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2010 Fab Spending Accelerates to 65%, but no New Fab Plans in Sight
By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, SEMI Industry Research and Statistics, San Jose, California (November 24, 2009)
It appears that 2010 will be a much better year for the semiconductor industry. 2010 fab spending is expected to increase 65% over 2009 levels. However, with new fab plans put on hold, one major concern surfaces: Are we are doing enough to meet future demand?
Revenue Predictions Look Good
In November 2009, leading market research firms changed their forecasts dramatically. VLSI Research pointed out that lower capacity, combined with low inventory, is likely to keep chip prices high next year. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) adjusted their sales forecast to be more optimistic, projecting about $242 billion in 2010, or 10.2% growth. Gartner also recently revised its forecast for 2010 revenue to bounce back to $255 billion (an increase of 13%). Future Horizon even talks about explosive growth for the total IC industry over the coming couple of years, believing the industry will grow 22% in 2010.
The coming year appears to be a year of recovery, but plans for new fabs remain on hold. The SEMI World Fab Forecast report shows that most companies will not invest in new facilities or significantly in new capacity in 2010. Companies show more interest in investing in equipment used for technology upgrades.
2010 Fab Forecast: 65% Growth on Fab Spending
The World Fab Forecast looks into how much money is needed for projects such as ramping up a facility (R&Ds, Pilot and Volume Fabs), upgrading, or expanding a facility. These figures include all equipment (new, used, or in-house), as well as money from any outside sources such as governments or outside investors. The World Fab Forecast published in June forecasted a growth rate of 60% growth in money spent on equipping facilities in 2010. In August, the 2010 forecast improved some to 63% growth; now data indicates an increase of 65%.
For 2009, spending improved in the second half of the year; and this growth is expected to continue into 2010. This trend is based on announced capital expenditures by a number of semiconductor manufacturers over recent months. The largest six spenders in 2010 – dubbed "The Fantastic Six" in our previous article – are Samsung, Intel, TSMC, Flash Alliance, GlobalFoundries, and Inotera. For example, TSMC increased their capital expenditure three times in 2009 and we expect that the spending in 2010 will be at least same or higher. Samsung recently announced that it will invest 5.5 trillion won in memory chips in 2010 (up from 4 trillion won this year) an effort to raise its DRAM share to 45% according to Korea Times. In our last report published mid-August, we estimated spending of GlobalFoundries in 2010 to be in the range $1.2 to $1.4 billion. This was revised upward in our November report, when GlobalFoundries announced even higher capital expenditures than previously estimated, of $1.7 billion, for 2010.
Source: World Fab Forecast, SEMI, Nov 2009
Spending on fab construction projects in 2009 is expected to be below $1.6 billion (as reported in the August 2009 report), which is the lowest level in more than 15 years. Construction spending in 2010 is expected to increase by about 70% to $2.7B (August report showed $2.8B), with about 23 construction projects (same as in last report) starting.
Declining Number of New Fab Construction Projects
One year ago, in November 2008, the SEMI World Fab Forecast reported that 2009 would show a decline of about -25% for money spent on equipping fabs. In that report a total of 19 facilities (14 new fab constructions plus the continuation of five projects put on hold after the shell was built) were projected to commence or resume in 2010.
As 2009 comes to an end, there have been no additional plans announcing new fab construction projects for 2010. We expect the five fab projects (only a shell exists) previously delayed due to market conditions to resume activity in 2010. Of the 14 other fab projects, only one has a higher probability to begin construction next year. The situation of new fab construction project this year stands in stark contrast to the predictions of one year ago.
Installed Capacity: Flat Growth Rate since 2008
Before the economic crisis hit in 2008, companies had plans to invest in new fabs to meet growing demand. The SEMI World Fab Forecast predicted a growth rate for installed capacity of about 4% to 5% for 2009 and about 7% to 8% for 2010, with total capacity growth of 12% growth from 2008 to 2010.
Now at end of 2009, we know that a total of 49 facilities have closed or will close by the end of 2010. This translates into a decline of -4% to -5% in total installed capacity for 2009. This decline is unprecedented over the last 20 years as the semiconductor industry did not even experience a year-over-year decline in installed capacity following the "Dot Com Bubble" in 2001 and 2002.
Looking to 2010, installed capacity is forecasted to grow by 4% to 5% compared to 2009. This trend, however, translates to no capacity growth from 2008 to 2010.
By the end of 2009, utilization rates are expected to be in the 80% to 95% range. Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics (SICAS) expects utilization rates to peak at 93% in 4Q09. The organization says that with semiconductor manufacturing capacity falling and demand increasing, the chip industry is becoming close to being sold-out.
With various market research organizations expecting semiconductor revenue growth of 10% to 22% in 2010, it seems unlikely that demand will remain flat next year. So as most companies focus their investment in technology upgrades, the future growth rate of installed capacity appears not in sync with demand.
It typically takes 1 to 1 1/2 years from groundbreaking until a fab can begin to ramp production capacity. However, with a number of new construction plans shelved over the past year, additional capacity over the next year or so will be limited. Should the industry show consistent stability and growth, device makers may change their plans quickly and new fab construction may mushroom to meet the need for more capacity in 2010 and 2011. In this competitive industry, the one who is first, benefits the most.
SEMI World Fab Forecast report provides high-level summaries and graphs; in-depth analyses of capital expenditure, capacity, technology and products, down to the detail of each fab; and forecasts for the next 18 months by quarter. These tools are invaluable for understanding how 2010 and 2011 will look, and learning more about capex for construction projects, fab equipping, technology level, and products.
The difference between the SEMI Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Subscription (WWSEMS) data and the World Fab Forecast and its related Fab Database reports is that the fab database reports track any equipment needed to ramp the fab, upgrade, expand or change its wafer size regardless if it is new equipment, used equipment, in-house or transferred equipment, while WWSEMS tracks only new equipment.
Please visit www.semi.org/fabs for additional information on these reports.
