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The good news — the California almond industry produced the largest crop in history during the just completed 2007-2008 crop year.
Final production should closely mirror the 1.33 billion pounds projection by the California Agricultural Statistics Service (CASS) amid good prices and strong worldwide demand.
The bad news — the cloud hanging low over the heads of some almond growers isn't bringing rain. The forecast includes water restrictions and how some almond production could become at risk due to an infamous court ruling further protecting the endangered Delta smelt minnow.
To gain perspectives on the 2007-2008 almond crop year and future crops, Western Farm Press quizzed three leaders in the California almond industry: Rick Kindle, vice-president, Gold Hills Nut Company Inc., Ballico, Calif.; Kelly Burkholder, marketing manager, Harris Woolf Almonds, Coalinga, Calif.; and Mike Kelley, president/chief executive officer, Central California Almond Growers Association (CCAGA), Kerman, Calif.
2007-2008 assessment
"The 2007-2008 crop size has been good as far as volume. Apparently we will reach the estimate and may even exceed it a little bit," said Kindle of Gold Hills Nut, an almond grower, buyer, and processing company. "Shipments have been extremely strong every month, and breaking records. As of Jan. 2, I think the industry will bust December shipment records which indicates strong worldwide demand for California almonds."
According to the latest shipment report, more than 70 percent of the almond crop is committed or shipped already, Kindle said. Prices have been reasonable and demand has been strong in the midst of marketing the largest crop in history. "Everything has been good."
Kindle is stepping down from the Almond Board of California board of directors on March 1, 2008 after serving a three-year term.
Kelly Burkholder of Harris Woolf agreed that the 2007-2008 almond crop was a record. He expected final figures to be close to the CASS 1.33 billion pound estimate.
The crop was the second largest ever processed by the CCAGA, Mike Kelley said. That's six million pounds less than the record set with the 2006-2007 crop.
"Volume was off a little in 2007-2008 due to smaller sized meats plus some variety yields were lower. Nonpareil was off marginally," Kelley said. "It was a good year in our area and was an even better year as you move north into Merced."
Surprises in 2007-2008
Reduced kernel size was a big surprise in the 2007-2008 crop, Kindle said. Smaller kernels were noted from southern almond growing areas while the middle and northern areas produced a better distribution of sizes.
"On the manufacturing side of almonds that Gold Hills Nut is in, the lack of adequate amounts of input stock for cutting and slicing is apparent," Kindle said.
Harris Woolf handles almonds from Fresno County to the south. Burkholder saw a drop in 2007-2008 average yields in those areas compared to the 2006-2007 crop year.
"My biggest surprise is the 2007-2008 almond crop in the northern part of the state uniformly seems much larger compared to 2006-2007, and has basically carried the 2007-2008 (state) crop," Burkholder said. "Every once in awhile you're due. This area had a combination of good weather, pollination, and growing conditions that allowed average yield increases of 30 percent over the previous year. Those are very strong numbers."
Fresno County and areas south produced 10 percent less on average in 2007-2008 compared to the previous year, Burkholder said. The coming year's crop could equal or be slightly smaller than the 2007-2008 crop if normal growing conditions occur.
"There's only been a few times in the history of the California almond industry where three years in a row of strong increased production occurred. The greater probability is that next year's yields would be lower than this year even if acreage production increases," Burkholder said.
According to Kelley, trees in his service area had large almond loads. While nut size was good, the meat size once cracked out was smaller than average.
"This could be the result of the extreme heat during summer 2006 and extreme cold during the winter of 2006-2007," Kelley said. "We had a huge crop year in 2006 so we were probably due to be off a little bit."
Final price prediction
Kindle offered a conservative year-end price for growers estimated at $1.50 to $1.75 (all sales blended together). "Prices have increased since the beginning of the contracting period and are caused by the sheer fact that we've committed 70 percent of the crop already," Kindle said.
2008-2009 crop pricing
Trading for the next crop to be harvested in August is underway and prices are slightly less than the current crop, Kindle said. Pricing is strong but he doubts the next season will yield as high as the 2007-2008 crop — even with 45,000 new bearing acres in production.
"On the other side of the coin over 100,000 acres are over 20 years old. Many of those will have a small crop this year. They put on the mother of all crops and it took everything out of them. Historically those old orchards don't come back," Kindle said.
Many older orchards have been removed. "The question is — as 45,000 acres come out, do they equal the 45,000 coming in? I don't know. I don't think that much acreage has been pulled, but maybe it has."
Burkholder said demand exists for the 2008-2009 crop, but is not great at this point in the season. He said gross prices could lie in the $1.90 range for California varieties and in the $2.40 range for Nonpareil. It's too early to predict pricing on Carmel.
Higher carry-in numbers
The November 2007 Almond Industry Position Report indicated a carry-in forecast of 133.9 million pounds into 2007-2008 and a carry-in of 274 million pounds into 2008-2009. With almond carry-in numbers increasing, Kindle, Burkholder, and Kelley were asked if that could create negative effects for the 2008-2009 crop year.
Kindle estimates the carry-in for next season represents 10 percent to 15 percent of the total supply. "You have to remember that number is based on the end of July. August shipments still must be satisfied out of the carryover. Even if over 200 million pounds was carried into the new crop, that's still a minimal amount. Usually what is left is not always the best product — it's a lot of byproduct that's not suitable for trade."
Burkholder believes almond shipments will hit the 1.2 billon to 1.25 billion pound range.
"If you use the 1.25 billion pounds as the final shipment number and the crop is 1.33 billion, you're carrying out about 200 million pounds. That's about 16 percent stocks to use ratio and that's not unmanageable at all, especially with growing consumption," Burkholder said. "It takes the stocks to use ratio from about 12 percent to 16 percent."
Kelley believes growing consumer demand for almonds will outweigh carryover issues.
Kindle believes most bee needs for 2008 almond bloom pollination will be met. He's heard of rental prices in the $130 to $150 range. The highest prices are for a minimum 10-frame guaranteed while some lower priced rentals are based on eight frames. "A lot of the price differential is you get what you pay for," Kindle said.
Burkholder is also hearing about strong bees prices but no supply problems.
