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IBM Watson system in 2011
|June 16, 1911; 106 years ago (1911-06-16) (as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company)
Endicott, New York, U.S.
|Charles Ranlett Flint
|Armonk, New York, U.S.
|177 countries
|Ginni Rometty
|See IBM products
|US$ 79.919 billion (2016)
|US$ 13.031 billion (2016)
|US$ 11.872 billion (2016)
|US$ 117.47 billion (2016)
|US$ 18.392 billion (2016)
|380,000 (2016)
Thomas J. Watson, who led IBM from 1914 to 1956, discussing the company's motto "THINK"
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IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924.
IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and provides hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM is also a major research organization, holding the record for most patents generated by a business (as of 2018) for 25 consecutive years. Inventions by IBM include the automated teller machine (ATM), the PC, the floppy disk, the hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card, the relational database, the SQL programming language, the UPC barcode, and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The IBM mainframe, exemplified by the System/360, was the dominant computing platform during the 1960s and 1970s.
IBM has continually shifted its business mix by commoditizing markets focusing on higher-value, more profitable markets. This includes spinning off printer manufacturer Lexmark in 1991 and selling off its personal computer (ThinkPad/ThinkCentre) and x86-based server businesses to Lenovo (2005 and 2014, respectively), and acquiring companies such as PwC Consulting (2002), SPSS (2009), and The Weather Company (2016). Also in 2014, IBM announced that it would go "fabless", continuing to design semiconductors, but offloading manufacturing to GlobalFoundries.
Nicknamed Big Blue, IBM is one of 30 companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and one of the world's largest employers, with (as of 2016) nearly 380,000 employees. Known as "IBMers", IBM employees have been awarded five Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, ten National Medals of Technology and five National Medals of Science.
In the 1880s, technologies emerged that would ultimately form the core of International Business Machines (IBM). Julius E. Pitrat patented the computing scale in 1885; Alexander Dey invented the dial recorder (1888); Herman Hollerith patented the Electric Tabulating Machine; and Willard Bundy invented a time clock to record a worker's arrival and departure time on a paper tape in 1889. On June 16, 1911, their four companies were amalgamated in New York State by Charles Ranlett Flint forming a fifth company, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) based in Endicott, New York. The five companies had 1,300 employees and offices and plants in Endicott and Binghamton, New York; Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Washington, D.C.; and Toronto. They manufactured machinery for sale and lease, ranging from commercial scales and industrial time recorders, meat and cheese slicers, to tabulators and punched cards. Thomas J. Watson, Sr., fired from the National Cash Register Company by John Henry Patterson, called on Flint and, in 1914, was offered CTR. Watson joined CTR as General Manager then, 11 months later, was made President when court cases relating to his time at NCR were resolved. Having learned Patterson's pioneering business practices, Watson proceeded to put the stamp of NCR onto CTR's companies. He implemented sales conventions, "generous sales incentives, a focus on customer service, an insistence on well-groomed, dark-suited salesmen and had an evangelical fervor for instilling company pride and loyalty in every worker". His favorite slogan, "THINK", became a mantra for each company's employees. During Watson's first four years, revenues reached $9 million and the company's operations expanded to Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. "Watson had never liked the clumsy hyphenated title of the CTR" and in 1924 chose to replace it with the more expansive title "International Business Machines". By 1933 most of the subsidiaries had been merged into one company, IBM.
In 1937, IBM's tabulating equipment enabled organizations to process unprecedented amounts of data, its clients including the U.S. Government, during its first effort to maintain the employment records for 26 million people pursuant to the Social Security Act, and Hitler's Third Reich, largely through the German subsidiary Dehomag. During the Second World War the company produced small arms for the American war effort (M1 Carbine, and Browning Automatic Rifle).
In 1949, Thomas Watson, Sr., created IBM World Trade Corporation, a subsidiary of IBM focused on foreign operations. In 1952, he stepped down after almost 40 years at the company helm, and his son Thomas Watson, Jr. was named president. In 1956, the company demonstrated the first practical example of artificial intelligence when Arthur L. Samuel of IBM's Poughkeepsie, New York, laboratory programmed an IBM 704 not merely to play checkers but "learn" from its own experience. In 1957, the FORTRAN scientific programming language was developed. In 1961, IBM developed the SABRE reservation system for American Airlines and introduced the highly successful Selectric typewriter. In 1963, IBM employees and computers helped NASA track the orbital flight of the Mercury astronauts. A year later, it moved its corporate headquarters from New York City to Armonk, New York. The latter half of the 1960s saw IBM continue its support of space exploration, participating in the 1965 Gemini flights, 1966 Saturn flights and 1969 lunar mission.
