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Florence has provided the idyllic backdrop to many a romantic movie, and it's easy to see why. Around the tumbling Arno River magnificent feats of historic architecture vie for attention, proudly boasting treasured artworks by the Italian masters.
Take in breath-taking vistas from the splendid Renaissance dome of Florence Duomo. Relive the romantic encounter of Lucy Honeychurch and George Emerson in A Room With A View by the beautiful Ponte Vecchio Bridge, and share in the protagonists' awe as you admire celebrated frescoes by Giotto and Gaddi inside the stunning Santa Croce Basilica. Then make your way to the world-renowned Galleria dell'Accademia to behold the sculptural majesty of Michelangelo's David. Or sit back with a frothy cappucino at a pavement café and watch stylishly-attired Florentines saunter past. Gaze at the amber-gilded ripples of the Arno during a sunset stroll, then tuck into hearty Tuscan stew washed down with chilled Chianti.
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Mark Wahlberg has vowed never to change his body shape for a film again after he was left feeling "absolutely miserable" as he slimmed down to play a drug addict in new crime drama The Gambler.
The Fighter star shed 61 pounds (27.7 kilograms) for the role by sticking to a liquid diet for four months, but the big lifestyle change left the action man in a constantly bad mood.
His physical transformation was so drastic, director Michael Bay thought the actor really was on drugs when he called him back to the Transformers: Age of Extinction set for reshoots.
Wahlberg says, "I basically didn't eat anything. I was miserable for four months, but then I had to put it all back on because I had to do additional shooting for Transformers, and when Michael Bay saw me, he was like, 'Dude, are you smoking crack? What's wrong with you...?'
"I was miserable, absolutely miserable. Nobody wanted to be around me and I don't ever want to do it again."
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"Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)," a monumental silkscreen by Andy Warhol, is heading to a New York City auction where it could fetch more than $60 million.
The piece belongs to Warhol's "Death and Disaster" series and captures the immediate aftermath of a car crashing into a tree. It measures 8 feet by 13 feet.
Sotheby's is offering Warhol silkscreen on Nov. 13. The auction house says it is one of only four "Car Crash" works of that scale and the only one remaining in private hands. Sotheby's says the work has been in the same collection since 1988.
Warhol's "Green Car Crash" holds the record for the artist. It sold for $71.7 million in 2007 at Christie's.


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John Campbell, Sr., age 88, of Abilene, (former longtime resident of Sweetwater), passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Coronado Nursing Center in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ward Hayes officiating. Burial will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home. John was born on July 9, 1924 in Roscoe. He married Edna Hillis on July 9, 1948 in Roscoe. He worked for the City of Sweetwater for 30 years. His survived by his son, John Campbell, Jr. and wife Peggy; daughter, Shirley Hook and husband Jack; grandchildren, Karen Hook, Brad Hook, Amy Foust Ward, Casey Campbell and Jason Campbell; five great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and other family members. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Edna; and daughter, Judy Campbell Foust; and several brothers and sisters. Pallbearers will be family members. The family would like to thank the staff of Coronado Nursing Center, Integra Care Hospice and Doctors Lindsey, Parker and Bruton and their staff.


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Mariachis played at City Hall when Gloria Molina was sworn in 25 years ago as a city councilwoman, a nod to her Mexican heritage. The emotional ceremony feted Molina, the first Latina to be elected to the council.
She was also the last Latina elected.
While Hispanic men have become a powerful force around the horseshoe at City Hall, the impact of Hispanic women has yet to be felt.
But that may be changing. Two Latina politicians, Nury Martinez and Cindy Montanez, said this week they will run for City Council next year to represent the southeast San Fernando Valley.
They're part of a larger crop of Latinas seeking council seats next spring, a group that also includes former City Hall staffers Ana Cubas and Ana Grande.
The women say the number of strong Latina candidates seeking office is encouraging. But it's also a frustrating reminder of their lack of representation at the City Council since Molina's departure in 1991.
"It just makes L.A. look bad," said Cubas, Councilman Jose Huizar's former chief of staff who is running for the open downtown council seat. "The city is 50 percent Latino, and we're supposed to be progressive and a liberal city."
Latinas' lack of progress at City Hall is in contrast to the gains made on the state and national levels.
Between 1996 and 2010, the number of Latina elected officials increased 105 percent, three times as fast as the number of their elected male counterparts,
according to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
Following the Nov. 6 election, five Hispanic women will serve in the California Assembly, although none kept positions in the state Senate. Nine Latinas will hold office in the 113th Congress.
Locally, Latinas have influential positions at the Department of Water and Power and Los Angeles Unified School District. And arguably the most powerful woman to regularly pass through City Hall is Maria Elena Durazo, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and a Latina.
"You see Latinas doing well, except at the City Council level," said Fernando Guerra, director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University.
Latinas aren't the only group who've been under-represented at City Hall. Only one Asian-American councilman has served at City Hall in the council's history, despite Los Angeles' growing Asian population.
And following Janice Hahn's departure for Congress last year, Councilwoman Jan Perry is the lone female serving on the council. Just a decade ago, five councilwomen held court at City Hall.
Not enough women are running for City Council seats, believes Cubas, which is impacting representation for Latinas.
"It's not a Latina issue, it's a women issue," she said.
Molina, who has served on the Los Angeles County Board Supervisors for more than 21 years, remembers the hurdles of getting endorsements when she ran for council, because her gender was seen as a barrier to politics.
And during her time at City Hall, she tried to get Latinas elected to the state level, but recounts being laughed out of her colleagues' offices.
Molina faults departing female politicians for failing to find and groom women to replace them in office. When she left the Assembly, for instance, she helped campaign for another Latina -- Lucille Roybal-Allard -- for her old seat.
"The reality is that men will select men (to follow them)," Molina said. "That's just the way it works. Women have to put themselves in that role."
By contrast, Latino men at City Hall have crafted a political machine.