"Water availability is definitely a problem on the West Side and to the south," said Kindle. "How the environmentalists have the power to shut down pumping stations off the Delta continues to amaze me — for a fish that's not even indigenous to the Delta. The peripheral canal is 15 years away but must be built eventually. Water must be conveyed to the south," Kindle said.
"We've seen more land being fallowed in order for sufficient water for permanent crops," Burkholder said. "I think the political decision to not pump still leaves people uncertain on water availability."
Chilling hours are shaping up to be a non-problem this year, noted Kindle, who said chilling hours through early January were well ahead of last winter. "With good chilling hours and adequate bud set, we have a chance for a fairly decent crop. If I was a betting man, I would guess the crop will not exceed the 2007-2008 crop."
Hulling and shelling capacity increased for last year's crop that allowed marketers to receive the crop faster than usual, Kindle said.
"I think we're currently in pretty good balance in hulling and shelling. Ideally, almond processing should be finished by Thanksgiving but some occurs into December. It doesn't do the nuts any good to leave them stockpiled on the ground. Getting almonds hulled, dried, and stored in a building is important."
The California almond industry currently has adequate hulling capacity, according to Kelley. Another huller/sheller is planned in the Firebaugh area. "I think we're in really good shape hulling wise for the 2008-2009 harvest," he said.


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I am thinking from upgrading from windows 7 to windows 8, but lots of people are having mixed arguments about it. Some people say its brilliant, and some people say it's absolutely poor. Me, personally, think the metro design and the boot up time is quite cool.
Once you get used to using it, is it any good?
i like windows 8, ive got my tiles all configrued with all the programs i use primarliyand the desktop mode is like 7, plus the hulu and netflix apps are better then the website
Finding an app on the new start page instead of on the start menu accounts for like 0.05% of the time spent using the computer? I guess peeps make a big deal of it just because it's all up in your face instead of under the hood.
I like the new font rendering but since I don't want to give Microsoft more money than I already have, I'm probably not going to buy it. I got the Release Preview edition right now.
FA LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA *runs away*
I'm using it - the cost of the upgrade was so low that it was worth trying out. I've had a few teething issues (keyboard and mouse not working on first boot, wifi not automatically connecting) but I've managed to get around them and I'm starting to like it - I only tend to go into Windows 7 for a couple of things that won't work in Windows 8 for some reason.
I think it feels a bit odd though, as it doesn't seem to know what it wants to be - one moment you're in Metro, next moment you're back at the desktop. Metro (or Modern or whatever they're calling it now) definitely feels more suited to a tablet than a traditional PC, but it knid of works.
My suggestion would be to make a full backup of WIndows 7 and all your data, then try it out, especially if you can get the upgrade deal - if you hate it you can restore from the backup and you've only wasted £15
I think I'll pass. I can't stand the tiles nonsense windows is promoting constantly with their phones and xbox. Not to mention people are calling programs "apps" now. . . why humanity, why do you make me hate you. . .
You will find it weird at first but I am will say this for sure that Windows 8 is 10x better than Windows 7. I love the new Live tiles feature + the same desktop is there. Things are easier no navigate but you should explore it around and see the changes. You will find it hard to locate the Shutdown or Restart button as it is hidden in the charms section of settings at the top right hand corner of the screen.
I have been a Windows 8 user since launch date and I think it was worth the upgrade considering it was only 16$ after taxes!
Edit: Some people hate the live tiles but I don't get why? You can chose to stick to your desktop the whole time so its not a problem
Almost at the end of the line...
Running it at work and home as well as on my old Acer W500 (Will be buying Surface Pro on release) and my Lumia 920.
I think it's a brilliant OS, but I guess I am biased.
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Edit: Some people hate the live tiles but I don't get why? You can chose to stick to your desktop the whole time so its not a problem :P
So you NEVER have to use metro in Win 8 if you don't want to?
So how exactly do I start a program?
Add a shortcut to my desktop? What about the startmenu, why can't I use that? You say its removed from Win 8? ZOMG... Except ofcourse if you install one of the countless "apps" that add a startmenu, and force it to start on the desktop, thing is, in my oppinion, that's one "app" too many, windows should have added that functionality by themselves.
But wait, that would enable a lot of users to NEVER use their "of-so-wonderful" metro tiles. Why I don't like them? They're unnessecarily bulky.
Don't get me wrong, I've used Windows for nearly as long as I've used a computer, but Windows 8 doesn't belong on a PC, its a inspired by Tablets, and it shines too much of exactly that...
Oh and another issue for ya, when you want to connect to a wireless network, guess what, you can't just have some small menu pop up like in win 7, nooooo, METRO TO THE RESCUE, pops out of nowhere FROM THE SIDE, even though you clicked IN THE TASKBAR.
The reason people dont like the way Windows 8 looks like is because it will almost certainly lead to a closed system like OSX which is something alot of windows users dont want.. Objectively it is a better system though
If you look at the pictures from Windows 8, it was very obviously designed for a touchscreen. It looks like a smartphone interface, and that's generally hated by most people as far as using a regular computer setup goes, it fails in nearly every way for your usual keyboard mouse combo. There are a few changes under the hood that might be more worthwhile, but it's not worth the interface crippling, unless you have a touchscreen, or a kinect unit and need something to do with it. Otherwise it's worthless. Also from what I've been told they threw out alot of old code and pretty much started from scratch. Long story short this means that you can forget about much of any backwards compatibility, even some programs as recent as windows vista and windows 7 era may not work on this OS. I haven't looked into it too much though as I hate the interface. So yea good luck with running your windows 8 system.
Yes, I really like it. The new start interface really took some getting used to the first day, though.
So far, everything works and it is really snappy. Boot ups are much faster now for example.
It seems to really like touch screens or multi touch input pads.
I could care less. But I have windows 8 and its pretty neat I don't have issues with it,
Holy....fandango, its been ages.
i know i want it.
people are always scared of change. but a few more month and people will make it customizable if you want it to look like windows 7.
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Hoo-Rah! Armed Forces Invade MMA TV Shows
(Jason Miller on the unpleasant end of an Army Ranger "stress position.")
