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Sodexo appoints Aurélien Sonet as Chief Executive Officer of Benefits & Rewards Services
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Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life services, announces that as of September 1, 2017, Aurélien Sonet, currently Region Chair for Asia Pacific, is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Benefits & Rewards Services worldwide, reporting to Denis Machuel, who on the same date takes up the function of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Aurélien will be a member of the Group Executive Committee.
Aurélien Sonet began his career at Sodexo in 2000, holding functional and operational roles within Benefits & Rewards Services, notably as Global Vice President of Strategic Planning, Marketing and Communications from 2004 to 2007 and CEO of the French subsidiary from 2007 to 2010.
In 2010, Aurélien moved to a Group function and became Global Executive Vice President for Strategy, Brand and Communications, joining the Group Executive Committee. In 2013, he moved to Singapore to develop business with Sodexo's International Strategic Accounts in Asia Pacific, successfully deploying major contracts across the region. In 2015, Aurélien was appointed Region Chair for Asia Pacific. Under his leadership, Sodexo enhanced its technical facilities management capabilities and developed its geographical footprint, reinforcing its presence and accelerating growth in Asia Pacific.
Aurélien brings his knowledge of the Benefits & Rewards activity and proven ability to develop profitable business growth in both emerging and developed economies to his new role. A French citizen, Aurélien is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale Lyon.
To read the full version of the press release, please download the PDF.
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The long awaited collection novel of nearly 50 issues of Cometbus across 20 years. What more can be said except that Cometbus is THE classic amongst zines and this tome only makes that more clear as you can reread all of the indispensable stories again or for the first time and get that familiar warm feeling that trickles down your body. We just received forty copies of this out of print book!
- nick cordell 11/26/2011
very very good book. got me through many boring nights in jail
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This book can get you feeling motivated to do anything. It's just that powerful.
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Beliebers, get ready.
Justin Bieber announced that he will release a new song every Sunday at midnight for 10 weeks in a series he is calling #MusicMondays. The first track to debut on Sunday, Oct. 6? "Heartbreaker."
"Sunday Midnight #heartbreaker #MusicMondays #10weeks," the pop star tweeted on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
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The tweet has already garnered more than 93,000 re-tweets.
Seems fans are excited!
The Biebs re-posted the cover art for his highly anticipated single to his Instagram account. The pic, which was released in June, features a split crumbling purple heart against a white background.
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"#MusicMondays is about to begin - SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE FANS...you are always there for me and I will always be there for you. MUCH LOVE. thanks," is Bieber's new Twitter bio description.
Bieber's manager Scooter Braun also added to the excitement, tweeting "So it begins.... #sunday #midnight #10weeks #musicmondays -expect the unexpected."
The 19-year-old offered fans a taste of "Heartbreaker" back in July with the release of a short Instagram video.
"Oh girl, I got a secret place that we can go/'cause girl I really want to be alone/And baby, nobody else gotta know," Biebs can be heard crooning in the quick clip.
At the time, he offered no release date for the whole song. But now, we have it!


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Seriously, a Jones/Kotsay platoon is the first option? Keep in mind that a league-average hitter is a replacement level DH. While Jones might still have his uses as a bench/platoon player, CHONE projects him as a below average hitter (.324 wOBA, -7/150 in context-neutral linear weights). If you think that's bad, Kotsay projects at .297 wOBA, -16/150 context-neutral. That's not useful at any of the positions Kotsay backs up at this point, much less DH. Even if efficiently platooned, that's ugly. Heck, Mike Jacobs (-6) would be an upgrade, and would also keep the Chicago/Kansas City pipeline active.
They really didn't have room for Thome? He probably adds just a few runs for the Twins, but he would be at least a one, maybe two win improvement over Jones/Kotsay. …
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President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates to a level typically reserved for recessions or periods of persistently weak growth, suggesting that such a setting could allow the government to restructure Treasury debt at a lower cost.
The Fed should "get our interest rates down to ZERO, or less," Trump said in an early Wednesday tweet that went beyond his previous attacks and demand for a cut of one percentage point. "We should then start to refinance our debt. INTEREST COST COULD BE BROUGHT WAY DOWN, while at the same time substantially lengthening the term."
Monetary authorities such as the European Central Bank, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank of Japan have had policies on interest rates that are effectively below zero, as a way to boost demand for loans and stimulate sluggish economies. The Fed's benchmark rate is currently 2%-2.25% following a quarter-point reduction on July 31 - the first cut since the Fed lowered rates effectively to zero in 2008, during the worst financial crisis and economic downturn since the Great Depression.
With Trump polling behind several Democratic candidates in his 2020 re-election campaign and Americans fearing a recession within the next year, the president is seeking to deflect blame for any economic ills. He has repeatedly blamed the Fed and Chairman Jerome Powell, who goes by Jay, for raising interest rates too steeply in 2018 and constraining the economy as the president pursues a trade war with China.
"No Inflation! It is only the naïvete of Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve that doesn't allow us to do what other countries are already doing," Trump continued in the post. "A once in a lifetime opportunity that we are missing because of 'Boneheads.'"
Trump's reference to refinancing debt followed an online commentary last week by Stephen Moore, who withdrew his candidacy for the Fed board earlier this year. "The Trump administration should take advantage of today's bargain-basement borrowing costs by immediately refinancing the national debt," Moore wrote on the Heritage Foundation's website.
Policy makers are widely expected to make another quarter-point cut when they next meet September 17-18, though hardly anyone sees interest rates headed to zero in the next two years, according to a Bloomberg survey earlier this month. Meanwhile, economists in a separate poll predict the ECB will cut its deposit rate to minus 0.5% from minus 0.4% on Thursday.
Fed officials balked at cutting rates below zero during the last downturn in part because of fears doing so would hamper money-market functioning and hurt rather than help banks. There are also questions over whether the Federal Reserve Act even allows it to deploy negative rates.
A recent study published by the University of Bath found negative rates decreased lending. Fed Bank of San Francisco research also concluded the introduction of the policy in Japan actually lowered inflation expectations.
"I just don't see the cost/benefit there being very attractive" Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in an August 5 televised interview with Yahoo Finance.