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A 25-Year Tradition of Golfing and Giving
Golfing and giving seems to be a tradition with Windermere Real Estate. Many of our offices hold golf tournaments to raise money for local non-profits via the Windermere Foundation. The longest-held Windermere golf tournament has been hosted by a group of Windermere offices in Snohomish County, Washington.
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We're halfway through the Windermere Foundation's 30-year anniversary and our offices aren't showing any signs of slowing down their donations. Last quarter, the Windermere Foundation collected $556,937, bringing our year-to-date total to $865,029, and our grand total to $38,871,157 raised since 1989. These donations are used to support non-profit organizations and programs that help low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
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Giving Thanks to Our Vendor Partners
Throughout the years, the Windermere Foundation has donated more than $38 million to hundreds of organizations throughout the Western U.S. We've helped homeless shelters, food banks, schools, hospitals, community centers, and other nonprofits that provide services to low-income and homeless families.
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Windermere Foundation: Celebrating 30 Years of Giving
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Windermere Foundation Surpasses $38 Million In Total Donations Raised
2018 concluded with another great year of fundraising and giving for the Windermere Foundation, thanks to the continued support of Windermere franchise owners, agents, staff, and the community. Nearly $2.5 million was raised in 2018, bringing our grand total to over $38 million raised since the Foundation's inception in 1989! During the past year, nearly $1.9 million was donated to non-profit organizations throughout the Western U.S. that provide much-needed services to low-income and homeless families. In 2018, the Windermere Foundation fulfilled 689 grant requests and served 507 non-profit organizations.
Posted on 23 January 2019 | 7:00 pm
Bringing Warmth And Good Cheer For The Holidays
The winter holiday season is one of our favorites! It is also a busy time of the year for Windermere offices, as many are working with local non-profits to support families who need a little extra help during the holidays. From running clothing drives to hosting free photo events with Santa, our agents and offices are out in their communities helping those in need have a warm and merry holiday. Below are just a few examples of how Windermere is giving back this season.
Posted on 17 December 2018 | 7:00 pm
A Lifetime of Making a Difference - Joan Tate Allen
Tis the season when we look back upon the year and give thanks for all that we have and count our blessings. At Windermere, we are thankful for all who generously donate to the Windermere Foundation, and we are grateful to have franchise owners and agents who go above and beyond to make a difference in the communities where they live and work. This year, Joan Tate Allen, co-owner and vice-president of Windermere Realty Trust, was recognized with the "Windermere Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award" at the company's annual Owners Retreat. Joan is a visionary and one of those individuals who puts her whole being behind her commitment to helping others.
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Windermere Donates $25,000 to California Wildfire Relief Fund
Like much of the nation, we've been heartbroken by the horrifying images and statistics rolling in as California suffers from the worst wildfires in the state's history. For our staff, agents, and franchise owners who live and work in the affected areas, it's a threat to their clients, their families, and their communities. Everything that Windermere is is thanks to the hard work and dedication of our team, and #WeAreWindermere is a mantra we hold to in good times and in bad. It is for that reason that the Windermere Foundation is donating $25,000 to the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Relief Fund.
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The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
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The Science
When "scientific consensus" is referred to in relation to climate change, it's referring to the following points:
- The earth is getting warmer
- The warming is mostly due to human activity
- If greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue, the warming will accelerate
The Consensus
Numerous survey studies have been done, and the results are overwhelmingly in favor of scientific consensus that the earth is warming and human activity is the cause. Surveys done by reputable organizations find that around 97% of climate scientists agree with the statements above. The following are results from a few of these surveys, plus a resolution from a very distinguished group of scientists.
Expert Credibility in Climate Change
This study compiled a list of 1,372 climate scientists, and then looked at those who are "actively publishing" in the science of climate. They categorized the scientists as either "convinced" or "unconvinced" by the evidence. The results were that 97% of actively publishing climate scientists are convinced by the evidence of anthropogenic climate change. They also found that those scientists that were unconvinced had significantly fewer publications (in any science) than those that were convinced. This suggests that the (vocal) "unconvinced" group actually has done a lot less research. (Read this study in full.)
Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
This study was done in order to address the broader question of public opinion versus scientific opinion. It asked two questions, one about whether temperature is increasing, and one about whether or not human activity is contributing to any change. Here are the results:
Question #1: When compared with pre-1800s levels, do you think that mean global temperatures have generally risen, fallen, or remained relatively constant?
- About 90% of all the scientists and 97% of the climate scientists said temperatures had risen.
Question #2: Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?
- About 82% of all the scientists and 97% climate scientists agreed that human activity is a significant contributing factor.
The anonymous poll sought the opinion of the most complete list of earth scientists they could find, contacting more than 10,200 experts at universities and government labs around the world listed in the 2007 edition of the American Geological Institute's Directory of Geoscience Departments. The 2-minute, two-question poll had 3146 responses (30.7% of those polled). Approximately 90% of the scientists who responded were from the U.S., and about 90% held a Ph.D. degree. Of these scientists, 5% were climate scientists who published more than 50% of all their peer-reviewed publications in the past five years on the subject of climate change. The authors noted that the survey included participants with well-documented dissenting opinions on global warming theory. More results from this study, including responses from the general public, are shown below in Figure 1. (Read this study in full.)
More on the consensus surveys in a blog post by Dr. Jeff Masters.
Nobel Laureates
In May 2011, seventeen Nobel laureates gathered in Stockholm and published a memorandum supporting the science of anthropogenic climate change, and calling for "fundamental transformation and innovation in all spheres and at all scales in order to stop and reverse" it. Here's a piece of what they say:
- Science makes clear that we are transgressing planetary boundaries that have kept civilization safe for the past 10,000 years. [...] We can no longer exclude the possibility that our collective actions will trigger tipping points, risking abrupt and irreversible consequences for human communities and ecological systems. We cannot continue on our current path. The time for procrastination is over. We cannot afford the luxury of denial.
More on the Nobel laureates' call to action from RealClimate.
