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U.S. Auto Sales May Stall in August as Confidence Slumped
U.S. auto sales failed to rebound in August as confidence sank and prospects dimmed for faster economic growth, prompting at least a dozen analysts to lower estimates for light-vehicle deliveries for this year and next.
August vehicle sales, to be released tomorrow, may have run at a 12.1 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, the average estimate of 14 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The pace averaged 12.5 million in the first half before slowing to 12.2 million in July. The August 2010 sales rate was 11.5 million, according to Autodata Corp.
Tempered projections for output and job gains led analysts surveyed by Bloomberg to trim an average of 900,000 car and light truck sales from their estimates for this year and 2012. The U.S. economy may grow by less than 3 percent through 2013, helping keep the unemployment rate above 8 percent during that span, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
"We're going to grow and things are going to continue to get better, but at even a much slower pace" than before, said Jeff Schuster, executive director of global forecasting at J.D. Power & Associates, which lowered its U.S. auto sales estimates by 300,000 cars and trucks for 2011 and by 600,000 next year.
Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's largest automaker, may report an 11 percent decline in deliveries, the average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. That would be the fourth consecutive monthly decline of 10 percent or more following March's tsunami and earthquake that disrupted production.
Sales may decline 25 percent at Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co., the average of four analysts' estimates. That would be the fourth straight month where sales slid 20 percent or more. General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co., the largest U.S. automakers, may report increases of at least 15 percent.
Annual Estimates
Concerns about the economy and financial markets are further delaying purchases put off during the recession and early recovery, said Schuster, who is based in Troy, Michigan. He is among the 12 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg who have cut their full-year auto-sales estimates since the first quarter.
Deliveries may rise to 12.7 million cars and light trucks this year, the average of 18 analysts' estimates. The average estimate in April was for 2011 sales of 13 million light vehicles.
Industrywide deliveries may climb to 13.6 million in 2012, the average of 15 estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Of the analysts surveyed, 13 have reduced their estimates from earlier this year. The U.S. averaged annual sales of 16.8 million vehicles from 2000 to 2007, according to Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based Autodata.
Confidence Sinks
Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level in more than two years, the New York-based Conference Board said yesterday. The group's index slumped to 44.5, the weakest since April 2009. Gross domestic product climbed at a 1 percent annual rate in the second quarter, less than previously estimated, the Commerce Department said Aug. 26.
GM is unsure of its forecast for at least 13 million industrywide vehicle sales, Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson said at an Aug. 9 analyst meeting. That forecast includes medium- and heavy-duty trucks. August deliveries by the Detroit-based automaker may have climbed 17 percent, the average estimate of seven analysts.
Ford, which said last week it plans to collaborate with Toyota City, Japan-based Toyota on developing hybrid pickups and sport-utility vehicles, may report a 15 percent increase, the average of seven estimates.
Nissan Motor Co., whose better supply of parts has buoyed inventory levels above its Japan-based rivals, may say deliveries climbed 18 percent, the average of four analysts' estimates.
Japanese Inventory
Nissan, based in Yokohama, began the month with 54 days supply of cars and trucks, according to Himanshu Patel, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst. Toyota had 34 days supply of vehicles, while Honda had 27, Patel said in an Aug. 29 report.
"We believe Nissan is using that availability to drive aggressive sales promotions," Brian Johnson, a New York-based analyst at Barclays Capital, wrote in an Aug. 25 report.
Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker majority owned by Fiat SpA, may say sales increased 16 percent, the average of six estimates. The Auburn Hills, Michigan-based automaker ran a no payments for 90 days promotion for some buyers of 2011 and 2012 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram models during the month.
Vehicle prices may ease late in the year as competitors such as Toyota and Honda boost inventory, said Lacey Plache, chief economist at Edmunds.com, an auto-market researcher that has kept its estimates for auto sales at 12.9 million light vehicles this year and 13.9 million for 2012.
Production Returns
"Regardless of what's happening in the overall economy, production is coming back," said Plache, who is based in Santa Monica, California. "This will bring some of these sales which have been deferred back into the market."
Hurricane Irene, which killed at least 40 people and ravaged the East Coast from North Carolina to Maine late in the month, interfered with auto deliveries in states that represent about 30 percent of the total U.S. sales, said Paul Taylor, chief economist at the National Automobile Dealers Association.
J.D. Power lowered its estimate today for the August annualized sales rate by about 200,000 light vehicles to 11.9 million, citing weak confidence and inclement weather.
Some of the sales lost due to the storm may be deferred to September, said Taylor, who is based in McLean, Virginia.
"Dealers had a couple days to get the customers on the phone and find a way to complete deals," he said in a phone interview.
The following table shows estimates for car and light-truck sales in the U.S. Estimates for companies are a percentage change from August 2010, unadjusted for the difference in selling days. Forecasts for the seasonally adjusted annual rate, or SAAR, are in millions of light vehicles.
August had 26 selling days, one more than a year earlier.
GM Ford Chrysler SAARHimanshu Patel NA NA NA 12.1 (JPMorgan) Rod Lache NA NA NA 12.2 (Deutsche Bank) Chris Ceraso 20% 18% 12% 12.1 (Credit Suisse) Brian Johnson 15% 14% 15% 12.1 (Barclays) Peter Nesvold 19% 16% NA 12.3 (Jefferies) Patrick Archambault 11% 14% 10% 12.0 (Goldman Sachs) Itay Michaeli NA NA NA 11.9 (Citigroup) Adam Jonas NA NA NA 11.9 (Morgan Stanley) George Magliano NA NA NA 12.2 (IHS Automotive) Jeff Schuster NA NA NA 11.9 (J.D. Power) Jessica Caldwell 20% 14% 21% 12.3 (Edmunds.com) Jesse Toprak 20% 12% 22% 12.2 (TrueCar.com) Alan Baum NA NA NA 12.2 (Baum & Associates) Seth Weber 15% 14% 13% 12.1 (RBC) Average 17% 15% 16% 12.1 The following table shows selling-day adjusted estimates for company car and light-truck sales as a percentage change from August 2010.
