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Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General delivered for the launch of the Transport Outlook 2012
Leipzig, 3 May 2012, 11:30h
As prepared for delivery
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Welcome to the launch of the 2012 annual Transport Outlook, issued by the International Transport Forum (ITF), which we are proud to house at the OECD.
This year's report looks into a more efficient and greener transport and mobility future. It looks into how trade and transport flows may evolve in relation to the state of the world economy in the near term. It presents scenarios on the long-run development of global mobility volumes – up to 2050. And it discusses how policies should be designed to ensure that the benefits from mobility are retained and that negative side effects are contained.
Indeed, transport and technology are the backbone of global trade and a key input to all industries which rely on moving people or goods. Connecting places and people creates markets. And improving connections increases productivity. Mobility is not only an input to the creation of welfare – it is also intrinsic to the enjoyment of welfare. Better transport solutions can help drive growth and increase well-being. As we say at the OECD: "better transport policies for better lives!" This is why it is so important to understand better what the transport sector will look like in the future. And this is exactly what the 2012 Transport Outlook is about.
So let me outline some of its key findings.
The first and most striking finding of the Outlook is that mobility with a 2050 horizon is expected to grow considerably.
Global passenger transport volumes are projected to be 2 to 2.5 times higher in 2050 than today. In advanced economies, they are expected to grow at around 30% but in emerging economies, passenger volumes could rise by a factor of 2.5 to 3.5.
Freight transport volumes will also grow strongly. In 2050, global freight transport volumes could be 2 to 4 times higher than today. Within the OECD, freight transport volumes may double. But in non-OECD countries, by 2050 they are projected to be more than 5 times higher than today.
These trends will have considerable impacts on economic activities and on the environment. And this leads me to a second important finding:
Unless action is taken – and I mean unless action is taken now – CO2-emissions from transport will skyrocket from a level that is already tremendously high.
Today, the environmental impact of transport represents 23% of man-made CO2-emisions globally and 30% in OECD countries. Why is it so high? A simple answer: transport still relies for 96% on fossil fuels.
It is true, and it is good news indeed, that in OECD countries, the impact of introducing carbon-saving technologies will be strong enough to stabilize CO2-emissions from passenger transport. But freight transport emissions are likely to continue to increase. And the important mobility growth in emerging economies will also contribute significantly to global growth of emissions from transport.
In total, CO2-emissions from transport are projected to rise by a factor of 1.5 to 2.5 between 2010 and 2050.
So, based on these projections, what should we do? Should we put a brake on mobility, restrain people from moving and commuting, and limit trade flows? Or should we ignore the environmental footprint and stick to business as usual?
The Outlook's response is the following: we need to strike a balance between retaining the benefits from mobility and safeguarding the future of our planet. And this is possible by going seamless and by going green. What does this mean concretely? Let me highlight three main actions:
First, we need to aim for ever smoother functioning of transport systems. This is what we call seamless transport. This is the theme of the Summit and it is timely. We need to improve connectivity and efficiency. This means that we need to identify investment options that provide good value for money. For instance, we must focus on end-to-end journeys, consider transport systems rather than separate modes and emphasise the importance of integration to save costs and improve services.
Seamless transport is also about removing obstacles to cross-border connectivity: a lot of time is still lost at borders as freight is being held up for customs clearance and passengers are waiting at airport security checks. So, reductions of waiting times at borders are efficiency gains still waiting to happen in some cases.
Second, we need better policies for green mobility. As an order of magnitude, passenger mobility policies can reduce emission growth in emerging economies by a quarter to one third by 2050. To achieve this we will need a strong and enduring policy commitment. For example, we should promote better integration of public transport and assign more limited capacity to get a more efficient network use instead of providing too much network capacity for cars.
Seamless connections can help. Seamless connections enable a more balanced transport system that is less dependent on cars. Passengers are more inclined to public transport if it gets them from door-to-door smoothly – for example with a single ticket and convenient interchanges. Seamlessness is increased by smooth switching between modes, for example through better intermodal terminals or more connected networks and by integrated ticketing and charging systems.
Third, we need to foster energy technology and innovation. We have estimated in our analysis that, in order to stabilize emissions, the fuel economy of cars would need to double - from about 8 litres per 100 km in 2008 to less than 4 litres per 100 km by 2050.
Vehicles should be made more efficient by improving conventional engines and in some cases by downsizing. The increasingly widespread adoption of fuel-economy regulations already works in that direction. The US, the EU, Japan, China and a range of other countries now all have fuel economy standards. And by 2020 or 2025, the difference of standards among countries will likely decrease, with fuel economy requirements from 4 to 5 litres per 100 km. The task for governments is to commit to these long-run targets now, so as to provide industry with the needed certainty to plan and invest.
In the longer run, we must stimulate alternative energy sources and increase diversity in transport energy. We must be careful not to aim for simply replacing fossil fuels by a different dominant source. Electric Vehicles for example can be part of the answer in places where low carbon electricity is available. They are a good fit especially where trips are short but usage is intensive, for example in the context of taxi-service and urban deliveries.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
In the context of growing mobility and increasing emissions from transport, we must improve mobility policies, foster energy technology and innovation and we must go seamless to improve efficiency and connectivity of transport. There are enormous opportunities. It is time to act now, to design, promote and put in place better transport policies for better lives!
Thank you.
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Gloria Murphy, 52, of Charlottetown, Newfoundland, was the victim of Tuesday's motor vehicle collision near Shoal Harbour River on the Trans-Canada Highway near Clarenville.
The RCMP says the family agreed to release the name of their loved one.
The RCMP says the investigation into the cause of the collision is continuing.
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The female passenger of an east-bound pickup truck died in a collision with another vehicle about half a kilometre west of Shoal Harbour River near Clarenville today, on the Trans Canada Highway.
The male driver of the east-bound, blue pickup truck and the male driver of the other vehicle — a burgundy pickup truck — were taken to hospital in Clarenville with unknown injuries.
RCMP says the west-bound burgundy pickup truck driven by a lone male appears to have crossed the centre line of the highway and collided with the east-bound pickup.
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RCMP Traffic Services is investigating the collision.
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More details when they become available.
RCMP on the scene of a fatal accident near Clarenville, TC Media confirms.
More details to come.
Clarenville RCMP officers are on the scene of what they describe as a very serious motor vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Clarenville at the Shoal Harbour Bridge.
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Motorists in the area are advised to avoid the area as the TCH will be closed to allow emergency personal to deal with the accident.
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Everything you need to know about today's media coverage of Israel.
Shortly before publishing today's cheat sheet, media reports came up of a two-boat flotilla of ships travelling from Turkey to Gaza to break the blockade. One ship is Irish, the other Canadian. It's a developing story. Details at the JPost.
I would've expected Gazans to send a flotilla of earthquake aid to Turkey to bust Ankara's initial stubborn refusal to accept any international assistance.
Statehood Push and Pushback
• In response to the Palestinian push at UNESCO, Israel to expedite construction projects in eastern Jerusalem, Maale Adumim and Efrat, freeze tax transfers to the PA, revoke the VIP status of senior Palestinian officials, restrict UNESCO activities in Israel and cut off funding to UN agency. More at the Jerusalem Post and Haaretz.
