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2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - Dichotomy
A lot of people think show trucks serve one purpose: looking pretty. But what they don't know is many guys use their show trucks every day of the week. When Jesse Ramirez bought his 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 brand-new in 2005, he knew it wouldn't be just a work truck, and it wouldn't be just a show truck -- but a perfect combination of both. After several years of driving a stock truck, Jesse needed to change that and started on the path to turning it into a head-turning daily driver.
Once Jesse had made up his mind about how he wanted his Silverado to be built, his first stop was Static in Palmview, Texas, where Oscar Olivo and King Risk made quick work of bringing the Crew Cab a lot closer to the Texas pavement. This was accomplished with a combination of 3-inch DJM lowering spindles and 2-inch DJM lowering springs for a 5-inch drop. The arms were also narrowed to give Jesse lock-to-lock turning ability without rubbing. The rear was brought down to match with a Belltech flip kit, while a C-notch gives the rearend some breathing room. Belltech shocks smooth out the rough roads around Houston. When it came time to decide on wheels, Jesse couldn't make up his mind, so his wife stepped in and chose a set of 24x10 Intro Radicalli 6 wheels. These were wrapped in Kumho Ecsta tires and provide the custom look Jesse was after. Without haste, Jesse drove his newly slammed Chevy to Extreme Body Shop, also in Palmview, to take his truck to the next level.
"Building a multifaceted Silverado, I needed my truck to look simple but be a head-turner at the same time.
-- Jesse Ramirez"
After receiving the truck, the crew began tearing it down and making it ready for new skin. Before any paint was sprayed, the bed caps were smoothed, a set of Super Duty door handles was swapped in, a full complement of SS parts was bolted on, and a 2010 Silverado HD front hood was body worked and affixed to the front. With the body smooth and primed, several coats of Onyx black and custom maroon paint were sprayed. With paint still in the gun, Adolfo sprayed several interior and engine plastics, and also paint-matched the wheel spokes for an all-around unique look. After the paint had dried, Edgar Solis of Donna, Texas, brought out his pinstriping brushes and added custom touches to the hood, tailgate, and engine beauty cover. Jesse couldn't believe how nice his truck turned out, but there was still something missing in the power department, and that had to be resolved.
In the hands of Sanoli Performance, in Mission, Texas, Jesse's Silverado received a boost in performance. This came by way of a Comp Cams .224/.224 lift and 580/580 duration cam, K&N intake, Pacesetter long-tube headers, 3-inch custom exhaust, and custom ECU tune. The guys also removed the 4L65E trans and installed new race clutches and internals and a Precision Industries stall converter. Finally, the truck could receive a full interior makeover.
For the final part of the build, Jesse enlisted the help of Kustom Kings in Mission, Texas. To begin the interior upgrades, the team gutted the interior and had the wiring for the audio installed by Divine Audio and Securtiy. Next, black and red leather seat covers were stitched for all four seats, but the front seats were reinstalled in the rear and a pair of bucket seats from an '05 Tahoe fill the voids up front. Extreme Body Shop turned two Chevy Tahoe center consoles into a single piece that runs front to rear. Finally, a dual-paned sunroof was installed and allows Jesse to ride with the wind in his hair. Back at Divine Audio and Security, a 7-inch JVC head unit was installed with Treo Engineering amps, subwoofers, and door speakers.
When all was said and done, Jesse had what he always dreamt of: a fully built show truck that he could hop in and drive. Apparently, it really is a head-turner, since Jesse has won five Best in Show awards, six First in Class awards, two Second in Class awards, a Best Interior award, and a Best Paint award. Needless to say, Jesse couldn't be happier. He wanted to send a shout-out to all the shops that helped with his build, his crew at Phatboy Racing, his cousin Shorty, and most of all his wife and kids for their love and support.
|2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
|Jesse Ramirez
|Palmview, Texas
|Comp Cams .224/.224 lift 580/580 duration
|K&N cold-air intake
|Custom 3-inch
|Engine Management:
|Custom ECU tune
|Built By:
|Sanoli Performance • Mission, Texas
|4L65E with upgraded internals and Precision Industries converter
|Narrowed with 3.73 gears
|Front Suspension:
|DJM 3-inch drop spindles and 2-inch drop springs, Belltech shocks
|Rear Suspension:
|Belltech flip kit, Belltech shocks, C-notch
|Slotted rotors, painted calipers
|Wheels & Tires
|24x10 Intro Radicalli
|275/30R24 and 295/35R24 Kumho Ecsta


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BS Information Technology/MBA - Excelsior College
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Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with dual degree option for MBA
BS in Information Technology/ MBA Dual Degree
Information technology forms the backbone of U.S. business, so skilled IT professionals are always in demand. Position yourself for the best jobs with an online Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Excelsior College.
It goes without saying that no dual-degree program is quite like Excelsior's online Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with dual degree option for MBA .
A Flexible, Affordable Path to an Information Technology Bachelor's Degree
Our IT bachelor's degree program meets or exceeds the same academic standards that govern IT degree programs at traditional colleges. You'll study with outstanding faculty drawn from some of the nation's leading IT degree programs, while gaining job-ready skills and expertise in subjects such as:
- Computer security
- Object-oriented programming
- Databases
- Networking and communications
- Software analysis and design
- Project management
Online MBA program Designed for Working Adults
You can fit Excelsior's online MBA classes comfortably into your schedule and budget, earning an MBA degree that will help you:
- Improve your job performance.
- Raise your earning potential.
- Help you compete for promotions.
- Prepare you for leadership roles, including business ownership.
A leading educational innovator
Excelsior designed this unique, career-building degree combination for working adults. You'll take online information technology classes and online MBA classes at your convenience, when they won't conflict with work and family routines. Excelsior also provides:
- Maximum transfer credit for your previous coursework from other accredited colleges. You may also be eligible to earn academic credit for approved military classes and industry-accredited training programs.
- "Bridge" classes that count toward both the information technology degree and the MBA degree. You'll have fewer courses to take, and a shorter road to graduation.
- Cost-saving tuition and flexible payment plans.
- Outstanding academic support from Excelsior's award-winning team of advisors.
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BS in Information Technology/MBA Dual Degrees Credit Requirements
BS in Information Technology/MBA Dual Degrees Credit Requirements
The BS / MBA program requires a total of 150 credits. Students are awarded their bachelor's degree by completing 60 credits in the arts and sciences component, 48 credits in the business component, and 6 credits in the free elective component. Students achieve graduate status after completion of the 6-credit bridge component. The 30-credit graduate course component completes the master's degree requirements.
Learn more about the degree requirements
Program Outcomes
BS graduates will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of computing and mathematics for problem solving in the field of information technology.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and analyze user needs to define and create appropriate computing requirements and solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively select, evaluate, and integrate information technologies based solutions in a user environment.