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Test Overview
Amniocentesis is a test to look at the fluid (amniotic fluid) that surrounds your baby (fetus). Amniotic fluid has cells and other substances that can give clues about the health of your fetus. Amniocentesis is done by gently putting a needle through your belly into your uterus. About 2 Tbsp (30 mL) of the amniotic fluid is taken out and looked at.
Amniocentesis is generally done between weeks 15 and 20 (usually around week 16) to look at genetic information. It can also be used later in pregnancy to see how the fetus is doing.
Amniocentesis for birth defects testing
Amniocentesis is often done around week 16 to see whether a fetus has certain types of birth defects. Amniocentesis can also tell the sex of your fetus.
Amniotic fluid has cells that have been shed by your developing fetus. The cells are checked for the number and size of chromosomes (karyotype) to see if there are any problems that put the baby at risk for certain conditions. Testing is most commonly done as early as possible so that women and their families have time to consider their options. But amniocentesis cannot find many common birth defects, such as cleft lip, cleft palate, heart problems, and some types of intellectual disability.
Amniocentesis in late pregnancy
If you are at risk of having your baby early, amniocentesis may be done during the third trimester to see whether your baby's lungs are developed. Your developing fetus makes substances that can be found and measured in amniotic fluid. The amounts of these substances show how mature the lungs are and if your baby will be able to breathe without help if delivered early.
Amniocentesis may also be done later in pregnancy if an infection of the amniotic fluid (chorioamnionitis) is suspected.
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Why It Is Done
Amniocentesis may be done during your second trimester of pregnancy to find certain birth defects.
You may choose to have this test because:
- Of your age. As you get older, you have a greater chance of having a baby with a birth defect. Many doctors use 35 and older as the age for higher risk.
- You want to know for sure if your baby has a certain health problem. This may help you decide early whether you want to continue your pregnancy or make plans to care for a sick child.
- You or the baby's father carries an abnormal gene that is known to cause a disease, such as Tay-Sachs disease, sickle cell anemia, or cystic fibrosis.
- You or the baby's father has a family history of a genetic disorder or birth defect.
- Screening tests suggest that your chance of having a baby with a genetic disorder or birth defect is higher than average.
Amniocentesis can tell the gender of your fetus. This is important when you or the father may be able to pass on a disease that occurs mainly in one gender (sex-linked), such as hemophilia or Duchenne muscular dystrophy, both of which occur mainly in males.
Amniocentesis may be done during your third trimester to:
- See if your fetus's lungs are mature. This may be done when you may need to deliver early because of a problem with the pregnancy.
- See whether the amniotic fluid is infected (chorioamnionitis).
How To Prepare
You will be asked to empty your bladder just before the test.
You will need to sign a consent form that says you understand the risks of the test and agree to have it done.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have about the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
Amniocentesis is done by your obstetrician in his or her office or in the hospital. An overnight stay in the hospital usually is not needed unless problems occur during the test.
You will be asked to expose your belly. You will then lie on your back with it slightly raised to relax your belly muscles. Your lower belly will be cleaned with a special soap.
Your doctor checks the position of your fetus and the placenta with a fetal ultrasound. Ultrasound uses sound waves to make a picture of the uterus, your fetus, and the placenta on a TV screen. Your fetus's heart rate can also be watched during the test using ultrasound. For more information, see the topic Fetal Ultrasound.
With the ultrasound picture as a guide, your doctor gently puts a thin needle through your belly and into your uterus without hurting your fetus or the placenta. If your fetus moves too close to the needle, the needle will be taken out and your doctor will try again in another spot.
About 2 Tbsp (30 mL) of amniotic fluid is taken out in a syringe attached to the needle, and then the needle is taken out. The site is covered with a bandage.
The whole test takes about 15 minutes. The thin needle is only in your belly for 1 to 2 minutes. Your fetus's heart rate and your blood pressure, pulse, and breathing will be checked before, during, and after the test.
How It Feels
You will feel a sharp sting or burn in your belly where the needle is inserted. This lasts for only a few seconds. When the needle is put into your uterus, you again will feel a sharp cramp for a few seconds.
When the amniotic fluid is taken out, you may get a feeling of pulling or pressure in your belly. To keep yourself comfortable, breathe slowly and relax your belly muscles during the test.
Amniocentesis is generally very safe. There is a chance (about 1 out of 400) that this test may cause a miscarriage.1 In some studies, the risk is a little higher, about 2 to 4 out of 400.2 There is also a risk of too much bleeding (hemorrhage), infection of the amniotic fluid (amnionitis), or leakage of amniotic fluid. In very rare cases, a fetus may be poked by the needle during the test. Your doctor does all he or she can to put the needle in a safe spot. Most fetuses float away from the needle tip.
Amniocentesis has a very small risk of causing bleeding that could lead to mixing your blood and your fetus's blood. So if you have Rh-negative blood, you will be given the Rh immunoglobulin vaccine (such as RhoGAM) to prevent Rh sensitization, which could harm your fetus if he or she has Rh-positive blood.
After the test
After the test, you may have some mild cramping. You should not do any strenuous activity for several hours after the test. Also, do not douche, use tampons, or have sex after the test. By the next day, you can do your normal activities, unless your doctor tells you not to.
Call your doctor right away if:
- You have moderate or severe belly pain or cramping.
- You develop a fever.
- You become dizzy.
- Fluid or blood leaks from your vagina or from the needle site.
- Redness or swelling develops at the needle site.
Amniocentesis is a test to look at the fluid (amniotic fluid) that surrounds your baby (fetus).
Normal amniotic fluid is clear to light yellow in color and does not contain any harmful bacteria. The cells can be tested for problems.
- Cells from your fetus are looked at carefully for the proper number and arrangement of the cell parts (chromosomes) that show genetic disease. Normally there are 46 chromosomes in each cell, arranged in 23 pairs. Chromosomes also tell the gender of your fetus.
- The amounts of some substances in the amniotic fluid may be measured. These results can find some birth defects, genetic diseases, and the maturity of your fetus.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- If there is blood from your fetus in the amniotic fluid. This can falsely increase the level of the substances alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) levels, which test for neural tube defects.
- If the amniotic fluid is exposed to light. This can falsely lower bilirubin levels.
- If there is blood or meconium in the fluid. This may cause an incorrect result for the test that checks to see whether your baby's (fetus's) lungs are mature.
What To Think About
- Normal results from amniocentesis do not guarantee that your fetus will be healthy.
- Amniocentesis can be done to help you prepare if your fetus has a possible birth defect or to help you make a decision about ending the pregnancy if a serious problem is found.
- In very rare cases, amniocentesis may be done before 15 weeks of pregnancy. This is rare, because there may be greater risks to your fetus. Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of early amniocentesis.
- Amniocentesis can't be done easily if the amount of amniotic fluid is very small or if the placenta is in front of your fetus.
- Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is another test that can find many fetal problems. CVS can be done earlier in pregnancy than amniocentesis, and results are ready sooner. For more information, see the topic Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS).
- Amniocentesis has a very small chance of causing bleeding that could lead to mixing your blood and your fetus's. So if you have Rh-negative blood, you will be given a vaccine (RhoGAM) to prevent Rh sensitization, which could harm your fetus if he or she has Rh-positive blood.
- Amniotic fluid has cells that have been shed by your developing fetus. The cells are checked for the number and size of chromosomes (karyotype) to see if there are any problems. For more information, see the topic Karyotype Test.
- If you have abnormal results from amniocentesis, you should ask your doctor or a genetic counselor for help in making decisions about the problems your fetus may have and about continuing the pregnancy. It will also be helpful to understand your possible risks with future pregnancies.
- Caughey AB, et al. (2006). Chorionic villus sampling compared with amniocentesis and the difference in the rate of pregnancy loss. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108(3): 612–616.
- Seeds JW (2004). Diagnostic mid trimester amniocentesis: How safe? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191: 608–616.
Other Works Consulted
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2007, reaffirmed 2009). Invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 88. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 110(6): 1459–1467.
- Wapner RJ, et al. (2009). Prenatal diagnosis of congenital disorders. In RK Creasy et al., eds., Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice, 6th ed., pp. 221–274. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
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Primary Medical ReviewerSarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerSiobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics
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Set five to seven years after Sands of Time, the Prince is not the naive, uh, jerk he once was. While the story is still a complete mystery, the years have evidently not been easy. He's seeking atonement for something -- perhaps the events of the prior game? But they didn't really happen, did they? Oh, what a tangled web they weave.
What I can tell you about are the new features and optimizations. PoP2 will run on the same engine as the last game, but tighter coding will allow for larger environments and better graphics overall. The Xbox version is aiming for 60 fps, while PS2 will be 30. The demo I checked out took place on a rocking pirate ship, in the midst of a storm. It looked just as cool as you'd hope.
The developers acknowledge that the first game's combat system was not quite as good as they'd hoped it would be, so it's been reworked somewhat for PoP2. The most obvious change is a new grab move. The Prince can now leap over his enemies to grab them from behind, and either slice them in half, decapitate them, use them as a shield, or perform a mighty leap off of their back. He can also run up the backs of larger enemies, which was amply demonstrated when a three-story tall ogre attacked. The idea was to run up its back and slash its head until it managed to throw the Prince off. Better enemy A.I. will also add to the fun, so it'll no longer feel like you're beating up on slow, ugly pre-schoolers.
While he now lacks the infamous Dagger of Time, the Prince still retains some of its powers. Rewind is there, as well as a new one where the world slows down while the Prince keeps moving; effectively, super-speed. More attention will be paid to the more esoteric powers this time around, so they'll be required in various traps and puzzles. The Prince will sport some new platforming maneuvers, too. The curtain-slide is self-explanatory, while a cool "rope run" will let him run in an arc along a wall with the assistance of a rope. A few of the platforming maneuvers will now be useable in combat, too. For example, you might have to run up a wall while simultaneously lopping an enemy's head off. Our Prince certainly keeps himself busy.
And that's all she wrote. It looks like fans of the last adventure have a lot to look forward to in Prince of Persia 2. It's due out in November, and that seems entirely too long to wait. Let the six months of agony begin.


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A Bluffton man was arrested in connection to a January burglary of Walnuts Cafe.
On Wednesday, the Bluffton Police Department arrested Buford Ellis Flanders III, 27, for Burglary 2nd Degree and Petty Theft.
On Jan. 24, Bluffton Police responded to an activated alarm that had gone off at Walnuts Cafe, located at 70 Pennington Drive, Suite 20, Bluffton. Upon arrival, officers found the front door to the business was found to be broken in and approximately $140 was missing from the business.
According to a release from Joe Babkiewicz, spokesman for Bluffton Police, investigators determined that Flanders was the individual who was responsible for the burglary. During the course of the investigation police found that Flanders allegedly used a sledge hammer to break the glass to the business and gain entry inside. Once inside the establishment Flanders located approximately $140 in cash and left the store. Flanders turned himself into the Bluffton Police Department on Wednesday.
Flanders was transported to the Beaufort County Detention Center and is currently being held on bond.