Two new MMA-based television series are being readied for debut — and we're already liking them better than The Iron Ring and Settle Your Grudge.
— Next Monday through Wednesday at 10 p.m., the mini-series T.O.P. Army Fighter will air on the Military Channel. Each episode features military personnel competing in four-man tournaments — in seven weight classes ranging from flyweight to heavyweight — using modified MMA rules that prohibit knee strikes to the head and leg-locks, among other attacks. The fights will take place in a ring and will employ a scoring system that awards points for things like takedowns and passing guard. Army Ranger and MMA pro Tim Kennedy (IFL, HDNet Fights) will be one of the 28 servicemen competing on the show. Sounds like it could be a bit too complicated for its own good, but hey, it's fighting on free TV. Now we just have to figure out what the hell the Military Channel is.
— GI vs. Pro, a series where MMA-trained armed services members fight professional mixed martial artists, debuts July 19th on Fox Sports Net. The action will be more traditional than T.O.P. Army Fighter's, with each match slated for three five-minute rounds inside a circular cage. The GI team will be led by BodogFIGHT/FCC vet Nick Agallar, while the Pros squad will be led by UFC/KOTC vet Chris Brennan. Both lightweights will face off in a match during the show's September 13th finale.
— In other MMA-on-TV news, Strikeforce on NBC premieres late this Saturday night at 2 a.m., immediately following Poker After Dark. The first episode will focus on Cung Le, and will include his June 2006 fight with Brian Warren. With that time-slot, how could it not succeed!
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Amy Storer-Scalia, a fellow Cincinnati.com blogger, runs Cincy Chic. They are hosting a charitable event (with wine!) on the Purple People Bridge on Friday.
The Purple People Bridge will soon transform into a runway for a fun, fashionable and philanthropic event!
"Red Pink and Blue" (RPB), produced by Cincy Chic and Locals on Living, is a women's health awareness event with a fashionable twist. The "Red" represents heart health, the "Pink" represents breast health and the "Blue" represents diabetes health. The three organizations benefiting from this event are the American Heart Association, Pink Ribbon Girls and the American Diabetes Association.
RPB will take place on Friday June 25 on the Kentucky landing of the Purple People Bridge. Come out and enjoy an evening on the bridge with food, drinks, shopping and a fashion show. Also check out the St. Elizabeth Healthcare mammography van and get a complimentary blood pressure check. The event will start at 6:30p.m., the fashion show will begin at 9p.m., and the After Party kicks off at Star Lanes on the Levee at 10:30p.m.
Buy your tickets today! It's $15 per person, and 100% of the proceeds* go to the three participating philanthropies. First 200 attendees will receive a swag bag full of goodies! Buy your tickets online – last year the event sold out, so don't delay!
And since this is a wine aficionado blog, below is more information about the wines that'll be featured at our event. Hope to see you there!
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This Cabernet Sauvignon is complex with various layers of spice and flavors. On the nose you will find enticing aromas of black cherry, blackberry, cassis and vanilla with evident spice from the oak and a hint of herbs. Tasting delivers a multi-layered wine with texture of ripe blackberry, mocha, toffee and vanilla. Medium firm tannins provide structure and balance to this medium bodied Cabernet, which will continue to evolve in the bottle.
Pale yellow in color with greenish reflections. The nose is reminiscent of acacia flowers and the delicate scent of almonds. Clean and refreshing on the palate with hints of linden and honey. Lemony nose in dry flavor with a hint of smokiness.
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"CY responded to our needs extremely quickly with a range of strong and available candidates who were well briefed on our needs. As a consequence we secured an exceptional interim Finance Director who helped the Trust to maintain momentum at a critical stage in our development.
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We engaged CY to carry out a comprehensive Search & Selection process for our Director of Finance vacancy. We were very impressed with the input of CY. They understood and were responsive to our needs, worked diligently to attract the calibre of applicant we were looking for, provided extensive choice for the shortlist, attended the Selection Event and effectively supported us through the appointment process, resulting in a very successful appointment. Keen to endorse our corporate identity and branding, they also produced an impressive Candidate Information Pack and employed different ways of marketing the vacancy. Overall a very positive experience.
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"I am very pleased with the way CY supported the Trust through the process of recruiting a Director of Operational Finance. The successful candidate will, I'm sure, be a great asset to me and the Trust"
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"CY Executive Resourcing ran our Deputy Director of Finance campaign. This was a very challenging piece of recruitment, partly due to the very high calibre candidate we sought and our more remote location limiting local candidate availability. CY carried out an extensive search and generated numerous worthy options including health sector candidates from overseas. Unforeseen delays in the process did not deter them and we worked together in a practical, creative way to explore new talent streams. Although this innovative approach took some time, it was definitely worth the wait, resulting in an excellent appointment who is doing very well and a great asset to the Trust".
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CY Executive Resourcing are currently recruiting for an Interim Finance Business Partner on behalf of an NHS Trust client in the South West. The interim Finance Business Partner will support the Divisional Clinical Directors and Director of Operational Finance in the production of monthly management accounts, budget setting, CIP delivery (Cost Improvement Programmes), and promote on-going business partnering specific to one of the Trusts largest and most complex divisions. Candidates will be experienced Finance Managers with extensive NHS provider experience, excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to work under their own initiative at pace with a natural desire/attitude to succeed. Above all, you will be passionate about improving services and patient care within the NHS. In return, our client is prepared to offer candidates a contract for up to 12 months, flexible working and a competitive daily rate paid to your limited company, umbrella or PAYE. We will also look at fixed term/salaried. For further information, please speak to Mahj Babar at CY Resourcing on 01908 403300 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
CY Executive Resourcing are currently recruiting for an Interim Finance Business Partner on behalf of an NHS Trust client in the South West. The interim Finance Business Partner will support the Divisional Clinical Directors and Director of Operational Finance in the production of monthly management accounts, budget setting, CIP delivery (Cost Improvement Programmes), and promote ongoing business partnering specific to one of the Trusts largest and most complex divisions. Candidates will be experienced Finance Managers with extensive NHS provider experience, excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to work under their own initiative at pace with a natural desire/attitude to succeed. Above all, you will be passionate about improving services and patient care within the NHS. In return, our client is prepared to offer candidates a contract for up to 12 months, flexible working and a competitive daily rate paid to your limited company, umbrella or PAYE. We will also look at fixed term/salaried. For further information, please speak to Kurt Rimell-Lejeune at CY Resourcing on 07531140479 or email email@example.com


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I've always loved roses. Ever since I first visited Turkey to see the rose harvest I have been inextricably linked to the Damascus rose. It has led to some strange incidents and memorable moments.