- Demonstrate the ability to participate effectively in groups or team projects.
- Demonstrate an ability to understand professional, ethical, and social responsibilities, including the impacts of culture, diversity, and interpersonal relations.
- Demonstrate proficiency in communicating technical information in formal reports, documentation, and presentations to users and information technology professionals.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and analyze the impacts of information technologies and computing on individuals, organizations, society, and the global community.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and apply current and emerging technologies and tools for information technologies solutions.
- Demonstrate expertise in the core information technologies such as database management, information management and security, object-oriented programming, computer architecture, systems architecture, operating systems, and networking.
- Demonstrate the ability to analyze computing and information security requirements and risks, and apply the appropriate tools and techniques to protect organizational data assets in an ethically responsible manner.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply best practices and standards for information technology applications.
- Demonstrate the ability to assist in the creation and execution of an effective project plan.
- Demonstrate a commitment to professional development and to continue to engage in lifelong learning.
Upon completion of an Excelsior College Master of Business Administration, graduates will be able to:
- Integrate and manage technology effectively in organizations to improve products, services, and productivity in organizations.
- Apply strategic management principles to the development and implementation of innovative technologies in organizations.
- Assess the impact of the global business environment on business situations.
- Apply quantitative methods to analysis of business situations.
- Perform ethically and professionally in business and society.
- Communicate effectively to relevant audiences orally and in written materials.
- Collaborate in teams to produce required deliverables.
- Apply project management skills to business situations.
- Assess the ethical implications of actions for diverse stakeholders.
Educational Objectives
As an Excelsior College baccalaureate-level Information Technology graduate you will be able to:
- Apply general and discipline-specific concepts and methodologies to identify, analyze, and solve technical problems in the information technology discipline.
- Demonstrate an individual desire and commitment to remain technically current with, and adaptive to, changing technologies through continuous learning and self-improvement.
- Demonstrate independent thinking, function effectively in team-oriented settings, and maintain a high level of performance in a professional/industrial environment.
- Communicate effectively in a professional/industrial environment.
- Perform ethically and professionally in business, industry, and society.
- Attain increasing levels of responsibility and leadership in the information technology field.
Upon successful completion of the Excelsior College MBA program, graduates will be able to:
- Analyze real-world business problems and generate recommendations for action.
- Integrate accounting, marketing, finance, management, and economics into a strategic business analysis.
- Assess the impact of the global business environment on business situations.
- Apply quantitative methods to analysis of business situations.
- Perform ethically and professionally in business and society.
- Communicate effectively to relevant audiences orally and in written materials.
- Collaborate in teams to produce required deliverables.
- Apply project management skills to business situations.
- Assess the ethical implications of actions for diverse stakeholders.
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All of Excelsior College's academic programs are registered (i.e., approved) by the New York State Education Department.

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Meet Iqbal "Iggy" Roshd '83
General Studies Graduate
Owner of More Than 10 Tim Horton's Stores in Canada Got His Start at Siena Heights
"It was my lifelong goal to go to the U.S. and attend an educational institution there. As I was getting ready to go to college/university in the mid-1970s, I started to write to admissions offices in different colleges and universities in the U.S.
I wrote to about 31 different directors of admissions in different colleges and universities in the United States as I was looking for scholarships and grants to help me pursue my education there. I received seven positive responses.
Siena Heights University offered me a partial scholarship with a letter from then Director of Admissions, the late Sister Anne Marie Brown, along with a letter from the President, Dr. Louis Vaccaro. I was thoroughly impressed by these gestures and my parents were very impressed and encouraged by this also.
As our family lived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, attending Siena Heights University was a convenient choice. We decided it would be best for me to begin Siena Heights in the fall of 1979. Little did I know my life would never be the same again.
As I reached the Siena Heights campus, I knew I was home, and it has been my second home ever since. It is the most caring community, positive environment and was the perfect place to grow and expand my mind, heart and soul.
From day one I started to get involved in campus activities. I won my first student senate election and became sophomore senator and continued to participate and won every election. I sat on the college finance committee and four other committees throughout my undergraduate years.
In my junior year I was selected as a Resident Assistant. "nu/kappa" hall and "the beautiful losers" were my direct responsibilities. I continued my responsibilities as student senate member and as RA throughout my undergraduate years.
When I left Siena, it was time to find a meaningful career where I could flourish and advance. My teacher, guidance counselor and academic adviser at Siena, Bill Blackerby, always told me I should be where I could deal with and interact with a lot of people. He would always remind me I am a people person and I should be gainfully employed in retail or in human resources.
In November 1985, I joined Wendy's of Canada as a management trainee. A few months down the line, I was promoted to restaurant general manager and oversaw Canada's largest Wendy's restaurants. During this time I was awarded the best customer service manager and the best food cost manager.
By October of 1988, I was brought over to the highway division to manage Wendy's, Tim Horton's, Baskin Robins and the vending division. By summer 1995, I started the process to my first Tim Horton's store by December . By September 1998 my wife and I had opened our fourth store, grossing more than $3 million in business and with more than 100 staff members.
In July 2007, we opened our 10th store, and we were adding more management, more staff and fine tuning every aspects of our operation. Currently our stores generate more than $10 million in revenue, with a payroll of more than $3 million and close to 300 staff and management.
I have been very fortunate in my personal life and in business. The good Lord has been kind to me, and people have lent me a hand when I needed one. Siena Heights University also made a major impact on my life and my success."


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The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani , is India's largest private
sector enterprise, with businesses in the energy and materials value chain. The
flagship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company and
is the largest private sector company in India.
Dhirubhai Ambani founded Reliance as a textile company and led its evolution as
a global leader in the materials and energy value chain businesses. It was in 1957
when he returned to India after a stint with A.Besse& Co., Aden he started yarn
trading business from a small 500 sq.ft. office in Masjid Bunder, Mumbai.he set
up his brand new mill in Naroda, Gujarat. In 1996 Reliance went on to become the
biggest textile brand 'Only Vimal'. In 1977 the Reliance Textile Industries came
with an IPO which was oversubscribed seven times.
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CLECO INVESTOR ALERT: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces the Investigation of the Board of Directors of Cleco Corporation in Relation to the Proposed Sale of the Company to a Consortium - CNL
Juan E. Monteverde, a partner at Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the Board of Directors of Cleco Corporation ("Cleco" or the "Company") (NYSE: CNL) for potential breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of the Company to an investor group led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, and John Hancock Financial (the "Consortium") for approximately $4.7 billion. The Company's stockholders will only receive $55.37 for each share of Cleco common stock they own.