On April 7, 1964, IBM announced the first computer system family, the IBM System/360. It spanned the complete range of commercial and scientific applications from large to small, allowing companies for the first time to upgrade to models with greater computing capability without having to rewrite their applications. It was followed by the IBM System/370 in 1970. Together the 360 and 370 made the IBM mainframe the dominant mainframe computer and the dominant computing platform in the industry throughout this period and into the early 1980s. They, and the operating systems that ran on them such as OS/VS1 and MVS, and the middleware built on top of those such as the CICS transaction processing monitor, had a near-monopoly-level hold on the computer industry and became almost synonymous with IBM products due to their marketshare.
In 1974, IBM engineer George J. Laurer developed the Universal Product Code. IBM and the World Bank first introduced financial swaps to the public in 1981 when they entered into a swap agreement. The IBM PC, originally designated IBM 5150, was introduced in 1981, and it soon became an industry standard. In 1991, IBM sold printer manufacturer Lexmark.
In 1993, IBM posted a US$8 billion loss - at the time the biggest in American corporate history. Lou Gerstner was hired as CEO from RJR Nabisco to turn the company around. In 2002, IBM acquired PwC consulting, and in 2003 it initiated a project to redefine company values, hosting a three-day online discussion of key business issues with 50,000 employees. The result was three values: "Dedication to every client's success", "Innovation that matters—for our company and for the world", and "Trust and personal responsibility in all relationships".
In 2005, the company sold its personal computer business to Chinese technology company Lenovo and, in 2009, it acquired software company SPSS Inc. Later in 2009, IBM's Blue Gene supercomputing program was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama. In 2011, IBM gained worldwide attention for its artificial intelligence program Watson, which was exhibited on Jeopardy! where it won against game-show champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The company also celebrated its 100th anniversary on the same year on June 16. In 2012, IBM announced it has agreed to buy Kenexa, and a year later it also acquired SoftLayer Technologies, a web hosting service, in a deal worth around $2 billion.
In 2014, IBM announced it would sell its x86 server division to Lenovo for a fee of $2.1 billion. Also that year, IBM began announcing several major partnerships with other companies, including Apple Inc., Twitter, Facebook, Tencent, Cisco, UnderArmour, Box, Microsoft, VMware, CSC, Macy's, Sesame Workshop, the parent company of Sesame Street, and Salesforce.com.
In 2015, IBM announced two major acquisitions: Merge Healthcare for $1 billion and all digital assets from The Weather Company, including Weather.com and the Weather Channel mobile app. Also that year, IBMers created the film A Boy and His Atom, which was the first molecule movie to tell a story. In 2016, IBM acquired video conferencing service Ustream and formed a new cloud video unit. In April 2016, it posted a 14-year low in quarterly sales. The following month, Groupon sued IBM accusing it of patent infringement, two months after IBM accused Groupon of patent infringement in a separate lawsuit.
Headquarters and offices
IBM is headquartered in Armonk, New York, a community 37 miles (60 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. Its principal building, referred to as CHQ, is a 283,000-square-foot (26,300 m) glass and stone edifice on a 25-acre (10 ha) parcel amid a 432-acre former apple orchard the company purchased in the mid-1950s. There are two other IBM buildings within walking distance of CHQ: the North Castle office, which previously served as IBM's headquarters; and the IBM Learning Center (ILC), a resort hotel and training center, which has 182 guest rooms, 31 meeting rooms, and various amenities.
IBM operates in 174 countries as of 2016, with mobility centers in smaller markets areas and major campuses in the larger ones. In New York City, IBM has several offices besides CHQ, including the IBM Watson headquarters at Astor Place in Manhattan. Outside of New York, major campuses in the United States include Austin, Texas; Research Triangle Park (Raleigh-Durham), North Carolina; Rochester, Minnesota; and Silicon Valley, California.
IBM's real estate holdings are varied and globally diverse. Towers occupied by IBM include 1250 René-Lévesque (Montreal, Canada), Tour Descartes (Paris, France), and One Atlantic Center (Atlanta, Georgia, USA). In Beijing, China, IBM occupies Pangu Plaza, which is the city's seventh tallest building and overlooks Beijing National Stadium ("Bird's Nest"), which was home to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Other notable buildings include the IBM Rome Software Lab (Rome, Italy), the Hursley House (Winchester, UK), 330 North Wabash (Chicago, Illinois, United States), the Cambridge Scientific Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States), the IBM Toronto Software Lab (Toronto, Canada), the IBM Building, Johannesburg (Johannesburg, South Africa), the IBM Building (Seattle) (Seattle, Washington, United States), the IBM Hakozaki Facility (Tokyo, Japan), the IBM Yamato Facility (Yamato, Japan), and the IBM Canada Head Office Building (Ontario, Canada). Defunct IBM campuses include the IBM Somers Office Complex (Somers, New York). The company's contributions to industrial architecture and design include works by Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and I.M. Pei. Van der Rohe's building in Chicago, the original center of the company's research division post-World War II, was recognized with the 1990 Honor Award from the National Building Museum. IBM was recognized as one of the Top 20 Best Workplaces for Commuters by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2005, which recognized Fortune 500 companies that provided employees with excellent commuter benefits to help reduce traffic and air pollution. In 2004, concerns were raised related to IBM's contribution in its early days to pollution in its original location in Endicott, New York.