Over the last few decades, Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley have sent a number of Hispanic men to Sacramento and City Hall -- and back again. Those men, Antonio Villaraigosa, Alex Padilla, Richard Alarcon and Tony Cardenas, helped create an "old boys network of Latinos," said Jaime Regalado, professor emeritus of political science at Cal State L.A.
But the network's influence will be tested, believes Regalado, as more Latinas run for office.
Next year, former Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez will face off against Nury Martinez, who sits on the LAUSD Board of Education, for the council seat being vacated by Congressman-elect Tony Cardenas.
Like Molina, Montanez is viewed as Latina who broke barriers. She made history at 30 years old, becoming the first Latina to chair the Assembly Rules Committee. But she's also felt the power of the male Latino political machine. She dropped out of the City Council race in 2006 so then State Sen. Richard Alarcon could run for a third term at City Hall.
The number of Latinas seeking City Council office next year hasn't gone unnoticed by Montanez.
"We could go from zero to having two or three (Latina council members)," she said.
Cubas, who is seeking Perry's old City Council downtown seat is also viewed as a front-runner.
She's raised nearly $100,000 and recently placed second in a LMU poll of her race conducted last month.
Gains by Latinas are overdue, believes Guerra.
"It's tough for us to argue that we are an inclusive and transparent system if we exclude a population of the city," Guerra said. "If we don't have 25 percent of the population, it doesn't speak well for how Democracy works."
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Worried about being running aground in some tropic locale this Christmas season? Something Else! has you covered, with a new list of Yuletide favorites criss-crossing the usual stylistic landscape.
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On this particular island, there will be sun and sand – but nary an original artist.
Proof that every one's guilty pleasure is their own: We reached almost no consensus on this particular version of Desert Island Discs, with only the Carpenters, the Electric Light Orchestra, Hall and Oates and Olivia Newton-John garnering more than one mention.
In a pitched battle for Canuck supremacy, Neil Young edged out Rush by just one mention, as we imagined what being stranded on an island just off the coast of Canada might be like.
Everybody has their own definition of a "chill" record. But if ever there was a time when one was desperately needed, it would likely be when you are stranded on a faraway island — with nothing but a volleyball to keep you company.
Stuck on a desert island, you're going to want to rock every once in a while, right? That's where this string-bending, axe-swinging, fretboard-melting, amp-blowing list comes in.
Our newest Desert Island Discs poll delves into one of jazz music's signature labels, as we're castaway to the isle of Blue Note.
It probably goes without saying that, once you found yourself stranded on a distant island, there would be blues. And every kind, too — Delta, dirty, city, country, grease-popping, Texas crunching, let-it-all-hang low, you name it.
We've finally answered an age-old question from the decade, as our intrepid panel of shipwrecked music lovers definitively chose Prince over Michael Jackson — not to mention Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy, Rick James and Run-DMC
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Seattle, Wash. - Northwest Dairy Farmers and Fred Meyer stores are launching a month long "Northwest Farmers Fighting Hunger" food and cash drive to benefit Feeding America affiliates; Food Lifeline, 2nd Harvest, and the Oregon Food Bank during June Dairy Month.
The effort is supported by the Washington State Department of Agriculture and Oregon Department of Agriculture, and representatives from Washington and Oregon's agricultural commodity commissions and is led by the Dairy Farmers of Washington and Oregon.
Washington State Department of Agriculture's Director Bud Hover and Oregon Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba have a keen interest in their state's network of emergency food providers and have toured local food banks.
"With all the food that is grown and enjoyed in Washington, no one should go hungry. Yet, today one in five of our neighbors require some assistance from a food bank," Hover said. "I hope that this food drive - and the partnerships among dairy farmers, ranchers, and growers in both states – will bring us together so we can all help feed the hungry among us."
During June, collection bins will be placed at every Fred Meyer store in Washington and Oregon to collect canned goods and other non-perishable food items – baby food and disposable diapers are also excellent donations.
A direct mail postcard will be sent to 136,000 select Fred Meyer customers. The postcard features a discount coupon for a local dairy product and also has a barcode that can be scanned at the checkout stand so shoppers can make a direct cash contribution to their local food assistance organization.
"Our goal is to raise $100,000 and 100,000 lbs. of donated food," said Jeff Steele, director of retail marketing and business development for the Washington Dairy Products Commission.
For many, June means the end of the school year but for a seemingly increasing number, summer also means the end of the school breakfast and lunch programs until the fall. The number of children qualifying for free or reduced-price lunches at Washington's public schools has shot up from 390,000 in 2008 to 470,000 last year.
June is also a difficult time for food banks. During the holidays people are very generous but six months later donations tail off while the demand actually increases.
The USDA reports that the number of Washington families experiencing food insecurities has risen from 88,000 households in 2008 to 163,000 households in 2011 – a 90% increase. That equates to 15.4% of Washington households who are regularly struggling to get enough food for their families. It's about one-half percent higher than the national average.
Hunger is at an all-time high in Oregon. In an average month, an estimated 270,000 people in Oregon and Clark County, Washington, ate meals from emergency food boxes during the past year. Of those, almost 92,000 were children.
"The Agriculture Departments in both states have done a great job of raising awareness about hunger and food challenges across the region," added Steele. "Dairy farmers in Washington and Oregon, along with Fred Meyer, are committed to reducing hunger and malnutrition by raising awareness of the problem and increasing access to nutrient-rich foods like dairy."
Donations made at Fred Meyer stores west of the Cascades will go to Food Lifeline while donations made at Fred Meyer stores east of the Cascades will go to 2nd Harvest.
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New apps need lovin' too, right? Every day there are thousands of new entries on the Google Play store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. We have shown in the past that this community can discover great apps and launch them to new heights. So, we're bringing back our weekly column Fresh Meat that highlights new apps with less than 100k installs. Browse our new Android app picks below and let us know which ones you enjoy.
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Pitch: RoundR serves a simple purpose: to round the corners of your screen. RoundR takes advantage of the fact that regardless of the device's color, the screen is surrounded with a pitch black border, the corners of which are rarely ever touched. RoundR places four small overlays at the corners of the display, to simulate a rounded screen.