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Why Women, Gender, and Health?
- "The health of both sexes is influenced by biological factors including, but not confined to, their reproductive characteristics."
- "Socially constructed gender characteristics are also important in shaping the capacity of both women and men to realize their potential for health."
- "Gender inequalities in access to health-promoting resources have damaging effects on women's well-being."
- "Men face particular problems because of the relation between masculine identities and risk taking."
(Doyal, BMJ 2001; 323; 1061-3)
Addressing issues of women, gender, and health requires the study of the health of women and girls – and men and boys – throughout the lifecourse, with gender, gender equality, and biology understood as important and interacting determinants of well-being and disease. Also included are the study of gender and gender inequality in relation to individuals' treatment by and participation in health and medical care systems, the physical, economic, and social conditions in which they live, and their ability to promote the health of their families, their communities, and themselves. Inherent in this definition is recognition of diversity and inequality among women – and men – in relation to race/ethnicity, nationality, class, sexuality, and age, and that protection of human rights is fundamental to health.


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The Toyota FT-1 concept unveiled at this week's Detroit Motor Show was a spectacular piece of design that managed to be simultaneously beautiful and bonkers.
"It's a sexy halo sports car, period," explained Kevin Hunter, head of CALTY, the California Toyota design arm tasked with creating the FT-1. Two things the Toyota RSC concept in the picture above is not. Not sexy, nor a halo sports car.
But the FT-1 was designed by CALTY way back in 2001. After the shock of the FT-1, we urgently felt the need to dive into Toyota's concept back catalogue, where we discovered the RSC amongst many, many other gems.
So strap in and get ready for a gallery of Toyota's wilder design study moments. Warning: contains absolutely no Priuses.
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The biggest-ever glasses-free display has been shown off in Japan, courtesy of JVC and Kenwood and a whopping 57 projectors.
The 57 projectors means that you can watch content from 57 viewing angles and a side effect of this means that you can actually peer around the side of objects on the screen.
And when it comes to the screen, it's a pretty sizeable 200 inches. It also weighs in at 500kg.
Sign of the times
JVC and Kenwood – alongside Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) – are for obvious reasons not pitching this screen for the consumer market but it is hoping that the tech will someday end up in digital signage.
Its makers are also hoping that it can extend the viewing angle to 200 at some point.
This is probably to avoid any legal problems with Heinz, which seems to have inherited the number 57 as its own.
When it comes to glasses-free 3D in the home, currently Toshiba is the biggest glasses hater around, and will be offering the 55-inch ZL2 TV in the UK soon.
Check out a video of the 3D panel in action, courtesy of Digi Info.
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An anonymous poster (always curious — as I can only think of a minimal number of reasons one would wish to remain anonymous on a post about summer reading) asked the following:
Would students be able to read the responses posted by their peers? This could create a plethora of problems. First off, many students are self consious about their work, so they could be very hesitant about posting. Second, some students are lazy, so they may just look at other students posts and use them to write their papers. Third, even if these students happen to not be lazy, they could be still influenced by the other posts, hindering their creativity. Therefore, I believe that either the posts should be blocked until the due date is past. That way, students could look at other peoples thoughts only after they have turned in their own.
Rather than comment on the comment, I think a direct response in a post will best serve the dialogue.
Yes, students would be able to read responses posted by their peers.
Believe me when I say, I recognize a student's self-consciousness; however, a student needs to recognize that his work, regardless of what he chooses as a career, will be public. If that student chooses university level course work at any point in his life, then I can almost guarantee that student's writing will become public — for every writing course I took at an undergraduate and graduate level required copies of individual papers to be made and distributed. A colleague has informed me his child's intro comp course at the University has included a blog requirement, and I'm just trying to get my students ready.
As for students' laziness, I recognize that too. Been there. Been that way. Might they use their peers' writing to write their own papers? What's to stop them from e-mailing their papers to one another if we don't blog? Essentially, I want to move from papers for the summer reading component anyway. I just want to try to guide the thinking and discourse and have a way to be in touch with my students over the course of the summer as we gear up for the fall. At present students succumb to SparkNotes as an aide to their writing if not in lieu of their reading anyway. This way, I'm a bit more involved in the conversation.
As for the final concern about a student's creativity, I think some students need that extra assistance. Current students, for instance, would not have necessarily caught — on their own — the moment in Henry IV, Part I when Hal breaks out of prose and speaks in poetry to Falstaff to which Falstaff responds after Hal's departure in a short poetic soliloquy beginning with the words, "strange words." They got it, and — frankly — I got it, only after class discussion. Similarly, some got, and some did not, the moment in Henry IV, Part I when Hotspur refers to Hal in a parody of the Greek epic stock epithet as: "The nimble-footed madcap Prince of Wales" (IV, i).
In short, I want this to serve as merely a tool for discussion purposes. The question is, how to do that?


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For the seventh straight year, Apple has been named the World's Most Admired Company by a jury of its peers in Fortune. Despite a rocky year which saw the tech giant's stock jump and fall and a sometimes-hot, sometimes-cold public battle with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Apple is still the envy of the corporate world's eye.
From Fortune's ranking:
Top 50 rank: 1
Rank in Computers: 1
(Previous rank: 1)
Overall score: 7.94
Why it's admired:
The iconic tech company known for the iPhone and other stylish and user-friendly products is back in the top spot on this year's list, for the seventh year in a row. Apple, the most valuable brand on the planet according to Interbrand, brought in $171 billion in revenues in FY2013 and is flush with cash, but fan boys and girls (not to mention the market) are getting antsy to see its next big product. Bets are on a smartwatch or AppleTV, but the company is also reportedly turning its attention to cars and medical devices.
Amazon and Google were No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, having switched places from their 2013′s rankings. Among the other tech companies in Fortune's top-50 "all star" list: IBM at No. 16, Samsung at No. 21, Microsoft at No. 24, and Facebook at No. 38. The full list of most-admired companies and a description of the methodology used to choose them are available here and in the issue of Fortune that comes out today.


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Breast cancers that lack estrogen receptors are more difficult to treat than ER+ cancers. Research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 demonstrates an investigational drug, Paragazole, that makes triple-negative breast cancer cells express estrogen receptors, and that increases the sensitivity of these cells to chemotherapy.
"Basically what we're trying to do is use triple-negative breast cancer models to develop targeted drugs for treatment. Paragazole is an especially exciting candidate," says Jennifer Diamond, MD, investigator at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and medical oncologist at the University of Colorado Hospital.
Paragazole is a novel histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor developed at CU Boulder in the laboratories of Xuedong Liu and Andy Phillips, being tested at the CU Cancer Center. In this study, Diamond and colleagues tested the drug against a range of breast cancer cell lines with and without combination with chemotherapies paclitaxel, gemcitabine or carboplatin. Interestingly, it was specifically the cell lines that didn't express estrogen the aggressive, triple-negative cells that were most affected by paragazole. Sure enough, the researchers saw increased expression of CARM1 mediated estrogen receptors in these especially sensitive cells.
It was as if paragazole set up these triple negative cells so that chemotherapy could be more effective.
"This really is a case in which the result was greater than the sum of its parts. Paragazole with chemotherapy was more effective than the combined effects of both drugs, alone," Diamond says.
Studies with the drug are continuing with the eventual goal of moving the therapy from the lab to the clinic in selected patients.
|Contact: Garth Sundem
University of Colorado Denver


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North Korea's new leader hosted a dinner in Pyongyang for senior political officials visiting from China, state media said Friday, in what marked Kim Jong-un's diplomatic debut and a sign that he is turning his attention to foreign affairs.
Kim talked with a Chinese delegation led by Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party's international affairs office, and then invited the group to a dinner attended by North Korea's political elite, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
Kim told Wang that the North Korean government is focused on boosting the economy, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.
The meeting marks Kim's first official diplomatic foray since he took over as leader following the December death of his father, Kim Jong Il.
Kim, who is believed to be 29, has been swift in moving to build loyalty among North Korea's 24 million people and to establish control over key institutions such as the military and ruling Workers' Party.
He also has been quick to show his rule will differ in focus and style from that of his father, who kept his personal life out of the state media, rarely traveled abroad and met only selectively with foreign dignitaries.
After gaining the new title of marshal and shuffling the military leadership last month, Kim Jong Un made the surprise introduction of his wife, Ri Sol Ju.
At Thursday's talks with the Chinese, he reiterated his government's focus on building the economy, according to Xinhua. Seated next to him was Vice Premier Kang Sok Ju, the seasoned diplomat who accompanied Kim's father to China last year.
"Developing the economy and improving livelihoods so that the (North) Korean people lead happy and civilized lives is the goal the Workers' Party is struggling towards," the news agency reported Kim as telling Wang.
Photos showed the two men standing shoulder to shoulder as they posed for a group portrait, Wang in a Western-style suit and Kim in a dark blue Mao jacket with the pin bearing his father and grandfather's portraits affixed to his chest.
China, which sent troops to support North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, remains Pyongyang's main ally and biggest benefactor. That relationship has deepened in recent years as North Korea increasingly turns to China to provide much-needed food, oil and trade and oil.
While North Korea founder Kim Il Sung welcomed a string of foreign guests and traveled overseas regularly until his death in 1994, Kim Jong Il met few visitors during his later years and rarely traveled abroad — though only by train.
However, he made an exception for neighboring China, traveling by train four times during the last two years of his life on trips focused on learning about the country's new market economy.
Wang Jiarui, a regular visitor to Pyongyang who has made several trips this year already, accompanied Kim Jong Il during his visit to China last August.
Kim Jong Un has yet to make his first trip abroad as leader but is widely expected to follow his grandfather's footsteps by traveling overseas.
He already has demonstrated more of a willingness to rub shoulders with foreigners, including Westerners, than his father.
Foreign diplomats and officials were among those invited to attend the opening ceremony late last month of the new Rungna Island fairgrounds.
One KCNA photo showed a British diplomat, Barnaby Jones, seated on a roller coaster one row from Kim — an image that sparked speculation in foreign media about Kim's mysterious foreign friend.
Footage aired on state TV on Friday also showed ambassadors and other foreign officials seated just a few rows behind Kim at a dolphin show.
A foreign reporter from The Associated Press also was seated just a few feet away from Kim at a closed event earlier this year.