Products and services
IBM has a large and diverse portfolio of products and services. As of 2016, these offerings fall into the categories of cloud computing, cognitive computing, commerce, data and analytics, Internet of Things, IT infrastructure, mobile, and security.
IBM Cloud includes infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) offered through public, private and hybrid cloud delivery models. For instance, the IBM Bluemix PaaS enables developers to quickly create complex websites on a pay-as-you-go model. IBM SoftLayer is a dedicated server, managed hosting and cloud computing provider, which in 2011 reported hosting more than 81,000 servers for more than 26,000 customers. IBM also provides Cloud Data Encryption Services (ICDES), using cryptographic splitting to secure customer data.
IBM also hosts the industry-wide cloud computing and mobile technologies conference InterConnect each year.
Hardware designed by IBM for these categories include IBM's POWER microprocessors, which are employed inside many console gaming systems, including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo's Wii U. IBM Secure Blue is encryption hardware that can be built into microprocessors, and in 2014, the company revealed it was investing $3 billion over the following five years to design a neural chip that mimics the human brain, with 10 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses, but that uses just 1 kilowatt of power. In 2016, the company launched all-flash arrays designed for small and midsized companies, which includes software for data compression, provisioning, and snapshots across various systems.
IT outsourcing also represents a major service provided by IBM, with more than 40 data centers worldwide. alphaWorks is IBM's source for emerging software technologies, and SPSS is a software package used for statistical analysis. IBM's Kenexa suite provides employment and retention solutions, and includes the BrassRing, an applicant tracking system used by thousands of companies for recruiting. IBM also owns The Weather Company, which provides weather forecasting and includes weather.com and Weather Underground.
Smarter Planet is an initiative that seeks to achieve economic growth, near-term efficiency, sustainable development, and societal progress, targeting opportunities such as smart grids, water management systems, solutions to traffic congestion, and greener buildings.
Services provisions include Redbooks, which are publicly available online books about best practices with IBM products, and developerWorks, a website for software developers and IT professionals with how-to articles and tutorials, as well as software downloads, code samples, discussion forums, podcasts, blogs, wikis, and other resources for developers and technical professionals.
IBM Watson is a technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data. Watson was debuted in 2011 on the American game-show Jeopardy!, where it competed against champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a three-game tournament and won. Watson has since been applied to business, healthcare, developers, and universities. For example, IBM has partnered with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to assist with considering treatment options for oncology patients and for doing melanoma screenings. Also, several companies have begun using Watson for call centers, either replacing or assisting customer service agents.
Research has been a part of IBM since its founding, and its organized efforts trace their roots back to 1945, when the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory was founded at Columbia University in New York City, converting a renovated fraternity house on Manhattan's West Side into IBM's first laboratory. Now, IBM Research constitutes the largest industrial research organization in the world, with 12 labs on 6 continents. IBM Research is headquartered at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York, and facilities include the Almaden lab in California, Austin lab in Texas, Australia lab in Melbourne, Brazil lab in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, China lab in Beijing and Shanghai, Ireland lab in Dublin, Haifa lab in Israel, India lab in Delhi and Bangalore, Tokyo lab, Zurich lab and Africa lab in Nairobi.
In terms of investment, IBM's R&D spend totals several billion dollars each year. In 2012, that expenditure was approximately $6.9 billion USD. Recent allocations have included $1 billion to create a business unit for Watson in 2014, and $3 billion to create a next-gen semiconductor along with $4 billion towards growing the company's "strategic imperatives" (cloud, analytics, mobile, security, social) in 2015.
IBM has been a leading proponent of the Open Source Initiative, and began supporting Linux in 1998. The company invests billions of dollars in services and software based on Linux through the IBM Linux Technology Center, which includes over 300 Linux kernel developers. IBM has also released code under different open source licenses, such as the platform-independent software framework Eclipse (worth approximately US$40 million at the time of the donation), the three-sentence International Components for Unicode (ICU) license, and the Java-based relational database management system (RDBMS) Apache Derby. IBM's open source involvement has not been trouble-free, however (see SCO v. IBM).
