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April 7, 2014 12:00 AMWhere: Pittsburgh Golf Club.
When: Tuesday.
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6:32 p.m. WQED, America's first community-supported TV station, marks its 60th year with an anniversary party. Greeting roughly 130 guests upon arrival are Deborah Acklin (president and CEO of WQED Multimedia), Debra Caplan (board chair) and Patricia Harrison (president and CEO for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; also guest speaker for the event).
6:50 p.m. Mayor Bill Peduto and City Councilman Dan Gilman pose for pictures with the crowd, while chatting about their favorite WQED shows. ("Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," anyone?)
7:10 p.m. Elsie Hillman arrives to a flurry of camera lights. She stops to chat with Ms. Caplan and Ms. Acklin.
7:47 p.m. Momentary glitch in the film presentation (Hannah Entrekin saves the day!) is made light by Ms. Acklin joking that if it doesn't work, she will just do "an interpretive dance of 60 years at WQED."
8:10 p.m. "Public broadcasting encourages education and provides in-depth coverage on topics based on research -- not rhetoric," says Ms. Harrison.
8:21 p.m. Running late, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald sneaks in toward the end of the speech, catching emcee Michael Bartley off guard, who enthusiastically says, "Fitz, you're here!" to the laughter of the audience.
8:36 p.m. Seen eating cake are Ellen Donley, Ceci Sommers, Chris and Joyce Moore, Kevin Morrison, Valerie McDonald Roberts, Carole Bailey, Tonia Caruso, Darryl Ford-Williams, Kevin McMahon, Mary Murrin, Karla Boos and Mary Ann Eisenreich.


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There's just something about the LEGO Star Wars series that works. With the first game, released in 2005, developer Traveller's Tales took two great brands, smashed them together and created something instantly familiar yet refreshingly new.
The effort was a grand departure from the vast majority of licensed games, which are often nothing more than transparent attempts to wring a few measly Republic Credits out of an established name. LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars II were both successful ventures -- a rare combination of kid-friendly gameplay that also grabbed the hearts and minds of gamers with more mature tastes.
That's why we were excited to get our hands on the latest member of TT's blocky little family: LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, which pulls LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars II together in one cohesive package.
The Complete Saga is essentially a straight compilation of those games, bumped up to HD-quality and lightly tweaked, and it will be most appealing to people who have never played the games at all or gamers who played one or both but don't already own them.
If you're not familiar with the LEGO Star Wars concept, here's a quick breakdown. The first game covers the "prequel" Star Wars films (Episodes I-III), and the second picks up where its predecessor left off (Episodes IV-VI). Each game is an action/puzzle/platform version of the story segment it covers, fast-forwarding through the highlights of every movie with LEGO approximations standing in for their real-life counterparts.
Rather than simply slap the two games together and forcing the player to choose one from the main menu, TT smartly chose to expand the Mos Eisley Cantina lobby system both LSW games use to move you between episodes.
The Complete Saga drops you into the Cantina to roam as you please - you can mess around in the junkyard, browse the shop, wander over to a two-player arcade arena or jump right in to the game's lengthy story mode.
After you finish the first chapter of Episode I (there are six chapters in each), the intro chapter of each episode is automatically opened for you, so you can skip around from episode-to-episode if you want to play your favorites first.
But LEGO Star Wars doesn't limit you simply playing through the story. We plowed through the game's six episodes in about 12 hours without detouring much for mini-games, arcade play or free play (more on that later). When our eyes refocused, we were surprised to see we'd only completed about 30 percent of the total game. Now that's replayability.
Overall, The Complete Saga is a success. The humor is spot-on, the animation is sharper and shinier than ever, the music and sound are extremely high-quality, and the entire package works on almost every level. The addition of online co-op for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 makes the game's already enjoyable two-person multiplayer that much better.
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Meeks Powers Lakers Past Durant, Thunder 114-110Jodie Meeks scored 24 of his career-high 42 points in the second half, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Oklahoma City 114-110 on Sunday despite a triple-double by Thunder star Kevin Durant.
Anthony's 35 Leads Knicks Over Helpless Lakers, 110-103Anthony scored 35 points, four teammates had at least 13, and New York beat the Los Angeles Lakers 110-103 on Sunday.
Lakers Beat Kings In Sacramento, 106-100Jodie Meeks made two huge 3-pointers in the final minutes to finish with 19 points, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers past the Sacramento Kings 106-100 Friday night in what was expected to their last game before Kobe Bryant returns.
Zach Randolph's Big 4th Quarter Helps Grizzlies Beat Lakers, 89-86Zach Randolph scored 14 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and grabbed 11 rebounds, Marc Gasol had 18 points, eight boards and eight assists, and the Memphis Grizzlies eked out an 89-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night for their first road victory of the season.
Lakers Will Be Patient With Kobe's Return Although the Los Angeles Lakers are still uncertain when Kobe Bryant will be on the court this season, general manager Mitch Kupchak isn't pushing for an answer.
Kobe-Less Lakers Beat Spurs, 91-86 An empty chair sat in front of Kobe Bryant's locker Sunday night, and the Los Angeles Lakers realized they would have to fill it together.
Meeks Helps Lakers End 4-Game Slump With 102-96 Win Over Last-Place WizardsStraining to work out the kinks in an offense coach Mike D'Antoni compared to dancing with two left feet, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers even struggled to put away the Washington Wizards.
Lakers Re-Sign Devin Ebanks, Jodie MeeksThe Los Angeles Lakers re-signed forward Devin Ebanks on Monday and added free agent guard Jodie Meeks.
Clippers Fall To 76ers On Griffin's 22nd BirthdayJodie Meeks scored 22 points and Jrue Holiday added nine of his 20 in the final 6 1/2 minutes, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 104-94 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.


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Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
LAS CRUCES, N.M.--New Mexico State senior Wendell McKines scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Saturday to lead the Aggies to a 71-55 victory over visiting Drake in a BracketBusters matchup at the Pan American Center. McKines, the leading scorer and rebounder in the Western Athletic Conference, set the tone from the start in handing Drake the non-conference loss.
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The Bulldogs are 15-13, 8-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference, while New Mexico State improves to 20-8 overall, and in second place in the WAC at 7-3.
Sophomore Rayvonte Rice (Champaign, Ill.) led Drake with 18 points and pulled down five rebounds. Junior Aaron Hawley (Rogers, Ark.) added 14 points and tied for the team lead with six rebounds. He tied his career high with four three-pointers, and has made 16 in the five games he has started in place of the ill Ben Simons (mononucleosis).
New Mexico State, ranked 23rd in the nation in scoring at 77.7 points per game and 14th in rebounding at 39.6 per game, outrebounded Drake 40-31. McKines leads the WAC in both categories, entering the game with averages of 18.1 and 10.3, respectively.
"They're a big, physical team," head coach Mark Phelps said of the No. 74-RPI ranked Aggies. "They're playing at home and we just didn't have enough to fight and battle and get the win."
Drake fell behind 40-26 by halftime as New Mexico State used its size and athleticism to extend its defense out beyond the three-point arc. An active man-to-man defense with a tall low-post player remaining in the middle caused a struggle for the Bulldogs, who could not establish a rhythm offensively.
"We knew the key to this game was to rebound," Phelps said. "We also had to shrink the floor and make them beat us from the outside. They made seven threes in 13 attempts, so they shot a very high percentage. We weren't able to be strong enough and tough enough on the offensive end to really get the shots we needed and get to the free-throw line. When we did get to the free-throw line, that's something that's been bothering us all year long. We were 12-of-23, so that certainly hurt us."
