their lower clocked CPUs. To help battle the "MHz myth", AMD developed their own performance ratings for their Athlon XP processors. For the most part, the performance and the ratings for the Athlon processors have helped AMD eat into Intel's market share in the past year. Intel has been trying to debunk the AMD ratings scheme, and a recent report seemed to mirror Intel's views.
A report from the Aberdeen Group called "AMD's Gigahertz Equivalency: Inexperienced Buyers Accept Bad Science" slams the performance rating scheme as "not justifiable in the benchmark science" (from a News.com article.) While the study may bring up some good points, there are some obvious errors when they suggest the XP 2000+ performance rating is equivalent to a P4 2GHz Willamette processor. In an AMD white paper describing the PR scheme they clearly state:
Desktop processors based on the "Palomino" core will be marketed as the AMD AthlonTM XP processor. AMD will use model numbers to distinguish versions of the AMD Athlon XP processors. Higher numbers equate to higher performance. The first member of the AMD Athlon XP processor family, the AMD Athlon XP processor 1500+ provides more performance than the current (Thunderbird core) 1.4GHz AMD Athlon processor.
Well, as it turns out, the report by the Aberdeen Group was funded by Intel and AMD was never contacted for information by the group. Intel insists they had no influence on the contents and conclusions in the report, but reports have a nasty tendency to reflect the views of the funding sources. Any conclusions that are presented in the Aberdeen Group's report need to be taken with a grain of salt. If Intel has put in time and money to debunk the AMD performance rating scheme they probably believe its enough of a threat to warrant action.
One thing is for sure, with Intel switching to the Northwood core and AMD soon to release the Thoroughbred based Athlon, tweaking of the performance ratings may be in order. With Sledgehammer and Clawhammer being totally different beasts, AMD's performance ratings may need to be totally scrapped in the future. How AMD will handle this is anyone's guess.


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Though his passing has been over 20 years ago, and that is sad indeed, I want to honor Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel on this day, his birthday, and share what impact this wonderful, brilliant man has had on my life. First, here is a very small amount of history of the great, late author and illustrator from Wikipedia.
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, published over 60 children's books over the course of his long career. Though most were published under his well-known pseudonym, Dr. Seuss, he also authored over a dozen books as Theo. LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone. As one of the most popular children's authors of all time, Geisel's books have topped many bestseller lists, sold over 222 million copies, and been translated into more than 15 languages. In 2000, when Publishers Weekly compiled their list of the best-selling children's books of all time; 16 of the top 100 hardcover books were written by Geisel, including Green Eggs and Ham, at number 4, The Cat in the Hat, at number 9, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, at number 13, and Dr. Seuss's ABC. In the years following his death in 1991, several additional books based on his sketches and notes were published, including Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! and Daisy-Head Mayzie. Although they were all published under the name Dr. Seuss, only My Many Colored Days, originally written in 1973, was entirely by Geisel.
I have loved to read for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest childhood memories is practicing my reading with many of Dr. Seuss's books. There were many and I loved them all dearly, but my favorite was, of course, Green Eggs and Ham. Though my artistic abilities, or rather desires, did not come to light until I was in my 30s (see The Artist in Me), when I reminisce those younger years, I remember that the brightly colored pictures are what lured me to know what the words said. It was through his books that I found a love of color as well as a love of reading. I can recall the many coloring books I had and how carefully I colored so they would be as dazzling and happy as the pictures in my favorite books.
One of the things my mother said all the time was that there is always a bright side in any situation. I have found that to be true throughout my life and one very good example of that involves Dr. Seuss. During some of the darkest days in my marriage to my children's father, we also had custody of his three children from a previous marriage. My oldest was about four and I was still pregnant with my youngest. Jacob, the oldest of my step-children, was having trouble reading his fourth grade reading assignments. He would read out loud, as it was easier for him, and I would hear not only a very monotone consistency in his voice, but he did not pause for commas or at the end of sentences. He did not enjoy reading and struggled through his required homework every evening, but he was trying. I decided to help in out, but to do so in a way that would not hurt his self-esteem.
I went to his room, sat him down and told him that I needed a huge favor. I said that I had not been reading to Jeremy (my oldest) as much as I should be and just did not have the time. I handed him a stack of about seven Dr. Seuss books and asked him if he would read them to Jeremy and that I would sign his reading slip, confirming that he did indeed read for 20 minutes. I explained to him that he did not have to continue reading the book he chose for his homework because in reading to his brother, he would be reading and that was what mattered. He looked at me like he was waiting for the catch. I assured him that I was serious and that it was very important to me that he help me out.
I explained to Jacob that one of the most important things to do in helping a young child learn how to read was to read to them. I opened one of the books and showed him how I wanted him to read the books. Loooooooong words were to be read drawn out, BIG words were to be said in a loud and deep voice, and little words were to be read in a higher pitch voice, but spoken quietly. I demonstrated and said that this was key in holding Jeremy's attention and keeping him excited about the story. I asked Jacob if he understood and he shook his head yes. I said to let Jeremy pick which books and then to make the reading as fun as possible, looking surprised or happy or confused or sad depending on what was happening in the story.
Once I had convinced Jacob that he really would be helping me and that he would get full credit for doing his reading homework, he started right away. A few weeks later, I was passing by his bedroom door and could hear Jeremy giggling and Jacob making a big show of the story. I truly hope that my intentions would pan out. They had. Even more than I had expected. I was almost done cooking dinner one night and went to get the children to come to the table. When I reached Jacob's door, I could not believe my ears! He had, without being told to, picked up the book he was reading before I asked him to help me Jeremy, the one he had struggled to read and was now reading again from where he had left off. His articulation had improved dramatically and as a result, he was reading more smoothly and the hesitation and forced effort seemed to have nearly disappeared.