• The BBC renders its own legal ruling on settlement activity. Here's the categorical statement, in their own words:
The settlements are illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.
Earlier in the day, I expanded on the Beeb's fallacy. Later on, I noticed that The Guardian's Harriet Sherwood issued her assenting opinion:
Settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank are illegal under international law.
• A really dumb LA Times staff-ed praises Palestinian unilateralism because their statehood strategy doesn't hinge on blowing up Israelis.
In past decades, Palestinian nationalists thought they had to hijack planes or blow up Israeli civilians in order to attract international attention. Some still do, but moderate leaders are lately discovering that the path to recognition might lie instead through the United Nations . . . the Palestinian switch to a diplomatic strategy represents progress.
As I blogged earlier, while UNESCO approved Palestinian membership, half of the PA not governed by Abbas spent the week firing rockets at Israel, killing Moshe Ami and making Ashkelon the Next Sderot.
• A Chicago Tribune staff-ed slams UNESCO:
What does UNESCO's mission have to do with the Palestinians' quest for a state? Nothing.
The Palestinians' bid was pure political theater, symbolism without substance. The vote brings the Palestinians no closer to establishing their own state. And the people UNESCO serves are out $80 million a year. Everybody loses.
• According to The Independent, the expedited settlement activity's taking place on
. . . West Bank and East Jerusalem, land earmarked by the Palestinians for a future state.
Not exactly. Maale Adumim, Efrat, and Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem are land that is expected to stay under Israeli control in a final peace deal. As Nicholas Kristof put it:
Every negotiator knows the framework of a peace agreement — 1967 borders with land swaps, Jerusalem as the capital of both Israeli and Palestinian states, only a token right of return . . .
• Canada cuts off "voluntary payments" to the UN body. A Globe & Mail staff-ed opposes the UNESCO vote and the cash cut off:
This mess is the work of 107 countries – such as France – which voted for Palestinian membership and of 52 more that stood on the sidelines. Only 14 opposed this short-circuiting of international diplomacy. Canada should be content to have done the right thing, without doing further harm to UNESCO.
Does the G&M really believe 107 countries are capable of cleaning up the
mess train wreck they collectively created?
• Hackers managed to cut off most phone and internet access in the West Bank and Gaza for several. According to Maan News, attacks came from 20 countries, at a rate of one million attacks per second. It's not clear if the hacking was related to the UNESCO vote. Elizabeth Flock has more background and links.
•If you're wondering exactly which countries voted for, against or abstained at UNESCO, check out UN Watch's breakdown.
• Khaled Abu Toameh and Aviel Magnezi dismiss Abbas's threats to dissolve the PA.
• See more related staff-eds in the Washington Times and NY Daily News.
Arab Spring
• I found this CNN dispatch and video from the Sinai both brave and disturbing. As if it wasn't dangerous enough for Sudanese refugees trying to reach Israel, Sinai lawlessness has made it even more dangerous. Bedouin tribesmen kidnap, murder, enslave, torture and rape refugees.
Unidentified corpses are simply buried outside the El Arish cemetery under heaps of trash.
• Might Gaddafi's London property become a bargaining chip for Jewish assets? According to the Hampstead and Highgate Express (via Point of No Return), a $10 million mansion is making for valuable leverage:
Political forecaster Dr Saul Zadka is lobbying the government to consider holding onto Libyan assets until an agreement is reached to hand back Jewish assets seized when Muammar Gaddafi came to power . . . .
Dr Zadka, who organised the original storming of the mansion earlier this year, said: "This house should not be unfrozen until the new government in Libya will address the past when Gaddafi confiscated Jewish properties in Libya.
"Jews at that time were oppressed and murdered and this property and other assets can be used to broker a deal for compensation."
You know, the Assads are also liquidating foreign property, and Syrian Jews also seek restitution. Just a thought . . .
• Elliott Abrams on the discovery of another likely Syrian nuclear site:
The discovery of additional Assad regime nuclear work should put an end to the foolish arguments that that regime was a source of stability in the region.
• Al Jazeera's leveraging its coverage of the Arab Spring to get a long-sought foothold with US viewers. Al Jazeera English is now available for Chicagoland cable viewers:
Amjad Atallah, AJE's Bureau Chief of the Americas, says American viewers began watching AJE's live webstream to keep track of the protests, bumping up the channel's online traffic by 2500 per cent.
(Via Romenesko)
• Officials are laying the groundwork for returning the Israeli ambassador to Egypt after a mob attacked the Cairo building two months ago. Details at Haaretz.
• AP: The Egyptian junta appears to be digging in for longer-term rule as it turns on the protest movement. More Egyptian gloom and doom at the NY Times.
• Turns out Gaddafi was pen pals with a Brooklyn Jew. The NY Post picks up on the the story Louis Schlamowitz's correspondence with the Brother Leader and other Mideast leaders. Whoda thought?
He said the correspondence did cause headaches for him with the CIA, which sent agents a few times to quiz him about the notes, as well as those from Khomeini.
But once he'd pulled out his photo album and they saw it was a hobby, they backed off, he said.
Alarmist Media
• According to the Times of London, Turkey and Israel are headed for major battle over Mediterranean gas exploration. I can't what's more alarmist: the article's tone, or the illustration they chose — a painting of the Battle of Preveza.
Turkey is hurtling towards a major showdown in the eastern Mediterranean with Israel and Cyprus as it steps up gas exploration in the increasingly tense region, diplomats, ministers and politicians from across the region have told The Times.
Ankara has sent warships to protect vessels searching for hydrocarbons south and east of Cyprus; dispatched fighters that have infringed the island's airspace, and is flying surveillance aircraft along the coastal waters of Israel and Lebanon.
The dispute threatens to pit Turkey, a Nato member, against Cyprus's protector and fellow Nato country Greece, and to drag in Israel, Syria and Iran.
On a somewhat related note, Andrew Krepinevich (WSJ via Google News) points out that it's not as difficult as you'd think for terrorists to strike at undersea energy infrastructure. The American targets he notes could just as easily be Israeli.
• The JCPA outlines some Hezbollah plans for the next war with Israel. They're training to hit Israel with 10,000 missiles at the war's outset, capture the Galilee, practicing with "smart" Iranian weapons, and more.
• I don't know what prompted this CNN report on the "demographic time bomb," but it certainly highlights why Israelis are absolutely opposed to a one-state solution.
Not everyone agrees with the Demographic Time Bomb theory, most notably Yoram Ettinger. He sat down with Newsweek to crunch numbers last year. Regardless, here are 6 Arguments Against the One-State Solution.
Obama's Israel Problem
• Douglas Feith (WSJ via Google News) ain't happy that some American Jewish organizations are covering President Obama from criticism for his handling of the Mideast. Israel should be a campaign issue:
These organizations exist in large part to defend the Jewish state from unfair criticism, pressure and attacks. But they are defending President Obama from well-grounded charges that he has subjected Israel precisely to that.