The Aggies opened the game with a 5-0 lead before Drake came back with five consecutive points, courtesy of a Karl Madison layup and a Hawley three-pointer. From there, New Mexico State embarked on a 14-2 run that grew to 18-5 to build a 23-10 lead before the Bulldogs could get their bearings.
Trailing by 10 or more for much of the first half, Drake rallied with an 8-4 run to cut the lead back to 9, at 33-24. New Mexico State answered with a 7-2 run to produce the halftime score of 40-26.
The Bulldogs opened the second half with three-pointers by Rice and Hawley, sandwiched around an Aggies bucket to cut the lead back to 10. As it had done throughout the game, however, New Mexico State responded and built its lead to as many as 21 points midway through the half.
Redshirt-freshman point guard Karl Madison (Springfield, Ill.) was one of the few Bulldogs who were able to create shots by slashing to the hoop. He scored 8 points, including 4-for-6 shooting from the line, and dished two assists with no turnovers in 31 minutes of play.
"I thought Karl did a nice job," Phelps said. "He didn't turn the ball over one time, and this experience will be good for him as a freshman. It will help a young basketball team like ours. I thought Karl really battled."
Junior Jordan Clarke (Rockville, Md.) scored seven points and tied for the team high with six rebounds.
Drake shot just 34 percent from the field (18-for-53), while new Mexico State shot 48 percent (24-50), the highest by an opponent since Creighton shot 50 percent on January 25. The Bulldogs were 7-of 22 from three-point range (32 percent), while the Aggies shot 7-of-13 (54 percent) from three.
The Bulldogs now set their sights on a strong finish to the Missouri Valley Conference schedule with two regular season games remaining. Drake, tied for fourth place with Evansville and Illinois State, hosts Southern Illinois Wednesday night for Senior Night, seeking to hold its position for seeding in the State Farm MVC Tournament. Drake's final regular season tune-up comes Saturday at Wichita State.
- Junior Aaron Hawley tied a career high with four three-pointers. He has hit that total three times in the five games he has started in place of Ben Simons (mono), and has 16 three-pointers in the five games combined. (3.2/game).
- Hawley has scored in double figures in five consecutive games (12, 12, 10, 12 and 14).
- Drake has not allowed an opponent to shoot higher than 50 percent in its last13 games.
- Today's game was the 2,500th game in the 106-year history of Drake's men's basketball program. The Bulldogs have an all-time record of 1,146-1,354 (.458).
- The Bulldogs are 7-2 now in games played as part of the BracketBuster series, while New Mexico State is 6-1. Entering the BracketBusters weekend, Drake was one of three MVC schools who had seven BracketBusters wins, most by any school that has participated in the 10-year-old series. Drake's 13-3 record in BracketBusters and BracketBusters return games combined is the best of any school.
- The Aggies, a former member of the Missouri Valley Conference, now hold a 17-9 advantage in their series with the Bulldogs.
- Rice fouled out for just the second time this season.


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I had purchased this Motown 45 in 1981 and I remember being blown away by the female vocalist. From what I just discovered from listening to the song on You Tube, it looks like it was first released on Samarah out of South Carolina which means Motown probably licensed it.
Does anyone know more about this one-shot group or who the female lead may be? I have heard some talented and gifted singers cover this song (Shirley Bassey, Linda Jones & Ben E. King instantly come to mind) but I gotta say this girl just but her own brand on this classic tune. Enjoy!


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United are leading the race fo sign the Holland international and Rooney would welcome him at Old Trafford.
"Of course he's a player that I admire," Rooney said in the Daily Mirror.
"He's a fantastic player. He's been amazing for Arsenal over many years. Last season was probably his best season of all. He scored a lot of goals. If he does come here he would be a great addition to the squad."
Asked if he and Van Persie could play together, Rooney added: "I'd like to think so - but you'd have to ask the manager about that.
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Hey! My names Sean XD and if your reading this, it means you're on my profile!, so do me a favour and send me a message so i know your there :)
Anyways, im 16 and a real addict to anime, I've watched over 350 anime by now and am really looking for alot more!
I've seen quite a few so if u send me a recommendation ill send you some as well!
If you know a good anime tell me! but keep it above 1995+I'm sort of picky when it comes to graphics :D
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Oh man, then you would absolutely hate the next season. It's so much more tragic. For some reason I like the romance in the animes I watch to be balanced with some tragedy. Any anime that can bring me close to tears is a winner for me.
My avatar's from CLANNAD: After Story (one of my fave's). Thanks for the recommendations, much appreciated! I'll be sure to watch Please Teacher right after I polish off the last bit of Kanon 2006.
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YouTube loses court battle over music clips
- 20 April 2012
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YouTube could face a huge bill for royalties after it lost a court battle in Germany over music videos.
A court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube is responsible for the content that users post to the video sharing site.
It wants the video site to install filters that spot when users try to post music clips whose rights are held by royalty collection group, Gema.
The German industry group said in court that YouTube had not done enough to stop copyrighted clips being posted.
Rights battle
YouTube said it took no responsibility for what users did, but responded when told of copyright violations.
"Today's ruling confirms that YouTube as a hosting platform cannot be obliged to control the content of all videos uploaded to the site," said a spokesperson for the video site.
"We remain committed to finding a solution to the music licensing issue in Germany that will benefit artists, composers, authors, publishers and record labels, as well as the wider YouTube community," they added.
Gema's court case was based on 12 separate music clips posted to the website. The ruling concerns seven of the 12 clips.
If YouTube is forced to pay royalties for all the clips used on the site it will face a huge bill.
Gema represents about 60,000 German song writers and musicians.
If enforced, the ruling could also slow the rate at which video is posted to the site as any music clip would have to be cleared for copyright before being used.
Currently, it is estimated that about 60 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube worldwide every minute.
YouTube owner Google has yet to comment on the ruling.
The court case began in 2010 and came after talks between YouTube and Gema about royalties broke down. In 2009, the stalemate meant that videos from German recording firms were briefly blocked on the site.
Gema has rung up several victories against sites it has claimed are using music without paying royalties.
In 2009, file-sharing site Rapidshare was told to start filtering songs users were uploading following action by Gema. In March, 2012 a second judgement told Rapidshare to be more proactive when hunting down content pirated by users.
Music streaming site Grooveshark pulled out of Germany claiming licencing rates set by Gema made it impossible to run a profitable business in the country.


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Great day in Blaye
... which he thought were really yummy. Next we went on a wine tour of Blaye and Cote de Bourg. We went to Chateau Roussel and started our tour in the vines. Ben saw the 2 different types of grape leaves: merlot and cabernet Sauvignon. Jon heard that some of the grape vines were 4 years old like Jonny. Some of the other grape vines were 40 years old like Mummy (but not Daddy). We then saw some big metal vats ...
From Chateau to Citadel
... and Daddy loved all the special gardens that had to be seen from high up which had love hearts, daggers and wings! Ben and Jon also loved the catfish in the most and the woods. Ben drew a picture of the maze. After a great visit, we then headed off to Blaye. We went to the Citadel of Blaye. It was constructed to protect the French ...
A day out at the wineries.