GM Ford ChryslerRod Lache 14% 8.2% 19% (Deutsche Bank) Chris Ceraso 16% 13% 8% (Credit Suisse) Brian Johnson 11% 9.3% 10% (Barclays) Peter Nesvold 14% 12% NA (Jefferies) Patrick Archambault 7.1% 9.4% 5.7% (Goldman Sachs) Seth Weber 11% 10% 9% (RBC)
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|Reviews for The Horse and the Swan
| neFaerieous chapter 29 . 7/2/2006
Ah good, now we've seen that all of them are affected deeply by what lives they had to endure (that'd be Cobryn, Lebryn, and well duh, Guth). I'm curious as to what Lothíriel's thoughts about Gúthwyn are...does she like her, is she just curious, or is it something darker? Also good to see Gúthwyn's recovery continue, such that she does not puke at everything so much and that she finally sleeps knowing she belongs.
Keep up the excellent writing!
| neFaerieous chapter 28 . 6/30/2006
It's torture to read this! Which is the empathetic feeling you are going for, or something like it? 'Bout friggin' time Gúthwyn told Cobryn some of this stuff. His character is probably the best, aside from her wonderful sister, to help her out, and you did an excellent job of summarizing why. Now if her stupid brother would lay off the marriage ideas, she might actually find some resolution...?
| neFaerieous chapter 24 . 6/30/2006
"Éomer stared after her, wondering what had happened to the carefree, innocent sister he had once known."...I'm not buying that he's this ignorant. She told him what happened to her and his character seems to be entirely in the dark about her insecurities, oddities, and fears. It's too off, IMO.
| Grizelda chapter 28 . 6/30/2006
Yep, it's still utterly perfect. Does Guthwyn's physical reaction to her dream mean she's beginning to fight against these negative thoughts? I hope so and I hope there might be a time where she overcomes the darkness tormenting her. She'll never be truly happy until she does. At least she managed not to be sick this time:D
Please keep writing,
| Andi-Scribbles chapter 28 . 6/29/2006
NO! Post them as you finish them! I would've reviewed each chapter individually, but I was out of town for a week... but post them as soon as you finish each chapter- one of the greatest things about this story is posts are written in such a short amount of time! Please don't make me wait! I love this story!
| Orion'slover chapter 27 . 6/28/2006
i love your story, i just havent had time to read and review so i have been reading and ment to review when i had the time. sorry, absolutly love the story. i have a stupid question, sorry, but um... who is she talking to at the end of chapter 27? cant wait til the next chapter.
| Grizelda chapter 27 . 6/28/2006
Hm...me thinks you excel at the art of blackmail...or is it bribery?
Sorry about that, just got a little emotional for some reason. Anyway I must confess the "review" part can be quite difficult: What else is there to say except your writing is exceptionally good. At the bottom of this review window it says I should "comment on an aspect of the story that can be improved". Well there aren't any. It's all utterly perfect.
In fact the only thing I can think of doing is to feverishly conjecture on what is going to happen next. Personally, particularly after Guthwyn's reaction in this chapter, I'm having serious doubts about her ever being able to fall in love again and receive the fairy tale happy ever after which she deserves. Sniff. I really want to give her a hug:(
Anyway, please keep writing and post whenever you can,
| levaya chapter 27 . 6/27/2006
you've got a fan from holland
i absolutely adore your story
please don't wait with posting.
| Elena chapter 27 . 6/27/2006
Um, crazy much? Post them as soon as you can! I understand that you like getting reviews, but please! People will review if they want to. kthnxbai, luv.
| Pen52 chapter 24 . 6/24/2006
And the plot thickens.
Why do I get the feeling that Lothriel is not going to be a pleasant sister-in-law?
| neFaerieous chapter 22 . 6/21/2006
Wonderful as always. Am wondering why Éomer didn't try to stop Tun from leaving before, but glad to know Gúthwyn isn't retreating to a deep depression. Well, you established that the children kept her going. So will your avid readers get a happy (relatively) ending...or at least some single super happy event? Maybe? Maybe she'll suffer a concussion and forget everything! Maybe Tun will return and they'll live happily ever after! Maybe this reader is way too involved in the story and should just stick to the more constructive comments.
Thanks for the continuing entertainment, seriously.
| Pen52 chapter 22 . 6/20/2006
Ok, now I'm confused...
Is it possible that Guthwyn is in love with Tun already and isn't even aware of it?
Sister and brother reunited! And without any proffesional help, no less. ;)
| Andi-Scribbles chapter 22 . 6/17/2006
She's come a long way- being able to cry in front of others. The development is wonderful.*Claps*
*Sigh* Tun's departure better not turn out to be an actual year! Things can happen; he could come back sooner, right? Please? I mean, Guthwyn needs SOMEONE to love! She DESERVES it!
And I don't care if she's forgiven Eomer. I haven't. *angry huff* Stupid, good for nothing... Ahem. Well I guess he just has her best interests at heart. Even if he IS a sodding idiot.