If the AJC and ADL want to defend Mr. Obama straightforwardly, they could do so. They might argue that his record on Israel is not unremittingly hostile. They could try to balance some of the healthy features of the U.S.-Israeli relationship—for example, the continuation of defense cooperation—against the bad parts. But it's not a strong argument, which explains why they are claiming to uphold a venerable (though previously unheard of) principle of unity that precludes criticism of a president's position on Israel.
• Politico notes that the window is closing on any possible fence-mending trip to Israel for President Obama:
Obama travels to France, about a five-hour flight from Israel, for the opening of a conference Thursday of the world's largest economies. And next week, he leaves on a nine-day trip to Hawaii, Indonesia and Australia. The winter holiday season is typically off-limits for foreign travel . . .
The White House wants to reserve a trip for a time when the president can advance the peace process, according to people familiar with administration thinking, but there is no immediate prospect of a breakthrough. And once the calendar ticks over to 2012, a presidential trip to Israel could be viewed as an overtly political exercise, further dampening the likelihood of a trip.
• In an interview with AP, Condi Rice blames the breakdown in peace efforts squarely on President Obama:
"I do think focusing on settlements in that particular way was a mistake," Rice said. "The parties then were able to have a reason not to sit down.
Rest O' the Roundup
• Having trouble trying to make sense of Big Media's Mideast buzzwords, shorthand and jargon? Dr. Yasser Dasmabebi has a Guide for the Perplexed that'll have you in stitches.
• Do you think there's a message for Iran in all this? Israel test fired a missile capable of reaching Iran, the air force had a drill for long-range attacks, and Bibi seeks cabinet support for a strike on Iran.
• The president of the U. of Charleston returned from a mission to Israel involving a dozen other university presidents. Ed Welch shared his thoughts on the trip with the Charleston Daily Mail:
Although he doesn't think Israeli schools have much to learn from UC, he says he would not mind recruiting students from the country to come to Charleston.
"By the time they finish their time in the military, they know and realize the realities of the world, including if you aren't talented you will not be successful," Welch said.
The wheezing you just heard was the sound of academic boycotters trying to catch their breath . . .
• Glad to see AP got the Gaza rocket chronology right:
The sudden spike in violence began when militants in Gaza started firing salvos at Israel late last week, and Israeli retaliated with airstrikes.
• The Durban Daily News rounds up reaction to Judge Richard Goldstone's NY Times commentary debunking Israel apartheid.
The blowback — from the likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Dugard, and PLO flunky Francis Boyle — is predictable enough. 'Nuff said.
• WikiLeaks guru Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition; will be sent to Sweden to face rape charges. More at The Guardian, which doesn't bother disclosing its relationship with Assange. See also the NY Times, which acknowledged its prior association.
• This Harrisburg Patriot-News commentary on the Gilad Shalit swap sums up a lot of my feelings about the exchange.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|It has been suggested that Apple Store (online) be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2015.
|May 19, 2001
Tysons Corner Center
Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
|Ron Johnson
Number of locations
|World: 490 stores in 20 countries[1]
(269 US/221 elsewhere)
United States: 269
China: 40
United Kingdom: 39
Canada: 29
Australia: 22
France: 21
Italy: 16
Germany: 14
Spain: 11
Japan: 8
Hong Kong: 6
Switzerland: 4
Netherlands: 3
Sweden: 3
Brazil: 2
Turkey: 2
United Arab Emirates: 2
Belgium: 1
Macau: 1
Mexico: 1
Key people
|Apple Inc.
Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc., dealing with computers and consumer electronics. The stores sell Macintosh personal computers, software, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and select third-party accessories. All stores offer a Genius Bar for technical support and repairs, free product workshops for the public, youth programs (workshops, field trips, Apple Camps);[2] some high-profile stores feature a theater for presentations and workshops and a studio for training with Apple products. Under the leadership of Ron Johnson, the former senior Vice President of Retail Operations, the Apple Stores have, according to an article in The New York Times, been responsible for "[turning] the boring computer sales floor into a sleek playroom filled with gadgets".[3] Apple Stores have a standardized appearance with light wood tables and a general minimal design.
With global sales of US$16 billion in merchandise in 2011, Apple leads the United States retail market in terms of sales per unit area.[4] Apple has 490 retail stores in 20 countries and an online store available in 39 countries.[5]
Many stores are located inside shopping malls, but Apple has built several stand-alone "flagship" stores in high-profile locations.[6]
Every store is designed to suit the needs of the location and regulatory authorities. Apple has received numerous architectural awards for its store designs, particularly its midtown Manhattan location on Fifth Avenue,[7][8] whose glass cube was designed by Peter Bohlin.[9][10]
Several stores feature glass staircases,[11][12][13] which for multi-level stores was originally intended to attract customers to visit the upper floors, and some even feature a glass bridge. The New York Times wrote that these features were part of then-CEO Steve Jobs' extensive attention to detail. The first glass staircase received a design patent in 2002 from the US Patent and Trademark Office with Jobs' name first, followed by several others,[14][15] while the staircase design itself received a design patent, and the complex glass and hardware system received a separate technical patent.[16] Apple worked with architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and engineer Eckersley O'Callaghan Structural Design in designing the staircase.[17][18]
The Apple Store in Regent Street, London was the first to open in Europe, in November 2004.[19][20] In August 2009, London Evening Standard reported that the store was the most profitable shop of its size in London, with the highest sales per square foot, taking in £60 million a year, or £2,000 per square foot.[21] The Regent Street store was surpassed in size by the nearby Apple Store in Covent Garden, which was surpassed in size by the Grand Central Terminal Apple Store, New York City, in December 2011.