I watched Rose Otto being distilled in the Valley of the Roses, Bulgaria, where the communist arms factories still sit next to the rose gardens. I visited the Moroccan rose gardens and the remnants of rose production in Grasse. The strangest moment had to be when I stripped down to my underpants and jumped in to a carpet of roses in a rose factory in Turkey. We have developed a close relationship with our Turkish rose suppliers. This might have been helped by me taking my clothes off. The year before my daughter Imogen came along, Agnes, our essential oils buyer and myself were invited to our supplier's wedding. This was a great honour and we participated in a great party which ended in the father in law shooting a pistol wildly into the air after drinking a bottle of potent Raki.
So when Vicky, my fiancé, did fall pregnant and we began to discuss baby names, Rose soon became a firm favourite. Several months into the pregnancy I had a dream that I was holding a tiny baby girl and her name was Imogen Rose. And so when on July 31st at 21:22 our daughter arrived, we welcomed her into the world as Imogen Rose. Elated and exhausted we brought her home and just a few months later I began to create the perfumes for the show.
It seems natural that I would have been completely pre-occupied with baby stuff throughout the creation of the perfumes but I tried to keep a clear head most of the time. However, when I began to create my homage to Rose, just a bit of my 'new daddy' glow rubbed off.
I had been desperately trying to capture the fragrance of roses from nature; the aroma of standing in a rose field or as the bags of petals are delivered at the factory. The fragrance is unbeatable. Rich and floral it's the concentrated mass of millions of delicate flowers, handpicked and carefully distilled. I wanted to keep this freshness without creating another 'granny' rose scent. So I tried and tried and eventually realised that I had somehow incorporated a touch of soft baby skin, a puff of talc and wisp of fine baby hair into the finished perfume.
I hope that the fragrance seems both fresh and floral – a true representation of the Damasc Rose – and that it's a suitable monument to new fathers and the baby girls they love very much.
Imogen Rose fragrance is available to buy from Gorillaperfume.com.


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Dell Completes Acquisition of Credant Technologies
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Dell today announced it has completed its acquisition of Credant Technologies, an award-winning provider of data protection solutions.
Credant offers data protection solutions to control, manage and secure data sent from endpoints to servers, storage and the cloud. Credant capabilities will complement and extend current Dell device security features to make Dell Latitude, OptiPlex and Precision PCs among the world's most secure.
The addition of Credant strengthens Dell's comprehensive security solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to protect their IT assets, comply with regulations and reduce security costs.
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GOSHEN — The former treasurer for the Orange County Youth Football League pleaded guilty Tuesday in Orange County Court to embezzling just over $60,000 from the league coffers.
Charles Dunlap, 62, formerly of Bloomingburg and now of St. Petersburg, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree grand larceny, a felony. He has already repaid $37,000 of the stolen money and will pay the remaining $23,610 in the next few weeks.
The recreational league fields teams from 16 towns for football players ages 8 to eighth grade and cheerleaders ages 6 to 14.
Dunlap served as treasurer of the league from 2008 to 2012. His responsibilities included paying the insurance the league provides for its players and cheerleaders. Police have said Dunlap underreported the number of kids in the program to the insurance carrier, and pocketed the difference.
Dunlap flew back to New York in June to surrender to state police on an indictment warrant, and remains free on his own recognizance. He signed a waiver of extradition after his June 19 arraignment.
On Tuesday, Dunlap admitted to Judge Jeffrey Berry that he took the money by writing himself checks from the league accounts.
"For all intents and purposes, you were embezzling from the company," Berry said.
"Yes, your honor," Dunlap replied.
As part of the plea deal negotiated between Assistant District Attorney Leah Canton and Dunlap's lawyer, Jeff Sherwin, prosecutors will recommend a sentence of no more than six months in jail and five years of probation when Dunlap is sentenced on Sept. 3.
Ex-treasurer admits stealing $60,000 from Orange County youth football league
GOSHEN — The former treasurer for the Orange County Youth Football League pleaded guilty Tuesday in Orange County Court to embezzling just over $60,000 from the league coffers.


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Report: Chad Stadem to Coach Football at Washington High School
Washington High School in Sioux Falls has a new football coach with a pair of South Dakota championships on his resume.
Former Flandreau and Howard head coach Chad Stadem will replace Brian Hermanson, according to the Argus Leader.
Stadem last coached in Flandreau in 2011, and went 27-9 in four seasons with the Fliers, including the 2010 11B state championship.
Prior to Flandreau, Stadem coached in Howard for four seasons, where he went 26-13, winning the 2004 11B state championship.
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Smartphones and media tablets drive expansion; 3-axis gyroscope is the star MEMS device
Contributed by Jérémie Bouchaud, Director and Principal Analyst, MEMS, iSuppli
The MEMS market for its largest and most dynamic sector, consumer and mobile devices, is set to generate record growth in 2011 on the back of robust exposure in smart-phone and tablet applications, according to a Consumer & Mobile MEMS Market Tracker report from information and analysis provider IHS.
Revenue in 2011 for consumer and mobile MEMS will hit $2.25 billion, up a best-ever expansion level of 37 percent, compared to the previous high-water mark of 27 percent in 2010 when revenue reached $1.64 billion. Consumer MEMS growth slowed to 6 percent in 2009 during the crucial period of recovery following the deep economic crisis of the prior year, but that has proven to be the only soft spot for the market. Overall, the five-year revenue prospects starting from 2010 call for solid growth by a factor of nearly three to $4.54 billion in 2015, equivalent to a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 22.5 percent.