More soon, please, I'm anxious to hear more!
| Andi-Scribbles chapter 21 . 6/15/2006
Crash diet Uncontrollable fear :(
I hope Tun comes back. Seriously, she needs someone to love. Make it better. The poor girl's seen nothing but misery since she was like 12. And she vomits like the 3 year old girl I babysit. Something tells me she won't live another couple of years unless she starts eating like a normal person. Another wonderful chapter- write more very soon!
| Pen52 chapter 20 . 6/14/2006
First of all, the nightmare was just... terrifying. The wiggling maggots and the appearance of a suddenly decomposing Haldor would be enough to drive anyone insane.
The conversation with Legolas was nicely paced. The atmosphere was awkward, even tense at times, but there was an underlining feeling of growing trust and friendship in the exchange that did not go unnoticed. And the air between them was somewhat cleared. Always a good thing.
Brother-sister communication not going well, I see. ;)
Eomer should summon the royal psychologist and schedule a family session. :) Or start groveling real fast...

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Enjoying another win over Argentina
Fun. I am not talking the band -- I am talking about last night. Pristinely clad (for the first time) in our white ensembles, we danced the tango on the blue turf of Riverbank Arena with our Pan American nemesis, Argentina, on Tuesday. It's a dance we've done often, and this time, like in the Pan American final, we won.
It wasn't exactly a pretty dance -- bodies were flying, sticks were colliding and South American tempers were flaring. Katelyn Falgowski and Melissa Gonzalez kept magic at bay, diffusing the spellbinding skill of Luciana Aymar, known as "La Maga" (the magician) of hockey. Their defensive effort, along with that of others, paved our path to a 1-0 victory.
In the end, it took a lot of discipline and a smidge of good fortune to earn the three points we needed to stay in the hunt for a top-two finish in Pool B. But we managed to get the job done and have a bit of fun along the way.
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What are DDD recommendations for inter-domain referencing design?
Should I provide to my "first domain" references to the second domain (and its repository) or there it is better to created upper-level "inter-domain" business service? O
P.S. Just want to cross this smooth water, but can't find anything useful to read in the Internet, and start thinking that for this kind of things exist better term than "inter-domain referencing"... Am I right?
- I have two models/business services (designed as POCO type libraries, where entities resolved using IRepository/EF4) in two different assemblies.
- Semantically first domain is CRM with sell/maintenance process, second domain is metadata that describes selling goods. So there I even could see the "hierarchy" between those two domains.
- Actually each model is effective ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) tool to one and the same DB but to different table sets.
- There are some inter-domain activities e.g. validations.
- I could develop all those inter-domain validations on the "application layer", but they are clear business rules and should be located on the "business service layer " (also I want to have still effective ORM)...
From developer's point of view I have two clear possibilities. But the problem is to understand what kind of Business Service I have when I compose business logic from two different domains.


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I follow the instructions to get my google ID and mine is a slightly different URL then mentioned. What I get is like this, (note I've removed a couple of numbers for privacy)
I try using the 21 digit number as instructed and I get this error "Error fetching feed from http://plusfeed2.appspot.com/100569 (XML error: Mismatched tag at line 5, column 8)....
The examples I've seen haven't had the /u/o/. Has Google changed their URL structures, does the google+ integration still work for everyone else?


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In an ancient and mythological land called Saiunkoku, the people have begun to recover from a period of war and famine; thus, when an official from the imperial court offers the impoverished and beautiful Shuurei more money than she could ever dream of in return for a favor, she jumps at the chance. What she doesn't count on, however, is being asked to become a concubine to the recluse Emperor and help him transform into a better leader. What's more, the Emperor shows little intelligence, seems to have no interest in ruling, and is rumored to prefer men. One thing's for certain: Shuurei has her work cut out for her!
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Supervisor says suspect cut in front of trooper's car
Published: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 9:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 9:53 p.m.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- The supervisor of a South Carolina state trooper accused of striking a fleeing suspect with his cruiser told a federal jury Thursday that the officer initially downplayed the collision, but he knew it was more than a "slight hit" when he watched the video.
But the supervisor, Cpl. James Grant, blamed the collision on the suspect, who he said "intentionally cut in front of a marked patrol car."
Grant testified on behalf of Lance Cpl. Steven Garren, who has been charged of depriving a suspect of his civil rights by using unreasonable force. Garren was chasing suspect Marvin Grant when the collision took place. Garren is white; Marvin Grant is black.
Closing arguments in the federal trial were scheduled for Friday, and the jury will weigh whether Garren intentionally hit the suspect. A conviction could send Garren to prison for 10 years and bring a $250,000 fine.
The supervisor said Garren initially downplayed how hard the suspect was struck in June 2007. It was only later that he reviewed the video.
"When I saw it, it was a lot more than a slight hit," the supervisor said as prosecutors questioned him during the third day of the trial.
Nonetheless, the supervisor defended his trooper, telling the jury that he had never shown signs of violence in the more than a decade the two have worked together. He also placed the blame squarely on the suspect. "It's not an accident. The man intentionally cut in front of a marked patrol car," the supervisor said.
After hitting the suspect, Garren bragged to officers that he had "nailed" him. "Yeah, I hit him. I was trying to hit him," Garren is heard telling a Greenwood County deputy on the video.
The suspect testified hat he was in pain, but was able to run away and elude police.
A video from the supervisor's car showed uncertainty about which agency would handle the investigation. "We don't have a suspect," the supervisor said. "We ain't got him. It didn't happen."
Prosecutors questioned Grant about handling the incident that way. Grant said there was no intention to forget about it, saying that would have "been the wrong way to do it."
As soon as it was clear there was a collision involving a Highway Patrol vehicle, the supervisor said Greenwood deputies knew they would be handling the case because state law prevents the Highway Patrol from investigating their own accidents.
But prosecutors argued the supervisor didn't turn over the video to Greenwood deputies or tell them about the severity of the collision.