... owner who was very keen to speak with us and let us taste his wine. The Reds we found to very light and fruity while the whites were mostly Colombard, Sauvignon or C******nay and quite drinkable. The Rose was not popular. So with a few bottles in the boot we set off for another couple of tastings and some more purchases. Jan & Garry have quite a few visitors arriving in the next few weeks so ...
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Trigger Movement vs. Weight Graph?
Has anyone ever seen graphs published that show trigger displacement along the horizontal axis, and pull weight along the vertical axis?
It wouldn't be hard to measure, and I think it would provide a way to visually display and compare the different characteristics of a trigger pull that we spend so much time talking about, like "take-up", "creep", "gritty", "stacking", "crisp", "overtravel", etc. |
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I've seen graphs like that, but only a very few.
I like the idea a lot, it's certainly true that the "character" of a trigger is often far more important than the actual pull weight. The problem is that until enough people start doing it, the comparison value of the graphs is very limited. What's irritating is that it's extremely likely that all of the big name manufacturers make charts like this for their own use but almost never release them.
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While it might not be overly difficult to measure for a double action revolver, with long trigger pull, for a 1911 there is about 1/16" of initial take-up, with almost zero pull weight, and then the actual trigger pull takes up only a couple of hundredths of an inch. I think it would be impossible to measure and chart a 1911 trigger without some very sophisticated equipment.
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Walther put out trigger travel vs load graphs for the different variants of the P99, otherwise I haven't seen anything.
Some years ago there was a device advertised to make that type of measurement, but I never saw one, nor results listed anywhere. There is one shop that advertises trigger work in terms of "mechanical energy," the trigger travel times the weight of pull. |
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text: Where is the NEW 52 Nightwing Figure? :No plans for a figure in 2013 but we hear you and will consider a figure for the former teen wonder in future waves.What can you tell us about Man of Steel figures and statues?:After seeing that amazing Man of Steel trailer we are even more excited for the movie in summer 2013. So of course DC Collectibles will be joining all the great licensees in producing some nifty movie product. Look out for 2013 Toy Fair and beyond for more announcements as to what types of product (it would be a good guess that Superman is in the mix).Increase of New 52 6" figures (along with questions about Martian Manhunter, female characters, Nightwing etc.):We are going deeper into the New 52 starting in 2013. Look for more figures more frequently at the end of the year as we bring out our bad side just a bit. And you never know when a deluxe figure may show up too!What differences are there between the Justice League 7-pack from individuals?There are a few differences that make either choice special. The Justice League 7-Pack is a great deal for your wallet and your heart. You can give when you get by helping us support the WeCanBeHeroes.org famine relief initiative. A portion of all proceeds for the 7-Pack go towards this great charity effort. And to make the 7-Pack more unique you get a different head sculpt on Superman than his upcoming individual figure. For the individual figures, Cyborg comes with a sonic gun arm replacement and Wonder Woman's figure comes with a sword accessory. Great reasons for both purchases!What artists other than Jim Lee design figures? Burnham? Capullo? Paquette?DC Collectibles has always been dedicated to the creative interpretation of the comic artist. We love our artist specific action figure lines and continue to celebrate the different artists in our Batman Black and White and Superman The Man of Steel lines. In 2014 be on the lookout for some additional artists besides Jim Lee to get the action figure treatment as well.Will you continue the Batman Incorporated figure line?Right now there are no plans to continue since we seem to have met the needs of the majority of fans of the Batman Inc. line. However, we do love our Batman teams so never say never.Broken record time—Arrow action figures? Are they coming?We have a great statue coming in 2013 and if the statue garners strong interest we think action figures would be a great addition in the future. For your Arrow figure fix pick up the upcoming Justice League The New 52 Green Arrow action figure or the 3 ľ" Green Arrow Injustice figure both out in early 2013. But to your question, no currnet plans to produce figures based on the TV show. Will Ame-Comi Mary Marvel ever make its 2013 debut without any decisive delays?We showed the protptype for Mary Marvel at one of our convention and it got a very warm reception. We hope fans continue to support the Ame-Comi line so that we can produce characters like Mary that might not be as well known. Please tell your friends to check out the Ame-Comi line in 2012 and 2013!What data sources do you use to determine which products will get made?We look at how much something has sold in the past (whether a character or type of product) and then we mix in all of the cool upcoming initiatives that DC Entertainment has planned for the upcoming year. We usually plan out a year or two in advance so our crystal ball also helps!Can we influence decisions on what gets made somehow? Like starting petitions?We definitely love hearing from our fans! Besides influencing us with your purchasing, we want to hear from you about what we haven't done for you lately. Petitions aren't really the best way to get that across but trust us; we read all of the comments on our Facebook page. We want to connect with you so be on the lookout for polls on our Facebook page and don't miss the DC Collectibles panels and booth presence at the major U.S. comic conventions to chat with the team.What item was the most difficult to prepare for production & distribution?It is always most challenging when we use materials that aren't standard for DC Collectibles. Metals and electricity are always particularly challenging due to factory limitations. The products that seems to get hit the hardest because of this are prop replicas. Our Bat-Signal prop is a favorites and we hope to improve the technology so that everyone can have their very one working Signal. Another big casualty to production challenges is the often-discussed Dr. Fate helmet replica. Someday we will get it right and hopefully get the helmet into every fan's stocking!How do you decide on pricing? It seems a bit crazy sometimes.Many different things like factory and material costs, along with shipping and distribution costs go into the price of a collectible. We're looking to standardize our pricing in 2013. For example, we might have just a few tiers of action figure prices including a standard figure, deluxe and mega-deluxe figure (like Darkseid). There will always be retailers who offer their own discounts or sales but the pricing that comes from DC Collectibles will be more consistent going forward.


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C1 (Positional gene sets)
Cytogenetic locations were parsed from hugo (October 2006) and Unigene(build 197). When there were conflicts, the Unigene entry was used.
C2 (Curated gene sets)
C2 sets were curated from several sources including:
Online pathway databases: Several online resources provide catalogs of well studied metabolic and signaling pathways as well as functional categories of genes. We downloaded gene sets from 12 such databases into our system.
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BioCarta |
http://www.biocarta.com |
Signaling pathway database | http://www.grt.kyushu-u.ac.jp/spad/menu.html |
Signaling gateway | http://www.signaling-gateway.org/ |
Signal transduction knowledge environment | http://stke.sciencemag.org/ |
Human protein reference database | http://www.hprd.org/ |
GenMAPP | http://www.genmapp.org/ |
KEGG | http://www.genome.jp/kegg/ |
Gene ontology | http://www.geneontology.org |
Sigma-Aldrich pathways | http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/Area_of_Interest/Biochemicals/Enzyme_Explorer/Key_Resources.html |
Gene arrays, BioScience Corp | http://www.superarray.com/ |
Human cancer genome anatomy consortium | [http://cgap.nci.nih.gov/ http://cgap.nci.nih.gov/] |
NetAffx | http://www.affymetrix.com/index.affx |
Biomedical literature: Over the past few years, microarray studies have identified signatures of several important biological and clinical states (e.g. cancer metastasis, stem cell characteristics, drug resistance). These gene sets are valuable biological results. Unfortunately, because gene sets are typically published as tables in a paper, the important biological findings they represent are not easily accessible to computational tools. Our first goal was to convert published gene sets into an electronic form. Towards this we compiled a list of microarray articles with published gene expression signatures. From each article, we extracted one or more gene set from tables in the main text or supplementary information. Notably, our focus was on capturing the identity (e.g. gene symbol, GenBank accession) of all members in a gene set rather than on relationships between individual genes. Currently the process of curating a gene set from the literature is largely manual. In this report we include a collection of 1181 gene sets curated in this manner from 343 distinct PubMed accessions.