The Oregon Petition: Manufacturing Doubt
Since 1999, the "Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine" has been circulating a petition opposing the consensus on climate change and the efforts to mitigate it. The petition's purpose is to argue that there is no consensus on climate change. The petition website currently lists 31,000 signatures, although the credentials of those signing it are unknown, and the authenticity is disputed. The following is an excerpt from Dr. Jeff Masters' blog, "The Manufactured Doubt Industry and the Hacked Email Controversy."
In 1988, the fossil fuel industry realized it had a serious problem. The summer of 1988 had shattered century-old records for heat and drought in the U.S., and NASA's Dr. James Hansen, one of the foremost climate scientists in the world, testified before Congress that human-caused global warming was partially to blame. A swelling number of scientific studies were warning of the threat posed by human-cause climate change, and that consumption of fossil fuels needed to slow down.
Naturally, the fossil fuel industry fought back. They launched a massive PR campaign that continues to this day, led by the same think tanks that worked to discredit the ozone depletion theory. The George C. Marshall Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Heartland Institute, and Dr. Fred Singer's SEPP (Science and Environmental Policy Project) have all been key players in both fights, and there are numerous other think tanks involved. Many of the same experts who had worked hard to discredit the science of the well-established link between cigarette smoke and cancer, the danger the CFCs posed to the ozone layer, and the dangers to health posed by a whole host of toxic chemicals, were now hard at work to discredit the peer-reviewed science supporting human-caused climate change.
As is the case with any Manufactured Doubt campaign, a respected scientist was needed to lead the battle. One such scientist was Dr. Frederick Seitz, a physicist who, in the 1960s, chaired the organization many feel to be the most prestigious science organization in the world—the National Academy of Sciences. Seitz took a position as a paid consultant for R.J. Reynolds tobacco company beginning in 1978, so was well-versed in the art of Manufactured Doubt. According to the book Climate Cover-up, over a 10-year period Seitz was responsible for handing out $45 million in tobacco company money to researchers who overwhelmingly failed to link tobacco to anything the least bit negative. Seitz received over $900,000 in compensation for his efforts. He later became a founder of the George C. Marshall Institute, and used his old National Academy of Sciences affiliation to lend credibility to his attacks on global warming science until his death in 2008.
It was Seitz who launched the "Oregon Petition", which contains the signatures of more than 34,000 scientists saying global warming is probably natural and not a crisis. The petition is a regular feature of the Manufactured Doubt campaign against human-caused global warming. The petition lists the "Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine" as its parent organization. According to Climate Cover-up, the Institute is a farm shed situated a couple of miles outside of Cave Junction, OR (population 17,000). The Institute lists seven faculty members, two of whom are dead, and has no ongoing research and no students.
The history of the Manufactured Doubt industry provides clear lessons in evaluating the validity of their attacks on the published peer-reviewed climate change science. One should trust that the think tanks and allied "skeptic" bloggers such as Steve McIntyre of Climate Audit and Anthony Watts of Watts Up With That will give information designed to protect the profits of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, there are respected scientists with impressive credentials that these think tanks use to voice their views, but these scientists have given up their objectivity and are now working as lobbyists. I don't like to call them skeptics, because all good scientists should be skeptics. Rather, the think tank scientists are contrarians, bent on discrediting an accepted body of published scientific research for the benefit of the richest and most powerful corporations in history. Virtually none of the "sound science" they are pushing would ever get published in a serious peer-reviewed scientific journal, and indeed the contrarians are not scientific researchers. They are lobbyists. (Continue reading this blog.)
More on the Oregon Petition from SkepticalScience and RealClimate.
Climate Change and the Media
According to a poll done by WorldPublicOpinion.org (WPO) after the 2010 election, 45% of voting Americans think that most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring. WPO goes on further to estimate that this percentage has actually increased over the past ten years. A recent Pew study found that an overwhelming majority of Americans like science, have a positive regard for scientists, and think that science "contributes a lot to society's well-being." So if there's obvious consensus among scientists, why is that information not making it to the public?
|Once a week
|2-3 times a week
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|Fox News
|Network TV news broadcasts
|Public Broadcasting (NPR or PBS)
|Newspapers & news magazines (in print or online)
The average American learns about climate science from the media, and which media source you choose could influence your understanding of the facts (Table 1). Unfortunately, when the media covers climate change science, it usually frames the science as a debate in order to present "balanced" news to the viewers. But the debate among climate scientists has long been over. Pitting a climate scientist and a climate "contrarian" (who's usually not a scientist at all) against one another makes it appear this is a 50/50 struggle between fact and fiction, when in reality, 97% of climate scientists agree that global temperatures are rising and human activity is to blame. Whereas in political discourse the method of giving two opposing sides equal coverage is valid, in science there is an objective truth. To present science as a subjective debate is misleading.
Position Statements By Other Major Scientific Institutes
The following is a list of climate change position papers put out by the major governmental scientific institutes of the world that deal with the atmosphere, ocean, and climate. All of these organizations agree that significant human-caused climate change is occurring:
- United Nations IPCC
- American Meteorological Society
- U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- American Geophysical Union
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Royal Society of the United Kingdom
- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Science Council of Japan, Russian Academy of Science, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Canada, Chinese Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina, Indian National Science Academy, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy), Royal Society (UK) (PDF File)
- Australian Academy of Sciences, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Canada, Caribbean Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina, Indian National Science Academy, Indonesian Academy of Sciences, Royal Irish Academy, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy), Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Academy Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Royal Society (UK)
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Tire swings were great. If the rope was attached really high up in a tree you got to enjoy a long slow pendulous motion that was quite different than a swing set. But, there was always a hidden danger to tire swings. You would pull it back to a good starting position, hop up into the air and push your legs through the hole. Just as you start to enjoy the wind rushing against your face, you hear the familiar sloshing sound of doom as the rain water that had collected inside the tire overnight soakes the bottom of your shorts.


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Where She's From: Keenie Lazarus McGuire, a Scorpio, was born here in the United States to parents from Grenada. "I was raised by a single mother who taught me the importance of having self determination and being independent," she tells The Black Star News.