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09/13/2007 - Hercules continues its offensive on the webcams market
London, 13 September 2007 - Hercules continues its offensive on the webcams market with the launch of two new devices: the Deluxe Optical Glass and the Classic Silver webcams. The principle behind these devices remains the same as always: to offer an optimum performance/price ratio - the very same one that first set Hercules on the market.
These two webcams, which both feature a built-in microphone, are compatible with Windows VISTA 32 & 64 bits and all videoconferencing software (Windows LiveTM Messenger, SkypeTM, Yahoo!® Messenger, AOL® instant Messenger, etc.)! With a frame rate reaching 30 frames per second and a video resolution of 800 x 600 pixels*, both webcams guarantee sharp and fluid chat sessions!
In addition, their 1.3 Megapixel resolution* allows users to take high-quality still pictures.
The Deluxe Optical Glass webcam differs from the Classic Silver webcam owing to its additional specifications: genuine glass lens, included headset with microphone and automatic face tracking feature - in addition to 3x zoom! The Deluxe Optical Glass features a shiny metal finish, on the webcam head and lens ring, whereas the Classic Silver features a brushed metal finish.
The outer designs of both webcams grace them with a very technological, yet streamlined appearance. These webcams' unique aesthetics are based on a very flat design, and turn tem into genuine eye-catchers when they are attached to laptops, flat screens or CRT screens by means of their universal attachment clamp. Both devices also feature four convenient lighting diodes, which guarantee sharp and bright images even in low-light conditions.
The Deluxe Optical Glass and the Classic Silver offer 360° horizontal rotation and 60° vertical rotation angles. With their 1.80 metre cable, these devices are genuinely suited to all locations.
Both the Deluxe Optical Glass and the Classic Silver webcams are equipped with the Hercules Webcam Station Evolution SE software. Among other features, this software enables users to take still pictures using 3 modes: simple, continuous and timer; video captures are a simple one-click operation. Finally, a most convenient feature - all captures are automatically resized for email attachments.
The Hercules Classic Silver will be available in September 2007 at the recommended retail price of 19.90€ incl. sales tax, and the Hercules Deluxe Optical Glass will be available in October 2007 at the recommended retail price of 24.90€ incl. sales tax.
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As a frequent attendee of marketing conferences I've lost count of the number of times I've heard speakers tell their audience that SEO is incredibly simple, it's just about having great content.
Not while this may be true in theory, many businesses are understandably sceptical about whether they have the necessary manpower or expertise in-house to regularly produce high quality content.
So at our Funnel event yesterday, which is part of the Festival of Marketing, it was refreshing to see Search Laboratory's John Readman back up his words with a relevant B2B SEO case study.
SEO is very important for B2B businesses as 21% of all traffic to B2B sites comes from search engines, with around 90% of that portion coming from organic search.
Search Labs requires all staff members to produce content based on their area of expertise, it's not just about the marketing team.
And to prove how content can impact SEO performance, in the week's leading up to Funnel Readman's team produced an infographic that gave advice and information on ecommerce in Russia.
It's a timely topic as many UK businesses are currently aiming to expand internationally and it's also relevant to Search Laboratory as it provides international SEO services.
A Google search for 'ecommerce in Russia' reveals that Search Lab's own site is way down in 17th place on page two (though it's page one for PPC), however the infographic appears in the top three places for natural search as it's hosted on third-party sites.
These posts all contain links back to Search Labs, which gives it an SEO boost but also directs people interested in Russian ecommerce back to the agency.
One of the sites was our own ecommerce blog, which means that the infographic has been tweeted to our 150,000 followers.
The hard bit of achieving this exposure is obviously the outreach that comes after you've produced the content.
Readman said this requires a well-executed programme and process that begins with research into what your audience wants and who the key influencers are.
By analysing the kind of content these people are sharing and also evaluating competitor brands, businesses can develop a content strategy that will hopefully appeal to the target audience.
Similarly, referencing key influencers or asking them to contribute to content or research increases the chances that they will share the content with their community and link back to your site. This will then encourage others to share it, which hopefully creates additional links, and so on.
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Search Labs hosted the infographic on its own site, which allows it to capture data from those people who come through to the landing page.
There are two separate data capture forms, one for newsletter sign up and the other to request a call back.
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I've enjoyed reading this - its very balanced and accurate, you're painting a trustworthy picture of SEO and Content Marketing, and I strongly applaud your writing.
You haven't chosen to adopt a side or position but to share how people should really go about this.
I just have one question - the 21% of B2B traffic that comes from search - I was just curious as to what this number was made from and where (geographically). Also, do you know what the other 79% was made up of (proportionately)
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Thanks for a well reserched article. According to me a informational pictograph has more value than a interesting content. Because people likes to save the time at the same they also require to get the information what they require. I pictorial representation like infographics when used along with social media could boost any b2b business.
You give some great concrete examples of how to engage customers after you've created great content. Encouraging customers to follow up with you for more information, or asking fellow content creators to guest post on your site, both help you expand into part of a larger conversation. The more people who are interacting with your content in one way or another, the better your search engine results will be.
@David Moth -
Thanks for covering the presentation on the blog.
If you want to see the full slide deck from this presentation you can view them on slide share:
Outreach and planning it is perhaps one of the most important elements of marketing for B2B. Audience, persona and relevance. In the context of inbound marketing, is this the new prospecting?


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YORK, Pa. (AP) - March 3, 2013 --Police in central Pennsylvania say a naked man was rescued from his vehicle after it crashed into the Susquehanna River following a chase involving officers from three jurisdictions.
York County officials say the chase began in Springettsbury Township when a minivan was reported driving erratically Sunday and ended in Goldsboro when the car went off a boat ramp into the river.
Springettsbury Township police chief Thomas Hyers said arriving officers found a man "standing on top of the car naked as the vehicle was submerging."