C3 (sequence motif gene sets)
We compiled gene sets on the basis of shared regulatory motifs from a recently published comparative analysis of the Human, Mouse, Rat and Dog genomes (Xie, Lu et al. 2005). This database consists of 837 motifs sets including 222 microRNA target gene sets.
C4 (computed gene sets)
We mined 4 expression compendia datasets for correlated gene sets by searching for neighbors (i.e. genes with similar expression profiles across a compendium) of 380 cancer associated genes (Brentani, Caballero et al. 2003). Neighborhoods with <25 genes at a Pearson correlation threshold of 0.8 were omitted yielding 427 sets. This category of the database is identical to that previously reported in (Subramanian, Tamayo et al. 2005).


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On February 8 (2012), eight young boys were slaughtered by American bombs as they tried to keep warm as they tended sheep. NATO apologized and excused themselves by saying, " "The decision to bomb this group was made because they were seen as adult-sized and moving in a tactical fashion", according to the New York Times. Relatives of the boys said that one boy was 12 and several others were younger. NATO countered this: "Our view is that initial assessment suggests them that they are closer to 15 to 16 with one older."
This is not an isolated event. While MWC News readers know this is not an isolated event, those that rely on mainstream media for their news probably don't know about this and the ongoing NATO atrocities that have been happening with disturbing regularity over the past number of years.
On February 4 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism issued a report entitled, "Obama terror drones: CIA tactics in Pakistan include targeting rescuers and funerals".
The report states that since Obama took office three years ago, "between 282 and 535 civilians have been credibly reported as killed including more than 60 children. A three month investigation including eye witness reports has found evidence that at least 50 civilians were killed in follow-up strikes when they had gone to help victims. More than 20 civilians have also been attacked in deliberate strikes on funerals and mourners."
The report also states that unmanned Predator or Reaper strikes occur in Pakistan averaging one every four days. John Brennan, the president's top counterterrorism adviser, argues that the US has the right to unilaterally strike terrorists anywhere in the world, not just what he called 'hot battlefields'. The targeting of rescuers after an initial attack as well as funerals is clearly a deliberate massacre of civilians.
Many legal experts disagree with Brennan. "Naz Modirzadeh, Associate Director of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University, said killing people at a rescue site may have no legal justification.
'Not to mince words here, if it is not in a situation of armed conflict, unless it falls into the very narrow area of imminent threat then it is an extra-judicial execution', she said. 'We don't even need to get to the nuance of who's who, and are people there for rescue or not. Because each death is illegal. Each death is a murder in that case.'
Between May 2009 and June 2011, at least fifteen attacks on rescuers were reported by credible news media, including the New York Times, CNN, Associated Press, ABC News and Al Jazeera.
Overall, there have been approximately 3,000 killed in drone strikes and 175 of those killed are reported to be children. Of 314 strikes, 262 were carried out by Obama.
The Crime
As human rights abuses go, as war crimes go, as crimes against humanity go, the dropping of bombs on populated areas is among the most egregious methods of mass murder in the history of humanity. Aside from recent drone attacks in Middle Eastern countries, many thousands have been slaughtered by NATO or American bombs in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Libya, Lebanon, Grenada, Yemen, Somalia, and Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and all the watchdogs that have the self appointed responsibility for raising the alarm about human rights abuses seem to overlook the dropping of bombs on civilians. They mention it when its status as a crime is not controversial but considering what is actually happening, perhaps it's fair to say they don't want to rock the American boat. The civilians that are killed in these bomb attacks are dead as surely as the Jews that died in Hitler's ovens. They live in terror as the people of New York felt on September 11, 2001 and they live with it on a daily basis.
If you compare this crime with torture, first degree murder, sex crimes or any conceivable crime, none can compare with the terror and suffering that accompanies the dropping of bombs on populated areas. Serial killers stalk, rape, and murder women and its front page news. Psychopaths cruelly carry out their nefarious deeds and it haunts our nightmares. Yet NATO murders as a matter of habit and we don't even notice.
The most outrageous act that has affected public consciousness in the West was the terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York. That was the mother of all terrorist attacks. Those attacks have taken on an air of sanctity, of religious seriousness. There is not much argument from anywhere; those attacks were singularly brutal in their indiscriminate violence and they ripped through the collective consciousness of America. America has been changed by it and unfortunately, that change is not pretty. We are right to view this act with the horror and disgust that is the common reaction to them.
White House Mafia
The President of the United States recently carried out a 'hit' on Anwar al Awlaki. And what did he use to kill this American citizen? He used a bomb. He not only killed Awlaki but anybody that was in the vicinity. Did Obama care about anybody that was in the vicinity? No he did not. Did he care that he carried out an illegal murder of an American citizen?
A week later he killed Awlaki's 16 year old son, again with a bomb that killed anybody near the boy that might have been guilty of being Awlaki's son.
There is no member of organized crime families or street gangs that can come close to the psychopathic callousness found among those in the employ of the American state. Their lofty status does not make them immune from prosecution. Those that have attacked civilians and murdered them are guilty of war crimes. President Obama has joined an exclusive club. A club whose current members include but is not exclusive to Robert McNamara, Henry Kissinger, Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bill Clinton, Paul Wolfowitz.
Given the history, it's not much wonder we've come to expect the murder of civilians as par for the course. But when we consider the open boasting about the current savagery - as Obama basks in the limelight of extrajudicial murder, we may feel as if the most crude 'B' rated movies of late night TV, the movie where a mad man takes over the word, to be prophetic. We don't live in interesting times as much as we live in bizarre times.
To be fair, they do sometimes offer weak justifications for the ongoing mass murders. They will justify it and say that the terrorists are at fault for using human shields. That is why innocent people die. They imagine a scenario where the locals that are defending their invaded homeland (terrorists or 'insurgents) leave the home when the Americans approach, stand in the desert with an AK 47, and let the American bombs rain down on them as they shoot in the general direction of the planes that sail safely through the stratosphere and obliterate them.
Or, they may argue that terrorists live in the village and that the pragmatic utility of killing women and children justify getting the terrorists to save the lives of good clean 'White people'. When arguments are made in such a way, we know we are dealing with rationalizations that are not even vaguely connected to rationality.
In the coming months and years, it is likely that thousands of people; people that are now reading opinion pieces as you are reading this one, people that are being tucked into bed by their parents for a good night's sleep, people that are falling in love and people that are embarrassed because they said something silly, will be slaughtered by American or, NATO bombs. Those people will be guilty of being born in Iran.
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Family business: Taking control without breaking it |
Wednesday 16 April 2014
News Release
Family business: Taking control without breaking it
Passing control from one generation to the next can make or break a family business; and as New Zealand's 'baby boomers' hand over to 'millennials', the risks of getting it wrong have never been greater.
The new PwC research Bridging the gap: Handing over the family business to the next generation is based on its conversations with more than 200 local and global family business members, and it warns next generation family business owners need more support – especially if they're to follow the success of the many leading New Zealand companies that began or continue as family-owned firms.
PwC Partner and Private Business Market Leader Robbie Gimblett says, "A family business transition can be likened to a game of tug of war, particularly given the nature of the family business model where some owners rarely retire.