Keenie graduated from Kingsborough Community College in New York with an associate's degree in Fashion Merchandising and graduated from John Jay College with a bachelor's degree in Forensic Psychology. She launched her modeling career last year in the summer.
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Where She's At: "As a lover of fashion, modeling is not the only career that I am interested in pursuing," she adds. "I have two hidden talents which are hairstyling and fashion photography. I am most proud of them because they both give me the chance to display my creative side. In June 2007, I began to network and market myself as a hairstylist and photographer. My most recent accomplishment as a model was working for Moet Hennessey as a 10 Cane Rum spokes model."
"In the fashion industry, although beauty is a great asset to have, a model's brainpower can propel him or her to the highest heights," she adds. "My beauty can land me that next fashion spread but my brainpower can land me that next talk show and the chance to influence minds all over the world!"
"When it comes to clothing and shoes, there is no specific brand that I go for," Keenie says. "I respect the fact that every designer has something special to add to the fashion world and if that article of clothing or pair of shoes grabs my eye, I'd buy it regardless of who the designer is. When it comes to skin care products, Aveeno and Neutrogena are my best friends. As for fragrances, I wear Lolita Lempicka, Burberry Weekend, and Clinique Happy Heart."
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Three Leaders That Have Inspired Keenie: "Martin Luther King Jr. for his endless dedication to ensuring equality amongst the races; Oprah Winfrey for her willpower, drive, and ability to dissolve the color line making her the wealthiest and most influential woman in the United States; and Mother Theresa for her unadulterated altruism."
The First Three Things Keenie Would Do As President: "As President of the wealthiest and most influential nation in the world it would be my job to end world hunger by banding with other powerful nations to strengthen the developing world; sit with the past and present rival nations and come up with a more civilized strategy to solve disputes besides war; and, Improve the nation's health care system."
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While it'll probably be nigh on time for the Apocalypse before consensus has finally been reached on whether Pitchfork represents the apotheosis of music journalism or everything wrong with everything, there's no denying that Ryan Schreiber and cohorts stage a pretty spiffy festival. Photographer Charlotte Cook went over to this year's edition and returned with some words and images.
Now in its fifth year, the Pitchfork Music Festival is the smaller, cooler sibling to the Windy City's enormous Lollapalooza, which takes place in August. I was told by one journalist that Lollapalooza holds a two million-plus crowd, which warped my tiny British mind and was, of course, entirely false. It is, however, bigger than Glastonbury by some 50,000 people, to give some perspective. Pitchfork, by comparison, has a daily capacity of 18,300 and so is decidedly smaller than average.
But to the reasons for the long-haul hot-footing to an average-sized festival in the Midwest. Well for starters, I've become twee in my mid-twenties and the following things were extremely appealing:
- The festival is held in Union Park, which is in Chicago itself. Chicago is one of the only US cities to have a half-decent public transport system, one that includes an overground metro system with a stop directly outside the festival entrance.
- Even the cheapest hotels in central Chicago are nice; being able to go back to a £30-a-night hotel within 20 mins of leaving the grounds is decidedly pleasant. Likewise, the ease of travel combined with the 1pm start means that you have the morning to see Chicago, or just sleep and recover from the day before in comfort.
- The festival is cheap – tickets for the entire weekend are under £60.
- Flights to Chicago are fairly reasonable. When you are looking at around £450 total for the whole shebang it doesn't seem like too ridiculous an endeavour.
- The combination of the CHIRP Record Fair and FLATSTOCK poster market may have made me fear my next credit card statement, but at the time it created a musical/consumer/visual version of heaven.
- And then of course, there are the bands. Pitchfork's line-up included: Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill, The National, Beirut, Yeasayer, Beirut, Grizzly Bear and The Mae Shi. Too much to pass up on.
- I was there to photograph it.
Pitchfork kicked off at 5pm on Friday night, which was civilised to all those coming from work. Tortoise opened the festival, providing a calm and beautiful backdrop to the multitudes arriving during their set. They were followed by Yo La Tengo who, despite having been around for 25 years, still maintain a huge young following. In the interim I had somehow managed to become friends with three incredibly hip New Yorkers who didn't understand all the commotion from the YLT crowd and, when 'Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind' got to its halfway point, began moaning that the song was nothing more than a nine-minute intro. Tsk.
The real buzz, though, was with The Jesus Lizard. The noise legends' first show in their home town since their reunion, they fully embraced their homecoming with 49-year-old frontman David Yow, clearly not broken by those European dates, diving straight into the crowd as an entrance. In a slightly unfortunate error in scheduling the now hyped crowd moved onto the headliners of the night, Built To Spill who, although wonderful, are really not the greatest of showmen.
Staten Island's Cymbals Eat Guitars were first on stage on Saturday: their self-released debut album is outstanding and their set matched that high standard. Frontman Joseph D'Agostino has a real Fred Savage/Wonder Years look about him, and so his incredibly dweeby contorted guitar-solo face and bright cerise-cheeked screaming added a certain panache to the show. The 21-year-old singer was incredibly embarrassed by this afterwards and, despite my compliments about their performance, he seemed slightly scared by the photographs appearing online.
To photograph Fucked Up (or F'ed Up as every US publication insists on calling them), you need your wits about you. Singer Damian Abraham likes to use the photo pit as a spring board into the crowd, and he came right up to my face and nearly squashed me on several occasions. He was, however, on top form and decided to eat several beachballs before wearing one on his head for a large amount of the set.
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart have received a large amount of press and acclaim, and although their cutesy nature tugs on your heart strings, their live sound doesn't match that of their album and they have a tendency to resemble your average Nineties Britpop band. While not necessarily a bad thing, they provide little in the way of a new and exciting sound.
In DiS's review, Ponytail's debut album Ice Cream Spiritual was described as being 'like an unexpected fist in the face from a five-year-old', and that's spot on for their live show too. On arriving I honestly thought they were fronted by a small boy; on closer inspection it was evident that front-lady Molly Siegel is certainly one of a kind. At around 5'2", she had bigger stage presence than many of her more gainly male counterparts at the festival, not least because of the incredible noises she made while rolling her eyes into the back of her head. After leaping from the stage to the front of the crowd, she showed that what she lacks in size is more than made up for in gusto, actually breaking the barriers to such a degree that they had to be reinforced and were never quite right for the rest of the festival.