Famous inventions and developments by IBM include: the Automated teller machine (ATM), Dynamic random access memory (DRAM), the electronic keypunch, the financial swap, the floppy disk, the hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card, the relational database, RISC, the SABRE airline reservation system, SQL, the Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code, and the virtual machine. Additionally, in 1990 company scientists used a scanning tunneling microscope to arrange 35 individual xenon atoms to spell out the company acronym, marking the first structure assembled one atom at a time. A major part of IBM research is the generation of patents. Since its first patent for a traffic signaling device, IBM has been one of the world's most prolific patent sources. In 2018, the company holds the record for most patents generated by a business, marking 25 consecutive years for the achievement.
Five IBMers have received the Nobel Prize: Leo Esaki, of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., in 1973, for work in semiconductors; Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer, of the Zurich Research Center, in 1986, for the scanning tunneling microscope; and Georg Bednorz and Alex Müller, also of Zurich, in 1987, for research in superconductivity. Several IBMers have also won the Turing Award, including the first female recipient Frances E. Allen.
Current research includes a collaboration with the University of Michigan to see computers act as an academic adviser for undergraduate computer science and engineering students at the university, and a partnership with AT&T, combining their cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms to make them interoperable and to provide developers with easier tools.
Brand and reputation
IBM is nicknamed Big Blue in part due to its blue logo and color scheme, and also partially since IBM once had a de facto dress code of white shirts with blue suits. The company logo has undergone several changes over the years, with its current "8-bar" logo designed in 1972 by graphic designer Paul Rand. It was a general replacement for a 13-bar logo, since period photocopiers did not render large areas well.
IBM has a valuable brand as a result of over 100 years of operations and marketing campaigns. Since 1996, IBM has been the exclusive technology partner for the Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships in professional golf, with IBM creating the first Masters.org (1996), the first course cam (1998), the first iPhone app with live streaming (2009), and first-ever live 4K Ultra High Definition feed in the United States for a major sporting event (2016). As a result, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty became the third female member of the Master's governing body, the Augusta National Golf Club. IBM is also a major sponsor in professional tennis, with engagements at the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, the Australian Open, and the French Open. The company also sponsored the Olympic Games from 1960–2000, and the National Football League from 2003–2012.
In 2012, IBM's brand was valued at $75.5 billion and ranked by Interbrand as the №2 best brand worldwide. That same year, it was also ranked the №1 company for leaders (Fortune), the №2 green company in the U.S. (Newsweek), the №2 most respected company (Barron's), the №5 most admired company (Fortune), the №18 most innovative company (Fast Company), and the №1 in technology consulting and №2 in outsourcing (Vault). In 2015, Forbes ranked IBM the №5 most valuable brand.
People and culture
IBM has one of the largest workforces in the world, and employees at Big Blue are referred to as "IBMers". The company was among the first corporations to provide group life insurance (1934), survivor benefits (1935), training for women (1935), paid vacations (1937), and training for disabled people (1942). IBM hired its first black salesperson in 1946, and in 1952, CEO Thomas J. Watson, Jr. published the company's first written equal opportunity policy letter, one year before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education and 11 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Human Rights Campaign has rated IBM 100% on its index of gay-friendliness every year since 2003, with IBM providing same-sex partners of its employees with health benefits and an anti-discrimination clause. Additionally, in 2005, IBM became the first major company in the world to commit formally to not use genetic information in employment decisions; and in 2015, IBM was named to Working Mother's 100 Best Companies List for the 30th consecutive year.
IBM has several leadership development and recognition programs to recognize employee potential and achievements. For early-career high potential employees, IBM sponsors leadership development programs by discipline (e.g., general management (GMLDP), human resources (HRLDP), finance (FLDP)). Each year, the company also selects 500 IBMers for the IBM Corporate Service Corps (CSC), which has been described as the corporate equivalent of the Peace Corps and gives top employees a month to do humanitarian work abroad. For certain interns, IBM also has a program called Extreme Blue that partners top business and technical students to develop high-value technology and compete to present their business case to the company's CEO at internship's end.
The company also has various designations for exceptional individual contributors such as Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM), Research Staff Member (RSM), Distinguished Engineer (DE), and Distinguished Designer (DD). Prolific inventors can also achieve patent plateaus and earn the designation of Master Inventor. The company's most prestigious designation is that of IBM Fellow. Since 1963, the company names a handful of Fellows each year based on technical achievement. Other programs recognize years of service such as the Quarter Century Club established in 1924, and sellers are eligible to join the Hundred Percent Club, composed of IBM salesmen who meet their quotas, convened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Each year, the company also selects 1,000 IBMers annually to award the Best of IBM Award, which includes an all-expenses paid trip to the awards ceremony in an exotic location.