"The next generation can be ambitious and full of ideas for change and growth, yet many expect to remain in a state of limbo and frustration. More than two-thirds tell us the current generation will find it tough to let go. We came across businesses where the next generation are in their sixties and their father is still running the show in his eighties," adds Mr Gimblett.
The survey finds there is a tendency for some in the older generation to overestimate how well they have run the business, while underestimating their children's ability to do this as competently as they did.
"Many New Zealand family firms face big challenges to their business models given the pace of change regarding global forces, like technological advances, demographic changes and economic power shifts. The children of the older generation wish their parents would embrace technology and be open to new ideas. With the pace of change accelerating, it may be time to give the next generation more credit and control," advises Mr Gimblett.
The report also finds the risks to the family business, or indeed family relationships, are stacked against a successful transition: only 12 per cent of family firms make it to the third generation, with the handover for 'first generation' businesses even more fraught.
"The issues are most marked for those taking over from the founding owner. Twenty per cent of the next generation in these circumstances tell us they're not looking forward to running the family business, compared to less than 10 per cent of respondents as a whole," says Mr Gimblett.
The survey found one of the biggest challenges for the next generation is establishing credibility with colleagues, employees and customers, noted as a concern by 59 per cent.
"Credibility is hard won, with the significant majority saying they have to work harder than others to gain respect and prove they're more than the boss's son or daughter. And even with that hard work, promotion to CEO is also no longer automatic for the next generation, with only 35 per cent confident they would one day have this role.
"The family way of doing business has unique strengths but also unique challenges, as it isn't always easy working with people you're related to. The next generation want the family business to focus more on planning for succession and having conversations that address roles, responsibilities and timings early to ensure their businesses are successful for generations. Interesting times ahead," concludes Mr Gimblett.
Further Resources
Notes to editors:
Methodology: 207 interviews were conducted with the next generation members likely to take over the family business in 21 countries – including 11 from New Zealand – with a focus on those with a sales turnover of more than US$5m. The companies were drawn from a range of sectors, with most of the sample having taken part in the 2012 PwC Family Business Survey. The interviews were conducted between 3 February and 14 March 2014 by Kudos Research, and the results analysed by Jigsaw Research.
Fast facts about the next
• Only 12% of family firms make it to a
third generation, and only 1% beyond the fifth
• The
next generation is ambitious, with 86% wanting to do
something significant and special
• 80% have big ideas
for change and growth
• 88% say they have to work
harder than others to 'prove themselves'
• 59% say
gaining the respect of their co-workers is their biggest
• Only 7% went into the family firm straight
from work, with 31% going to university first and 46%
working for another company before joining the family
• 87% think their parents have confidence in
them and 91% would value their continued input. But as many
as 64% think the current generation will find it tough to
let go.
Why is it important family and private businesses
are successful?
• Family and private businesses
represent nearly 75% of New Zealand businesses
• These
businesses employ around 80% of the workforce
• Many of
New Zealand's most high profile business began as
family-owned firms, or in some cases, continue to be
family-owned firms.
PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details.
© 2014 PricewaterhouseCoopers. All rights


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An Indian Land Middle School 8th-grader has won first prize in a national cartoon contest geared toward teaching youth about the Bill of Rights.
Hayley Schmelzer, 13, was a first-prize winner in the second annual Nationwide Bill of Rights – First Amendment Cartoon Contest sponsored by the California Administrative Office of the Courts and The Constitutional Rights Foundation.
Hayley's submission, one of 1,315 submitted this year, won first prize in the Middle School Comic Strip category.
The community had a chance this week to learn firsthand how the city of Lancaster is disinfecting its wastewater these days.
On Tuesday afternoon, the city hosted a presentation at its Lockwood Lane treatment plant that highlighted its new disinfection system, which is being paid for through a federal principal-forgiveness loan.
City residents and businesses use about 3 million gallons of water per day. That water has to be treated and disinfected before being pumped back into the Catawba River.
Lisa Roddey said she and other members of Catawba Baptist Church have felt the need to serve in a major way, and now believe they've found their outlet.
Catawba Baptist, located on Riverside Road, is the most recent congregation to become part of Family Promise of Lancaster County, which provides shelter for the homeless.
Roddey said church members heard a presentation in March about Family Promise and shortly afterward opted to begin the process of becoming a participant.
Local authorities are investigating whether two separate attacks on pedestrians within hours of each other on April 26 are related.
Deputies first responded at 1:26 a.m. to a Mosteller Drive resident in Lancaster who said he was assaulted as he walked. The 23-year-old man told a deputy he was walking at 1:10 a.m. in front of Mosteller Automotive & Wrecker Service, at 514 Mosteller Drive, when a white Honda Civic pulled up next to him.
Bless Pete, I'm suffering from Osama bin Laden overload.
It's kinda like having to unfasten your britches due to that last piece of pie you just had to have.
Right now, I've had my fill when it comes to reading, watching, hearing and talking about the demise of Osama bin Laden.
Now, the very first reports about him sure seemed like the kind of heroic story old veterans like me yearn for.
The Twin Towers mastermind was finished off in a way that befit his own lifestyle (see Matthew 26:52).
Jarrod Bell is an excellent example of what it means to be a great student.
Not only is the Erwin Elementary fourth-grader good at his studies, but teacher Eron Watts said he always comes to school ready to work, with a positive attitude that motivates his classmates.
"He gives them a helping hand when they are struggling with an assignment or he just says encouraging words to make them feel good," Watts said of Jarrod. "They don't even have to ask for his help; he just jumps in to assist them."
The newly restored historic Lancaster Courthouse is getting a face-lift of another kind outside.
The Lancaster Council of Garden Clubs (LCGC) is coordinating an ongoing project to plant and maintain a flower garden at the courthouse's rear entrance, which faces the Catawba Street courtyard.
This is no ordinary flower garden. The garden will showcase local and state plants, as well as provide a habitat for birds and butterflies. The garden will also include historic components to provide a community learning experience.
KERSHAW – The Orange prevailed in the annual Andrew Jackson High School spring football game on Friday afternoon at Volunteer Stadium.
The Indian Land Warriors' soccer strategy worked like a charm.
IL, 19-4, bolted to a 3-0 halftime lead on the way to a 3-2 win over Broome on Thursday night.
BUFORD – The Central Lady Eagles' 2011 Friday 13th was about monster wins.


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Pattern Review: New Look 6006: Hot Pink Coat
It really did seem like it was meant to be. I'd been eyeing off this hot pink wool coating fabric at Rathdowne Fabrics for months now, and finally got back to the shop with the hope of getting some in my hot little hands. But alas! Just as is always the way when you have left buying the fabric until too late, the pink was nowhere to be seen.
Morosely I cruised the aisles of the store, half-heartedly patting the other fabrics when I heard a squeal from my aunt who was rummaging around the remnant bin at the back of the store. She had found the very last piece of the pink fabric for me. It was coming in at a scant 1.6m, which was a bit smaller a length than I wanted, but we both decided that I'd be able to squeeze the shorter coat out of the length.
Happily I trotted over to the counter, where the woman proceeded to charge me $22.50 for it. "Er, I'm pretty sure the tag said $36", I said (I'm nothing if not honest.) "Don't sweat it, dahl!", she replied. "My mistake, your piece of good luck!"
So there I was, the proud owner of the pink fabric, and I'd paid far less for it than I'd anticipated. I was thrilled, especially since the original price came in at $45 a metre. With visions of pink coats dancing in my head, I got swiftly to work.