Yeasayer had promised a set full of new material and provided this with a mixture of the best tracks from their debut album. They managed to create one of the best moments of the festival when after a fairly drab and slightly drizzly day, the sun burst out as the thundering drums of their festival-perfect song 'Sunrise' began.
DOOM apparently insisted upon driving his car all the way to the back of the stage and refused to get out until he got paid in cash. The rapper took to the stage ten minutes late and, according to the rumour surrounding him, apparently lip-synced through his entire set. From the photo pit - ie 3ft away - it looked like these rumours were just hot air, but whatever the truth, the crowd lapped his showmanship up and seemed to love every moment of a set that plucked tracks from his 15 solo albums interspersed with the best moments from his numerous outstanding collaborations.
However, the majority of the whispers were reserved for Wavves' Nathan Williams and, more specifically, his mental state following a reported breakdown at Primavera. Unfortunately I didn't get to see his set since he was fifteen minutes late onto the stage and all the photographers were kicked out, bizarrely, for 'safety' reasons.
Joining Cymbals Eat Guitars on my list of highlights were Matt and Kim, whose enthusiasm rivalled even Ponytail's. The more downtempo pace of their recent work certainly appears to be reserved solely for the studio as the duo positively exploded onto the stage with Cheshire cat smiles permanently fixed on their faces and Matt's cheeky puns bookending every song. The crowd matched their ADHD attitude, with every lyric shouted back at the stage with supreme devotion.
Day two's headliners were The National, but for some reason I had been persuaded to photograph The Black Lips after being told that they like to toy with photographers – it was only after entering the pit that was I warned this 'toying' often involved urine. Luckily they weren't in a playful mood, but they did maintain their rowdy reputation by smashing a guitar before finishing the first song.
Heading back over to the main stage, The National were playing to the biggest crowd of the day for the first show of the day in darkness, which suited their delicate arrangements perfectly. They proved their worth as a headlining act and had the entire park captivated.
This was a controversial set from The Mae Shi, billed as the last under the current line up, but in fact solely featuring the members leaving the band to form Signals. Several Signals songs were performed as part of their set, but although it's hard to resist the temptation to pick sides/a real shame they couldn't work out their differences as The Mae Shi, the show itself was almost disarmingly electric. Whether they acted rightly or wrongly, Signals will certainly be a band to watch out for.
I have to admit feeling an element of embarrassment at not knowing much about Frightened Rabbit, the only British band on the line up, but as they began I realised just how many of the songs I knew. I did feel a small amount of pride as, having felt slightly disheartened by the amount of American indie bands that had just taken to the stage without feeling any need for showmanship of any kind, Scott Hutchison's passion and presence was a real tonic.
The Thermals came to Pitchfork to have fun, performing a slew of covers starting with Sonic Youth's '100%', going on to merrily fritty with 'Sappy' by Nirvana, The Breeders' 'Saints' and 'Basket Case' by Green Day. With a lot of very new and nervous acts and some more serious 'hip' bands, it was a treat to have an anomaly and The Thermals certainly weren't afraid of messing with their own formula and trying something new.
Knowing little about Japandroids I joined a tiny group of photographers on the B stage expecting little and left having seen my favourite performance of the weekend. The Vancouverite duo were relentless: singer Brian King informed the audience that although he usually liked to chat in-between songs, they didn't have much time and as it was their first show in Chicago they wanted to play as many songs as possible. He held true to his word, as back to back the pair performed songs with unrelenting pace and vigor, King leaping between guitar and drum kit to blast through debut Post Nothing.
M83 were the only act to truly have the weather on their side and the blinding sun couldn't have been more suited to such a magical set. Vocalist Morgan Kibby's beauty and haunting voice had everyone mesmerised, including the entire photo pit - myself included - as she smirked and waved and enchanted the crowd.
The last 12 months have been monumental for Grizzly Bear; I managed to have a quick chat with Edward Droste, who was incredibly sweet during our bizarre 15-minute conversation about the weather. He was surprisingly calm despite desperate tweets throughout the morning in search of a replacement omnichord, which appeared to have been solved by The Mae Shi. Whether you love or hate Grizzly Bear one thing that certainly has to be said: they pulled in by far the biggest VIP area audience - walking back out of the photo pit it was a veritable Where's Wally? of every musician there, watching a fairly low-key band performing the most haunting and powerful set of the festival.
Conversely - and entirely expectedly - The Flaming Lips closed the festival with the weekend's most extravagant show. The set began with a team of men dressed as workmen constructing various parts of the stage before an enormous visual appeared at the back of the stage of a woman with her legs open. Frontman Wayne Coyne popped his head around the side of the stage to further rouse the crowd before bursting out through the aforementioned woman's legs in his trademark bubble and walking across the crowd. After hopping out on to the stage, he shot confetti into the air as enormous orange and yellow balloons were released and the set began accompanied by costumed frogs and rabbit backing dancers. Pretty much the usual Flaming Lips fare and, of course, the crowd loved it. The perfect, peculiar spectacle to end an impressively eclectic festival.


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Charter Prices $1.5 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes
STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (along with its subsidiaries, "Charter") today announced that its subsidiaries, CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp. (collectively, the "Issuers"), have priced $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of notes consisting of the following securities:
- $500 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes"). These notes will bear interest at a rate of 4.000% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100.000% of the aggregate principal amount.
- $1.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2028 (the "2028 Notes", and together with the 2023 Notes, the "Notes"). The 2028 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.000% per annum and will be issued at a price of 98.500% of the aggregate principal amount. The 2028 Notes will form a part of the same series as the Issuers' 5.000% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028 issued on August 8, 2017.
Charter intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes, including buybacks of the Class A common stock of Charter or common units of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC. Charter expects to close the offering of the Notes on October 17, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Notes will be sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The offering is subject to, among other things, market conditions.