The investigation focuses on whether Cleco's Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders by failing to conduct a fair sales process and whether and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Cleco's shareholders.
If you own common stock in Cleco and wish to obtain additional information and protect your investments free of charge, please contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq. either via e-mail at email@example.com or by telephone at (877) 247-4292 or (212) 983-9330.
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Professor Lewis to attend Symposium at The Hague
Professor Michael W. Lewis has been invited to attend a symposium at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) - The Hague in The Netherlands from January 10-11. The symposium is hosted by the T.M.C. Asser Institute, in cooperation with the International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Municipality of The Hague. The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) – The Hague is an independent knowledge centre that focuses on information creation, collation, and dissemination pertaining to the preventative and international legal aspects of counter-terrorism.
The conference name, "The Boundaries of the Battlefield: A Critical Look at the Legal Paradigms and Rules of Countering Terrorism," was taken from the title of Professor Lewis' 2012 article, which first appeared in the Texas International Law Journal.
The symposium aims to, "discuss the details of various approaches states take against non-state actors with the goal of countering terrorism. Specifically, the conference will address issues related to the uses of force and how these may affect and define the geographic and temporal scope and limitations of the laws of armed conflict in relation to counterterrorism." Professor Lewis will participate on two panels during the conference: "Wherever War?: Geographic Limitations of Armed Conflict," and "Law Enforcement Approach in Counterterrorism."
The list of invitees includes US Attorney General Eric Holder, John Brennan (Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Assistant to Pres. Obama), and Jeh Johnson (General Counsel US Department of Defense) as well as a number of noted American and European academics and some European military representatives.
Professor Lewis will attend the symposium with several ONU Law students currently enrolled in the Law of War Seminar he is currently teaching as part of ONU Law's interactive January Term.


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MarcAustralia needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 175 designs submitted by 41 freelance designers.
Fantasy Sports Australia
Providors of Fantasy Sports via internet. Based in Australia but with business activity in Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Philippines, India, Malaysia and USA/Canada
From a B2C basis 80% males between 15 years and 50 years. But must also have corporate appeal for dealings B2B
- Need a logo that features the initials FSA combined with the company name Fantasy Sports Australia. The initials need to be dominant and able to stand on their own in some uses of the logo. Need to be mindful that although the logo will be used the majority of the time online it will also need to be adaptable to stationery, outdoor signage and clothing.
- It needs to have appeal across a wide rang of markets as outlined above, so needs to fit into many cultures
- Needs to be modern and relevant to the category but also still able to be used in a corporate environment.
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Sins of clerical sexual abuse against minors have a toxic effect on faith and hope in God. Some of you have held fast to faith, while for others the experience of betrayal and abandonment has led to a weakening of faith in God. Your presence here speaks of the miracle of hope, which prevails against the deepest darkness. Surely it is a sign of God's mercy that today we have this opportunity to encounter one another, to adore God, to look in one another's eyes and seek the grace of reconciliation.
Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask forgiveness.
I beg your forgiveness, too, for the sins of omission on the part of Church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members, as well as by abuse victims themselves. This led to even greater suffering on the part of those who were abused and it endangered other minors who were at risk.
On the other hand, the courage that you and others have shown by speaking up, by telling the truth, was a service of love, since for us it shed light on a terrible darkness in the life of the Church. There is no place in the Church's ministry for those who commit these abuses, and I commit myself not to tolerate harm done to a minor by any individual, whether a cleric or not. All bishops must carry out their pastoral ministry with the utmost care in order to help foster the protection of minors, and they will be held accountable.
What Jesus says about those who cause scandal applies to all of us: the millstone and the sea (cf. Mt 18:6).
By the same token we will continue to exercise vigilance in priestly formation. I am counting on the members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, all minors, whatever religion they belong to, they are little flowers which God looks lovingly upon.
I ask this support so as to help me ensure that we develop better policies and procedures in the universal Church for the protection of minors and for the training of church personnel in implementing those policies and procedures. We need to do everything in our power to ensure that these sins have no place in the Church.
Dear brothers and sisters, because we are all members of God's family, we are called to live lives shaped by mercy. The Lord Jesus, our Savior, is the supreme example of this; though innocent, he took our sins upon himself on the cross. To be reconciled is the very essence of our shared identity as followers of Jesus Christ. By turning back to him, accompanied by our most holy Mother, who stood sorrowing at the foot of the cross, let us seek the grace of reconciliation with the entire people of God. The loving intercession of Our Lady of Tender Mercy is an unfailing source of help in the process of our healing.
You and all those who were abused by clergy are loved by God. I pray that the remnants of the darkness which touched you may be healed by the embrace of the Child Jesus and that the harm which was done to you will give way to renewed faith and joy.
I am grateful for this meeting. And please pray for me, so that the eyes of my heart will always clearly see the path of merciful love, and that God will grant me the courage to persevere on this path for the good of all children and young people. Jesus comes forth from an unjust trial, from a cruel interrogation and he looks in the eyes of Peter, and Peter weeps. We ask that he look at us and that we allow ourselves to be looked upon and to weep and that he give us the grace to be ashamed, so that, like Peter, forty days later, we can reply: "You know that I love you"; and hear him say: "go back and feed my sheep" — and I would add — "let no wolf enter the sheepfold".
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By Matthew Heimer
Steve Brill, founder of Court TV and the magazines American Lawyer and Brill's Content (and my first journalism employer), is a go-big-or-go-home writer, fond of the long, meticulously reported piece. So it's only fitting that his detailed critique of America's out-of-control health-care spending, the cover story in this week's issue of Time magazine, took seven months of research and clocks in at 36 pages (the longest single story by a single writer in the magazine's history, media blogger Jim Romenesko reports). And the epic article winds its way around an interesting thesis: While the steady growth of Medicare spending is a public-policy problem—along with Medicaid, Brill writes, it's "what's driving the federal deficit"—the health-care system would be in far worse shape if Medicare weren't around.
Central to Brill's argument is a Health Care 101 explanation of how Medicare sets its reimbursement rates for medical procedures. "Medicare collects troves of data on what every type of treatment, test and other service costs hospitals to deliver," he explains, factoring overhead, salaries and a multitude of other expenses – but not leaving room for much of a profit margin, if any.
Brill then offers several real-life examples demonstrating the huge spread between the Medicare reimbursement rates and the rates that hospitals and doctors try to charge to private insurers and patients paying out-of-pocket. A blood-protein test that Medicare reimburses at $13.94 gets billed at $199.50 to an uninsured 64-year-old; a stress test for the same patient gets marked up from the $554 Medicare rate to almost $8,000. Three CT scans for a slip-and-fall victim? Medicare would have paid about $825 in total; but a Connecticut hospital billed the patient $6,538.