Ahhh, it seemed to be going so well. The pattern was easy to follow, the fabric was a dream to sew with, and it came together fairly quickly. It all appeared to be smooth sailing, until after I'd put the lining in. I don't know what the heck went wrong, but that lining was just too darn small. I double-checked my pattern, but it didn't appear that I'd done anything wrong, but when the lining was in the coat it made the back outside of the coat buckle up in the most atrocious manner. I consulted with my aunt, who is quite a sewing gun, and she recalled reading in a BurdaStyle magazine years ago that if the lining is of a tighter weave than the outside fabric, then the aforementioned bunching may occur, as both fabrics cannot find a happy medium in which to relax with each other. For that reason the magazine recommended actually cutting a longer hem on the lining, so you could take it up afterwards if need be on the inside of the garment, without resorting to any drastic measures.
As you may have read, drastic measures were what I took, as I had no intention of unpicking the whole coat, and buying new lining fabric since my lining was obviously too small. Instead I slashed open the lining from the side seam to side seam in the back of the garment so the lining could relax and the garment would hang properly. Once I was satisfied with that fit, I created a patch which I inserted into the lining slash, and carefully hand stitched the original lining onto the patch. It's not pretty, but it did the job. It was, however, rather disappointing to have to make such an alteration.
Other issues I have with this coat: It's nowhere near as fitted as I'd like it to be. I'd made the size 8, but I really needed to grade it down to about a 4 to get the snug, fitted look I prefer in a coat. Also the arms are way too wide and long. And the pockets are far too big - they actually hang down right onto the hem of the coat.
So all in all, you could say I'm not exactly thrilled with how this coat turned out. However, in my opinion, coats are like jeans - you can spend years looking for the perfect one, so I shouldn't have been surprised that this one didn't turn out to my expectations on the first go. By rights I really should have made a muslin, and tweaked away until I was satisfied, but like a fool I rushed right in.
You know how in the Harry Potter books our three intrepid heroes need to tap the Marauder's Map with their wands and announce "Mischief Managed!" in order to make the map look like a blank piece of parchment again? I feel like banging my head against my ill-fitting coat and declaring "Lesson Learnt! Make a bloody muslin!" Oh well, we live to learn again.
Project Details
Pattern: New Look 6006, View C (shorter style)
Fabric: 1.6m hot pink wool coating from Rathdowne Fabrics, 1.6m stretch satin for lining from GJ's Discount Fabrics.
Notions: 1m jacket fusing, 4 buttons from Duttons For Buttons, Harrogate, England.
Verdict: I don't mind this coat (after all, it IS hot pink!) but with the fit issues it'll never be my number one. Sorry coat!
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I'm just wondering if you added ease to the lining both in the width and length. From memory, you need at least 1 inch ease in the lining along the CB. I can't remember how much at the hemline, but the lining and shell should not be the same length. The lining should be longer.
Here's a link to a coat I made. You can see the lining in the photos. Even though my lining is longer, it still isn't long enough. The lining should be hanging over the hem a tad.
The pink does look fabulous though. You could always save it for a really really cold day when you need lots of layers.Oh poor coat, it is a fabulous color on you though. I can't say I'm a fan of new look patterns though and yes definitely a muslin in the future. I did that a while ago with a dress pattern, vintage no less and just made the dress not doing a muslin. I did my typical length a couple inches in the bodice and etc but the dart placement was not ideal and reminded me why muslins are indeed so important!
ReplyDeleteevery single time i tell myself I SHALL MAKE A MUSLIN NEXT TIME, and every single time i do not. i'd like to outsource my muslin-making needs...any takers?
ps perfect fit or no, the coat is all sorts of lovely. i'm actually finding the wide, bunchy sleeves super cute...so know that when you are traipsing through town, the rest of humanity is gazing at you with nothing but admiration.


text: Moleskine lessons learned and tipsKeith Robinson2/21/06 4:00pmFiled to: MoleskineTips4EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkOmar Shahine shares his experiences as well as some tips on his experience using Moleskines. Advertisement It's so weird how a small black book and a nice pen can change things. Since graduating from college I have increasingly gone "all digital". No more paper, vacuum tubes, tapes etc etc. However, in this process I have tried to cram the needs of my life into a set of rather restrictive tools, at least when compared to paper.Any Lifehacker readers out there have some good tips, tricks or lessons learned about their own Moleskine use? Advertisement How the Moleskine Rocked My WorldReply4 repliesLeave a reply


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Some films just can't be summarized in one sentence, and Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle (2004) is one of them. Based on the 1986 novel by Diana Wynne Jones, this tale of a young woman named Sophie and her unlikely relationship with a handsome wizard doesn't take long to venture into all manners of the imagination. Mature, wise and painfully dull beyond her years, Sophie encounters the wizard Howl but doesn't realize he's being pursued by an evil witch; at her hands, she quickly finds herself in the body of a 90 year-old woman. Surprisingly undaunted by her fate, the spry Sophie enters Howl's mysterious castle in an attempt to break the spell. It's also occupied by the young apprentice Markl and Calcifer, a fire demon who powers the castle and seems physically connected to the cursed Howl. Together, these outcasts form an unlikely family unit amid the backdrop of a country caught in a long, senseless war.
I didn't catch Howl's Moving Castle the first time around, as I vaguely recall seeing promotional posters at my local theater but the film showed for less than a week. As luck would have it, Disney released a Special Edition DVD of Howl's Moving Castle in 2006 after earlier Miyazaki releases like Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke generated a solid amount of fan interest. Though most of Howl's Moving Castle isn't as consistently compelling as either of those two, this slice of (mostly) hand-drawn animation is worth seeking out whether you're a die-hard Miyazaki disciple or relatively new to the acclaimed director's vast body of work. Disney's Blu-ray was simultaneously released with My Neighbor Totoro one week ago...and while they make for an unusual double feature, both films certainly have their share of strengths.
It's rare that I watch any film twice before a write-up (time constraints, more than anything else), but this particular presentation of Howl's Moving Castle demanded a second viewing. Not having seen it in several years, I refreshed my memory with the original Japanese audio mix, presented here in DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio. I then watched the film with its English dub, crafted by Disney for its 2006 Special Edition DVD. This yields a dramatically different end result (and one that's not vastly better or worse), partially due to the slightly revised English script and a familiar pool of voice actors. Damning with faint praise? Perhaps…but with no shortage of horrible English dubs out there, this is about as passable as it gets.
So on the audio front, the greatest strength of Howl's Moving Castle on Blu-ray and DVD is that it caters to those on both sides of the fence; likewise, this combo pack includes both formats. Equally reassuring is that its rich visuals look ridiculously good in high definition, from the colorful character designs to a countless number of intricate, detailed backgrounds. Perhaps the only flaw here is a lack of compelling extras; though they're all ported over from the old DVD release, these supplements are either promotional in nature, painfully outdated or...well, just not very entertaining. Luckily, the movie's still pretty good.
Presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, this 1080p transfer of Howl's Moving Castle looks flawless from start to finish. Contrast and black levels are strong, no dirt or debris was spotted along the way and the color palette appears rich and vibrant. Luckily, digital imperfections are also virtually absent, including edge enhancement, banding and compression artifacts. The film's detailed background designs are quite eye-catching and strong enough to warrant the occasional double-take. Overall, Howl's Moving Castle is simply a fabulous looking production which has thankfully been treated with white-glove care.