Smartphones and tablets are the key drivers to this year's growth, with the MEMS content in those devices continuing to increase. Not only do smartphones and tablets already have standard MEMS devices such as accelerometers, microphones, bulk acoustic wave filters and 3-axis gyroscopes, a class of emerging sensors also is stimulating growth. In this category are MEMS devices such as pressure sensors for indoor navigation, MEMS actuators for autofocus in high-megapixel cameras, pico projectors, thermopiles, and possibly MEMS timing devices and RF MEMS switches and varactors.
The real blockbuster this year, however, is the 3-axis gyroscope, a standard MEMS device that when used in conjunction with an accelerometer allows equipment to sense motion on six axes—left, right, up, down, front and back—allowing for more accurate motion sensing. Revenue in 2011 for 3-axis gyroscopes will soar to $420 million, up from $127 million last year. The 3-axis gyroscope can be found in smartphones such as the iPhone 4 from Apple Inc. and the Galaxy SII from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.; in virtually all tablet devices, including the Apple iPad 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab; as well as in gaming devices like the PlayStation Move motion controller from Sony Corp.
Overall, gyroscopes this year will generate the second-strongest revenue among consumer and mobile MEMS, second only to accelerometers, the device that allows smartphones to rotate from a portrait to landscape orientation and vice versa.
Not surprisingly, mobile handsets will be the largest application this year. MEMS revenue for handsets will reach $1.21 billion, approximately 50 percent of the total consumer and mobile MEMS space. In second place will be gaming with $221.49 million in revenue, followed by media tablets with $158.64 million. MEMS revenue from tablets, in particular, will show the fastest growth, up an astounding 331 percent from $36.83 million in 2010, and is set to overtake gaming next year to clinch second place.
For its part, gaming will decline this year and the next due to saturation of the casual gaming market, before it expands again in the 2013-2015 time period as new platforms arrive that use motion sensors. Unlike gaming, however, nearly all other segments in the space will boast continued growth, including laptops, standalone projectors, cameras, white goods, MP3 players, remote controllers, battery chargers for PCs, toy helicopters, personal navigation devices and ebook readers.
Two new MEMS devices were introduced earlier this year. One was a new type of joystick launched in April by Knowles Electronics, the leading manufacturer of MEMS microphones. The MEMS joystick forgoes optical or magnetic sensors, is slimmer and less power-hungry. The device soon should start finding its way into gaming accessories for handsets and tablets, IHS believes.
The second new MEMS device for the year is a thermopile, introduced in May by Texas Instruments Inc., the top MEMS manufacturer overall. The thermopile, a contactless temperature sensor, can be placed into a phone or tablet next to the processor to monitor the temperature of the phone or tablet case. By controlling the dissipated heat, the thermopile helps to better tune the operations of the processor as well as push its limits to extract optimal performance.
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StrawBale Sale! Book, Workshops, Consulting, Plans, DVDs
by Andrew Morrison of Strawbale.com
EVERYTHING on our site is on sale for 1 week including:
- "A MODERN LOOK AT STRAW BALE CONSTRUCTION", our new book. Get it as an instant download or bound book on sale this week. And since so many of you have asked, yes, I can autograph them for you if you'd like (just write in the Comments Section at checkout "autograph").
- Check out our 2013 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE we've just released. We are excited to say that we are offering a workshop in pretty much every major geographic area in the US so that you don't (hopefully) have to travel so far to take a workshop (at least for our US folks). Our workshops are also all on sale.
- Sale pricing on our 3 CONSULTING PACKAGES (Plans Review, Crew Training, and Total Package). If you are serious about wanting to have a successful straw bale build, make sure to check out these consulting options to see which works for you.
- Sale on all of our DVDs, including our best seller "Combo Package" which includes ALL of our straw bale DVDs, plus a Free set of the Mountain View Cabin Plans for a killer price.
- Sale on our beloved Applegate and Sunset Cottages. These plans are perfect for those wanting to downsize into something they can build themselves that is energy efficient and beautiful.
The sale will go on until Friday, Nov. 30, 9am EST.
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Race: Men
Faction: Jetstone
Class: Warlord
Level: 5Erf-b1-p050
Special: Leadership
Proposed Canon
"My life for Jetstone!"
Strengths: Following Orders, Assessing the Situation, Identifying Water
Weaknesses: Self-Confidence, Getting the Job Done
First Appearance: TBFGK 10
Sir Webinar was a warlord in service to King Slately of Jetstone. He wielded a kama as a weapon.
Apparently a loyal, competent warlord with significant melee skills, but perhaps a little single-minded in his approach to his role.
Immediately after Jillian Zamussels leaves to fly a scouting mission, Prince Ansom sends for Sir Webinar, giving him orders to assemble a group of seven heavy units and follow Jillian. His mission is ground support, or rescue/recovery if that becomes necessary. He takes Dora, several cloth golems and tchotchkes, and a sourmander and proceeds cross-country in the direction of Gobwin Knob.
After encountering a squad of spidews, losing one of his cloth golems in the battle, he realizes that he hasn't seen any of the enemy's dwagons. He decides to pick up the pace, following a road rather than a cross-country path as per his original instructions.
However, he is too late to provide assistance, and finds Jillian's sword and message hat on the ground where they were dropped before she was captured. Webinar uses the message hat to report this news to Ansom.
Later, Webinar's group finds Jillian, who reports that she has escaped through the tunnels under Gobwin Knob. Webinar and Dora are suspicious of her story, and Webinar goes so far as to accuse her of being a turncoat.
Webinar is later chosen by Prince Ansom to lead the Jetstone and Marbit troops in an attack on the tunnels under Gobwin Knob. Although Webinar is initially doubtful of his qualification he agrees to lead the attack anyway.
The attack fails as a rock golem controlled by Sizemore Rockwell crushes Webinar and Dora.
Soon after, he, along with Dora and the rest of the fallen members of the tunnel force are uncroaked by Wanda Firebaugh. While the majority of the tunnel force are placed on the walls, Webinar and Dora accompany Wanda for a strike against Prince Ansom, where he and Dora are destroyed for good by Archons.