Grant said that wasn't his responsibility and would have involved him going around his superiors.
There ultimately was no investigation by local officers. The suspect testified Tuesday that he tried to turn himself in the next day, but was turned away by a Greenwood deputy, who said officers would call him if they needed him. He said that call never came.
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Mobile internet blocking is rife
Warning from Open Rights Group and LSE Media Policy Project
RESEARCH BY PRIVACY CHAMPION the Open Rights Group (ORG) and the LSE Media Policy Project paints a bleak picture of mobile internet browsing, suggesting that it is subject to increasing censorship.
The two groups have released a report on mobile web blocking that they said should serve as a warning to anyone who thinks that we should roll over and accept opt-in adult internet filtering like that proposed by the MP Claire Perry.
The report, entitled "Mobile internet censorship: what's happening and what we can do about it" (PDF), looks at how and where the internet is filtered, and what problems that can cause. In statements the groups said that they had uncovered a heavily walled mobile internet with widespread overblocking, transparency problems and inflexible systems.
Its findings are based on reports to a web site called Blocked.org.uk that is monitored and run by the ORG. In studies carried out earlier this year if found that personal and political blogs, restaurants and even the BBC have been reported as being blocked in the UK for vague reasons.
For example, the seemingly innocuous St Margarets Community web site (www.stmgrts.org. uk), described in the report as "a community information site created by a group of local residents of St Margarets, Middlesex," was "Blocked on Orange and T-Mobile on 8th March".
Also blocked during the period was the web site of French privacy group La Quadrature Du Net. The ORG said that this was blocked by Orange, but added that the ban was swiftly lifted.
The concern here is that with such a slapdash approach to online filtering much more than adult sites will be blocked by default by the main UK ISPs.
"What's most troubling is the breadth of the material blocked by these systems. The categories of material blocked is far broader than just 'pornography' - which is often what the debate focuses on. And the inevitable mistakes add to this problem that far too much material is being blocked," warned Peter Bradwell, campaigner at the Open Rights Group.
"The idea that we can just easily define 'adult' material and simply switch if off just doesn't match reality." µ
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Dear Readers,
I've mentioned my friend Harry before.
He's 86ish and used to golf every day, but one day several years ago he decided he'd had enough and hung up his clubs, or whatever it is you do when you stop golfing.
Harry and his wife, Charlotte, have sat behind me in church for as long as I can remember.
When we built the sanctuary 12 years ago, Harry and Charlotte scoped the place out and chose their spot on the second row, second section on the left, Saturday night service.
I chose my spot on the first row, right in front of Harry.
September 17 marked the 228th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. It's the longest surviving constitution among nations today, perhaps because it protects basic human rights, secures individual liberty and provides checks and balances from an overreaching federal government that would infringe on freedom. It's something to celebrate, but most Americans don't know what it says.
It may still be early in the school year, but some of the "report cards" the state uses to measure academic progress have already begun to arrive.
In general, the news for Kentucky is good, although there is still much room for improvement.
Perhaps the best example of that can be found in the growing number of high school students taking and passing Advanced Placement tests, which provide college credit if the score is high enough.
Once again it's time for a mumbo jumbo, bits of odds and ends column filled with random thoughts and various things I've found and have been saving that are too short for a full-length column yet too good not to use. I hope there will be something helpful to you.
* In a sermon at the church in Tampa we often visit, the pastor talked about fear, a subject I am well acquainted with, although I'm much better than I was.
Kentucky is embarking on one of the biggest infrastructure projects in more than 50 years – developing a robust, reliable, fiber "backbone" infrastructure that will bring high-speed Internet connectivity to every county of the Commonwealth.
The network, called KentuckyWired or the I-Way in eastern Kentucky, will break down geographic and financial barriers to education and economic development by providing affordable, high-quality Internet service to connect Kentuckians to the world.
It may not be celebrated as much as Independence Day, but Constitution Day is arguably just as important. While July 4th recognizes the birth of our nation, Sept. 17th commemorates the day we established the cornerstone of our government and secured our rights as citizens.
In the 228 years since that journey began, the U.S. Constitution has become the oldest charter among the world's major countries and still remains, at 4,400 words, the shortest.
This past week at church we sang the song, "They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love," which made me smile.
Written by a Catholic priest in 1968, I knew the song from my childhood. I have a vivid memory of my little brother singing it -- while beating the tar out of my other brother.
I'm sure neither of my brothers appreciated the irony.
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The Portland Sea Dogs are the AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. The Sea Dogs play in the Eastern League out of Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine. Several minor league teams have come through Maine since 1886, including the Maine Guides, a AAA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. In 1992, Portland was awarded a franchise in the Eastern League due to the two new expansion teams in MLB. The Sea Dogs began play in 1994 as an affiliate of the Florida Marlins. In September 2002, Portland became the Red Sox AA affiliate. Shortly thereafter the team erected the "Maine Monster" in Hadlock Field, mirroring the dimensions of the Green Monster. In 2006, the Sea Dogs captured their first Eastern League championship over the Akron Aeros.