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Happy Birthday!
Happy new year
Sorry I missed your birthday here and on facebook, hope it was a good one.
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Happy Birthday, young man! If you weren't so far away, I'd give you a good spanking.
Happy Birthday,and all the best
Well happy birthday my super beard friend.
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It's sad that this is how the reminder came about, but it is a reminder as to just how much I adore everyone I've met here. I've been coming here for a LONG time now. I see many of you every day on Facebook. This has taught me that I take for granted how lucky I am to be a part of this community, I guess.
I've been crying on and off since I heard. She did something very kind for me once, a few years back. I'm broken-hearted having heard the news.
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Election nights are about numbers, and you'll see a long list of them.
Nearly all will be percentages.
What percentage of the vote did each candidate get? What are the respective percentages of the vote for the yes and no sides of the propositions? What percentage of registered voters turned out?
But California elections are peculiar, and the results of these races may not be as telling as some other figures that aren't nearly as obvious. Here are five numbers to watch -- because they may tell us the most about California right now. In reverse order of importance, from #5 to #1.
5. The absolute number of votes it takes to make the top two.
Much will be made about the message that voters are supposedly sending by election one person or another, or one party or another, to different legislative seats.
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But how much of a mandate do legislative candidates have? In the past, it's been possible for legislative candidates to win primaries with 10,000 or fewer votes -- a tiny number for California Assembly and Senate districts, which are by far the most populous in the country (nearly 500,000 in each Assembly district and nearly 1 million for Senate districts). That's anti-democratic. Indeed, the current Assembly Speaker, John Perez, won election in a primary with less than 5,000 votes.
The top-two primary system, which is being used for the first time this year, will produce two candidates in each legislative race.
It's been billed as a major reform that will bring moderation and engagement back to California politics.
So these numbers represent a good baseline test of that system. If those top two candidates are receiving 10,000 or fewer votes, it will be a sign that the new system hasn't engaged Californians, and that a tiny percentage of the population is determining who will represent us all in Sacramento.
4. How many votes does it take to get elected mayor of San Diego?
This has been a big, closely followed race for mayor in San Diego. It's been billed as a test of independent politics since Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a leading candidate, quit the Republican party a couple months ago.
But how engaged has the public really been? How many votes can the top candidate draw? How many can the second place finisher draw? A runoff is likely.
A good baseline to judge would be the 2008 results, when Jerry Sanders avoided a runoff by winning 116,000 votes out of more than 214,000 cast.
This year, one test of strength -- or weakness -- is whether any of these candidates could win as many as 60,000 votes -- a pathetically low number in a city of 1.3 million.
3. Total number of votes, both yes and no, on ballot initiatives.
Propositions 28 and Propositions 29 are the only two statewide initiatives on the ballot. Neither would represent major changes in state governance, but because they are California initiatives, they make changes that would be locked into law forever. (Prop 29, to its credit, permits amendment after 15 years).
Since initiatives obligate everyone in a state of 38 million indefinitely, it's always worth looking at how many people even made a choice on initiatives.
It's an academic question in California, but wouldn't be in other places. Some countries require a quorum of voters to make a vote on a ballot question valid. California might consider the same thing to give these votes greater legitimacy.
2. Number of districts that produce a top-two of the same primary.
This is by far the most important statistic in examining voting results. The theory of the new top-two primary is that it will produce more moderates. That's supposed to happen because in some districts, two members of the same political party will advance to the general election. And they will be forced to compete for the votes of the other party and of independents -- making their conduct in office more moderate.
There are a couple of problems with that theory. One fundamental problem is that it's unclear how many districts are so partisan that they will produce a top-two of the same party. So advocates of the top-two want to see larger numbers of districts that produce a top-two of the same party. By Tuesday night, we should have a clear sign of whether top-two primary has any hope of working.
1. The percentage of eligible voters who show up.
You'll hear lots about turnout figures, but those don't really tell the story. Those represent just the percentage of registered voters who show up. Fewer than half of Californians are registered -- 17.1 million. But 23 million Californians are eligible to vote.
Look at the total number of votes cast and compare to that number.
It's likely that the overwhelming majority of the eligible voters won't participate. And that's the real news of these elections -- most people choose not to participate. There is more of a choice, and message, in that than in the verdicts of the small niche of Californians we know as voters.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Bunk Beds with Stairs or a Loft Bed with Stairs has a bed with stairs at the end of the bed. Parents like the safety that a kids bunk bed with stairs offers and that most feature storage stairs with built-in drawers on each step. Another option would be a loft bed or bunk bed with steps. These also have stairs on the end of the bed, but with drawers built-in to the side of the staircase.