The audio may not reach the same heights, but it's still quite excellent. For starters, both the original Japanese audio and Disney's 2005 English dub are presented in DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio...and though I usually avoid dubs like the plague, this one's actually quite good. Christian Bale feels slightly out of place here, but many of the supporting voice actors make the most out of the lightly revised script, which should provide curious viewers an interesting alternate experience after they've digested the original Japanese track. Both options feature crisp dialogue, good dynamic range and solid channel separation, while the rear channels favor more of Joe Hisaishi's score than the ambient effects. Overall, both these mixes are a bit more front-heavy than I'd have liked on several occasions...but on the sporadic occasions when Howl's Moving Castle springs to life, this Blu-ray certainly doesn't disappoint. We also get English SDH "dubtitles" and proper English or French translation subtitles, as well as a French Dolby 5.1 dub.
The recycled Japanese extras aren't much to write home about either, though. These include a short collection of vague Trailers & TV Spots and a complete Storyboard Presentation that plays for the entire length of the film. This might be helpful if you're really, really into that aspect of filmmaking, but it only held my attention for a few minutes. All applicable bonus features include optional English subtitles.
Though not without a few nagging faults, Howl's Moving Castle is another confident, entertaining Studio Ghibli film that continues to carry a torch for hand-drawn animation. Showcasing a number of memorable characters, detailed designs and interesting locales, portions of this visual tour de force will stick in your brain for days at a time. Disney's Blu-ray combo pack serves up a near-perfect technical presentation but stalls a little bit on the bonus features, which either makes Howl's Moving Castle a worthy purchase for established Miyazaki fans...or just an expensive demo disc. Either way, this one's Recommended.
Randy Miller III is an affable office monkey by day and film reviewer by night. He also does freelance design work, teaches art classes and runs a website or two. In his limited free time, Randy also enjoys slacking off, juggling HD DVDs and writing in third person.


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Thank you Special Representative Wahlstrom, thank you to all of the panelists for their thoughtful remarks, and thank you to the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting. The United States very much welcomes this debate.
First, let me say that our thoughts and condolences are with the people and Government of Indonesia after yesterday's earthquakes. This is a powerful reminder of the imperative of preparedness and risk reduction. And the apparently relatively limited damage is a powerful testament to the choices Indonesia has made since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2004.
The United States is committed to working with our international partners to reduce disaster risk. We are always reminded of the importance of this issue when we join the international community in responding to devastating natural and manmade disasters, and assist in efforts to rebuild. We have all seen the staggering human and economic impacts of disasters. Disaster Risk Reduction is therefore critical to our broader commitments to sustainable development and must be a cornerstone of economic growth and climate adaptation strategies. The United States continues to endorse the goals and apply the principles of the Hyogo Framework for Action.
Madame Chair, the accelerating trend toward urbanization points to increased disaster risks and new vulnerabilities. Clearly we need to improve our planning and building practices in densely populated areas. Through robust disaster preparedness efforts for urban communities, we can minimize the need for humanitarian response. We commend ISDR for its "Making Cities Resilient" campaign, an effort that seeks to meet this objective.
Strategic partnerships are central to successful international disaster risk reduction efforts. The United States will continue to share experiences from our own efforts on disaster risk reduction with the United Nations, other Member States, regional organizations, the World Bank, NGOs, and other actors in the DRR community. This includes numerous disaster risk reduction initiatives in urban areas. For example, in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, we worked with members of the Haitian diaspora with expertise in urban planning, civil engineering and architecture to assist the Government of Haiti, local communities, and international partners in developing basic natural hazard maps. We also reaffirm our commitment to engage at the grass-roots level to promote greater resilience in communities across all regions of the world.
The United States is committed to the promotion of disaster risk reduction at home and abroad, and we look forward to continued close cooperation with the United Nations, its Member States, and other stakeholders in improving our ability to address all phases of the disaster management cycle, from prevention to preparedness to response and reconstruction.
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The eagerly anticipated cookbook [2] ($21), released Oct. 30 by the Smitten Kitchen [3] blogger Deb Perelman, has plenty of new content to feast your eyes on. Even if you follow the site, this book is made up of about 90 percent unseen recipes [4], all developed and photographed by the Smitten cook herself, for you to fall in love with.
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O.K., So He's Not Sam Walton
Wendy ZellnerAs a director of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the burden sometimes falls upon John E. Tate to grease the skids for the giant retailer in Washington. A former Wal-Mart general counsel, Tate knows plenty of the right people, and capital power brokers certainly know Wal-Mart. But when Tate introduces the company's chief executive, he's often greeted with blank stares. "This guy doesn't look like Sam Walton," their eyes seem to say.
Meet David D. Glass, arguably the most under-recognized CEO in America. Having taken over for Walton in 1988, Glass toils in the shadow of the legendary chairman--and doesn't mind at all. The people in Bentonville, Ark., Wal-Mart's hometown, know who he is. So do the company's 365,000 employees. As for his relative anonymity elsewhere, well, he'd be a fool to compete for attention with Walton, who's no fan of the limelight himself. Glass had to coax him to write an autobiography, which recently drew a $4 million advance.
But don't mistake Glass's humility and soft Missouri drawl for a lack of self-confidence--or power. Glass, 56, is firmly in control of the world's largest retailer. During his four years in the top spot, Wal-Mart has rocketed from $16 billion in sales to $44 billion, surpassing both Kmart Corp. and Sears, Roebuck & Co. in volume (chart). Meanwhile, earnings have grown at a 26% compound annual clip, to $1.6 billion, while Wal-Mart's value on the stock market has soared to $62 billion from $16.8 billion. If the public is unfamiliar with him, Glass isn't bothered: "I have the respect of the organization and am very visible inside."
Given his clout, questions about Glass's leadership are no idle matter, especially with 74-year-old Sam Walton battling an incurable form of bone cancer that has kept him away from management meetings in recent months. Walton, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1989, has been undergoing treatments at several facilities, including the Mayo Clinic. He was unavailable for comment.
ROOM TO GROW. But insiders, suppliers, and analysts close to Wal-Mart seem increasingly satisfied that the discounter is in no danger of fading without Walton's evangelistic zeal. In fact, most analysts think Walton's projection that Wal-Mart will top a remarkable $100 billion in sales by the end of the decade is within reach. Despite its tremendous growth, the retailer has left plenty of territory untouched in the U.S.--not to mention abroad. "You can't replace a Sam Walton," says Glass, "but he has prepared the company to run well whether he's there or not."
Still, Glass faces some huge challenges, many of which Walton never had to contend with. Wal-Mart is now one of America's corporate giants, with all the attendant complexity. Walton's bare-bones corporate culture should defend against the sort of corpulence that undid Sears. But rival discounters, such as Kmart and Dayton Hudson Corp.'s Target Stores, are hardly standing still. And Wal-Mart, with nearly 2,000 stores, is feeling some backlash against its size and clout. Glass's task is to keep Wal-Mart from developing big-company disease--an ailment that can attack even America's brightest stars. Just look at IBM.
So far, though, Glass has allayed most fears about life after Sam. He doesn't rally the troops with the same fervor, "but frankly, you probably remember more of what he said," says Tate. Like Walton, Glass delegates authority well and communicates with a disarming dose of humility. His stern gaze and thick, almost menacing eyebrows belie his considerable charm and dry humor.