Brill also points out the many ways in which Medicare fails to control costs: The system is constrained by law from using its buying power to negotiate lower prescription-drug prices, for example; and it lacks incentives that would keep patients from pursuing medical care they don't need or keep physicians from "over-doctoring." Doctors and hospitals have long complained that Medicare reimbursement rates don't reflect their true costs, and while Brill thinks that some of this amounts to crying poor—citing examples of high hospital profit margins—he concedes that "no doctor could hope for anything approaching the income he or she deserves (and that will make future doctors want to practice) if 100% of their patients yielded anything close to the low rates Medicare pays."
Still, Brill concludes that the our health-care system would be more efficient, and more affordable, if it were to become more like Medicare, with pricing that's predictable and transparent. "Unless you are protected by Medicare, the health care market is not a market at all," he concludes. "It's a crapshoot. " And at least for now, it's a crapshoot that retirees can skip once they turn 65.


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Topic: Barclays
Barclays iPhone app update allows for payments to be sent to contacts with Siri
08/21/2017, 08:08 am
Barclays has taken advantage of Siri integration to add the ability to pay people and business that have already paid in the past just using Siri.
Analysts claim True Tone technology will be included in both 'iPhone 7s' and 'iPhone 8'
03/31/2017, 03:03 pm
The next generation of iPhones may include True Tone technology, a research note from Barclays analysts claims, suggesting the 'iPhone 7s,' the 'iPhone 7s Plus,' and the 'iPhone 8' will have the same ambient light sensing feature as used on the 9.7-inch iPad Pro.
UK's Barclays may add long-delayed Apple Pay support in March
01/26/2016, 09:01 am
Barclays should, after a long wait, add support for Apple Pay sometime in mid- to late March, according to an email from one of the U.K. bank's top executives.
Apple Pay not coming to UK's Barclays until 2016, CEO says
10/07/2015, 12:10 pm
Customers of U.K. bank Barclays will have to wait until early 2016 to use of Apple Pay on their iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches, according to an email from the company's CEO of Personal and Corporate Banking.
iPhone orders remain strong, Apple likely to top 54M units in March quarter, Barclays says
03/05/2015, 03:03 pm
Sources in Apple's supply chain are particularly bullish about iPhone sales to start 2015, leading investment firm Barclays Capital to say that its forecast of 54 million units for the current quarter is a "conservative" estimate.
New products, 'innovative services' lead Barclays to hike Apple price target by 17% to $140
12/03/2014, 10:12 am
British banking giant Barclays this week raised its price target for Apple shares to $140 from $120, saying that increased customer demand for larger-screened iPhones and iPads, the introduction of the Apple Watch, and the unveiling of new services like Apple Pay could significantly expand the company's margins.
Renewed confidence in Apple management puts Barclays 'back on board,' sees shares reaching $110
07/14/2014, 11:07 am
Though Barclays has been bearish on Apple stock since February, the investment firm changed its tune on Monday with a newly reestablished "overweight" rating alongside a new price target of $110 per share.
Barclays acknowledges Apple's momentum, ups stock price target to $655
05/28/2014, 03:05 pm
Recent gains made by Apple stock had placed the price target at Barclays underwater, but the investment firm responded on Wednesday with a newly increased target of $655 that it said shows "respect" for Apple's momentum headed into the second half of 2014.
Apple's recent stock price surge leaves prominent analysts projections in the dust
05/06/2014, 12:05 pm
Recent gains by Apple's stock have pushed its share price past some Wall Street analysts' price targets, leaving their forecasts underwater, while others could be next if the upward trend continues.
Rumor: Apple taps Catcher for metal casings on next-gen 'iPhone 6'
04/23/2014, 09:04 am
A pair of investment firms believe casing supplier Catcher has secured a sizable chunk of Apple's anticipated "iPhone 6" metal casing orders, as the company lines up suppliers for a handset launch later this year.
Barclays: Apple's 'iWatch' could include UV light exposure sensor
04/07/2014, 10:04 pm
Apple might be looking to lend a helping hand to those who are particularly prone to sunburns or are otherwise sensitive to harmful UV rays, as one analyst believes that the company will include new UV exposure sensors in its so-called "iWatch."
Barclays downgrades rating on Apple stock due to maturing smartphone market, tells investors to 'step aside'
02/20/2014, 10:02 am
Shares of Apple stock slid Thursday morning after investment firm Barclays Capital lowered its rating on shares of the iPhone maker, saying it doesn't expect the stock to break out of its current trading range within the next year, and suggesting its performance could become comparable to that of rival Microsoft.
64-bit CPUs seen bolstering possible 13" iPad notebook from Apple
10/08/2013, 03:10 pm
The decision to move the A7 processor and iOS 7 to a 64-bit architecture may signal the beginning of a strategy for Apple to build a 13-inch, notebook-style iPad, one analyst has speculated.
Apple could use 'a Siri-like moment' at next week's iPhone event, Barclays says
09/06/2013, 12:09 pm
Apple needs to introduce another "wow" element with its new iPhones, says British financial services company Barclays, if the company wants to really differentiate its smartphones from the competition and reignite investor interest.
As its shares rebound, Apple seen as ready to 'change the narrative'
05/06/2013, 04:05 pm
Shares of Apple have continued to rise since mid-April, setting the stage for the company to "change the narrative" beginning with WWDC in June, one analyst believes.
Apple encouraged to borrow against its $94B in overseas cash for greater flexibility
03/12/2013, 03:03 pm
Apple should borrow money at low costs against its significant overseas cash position to avoid a tax hit when repatriating that cash, one analyst believes.
Samsung's recent momentum 'begs an answer from Apple,' Barclays says
02/19/2013, 12:02 pm
Samsung's recent successes are an "issue" for Apple that the company must promptly address by expanding the market for the iPhone, one analyst believes.
Apple 'leaving money on the table' by not releasing big-screen iPhone
02/05/2013, 10:02 am
Calls for Apple to make an iPhone with a larger display around 5 inches diagonally are growing among investors, who see a big-screen iPhone as a major revenue opportunity.
Investors should give Apple's Q1 2013 call 'another look,' Barclays says
01/29/2013, 03:01 pm
Though sentiment following Apple's earnings call for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 was overwhelmingly negative, one analyst believes the call deserves a second look to highlight the positives, including the company's strong cash flow.
Apple's Jan. 23 earnings conference call viewed as most important in 10 years
01/11/2013, 04:01 pm
Ahead of its holiday quarterly earnings report, Apple finds itself in a situation the company hasn't encountered in awhile: investor expectations for the next year are surprisingly low.


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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska, has voluntarily recalled about 19,000 Wego Kite Tubes recently.