Hyers said the vehicle had been reported carjacked earlier in Maryland. He said the chase reached speeds between 80 to 90 mph and alleged that the suspect tried to ram police vehicles twice.
The man was taken to York Hospital for treatment of hypothermia.


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Help your office run smoothly with all of the chemicals, lubricants and paints it takes to maintain a large commercial space. They're also ideal for workshops.
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Cut grease and kill germs with commercial-grade cleansers. Use a good degreasing agent to strip old oil from surfaces and to clean up after a messy repair job. Strip hard water buildup with a pH-balanced lime remover. When you're done with the machines and surfaces in your office or workshop, do your own skin a favor and wash with gentle hand soap.
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Explore Athens by car
Hire a car in Athens and spend some time exploring the wonders that surround this ancient city.
Hire a car in Athens and spend some time exploring the wonders that surround this ancient city.
There are so many fascinating things to see and do on unforgettable holidays in Athens.
British Airways car hire, in partnership with Avis, includes all of the mandatory charges that you'll need to drive away your car in Athens.
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Aluminum Hydroxide and Magnesium Hydroxide
Why is this medication prescribed?
Aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide are antacids used together to relieve heartburn, acid indigestion, and stomach upset. They may be used to treat these symptoms in patients with peptic ulcer, gastritis, esophagitis, hiatal hernia, or too much acid in the stomach (gastric hyperacidity). They combine with stomach acid and neutralize it. Aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide are available without a prescription.
This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
How should this medicine be used?
This medication comes as a chewable tablet and liquid to take by mouth. Chew tablets thoroughly; do not swallow them whole. Drink a full glass of water after taking the tablets. Shake the oral liquid well before each use to mix the medicine evenly. The liquid may be mixed with water or milk.
Follow the directions on the package label or on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide antacids exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Do not take antacids for more than 1-2 weeks unless prescribed by your doctor.
What special precautions should I follow?
Before taking aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide antacids,
What special dietary instructions should I follow?
If you are taking this medication for an ulcer, follow the diet prescribed by your doctor carefully.
What should I do if I forget a dose?
If you are taking scheduled doses of aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.
What side effects can this medication cause?
Side effects from aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide are not common. To avoid the chalky taste, take with water or milk. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
What other information should I know?
If you are taking this medication under a doctor's care, keep all appointments with your doctor.
Do not let anyone else take your medication.
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In 2007, the U.S. spent $2.26 trillion on health care, or $7,439 per person.[1] Health care spending makes up about 16% of the US GDP.[2] This gives the U.S. the dubious honor of being the number one health care spender in the world.
And as the average American gets older and fatter, there's no end in sight for the health care boom. About one third of American adults are obese, and studies predict that 41% of American adults could be obese by 2015. [3] Meanwhile, the number of Americans age 55 and older will almost double between now and 2030 – from 60 million today (21 percent of the total US population) to 107.6 million (31 percent of the population) – as the Aging Baby Boomers reach retirement age. [4] Indeed, health analysts predict that by 2017, health care spending will be at 19.5% of United States GDP.[5]
The health care industry can be broken down into three main segments: Biotechnology and Drugs, Health Care Facilities (Hospitals and Health Care REITs), and Medical Equipment (Medical Appliances & Equipment, Medical Instruments & Supplies).
All companies which generate revenues by alleviating sickness can be classified as health care companies. In aggregate, the health care industry has outperformed the S&P 500 for the past year, even though it still lost money on average. After all, people still need treatment in recessions.
While the table highlights who the big players are, net income may be inadequate as a way to compare health care companies. Helping sick people requires everything from facility providers to researchers to develop new drugs. It is difficult to compare the value of a research facility to an old folks home, so understanding the health care industry means breaking it down into segments. These are pictured in the following table, and then described in the paragraphs below.
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Health Care Facilities include Hospital operators and Health Care REITs that own medical properties. Companies in this sector own treatment facilities, or provide them with physicians, consultants, and other relevant medical personnel. These companies provide all kinds of care, from psychiatric to radiation oncology (cancer treatment).
Patients have many options in terms of choosing Health Care facilities, so hospitals and nursing homes differentiate themselves by hiring hiring the best technicians, doctors, nurses and consultants, and buying the best diagnostic machinery possible. Because of the many skills required to run effective care facilities, many types of companies exist within the Health Care facility business. For example, hospital operators like Universal Health Services (UHS) operate many hospitals and employ a large number of doctors. Nonetheless, it may contract to Quest Diagnostics (DGX) for its specific expertise in diagnosing cancer patients, including running complex lab tests on blood, urine, or hair samples. This practice is quite common, and Quest Diagnostics alone serves half of the hospitals in the United States. [6]
Some health care facility companies like Health Care REIT (HCN) literally rent out hospitals and nursing homes, and are known as Health Care REITs.
The health care facility industry has slightly outperformed the S&P 500 in the past year, losing about 14%. [7] The five most successful health care facility companies of 2007 are listed in the following table:
|Most Profitable Health Care Facilities Companies
|2007 Net Income (millions)
|Fresenius Medical Care (FMS)
|Quest Diagnostics (DGX)
|Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH)
|DaVita (DVA)
|Lincare Holdings (LNCR)
A list of health care facility companies can be found here: REIT - Healthcare and Hospitals.
Many treatment regimens require implants, or special devices. Companies like Medtronic invent devices that treat problems from spinal deformity to deafness. [8] Companies like Baxter develop life-support devices, like kidney dialysis machines. Medical equipment companies invent and frequently manufacture the high tech equipment which hospitals and nursing homes use every day to save lives. [9]
Medical equipment companies function as a mix between research/development companies and industrial manufacturers. It is critical that medical equipment is reliable, easy to fix, and delivered on time. The superior resources of medical equipment giants allow them to develop treatment technology, or even buy patents allowing them to offer new products. Medical equipment is an interesting field, but the potential for economic moats vary based on what kind of equipment we're dealing with. The best moat potential comes from equipment providers that are proprietary and require skill to use. For example, a doctor who specializes in hip replacement surgery is well trained on the equipment of a specific provider (say, Zimmer (ZMH)), and is reluctant to put forth the time and effort to learn a competing product, unless it provides very significant advantages. It is more difficult for providers of every day medical products such as syringes, hospital beds, or the like to have the same kind of competitive advantages.