On May 19, 2006, an Apple Store was opened in New York's Fifth Avenue. It features a distinctive 32-foot glass cube, and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.[22]
Ron Johnson, Senior Vice President of Retail Operations until November 1, 2011. Following his departure, it was reported that while Johnson was responsible for site selection, in-store service, and store layout, inventory was controlled by then-COO and now CEO Tim Cook, who has a background in supply chain management.[23] After 2011, Apple transferred retail leadership to first John Browett, who was rapidly removed after unpopular attempts to cut costs, followed by Burberry executive Angela Ahrendts.[24][25]
Of the 43,000 Apple employees in the United States 30,000 work at Apple Stores. Due to the popularity of the brand applicants for jobs at Apple Stores are numerous with many young workers applying; pay is modest but generous benefits are offered. The pace of work is high due to the popularity of the iPhone and iPad. Employees typically work for only a few years as career prospects are limited with no path of advancement other than limited retail management slots.[4] Apple Store employees make above average pay for retail employees and are offered money toward college as well as gym memberships, 401k plans, healthcare plans, product discounts, and reduced price on purchase of stock. The retention rate for the technicians who man the Genius Bar is over 90%.[26]
Third-party retail[edit]
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, returned as interim CEO in 1997. According to Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson, Jobs began a concerted campaign to help sales by improving the retail presentation of Macintosh computers. Even with new products launched under Jobs' watch, like the iMac and the PowerBook G3 and an online store, Apple still relied heavily on big box computer and electronics stores for most of their sales. There, customers continued to deal with poorly trained and ill-maintained Mac sections that did not foster customer loyalty to Apple and did not help differentiate the Mac user-experience from Windows.[27][28][28] In fact, the retailer trend was towards selling their own generic in-house brand PCs which used even cheaper components than those by major PC makers, increasing retailer overall margins by keeping the manufacturing profits. This "provided a powerful profit motive to convert customers interested in buying a Mac into the owners of a new, cheaply assembled, house brand PC".[29]
Tim Cook, who joined Apple in 1998 as Senior Vice President for Worldwide Operations, announced the company would "cut some channel partners that may not be providing the buying experience [Apple expects]. We're not happy with everybody." Jobs severed Apple's ties of every big box retailer, including Sears, Best Buy, Circuit City, Computer City and Office Max to focus its retail efforts with CompUSA. Between 1997 and 2000, the number of Mac authorized resellers dropped from 20,000 to just 11,000. The majority of these were cuts made by Apple itself. Jobs proclaimed that Apple would be targeting Dell, with Cook's mandate to match or exceed Dell's lean inventories and streamlined supply chain, "with our new products and our new store and our new build-to-order, we're coming after you, buddy." While Dell had operated as a direct mail order and online order company, having pulled out of retailers to realize greater profit margins and efficiency, Apple had direct orders with sales handled by its channel partners, other mail order resellers, independent dealerships, and the new relationship with CompUSA to build "stores within a store".[29] Today, the Apple Store sells many different items, such as Phone cases, like OtterBox.[30]
Jobs did a study for stand alone "store within a store" for 34 sites in Japan. These sites were designed by Eight Inc. who was designing the Apple MacWorld and product launch events with Apple. CompUSA was one of the few retailers that kept its Apple contract by agreeing to adopt Apple's "store within a store" concept designed by Eight Inc. This required that approximately 15% of each CompUSA store would be set aside for Mac hardware and software (including non-Apple products) and would play host to a part-time Apple salesperson. However the "store within a store" approach did not meet expectations, in part because the Apple section was in the lowest-traffic area of CompUSA stores. CompUSA president Jim Halpin, who proclaimed that he would make Apple products his top priority, was forced to resign a year later. Also CompUSA had trouble finding well-trained staff, as most store clerks usually steered customers away from Macs and towards Windows PCs. Despite these setbacks, CompUSA sales of Macs had increased. Apple then added Best Buy as a second authorized reseller.[31] Challenges still remained, as resellers' profit margins on selling Macs was only around 9%, and selling Macs was only worthwhile if ongoing service and support contracts were provided, of which retailer experiences were inconsistent.[32]
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Jobs believed the Apple retail program needed to fundamentally change the relationship to the customer, and provide more control over the presentation of Apple products and the Apple brand message. Jobs recognized the limitations of third-party retailing and began investigating options to change the model.[27][28][33] In 1999 Jobs retained Eight Inc. as the strategic retail design partner to begin creating the Apple retail store, and began the search for senior retail and development executives. Tim Kobe of Eight Inc. prepared an "Apple Retail" white paper for Jobs, outlining the ability of separate Apple retail stores to directly drive the Apple brand experience—Kobe used their recently completed work with The North Face and Nike as a basis for the white paper.[citation needed]
In 1999, Jobs personally recruited Millard Drexler to serve on Apple's board of directors, Drexler was the CEO of Gap Inc., which experienced explosive growth that was attributed to retailing environments and marketing, rather than the brand's products or competitive prices. Drexler was one of the few directors who supported Jobs' retail stores initiative—the others on the board were skeptical, as the initiative would compete with third-party retailers and Gateway, Inc. had struggled with its own stores. In 2000, Jobs hired Johnson from Target, where, as the vice president of merchandising, he was responsible for launching the Michael Graves line of consumer products[4] that raised Target's image. At Drexler's suggestion, the retail and development teams headed by Allen Moyer, from The Walt Disney Company, then began a series of mock-ups for the Apple Store inside a warehouse near the company's Cupertino headquarters.[citation needed]
On May 15, 2001, Jobs hosted a press event at Apple's first store at the Tysons Corner Center mall—an upscale mall located in Fairfax County, then the richest county in the U.S.—in Tysons Corner, Virginia.[34] The first two Apple Stores opened on May 19: the first opening was the Tysons Corner location, and the Glendale, California store, at the Glendale Galleria, opened later in the day due to the time zone difference. More than 7,700 people visited Apple's first two stores in the opening weekend, spending a total of US$599,000.[35]
Several publications and analysts predicted the failure of Apple Stores, based on sales made per square foot which was a standard metric in computer retail at the time. It was thought that because of the stores' diminutive size and non-aggressive sales team, Apple would succeed in presenting the Mac but fail in making a significant number of sales, despite the huge turnout for the Virginia store. The Apple retail program established its merits and the momentum provided by the introduction of the iPod drove enormous interest in the Apple brand. The "high-profile" retail stores began the initiation of the Flagship style component of the Apple retail strategy. The first high-profile store was in Soho in New York City and was launched to great success; store sales were double projections the first year. The high-profile retail stores, developed by Steve Jobs, the Apple retail team, designers Eight Inc., architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and structural engineers Eckerlsey O'Callaghan have become among the most recognized brand expressions in retail. Apple had proved its critics wrong and by 2007 it ranked among the top retailers in the world. Apple opened its 200th store on October 26, 2007, in Gilbert, Arizona, 2,251 days after opening its Tysons Corner store.[36]
According to Fortune; "Saks, whose flagship store is down the street, generates sales of $362 per square foot a year. Best Buy stores turn $930 - tops for electronics retailers - while Tiffany & Co. takes in $2,666. Audrey Hepburn liked Tiffany's for breakfast, but at $4,032 per square foot, Apple is eating everyone's lunch".[27] In 2011 Apple Stores in the United States had revenue of $473,000 for each employee.[4] According to the research firm RetailSails, the Apple Store chain ranks first among U.S. retailers in terms of sales per unit area in 2011, with sales of US$3,085 per square feet, almost doubling Tiffany & Co., the second retailer on the list.[4]
Apple has since re-established ties with major big box retailers like Best Buy and Staples Inc.,[37] as these chains have considerably more geographical reach than the existing network of Apple Stores. Authorized Apple resellers have a dedicated store-within-a-store with wood tables and a backlit Apple Logo. These in-store kiosks feature at least a full-sized Apple ad, and some of the larger displays feature an LCD screen run by a Mac Mini. These boutiques presently showcase iPad tablets and Mac computers, while iPods have their own dedicated space in the MP3 player aisle, and iPhones are displayed in the mobile phone section alongside their wireless carrier.[38] The relationship with Best Buy calls for the company to send Apple Solutions Consultants (ASCs) to train Best Buy employees to be familiar with Apple's product lineup.[28][39]
Apple is reported to be working with Walt Disney World to create the world's largest Apple Store as part of the large scale development of their Downtown Disney retail, dining and entertainment area that will eventually be completed in 2016 under the name of Disney Springs.[40]
Originally, Apple Stores contained a dedicated point-of-sale (POS) station. However, in 2006, Apple began introducing a new store layout and design with surgical-grade stainless steel walls and backlit signage. The new store design replaced the dedicated point-of-sale station with the handheld EasyPay system. A dedicated point-of-sale station still exists in most of these stores to facilitate transactions not paid for by credit card.[41][42] The Regent Street store has more point-of-sale terminals than any other store. Only flagship stores and a few older locations have a dedicated point of sale; all other stores have a POS behind the Genius Bar. Apple has recently changed their EasyPay systems to operate on iPhone 5s, instead of the previous iPod Touch and earlier Windows-based systems. The previous iPod EasyPays featured a custom housing and the Infinite Peripherals Linēa-Pro barcode scanner and card reader, to allow all transactions to be completed on the iPod. Current iPhone 5s systems use a VeriFone e315 which allows barcode and QR code scanning, credit card swiping, EMV chip compatibility, NFC compatibility (thereby enabling Apple Pay functionality), debit PIN entry, and onboard CVV verification.[43]
On May 22, 2011, Apple replaced their acrylic displays that had information about the product with interactive iPad 2 displays, called Smart Signs, which add more information about the product like specifications, comparisons and extended warranties.[44] This transition from paper to touch displays was dubbed "Apple Store 2.0" by online blogs such as Engadget and Gizmodo.[45]
In mid 2015, Apple Stores replaced the interactive 'Smart Signs' with a new Pricing App that allows customers to directly interact with the product they want to purchase and see the price as they pick it up.