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Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) is a leading broadband communications company and the second largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including Spectrum TV™ video entertainment programming, Spectrum Internet™ access, and Spectrum Voice™. Spectrum Business™ similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, business telephone, video and music entertainment services, and wireless backhaul. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Spectrum Reach™ brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.
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When he's not on the campaign trail, Booker produces pieces from the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and other federal agencies for NPR News magazines including Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He previously served as the network's lead producer from the Louisville campaign headquarters of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2014. Booker served in a similar capacity during the 2012 presidential campaign producing pieces from the Republican and Democratic National conventions as well as from President Obama's reelection site in Chicago.
In the summer of 2014, Booker took a break from the politics grind to report on the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
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+0 votes MEAT BABY › August 29, 2018
+1 votes Rob Kolander › June 15, 2013
Although only nine holes. Most beautiful scenery for a course I've seen in a while.
+1 votes Joal Kozma › July 28, 2012
+1 votes Rob McGregor › June 23, 2012
Tough, but challenging! Uphill treck most of the way; would not recommend to someone out of shape, with a heart condition, or has COPD or asthma. Super windy at the top, with thick trees along both side of the fairways. Last hole is 1200' with a ski-lift crossing the middle of the fairway about halfway down. Erratic cross winds all the way down this hill!
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2013. There are 335 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The first episode of the "Lone Ranger" radio program was broadcast on station WXYZ in Detroit.
On this date:
In 1649, England's King Charles I was beheaded.
In 1862, the ironclad USS Monitor was launched from the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, N.Y., during the Civil War.
In 1882, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y.
In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse (neh-too-RAHM' gahd-SAY'), a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.)
In 1962, two members of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit.
In 1963, French composer Francis Poulenc died in Paris at age 64.
In 1964, the United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying television cameras that crash-landed on the moon, but failed to send back images.
In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.
In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
In 1973, the rock group KISS performed its first show at a club in Queens, N.Y.
In 1981, an estimated 2 million New Yorkers turned out for a ticker-tape parade honoring the freed American hostages from Iran.
In 1993, Los Angeles inaugurated its Metro Red Line, the city's first modern subway.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush put allies on notice that diplomacy would give way to a decision on war with Iraq in "weeks, not months." Wary world leaders and congressional critics urged patience and demanded proof of Iraq's transgressions. Richard Reid, the British citizen and al-Qaida follower who'd tried to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes, was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Boston.
Five years ago: John Edwards bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the Republican presidential contest and endorsed front-runner and longtime friend John McCain. The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate for the second time in just over a week, reducing the federal funds rate by a half point to 3 percent.
One year ago: All European Union countries except Britain and the Czech Republic agreed to sign a new treaty designed to stop overspending in the eurozone and put an end to the bloc's crippling debt crisis. A reactor at a northern Illinois nuclear plant shut down after an electrical insulator failed (the Unit 2 reactor at the Byron Generating Station resumed operating a week later).
Today's Birthdays: Actress Dorothy Malone is 88. Producer-director Harold Prince is 85. Actor Gene Hackman is 83. Actress Tammy Grimes is 79. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 76. Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky is 76. Country singer Jeanne Pruett is 76. Country singer Norma Jean is 75. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is 72. Rock singer Marty Balin is 71. Rhythm-and-blues musician William King (The Commodores) is 64. Singer Phil Collins is 62. Actor Charles S. Dutton is 62. World Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange is 58. Actress-comedian Brett Butler is 55. Singer Jody Watley is 54. Actor-filmmaker Dexter Scott King is 52. The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, is 51. Actor Norbert Leo Butz is 46. Country singer Tammy Cochran is 41. Actor Christian Bale is 39. Rock musician Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket) is 39. Pop-country singer-songwriter Josh Kelley is 33. Actor Wilmer Valderrama is 33. Actor Jake Thomas is 23.
Thought for Today: "The excellent becomes the permanent." — Jane Addams, American social worker and Nobel Peace laureate (1860-1935).
Today in History - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2013. There are 335 days left in the year.


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WWE Royal Rumble PPV Results
Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO
Report by Bill Pritchard for WrestleZone.com
World Heavyweight Championship
Triple Threat Steel Cage Match
Big Show vs Mark Henry vs Daniel Bryan (c)
Daniel Bryan gets thrown out of the way and Big Show goes after Mark Henry and knocks him to the mat then traps him in between the ropes and cage wall. He charges Henry a few times and splashes him, then stops when he sees Bryan trying to escape, and Show chops him then throws him headfirst into the side of the cage. Show goes for a Knockout Punch but Bryan ducks and Show punches the cage, but he recovers and hits a corner splash. Bryan dropkicks his knees out and goes after Henry, and he kicks him in the chest a few times before kicking Show in the head and heading for the door. Henry stops him and drags his face across the cage, then slingshots him into it and headbutts him before turning his attention to Big Show. He knocks Henry down and hits Bryan, then throws him across the ring when he tries to escape and knees him in the stomach.
Bryan continues to get up but Show tosses him headifrst into the side of the cage and bodyslams him, then Show picks him up and headbutts him. Henry clotheslines Show to knock him down and he steps on Bryan's chest and throws him into the cage, then he goes for a running splassh but Bryan ducks and Henry hits the wall. Bryan gets a near fall then Show grabs him and throws him into the wall and calls for a chokeslam, but Bryan kicks his knees and Show shoves him in the corner. Bryan jumps to the middle turnbuckle and hits a tornado DDT for two, then puts Show in the LeBell Lock but Henry breaks the hold before Show has a chance to tap out. Big Show gets up and hits Bryan then hits Henry with a Knockout Punch, but Bryan breaks up the pin attempt and Show chases him up to the top of the cage. They fight at the top of the cage for a few moments but Bryan frees himself from Show and drops down to the floor to retain.