The medical equipment and supply industry was the only part of health-care that did well this past year. The average stock in this industry yielded 2.14%, whereas the S&P has lost over 17%. The following companies were the most profitable medical equipment corporations in 2007.
|Most Profitable Medical Equipment Companies
|2007 Net Income (millions)
|Medtronic (MDT)
|Baxter International (BAX)
|Stryker (SYK)
|Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) ,
|Luxottica Group, S.p.A. (LUX)
|Edwards Lifesciences (EW)
A complete list of companies in the Medical Instruments industry can be found here: Scientific & Technical Instruments
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The health care industry is composed of many smaller directly competitive markets. Because major drug companies do not directly compete with genetics research companies, retirement homes, or dentists, it would be improper to delineate companies as 'holding' a percentage of all health care business. It is helpful, however, to understand from what market segments the health care industry gains its profits.


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Two weeks ago, we reported that Intel would be moving to the BGA package for its Broadwell 14nm CPU architecture, Haswell's successor. Since BGA is designed to be soldered onto the motherboard and hence won't be socketed, the strong implication is that Intel would be moving to kill the enthusiast market, a depressing thought for PC enthusiasts everywhere.
Since then, this issue has raged around the internet with enthusiasts everywhere voicing their disappointment about this. Well, it seems that Intel won't be abandoning socketed CPUs and hence the enthusiast sector after all, since they made the following statement:
"Intel remains committed to the growing desktop enthusiast and channel markets, and will continue to offer socketed parts in the LGA package for the foreseeable future for our customers and the Enthusiast DIY market," Intel spokesman Daniel Snyder told Maximum PC. "However, Intel cannot comment on specific long-term product road map plans at this time, but will disclose more details later per our normal communication process."
Note how the above statement doesn't categorically deny a move to non-upgradeable processors at some point however, so it's best to keep this in mind.
Another factor suggesting that the initial BGA-only rumor was wrong is the fact that Intel played up the many new enthusiast-friendly features of the upcoming Haswell CPU, specifically the many innovations that have gone into it to help with overclocking. Why would Intel invest in all this time, effort and money only to scrap it all a generation or two later?
Making any kind of public announcement about unreleased products, especially those which are so far away in terms of time and architectural generations is very unusual for Intel and shows that it does care about upsetting the enthusiast sector, at least for now. Also, it was probably spurred on a bit to make this announcement by AMD saying that they won't be abandoning socketed CPUs and the enthusiast sector, which would give AMD a significant advantage over their bitter rival.
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Doing nothing, being unproductive. Very similar to "dicking around", but one is cocking around when he/she is dicking around when he/she is supposed to be doing work or something important.
At my job, I was supposed to be completing the TPS reports, but I was cocking around instead.
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Vilmos Lázár and Zoltán Lázár are World Champions again!
The Topolcianky Two-in-Hand Coach Driving World Championship ended with an unbelieveble Hungarian Victory. Vilmos Lázár became world champion again, both in individual and team competition. Zoltán Lázár was also awarded with a golden medal of the world champion team, and was awarded a bronze in the individual. Tibor Nagy jr., the third member of the winning team won the obstacle course driving as an "addition". Márk Osztertág came seventh in the individual race, which is a great result among 71 contestants.
The CSI Count István Szécheny Memorial Championship was held in the Budapest National Riding Hall from 24-26 May, 2013, for the 26th time.
Many talented Hungarian and international entries took part in this prestigious show jumping competition.
The senior section of the Sunday Grand Prix was won by 15-year-old Zoltán Lázár jr. with his horse named Brody, aged 13 years. He was faultless and the fastest in both rounds.
He is the youngest ever Grand Prix winner in the history of this memorial championship.


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Honor code challenges students
Area high school students are working to create a unique honor code to govern their school's rules, regulations and policies.
Challenger Early College High School students will review and discuss their beliefs and values about what keeps a school running smoothly, and they'll put those values into an honor code.
Challenger Early College High School, located on the campus of Catawba Valley Community College, is a school of 380 students that blends the high school experience with the first two years of college.
"Like in most families, there is an understood honor code," said Heather Benfield, Challenger High assistant principal. "This school is a family."
Benfield, who started as assistant principal this school year, said this is a "formalizing year" for Challenger High School, where students, parents and faculty will start creating the school's handbook, procedures and policies.
The first step in writing an honor code for Challenger is to create a dialogue between students and faculty about what values they want guiding their actions at the school.
Students were asked questions, such as "What are the traits a Challenger student should have?" and "Do you have an honor code within your family or at your workplace."
The school also has a Chalk Talk board where teachers write thought- and discussion-provoking questions. Students write on the long sheets of paper, giving both teachers and fellow students feedback to questions or comments.
These questions, Benfield said, are an impetus for discussion about what rules and guidelines will work best at Challenger.
"Anytime you involve your stakeholders, anytime you involve those who are going to take part in the policy, morale is increased and buy-in is increased," Benfield said.
Early college high schools in North Carolina, like Challenger High, are based on five basic tenets. One of these tenets, personalization, is exemplified through students' honor code creation.
The honor code will be based on Catawba County Schools' character education model, which emphasizes qualities like courage, responsibility, kindness and respect.
"We're not going to take anyone's personal religious views and skew them any one way or another," Benfield said. "We're really staying focused on the county's character education."
The code has yet to be formally implemented, but already it's changing the way students think about right and wrong.
"It's fantasic. Just the conversation about morality has stirred folks in a really profound way," Benfield said.
Since the discussions, Benfield said students are more likely to turn in lost items, like wallets and iPods. The school plans to eventually install a reward system, where students will receive rewards, like a gift card, for their good deeds.