Several deaths and more than three-dozen injuries involving the use of kite tubes have been reported nationwide. Those injuries include a broken neck, punctured lung, chest and back injuries and facial injuries.
Although no kite tubing accidents have been reported in Louisiana this year, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents have seen them in use on Louisiana waterways and are cautioning users of the dangers associated with their use.
The Sportsstuff Wego Kite Tube is a 10-foot-wide, circular, yellow inflatable watercraft designed to be towed behind a motorboat. A rider in the tube becomes airborne by pulling on handles attached to the floor of the tube. Model 53-5000 is printed on the tube near the product valve. The floor of the tube has black caution warning stripes.
The cover for the product bears a skull and crossbones and the statement "Never Kite higher than you are willing to fall." The tubes were imported and sold through marine distributors, mail order catalogs, and various retailers from approximately Oct. 1, 2005, to July 11, 2006, for about $500 to $600.
"The kite tubes appear to be designed only for professionals," said Lt. Col. Brian Spillman, LDWF's boating law administrator. "Even experienced water skiers and boaters have expressed how dangerous they can be, and they are definitely not for novice skiers or boaters."
Spillman urged boaters to comply with the Wego Kite Tube recall and to use extreme caution when using any similar products.
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Scooter has been riding motorcyles for 40 years and has also been a camera junkie for a little longer than that. He has had the great good fortune to be able to meld the two passions into a avocation that allows him to ride his bike and record his lifestyle through pictures. You can see his work in a number of major two-wheeled publications like Hot Bike, Rider, Street Chopper, American Iron, and Iron Works as well as european motorcycle magazines. You can also get his book on the "70th Anniversary of Sturgis" on Amazon. Scooter, annually, shoots the "BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials" on the Bonneville Salt Flats, the only international land speed event for motorcycles only, and creates a photo essay of the event. You can see more of Scooter's work at his website, www.ScooterShoots.com and you can contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com Enjoy !!!


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The Clang Group | RUG639 | Released: 16/02/15
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Clanger aka Cliff Hanger aka Clive Langer wants to be a pop star at the age of 60!
After 35 years of producing other people's discs for other dreamers (including Elvis Costello, Madness, Morrissey, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Teardrop Explodes and most recently his new label mates The Amazing Snakeheads) it's about time he got back to what he loved best.
So...he's only gone and done it, started a rock and roll band, The Clang Group, with the legendary Roxy Music saxophonist Andy Mackay.
The concept was conceived at a dinner in February 2014 in Bethnal Green with drummer Gregg Braden bemoaning the lack of stage action. These two musicians having a coincidental window decide to form a band there and then.
The Sensational Deaf School, Clive's original band, have had a remarkable renaissance in the last few years, rejuvenating Clive's love of playing his old guitar, with astonishing aplomb on this remarkable EP. Twang Twang Twang!! Electric Twang Ooooh eeeh ooohy!! Clang Bangg Wallop! What a Picture!
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Active Biometrics needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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May 2012, Volume 4, Issue 5
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I have no evidence to support this, but it's my opinion that if the smell of a fart under water will come up with the bubbles, so will the CO gas in exhaust. And it doesn't matter where else the exhausts exits, if there's no wind to blow the CO away, it can find its way into your boat. Our Party Cruiser has a dry side-exhausted Onan genny, our SkipperLiner has an under-deck wet exhaust. Both have succeeded in setting of CO alarms on calm days. And fwiw, our under-deck exhaust was tested and found to be no more less dangerous than any other type of exhaust. Several times while on the hook we've had the genny running the entire day to keep the AC and fridges running, with no signs of CO at all. BUT, there's always at least a slight breeze, and that seems to be all that's needed to disperse the C0.
You simply have to be extremely careful running the generator. If it's setting off C0 alarms, you shouldn't be running it...
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Many boaters bring exhaut problems on them selves. In the south many boaters run ther Gennys 100% including me. When we anchor out we DON'T EVER use a stern anchor. Usually there is a breeze and allowing the boat to swing with the wind causes the fumes to blow away from the boat. If we leave the back doors open (not very often due to the air conditioning) we leave the front open to allow air flow thru the cabin.
If we beach we don't run the Genny unless the wind is offshore. We almost NEVER beach cause bottom jobs are so EXPENSIVE.
The fries are cold so we gave you extra.
i start my generator before i start my main engines. when we anchor out i do turn it off for a while now and then but in mostly stays on. i have been thinking about a 1000cc honda gen for the fridge only since i dont have an inverter and dont plan on putting one in.
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I know some houseboaters do that, to save gas vs running the main genset. I have a 1000... which is one of the reasons I went to solar. Listening to that thing surge every time the fridge or the battery charger kicked in was a real distraction.
She's a tired old barge but she's paid for!
Reality Check: In the south many of us run our Genny's 100%. For the most part we don't end up dead or even sick. We don't swim under solid swim platforms. Most of us pay attention to which way the breeze is blowing and keep the back shut when underway. Alternativly we crack a window in front if the back door is open. Many of us run the air conditioner at night, we keep the back door closed and anchor with a lot of scope so the boat can swing with the breeze. We keep the battries up in both CO detectors and test them once in awhile. We even inspect the exhaust system on our Genneys. (How about that) S**t can happen but most of the time, if common sense is used, we don't make the evening news.
The fries are cold so we gave you extra.


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"Parasites are very smart."
So says physician-scientist Dr. Herbert Tanowitz, professor of pathology and of medicine (infectious diseases), and director of the Global Infectious Disease Training Program at Einstein, who has been involved in research on the pathogenesis of parasitic disease for more than 35 years.
Herbert Tanowitz, M.D.Among the wide range of organisms he has diagnosed, studied and treated over the span of his career, Dr. Tanowitz specializes in Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), the cause of Chagas disease. In a recent article in Cellular Microbiology, Dr. Tanowitz and his co-authors referred to Chagas as one of "the most important neglected tropical diseases of mankind."
"It's a persistent infection that has a lot of clinical implications," said the Einstein alumnus (class of 1967).
This vector-borne disease is an important cause of heart disease and gastrointestinal dysfunction in widespread regions throughout Latin America, where triatome insects, otherwise known as Kissing Bugs, transmit T. cruzi. The World Health Organization estimates that Chagas affects approximately 10 million people in nations including Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, El Salvador and Brazil.
In what Dr. Tanowitz calls a "double whammy," the insects defecate on their host and the parasite-laden feces enter through mucous membranes or bite wounds.
"What is striking about infection with T. cruzi," he said, "is the development of chronic infection with disease symptoms manifesting decades after the acute infection." Because current therapeutic agents for T. cruzi are highly toxic, and there is no effective treatment for chronic Chagas, new drug targets must be discovered. In addition, research on T. cruzi has been limited by difficulties in genetic manipulation.