Winner – Daniel Bryan
Beth Phoenix, Natalya & The Bella Twins vs Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox, Tamina & Eve Torres
Natalya takes Tamina down with a headlock then stands back up and Tamina throws her into the ropes and tries to bodyslam her but Natalya slides out. They trade a few punches before Tamina knocks her down and tags Eve, then she hits a Booty Pop moonsault but Natalya runs her into the corner and tags Beth. Eve counters a backdrop and knocks Beth down, but she goes for a cartwheel legdrop and Beth gets her knees up. She tags Brie and she chokes Eve on the ropes then tags Nikki, and she applies a chinlock but Eve gets to her feet and breaks the hold. (Cont'd…)


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Rick Austin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 96 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
Taste of Georgia
We are a company based in Atlanta, Georgia that provides coffee machines and coffee/tea to small and large businesses, hospitals, and educational institutions. We provide a complete range of office coffee services that includes our private label branded 100% Colombian Coffee. We offer regular open brew/drip brew coffee makers, and also state of the art single serve coffee machines. In addition we sell tea, creamer, sugar, sweetners hot cocoa, cups, stirrers, knives, forks, plates, napkins, basically any and all items that an office kitchen/break room requires.
We have our coffee made for us in Atlanta and it is packaged with our name/private label. The new logo will be featured in the future on coffee packets, the standard mediums such as bus cards, collateral material, website etc. and will also be incorporated as part of a vehicle graphic on our trucks.
We cater to small/medium size businesses (50-500 employees) in the Greater Atlanta area including all of the suburbs of North Georgia. We do work with small businesses that have 15-25 people whereas other companies in our field will stay away from this type of small client. We want to portray the image of a modern, innovative and sizeable company, but at the same time appeal to a wide range of businesses. We sell a wide range of different coffees for those with a particular liking towards big brand names such as Starbucks, Seattle's Best, Maxwell House, Folgers, and Flavia Single Serve Coffee, Tea, Cappucinos and Lattes.
We are looking for a logo to represent our Office Coffee Service Company, Taste of Georgia. The name of the company is "Taste of Georgia" but within the logo we would like the following text: "Office Coffee Services". We just feel it is important to incorporate some other text in the logo that says what we do just so there is no mystery or confusion about what we do.
We want to portray that we are a modern and innovative company offering the very best in office coffee machines, latest technology and great tasting coffee. We do end up competing with a lot of national companies for business so we want to look sizeable and professional, but not look like we are too big and run the risk of offending our smaller clients.
We do not have a particular preference to certain colors or color combinations, but something smooth and subtle, but striking enough to be seen, recognized and remembered. We have been in business for 14 years and gained business just from word of mouth and referrals so this new logo/image will be used as we target brand new customers that have not heard or seen us before.
No Orange, Gold, or Peaches to be used. The Logo should be created with the tagline/small description of what we do "Office Coffee Services". The use of images portraying coffee cups, beans, coffee, tea etc. etc. are OK to use, just no stock images or clip art please.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – For the first time in a decade, an Ohio Valley Conference football championships is within reach for Tennessee Tech, and the Golden Eagles will try to creep closer to a crown this weekend.
Tech hosts the high-scoring Murray State Racers Saturday for Homecoming in a contest that is sure to keep the scorekeepers jumping and the fans cheering.
Kickoff in Tucker Stadium is at 1:30 p.m., following the day's Homecoming Parade and three hours of merriment in the Magic 98.5 Tailgate Park, which opens at 10:30 a.m.
Tickets for the game are on sale at the Athletics Ticket Office in Eblen Center or by calling (931) 372-3940.
Murray State, picked to finish second in the league this year, brings a 4-4 overall record into the game including a 2-3 mark in OVC games. The Racers have been hard to contain this year on offense, leading the league and ranking sixth nationally by averaging 458.3 yards per game. MSU is fourth in the FCS and tops the OVC with 324 passing yards per game.
MSU quarterback Casey Brockman is recognized as one of the most dangerous passers in the nation, and is included on the Walter Payton Award Watch List. He has been named the FCS National Offensive Player of the Week three times in his career, including once this year following Murray State's 58-27 victory over Tennessee State. In that game, Brockman was 45-for-67 for 600 yards and seven touchdowns, and also caught a 15-yard scoring pass. He ranks first in the OVC and sixth in the nation in total offense, averaging 316.5 yards per game. He is second in the nation in passing yards, throwing for 2,507 yards.
Murray State also features a potent running game, led by tailback Mike Harris who is third in the OVC and 22nd nationally with 99.7 yards per game.
On defense, the most recent standout is Qua Huzzie, a sophomore linebacker, who was named the OVC co-Defensive Player of the Week along with Tech's Corey Watson. A transfer from University of Kentucky, Huzzie was also named OVC Newcomer of the Week after making 13 tackles, four tackles-for-loss and two sacks, and forcing two fumbles in MSU's 34-33 home loss to Eastern Kentucky last Saturday. On Monday, he was named the FCS National Defensive Player of the Week.
Three other Racer defensive stars are cornerback Dontrell Johnson (leads the league in passes defended), Kevin Robinson (second in sacks), and Sam Smalls (second in total tackles). Johnson is also second in punt returns.
Murray State's special teams are also effective, led by kicker Kienan Cullen. With two made field goals last weekend, Cullen tied the OVC record for career field goals with 52. He has scored 262 career points. He also leads the OVC in punting average.
So, on paper, the Racers come to town with plenty of weapons to spoil Tech's Homecoming bash. The Golden Eagles, however, have a few players among league and national leaders to counter the attack by the visitors.
Tech enters the contest tied for first in the OVC with a 4-1 league worksheet, and are ranked 15th in the FCS Coach's Poll with a 5-2 overall record following a 21-14 victory on the road at Jacksonville State last weekend.
To offset the Racer passing attack, the Golden Eagle defense ranks first in the league and 39th in the nation in pass efficiency defense with a 117.47 rating. Watson ranks first in the OVC and Caleb Mitchell is second in interceptions per game. Watson is third while Mitchell and Richmond Tooley are tied for 11th in passes defended. Dwight Evans leads the OVC in fumbles forced and Will Johnson is third in fumbles recovered. Tooley, Howard Griffin and freshman Austin Tallant are among league leaders in tackles, and Marcus Edwards is close to the top in the conference in sacks.