In early April 2016, as part of an initiative to become more environmental-friendly, Apple sent an email to employees of Apple Stores that they would begin a transition process with their shopping bags, moving away from the plastic bags that customers get when they buy products in the stores, and switching to paper bags with 80% recyclable materials, with the company expecting the transition to happen on April 15. In the email, Apple also wrote that employees should first ask the customer if they want a bag, rather than giving them one without asking.[46]
Apple Stores have considerably changed the landscape for consumer electronics retailers and influenced other technological companies to follow suit. According to The Globe and Mail, "Apple's retail stores have taken traffic, control and profits away from Verizon as well as electronics retailers, such as Best Buy, that once looked at wireless phones as a lucrative profit source". CNET has reported that the "Apple retail experience hurts Best Buy" and noted "Buy a MacBook at the Apple Store and it's hard to go back to the Best Buy Windows laptop buying experience". Due to Apple salespeople being more knowledgeable, and Apple Stores being more appealing, aesthetically and practically (looks, layout), CNET suggested that customers would prefer in-store purchases of Apple products at Apple Stores rather than authorized resellers such as Best Buy.[47]
The successful experience that Apple had with its retail stores has been applied to Disney Stores, since Jobs was elected to that company's board of directors in 2006.[48][49]
Genius Bar[edit]
All Apple Stores feature a Genius Bar, where customers can receive technical advice or set up service and repair for their products. The Genius Bar provides software support for MacOS and hardware service on products that are not classified vintage or obsolete.[50] However, in most cases the Geniuses will at least attempt to assist customers with older hardware.[51] Originally, visitors to the Genius Bar were offered free Evian water. Apple dropped this amenity in February 2002.[citation needed]
Many new stores feature a station called The Studio, a Genius Bar-like setting where customers can meet with a "Creative" and receive help with projects ranging from organizing a photo album to music composition to film editing.[citation needed] Some of the older stores are being considered to carry a Studio in a future remodel, in some cases replacing the older theaters.[citation needed] The largest Genius Bar in the world is located in Amsterdam.[citation needed]
Store openings[edit]
Apple Store openings often attract thousands of customers who line up early in the morning or even the night before.[citation needed] Most openings are accompanied by giveaways of prizes such as T-shirts and "lucky bags" at flagship store openings.[52][53]
Tysons Corner Center, Virginia on May 19, 2001; a line at the opening of the first Apple Store
The sidewalk of Boylston Street, Boston, MA on May 15, 2008; a massive crowd gather at the opening of the new store
Regent Street, London, England; at its opening at 10am November 20, 2004 it was the largest worldwide
George Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bath, England, UK
Churchill Square, Brighton and Hove, England, UK
IFC Mall, Hong Kong; the 100th Store outside the US
Covent Garden, London, England, UK; as with Regents Street branch, one of the largest Stores worldwide
Amsterdam, Netherlands; the largest Store in the world when it comes to the number of products on display
Relocated Store, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the original was the first in Canada
Fairview Mall, Toronto
Hangzhou, China
The first two Apple Stores opened in the United States in 2001 (see history above). In 2003, Apple expanded its operations into Japan, opening the first store outside of the United States. This was followed by the opening of stores in the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Australia, China, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, and Turkey. In 2010 a major effort to expand sales in China was announced along with opening of a store in Shanghai. The first Apple Store in Hong Kong, being the 100th overseas store outside the United States opened on September 24, 2011, occupying Podium 1 and 2 of IFC Mall. The first Apple Store in Belgium opened on September 19, 2015. On October 15, 2015, Apple announced that they will be opening two stores in the United Arab Emirates where one will be in the country's capital Abu Dhabi and another store in Dubai on October 29, 2015.[54][55][56] Apple's eighth New York City store and sixth Manhattan store located in the iconic World Trade Center within the dramatic, $4 billion Oculus structure designed by Santiago Calatrava, opened to the public on August 16, 2016 as a founding store of the building.[57][58][59]
Apple Company Store[edit]
Apple operates a store on the Apple Campus in Cupertino, at One Infinite Loop, which is open to the public. The store is the only place in the world where Apple logo T-shirts, hats, and other such merchandise can be purchased; it opened in 1993, long before Apple began to have retail stores.[86] Most Apple products are on display here, and various software and accessories can be purchased as well.[87][88] In 2015, the store was refurbished and the number of unique products reduced. It also began selling Apple's 'full line' of products such as iPhones and computers, having for many years only sold accessories and iPods.[89]
In July 2011, an American expatriate blogger who lives in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming reported on her discovery of what she called "the best ripoff store we had ever seen"—a fake Apple Store, complete with the glass exterior, wood display tables, winding staircase and large promotional posters found in legitimate Apple Stores, and with employees wearing lanyards and the same T-shirts as actual Apple Store employees.[90] The Wall Street Journal reported that the store had "gotten widespread international attention for the remarkable lengths to which its proprietors seem to have gone to mimic the look and feel of a real Apple Store."[91] The fake Apple Store was mentioned by U.S. presidential contender Mitt Romney in the second 2012 election debate.[92] Chinese law prohibits retailers from copying the look and feel of competitors' stores, but enforcement is lax.[93]
According to The Wall Street Journal, unauthorized Apple resellers are found throughout China; the blogger's original post noted that two such stores were located within walking distance of the first knockoff, one of them with a misspelled sign reading "Apple Stoer".[91] An employee of the first knockoff confirmed that the store was not one of the 13[93] authorized Apple resellers in Kunming.[90][91] In a follow-up report, Reuters indicated that local authorities in Kunming had closed two fake Apple Stores in that city due to lack of official business permits, but allowed three other such stores to stay open, including the one that had attracted international attention.[93] The operators of that store had applied for a reseller license from Apple.[93] At the time of the report, only four legitimate Apple Stores had opened in China, with two in Beijing and two in Shanghai.[91]
Following these events, more real Apple Stores in China began opening, an early one being the Shenzhen Apple Store on November 3, 2012.[94]
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|Platform: PC
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|Severity: blocker
|Priority: P1
|Assigned To: firstname.lastname@example.com
|Reported By: email@example.com
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|Summary: cannot filter on encoded subject
|Opened: 2011-04-01 10:21
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I want to filter e-mail on Polish subject looking like Wej?cie z adresu [...] (human readable) =?UTF-8?Q?Wej=C5=9Bcie z adresu [...] (the same, encoded in mail source) I'd like to filter mail on "Subject starts with", but none of ("Wej?cie", "Wej=C5=9Bcie") is matching.