The kissing bug delivers the parasite that causes Chagas diseaseIn recent years, the disease has gone global with a rise in cases of Chagas disease in the United States - including in the Bronx. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), some 300,000 people throughout the nation may have Chagas disease, although many remain undiagnosed.
"They have no way of knowing if they have the disease until symptoms appear," said Dr. Tanowitz.
At Jacobi Medical Center, where Dr. Tanowitz serves as the director of the Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory and associate director of the Parasitology Clinic, he is currently following 30 people with Chagas disease who were diagnosed in the metropolitan area.
Among them are two Long Island sisters who contracted the disease from their Bolivian-born mother, who was unaware of having the disease. Like 70 percent of individuals with Chagas disease, their mother remains asymptomatic, even though she has had lifelong low-level measurements of parasites in her blood.
An estimated 30 percent of infected individuals will have the onset of chronic symptomatic disease, usually decades after the initial infection, most often presenting as cardiac issues that can include cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, and sudden death, or as gastroenterology (GI) problems such as achalasia, constipation and megacolon.
The diagnosis of the two Long Island sisters came in the wake of news that a Virginia boy was diagnosed as the first congenital case reported in the U.S., and the CDC has noted that more cases likely exist.
While most cases of Chagas disease are transmitted through blood transfusion and organ transplantation, these recent cases demonstrate that congenital transmission from mother to child is on the rise.
Despite the growing health risk, prevention and control outside Latin America is only beginning to be addressed. It wasn't until 2007 that the Food and Drug Administration approved a screening test that was implemented by the blood banking industry. About 1,300 cases have since been diagnosed in donated blood.
Huan Huang, M.D.At Jacobi's parasitology clinic, the focus is to identify people who are positive, to test for heart or GI diseases, and to determine if they should be treated. "Though very effective the drugs are unfortunately highly toxic, especially in chronic Chagas disease" said Dr. Tanowitz.
When he's not tending to his clinical work at Jacobi, Weiler Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center, Dr. Tanowitz can be found in his Forchheimer laboratory, investigating the pathogenesis of chagasic heart disease and the consequences of this infection on the pathophysiology of the host.
Dr. Tanowitz also is well known to Einstein students as a frequent lecturer for the Parasitology, General Pathology, and Microbial Pathogenesis courses. In addition, as director and principal investigator of a Fogarty International Training Grant aimed at training students and postdoctoral fellows from Brazil in research methods in infectious diseases and geographic medicine.
He also serves as senior associate editor of the American Journal of Pathology; managing editor of Frontier Bioscience; and co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neuroparasitology. He recently co-authored a two-volume book on Chagas disease in Advances in Parasitology with colleague Dr. Louis Weiss.
Joining Dr. Tanowitz in the overarching goal to understand the factors that lead to Chagas heart disease, and to determine the contributions of host and parasite, are Drs. Huan Huang and Fnu Nagajyothi.
Dr. Nagajyothi, assistant professor of pathology, focuses her studies on the interaction of T. cruzi and adipose tissue, a haven for the parasite, and adipocytes and the influence of diabetes and obesity.
Dr. Huang, associate professor of pathology, has explored aspects of T. cruzi for more than 20 years, including molecular biology, cell signaling pathways and the development of new and improved genetic techniques for working with this organism. He also has advanced molecular genetics in T. cruzi by designing a modified pTREX vector that allows for rapid and reversible protein expression and efficient functional analysis of proteins in different T. cruzi life cycle stages.
These researchers are part of a larger team of infectious disease scientists, rounded out by Dr. Weiss, professor of pathology and of medicine (infectious diseases) and co-director of the Einstein Global Health Center, whose lab studies Toxoplasma gondii and microsporidiosis; and by Dr. Mahalia Desruisseaux, assistant professor of pathology and of medicine (infectious diseases), whose lab focuses on cerebral malaria.
Editor's Note: This feature originally was published in longer form on the pathology website.
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tour de France: sprinters
3 comments:
- EricD said...
bold prediction! griepel has a history of not being able to follow his leadout though. i'm very curious to see how cav turns out. they claim he hasn't lost any power, but it's hard to believe with that kind of weight loss.
- July 1, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- schwa said...
Sagan pretty much locked up the green jersey today. To be fair, you couldn't have predicted Cav's crash on stage 6. One thing that maybe could have been predicted is the inattention Sky has paid to Cav.
- July 14, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- djconnel said...
I figured Sky would ignore Cav, which is why (in conjunction with Cav's recent focus on climbing) I thought Greipel was the guy for the sprints (which proved true). However, I thought Cav would be more consistent, and that he'd manage to grab a few intermediate sprints that Sagan got dropped prior to. That's not happened.
I have been surprised by Sagan's consistency. Guys his age aren't supposed to be able to do that!
- July 14, 2012 at 5:52 PM


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Several popular performance and appearance options are grouped into three major packages, Premium, Sport and Cold Weather. The Premium Package ($1250) includes sunroof, automatic air conditioning, on-board computer and cruise control. The Sport Package ($1250) includes Dynamic Stability Control, rear spoiler, fog lamps, sport seats, and larger alloy wheels. The Cold Weather Package ($500) provides heat to the seats, the mirrors, the windshield and the washer jets, along with rain sensor and auto-dimming mirror.
The packaged options can be ordered ala carte as well: Leather seats ($1250), Xenon headlamps ($500), an eight-speaker Harman Kardon sound system ($550), a navigation system ($1600), and a CVT Continuously Variable Transmission ($1250) are among the options.
The first impression of the Mini comes from its broad brow and challenging demeanor tempered by an appealing wonder-eyed look. The distinctive body shape is recognizable even in black paper silhouette. In the old days we dubbed the Mini 'The Flying Toastmaster.' That description would apply to today's Mini as well if that toaster has a bulldog attitude and can cling to the counter as if suctioned in place. Tenacity is built into today's Mini visually by its a slightly splayed stance.
The wheels are set as far out to the four corners as possible thus enhancing stability in turns and reducing hobby-horsing on bumpy straights. The wheelbase at 97.1 inches is longer than some small cars though the Mini's body is shorter at 142.8 inches (less than 12 feet).
The wide-across, short-in-depth hood is the product of unique design and manufacturing techniques. It might well hang on the wall of some corporate offices along with other shaped sculpture and not betray its origin. The round, large doe-eyed headlights (which go up with the hood) are partly responsible for the common reaction of 'Oh-h-h, isn't it CUTE!' Actually, this response was by intent, not chance. Mini designers also threw in what they consider to be some voluptuous feminine curves and some masculine muscular bulges to cover all the visceral reactions. Thus the Mini is neither Guy Wheels nor a Chick Car. It is an engaging automotive device that has a wide appeal stretching across gender, age and economic status.