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A "webinar" is a type of mostly one-way internet conference: the word is a portmanteau of "web seminar".


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YREKA – Yreka Police Department officers are questioning persons of interest in connection with the apparent homicide victim discovered in the north Yreka Creek area on Tuesday morning, though no arrests have been made, stated Lt. Dave Gamache.
The body has been transported to the Siskiyou County Coroner's Office for identification and a ruling on the cause of death.
According to Gamache, authorities have tentatively identified the male victim, though his name is not being released until next-of-kin has been notified.
While the coroner has not determined that the victim was murdered, police chief Brian Bowles said authorities believe he was slain. Bowles declined to disclose details about the investigation, though he noted that it appeared the victim had been deceased for a short period of time when the body was discovered.
The police department, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California Department of Justice, investigated the crime scene in the 1000 block of Deer Creek Way on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Gamache said officials spent much of Thursday sifting through evidence and questioning potential suspects.
It is the second homicide victim to be discovered in the north Yreka Creek area over the past year, though Bowles said the cases do not appear to be connected.
The skeletal remains of Christopher Scott Schafer, a 43-year-old transient, were recovered from the creek in the vicinity of the 1000 block of Deer Creek Way in November 2012. The investigation of that homicide remains active; no arrests have been made.
Anyone with information about either case is urged to contact Yreka Police Department detective Nick Friden at 841-2313 or 841-2300.


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Police Seeking Motive in Oakdale Random Shootings
OAKDALE (AP) — Authorities in Oakdale are still trying to determine why a 34-year-old man allegedly shot at vehicles, killing a 9-year-old boy and injuring two women.
Police Chief Bill Sullivan says Tuesday that it appears the shootings were random.
Police say they arrested Nhan Lap Tran of Oakdale on Monday after responding to a report of shots fired. Tran is in custody on suspicion of murder.
Police are still investigating. Sullivan says it appears Tran legally owned the handgun used in the attack, and that Tran has no history of mental health issues that authorities know of.
Nine-year-old Devin Aryal was shot multiple times and died. His mother, Melissa Aryal, was hit in the arm. A 68-year-old woman in another vehicle was undergoing surgery for multiple gunshot wounds. She's expected to live.
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The Top 7 Corporate Tax Evaders
Want to hear something worth having a tea party about? Some of the largest US corporations have mastered the art of evading taxes by booking expenses in the US and profits in low-tax countries.
As companies send off their corporate tax filings on the March 15th filing deadline, think about the multi-billion dollar corporations which Forbes reports had lower tax rates than you did:
7) Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) earned pretax income of $9.4 billion, but managed to keep their tax rate the same as someone earning less than $33,950 a year. Their trickery? Book profits at lower-tax foreign subsidiaries.
6) Verizon
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) has a lovely 10.5% tax rate. That's better than a long term capital gain. Although Verizon earned $11.6 billion in pretax income, they have diverted much of their income through foreign wireless partner Vodafone.
5) Chevron
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) paid $8 billion in taxes on $18.5 billion in pretax income. So why did they make the list? Chevron only sent Uncle Sam a check for $200 million. The rest was paid abroad in lower-tax countries. I think they should change their logo colors from red, white and blue to something more representative of the Caymans.
4) Ford Motors
We all know Ford (NYSE:F) and other car makers have been skidding since the recession began. The struggling car maker still managed to earn $3 billion in pretax income. The beauty? Ford only plunked down $69 million in taxes — a 2.3% tax rate.
Not bad considering all the other subsidies, bailouts, and cash for clunkers we've already given as gifts to one of the oldest car manufacturers in the world.
3) ExxonMobil
ExxonMobile (NYSE:XOM) did pay $17.6 billion in taxes on $37.3 billion in pretax income. However, unlike Chevron, none of Exxon's taxes were paid in the US. That's funny … I think they sell a fair amount of profitable gasoline here.
2) Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) earned pretax income of $4.4 billion in 2009, yet the financial services super market tallied up a $1.9 billion tax benefit.
How could such a travesty occur? Bank of America scoured the tax code for deductions like $860 million in tax-exempt income, $670 million in low-income housing credits, and a $600 million loss on shares of foreign subsidiaries.
Making matters worse for the US Treasury, Bank of America has a provision for credit losses of $49 billion which will carry over for a long, long time.
1) General Electric
Like those who received an Earned Income Credit (EIC), General Electric (NYSE:GE) actually made money on their tax filing this year! Although the industrial behemoth generated $10.3 billion in pretax income, they recorded a tax benefit of $1.1 billion. Don't we all wish we could be in that bracket.
But big tax breaks are nothing new for the 12th largest company in the world. In 2008, GE's effective tax rate was 5.3% versus the marginal US corporate rate of 35%. In 2007, it was 15%. You'd think GE would at least pay a little more for paper and administration costs considering their tax filing to the IRS is an astounding 24,000 pages when printed out.
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About a week and a half ago, a man called the emergency number and claimed he was distress on sea somewhere out in Faxaflói Bay which is located right off Reykjavík. The man said something like "We need help, we are in Faxaflói Bay, the boat is starting to leak a lot and we are putting on our floatation devices." Apparently he also claimed they were close to Akranes, about 20 km north of the capital.
The Icelandic Coast Guard responded immediately by mobilizing divers, rescue boats, the Coast Guard's helicopter as well as two Finnish helicopters and almost 200 people to participate in the search effort.
Emergency services searched Faxaflói Bay extensively but found no traces of a boat in distress or its passengers and subsequently called off the search
Now the police suspects the call was just a hoax and somebody had a good laugh at the cost of the Coast Guard and therefore published the phone call in the hope of finding the culprit. Anyone who may recognize the voice or know anything about the matter is asked to contact police on +354 444-1000!
If that was really a prank call… I mean, what person in their right mind makes a fake emergency call like that? A child, maybe, but the caller's voice doesn't sound like the voice of a child.
The person who did this must be a real dick. Sorry for the four letter word, but it is just like that. Faking emergencies is not funny!
I am actually surprised an Icelander would play a trick like that as seafaring has always played a vital role throughout the country's history. So to me, this hoax seems almost like someone is breaking a taboo.