It's pointless to post bugs in such buggy interface! Your bugzilla does not handle international characters properly, so I cannot show them, you see '?' marks instead. I wrote Wej[s-with-an-accent-above]cie, not Wej?cie. AFAIK current version of Bugzilla is 4.1.1, so your 2.22.7 junk is pretty outdated. BTW, my surname is scrambled by your Bugzilla as well, so I was forced to replace original Polish character with its 7-bit substtitute. Please wake up! We all live in XXI century now (I hope).
Please post some details to me in email, that should preserve the characters. I'll have a look at it today.
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Let me start out by saying that I am not the most graphically talented guy you will ever meet. That is actually quite an understatement. I'm a colourblind, stick-figure drawing, artistically lacking individual. If not for my photography I would dub myself creatively defunct. But you know what? I'm ok with that because it's simply not my calling in life. It does become a problem however when one is trying to launch a startup that does not yet have a logo.
A logo is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle when it comes to brand recognition, even moreso in the online world. It is usually the first thing a potential customer will see from your business and is the primary identifier of who you are and what you do. That's pretty important! With that in mind I set out on creating a small brief for myself on what I want the logo to convey. My key points looked something like this:
- Clean, simple and minimal
- Modern
- Easily recognisable
- Show a link to photography and statistics
For quite some time I had been wanting to try out +99designs, an established startup from Australia that created the largest marketplace for crowdsourced design. I had heard of some great work coming out of there and after looking through the completed 'competitions' I was commited. I say competitions because that is exactly what they are. You create your 'competition' and specify the award amount that goes to the final winner.
Getting started on 99designs was extremely easy. You create a 7 day competition, specify the award amount, fill in a few details about your company/product and give some guidance on the kind of logo you would like by answering a few multiple choice questions. After submitting your brief you are all ready to go. 99designs try to give an estimate of how many designs you can expect from your pricing package but I found it to be severely underestimated. I chose the entry level bronze package for $299 and was told to expect around 30 designs in total but ended up with 234 designs from 57 designers. Let me say that there was no problem with low quality designs (though there were some), the problem was choosing the right design from such a large selection.
As with any kind of design work you have to be ready and willing to give constructive feedback to help guide the direction of the work, something that 99designs really tried to highlight throughout their site. By rating each design and giving detailed responses to the submissions most of the entrants took note and by the end of the contest I was seeing more and more of the exact kind of design that I was after. The final winner was chosen with the help of friends and family as I was having a lot of trouble settling on one, and it is always good to get some outside feedback. Over the next day or so the handover took place and I was all set to use the new logo across the website and in the product video.
If anyone is looking at getting a logo designed I wouldn't hesitate to recommend that you at least give 99designs [99designs.com] a look before going anywhere else.
Head over to Fotostat [fotost.at] to see our new logo in action (and see if you can spot it in the video too!).
Daniel Treadwell is a Developer, Amateur Photographer and Founder of Fotostat, a central hub where photographers can easily manage their online presence.


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Dinner ready for four! Serve your family this roasted pork chops, rutabaga, vegetables served with fruit salad and bread.
Roasting is oven-cooking food in an uncovered pan. This cooking method produces food that is well-browned and moist. Usually this cooking method is used with tender cuts of meat.
Fennel is an aromatic plant with a bulbous base and stems. It has a delicate sweet anise-like flavor. The bulb is sliced and used in salads or cooked recipes. The feathery green stems are used as a pretty garnish or can be used like an herb.
Fruit salad and sourdough bread complement this oven-roasted pork recipe.
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Bell, Frist to speak at Alumni Day, Feb. 22
Posted February 21, 2003; 11:29 a.m.
Princeton alumni Peter Bell, president of CARE USA, and William Frist, U.S. senator from Tennessee and Senate majority leader, will speak on campus Saturday, Feb. 22, as part of the annual Alumni Day and Parents' Program. Attendance at the Bell and Frist lectures will be open only to alumni with tickets.
Bell, a 1964 alumnus of the Graduate School, will speak on "Where the End of Poverty Begins" at 9:15 a.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. He is this year's recipient of Princeton's James Madison Medal.
Frist, a 1974 Princeton alumnus, will speak on "The Floor of the U.S. Senate as the Operating Theater: Is Transplanting Ideas Any Different From Transplanting Hearts?" at 10:30 a.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. He is this year's recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award.
Members of the University community who do not have tickets to the Bell and Frist lectures are invited to view them by simulcast in McCosh 50 or by live Webcast . If space becomes an issue, the lectures also will be simulcast in McCosh 60, 62, 64 and 66.
Details for media representatives are available in an advisory .
The Alumni Day and Parents' Program, which is coordinated by the Alumni Council, will begin at 9 a.m. with a variety of lectures, workshops and tours and will run through 6:30 p.m. While the event is not open to the general public, members of the University community are invited to attend. For a complete schedule, visit the Alumni Council Web site .
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Toronto Police Services are currently handing out warnings to drivers and cyclists who fail to stop for open streetcar doors.
I've seen some people on bikes coast by open doors in the hopes of passing streetcars and getting ahead of traffic. While illegal this behaviour is also incredibly rude. People often rush when leaving or trying to catch streetcars and even a small collision with one of these people is going to completely negate the few seconds you've saved trying to pass a loading streetcar.
My advice, stop at the rear of the streetcar and position yourself in the middle of the lane. Anxious drivers are going try to blow past a streetcar once those doors close and you do not want to be caught in the squeeze.
Completely unrelated photo, although it involves cyclists and a streetcar during a 2007 Critical Mass, by Leanne Eisen via the BikingToronto Flickr Pool


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Combating Obstetric Fistula
Today is the first International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. To be honest, I was not very familiar with the tragedy of fistula until about a decade ago, when I met the remarkable Dr. Catherine Hamlin, who has devoted her life to treating the problems of fistula in Ethiopia. More on her work below, but for those of you who don't know what this terrible condition entails, I refer you to the UNFPA explanation: Read more »


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Welcome to Allakhazam's EverQuest Wikibase!
If you'd like to contribute to the wikibase, please keep our guidelines in mind. Within those guidelines, we encourage you to be bold. If you're new to wiki-editing and would like to toy around some and figure out how things work, please use the sandbox.