On offense, quarterback Tre Lamb is third in total offense, passing efficiency and passing yards per game. Runningback Dontey Gay is second in rushing, averaging 99.9 yards per game, and second in all-pupose yards. Gay is first in th OVC in scoring touchdowns. Receiver Tim Benford ranks first in the league in receptions per game and receiving yards per game, and is within reach of two school career records – most receiving yards (needs 114) and most touchdowns (needs one more).
Tech's special teams are also living up to their name, led by punter Nick Campbell and placekicker Zack Sharp. Campbell was named the OVC Special Teams Player of the Week and ranks among conference leaders in punting average, helping Tech lead the OVC in net punting. Sharp is third in scoring among kickers and first in PATs.
Adding it all up, Saturday's game appears to be a clash of the Titans.
Records in 2011:
Tennessee Tech is 5-2 overall / 4-1 Ohio Valley Conference
Murray State is 4-4 overall /2-3 Ohio Valley Conference
Last Week: Tech beat No. 13 Jacksonville State, 21-14; Murray State lost to EKU, 34-33
Last Year: Murray State won, 44-13
Series Record: Tech leads, 41-34-1
National Rankings: Tennessee Tech is 15th/20th; Murray State is unranked
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Television: WCTE TV live (Tim Scruggs, Craig Delk)
Live Stats: www.TTUsports.com
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Transplanted cells can cure hemophilia
March 10, 2016
Their study appears online February 14 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Hemophilia A affects one in 10,000 males and is characterized by recurrent, spontaneous bleeding that can cause disability or death. It has, most famously, affected British and Russian nobility, along with countless others. The Einstein team, led by Dr. Sanjeev Gupta, cured hemophilia A by transplanting healthy liver endothelial cells from donor mice into a mouse model of the disease. In curing these mice, the Einstein researchers also overturned conventional wisdom regarding which cells produce factor VIII, the crucial clotting protein that is lacking in people with type A hemophilia.
???We've known for three decades that factor VIII is produced in the liver, but precisely where has been controversial,??? says Dr. Gupta, a professor in the departments of medicine and pathology at Einstein. ???It was assumed that factor VIII was made by the hepatocytes??"cells that perform many of the liver's functions and comprise most of its bulk. But our research had suggested that the primary sources were special endothelial cells that line the sinusoids, the liver's blood-filled spaces. We did this study to confirm the role of liver endothelial cells in producing factor VIII and to see if transplanting them from a healthy donor liver could correct hemophilia A in an animal model.???
The donor mice used by Dr. Gupta's team had been genetically engineered so that their endothelial cells expressed the gene for green fluorescent protein. This allowed the researchers to see whether the liver endothelial cells??"isolated from donor livers and then injected into a vein leading into the liver of recipient hemophilia A mice??"could successfully engraft within the recipients' livers. Before transplantation, to ???make room??? for the donated cells to engraft and proliferate, the researchers gave recipient mice a dose of the toxic chemical monocrotaline to deplete their native liver endothelial cells.
???Three months after transplantation, when we examined the livers of recipient mice, we found that the transplanted cells had engrafted and increased in number,??? says Dr. Antonia Follenzi, an instructor in pathology at Einstein and the lead author of the study. ???Even more important, those mice with the most transplanted cells in their livers produced factor VIII in sufficient amounts to completely correct their hemophilia A.???
Efforts up until now to cure hemophilia??"ranging from faith healing by the Russian monk Rasputin early in the 20th century to clinical trials in the U.S. using gene therapy??"have had limited or no success. While the Einstein study marks a significant advance against hemophilia A, Dr. Gupta cautions that more work is necessary before liver-cell transplants can be attempted on people. ???An important need,??? he says, ???is for safer alternatives to monocrotaline, the chemical we gave to recipient mice to create space for healthy donor liver cells. Fortunately, several drugs already in clinical use hold promise in that regard.???
The principle established by this study??"selectively injuring native endothelial cells and replacing them with healthy donor endothelial cells??"might also help in treating hemophilia B (the less common form of the disorder) and, more broadly, aid in ???tissue engineering??? in the many other areas of the body where endothelial cells are found, says Dr. Gupta. For example, he notes that endothelial cells isolated from blood vessels and transplanted into the heart could help in treating cardiovascular disease. In addition, he says that it may be possible to deliver therapeutic substances into the liver and other organs by combining gene therapy with the cell-transplantation approach used in this study.
Daniel Benten and Phyllis Novikoff of Einstein were also involved in this study. Other collaborators were Louisa Faulkner and Sanj Raut of the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The study was funded in part by The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.


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WKMG-6 in Orlando sent reporter Jessica Sanchez to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl.
On the news yesterday morning, Sanchez was doing a live report on Bourbon Street when an apparently drunk woman came up to her and started to talk.
Sanchez was offended, so she passive-aggressively asked the woman about where she got her first STD. The exchange:
Sanchez: "... Basically what is left is people walking around with this glazed look in their eyes —"
Woman: "Heyyyy"
Sanchez: "— like this one behind me .... You're gonna do an interview with us?
Woman: "Sure."
Sanchez: "Okay because we were just talking about, here along Bourbon Street, the STD rate that has been going on here. So how long have you had an STD?"
Woman: "I don't have an STD."
Sanchez: "Ohhhhh, then why did you want to talk?" [in a sarcastic tone]
Woman: "Oh my goodness."
Sanchez: "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry." [sarcastic tone]
Woman: "I don't have an STD, that's disrespectful." [walks away, comes back to scream "49ers!!"]
Sanchez then says, "So you can see what I've been having to deal with out here."
It's just a mean-spirited move all around to shame and embarrass a woman on live TV because she dared to interrupt your report. Sanchez was also doing a report on what it's like on Bourbon Street at 6 a.m., so maybe she shouldn't have been so shocked and offended that there was a drunk person yelling things.