By the way, that toaster-body shape of the Mini is functional: it gives anyone riding in either back or front seats adult headroom, something that arch-shaped body designs (such as the Beetle) cannot do.
It is said that Alec Issigonis, designer of the original Mini, sat four adults in straight chairs, drew a line around them and thus determined the size of his passenger compartment. The box tacked on at the front housed an engine set in sideways to take less room. This Mini is a third bigger, wider, taller, longer, so a car full of adults need not be tight. Try the Mini on. It may well surprise six-plus footers.
The seats are handsome to look at. When it comes to sitting you might feel as if you are sort of perching on the standard seats. The sport seats are more receptive. If you prefer seats that you sit in rather than on, opt for the sports seats. Be your own judge; seats are personal.
To allow rear passengers into the back of the two-door car, the front seats slide and lift out of the way with a memory that returns them to position. That makes loading to capacity quick and easy.
Any notion that a car celebrating a popular icon of old has to be retro is dispelled forever by the with-it modernity of the Mini's interior. Materials and shapes are as cheery as sunshine and balloons and as now as a new magazine. The prominent circles are as much a design statement as a function, including the tach perched like an add-on immediately before the driver's eyes. Toggle switches reflect the older Mini while looking very today and feeling quite driverly. That large circle in the center of the dash, equally visible to anyone in the car, is the speedometer. The positioning was borrowed from the Mini of old and might seem a tad precious to those who don't smile in recollection.
However the press-briefing explanation that the speedometer is in the center to celebrate the rally tradition of the Mini (so that the co-driver can see it clearly) is balderdash. It was there because that central position made it cheaper to build cars with either right-hand or left-hand drive. The first 850cc Mini with its 10-inch wheelbarrow wheels was a response to a mid-east war and resulting oil crisis (sound familiar?), not anything else. The car's sporting future was not anticipated until John Cooper took a fancy to the tidy little machine, lent his magic and sent the Mini hurtling into history.
Driving Impression
I found that driving the Mini for several days (including some time on a race course) was not long enough to find the limits of its cornering ability. It kept saying 'more.' I drove in deeper; I drove harder. The Mini simply went where it was pointed without protest. What is this? Are they paving these writhing Marin County roads in Velcro? Even when rain was sheeting down and the pavement shimmered in rivulets, the Mini felt bonded to the surface. Ah, a squeegee at no extra charge. The old Mini was as much fun as a carnival ride to drive, but much of the fun came from constant flirting with catastrophe (one wheel always lifted off the surface in hard turns). The fun in this Mini, with a body that feels as rigid as a block of maple, is in exploring its astonishing capabilities.
As one might expect from a car associated with BMW, the Mini Cooper's steering is precise and immediate, though not as light as you might expect in a small car.
The brakes (discs all around) are equally impressive, proportionally balanced as they are. Hit them hard at speed and the car feels sucked to the earth and slowed immediately by an invisible hand. None of that tiptoe-light feeling you sometimes get under serious braking. Excellent brakes can mean survival in Germany where running at ultra-high speeds on the Autobahn is interspersed with serious slowing.
The Mini suspension system (McPherson struts in front and multi-link rear) is designed to keep the car snug to the road. This means passengers feel broken surfaces, expansion joints, weathered pavement. The Mini's ride is not a velvety one, but it is a secure one. Somehow even on the roughest road, one that sets passengers popping like corn in a hot skillet, the Mini holds its direction like a gyroscope. Drivers like that. And make no mistake: the Mini is a driver's car.
The Mini Cooper's 1.6-liter four-cylinder overhead cam engine (115 horsepower) never feels deficient even if it doesn't put your head against the backrest at launch Hit the loud pedal, count to one-thousand-nine and the needle in that central circle should be passing 60. (0-62 mph comes in 9.2 seconds and top speed is 124 mph.) Fair action for a Toastmaster.
The gearing favors a quick take off (the way Americans like it). However, the Mini Cooper's five-speed gearbox leaves a longer stretch between second and third gear than expected. I found it a tad annoying, rather like a flight of stairs with one riser a little higher than all the others. Drivers should make appropriate use of the gearbox to keep themselves well positioned on the 115-hp Mini Cooper's torque curve. That's easy. It feels good and shifting is smooth.
The 1.6-liter engine in the Mini Cooper S produces 163 horsepower and 155 pounds-feet of torque at 4000 rpm. It's capable of accelerating from 0-62 mph in just 7.4 seconds. (Top speed is 135 mph.) Equipped with a six-speed manual, it did not have the tall second gear feel of the Mini Cooper.
In town, the Mini is well-dressed, well-mannered, smooth to shift, easy to park and can swallow an amazing amount of Nordstrom detritus, particularly if you are alone. But the car will rarely be without company. It draws a beaming crowd wherever it is. (Some in the pack will offer you money on the spot for ownership.).
It's the total package that makes the Mini Cooper the excellent value it is: appealing appearance inside and out, excellent performance, notable engineering, numerous safety devices and the simple delight of being in and around it. With highway gas mileage something over 35-mpg it will not drink up your travel allowance at a great rate either. (And it will make your garage seem enormous.) Final final word: You won't be the only one that wants one so possess thy soul in patience.
Model Lineup
Cooper ($16,850); Cooper S ($19,850).
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Oxford, England.
Options As Tested
Sport package ($1250) includes Dynamic Stability Control, sport seats, 16-inch alloy wheels with 195/55R16 run-flat tires, front fog lamps; Premium package ($1250) includes panoramic sunroof, automatic air conditioning with active carbon particle filtration system, multi-function steering wheel with cruise control, on-board computer.
Model Tested
Cooper ($16,850).
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The Cregle iPen promises to become the first ever active stylus available for the iPad. The project has just received Kickstarter funding blowing its required $35,000 goal with pledges totalling a massive $162,000. The iPen is totally different to any iPad stylus available today.
The Cregle iPen transforms the iPad into a content creation device, not just a content consumption device. iPen is the first active digitizer stylus that allows you to write with precision directly on the iPad. Unlike the passive digitizer used in the typical iPad stylus, iPen writes like a real pen with accurate positioning and palm rejection features that passive products simply cannot achieve. With the Cregle iPen's active digitizer, the attached receiver picks up the iPen's signal and its precise position as it hovers above the screen. This crucial advantage allows iPen to actively transmit 60 samples per second to pinpoint the pen's exact location.
The iPen has now received funding and should go into production early next year. In order to use the iPen, apps will need to include code to support it. Some apps have already decided to support iPen such as PDF-Notes, Procreate, Ghost Writer notes and a few others. We expect this to increase dramatically especially as the iPen will be under Apple's own MFi (Made for iPad) program. The iPen should retail for around $89 when it eventually hits store shelves.