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If you create an article, please add "[[Category:EverQuest]]" to the page -- otherwise, it will be orphaned or "{{Everquest}}" to add the EQ Icon and the previous category in one step. See Everquest Template for all the options you can use with it.
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Lodge Cast Iron Loaf Pan; L4LPS
Prices, promotions, styles and availability may vary by store and online.
Handles on each end for easy carry
Comes seasoned and ready to use
Cast iron construction
Lodge Cast Iron Loaf Pan; L4LPS
The Lodge Cast Iron cast-iron Loaf Pan is perfect for baking, heats up evenly, and retains heat for superior cooking results. Fantastic for bread, meatloaf, and more. Use it to hold smoker chips for barbecue. Handles on each end make it easier to lift the pan in and out of the oven. Comes seasoned and ready to use. Pre-seasoned pan helps to make cleaning easy. Recommend hand wash. 10-1/4" x 6-1/8" x 2-7/8". Made in USA.
Lodge - America's Original Cookware:
When Joseph Lodge began making cast iron in the late 1800s, he began a legacy of enduring quality that has carried forward for four generations and counting. Today, Lodge is still a family-owned and operated business producing the finest, most extensive selection of cast-iron goods on the market. Amazingly, some of the first cast-iron frying pans, tea kettles, and Dutch ovens made over 100 years ago are still in use. Lodge's privately-held metal formula, precision molds, and exacting wall thickness are the result of years of dedication to improving quality that began with the first skillet from the first mold. Not even the most expensive stainless or aluminum cookware can rival the even heating, heat retention, durability, and value of Lodge Cast Iron.


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Today I got a mini-rig, the MTV-7, complete with ROTJ box and instructions (although not MIB). What a wonderful little vehicle! Hasbro should really look into releasing low-cost, smaller vehicles like these for the market today.
I also got a Hoth Rebel Soldier w/tight joints and great paint apps.
Waiting on a Hoth Stormtrooper and a Vader w/unbroken lightsaber tip.


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Monday night another young man joined our Troop. He is a 6th grader, never been in Scouts before and looking for adventure. I met him and his parents and he joined right into the gathering activity fitting in with his new Patrol mates as if he'd been in the Troop for years. His parents had some concern, I mean, what parent wouldn't be a bit aprehensive about send their son off with strangers. In the course of our conversation I asked them what they wanted their son to get out of Scouting. Fun, life lessons, adventures? What was it that they considered when they brought their kid to us?
The first thing they talked about was their boy growing to be a bit more responsible and independant. Then they talked about life skills and fun. They understood that in Scouting their son will develop leadership and responsibility. They asked about service to others and character building. In short.. they asked all the right questions.
They want their boy to one day earn his Eagle award, but that was not the main thing. They want him to have fun with a group of young men that have a common interest and shared values.
You see, sometimes we get so caught up in merit badge extravagangzas and how many seat belts we need for a camp out that we forget that main thing. What is it? Citizenship, Character, and Fitness. The program is centered on those three things and when you keep them in the middle and build your unit around that… well it grows, its active, and it a fun place to be. The other night at our Troop meeting we welcomed a new Scout. He is number 41 on the roster. We have had our share of gains and losses, but in the end they come back to a fun unit that is full of adventure, fun, and lessons for life. all of that wrapped up in the main thing.
As our new parents watched as the Scouts did a Kayak relay in the parking lot Monday night, they commented on how friendly the Scouts were and how they all seemed to be a good group of boys. Thats the character of our unit, and it comes from staying focused on the main thing. The rest will come.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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RISKS OF HEPATOTOXICITY and
Because of the risks of
hepatotoxicity and birth defects, Tracleer is available only through a
restricted program called the Tracleer Access Program (T.A.P.). T.A.P. is a
component of the Tracleer Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS). Under
the Tracleer REMS, prescribers, patients, and pharmacies must enroll in the
program. [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
In clinical studies, Tracleer
caused at least 3-fold upper limit of normal (ULN) elevation of liver
aminotransferases (ALT and AST) in about 11% of patients, accompanied by elevated
bilirubin in a small number of cases. Because these changes are a marker for
potential serious hepatotoxicity, serum aminotransferase levels must be
measured prior to initiation of treatment and then monthly [see DOSAGE AND
ADMINISTRATION, WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS]. In the postmarketing period, in the setting of close
monitoring, rare cases of unexplained hepatic cirrhosis were reported after
prolonged ( > 12 months) therapy with Tracleer in patients with multiple
comorbidities and drug therapies. There have also been reports of liver
failure. The contribution of Tracleer in these cases could not be excluded.
In at least one case, the
initial presentation (after > 20 months of treatment) included pronounced
elevations in aminotransferases and bilirubin levels accompanied by
non-specific symptoms, all of which resolved slowly over time after
discontinuation of Tracleer. This case reinforces the importance of strict
adherence to the monthly monitoring schedule for the duration of treatment and
the treatment algorithm, which includes stopping Tracleer with a rise of
aminotransferases accompanied by signs or symptoms of liver dysfunction [see DOSAGE
Elevations in aminotransferases
require close attention [see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION]. Tracleer should
generally be avoided in patients with elevated aminotransferases ( > 3 x ULN)
at baseline because monitoring for hepatotoxicity may be more difficult. If
liver aminotransferase elevations are accompanied by clinical symptoms of
hepatotoxicity (such as nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, jaundice, or
unusual lethargy or fatigue) or increases in bilirubin ≥ 2 x ULN,
treatment with Tracleer should be stopped. There is no experience with the
reintroduction of Tracleer in these circumstances.
Tracleer is likely to cause
major birth defects if used by pregnant females based on animal data [see Use
in Specific Populations]. Therefore, pregnancy must be excluded before the
start of treatment with Tracleer. Throughout treatment and for one month after
stopping Tracleer, females of childbearing potential must use two reliable
methods of contraception unless the patient has a tubal sterilization or Copper
T 380A IUD or LNg 20 IUS inserted, in which case no other contraception is
needed. Hormonal contraceptives, including oral, injectable, transdermal, and
implantable contraceptives should not be used as the sole means of
contraception because these may not be effective in patients receiving Tracleer
[see DRUG INTERACTIONS]. Obtain monthly pregnancy tests.
Tracleer is the proprietary name for bosentan, an endothelin
receptor antagonist that belongs to a class of highly substituted pyrimidine
derivatives, with no chiral centers. It is designated chemically as
benzenesulfonamide monohydrate and has the following structural formula:
Bosentan has a molecular weight of
569.64 and a molecular formula of C27H29N5O6S•H2O.
Bosentan is a white to yellowish powder. It is poorly soluble in water (1.0
mg/100 mL) and in aqueous solutions at low pH (0.1 mg/100 mL at pH 1.1 and 4.0;
0.2 mg/100 mL at pH 5.0). Solubility increases at higher pH values (43 mg/100
mL at pH 7.5). In the solid state, bosentan is very stable, is not hygroscopic
and is not light sensitive.