Manager and Coaches
Field Manager: Kevin Boles
Hitting Coach: Rich Gedman
Pitching Coach: Bob Kipper
Athletic Trainer: Brandon Henry
Front Office
Owner: Dan Burke
President/ General Manager: Charlie Eshbach
Executive Vice President: John Kameisha
Vice President/Asst. General Manager: Jim Heffley
Asst. General Manager/Media Relations: Chris Cameron
Asst. General Manager/Sales & Marketing: Geoffrey Iacuessa
Game Day Staff
PA Announcer: Dean Rogers
Audio Technician / Sound Effects / Music: Dave Winsor
Official Scorer: Thom Hinton
Message Board Operator: Dave Bernard
Scoreboard Operator: Tom Clifford
Press Box Assistant / Statistics: Mark Rogers
Head Usher: Dave McConnell
Head Groundskeeper: Rick Anderson
Clubhouse Managers: Craig Candage Jr., Craig Candage Sr., Rick Goslin
Hadlock Field
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Location: 271 Park Avenue, Portland, ME 04102
Opened: April 18, 1994
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iPad: Reading for Research – Papers app and application
On Monday the 29th I taught a workshop on iPad apps for research with Claudia Engel, Academic Technology Specialist for Anthropology, and Regina Roberts, Subject Bibliographer also for Anthro. I presented Papers, an application for conducting research on the mac OS desktop and iOS for iPad and iPhone. Paper is also available on a Windows desktop, [...]Full Story
App Review pages at Stanford Libraries and Med School
A team in Academic Computing Services in Meyer library has been together a nifty page on iOS App reviews. Ranging from productivity, to connectivity, to media development, take a look at the page they've put up. http://acomp.stanford.edu/ios_app_reviews The Med School school here at Stanford has also published a page called MedApps, helping those in medicine [...]Full Story
iPhone Tethering – An iPass Alternative
Stanford's IT Services announced earlier this month that Stanford will no longer subsidize iPass. For iPass users, this is potentially a deal-breaker since the cost has increased from $10 per month to $54 per month. If you have an iPhone with a tethering plan, do not despair. Wherever you can find a 3G connection, you [...]Full Story
On the Road with an iPad
Have you been considering leaving your laptop at home and traveling solely with an iPad on your next trip? An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, iPad: Traveling Cold Turkey, provides you with some insights with regards to the advantages and disadvantages of traveling with an iPad. The author, Louisa A. Burnham, Associate Professor [...]Full Story


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This is my favorite squash for flavor, looks and uses. My plants were large, prolific and easy to grow. I don't have a lot of sun in my yard but they did manage to grow well nevertheless. They took a little longer to mature than if they had more sun. I plant in compost only and that seemed to help production a lot.
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I just picked my first squash yesterday, June 25th. It is the best summer squash I have ever eaten. I just cut it up and steamed it. I happen to be out of butter, so I decided to taste a piece with nothing at all on it. I can't stop eating it! This squash is very large...much larger than a patty pan. I picked it a big green because it was getting so large I thought it might be getting woody, but I could have let it go a few days more. Still, it was really tasty. It has cute little curls at the ends of all the points. A lot of summer squash is very bland, but I really love the nutty flavor of this one!
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What are the pros? FLAVOR!!! prolific
What are the cons? addiction...
WE loved this squash. I will not be growing any other summer squash this season. I am wildly addicted to these and have been dreaming of them since last summer.
The plants form four foot wide mounding habit vines. I got a ton of squash off of the plants. I was eating these every day in July and August. The flavor is creamy and rich. It has notes of a classic squash flavor but a more subtle buttery tone. It has a deeper more complex flavor than ony other summer squash I have tried.
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What are the cons? susceptible to powdery mildew
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- Mathematics
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Educator Preparation: Mathematics, Grades 6–12
- Major requirements and course descriptions are outlined in the Huntingdon College Catalog.
- These programs of study are part of the Department of Mathematics in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Pre-professional Preparation: A strong major to prepare for the professional study of engineering.
Numbers in Action
Combine your quantitative skills with training in logic and the clear communication of ideas with a Huntingdon Mathematics major. Get involved through hands-on experiences that include:
- Huntingdon Mathematics Club
- Kappa Mu Epsilon national mathematics honor society—Huntingdon's chapter active since 1965
- Opportunities to attend regional and national conferences
- Service with Alabama Science Olympiad
- Teacher Candidate clinical experience placements with area schools for those preparing for secondary education teaching careers
- Internships with area businesses and organizations
Why Huntingdon?
Through the Mathematics major, you will acquire a core body of mathematical knowledge, develop your quantitative and analytical skills, and, more broadly, learn to present concise logical arguments in both written and oral form. A degree in mathematics is excellent preparation for studies in areas as varied as engineering, economics, medicine, and law. The flexibility of the requirements at Huntingdon allows you to customize the degree, or combine your course work with a second major, to better prepare you for your postgraduate plans.
- Excellent placement rates into graduate and professional schools
- Flexibility for a second major
- Liberal arts core curriculum strengthens critical thinking and communication skills
- Deepen your studies through the Hobbs Honors Program
- Anneliese Spaeth, Ph.D.
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- Elissa Mays
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- Sidney J. Stubbs, Ph.D.
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- William Young, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics careers abound in science and industry, finance and economics, and even in sports and entertainment. Mathematics is a fundamental tool for engineering, actuarial science, weather forecasting, industrial quality control, computer network traffic analysis (and automotive traffic analysis, as well), marketing, insurance, opinion polling, virtually every field of science (such as chemistry, archaeology, astronomy, medical research, and geology), animation and special effects, communications, and logistics. In addition, the study of mathematics prepares your mind to approach problems logically and to prepare concise yet thorough arguments to support decisions. For these reasons, Huntingdon Mathematics graduates have entered virtually every career field.


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CAMD's members include six nonprofit groups representing patients' interests, 15 pharmaceutical companies, FDA, EMA, and the National Institute on Aging. [spuno - Fotolia.com]
Despite a lot of money, effort, and time, drug development failures for neurodegenerative diseases remain the rule rather than the exception. These failures have led to ongoing debate about the pathophysiology of these diseases, especially Alzheimer disease (AD), making researchers question accuracy of diagnoses, therapeutic targets, the drug development process, and clinical trial design. In particular, experts have cited the difficulty of translating animal models of efficacy to human success, the long timelines for clinical studies, and the lack of efficacy markers.