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Trombone Shorty joins stellar lineup of blues musicians to play for the President
— Latest From Emmy Award-Nominated "In Performance at the White House†Series
Also Features Keb Mo, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and More, Airing February 27 —
WASHINGTON, D.C. — "In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues†is a PBS special taped in the East Room of the White House celebrating Blues music. President and Mrs. Obama will host the concert event on Tuesday, February 21 in recognition of Black History Month. The evening will include program host Taraji P. Henson and performances by Troy "Trombone Shorty†Andrews, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark, Jr., Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Keb Mo, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, with Booker T. Jones as music director and band leader. (Program subject to change.) The sixty-minute television special is produced by WETA Washington, D.C., the flagship public broadcaster in the nation's capital, in association with The GRAMMY Museum®, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC). The television special is part of the Emmy Award-nominated PBS "In Performance at the White House†series and will premiere Monday, February 27 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).
"In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues†will honor the musical form that sprang from the Mississippi Delta and flourished in the Westside of Chicago with deep roots in Africa and slavery. The performances will explore those roots and pay homage to the great figures of the Blues and the songs they made famous by tracing the influence of the Blues on modern American music from soul to rock'n'roll. This event, including the President's remarks, will be available for press via the White House Press Corps pool feed and streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov/live, www.pbs.org/whitehouse and www.blackpublicmedia.org. The program will also be broadcast at a later date via the American Forces Network to American service men and women and civilians at U.S. Department of Defense locations around the world.
"It is our ongoing delight to bring this concert series to the American people in collaboration with the White House,†noted Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president and CEO of WETA. "This event marks the forty-eighth production of the WETA 'In Performance at the White House' series and continues to demonstrate how public broadcasting brings rich cultural experiences to a wide audience.â€
"The Blues are not only the most American of art forms, but the fundamental inspiration for some of the most important artists of our generation,†said Paula A. Kerger, president and CEO of PBS. "Since 1978, 'In Performance at the White House' has spotlighted some of our nation's best performers, and celebrated our nation's heritage. The upcoming special on the Blues continues in this tradition and celebrates music born out of struggle that touches the soul and inspires the mind and holds a unique place in American arts.â€
"The quintessentially American tradition of the Blues, which combines African roots with New World sensibilities, speaks eloquently to our unique history as Americans, reaching back to the founding of this nation during a time of slavery.  It is an honor to bring the songs and great performers of the Blues to the White House and to the American public in a broadcast during Black History Month,†commented Jacquie Jones, executive director of the National Black Programming Consortium (NPBC).
"This concert at the White House celebrates the musical contributions that the Blues have made to our culture,†said Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. "Through public media, all Americans are able to explore and experience this unique part of our country's heritage.â€
Educational Program with the White House
In addition to the evening concert, the afternoon of the concert taping the White House will host "At the Crossroads: A History of the Blues in America,†an educational workshop for middle and high school students from across the country, held in the State Dining Room. The event will be produced by The GRAMMY Museum® and led by Robert Santelli, executive director of The GRAMMY Museum®. Santelli is a leading musicologist and music educator who will give the participating students an overview of the origins of the Blues, discuss important artists from throughout its history, and cover the genre's evolution from African American spirituals and work songs to its influence on the chart-topping hits of today. Santelli will be joined by special musical guests who will share their experiences as well as answer students' questions. The White House "At the Crossroads: A History of the Blues in America†workshop will be streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov/live, www.pbs.org/whitehouse and www.blackpublicmedia.org.
"At the Crossroads: A History of the Blues in America†will be accompanied by a broader educational program, also developed by The GRAMMY Museum®, consisting of visits to Greater Washington-area institutions and a special student press conference where student journalists will be able to question production staff for articles in their school's newspapers. In addition, The GRAMMY Museum® will offer downloadable curriculum and educational materials for middle and high school teachers, available at www.grammymuseum.org and www.pbs.org/whitehouse. This is the fourth educational workshop at the White House that The GRAMMY Museum® has organized, in cooperation with the "In Performance at the White House†concert series.
"In Performance at the White House†Series
"In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues†will be the eighth "In Performance at the White House†program during President Barack Obama's administration. From February 2009 to the most recent broadcast in November 2011, these latest "In Performance at the White House†events have honored the musical genius of Stevie Wonder and Sir Paul McCartney; celebrated Hispanic musical heritage during Hispanic Heritage Month; marked Black History Month with events featuring the music from the Civil Rights Movement and Motown; explored the rich roots and resiliency of Country music; and spotlighted Broadway and the unique spirit of the American musical. The star-studded line-ups have included Marc Anthony, Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Jamie Foxx, José Feliciano, Dave Grohl, Herbie Hancock, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Alison Krauss Nathan Lane, John Legend, Eva Longoria, Lyle Lovett, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Smokey Robinson, Darius Rucker, Seal, Jerry Seinfeld, Esperanza Spalding, Elaine Stritch, James Taylor and Jack White.
"In Performance at the White House†has been produced by WETA since 1978 and spans every administration since President Carter's. The series began with an East Room recital by the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Since then, "In Performance at the White House†has embraced virtually every genre of American performance: pop, country, gospel, jazz, theatre and dance among them. The series was created to showcase the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation's most famous home. Past programs have showcased such talent as cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, dancer/choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov, popular music singers Linda Ronstadt and Alison Krauss, the United States Marine Band, soul and jazz singers Natalie Cole and Aretha Franklin, leading Broadway performers, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
"In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues†Production
"In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues†is a production of WETA Washington, D.C., in association with The GRAMMY Museum®, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC).  The executive producers are Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson for WETA; and Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of The GRAMMY Awards®, and Robert Santelli, executive director of The GRAMMY Museum®, for AEG Ehrlich Ventures.  The producer is Renato Basile. The program director is Louis J. Horvitz.  The music director is Booker T. Jones.  The "In Performance at the White House†series was created by WETA Washington, D.C.  The series producer is Jackson Frost.  Foundation support is provided by The Annenberg Foundation and the Anne Ray Charitable Trust.  Major funding is also provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS and public television viewers.
For more information about "In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues†visit www.pbs.org/whitehouse. An electronic press kit, including downloadable talent photos for promotional use, is available at pressroom.pbs.org. To follow "In Performance at the White House†on Twitter, use hashtag #PBSipwh.
WETA Washington, D.C., is the third-largest producing station for public television. Other WETA productions and co-productions include "PBS NewsHour,†"Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal,†"The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize†and documentaries by filmmaker Ken Burns, including the premiere this fall of "The Dust Bowl.†More information on WETA and its programs and services is available at www.weta.org.
The GRAMMY Museum® pays tribute to music's rich cultural history. This one-of-a-kind, 21st-century Museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music, the creative process, the art and technology of the recording process, and the history of the premier recognition of excellence in recorded music — the GRAMMY Award. The GRAMMY Museum® features 30,000 square feet of interactive and multimedia exhibits located within L.A. LIVE, the downtown Los Angeles sports, entertainment and residential district. Through thought-provoking and dynamic public and educational programs and exhibits, guests will experience music from a never-before-seen insider perspective that only The GRAMMY Museum® can deliver. More information is available at www.grammymuseum.org.
AEG Ehrlich Ventures is led by Ken Ehrlich, and is a division of AEG, one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. For more than 25 years, no individual has produced more music related and non-traditional programming for television, as well as single and multi-artist and concept specials for network, cable, syndication and home video programming than Ken Ehrlich. With hundreds of hours of highly acclaimed specials to his credit, from the annual GRAMMY Awards®, which he has produced since 1980, to a yearly slate of award shows including his fifth and most recent Emmy Awards show in 2008, Ehrlich's credits are unmatched.  Ken began his career with public broadcaster WTTW in Chicago, creating and producing the seminal music series "Soundstage.†More recently for public broadcasting, he co-produced "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement†in 2010, which had the White House debut of Bob Dylan. More information is available at www.aegworldwide.com.
The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) was founded in 1979 and is dedicated to developing black digital authorship and distributing unique stories of the black experience in the new media age. Since 1991 NBPC has invested more than $7 million dollars in iconic documentary productions for public television; trained, mentored and supported a diverse array of producers who create content about contemporary black experiences; and emerged as a leader in the evolving next-media landscape. NBPC distributes engaging content online at BlackPublicMedia.org, and via broadcast through its AfroPoP: The Utimate Cultural Exchange documentary series; and facilitates the community engagement project Public Media Corps (PMC). More information is available at www.blackpublicmedia.org.
PBS, with its 356 member stations, offers all Americans — from every walk of life — the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and online content. Each month, PBS reaches more than 124 million people on-air and online, inviting them to experience the worlds of science, history, nature and public affairs; hear diverse viewpoints; and take front row seats to world-class drama and performances. PBS' broad array of programs has been consistently honored by the industry's most coveted award competitions. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. PBS' premier children's TV programming and Web site, pbskids.org, are parents' and teachers' most trusted partners in inspiring and nurturing curiosity and love of learning in children. More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org Web sites on the Internet.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 and is steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,100 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services. More information about CPB is available at www.cpb.org.


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Jocks Are Brain-Dead, Nerds Are Fat, Stoners Are in Jail
Football brain! Marijuana narcs! Mosquito booze! Grandparents driving! Children sleeping! Teens drinking! Pediatricians lecturing! Big forks! And killer homemade drinks that kill! It's your Monday Health Watch, where we watch your health—no-nonsensically!
- A new study found that if you played football or did some other thing to give yourself head injuries, then you're much more likely to get dementia when you're old. Could be any traumatic brain injury, but if you're going to get one, why not do it in a fun way, like football? Unless you don't think football is fun, which it's not, what with all the hitting.
- Have you heard about the new federal memo on medical marijuana that makes it sound like the feds are going to start cracking down on legal weed again? It's better that you don't.
- Drinking booze gets you bit by more mosquitoes. And chicks. Gotta sacrifice, man.
- When are you safest in a car? When your grandparents are driving. Unless they're dead.
- Letting your child sleep in your bed will not harm their "intellectual or social development." Unless you're dead.
- Binge drinking can do permanent damage to the memories of teens—especially teenage girls. Dude that is so perfect. All that "statutory" shit, you know.
- Turns out that heavy, overweight teens are the ones who aren't getting talks from their doctors about how overweight they are and how they better stop eating so fucking much before they catch diabetes and a heart murmur and girls don't like them and they never get picked at sports and they have to waddle and they can't wear cool clothes and, hey, newsflash, kids, Big Pun died young and I bet he didn't think that was so cool no matter what he said on rap records about getting lots of girls, don't you think the money and the fame played a bigger factor in that than his massive girth, which was, in all likelihood, a negative indicator of his pimping status, rather than a positive one? I mean use your head. For not eating.
- If you use a big fork, you eat less. Yeah right.
- In Ecuador, bootleg liquor just killed 21(!) people. Man. At least they went out in true party person fashion: blind, hypoxic, and smelling of methanol and death.
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- All Lexington One students must complete Alive @ 25 to be eligible for a school parking permit. (See bottom of this page for more information about Alive @ 25)
- Students may purchase parking permits from the student services office at a cost of $25. Students will park in parking spaces on a first-come, first-served basis. Seniors will have designated parking area.
- All vehicles should be locked with no valuables left inside. The school assumes no responsibility for a vehicle and its contents.
- Vehicles are not to be operated on campus in any unsafe manner or at speeds in excess of 15 m.p.h.
- Any theft or damage should be reported immediately to the office and to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
- The parking lot is off limits during the school day. This includes class changes and lunch. If an emergency arises, a student needs to get permission from an administrator before going to the parking lot.
- Students are to park cars and come inside the building. There is to be no loitering in the car or parking lot in the morning or afternoon.
- You may not leave the student parking lot before the end of the school day without signing out or showing an early dismissal permit.
- Students may not park their cars at an angle taking up more than one parking space.
- No students may park in the teacher's parking lot.
- No student may register a car and then give his/her parking permit to another student.
- A student must present his/her South Carolina driver's license when purchasing a parking permit. The parent/guardian must sign the parking permit application. .
- Student operated vehicles are not to be located on campus without a current parking decal properly displayed on the vehicle. This decal must be placed on the rear view mirror. Replacement decals will be full cost.
- The first five single rows of parking spaces are reserved for Seniors Only. Any space outlined in yellow is for coaches and staff.
- Parking in the Honors parking area is off limits except with a displayed Honors parking decal.
Any student found to be in violation of parking lot regulations will be subjected to
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4th offense- suspension from parking at WKHS for remainder of school year
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Students may NOT transport other students while commuting to and from LTC or any other Lexington 1 campus. The following disciplinary action will take place if students violate this rule:
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If any violations are received from law enforcement while driving to or from another Lexington District One school, Midlands Technical College, USC, or an internship, driving privileges for that travel will be subjected to suspension for the remainder of the semester. This will be strictly enforced.
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New IPR Import Restrictions Sought on Mirrors with Internal Illumination
The International Trade Commission received March 8 on behalf of Electric Mirrors LLC and Kelvin 42 LLC a petition requesting that it institute a Section 337 investigation regarding mirrors with internal illumination and components thereof. The proposed respondents are located in Canada and the U.S.
Section 337 investigations primarily involve claims regarding intellectual property rights violations by imported goods, including the infringement of patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Other forms of unfair competition involving imported products, such as misappropriation of trade secrets or trade dress and false advertising, may also be asserted. The primary remedy available in Section 337 investigations is an exclusion order that directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to stop infringing imports from entering the U.S. In addition, the ITC may issue cease and desist orders against named importers and other persons engaged in unfair acts that violate Section 337, including selling infringing imported articles out of U.S. inventory.