A friend of mine works at the harbor and told me what a commotion a distress call like this causes. I doubt that this wanna-be joker realizes the consequences of his doing.
Every boat or ship leaving the harbor has to sign off with the harbor master and provide information about how many passengers are on board in case of a rescue. Some of the small, unregistered vessels might slip through that system.
Everyone working in seafaring is really concerned once one of their own gets into trouble.
So when the prank call was made, the Coast Guard called every company operating at the harbor asking if anyone was missing a boat. And of course the companies also called around to see if anyone was missing.
So when people are making a huge effort trying to save people's lives, one simply doesn't joke about that.
And secondly, the helicopter search alone adds up to many millions of ISK (reportedly at least ISK 20 million).
I really hope the caller gets caught and gets what he deserves. Maybe we should leave him ashore on a tiny, desolate island or raft.
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Edison-based real estate investment trust Mack-Cali Realty Corp. announced Tuesday it has completed its transaction with Keystone Property Group to sell several suburban Philadelphia office assets.
According to the announcement, the three co-presidents of its Roseland subsidiary — Marshall Tycher, Brad Klatt and Carl Goldberg — each have acquired 10,000 shares of Mack-Cali common stock in the open market for an aggregate price of approximately $650,000.
Also, Mitchell Hersh, president, CEO and director of Mack-Cali, and chairman and CEO of Roseland, acquired 5,000 common shares in the open market for an aggregate price of approximately $108,000, the company said in a statement.


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1. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?areohbee May 2, 2012 5:19 PM (in response to Don McKee)
Remove the clause that confines the behavior to "not fromModel", i.e.
transform = function(value, fromModel)
if not userReallyWantsToDoThis() then
value = not value
return value
Should work.
2. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?Don McKee May 2, 2012 6:27 PM (in response to areohbee)
The "not fromModel" clause is needed to distinguish between a user "click" and, say, the initialization of the checkbox by Lightroom. But, that's neither here nor there -- the transform function is only invoked once per mouse-click.
As an aside, before implementing this functionality in the transform function (where it belongs, I think), I had tried doing the same thing using code in a property observer to do the override. However, when I used that mechanism I had the exact opposite problem: the UI checkbox looked the way I expected it to, but the property value (in the plug-in's preferences table) didn't "stick".
3. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?areohbee May 2, 2012 6:36 PM (in response to Don McKee)
I'm not sure what to say - I've never had this trouble.
But make sure you check for errors in userReallyWantsToDoThis(). e.g. pcall or function-context handler.
4. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?Don McKee May 2, 2012 7:23 PM (in response to areohbee)
According to my instrumentation (trace, debug -- not shown in above code snippet), everything is completing cleanly. My userReallyWantsToDoThis() just pops a confirm() dialog and returns true if 'OK' was pressed, false if 'Cancel'. Should all be very simple stuff.
5. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?johnrellis May 2, 2012 8:30 PM (in response to Don McKee)
I couldn't get your approach to work either. But I was able to use a property-table observer to make it work:
local Require = require 'Require'.path ("../common") local Debug = require 'Debug' require 'strict' local LrBinding = import 'LrBinding' local LrDialogs = import 'LrDialogs' local LrFunctionContext = import 'LrFunctionContext' local LrRecursionGuard = import 'LrRecursionGuard' local LrView = import 'LrView' local bind = LrView.bind local f = LrView.osFactory() local recursionGuard = LrRecursionGuard ("check") local function userReallyWantsToDoThis (prop, key, newValue) recursionGuard:performWithGuard (function () if "ok" == LrDialogs.confirm ("Do you want to do this?") then prop.check = newValue else prop.check = not prop.check end end) end LrFunctionContext.callWithContext ("", function (context) local prop = LrBinding.makePropertyTable (context) prop.check = false prop:addObserver ("check", userReallyWantsToDoThis) LrDialogs.presentModalDialog {title = "Test", contents = f:column {bind_to_object = prop, f:checkbox {title = "Some Title", checked_value = true, unchecked_value = false, value = bind {key = "check"}}}} end)
6. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?Don McKee May 2, 2012 9:11 PM (in response to johnrellis)
Thanks for looking at this, John. Your solution is pretty much what I started with. All looked like it was going peachy until I reloaded my plug-in, then the value was back to the pre-override state. Weird, but (I swear!) true. I'm trying to do this in the plug-in manager dialog, against the plug-in's preferences table (if it makes a difference).
7. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?DawMatt May 21, 2012 6:09 AM (in response to Don McKee)
[[Apologies if anyone has seen this response previously. Responded by email and it appears that never made it through to the forums.]]
Hi Don,
I was trying to work out the logic behind this. Let me know whether you agree with the reasoning here.
The value is being bound to propertyTable.someProperty. Every time this property's value changes it then executes all observers including the transform function to convert the value into the value needed by the checkbox.
In your original transform function it was synchronously resetting that exact same bound value to a different value. There are only two ways I think that situation can be handled:
1) when you set the property value from within the transform function, recursively call all observers (and thus the transform function) again before setting the value
2) suspend all observers for the property value during the transform function to avoid getting into a recursive loop
Looks like the team have gone with option 2) here.
So to me this behaviour makes sense as otherwise it would be difficult to impossible to commit the property table processing with a consistent state.
If above holds true it is possible that you don't even need the sleep() call in your async task. Setting the property value from within the async task might be enough to allow the original property table observer to commit the value in a consistent state. If the sleep() proves necessary then people who make extensive use of async tasks will need to be very careful when setting property table entries, lest they encounter intermittent issues where observers don't fire because of this very situation.
Did that make sense?
8. Re: Checkbox visual out of sync with property value. Work-around?Don McKee May 23, 2012 11:54 AM (in response to DawMatt)
Hi Matt,
I suspect your post didn't appear because I deleted the post you were replying to. Sorry about that.
Anyway, after I posted that I had success setting the property in an async task, further testing proved the results were inconsistent. I don't remember the specifics now -- I just know that I couldn't trust the behavior to provide consistent results, so I tossed the code, and my post.