In response to repeated drug busts, the drug industry came together in a way that flew in the face of the usual institutionalized secrecy surrounding development data. In 2010, a group of major pharmaceutical companies commenced sharing data from failed clinical trials to try to figure out what went wrong in the studies and what could be done to improve drug development.
The Critical Path Institute (C-path), founded in 2005 in Tucson, Arizona, has facilitated this cooperation and data sharing. Through its Coalition Against Major Diseases (CAMD) program, C-path intends to accelerate the development of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases by advancing drug development tools for regulatory approval.
"I think the greatest accomplishment of C-Path is what we have learned from the over 6,000-patient database in 22 clinical trials," Raymond L. Woosley, M.D., Ph.D., president emeritus of C-Path, told GEN. "At the end of the year (2011) we looked at the aggregate data and found you couldn't even tell the average age of a study patient because the investigators had recorded data in different ways. Neither were the cognition scales and endpoints in the clinical trials consistently recorded."
C-path manages an industrial consortia of companies willing to share precompetitive knowledge and work in support of projects that are identified as high priority by the FDA and are in the interest of public health. Since 2005, over $20 million in grants and $10 million in contributions have been received to support its work. To serve as a neutral and trusted third party for collaborators, C-Path says that it does not accept money from organizations that develop products regulated by the FDA or that would create a real or perceived conflict of interest.
Created jointly by C-Path and the Engelberg Center at the Brookings Institution, CAMD's members include six nonprofit groups representing patients' interests, 15 pharmaceutical companies, FDA, EMA, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and representatives from academia.
Broadly stated, the CAMD's initial work involves the sharing of clinical trial information by its corporate members to generate the core information needed to build new disease models that represent populations. These models incorporate data from concurrent research as well as biomarker information from other research efforts. CAMD has the active participation of the FDA and its commitment to review data for possible qualification. The coalition plans to seek qualification for these models and biomarkers and place them into the public record to enhance research and drug development.
In 2010, seven of CAMD's member organizations agreed to share their data from 11 recent AD clinical research studies. Data was standardized, pooled, and made available to qualified researchers around the world. They invested significant in-kind resources to remap the retrospective data to the new format that is now part of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) standard.
Those organizations included Abbott Laboratories, Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Sanofi-Aventis. C-Path also worked with Ephibian to build a secure online data repository. Data from additional drug makers and the NIH will be added in the future, according to CAMD.
Increasingly, CAMD's approach integrates a "disease model" and a "drug model," which together are used to simulate and design clinical trials with a greater chance of success. During the process, participants remapped their data to the new CDISC standard and combined them into a 6,000-patient database now being actively used by CAMD to test initial scientific results before formal submission to the FDA. To generate new data for this number of patients would cost millions of dollars and take more than six years in new clinical trials, the institute says.
"One of the things we learned was that getting the data was just the first step," Dr. Woosley noted. "For example, no drug could have ever been found effective in these studies because many of the patients never progressed. Looking at trial data, it was all over the place.
"Once you got 6,000 patients in a usable database, at the first cut last December, we were able to produce a quantitative disease model that would allow us to track progression in three different patient subsets: nonprogressors, slow progressors, and rapid progressors. So for future studies you can design a study with adequate power and duration and identify an effective drug.
"To me," Dr. Woosley added, "it demonstrated that the industry was willing to put in the time to get the work done to understand the data well enough to merge it. Setting data standards was our biggest accomplishment."
CAMD has made some considerable progress thus far. It is evaluating Parkinson disease (PD) clinical trial data from NINDS, GE Healthcare, and the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases under the new CDISC Parkinson disease data standard. This data will be used to further develop and enrich a Parkinson disease model first developed by the FDA.
The coalition also aims to create a similar pooled database for tuberculosis, and the data will be available to all the participating drugmakers and outside researchers with a valid scientific question. Beyond data sharing and cooperating in the development of clinical data standards, CAMD is also helping FDA define the qualification process for drug development tools.
As CAMD moves further toward its goal of developing and qualifying the most modern tools and methods for AD and PD studies, drug developers may have more confidence that shared resources will enhance their ability to design meaningful clinical trials for neurodegenerative disorders.
Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is a principal at BioInsight Consulting.
Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is a principal at BioInsight Consulting.
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Austrian Marcel Hirscher topped the standings after the first leg of the men's World Cup giant slalom in Alta Badia on Sunday.
Hirscher, the defending World Cup champion in the discipline, timed 1min 18.14sec down the famed Gran Risa slope, 0.22sec ahead of French racer Alexis Pinturault.
American Ted Ligety, double giant slalom world champion, was in third at 0.41sec.
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The Dig - Midis?
Hey everyone!
I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find MIDIs for The Dig, if they are available anywhere.
Thanks in advance! :)
There are no MIDIs for the Dig - all the music was pure audio. There may be some fan-made ones out there, somewhere... but I've never seen any.
There was a soundtrack CD released if you just want the music to listen to.
Unless he was asking about the existence of MIDI adaptations of The Dig's soundtrack, in which case I thank him for that pleasant waft of concentrated 1995.
Also: http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com
Then again, those aren't MIDIs.