IBM's culture has evolved significantly over its century of operations. In its early days, a dark (or gray) suit, white shirt, and a "sincere" tie constituted the public uniform for IBM employees. During IBM's management transformation in the 1990s, CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. relaxed these codes, normalizing the dress and behavior of IBM employees. The company's culture has also given to different plays on the company acronym (IBM), with some saying is stands for "I've Been Moved" due to relocations and layoffs, others saying it stands for "I'm By Myself" pursuant to a prevalent work-from-anywhere norm, and others saying it stands for "I'm Being Mentored" due to the company's open door policy and encouragement for mentoring at all levels. In terms of labor relations, the company has traditionally resisted labor union organizing, although unions represent some IBM workers outside the United States. In Japan, IBM employees also have an American football team complete with pro stadium, cheerleaders and televised games, competing in the Japanese X-League as the "Big Blue".
In 2015, IBM started giving employees the option of choosing either a PC or a Mac as their primary work device, resulting in IBM becoming the world's largest Mac shop. In 2016, IBM eliminated forced rankings and changed its annual performance review system to focus more on frequent feedback, coaching, and skills development.
IBM alumni
Many IBMers have also achieved notability outside of work and after leaving IBM. In business, former IBM employees include Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook, former EDS CEO and politician Ross Perot, Microsoft chairman John W. Thompson, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Lisa Su, Citizens Financial Group CEO Ellen Alemany, former Yahoo! chairman Alfred Amoroso, former AT&T CEO C. Michael Armstrong, former Xerox Corporation CEOs David T. Kearns and G. Richard Thoman, former Fair Isaac Corporation CEO Mark N. Greene, Citrix Systems co-founder Ed Iacobucci, ASOS.com chairman Brian McBride, and former Lenovo CEO Steve Ward.
In government, alumna Patricia Roberts Harris served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the first African American woman to serve in the United States Cabinet. Samuel K. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and as the White House Chief of Staff. Alumni also include U.S. Senators Mack Mattingly and Thom Tillis; Wisconsin governor Scott Walker; former U.S. Ambassadors Vincent Obsitnik (Slovakia), Arthur K. Watson (France), and Thomas Watson Jr. (Soviet Union); and former U.S. Representatives Todd Akin, Glenn Andrews, Robert Garcia, Katherine Harris, Amo Houghton, Jim Ross Lightfoot, Thomas J. Manton, Donald W. Riegle Jr., and Ed Zschau.
Others are NASA astronaut Michael J. Massimino, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette, Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe, Western Governors University president emeritus Robert Mendenhall, former University of Kentucky president Lee T. Todd Jr., NFL referee Bill Carollo, former Rangers F.C. chairman John McClelland, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature J. M. Coetzee. Thomas Watson Jr. also served as the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America.
Board and shareholders
The company's 14 member Board of Directors are responsible for overall corporate management and includes the CEOs of American Express, Ford Motor Company, Boeing, Dow Chemical, Johnson and Johnson, and Cemex.
In 2011, IBM became the first technology company Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway invested in. As of 2016, he owns 8.51 percent of IBM's shares.
See also
- List of companies of the United States § I
- List of electronics brands
- List of international subsidiaries of IBM
- List of largest Internet companies
- List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
- List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM
- Tech companies in the New York City metropolitan region
- Top 100 US Federal Contractors
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- Henry Bakis (1987). "Telecommunications and the Global Firm". In F. E. Ian Hamilton. Industrial change in advanced economies. London: Croom Helm. pp. 130–160. ISBN 9780709938286.
- Roy A Bauer; et al. (1992). The Silverlake Project: Transformation at IBM (AS/400). Oxford University Press.
- Edwin Black (2008). IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation. ISBN 0-914153-10-2.
- Paul Carroll (1993). Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM. Crown Publishers.
- Doug Garr (1999). IBM Redux: Lou Gerstner & The Business Turnaround of the Decade. Harper Business.
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (2002). Who Says Elephants can't Dance?. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-715448-8.
- Greulich, Peter E. (2014) A View from Beneath the Dancing Elephant: Rediscovering IBM's Corporate Constitution MBI Concepts Corporation. ISBN 0-9833734-6-9.
- John Harwood (2011). The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945–1976. ISBN 978-0-8166-7039-0.
- Robert Heller (1994). The Fate of IBM. Little Brown.
- David Mercer (1987). IBM: How the World's Most Successful Corporation is Managed. Kogan Page.
- David Mercer (1988). The Global IBM: Leadership in Multinational Management. Dodd, Mead. p. 374.