"It's a form of positive reinforcement," Benfield said.
Challenger High senior Stephanie Weikle said the honor code will be a legacy she's glad to be part of.
"I think it's something good to pass down to other students," she said.
Caitlin Hefner, another student, said discussions about morality made her think about the different ways of defining values.
"A lot of things tie in with honor," she said. "People were raised differently. They have different values, so honor is different for everyone."
Once the code is complete, Benfield said she wants the document to be fluid and adaptable to meet the needs of future challenger students.
"It's all part of building a school. It's part of building a child," she said. "You want to be able to meet the needs of the students and prepare them for the 21st century."


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Police Grapple With Cybercrime
State, Local Law Enforcement Struggle to Keep Up as Online Cases Grow; FBI Lends a Hand in Utah
When cybercriminals stole $2.5 million from the state of Utah in 2009, authorities got most of the money back—but never could find their man.
The money was wired to a bank account in Texas, officials said, as a step before an attempt to move it overseas. Utah authorities managed to freeze much of the funding in the U.S., but couldn't figure out how the state agency got hacked and by whom, officials said. At one point, state investigators sought a man with a false name at a nonexistent address....


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JTAG Software
The JTAG interface will allow you to modify the flash memory and other interesting debugging features. This page lists open source software which can program the JTAG port.
The software pages start after you have added a JTAG port and built or purchased an interface cable. See Add Jtag Port for a list of cable vendors.
WARNING: Please remember that the flash memory addresses may differ between the various models. Make sure you know which model you have.
JTAG Software
Openwince is a collection of tools for programming on Windows CE devices. The JTAG utility is a small part of that project. It supports only parallel port cables, and has not made a release for a while.
- JTAG Software/Openwince
- Openwince JTAG tool (Home Page)
OpenOCD (On Chip Debugger) is a complete debugging environment for various embedded hardware. It supports a large variety of interface cables, including many USB cables.
Discussion / Examples:
HairyDairyMaid is a debrick utility.
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Glossary of Energy Terms
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Letter T
TAKING -- Reducing the value of someone's property through government action without just compensation.
TAKE-OUT POINT -- The metering points at which a metered entity takes delivery of energy.
TAR SANDS -- Sedimentary rocks containing heavy oil that cannot be extracted by conventional petroleum recovery methods.
TAX CREDITS -- Credits established by the federal and state government to assist the development of the alternative energy industry. Beginning in 1976, California had a solar tax credit. From 1978 to 1985, both California and the federal government offered tax credits for alternative energy equipment. The state provided a 55 percent tax credit on solar, wind, geothermal and biomass for residential applications. However, the residential tax credits were reduced by applicable federal credits. State commercial tax credits for alternative energy systems in commercial and industrial sectors ranged from 10-15 percent. During this same time, the federal government offered a 40 percent tax credit on residential applications and a 10-15 percent credit on commercial and industrial applications. California in 1990 instituted a new 10 percent tax credit for commercial solar systems in excess of 30 watts of electricity per device. This credit expired December 31, 1993.
TAME (TERTIARY AMYL METHYL ETHER) -- another oxygenate that can be used in reformulated gasoline. It is an ether based on reactive C5 olefins and methanol.
TARIFF -- A document, approved by the responsible regulatory agency,listing the terms and conditions, including a schedule of prices, under which utility services will be provided.
TASK LIGHTING (task-oriented lighting) -- Lighting designed specifically to illuminate one or more task locations, and generally confined to those locations. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2- 5302]
TEMPERATURE -- Degree of hotness or coldness measured on one of several arbitrary scales based on some observable phenomenon (such as the expansion).
THERM - One hundred thousand (100,000) British thermal units (1 therm = 100,000 Btu).
THERMAL BREAK (thermal barrier) -- An element of low heat conductivity placed in such a way as to reduce or prevent the flow of heat. Some metal framed windows are designed with thermal breaks to improve their overall thermal performance.
THERMAL (ENERGY) STORAGE -- A technology that lowers the amount of electricity needed for comfort conditioning during utility peak load periods. A buildings thermal energy storage system might, for example, use off-peak power to make ice or to chill water at night, later using the ice or chilled water in a power saving process for cooling during the day. See THERMAL MASS.
THERMAL MASS -- A material used to store heat, thereby slowing the temperature variation within a space. Typical thermal mass materials include concrete, brick, masonry, tile and mortar, water, and rock or other materials with high heat capacity.
THERMAL POWER PLANT -- any stationary or floating electrical generating facility using any source of thermal energy, with a generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more, and any facilities appurtenant thereto. Exploratory, development, and production wells, resource transmission lines, and other related facilities used in connection with a geothermal exploratory project or a geothermal field development project are not appurtenant facilities for the purposes of this division. Thermal powerplant does not include any wind, hydroelectric, or solar photovoltaic electrical generating facility.
THERMALLY ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (TEOR) -- Injection of steam to increase the amount of petroleum that may be recovered from a well.
THERMODYNAMICS -- A study of the transformation of energy into other manifested forms and of their practical applications. The three laws of thermodynamics are:
- Law of Conservation of Energy -- energy may be transformed in an isolated system, but its total is constant
- Heat cannot be changed directly into work at constant temperature by a cyclic process
- Heat capacity and entropy of every crystalline solid becomes zero at absolute zero (0 degrees Kelvin)
THERMOSTAT -- An automatic control device designed to be responsive to temperature and typically used to maintain set temperatures by cycling the HVAC system.
THERMOSTAT, SETBACK -- A device, containing a clock mechanism, which can automatically change the inside temperature maintained by the HVAC system according to a preset schedule. The heating or cooling requirements can be reduced when a building is unoccupied or when occupants are asleep. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2- 5352(h)]
TLEV (TRANSITIONAL LOW EMISSION VEHICLE) - a vehicle certified by the California Air Resources Board to have emissions from zero to 50,000 miles no higher than 0.125 grams/mile (g/mi) of non-methane organic gases, 3.4 g/mi of carbon monoxide, and 0.4 g/mi of nitrogen oxides. Emissions from 50,000 to 100,000 miles may be slightly higher (See chart in Chapter 2.)