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Lattice corneal dystrophy type 1
Other Names for this Disease
- Corneal dystrophy, lattice type 1
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cornea, the clear outer covering of the eye. In order to see properly, the cornea must remain clear. In LCD1, a protein, known as amyloid, builds up in a layer of the cornea called the stroma. Symptoms usually become apparent in childhood or adolescence and may include separation of layers of the cornea (corneal erosions), decreased vision, photosensitivity, and eye pain. LCD1 is caused by mutations in the TGFBI gene and is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Treatment focuses on relieving erosions with antibiotics and bandage contact lenses. If treatment is not successful and erosions become recurrent, phototherapeutic keratectomy to smooth the corneal surface and corneal transplant may be considered.[1][2]Lattice corneal dystrophy type 1 (LCD1) is an eye disorder that affects the
Last updated: 5/13/2016
- Natalie A Afshari, Stuart I Brown. Lattice Corneal Dystrophy. Medscape. Sep 22, 2014; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1193793-overview.
- lattice corneal dystrophy type I. Genetics Home Reference. April 2012; https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/lattice-corneal-dystrophy-type-i.
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- Genetics Home Reference (GHR) contains information on Lattice corneal dystrophy type 1. This website is maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
- The National Eye Institute (NEI) was established by Congress in 1968 to protect and prolong the vision of the American people. Click on the link to view information on this topic.
- The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has a report for patients and families about this condition. NORD is a patient advocacy organization for individuals with rare diseases and the organizations that serve them.
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- Medscape Reference provides information on this topic. You may need to register to view the medical textbook, but registration is free.
- The Monarch Initiative brings together data about this condition from humans and other species to help physicians and biomedical researchers. Monarch's tools are designed to make it easier to compare the signs and symptoms (phenotypes) of different diseases and discover common features. This initiative is a collaboration between several academic institutions across the world and is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Visit the website to explore the biology of this condition.
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders. Each entry has a summary of related medical articles. It is meant for health care professionals and researchers. OMIM is maintained by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- Orphanet is a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. Access to this database is free of charge.
- PubMed is a searchable database of medical literature and lists journal articles that discuss Lattice corneal dystrophy type 1. Click on the link to view a sample search on this topic.
Other Names for this Disease
- Corneal dystrophy, lattice type 1
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Miasto Ryglice leży w powiecie tarnowskim w województwie małopolskim.
History of the Jewish community The first references concerning the Jewish population of the town of Ryglice are connected with one of the legends about the beginning of the town. According to the legend, the name Ryglice derives from the town's wealthiest Jew, Rygel. Yet the legend does not seem to be probable, because in the period when Ryglice was mentioned for the first time, there are no references to the Jewish population. The version which seems to be more reliable is the one according to which the name derived from "ryglowanie drogi" ("barricading the road") . The Jews settled down in the town in the first or the second half of the 14th century. It is believed that the Jews had been living here since the time king Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir III the Great) granted town privileges to Ryglice. It was he who had to issue proper privileges allowing for the Jewish settlement, however, there are no documents that could confirm this information . The visitation records of the Ryglice parish mentioned Jews in 1699. On Sundays and during holidays, a Jew of unknown name used to build a booth where vodka and beer were also sold. Consequently, the parson was ordered to get rid of the Jew from the bell tower, so as not to profane it. The Jew had to be on very good terms with the then parson, Sebastian Pawlikowicz, if he was allowed to trade and to sell alcohol in the church bell tower. Unfortunately, the documents give us no insight into how the history ended. It is known, however, that a new parson of Ryglice, Walentyn Dymalski, was appointed the same year . A new wave of Jews from Germany came to Ryglice Municipality toward the end of the 18th century; in 1830, there were 375 Jews in Ryglice. The peasant uprising took place in 1846. Rumors about planned murders of the peasants and the Jews were spread in the region. The inhabitants of Ryglice were frightened. Two Jewish bakers, Mendel Fenchel and Mojżesz Klappholz, as well as Izrael Salamon informed the cyrkuł (in the past, a territorial unit) about the situation. As a result, on February 10, a few people were arrested in Ryglice, and the presbytery of the parson Józef Orłowicz was searched. For the denunciation, the starost (county governor) Breinl offered a reward to the three Jews . The report of the hearing of the Chevau-légers Wachtmeister from Ryglice, Antoni Kopecki, dates from
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First mentions of Ryglice date back to 1301. In the mid-14th century, there was already a parish. In the same period, the village noted substantial economic development, which was related to its location on the route to the Kingdom of Ruthenia. At that time, probably first Jewish settlers arrived, who later largely contributed to the development of local trade and crafts.
It remains unknown when Ryglice received a city charter. Since 1432, there was a village council, and a market square operated, where fairs were held every second Wednesday. At that time, Mikołaj from Burzyn was the owner of Ryglice; in the 15th century, the town partly belonged to the Sulimczyk family, which had their estates in the area. In 1581, Piotr Łyczko owned Ryki.
During the Swedish Invasion (1655-1660), the town was plundered and partly destroyed. The local peasants moved into fight with the invader. However, the Swedes were relieved by the Prince of Transylvania György Rákóczi II. Ryglice were seized again and demolished. The church was burnt down, the inhabitants murdered and an economic decline followed.
In 1768, the area was of the centres of the Bar Confederation. In 1772, Ryglice was incorporated to Austria. It no longer had the status of a city and was merely a village which belonged to the Potocki family. Kazimierz Leśniowski bought it in 1803.
A noticeable economic developed of the settlement could be observed from 1815 and the village regained its city charter in 1824. A market was held each Friday, and once a month a fair was. At the end of the 19th century, first industrial plants were established, among others a water sawmill with a mill, owned by Stefania Szczepańska. At that time also the old roads from Tuchów through Ryglice to Jodłowa and from Janiny to Swoszowa were extended. Prior to 1914, a branch of the Stefczyk's Credit Union and a Machinery Ring operated in the town. Also underground and semi-legal patriotic associations emerged, such as the Bartoszowe Squads or the Polish Rifle Squads. In 1904, the owner of Ryglice invited the Sisters of St. Dominic.