Just as I had suspected, by incorporating the emphasis that is so strongly integrated in Dr. Seuss's rhymes and illustrations of the words, into Jacob's daily reading, had in fact improved his ability to read and much to my surprise, he was reading because he now wanted to. That was not the only proud moment that came out of this adventure. Jacob went on to graduate high school with a 4.0 GPA and is now in the Navy, serving our country. Thank you, Dr. Seuss!
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Lots of great movie news this week!!
-I love this new photo of Cinna and Katniss-so heartbreaking and perfect, right?
-LOTS of Hunger Games news out this week-Mockingjay.net has a great roundup of posts. Here are some of my favorites:
The Hollywood Reporter has a great article about The Hunger Games-it's a fantastic read;
Hot Topic will carry a Hunger Games T-Shirt;
A HUGE #HungerGames50 giveaway is giving fans a chance to win tickets to the premire;
A Hunger Games online game is coming-debuting on March 23 and will have a map of Panem!
-The CW has a series in the works based on the upcoming YA novel The Selection by Kiera Cass. The Selection (the book) is out in April.
-I love when book to movie casting gets it right, and the first casting for the Beautiful Creatures movie did just that when they cast Viola Davis as Amma. Anyone else just love this??
-Downton Abbey fans-great news! Shirley MacLaine is joining the cast as Lady Cora's mother for Season 3! This makes me super excited for many reasons-I love Shirley MacLaine, I want a Season 3, and I want to know more about Cora's background!
-Remember all that craziness about Taylor Swift being cast in the Les Mis movie? Well, turns out, it was wrong. Stage actress Samantha Barks has been cast as Eponine-she played the role in London and was featured in the Les Mis 25th Anniversary Concert. I love this choice so much better than the previously reported Taylor Swift casting!
And can't forget the new Hunger Games trailer that was released this week!!
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At the New York City Police Foundation Gala last night – Basic Instinct was reunited. Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas and, as you can see, one is holding up better than the other. Bet you he's had more work done than she. Fair enough, he is older.
But her face... it's f-cking marvellous, non? This Hot Bitch, I don't care what she's had done, whatever it is it's keeping her a Hot Bitch. HOT. BITCH. And there are wrinkles. And she can scrunch up her face. And her lips aren't swallowing her head. And she has expressions. And she knows. She KNOWS she's a HOT BITCH.
PS. Where has Zeta been these days? She and her husband are in the same city but remarkably un-together publicly. Like, almost never. Are your smutty senses tingling? Mine are. Mine are very much.
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As consumers, it seems to most of us that all Korean gadget giant Samsung makes is TVs, Android phones, Android tablets, some computers, and commercials featuring LeBron James or hipsters in iPhone lines.
But actually, Samsung also has a pretty big business making the guts of gadgets for other companies.
During the quarter that ended October 25, Samsung generated $8.2 billion in revenue through its semiconductor business. Samsung profited more than a billion dollars during the quarter on those revenues.
One of the companies Samsung makes semiconductors for is Apple.
In fact, Apple is a huge Samsung semiconductor customer.
Digitimes Research estimates that Apple's iPod, iPhone, and iPad made up about 81 percent of the processors Samsung made in 2012.
Horace Dediu of Asymco made a chart illustrating Apple's huge Samsung patronage.
The chart's title is "Samsung Application Processor Production Allocation," and this is what it looks like:
As you can see, Apple is a pretty big customer of Samsung's gadget guts business.
But that's all changing … and fast.
After a year in which Samsung smashed Apple's grip on the smartphone market with with its incredibly popular Galaxy S3 and a huge marketing budget, Apple is in turn leveling its own bazooka at Samsung.
It's taking its gadgets guts business elsewhere.
Today, news came out that Apple signed a deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to produce the A6 X microchips Apple puts in its newest iPads.
Apple is expected to bring much of its microchip orders to TSMC over the next few years. 9to5Mac says Apple will order the guts for its MacBooks, iPads, and Apple TV from TSMC.
There have also been reports that Apple will begin outsourcing more chip manufacturing to Texas Instruments— or maybe even start building chips on its own.
By the end of 2014, Dediu and other Apple watchers expect Apple's patronage of Samsung to be completely finished.
This will be a big blow to Samsung's semiconductor business.
Here's another chart from Dediu. Look at all that white space in 2014:
Over the past 12 months, Samsung revenues were ~$173 billion.
Its semiconductor business only accounted for $25 billion+ of that — and it included more than just microprocessors, but also memory upgrades, etc.
So Apple's swift reduction is only a moderate-sized setback relative to Samsung's overall revenues.
But it's still a few billion dollars per quarter.
And that amount of money can add up after a while — especially if Samsung can't keep up the momentum it's created selling its own phones.
(Phones powered by an operating system it gets for free — for now! — from Google.)


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A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
I require a logo for a new job website. It will advertise jobs in Wales (UK) so I would like a contempory 'Red Dragon' design for 'Jobs in Wales'
Jobs In Wales
Desired Color Scheme:
Red dragon, green and white
Desired Style:
Modern contemporary funky
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png)
Please visit http://www.jobscript.net/demo/index…demotest=1
The logo I require has to fit in the header where it says 'Demo Site' the maximum size is 440 x 70
The file can be jpg, gif, or png. I would like the design to be of a Red Dragon but quite modern and contemporary. You can use your own creativity but i was considering having the word 'CYMRU' somewhere and text 'Jobs in Wales'
Cymru is Welsh for Wales and the website url will be cymru.jobs
You could also consider other logo themes around 'rugby' as it's the national sport? The colour theme of the website will be red/white/green
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