Walton recognized Glass's abilities in 1984, when he engineered a job switch between Glass, the chief financial officer, and Jack Shewmaker, the president. While the company denied the two men were being pitted against each other, it was clear that only one would rise to the top. Sources say Shewmaker's trouble was a short fuse and a tendency toward top-heavy decision-making. Glass's collegial style eventually landed him the job.
Nevertheless, the move was a surprise given Shewmaker's charisma, merchandising talents, and close relationship with Walton. The two often hunted together or played tennis. Glass does neither. Although he speaks of Walton with affection and near awe, Glass doesn't socialize regularly with the boss.
But Glass does share Walton's rural, hardscrabble roots. The oldest of three sons, Glass grew up in tiny Mountain View, Mo., which now boasts a golf course and annual tournament named after him. His mother worked for 20 years as a supervisor in a uniform factory, while his father ran a feed mill. "He's still the same old kid he always was, and I'd just whop him if he weren't," says 77-year-old Myrtle Glass, who refers to her son as "Dayne," his middle name. Glass still does his parents' income taxes as well as his own. Until the family feed mill closed, he helped keep the books.
In high school, Glass was a bright, if indifferent, student who would skip school to play pool. After graduation, he joined the Army and landed in New Mexico, where he met 15-year-old Ruth Roberts at a drive-in restaurant. On a bet from his buddies, Glass approached her and got her phone number. When he called later for a date, though, she turned him down. "He called for about three weeks in a row. I weakened," says Ruth. Three months later, they married.
After his stint in the Army, Glass enrolled at Southwest Missouri State University to pursue a business degree. He worked nights as a dispatcher at a trucking company to support his young family and attended school during the day, sometimes nodding off in class.
With his business degree in hand, Glass landed a job in 1960 with a small drugstore chain, J. W. Crank Co. in Springfield, Mo. He helped Crank's open some of the first "super" drug stores and later began leasing counter space for the company in the discount stores that were just emerging. After Crank's, he moved to Austin, Tex., to build a Howard Johnson motel. But he missed retailing and soon returned to Missouri to join grocer Consumers Markets Inc.
While working at these Missouri chains, Glass became acquainted with Sam Walton. At the time, most business-people thought Walton was crazy for building his discount stores in towns that were deemed far too small to support them. With Walton urging him to join Wal-Mart, Glass attended the opening of Sam's second store in Harrison, Ark. On that hot July day in 1964, Walton had arranged for truckloads of watermelons to be stacked in front of the store, with donkey rides in the parking lot. When the watermelons popped in the heat and the donkeys did what donkeys do, the mess was tracked through the store. Glass gave Walton some advice he has long since lived to regret: "I suggested he get into a different line of work." Walton ignored the tip but didn't forget Glass. He hired him in 1976.
THINK SMALL. If Sam is the inspiration at Wal-Mart, it's Glass who provides the detailed execution. Most recently, he has led the charge into groceries and bigger stores. He has also shaped the high-tech inventory systems that drive down Wal-Mart's costs (table).
For all his focus on such lofty matters, Glass never loses sight of the mundane details of successful retailing. Like all senior Wal-Mart managers, he spends at least two days a week visiting the company's far-flung stores. The goal is not to supervise a store's employees, or "associates," as they're called at Wal-Mart, but to listen to their concerns.
Glass is adamant about trying to run Wal-Mart as he would a small company. At management meetings, "I force us to talk about individual stores. In the merchandise meetings, I force us to talk about how individual items are selling in individual stores," he says. It's not enough for a manager to know there's a Wal-Mart store in a particular town. He or she had better know what street it's on and what competitors are nearby.
Glass is equally exacting about costs. "He is one of the tightest men on the face of the earth," says Executive Vice-President Bill Fields. Glass rents subcompacts and shares hotel rooms with other Wal-Mart executives when he travels. At headquarters, he pays a dime for his cup of coffee, just like everyone else. His office in the sprawling red-brick building barely seats three. And there's no fancy executive washroom--though he once enjoyed such amenities for a day or two when his colleagues built an outhouse in his office as a joke.
That's not to say that Wal-Mart hasn't made Glass a very rich man. True, his $710,000 annual salary helped prompt the United Shareholders Assn. to dub him the nation's "most underpaid" CEO. But his 1.5 million Wal-Mart shares are worth $82 million and growing.
Glass hardly lives the life of a millionaire, but he has indulged a few of his favorite interests at home. His house in quiet Bentonville includes a swimming pool and a game room with five TV monitors for watching sports events. And after years of owning Ford station wagons, he now drives a white Lexus. The irony of driving a Japanese luxury car certainly isn't lost on Glass, whose company proudly espouses a "Buy American" philosophy. But he makes no apologies, either. The car was a gift from his family for Father's Day, he says, and that's all there is to it.
Since suffering a heart attack in 1983, Glass has been trying to limit his late nights. His life outside the office revolves mainly around family and sports. He's an avid basketball and baseball fan and attends the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training in Florida every year with his family, which now includes seven grandchildren. His wife, Ruth, a born-again Christian, often travels to speak to church and women's groups. His three children all run retail shops of their own: Dan is in jewelry, Don in sports memorabilia, and daughter Dayna sells children's clothing. The stores are owned by Glass Enterprises, the family's investment vehicle.
Keeping up with Wal-Mart, however, promises to become more demanding than ever. The company is growing at a breathtaking pace--with about 150 discount stores, 40 Sam's Wholesale Club warehouse-style outlets, and 15 supercenters to be added this year. Glass sees no end in sight for Wal-Mart's U.S. expansion, especially since it has just started moving into California and the East Coast. Wal-Mart is even testing the waters in foreign markets, with two stores owned in a joint venture in Mexico.
`NO SUPERSTARS.' Perhaps the greatest obstacle facing Wal-Mart now is its sheer size. Communicating with the company's "associates" will become increasingly difficult. And developing leaders to run the chain is another hurdle. "There are no superstars at Wal-Mart," Glass insists. "We're a company of ordinary people overachieving." But finding enough "overachievers" to handle Wal-Mart's growth will be the hard part.
Now that Wal-Mart isn't a retailing underdog anymore, it also risks resentment from consumers, suppliers, and others affected by its tactics. Critics have long accused Wal-Mart of destroying mom-and-pop retailers, the bedrock of small-town America. And Wal-Mart recently created a storm of protest among manufacturers' representatives when it notified suppliers that it wanted to talk to the companies directly. The reps claim Wal-Mart is illegally trying to grab their commissions. Wal-Mart insists it simply needs to work more closely with vendors to handle an insatiable appetite for merchandise.
Glass isn't backing down. "It's the right thing to do," he declares. "We're agents for our customers. We need to protect their interests. " Now, those words might have come from Sam Walton himself.
HERE'S HOW GLASS AIMS TO KEEP WAL-MART IN THE FAST LANE -- GROCERIES Build more `supercenters,' 50% larger than the biggest Wal-Mart, that carry everything the regular stores do--plus food. Six of them are currently up and running; 15 more to open this year -- BIGGER STORES Make room for wider aisles, rest benches, and other inexpensive customer amenities. Goal: To keep customers shopping longer and drive up Wal-Mart's sales per square foot -- TECHNOLOGY Lower costs through new inventory controls; has already invested $600 million in five years. One system allows 2,000 vendors to see immediately how their merchandise is selling DATA: BW


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CANNELTON – Cannelton City Schools has been able to trim a shortfall in its general fund by more than $200,000 in the past year and could be in the black by the end of 2014.
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