World War I brought huge damages to the town and its surroundings, as the front line was settled there. The Russian army entered Ryglice in November 1914 and occupied the town until May 1915. On Christmas Eve 1914, a great batt
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As Members of the United States Senate who are committed to the economic advancement of women around the globe, we are profoundly troubled by recent proposals that would fundamentally alter the future of Bangladesh's Nobel Prize-winning Grameen Bank.
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Children eager to track Santa Claus on his annual yuletide
journey to homes across the world can download a new mobile
app from the North American Aerospace Defense Command
The new app for Windows 8, called NORAD Tracks Santa, is part
of a 57-year-long holiday tradition at NORAD of tracking
Santa. It will allow children to keep up with him on their
mobile devices and joins similar apps for iOS, Android and
web apps.
"Every December 24th since 1955 we have been telling children
exactly where Santa is so that children all over the world
can make sure that they're in bed on time so that Santa will
deliver their presents," explained Stacey Knott, a deputy
chief at NORAD, U.S.-Canadian military organization based in
In addition to tracking Santa's location on Christmas Eve,
the app also shows cameos from his route across major
landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wall of China.
During the countdown to the big night, children can also use
the apps to play games and watch videos.
NORAD's involvement dates back to a 1955 advertisement in a
local Sears, Roebuck & Co department store asking
children to call Santa directly. But the phone number in the
ad contained a typo.
Instead of reaching Santa's private phone, the children
gained direct access to the Continental Air Defense Command,
NORAD's predecessor.
"Any call that came though on this line was typically the
chairman, or the secretary of defense, or even the
president," Knott said.
Colonel Harry Shoup was working that Christmas Eve when the
first child called.
"This little tiny girl's voice said, 'Is this Santa?'" Knott
explained. "[Colonel Shoup] looked around because he thought
someone was playing a joke on him, but then he talked to the
girl's mom and realized what had happened."
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and French.
Last year, NORAD fielded over 102,000 phone calls and 7,700
Knott said NORAD relies heavily on partners and volunteers to
run the project.
"We have 1,200 volunteers who will come in and will tell
people where Santa is located," she added.
So, how does Santa deliver all those gifts in one night?
"Number one, Santa flies faster than starlight," said Knott.
"But we're not completely sure how he does it. It's a little
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Venus Williams limped to a three-set comeback victory, overcoming a groin injury to defeat Sandra Zahlavova in the second round of the Australian Open.
The fourth-seeded Williams, the last American woman remaining in the tournament, won 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 6-4 today at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
Williams, 30, screamed in pain as she reached high to hit a backhand shot on the last point of the first set. She then took a nine-minute injury break before limping slowly back onto the court for the second set.
"I just had a groin problem and I pulled it severely and it hurt a lot," Williams said in a televised interview as she came off the court following the win. "It was just really shocking and acute."
Zahlavova, a 25-year-old from the Czech Republic, is ranked 97th in the world. She has never advanced beyond the second round of a Grand Slam tournament.
Williams has never quit in the middle of a Grand Slam match. She moved gingerly at the start of the second set before gradually working her way back into the match.
"I just got off the court, got some treatment and calmed down," Williams said. "Clearly, I wasn't moving as well, but when I got my racket on the ball I hit some winners."
Andy Roddick had 17 aces as he advanced to the third round with a straight-set victory. Roddick, at No. 8 the highest-seeded American man in the tournament, won 7-6 (9-7), 6-2, 6-3 against Igor Kunitsyn of Russia on the third day of the tennis tournament.
Berdych, Verdasco Advance
Joining Roddick in the third round were No. 6 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and No. 9 Fernando Verdasco of Spain. Verdasco overcame a two-set deficit and fought off three match points to defeat Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic.
Roddick's countryman, No. 16 Mardy Fish, lost 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the second round to Spain's Tommy Robredo.
"When you're confident, the court just makes sense, decisions come easier to you," Roddick said in a news conference. "A lot of it comes naturally. There's not a whole lot of thought process. You're not forcing a lot. The ball kind of, I guess, reacts the way you want it to."
Women's top seed Caroline Wozniacki, seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin and former champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round with straight-set victories.
Denmark's Wozniacki needed 58 minutes to win 6-1, 6-0 against American Vania King, while No. 11 Henin of Belgium was a 6-1, 6-3 winner in 61 minutes against Briton Elena Baltacha. Henin had 22 winners to Baltacha's six.
Russia's Sharapova, the 2008 Australian Open champion and the No. 14 seed this year, won 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 against Virginie Razzano of France.
Defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland, who claimed a men's record-extending 16th major title in Melbourne last year, meets France's Gilles Simon tonight.


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From: Suzanne ODowd
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kitnknit 7y agoI was looking for the perfect carrot cake recipe for my daughter's first birthday cake. I found it! Everyone kept telling me how delicious this cake was and all had seconds. One woman said it was the best cake she ever had. Extra points for being full of carrots--people noticed and approved. I wasn't looking for a low fat cake, I was looking for a cake that wasn't so junk foodie and made with all white flour. Because of this, I made a couple adjustments. I included 2 of the yolks in the cake instead of just the 6 whites. I also used milk instead of buttermilk. Actually (truth be told) I realized I didn't have milk so I used half and half! But it only called for a 1/2c, I think, so no big deal. Note to moms: This recipe works great doubled as a huge sheet cake. I left it in the fridge overnight and cut it to make a number 1 shaped cake and then frosted and decorated it. Pair this with a real cream cheese frosting and you've got a winner! I will be making this again...and again! Thanks!