- Mills, D. Quinn; Friesen, G. Bruce (1996). Broken Promises: An Unconventional View of What Went Wrong at IBM. Harvard Business School. ISBN 0-87584-654-8.
- Emerson W. Pugh (1996). Building IBM: Shaping an Industry. MIT Press.
- Robert Slater (1999). Saving Big Blue: IBM's Lou Gerstner. McGraw Hill.
- Ulrich Steinhilper (2006). Don't Talk – Do It! From Flying To Word Processing. ISBN 1-872836-75-5.
- Ernest von Simson (2009). The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4401-9258-6.
- Thomas Watson, Jr. (1990). Father, Son & Co: My Life at IBM and Beyond. ISBN 0-553-29023-1.
External links
- Official website
- IBM website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 22, 1996)
- Samme Chittum (2004-03-15). "In an I.B.M. Village, Pollution Fears Taint Relations With Neighbors". New York Times.
- IBM companies grouped at OpenCorporates
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THOMAS - The Snake River Lady Panthers weathered a slow offensive start to down the visiting Teton Lady Redskins in A2 action Tuesday evening by a final score of 44-28.
"We seemed to lack some offensive intensity in the first half and missed some easy opportunities," said Coach Steve Morton. "We made some adjustments at half time and rode our strong defense to the win tonight."
Hitting only two of ten shots in the first quarter, the Snake River quintet found themselves tied with Teton after the first quarter at 5. Teton also found scoring to be tough and relied on a three ball from Mikiah Dansie to knot the score just before the end of the quarter. Dansie's trey was one of four the sophomore would make during the contest and all four bank shots from long range.
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Last Exorcism, The (US - BD RA)
Gabe Powers takes a trip down South for a good, old fashioned demon hunt...
The son of one of the South's most famous exorcists, Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) was once on his way to exorcist super stardom, but grew disillusioned after learning of the accidental death of a possession victim. Soon after Marcus agrees to participate in a documentary feature dedicated to proving exorcism on the whole is a fraud. After randomly choosing one of the many letters he gets requesting his expertise, Marcus and the film crew are off to the home of Louis Sweetzer (Louis Herthum), where an innocent teenage girl named Nell (Ashley Bell) has exhibited signs of possession. At first everything seems under control, but it's soon clear that this isn't going to be an average night of demon exorcism.
There are dozens of overused gimmicks and genres found in the horror genre, made all the more tedious thanks to a reinvigorated onslaughts of straight to video productions. There are two things I really didn't think horror fans needed more of – mockumentary/found footage style productions, and exorcism movies (well, and zombie and vampire movies, but that isn't pertinent here). Cloverfield and REC kind of pushed me to my mockumentary limit (it was with a heavy heart that I found myself recommending Lake Mungo), and the exorcism genre hasn't done anything to impress me outside the original Exorcist. The Last Exorcism, a title that is clearly meant to invoke thoughts of finality, was not on my must see radar. I was so busy I wasn't even going to bother with reviewing this Blu-ray until I started catching up on the reviews and word of mouth, both of which were so positive I realized I would be remiss of me to skip over the film, despite the prejudice of my indifference.
The Last Exorcism clearly follows the structure of most mockumentary features (found footage comparisons work pretty well too), and the basic tropes found in your average exorcism movie (a protagonist losing faith, an innocent girl affected, etc). However, writers Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland, and director Daniel Stamm are clever fellas, and fulfill tropes and stereotypes in order to meet the audiences expectations early in the film, and even pokes fun at them. Around the half hour point, we are allowed behind the exorcist's curtain while he sets up a phony supernatural experience. This lulls us, and opens us up to being disturbed when the 'shit gets real'. Even after things start going awry we're still left to assume normal, run of the mill child abuse and mental anguish is responsible for the more horror heavy stuff. Of course we know as horror fans and regular film-goers that the supernatural is going to be the ultimate answer (especially those of us that saw the teaser trailer), but audiences that aren't as readily open to the terrors of the supernatural are given the proper time to grow acclimated to the 'unexplainable'. Unfortunately, the climax is slapdash enough to slightly undermine what works throughout the rest of the runtime, and ends the film on a semi-silly down note that simply didn't work for me.