Perhaps I'll revisit this later, but for now I'm just popping a warning when the user changes the setting (and popping another warning if he decides to change it back -- yuck). At least this way, what you see is what you'll get.
Thanks for looking into this.


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A lot of people have asked about receiving posts as text messages on their cell phones. It looks like we've got that working now.
- If you have any current subscriptions, remove them. (User Control Panel -> Manage subscriptions -> Mark all -> Unwatch marked)
- Go to a Forum or Topic you want to subscribe to.
- At the very bottom of the page there is a blue banner with a link that says "Subscribe Topic" or "Subscribe Forum". Click on it.
You will now receive emails whenever somebody (other than yourself) posts to the Topic or Forum.
Now, how do we get these emails to our cell phone? There are two ways. (1) Set up an email filter to forward the emails, or (2) change your email address to your phone's email address.
Setting up an email filter
This is the prefered method as it allows you to still receive other UWA emails in your regular inbox and not on your phone. Unfortunately, not all email providers allow forwarding based on filters. But assuming your's does:
- Somewhere in your email, there is a place to create filters. Find that.
- Filter on "From = email@example.com" and "Subject = {Forum Name}" (i.e. "It's Blowing", "It's Gonna Blow", "Main Message Board", etc).
- Set the action to be "Forward email".
- Set the email address to be the email address of your phone (i.e. email@example.com, email@example.com, etc).
If the above options don't work for you, get a gmail account. It's free.
Changing your email address
If your email provider doesn't allow filter based forwarding, and for some reason you don't want to get a gmail account, you're only option is to change your email address on the board.
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The great summer outdoors: Festival fun
The great summer outdoors: Festival fun
2015-07-30 - The festival season is well underway with a kaleidoscopic array of festivals large and small on offer this summer. Whether you prefer a genteel cultural event - or a loud three-day camping-fest with potential mud in the offering - we have the ultimate guide for enjoying the magic and surviving the pitfalls.
Enjoy the fun!
First of all, why would you want to take young children to a festival anyway? Surely we're talking loud music, unpredictable weather, drunken cavorting - and what about naps and feeding? For some parents it's a total no-no, others get addicted. More often than not, children love the atmosphere and the sense of freedom (or is it anarchy?) that you only get at a good summer festival. And seeing as kids under four almost always get in for free, everyone's a winner. Right?
images by Jenn Sunsetta
Choose wisely
The diehards might disagree, but an all-night techno-fest, or the mosh pit at a hardcore rock show, are probably not the best places for young children. Most events make it clear whether they're family friendly and have the right facilities. Plus, lots festivals have caught on to the idea of embracing the whole family.
Take the UK's Camp Bestival (31 July - 2 August), for example, which will entertain both young at heart parents and children of all ages with a mix of music, arts and a programme encouraging children to enjoy the great outdoors. DJ and founder of Camp Bestival, Rob da Bank says: "Getting back to nature is something that we're really passionate about. With technology and modern distractions it's easy to forget just how incredible wildlife is. So this year at Camp Bestival we've got giant tree climbing, den building and exploring." Underworld, 808 State, Soul II Soul, and the legendary Norman Jay's 'Good Times' are playing - so it's guaranteed to keep parents happy too.
Images by Jenn Sunsetta
Lollapalooza (31 July - 2 August) in Chicago, USA, began as an alternative rock festival, but has turned into a family friendly event. This year's line-up includes Paul McCartney, FKA Twigs, A$AP Rocky, Flying Lotus and Florence + the Machine. Children get their very own section for rocking out: Kidzapalooza, which has its own stage and different activities like karaoke, photo shoots, arts and crafts.
Holland's Into the Great Wide Open – or ITGWO for those in the know - makes the most of the natural elements as it takes place on Vlieland, a small island on the Dutch coast. The three-day festival (4 - 6 September) features music, visual arts, film and a remarkable programme for children designed to spark their imagination with an Art Lab, a festival newspaper created by the kids, a surf school and exciting fairy tales in the woods. Jacob Hagelaars says: "Children are the future. Taking them to a festival is a way to interest, educate, coach and inspire them from day one."
Images clockwise from top left: Jessica Hartley, Carola Disiot, Jessica Hartley, Jenn Sunsetta
It's all about preparation
To really enjoy the sense of freedom, get properly organised before you leave. If you are camping, check your tent is big enough for the whole family and remind yourself how to set it up. Being stuck with a tent that won't go up and hungry children is not a great start to the festivities.
Whatever the weather, a festival will always be a messy business. That's part of the fun! Have the right kit with you, even if the weather forecasts look good. Apart from the essential wellies/bottles/torches/favourite teddy/wipes, take earplugs or special noise reducing headphones to protect tender young ears. And any parent who has experienced the horror of losing a toddler in a crowd for even a few seconds will take ID bracelets. Or even easier, just write your number onto little arms in marker pen.
Many families go together to share the load and to get a chance to enjoy at least some of the (grown-up) acts. But stay realistic: It's never going to be quite the same as going on your own…
So why not have at least one festival adventure in the great outdoors this summer? Chill the routine, tear up your timetable and embrace the madness.
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Camp Bestival www.campbestival.net
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Into The Great Wide Open http://www.intothegreatwideopen.nl
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Professor Lori Andrews, director of the nonprofit Institute for Science, Law and Technology (ISLAT) at Chicago-Kent College of Law, is currently hiring law students as research assistants for full-time paid positions during summer 2012.
ISLAT is undertaking numerous projects to investigate the legal and societal implications of social networks, data aggregation and behavioral advertising. ISLAT is also examining legal and policy issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and discrimination against people with diabetes and their families. ISLAT is a voice in the debate over the validity of patents on human gene sequences and will work on projects involving the legal issues surrounding gene patents.
Research assistants will be responsible for conducting research on a variety of topics (including social networks, diabetes, bioethics, the governance of human-subject research, intellectual property, gene patents, issues related to health care, and genetics), drafting memoranda, and contributing to grant projects. Applicants will be accepted from multidisciplinary undergraduate backgrounds and must have strong writing and researching skills. Applicants must submit a cover letter, writing sample and résumé via email or regular mail to:
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