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Application-Specific Integrated CircuitsMichael John Sebastian Smith
ISBN 0-201-50022-1 * Hardcover * 1040 pages * 1997
PREFACEIn 1988 I began to teach full-custom VLSI design. In 1990 I started teaching ASIC design instead, because my students found it easier to get jobs in this field. I wrote a proposal to The National Science Foundation (NSF) to use electronic distribution of teaching material. Dick Lyon helped me with preparing the first few CD-ROMs at Apple, but Chuck Seitz, Lynn Conway, and others explained to me that I was facing a problem that Carver Mead and Lynn had experienced in trying to get the concept of multichip wafers adopted. It was not until the publication of the Mead-Conway text that people accepted this new idea. It was suggested that I must generate interest using a conventional format before people would use my material in a new one (CD-ROM or the Internet). In 1992 I stopped writing papers and began writing this book — a result of my experiments in computer-based education. I have nearly finished this book twice. The first time was a copy of my notes. The second time was just before the second edition of Weste and Eshragian was published — a hard act to follow. In order to finish in 1997 I had to stop updating and including new ideas and material and now this book consists of three parts: Chapters 1-8 are an introduction to ASICs, 9-14 cover ASIC logical design, and 15-17 cover the physical design of ASICs.
The book is intended for a wide audience. It may be used in an undergraduate or graduate course. It is also intended for those in industry who are involved with ASICs. Another function of this book is an "ASIC Encyclopedia," and therefore I have kept the background material needed to a minimum. The book makes extensive use of industrial tools and examples. The examples in Chapters 2 and 3 use tools and libraries from MicroSim (PSpice), Meta Software (HSPICE), Compass Design Automation (standard-cell and gate-array libraries), and Tanner Research (L-Edit). The programmable ASIC design examples in Chapter 4-8 use tools from Compass, Synopsys, Actel, Altera, and Xilinx. The examples in Chapter 9 (covering low-level design entry) used tools from Exemplar, MINC, AMD, UC Berkeley, Compass, Capilano, Mentor Graphics Corporation, and Cadence Design Systems. The VHDL examples in Chapter 10 (VHDL) were checked using QuickVHDL from Mentor, VSystem Plus from Model Technology, and Scout from Compass. The Verilog examples in Chapter 11 were checked using Verilog-XL from Cadence, VSystem Plus, and VeriWell from Wellspring Solutions. The logic synthesis examples in Chapter 12 were checked with the ASIC Synthesizer product family from Compass and tools from Mentor, Synopsys, and UC Berkeley. The simulation examples in Chapter 13 were checked with QuickVHDL, V-System/Plus, PSpice, Verilog-XL, DesignWorks from Capilano Computing, CompassSim, QSim, MixSim, and HSPICE. The test examples in Chapter 14 were checked using test software from Compass, Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys and Capilano's DesignWorks. The physical design examples in Chapters 15-17 were generated and tested using Preview, Gate Ensemble, and Cell Ensemble (Cadence) as well as ChipPlanner, ChipCompiler, and PathFinder (Compass). All these tools are installed at the University of Hawaii.
I wrote the text using FrameMaker. This allows me to project the text and figures using an LCD screen and an overhead projector. I used a succession of Apple Macintosh computers: a PowerBook 145, a 520, and lastly a 3400 with 144 MB of RAM, which made it possible for me to create updates to the index in just under one minute. Equations are "live" in FrameMaker. Thus,
book thickness = #pages x 0.0015 in./page = (1000) (1.5 x 10– 3) = 1.5 in.can be updated in a lecture and the new result displayed. The circuit layouts are color EPS files with enhanced black and white PICT previews created using L-Edit from Tanner Research. All of the Verilog and VHDL code examples, compiler and simulation input/output, and the layout CIF that were used in the final version are included as conditional (hidden) text in the FrameMaker document, which is approximately 200 MB and just over 6,000 pages (my original source material spans fourteen 560 MB optical disks). Software can operate on the hidden text, allowing, for example, a choice of simulators to run the HDL code live in class. I converted draft versions of the VHDL and Verilog LRMs and related standards to FrameMaker and built hypertext links to my text, but copyright problems will have to be solved before this type of material may be published. I drew all the figures using FreeHand. They are "layered" allowing complex drawings to be built-up slowly or animated by turning layers on or off. This is difficult to utilize in book form, but can be done live in the classroom.
A course based on FPGAs can use Chapter 1 and Chapters 4-8. A course using commercial semicustom ASIC design tools may use Chapters 1-2 or Chapters 1-3 and then skip to Chapter 9 if you use schematic entry, Chapter 10 (if you use VHDL), or Chapter 11 (if you use Verilog) together with Chapter 12. All classes can use Chapters 13 and 14. FPGA-based classes may skim Chapters 15-17, but classes in semicustom design should cover these chapters. The chapter dependencies — Y (X) means Chapter Y depends on X — are approximately: 1, 2(1), 3(2), 4(2), 5(4), 6(5), 7(6), 8(7), 9(2), 10(2), 11(2), 12(10 or 11), 13(2), 14(13), 15(2), 16(15), 17(16).
I used the following references to help me with the orthography of complex terms, style, and punctuation while writing: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition, 1996, Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, ISBN 0-87779-709-9, PE1628.M36; The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993, ISBN 0-226-10389-7, Z253.U69; and Merriam-Webster's Standard American Style Manual, 1985, Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, ISBN 0-87779-133-3, PN147.W36. A particularly helpful book on technical writing is BUGS in Writing by Lyn Dupré, 1995, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-60019-6, PE1408.D85 (this book grew from Lyn Dupré's unpublished work, Style SomeX, which I used).
The bibliography at the end of each chapter provides alternative sources if you cannot find what you are looking for. I have included the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and Library of Congress (LOC) Call Number for books, and the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for journals (see the LOC information system, LOCIS, at http://www.loc.gov). I did not include references to material that I could not find myself (except where I have noted in the case of new or as yet unpublished books). The electronic references given in this text have (a last) access date of 4/19/97 and omit enclosing <> if the reference does not include spaces.
I receive a tremendous level of support and cooperation from industry in my work. I thank the following for help with this project: Cynthia Benn and Lyn Dupré for editing; Helen Goldstein, Peter Gordon, Susan London-Payne, Tracy Russ, and Juliet Silveri, all at Addison-Wesley; Matt Bowditch and Kim Arney at Argosy; Richard Lyon, Don North, William Rivard, Glen Stone, the managers of the Newton group, and many others at Apple Computer who provided financial support; Apple for providing support in the form of software and computers; Bill Becker, Fern Forcier, Donna Isidro, Mike Kliment, Paul McLellan, Tom Schaefer, Al Stein, Rich Talburt, Bill Walker, and others at Compass Design Automation and VLSI Technology for providing the opportunity for me to work on this book over many years and allowing me to test material inside these companies and on lecture tours they sponsored; Chuck Seitz at Caltech; Joseph Cavallaro, Bernie Chern, Jerry Dillion, Mike Foster, and Paul Hulina at the NSF; the NSF for financial support with a Presidential Young Investigator Award; Jim Rowson and Doug Fairbairn; Constantine Anagnostopolous, Pin Tschang and members of the ASIC design groups at Kodak for financial support; the disk-drive design group at Digital Equipment Corp. (Massachusetts), Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems for financial support; Ms. MOSIS and all of the staff at MOSIS who each have helped me at one point or another by providing silicon, technical support, and documentation; Bob Brodersen, Roger Howe, Randy Katz, and Ed Lee of UC Berkeley for help while I was visiting UCB; James Plummer of Stanford, for providing me with access to the Terman Engineering Library as a visiting scholar, as well as Abbas El Gamal and Paul Losleben, also at Stanford, for help on several occasions; Don Bouldin at University of Tennessee; Krzysztof Kozminski at MCNC for providing Uncle layout software; Gershom Kedem at Duke University for the public domain tools his group has written; Sue Drouin, José De Castro, and others at Mentor Graphics Corporation in Oregon for providing documentation and tools; Vahan Kasardjhan, Gail Grego, Michele Warthen, Steve Gardner, and others at the University Program at Cadence Design Automation in San Jose who helped with tools, documentation, and support; Karen Dorrington and the Cadence group in Massachusetts; Andy Haines, Tom Koppin, Sherri Mieth, Velma Miller, Robert Nalesnik, Mike Sarpa, Telle Whitney, and others at Actel for software, hardware, parts, and documentation; Peter Alfke, Leslie Baxter, Brad Fawcett, Chris Kingsley, Karlton Lau, Rick Mitchell, Scott Nance, and Richard Ravel at Xilinx for support, parts, software, and documentation; Greg Hedmann at NorComp for data on FPGAs; Anna Acevedo, Suzanne Bailey, Antje MacNaughton, Richard Terrell, and Altera for providing software, hardware programmers, parts, and documentation; the documentation group and executive management at LSI Logic for tools, libraries, and documentation; Toshiba, NEC, AT&T/NCR, Lucent, and Hitachi (for documentation); NEC for their visiting scholar program at UH; Fred Furtek, Oscar Naval, and Claire Pinkham at Concurrent Logic, Randy Fish at Crosspoint, and Gary Banta at Plus Logic — all for documentation; Paul Titchener and others at Comdisco (now part of Cadence Design Systems) for providing design tools; John Tanner and his staff at Tanner Research for providing their tools and documentation; Mahendra Jain and Nanci Magoun, who let me debug early prototypes at the IDEA conference organized by ASIC Technology and News; Exemplar for providing documentation on its tools; MINC for providing a copy of its FPGA software and documentation; Claudia Traver and Synopsys for tools and documentation; Mentor Graphics Corporation for providing its complete range of software; Alain Hanover and others at ViewLogic for providing tools; Mary Shepherd and Jerry Walker at IEEE for help with permissions; Meta Software for providing HSPICE; Chris Dewhurst and colleagues at Capilano Computing for its design tools; Greg Seltzer (Model Technology) and Charley Rowley for providing V-System Plus with online documentation prototypes; Farallon and Telebit for the software and hardware I used for early experiments with telelectures. Many research students at the University of Hawaii helped me throughout this project including: Chin Huang, Clem Portmann, Christeen Gray, Karlton Lau, Jon Otaguro, Moe Lwin, Troy Stockstad, Ron Jorgenson, Derwin Mattos, William Rivard, Wendy Ching, Anil Aggarwal, Sudhakar Jilla, Linda Xu, Angshuman Saha, Harish Pareek, Claude van Ham, Wen Huang, Kumar Vadhri, Yan Zhong, Yatin Acharya, and Barana Ranaweera. Each of the classes that used early versions of this text at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have also contributed by finding errors. The remaining errors are mine.
Links to figures, software, code, problem solutions, and other resources for this book may be found at:
Michael John Sebastian Smith
Palo Alto and Honolulu, 1997