Stamm's strongest suit is his sense of pacing. The Last Exorcism moves quickly without feeling rushed (until the not so great final few minutes), and the story unfolds with almost impossible precision. The mockumentary visuals create a strong sense of immediacy, though the more outstandingly 'scary' images aren't entirely indelible, and didn't stick with me very long after the film was over (like many people I was tricked into thinking The Blair Witch Project was a good movie because I was still tweaked by some of the images for weeks after the film was over). The overall experience is pretty realistic, but all this fake documentary style and wizardry still wouldn't work had it not been for the film's super strong casting. The unknown actors are lead by Patrick Fabian as Reverend Cotton Marcus. Fabian has the tough job of creating a likable lead out of a character plagued by hubris, and an obvious contempt for the people he 'helps'. Between winks at the camera, and a genuine sense of heroism the actor charms the negatives right out of his performance. Actress Ashley Bell isn't only believable, but she creates two genuinely different characters in her performance, meaning she's successfully acting as if she's acting during the first half of the film. More importantly the entire cast doesn't draw attention to themselves as actors, but as genuine human beings trapped in an impossible situation.
Based on the trailers I was expecting a much dirtier looking production than this. I think I assumed that Last Exorcism was shot on 16mm. In truth the film was apparently shot using high end 35mm films and equipment. This transfer is so clean and clear overall I was surprised it wasn't shot digitally. The film is still shot in a rough enough manner that the transfer doesn't look perfect, however. Fine details are often obscured by shaky, unfocused camera work (the autofocus is enough to make susceptible audience members a bit sea sick), and director Daniel Stamm doesn't take many chances to work stylized lighting into the visual mix, leading to less than sharp contrast. The really dark stuff during the film's nighttime climax is relatively grainy, but there aren't any problems with compression noise or edge enhancement anywhere on the transfer.
The Last Exorcism comes fitted with a well rounded DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack. Early sections of the film utilize a sort of hyper-realistic sound design, recreating precisely what we'd expect from a documentary film utilizing a single boom microphone set up. The dialogue is clear, but purposefully inconsistent in volume, and sound effects are tweaked to blast volume when the audience needs to be put on their toes. There is very little musical score, and almost no surround sound effects during these scenes. Even the demon sound effects we know Marcus is faking are presented flatter, and really only in the front channels. Then strange stuff that is completely out of the on-screen film crew's control starts happening, and the DTS-HD soundtrack opens right up, including unmotivated LFE throb, and creepy, abstract musical score. Then the surround channels really come to life, as eerie effects move behind the audience in a convincing manner.
This reasonably packed Blu-ray disc's extras begin with three audio commentary tracks. For the sake of time (like I said, I almost didn't review this one at all) I sampled sections from each of these tracks in order to review them, so my comments refer to these sections rather than the entire track. The first track features producers Eli Roth, Eric Newman and Tom Bliss. Unsurprisingly, Roth rules over most of the track, and subject matter covers more of the producers' side of the project, including mostly the process of gathering the crew and covering the production costs. Overall this particular commentary is a bit dry. The second track features director Daniel Stamm with actors Ashley Bell, Patrick Fabian and Louis Herthum (my disc actually defaults to this track rather than the DTS-HD track for some reason). Fabian and Stamm are the most vocal members of the commentary, but Bell offers plenty of information as well, and Herthum isn't entirely silent. This is the more informative crew track, and the tone is pleasantly light. The final commentary is entitled 'Witness to an Exorcism, and features a haunting victim named Stephanie, clinical psychologist Selena Mathews, and a 'spiritual warfare councilor' named Katie. This track has been edited together from three separate interviews, and none of the participants' words really pertain to the on-screen actions. Still, this is a clever addition to the disc, and an intriguing way to experience the film for the third or fourth time. There's also a lot more information on the subject here than found in the related 'Real Stories of Exorcism' featurette also included in the extras area.
Next up is the aforementioned 'Real Stories of Exorcism' (13:40, HD), a heavy handed, but well produced and entertaining mini-documentary with religious scholars, a possession victim, and other pertinent interview subjects. The problem here is that this is a single story of exorcism, so the plural in the title doesn't make any sense. This is followed by 'The Devil You Know: The Making of The Last Exorcism' (20:20, HD), a brief behind the scenes featurette featuring interview footage with the director, writers, producers and actors, along with choice cuts from the film itself, and Daniel Stamm's first film, which was also a mockumentary. This extra covers more than the usual EPK, but still feels a lot like an extended advertising piece. The disc also includes audition footage from the three lead actors – Ashley Bell (2:30, SD), Patrick Fabian (9:30, SD), Caleb Landry (1:40, SD) and Louis Herthum (1:30, SD). The extras are wrapped up with the 2009 Cannes Film Festival teaser (2:30, HD), the theatrical trailer, a text based screen containing the 'Protection Prayer' in both English and Latin, and other Lionsgate trailers. A DVD and Digital Copy are also included.