Cregle is also working on iPen 2 which promises to support pressure sensitive features. This would allow a user to alter the thickness of lines by pressing harder or softer on the screen with the iPen; now that would be a huge development should it prove possible.
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25 Finishes, One Magical Race
Jason McFaul's Kona journey began with one small dream.
by Ryan Schneider
My first encounter with IRONMAN Legacy Athlete Jason McFaul was humbling. It occurred on a steady nine-percent grade this February during a debilitating 30k trail run race. Debilitating for me, that is. As I trudged up the incline alone, hot and desperate, two voices picked up behind me. One was McFaul's, who looked like the prototypical Kona qualifier with his lean, lanky build and shaved head with perfectly fitting sunglasses. The duo maintained a conversation without breathing hard, and as they passed by, graciously invited me to join. I tried, for about a minute, until they faded from view into the sunlight like a mirage.
I spotted McFaul at the finish, and struck up a conversation that has since evolved into him becoming both a friend and mentor. When someone has completed 26 IRONMAN races by the time he's 40, it's probably wise to soak up everything they have to say.
The Chino Hills, Calif., resident began his triathlon journey 13 years ago after seeing an advertisement for a sprint-distance triathlon near San Diego. "I was immediately attracted to it," McFaul said. "It stirred in me something primal." The race itself produced the kind of experience he can only laugh about now. As McFaul changed into cycling shorts in T1, he knocked over his neighbor's bike. In his rush to return it to the rack, McFaul's towel fell off, and suddenly Carlsbad became Half Moon Bay.
McFaul has been a steady study ever since, which can be partially attributed to his day job as a college English professor. He's self-coached, explaining that his training plan is the result of a lot of trial and error, along with constantly perusing triathlon-focused podcasts and endurance sports forums.
Despite the steep learning curve, McFaul's tenacity and drive transformed him into a 13-year overnight success. By the time the IRONMAN Legacy program was announced, McFaul had notched 20 full-distance triathlons, from IRONMAN races in France and Malaysia, to most of the North American races. Racing in Kona didn't seem realistic, though it was always the goal; he typically finished middle of the pack, which he says has been more mental than physical. "I didn't believe I could qualify," McFaul said.
Then, in 2012, McFaul shattered the 11-hour barrier at IRONMAN Arizona with a 10:23 performance, smashing through a major mental roadblock. McFaul then realized that if he transitioned with greater urgency, tweaked his aerodynamics and power on the bike and trained himself to run faster, sub-10 hours was achievable. In 2013, McFaul became laser-focused on Kona qualifying and came oh-so-close at IRONMAN Los Cabos (missed the last rolldown slot by one place), and IRONMAN Cozumel, where he finished eighth in his age group. There were no rolldowns.
This past May, IRONMAN Texas marked the next stop on McFaul's Kona quest. The "problem" was he had already earned his Legacy slot. McFaul said he simply needed to know he could qualify on his own, and so he prepared by subjecting himself to one of the most grueling training weekends imaginable. Over the span of two days in March, McFaul first lost 10 pounds despite consuming eight bottles of water during one suffocating five-hour indoor bike trainer session designed specifically to simulate Houston heat and humidity. He then ran the LA Marathon the next day—in 2:58. McFaul's mentor, Ultraman champion Kurt Madden, suggested this torture fest to see if McFaul could run under three hours on heavy, tired legs. McFaul had not previously broken three hours in a marathon.
McFaul says he isn't sure how much that weekend helped him in Texas physically, but mentally it was huge: "It helped me believe a bit more in that inner voice, not the one that says, 'You're not good enough, you don't have the pedigree, you lack the natural ability,' McFaul summarizes, "but the other voice, the one that screams to be heard, the one that says, 'You can do great things. You are powerful beyond measure.'"
McFaul's preparation was by the book perfect. His wife, Michelle, created a mock aid station in their driveway so he could practice running through the real deal without stopping and spilling water from the cup. It began to rain, and yet the two remained outside—husband running in circles, pinching paper cups with two fingers that his drenched wife continued to fill with water. "A few of our neighbors were watching," he says. "They must have thought we were crazy!"
The hard work paid off. Finally. After 25 IRONMAN races, McFaul earned his Kona slot with a 9:27 finish, good for fifth in his age group.
He let the slot roll down to someone else. McFaul's personal legacy was validated.
What will McFaul dream up in the next few months to simulate that howling Hawii wind and searing heat? If you hear of a shortage in Southern California for commercial-grade power fans and restaurant heating lamps, you might know who to blame. Though he may still be devising his world championship training regimen, McFaul already knows what he's looking forward to the most as it approaches. Instead of being brought to tears at home from watching the race DVD (as he says often happens), he'll be misty eyed running down Ali'i Drive to the finishing chute. "Seeing my friends and family, and especially my wife—that's what I'm looking forward to the most."
And instead of handing her husband a paper cup, Michelle will be ready with a flowered lei.


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1. A time lapse camera takes pictures once every 40 seconds. How many pictures does it take in a 24 hour period? (Assume that it takes its first picture 40 seconds after the start of the time period.)
2. Triangle ABC is equilateral. What is the degree measure of angle y ? (Ignore the degree sign when gridding your answer)
3. If a sack of dried dog food feeds 4 dogs or 5 puppies for one week, then 5 sacks of the food will feed 15 puppies and how many dogs ?
4. The sum of three numbers is 6. Each number is increased by 20 and the new numbers are multiplied by 10. What is the sum of the resulting numbers?
5. What is the largest odd-numbered factor of 4500 ?
6. Points A and B are on the top and bottom edges of a cylindrical roll of paper of height 8 and circumference 12. A and B are diagonally opposite each other. The paper is cut along line C and opened out. How far apart are A and B on the flat surface?
7. 2 cars travel from the same point along parallel lanes of a highway for a distance of 10 miles. When car M, travelling at 60 miles an hour reaches the end of the distance, how much further will car N have to travel if it is travelling at 48 miles an hour?
8. ♣ ♥ ¥ ♠ ¤How many different 3-symbol arrangements of the symbols above are possible if the symbol ¤ must be in the last position, and the symbol ♣ can be used in only one arrangement. The other symbols can be used more than once in an arrangement.
9. What one value for x can be correctly entered into the answer grid?
10. Family 1 comprising mother, father and son are to be seated at a table with family 2 comprising mother, father and daughter. The layout of the table is shown in the diagram. F represents one of the fathers and M represents one of the mothers. X represents any family member. If a male family member must sit opposite a female of the other family, how many different seating plans are possible?
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