Tracleer is available as 62.5 mg
and 125 mg film-coated tablets for oral administration, and contains the
following excipients: corn starch, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch
glycolate, povidone, glyceryl behenate, magnesium stearate,
hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, triacetin, talc, titanium dioxide, iron oxide
yellow, iron oxide red, and ethylcellulose. Each Tracleer 62.5 mg tablet
contains 64.541 mg of bosentan, equivalent to 62.5 mg of anhydrous bosentan. Each
Tracleer 125 mg tablet contains 129.082 mg of bosentan, equivalent to 125 mg of
anhydrous bosentan.
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
Less serious side effects may include:
Read All Potential Side Effects and See Pictures of Tracleer »
Before taking bosentan, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: liver disease, anemia.
This drug may make you dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires alertness until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. Avoid alcoholic beverages since they can increase the effects of dizziness and also increase the risk of serious liver problems.
This medication must not be used during pregnancy. It may harm an unborn baby. If you become pregnant or...
Read All Potential Precautions of Tracleer »
Last reviewed on RxList: 10/16/2012
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.


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EUPATI - the European Patients' Academy on Therapeutic Innovation, has just published its newsletter [2] for the second quarter of 2013.
The European project aims to provide scientifically reliable, objective, comprehensive information to patients on pharmaceutical R&D. It will increase the capacity of well-informed patients to be effective advocates and advisors, for example in clinical trials, with regulatory authorities and in ethics committees. A consortium of 29 organisations, led by the European Patients' Forum, comprises a unique combination of pan-European patient organisations, academic and not-for profit organisations expert in patient and public engagement and EFPIA member companies. It features excellence in state-of-the art, high quality, objective education to patients about therapeutic innovation.
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We then went to Daintree National Park, which stretches about a third of the east coast of Queensland. Here we walked through the rainforest and looked at some awesome waterfalls. Fittingly, it rained while we were walking through the rainforest. We saw bush turkeys (a small version of our own stupid animals) and a tiny dragon like lizard
Next, we were off to Daintree river for a boat ride in search of crocs. It wasn't nearly as exciting as Steve Ewin's adventures, but we still had fun. We saw a mother, young, and baby crocodile as well as a herein that is really rare. Apparently we should have been really excited to see him, but it just looked like a big bird to me! After the ride, our tour guide crumpled up a leaf and told us to smell it. After we took a big whiff he told me the locals call that tree the "fart bush". It did smell bad. What a joke to play on the silly girls from the States!
After a packed day we began back to our accommodations. The 11 of us were all staying at different places. Katie's and my stop was the last stop and our driver told us that we had to take "a really shitty road to a really nice place" and it was. We thought we were going to be bounced off of our seats on the way there. Anyway, we stayed at the Cape Tribulation Beach House. It's really nice! We had our own bathroom, blankets (not just sheets), towels, and a refrigerator.
A great day. We met 2 girls from New Hampshire that are currently living in New Zealand, working for a year. We also met 2 girls from Germany here on "holiday" (AKA vacation), and a mother and daughter from Italy.
Tomorrow comes the scarry part...the Great Barrier Reef.


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Late Registration
8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.
Kenneth Anthony Tinkler, Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, Chair - City County and Local Government Law Section
8:35 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Public Finance
Alexandra M. MacLennan, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Tampa
Grace E. Dunlap, Bryant Miller & Olive, P.A., Tampa
9:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.
Conflicts of Interest/Financial Disclosure
C. Christopher "Chris" Anderson, III, Commission on Ethics, Tallahassee
9:35 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Sheila M. Tuma, The Florida Bar, Orlando
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Public Sector Employment Liability
Erin G. Jackson, Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez, Tampa
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Eminent Domain
Mary J. Dorman, Dorman & Gutman, Tampa
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch (included in registration)
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Sunshine Law and Public Records Law
Patricia R. Gleason, Special Counsel for Open Government, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Home Rule and Allocation of Taxing Powers
Robert L. Nabors, Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, Tallahassee
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Susan Churuti, Bryant, Miller & Olive, P.A., Tampa
Frederick J. Springer, Bryant, Miller, Olive, P.A., Tallahassee
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Land Use/Zoning and Practice & Procedures Before Local Government Legislative and Quasi–Judicial Bodies
Mark P. Barnebey, Kirk Pinkerton, Bradenton
Herbert W.A. Thiele, County Attorney, Leon County, Florida
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Chair's Reception – All section members, seminar attendees, and guests are welcome (included in registration)
Those who have applied to take the certification exam may find this course a useful tool in preparing for the exam. It is developed and conducted without any involvement or endorsement by the BLSE and/or Certification committees. Those who have developed the program, however, have significant experience in their field and have tried to include topics the exam may cover. Candidates for certification who take this course should not assume that the course material will cover all topics on the examination.
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SBDC to start Advantage Series with business planning
Business planning tips are offered in the spring Advantage Series presented by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in the Business and Industry Center at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
On Tuesday, Jan. 22, from 6-7:30 p.m. in E151 at CLC, Jay Bock will outline the important elements needed to develop a successful business plan — one that sets a company apart from those who don't have such a professional approach to operating a business.
A business plan is important to help a business owner validate the business concept and set clear goals. It also gives investors, banks, suppliers and partners information to make decisions about working with the company. If you are thinking of starting or purchasing a business, this session is for you.
This series will be repeated each month during the spring. Followup counseling is available from the SBDC team of consultants at no charge. Watch for other sessions in the series: Forms of Business Structure, marketing Your Small Business and Accounting Tools.
The admission fee is $30 per person for each session or $100 per person for all four in the series.
The registration deadline is seven days prior to the class date. To register and to read session descriptions of other classes in the series, visit http://clcmn.augusoft.net/.
For information, contact Julie Platta at 218-855-8140 or email@example.com.


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Gwen Stefani Long Straight Hairstyle - Light Blonde (Champagne)
Gwen stunned onlookers once again with another eye-popping hairdo. The top was tied back while the top was teased very high and styled up for maximum height.
- Hair Category: Alternative
- Hair Length: Long
- Hair Elasticity: Straight
- Gender: Women
- Face Shape: Round, Oval, Heart, and Triangular
- Hair Density: Thin/Medium
- Hair Texture: Fine/Medium
- Age: 21 - 30, 31 - 40, and 41 - 50
- Height: Any
- Weight: Thin/Average/Large
- Glasses: With glasses suits best
- Styling Time: 30+ minutes
- Styling Tip: Allow up to 2 hours styling time for hot roller setting, teasing, pinning and spraying. This long lasting style is great for all occasions and all weather conditions.


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Remember them? Big buildings with items for sale? No need for shipping rates or clicking?
Post your experiences in these 19th century has-beens. Funny, sad, confusing, frustrating; whatever. Maybe some of you work in them, or used to.
Today, in Target, I put all the Saesee Tiin pegwarmers in front of the other SW figs. Hee hee! Ahem.
There is a Barnes & Noble that has a clerk that scares me. To be honest, I don't know why anymore. If I see that person behind the counter, I "look for" other items until I think I might get another cashier later.