TON OF COOLING -- A useful cooling effect equal to 12,000 Btu hours.
TRANSMITTANCE -- The time rate of heat flow per unit area under steady conditions from the air (or other fluid) on the warm side of a barrier to the air (or fluid) on the cool side, per unit temperature difference between the two sides.
TIDAL POWER -- Energy obtained by using the motion of the tides to run water turbines that drive electric generators.
TIME-OF-USE (TOU) RATES -- The pricing of electricity based on the estimated cost of electricity during a particular time block. Time-of-use rates are usually divided into three or four time blocks per twenty-four hour period (on-peak, mid-peak, off-peak and sometimes super off-peak) and by seasons of the year (summer and winter). Real-time pricing differs from TOU rates in that it is based on actual (as opposed to forecasted) prices which may fluctuate many times a day and are weather-sensitive, rather than varying with a fixed schedule.
TIME-OF-USE METER -- A measuring device that records the times during which a customer uses various amounts of electricity. This type of meter is used for customers who pay time-of-use rates.
TIME-OF-USE RATES -- Electricity prices that vary depending on the time periods in which the energy is consumed. In a time-of- use rate structure, higher prices are charged during utility peak-load times. Such rates can provide an incentive for consumers to curb power use during peak times.
TRADING DAY -- The 24-hour period beginning at midnight and ending at the following midnight.
TRANSFER (Electric utility) -- To move electric energy from one utility system to another over transmission lines.
TRANSFORMER -- A device, which through electromagnetic induction but without the use of moving parts, transforms alternating or intermittent electric energy in one circuit into energy of similar type in another circuit, commonly with altered values of voltage and current.
TRANSITION COSTS -- See Embedded Costs Exceeding Market Prices.
TRANSMISSION -- Transporting bulk power over long distances.
TRANSMISSION-DEPENDENT UTILITY -- A utility that relies on its neighboring utilities to transmit to it the power it buys from its suppliers. A utility without its own generation sources, dependent on another utility's transmission system to get its purchased power supplies.
TRANSMISSION OWNER -- An entity that owns transmission facilities or has firm contractual right to use transmission facilities.
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Bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems Inc. says it will sell most of its assets to the U.S. arm of Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. for $256.6 million.
Chicago-based Wanxiang America Corp. won an auction conducted under the supervision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The deal includes facilities in Michigan, Massachusetts and Missouri, among other assets
A123's government business will be sold separately, for $2.25 million, to Navitas Systems, of Woodridge, Ill.
A hearing seeking the necessary court approval is scheduled for Tuesday.
Waltham, Mass.-based A123, which makes lithium ion batteries, was awarded a $249 million grant from the Department of Energy in August 2009 to help it build U.S. factories. About $130 million of that was delivered before the company fell victim to the lackluster electric car market.


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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded 49 times to 79 Laureates between 1969 and 2017. Click on the links to get more information.
The 2018 Prize in Economic Sciences has not been awarded yet. It will be announced on Monday 8 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest.
"for his contributions to behavioural economics"
"for their contributions to contract theory"
"for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare"
"for his analysis of market power and regulation"
"for their empirical analysis of asset prices"
"for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design"
"for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy"
"for their analysis of markets with search frictions"
"for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
"for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm"
"for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"
"for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory"
"for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy"
"for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis"
"for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles"
"for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)"
"for methods of analyzing economic time series with common trends (cointegration)"
"for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty"
"for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms"
"for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information"
"for his development of theory and methods for analyzing selective samples"
"for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice"
"for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas"
"for his contributions to welfare economics"
"for a new method to determine the value of derivatives"
"for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information"
"for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy"
"for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games"
"for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change"
"for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including nonmarket behaviour"
"for his discovery and clarification of the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy"
"for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics"
"for his clarification of the probability theory foundations of econometrics and his analyses of simultaneous economic structures"
"for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources"
"for his contributions to the theory of economic growth"
"for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making"
"for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets"
"for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis"
"for having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium"
"for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation"
"for his analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions, employment, production and prices"
"for the creation of econometric models and the application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies"
"for their pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries"
"for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations"
"for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements"
"for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy"
"for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources"
"for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena"
"for the development of the input-output method and for its application to important economic problems"
"for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory"
"for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development"
"for the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science"
"for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes"
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Market research vies for more of pharma's ear
The formerly named Evolution Marketing Research is rebranding this month to reflect a greater emphasis on consulting services, highlighting a trend among providers to redefine what it means to offer full-service marketing research in the pharma sector.
"What's driving it for us is that the marketing-research space has been changing," James Heasley, PhD, principal of the firm, told MM&M. "We've gotten more requests to engage in what I'd call traditional consulting engagements that you'd see—five, six years ago—people going to McKinsey for."
Heasley said MR is still "the core of our business," but that 30% to 40% of its work in the past year has gone in the direction of what he called forensic assessments—assessing the overall performance of a brand—or helping pharma companies understand a sector from a strategic and tactical level, and advising them on how to proceed.
And some of the company's recommendations are bypassing the market-research function and making their way up to the highest levels of pharma: in one case, an assessment went straight to the board of directors, while another is "likely to reach the same level," Heasley said.
The shift among researchers toward strategic services is not new. With the patent cliff reducing the need for overall analytical support among drug companies, and leading drugmakers to slash headcount and shrink marketing spend, leaders in this space have long been calling on the market-research function within manufacturers to migrate away from pure technical analysis. By extension, suppliers and vendors, especially pure-play quantitative and qualitative research shops, faced a choice: evolve or face possible extinction.
But it's not easy for research companies to go up-market, so to speak, says another who made the switch.