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Here's something you never knew you needed in your life: an iPhone/Android phone dock that actually dances to the beat of the music it plays. Called Shimi, it's the sort of stupid silly fun that makes robots adorable.
Developed by Tovbot, Shimi the bot can read the beat of music, recognize gestures and facial expressions using the phone's camera and can even keep you updated on the happenings on Twitter and Facebook. Watch the video above, Shimi goes from looking like an eyesore to completely unnecessary to oh man, I gotta have one in about half a minute. It's a digital pet with more rhythm than you.
Though Shimi is currently just a prototype, Tovbot will be showing off Shimi at Google I/O. Dance on, botman. [Tovbot via The Next Web]


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The seven-time Olympic medalist and her husband, photographer Sacha Brown, are expecting their second child in July, Beard confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
"We are so excited to add to our family! During my first pregnancy, I was sick the whole time and felt awful," the swimmer, 31, tells PEOPLE.
"So far this pregnancy has been a lot easier. I've only been sick a couple of times and I have way more energy."
Also delighted by the news is soon-to-be big brother Blaise Ray, 3.
"He's so excited. He keeps telling me how he is going to hug and kiss the baby and help me take care of [him or her]," says Beard.
She jokingly adds, "We will see if that actually happens!"
Beard won two gold, four silver and one bronze medal during her career and is a four-time Olympian. Currently sponsored by Aqua Sphere, she is also the author of the memoir In the Water They Can't See You Cry.
She and Brown were married in May 2009 on Wakatobi, an archipelago in the Banda Sea off southeastern Indonesia.
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As Major League Soccer sits idle this week during the FIFA international break, four teams will battle for the remaing three postseason spots in the Eastern Conference when play resumes next week. On Sunday the Chicago Fire became the second team, along with Sporting Kansas City, to clinch a postseason spot with its 2-0 win against the New York Red Bulls. This is how the rest of Eastern Conference playoff race shapes-up for the remaining three MLS Cup Playoff spots:
COLUMBUS CREW 49 points (14-11-7) 1.53 PPG GF: 40 GD: 0 | Last 5 matches: L-W-L-W-D
The Crew was able to earn a point to stay within striking distance of the Houston Dynamo in fifth place behind Eddie Gaven's late equalizer Sunday against Sporting Kansas City. The Black & Gold will have to win its remaining matches at D.C. United and against Toronto FC at home-- and hope for others to falter-- to make the playoffs for the fifth-straight season. That being said, the Crew's Eastern Conference rivals have a tough road ahead. For example, if the Black & Gold beat D.C. United and Toronto FC, Houston, D.C., and New York will all be forced to get points in their remaining matches.
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HOUSTON DYNAMO 50 points (13-8-11) 1.56 PPG GF: 45 GD: +7 | Last 5 matches: W-D-L-W-D
The Dynamo stayed one point ahead of the Crew with its 1-1 home draw against the Montreal Impact. Up next, Houston will welcome a Philadelphia Union side that has played well as of late to BBVA Compass Stadium, where it hasn't lost all season. The Dynamo closes out the season on the road against the Colorado Rapids. Like the Crew, Houston will likely need six points from its two final matches to ensure its place in the playoffs.
Remaining games: 10/20: vs. Philadelphia Union
10/27: at Colorado Rapids
D.C. UNITED 54 points (16-10-6) 1.69 PPG GF: 41 GD: +9 | Last 5 matches: W-W-W-D-W
D.C. United jumped to third place in the East following Hamdi Salihi's 88th minute goal to beat Toronto FC. United looks to clinch a playoff spot with a win or draw against the Crew on October 20 at home before the club's season finale on the raod agaisnt the Chicago Fire.
Remaining games: 10/20: vs. Columbus Crew
10/27: at Chicago Fire
NEW YORK RED BULLS 53 points (15-9-8) 1.66 PPG GF: 54 GD: +8 | Last 5 matches: W-L-D-W-L
The Red Bulls' playoff hopes could be in jeopardy after Hans Backe's side fell to the Fire 2-0 at home over the weekend. With two difficult games remaing, at home against East leaders Sporting Kansas City and on the road against the Philadelphia Union, New York could miss out on the playoffs if it loses both matches.
Remaining games: 10/20: vs. Sporting Kansas City
10/27: at Philadelphia Union
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Schools serve up summertime meals for students
Some students get no other meals during summer days
Classes are out for the summer, but students still line up for breakfast and lunch at schools across Missouri and Kansas.
For some families, schools provide a key source of nutrition in addition to education. Since the need for balanced meals doesn't go away when classes end for the summer, the free meals don't either.
At Cler-Mont Elementary School in the Fort Osage School District, as many as 300 meals go out to children at breakfast and lunch.
"Our families don't always have the nutritious meals during the summer that they have during the school year, and a lot of kids do stay home during the summer," said Stephanie Smith of the Fort Osage School District. "This is, for us, the opportunity to make sure that kids are having the (most) nutritious breakfast and lunch they can."
The meals are free to children 18 and under, no questions asked. Adults can eat too, for a small fee.
"We don't always have the money to afford everything we need, so this lunch provides us with the food, breakfast and lunch, and it's great," said a student named Allen.
Some children said they're home alone during the day and really look forward to the school meals. Some of them said those meals might be the only ones they get all day.
Regardless of circumstances, children eating at Cler-Mont Elementary School said they like the program.
"My mom appreciates it because she knows we have lunch and everything and it helps her," said a student named Kyrsten.
"Parents, in the economy we have right now, sometimes struggle, so if you don't have to worry about food for Monday through Friday breakfast and lunch, that helps you put that money toward something else you might need," Smith said.
The summer meals are paid for through the state and there are similar programs across Kansas and Missouri.


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Learning Index >> Ceramic Decoration: a selective guide to pots in the collection of the Crafts Study Centre
The most common form of decoration on pottery is a motif or motifs in glaze, slip or pigment, applied by brush. This is true of most fields of ceramic art except, of course, for transfer-printed wares. This selection of pots, plus one tile, demonstrates some of the approaches to brush-painting favoured by eight of the British potters represented in the Crafts Study Centre collection. They are: Alan Caiger-Smith, Michael Cardew, Henry Hammond, Bernard Leach, David Leach, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, William Staite Murray and Mary White. Their work, dating from approximately 1930 to 1990, can now be regarded as the classical phase in studio pottery, a phase in which many makers drew on non-western or historical decorative traditions. Since the 1950s and 60s, subsequent generations of potters working in Britain have questioned the relevance of this attitude and have strived to find broader, often more personal, decorative languages.
Every potter creates his or her own forms, contours, ground colours and surfaces to serve their individual brief, often with mark making in mind. These grounds can be neutral and relatively dry, as in the case of Henry Hammond (No.20, bowl) , and (No.21, bowl) or William Staite Murray (No.27, vase or jar) and (No. 28, bowl) , dark and mysterious as with Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie (No.10, vase) or white, shiny and smooth, as in the work of Alan Caiger-Smith (No.18, large flared bowl) . The British potter whose oeuvre probably exhibits the widest range of forms and grounds for decoration is Bernard Leach; his pots often appear to have been formed primarily as a vehicle for brushwork and became a role model for his many followers.
Large dishes, open bowls and tall jars offer some of the best surfaces for painting on, seen here are three classic types of motif: lettering, plants and animals. The vigour of calligraphic marks and letter forms inspired the work of several potters selected. In particular, Bernard Leach (No.23, rectangular bottle) who looked to ancient Chinese and Japanese writing on scrolls, Alan Caiger-Smith who has studied and written authoritatively on Islamic and other tin-glazed pottery (No.16, bowl) , and Mary White who favours the geometry of Roman lettering (No.29, lettered bowl) . Other familiar motifs have been appropriated by studio ceramists as part of their language; for example, the single weeping tree found in Chinese Song porcelain has been used by a number of potters up to and including David Leach (No.25) . Fishes and long-legged birds - as found in many branches of art from medieval illuminated manuscripts to hand-painted Chinese wallpapers - have long been a theme in ceramic decoration. See Michael Cardew, (No.19, plate) , Henry Hammond, (No.21, bowl) , and Bernard Leach, (No.30, bottle vase) .
The methods of mark making employed in brush-decorated ceramics include painting, drawing, stippling and working with stencils and resists (or barriers), such as brushed liquid wax. To these skills and techniques is added the challenge of controlling the brush on a three-dimensional form, and assessing colour density. In addition, permanent glaze colours appear only when a pot is fired, and can depend on specific kiln conditions, hence the many glaze tests and firing records found in any potter's workshop.


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Chastain,Affleck & Lawrence to Present on OSCAR's Telecast
Academy Award nominees Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence will present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.Academy Award-winner Affleck, who is nominated this year for producing the Best Picture nominee "Argo," won the award in 1997 for co-writing the Best Picture nominee "Good Will Hunting."Chastain, who is nominated for her lead performance in the Best Picture nominee "Zero Dark Thirty," received her first nomination last year for her supporting role in the Best Picture nominee "The Help." Lawrence, who received her first nomination in 2010 for her leading role in "Winter's Bone," is nominated for her lead performance in the Best Picture nominee "Silver Linings Playbook."Affleck, Chastain and Lawrence join a stellar list of previously announced Oscar presenters including Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, Ted and "Marvel's The Avengers" cast members Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo; returning 2011 Oscar winners Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer and Meryl Streep; "Chicago" cast members Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones; special guests Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron; and performers Adele, Dame Shirley Bassey, Norah Jones and Barbra Streisand. ABOUT THE ACADEMYThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards - in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners - the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.
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The Land Rover has scoured the Earth, leaving its footprint on every continent and in the roughest of terrain. In the U.S. market, the Discovery and Defender 90 models have distinguished themselves as off-road, "overlanding" 4x4s. My familiarity with the Land Rover heightened in the mid-'ninties when I participated on 'Team U.S.A.' in the Land Rover Trek event, an intensive, one-day condensed version of the notorious Camel Trophy. Held at Georgia, our competition included a cross-country foot race before dawn, orienteering, a pulley descent on ropes, canoeing, slogging through deep, red clay mud on an all-terrain bicycle, driving Land Rover models in tight courses of mud, and changing tires in this muck. The final competitive segment was teeter-tottering vehicles and timed winching with the Land Rovers. Fortunately, I had the good sense to train vigorously for this event, and our team—Sue Mead, Nick Dimbleby and yours truly—earned a podium finish and trophies. We were pleased with our performance and the ability of the Land Rover, too! Land Rover also sponsored my Tread Lightly midnight presentation before the Eco Challenge participants at Whistler, B.C., an event that helped launch Mark Burnett's production career! This community forum is for Land Rover owners, whether postwar vehicle aficionados and restorers or contemporary owners. There are also many devoted Defender 90 owners, including my friend Bill Burke of 4-Wheeling America. Bill was a Camel Trophy participant, and we co-instructed Tread Lightly 4WD Driving Clinics together. Enjoy building this community of like-minded Land Rover enthusiasts and overlanders!—Moses Ludel


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AP worked with Microsoft on a rich news reading experience to serve as a launching point for AP Mobile on Windows Phone 7 Series this year. A panoramic user experience incorporates news, social networks and photos as a way for people to select the newsmakers that interest them.
"Battle Punks" is a proof of concept based on a game in private beta on Facebook. It demos a social experience that will be possible on Windows Phone 7 Series. It has 3-D customizable characters and social turn-based gameplay, and was developed by Gravity Bear and Mythos Labs.
With simple finger flicks, people can create photo effects like this using the Windows Phone 7 Series Colorizer application. They can then upload the new image with one click to photo-sharing sites such as Windows Live and Facebook.
. Using the Deep Zoom capability in Silverlight, Graphic.ly offers an immersive comic book reading experience on Windows Phone 7 Series that incorporates social interaction, with access to the subtleties of artwork and inking. Graphic.ly is a Microsoft BizSpark One startup partner.
. Microsoft demonstrated an application that highlighted the location and mapping capabilities of Windows Phone 7 Series using the Foursquare Labs social network game service.
Microsoft originally created "Goo Splat" for Zune HD with XNA Game Studio and ported it to Windows Phone 7 Series in under an hour. "Goo Splat" is a casual game that challenges the player to keep the goo from falling to the bottom and prevent the screen from filling up.
." Microsoft's game heritage is on full 3-D display in "The Harvest," a proof-of-concept game that shows Xbox LIVE Achievements, destructible terrain and a 3-D interactive environment. It was developed by Luma Arcade using XNA Game Studio 4.0 in about three weeks of development time.
. With graphics that evoke an old diary with password-protected lock and key, Hush Hush uses Silverlight on Windows Phone 7 Series to enable mixed-media diaries of text, audio, photos and video. Entries appear in a timeline view that pulls in Wikipedia "this day in history" facts and images.
Major League Soccer's application for Windows Phone 7 Series lets fans track their favorite teams in real time, with notifications of game events, game stats and the ability to watch highlight clips via Silverlight and Internet Information Services Smooth Streaming.
Marionette is a fun application built by Archetype International that demonstrates the Accelerometer and audio processing power of Windows Phone 7 Series. Here Microsoft executive Scott Guthrie appears as a talking puppet.
Microsoft partner Seesmic shows the cross-platform capabilities of Silverlight by demonstrating the Seesmic social networking platform on Windows Phone 7 Series, Mac and Nokia. Seesmic is a BizSpark One startup company.
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