"It's a lot harder for research companies to become credible consultants without having different people in that role. It's a different skill set," said Harris Kaplan, managing partner of Red Team Associates, a division of the biopharma marketing-research and consulting company Healogix that was set up in 2012 to advise marketing and senior executive clients.
"A lot of research companies think, 'OK, if I synthesize the data, that's consulting.' But that's not what it is," said Kaplan, who founded Healogix in 2004 and remains its CEO. "It's about making sure strategy lines up to a goal, getting everyone on board, and, hopefully, when you net all that out, it syncs up with the research."
Instead, he added, "A number of consulting firms have built research into what they offer clients."
Or, the professional services firms are taking on analytics capabilities. Deloitte Consulting today announced the launch of a 200-person business unit combining "analytics products" with the organization's consulting capabilities.
Deloitte said that the new unit is part of a $150-million to $200-million investment in life sciences and health analytics and that it said promises to help pinpoint treatment options more effectively and improve population health management.
The combination is meant to keep pace with "the information-based transformation of healthcare," supporting clients' data integration and analytics endeavors and "enabl[ing] them to apply those insights," according to the unit's website. The firm declined to comment for this article.
Pharma companies are still conducting a "meaningful amount of research," added Amy Marta, a principal with ZS Associates, another consulting firm serving the industry that also has a market research capability, "but it is rarely commissioned with large management consultancies."
If there is a trend in the industry in this domain, Marta said, "it is pharma companies contracting their market research spend, electing to work with less strategic research organizations and challenging their own personnel to translate the fundamental research findings into valuable action."
To be sure, said Heasley, his firm, a self-described boutique shop, is not out to compete with the big consulting firms at their level, "but increasingly people were coming to us for what I'd consider non-MR consulting engagements."
Its new name, Evolution Consulting & Research, he explained, stresses that "marketing research is one service we offer under the umbrella of broader consulting services."
He added that, for larger, more far-reaching engagements like forensic assessments, the client is often the marketing leadership, while for engagements like competitive readiness, especially if there is customer research involved in the process, it might be a combination of both marketing and MR.
"The brunt of our work is MR-related in some fashion," he concluded, "so we will still see marketing research as the point of contact in the majority of circumstances (assuming that function exists, which in the case of some smaller pharma clients it does not)."


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Some La Plata Electric Association customers may have celebrated Mothers Day by candlelight this year after losing power for about an hour.
Stormy weather is believed to be the culprit in an electrical outage that knocked out power to 2,538 LPEA customers in the Bayfield and Pine River Valley area at 2:44 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release issued Sunday by the electric cooperative.
A transmission line that feeds LPEAs Pine Valley substation locked open, cutting the power, the release said.
About 3:30 p.m., LPEA crews that were patrolling the line discovered the downed transmission line.
Crews were able to restore power to most of the customers affected by the outage by 3:50 p.m. However, some isolated outages were still being reported around 4 p.m. by customers in the Vallecito area, the release said.
These isolated outages were likely weather-related, but seemed to be unrelated to the original downed transmission line, the release said.


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Erik Karlsson's water bottle-bursting goal Thursday was more evidence of his status as the world's best offensive defenceman. Behind the scenes, though, several other defencemen in the Ottawa Senators organization have been cementing their status as solid, necessary shut down types.
Senators Notebook: Big minutes for big defencemen
Erik Karlsson's water bottle-bursting goal Thursday was more evidence of his status as the world's best offensive defenceman.
Behind the scenes, though, several other defencemen in the Ottawa Senators organization have been cementing their status as solid, necessary shut down types.
Marc Methot and Eric Gryba have emerged as a solid stay-at-home tandem with the Senators in the past three weeks, a pair coach Paul MacLean is trusting more and more to protect leads and kill penalties.
"There's not a whole lot of flash, but we take pride in getting things done and we depend on each other," said Gryba, who has played 20-plus minutes in six consecutive games after routinely being a healthy scratch in the first half of the season. "Physicality has to be a part of our game."
Methot, who wasn't pleased about being a healthy scratch in mid-January, has rebounded himself, but he's passing credit on to his partner.
"I'm glad people are noticing Gryba's play. He's playing real well and he's a young guy who is starting to get some confidence now."
Meanwhile, Binghamton Senators coach Luke Richardson can't say enough about captain Mark Borowiecki and Fredrik Claesson. Borowiecki and Claesson will be showcasing their defensive strengths at Canadian Tire Centre Saturday night, when Binghamton hosts the Hamilton Bulldogs, Montreal's AHL affiliate.
Borowiecki played 13 games with the big-league Senators earlier in the season and he has a guaranteed NHL salary next season, meaning his chances of being in Ottawa then are very good.
For now, though, he's doing everything he can to show his Binghamton Senators what being a professional is all about, beginning with the on-ice edge he carries into every game.
"He's a great leader who really pushes guys — he's the leader," said Richardson.
Claesson, according to Richardson, is the most pleasant surprise on Binghamton, regularly delivering 25 minutes per night as a steady, hard-hitting defender. Richardson describes him as being similar to Detroit's Niklas Kronwall. Claesson, a 21-year-old Swede, originally impressed Senators management when he asked to come over to North America as a 19-year-old in order to get a quicker jump on the North American lifestyle and smaller rink size.
He hasn't disappointed since.
"I think it's easier for me because of the smaller rink and I like to hit guys," he said. "It's much more fun here."
— Jason Spezza has one goal and four assists in his past two games. When Spezza gets hot, that usually translates into success for the Senators. The club is 10-0-3 in games where he registers two or more points.
— How do you get sent down to the minors and stay in the same place at the same time? Ask Stephane Da Costa. Da Costa played for Ottawa in Thursday's 3-2 win over Buffalo, assisting on Erik Karlsson's game-opening goal. On Friday, the Senators shipped him back to Binghamton for the Olympic break — but the B-Sens play Hamilton at the Canadian Tire Centre Saturday, meaning Da Costa actually stayed in the building.
— Saturday's game against the Boston Bruins will be the 100th of Mika Zibanejad's NHL career.