The Last Exorcism is a fresher and better film than I was expecting, but not quite as successful as some of the more excitable reviews might lead you to believe. The documentary feel holds tight right up to the all to brief climax (side note: abrupt climaxes seem to be a mockumentary/found footage trademark, from Cannibal Holocaust to Blair Witch Project), which unfortunately doesn't really chill the bones as the filmmakers likely intended. Frankly I didn't find the film particularly frightening at all, but really respect the art of faking real life, and consider the overall production quite successful. This Blu-ray looks and sounds about as perfect as a purposefully imperfect film can, and the extras include three solid commentary tracks, one of which fills in the real life facts of the possession phenomenon from three different points of view.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release's image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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This film was decent. Nothing more. Nothing less. Better than your average horror film, but pales in comparison to films such as "Blair Witch Project". I'd stick with a rental. 6/10.
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Patrick Fabian played on Veronica Mars's 3rd season, he was her college professor. i agree that he has this charm about him, even if he's up to no good. i think its his tone of voice and the smile he can give. makes u wanna trust and/or believe him even if you know he's probably lying. lol
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Disc Details
Release Date: 4th January 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Producers Commentary, Director and Cast Commentary, Witness to Exorcism Commentary, The Devil You Know: The Making of The Last Exorcism, Real Stories of Exorcism, Actors' Audition Footage, 2009 Cannes Teaser Trailer, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Daniel Stamm
Cast: Ashley Bell, Patrick Fabian, Louis Herthum
Genre: Horror
Length: 87 minutes
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According to Yahoo! Sports reporter Kevin Iole, the planned August 2 UFC 176 card has been postponed.
This comes as no surprise, as the main event was removed recently after UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo suffered an injury in training. Aldo was scheduled to meet Chad Mendes in a rematch of a fight won by Aldo in Brazil via first round knockout.
We'll have more information as it becomes known. The card was scheduled for Los Angeles and the Staples Center. It is expected to be rescheduled for October.
According to a press release by the UFC, the number of the event will just be passed over, meaning the planned UFC 177 card with TJ Dillashaw and Renan Barao will still be titled UFC 177 on August 30.
Below is the list of fights previously announced for the card, including a middleweight encounter between Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza:
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WHAT: To help welcome in the fall season, First Niagara will host a Fall Harvest Festival for patients and families at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.
The hospital's Atrium will be transformed into a farm-like atmosphere to simulate a real pumpkin picking experience. Patients will have the opportunity to pick out their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch and then creatively paint it afterward. Other activities include scarecrow crafts and family photo opportunities.
Families will also be able to indulge in fall refreshments such as apples and caramel, cupcakes and apple cider.
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WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011
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After several delays, the ITC ruled today that HTC does in fact infringe on Apple's patent (#5,946,647) and has issued a ban on the importation of certain HTC devices. The ITC ban includes Android phones that run on versions between 1.6 and 2.2 and specifically names the HTC EVO 4G, HTC Aria, T-Mobile G2 and the HTC DROID Incredible.
The patent itself is a "system and method [which] causes a computer to detect and perform actions on structures identified in computer data," which covers how Android interacts with the UI in certain instances. While the ITC's ruling in Apple's favor is a hard blow for HTC, things could get a lot worse for other Android OEMs. The patent in question implies that the main offender is Google's Android OS, not HTC. Apple may use this case against HTC as a precedent and ask the ITC to ban the importation of Android devices that infringe on the same patent from other OEMs as well.
Unlike the recent import bans we have seen in Germany, the ITC ban on HTC's infringing products does not go into effect until April 19, 2012. The time delay is intended to give HTC an adequate amount of time to make changes to its supply chain or fix the issue in question. There are a few exceptions to the ban that will allow HTC to import the handsets in question for warranty replacements for their customers. The only way around the ban is if the president of the United States chooses to veto the decision by the ITC.
While a specific product ban may sound scary, we'd like to point out that the ITC's ruling includes an exclusion order. Instead of blocking a fixed list of devices, the exclusion order spreads its wings a bit further, encompassing all HTC devices that may infringe on Apple's patent. This means we could see more HTC phones added to the import ban list, but we're not sure if the exclusion order could expand to devices that run on Android 2.3 or higher.
Fortunately, there's a bit of good news in all of this. HTC's official statement was released a short while ago:
We are gratified that the Commission affirmed the judge's initial determination on the '721 and '983 patents, and reversed its decision on the '263 patent and partially on the '647 patent. We are very pleased with the determination and we respect it. However, the '647 patent is a small UI experience and HTC will completely remove it from all of our phones soon.Grace Leigeneral counsel of HTC
From the sound of it, HTC claims they have a software update in the works that will circumvent the issue at hand. We'd love to know what the "small UI experience" is that's causing so much trouble, but we'll probably learn more about it once HTC releases the update.
Apple and HTC have been battling things out in the courts for a long time. Now that Apple has a significant victory under its belt, we have a feeling they will continue to throw more patent infringement cases at HTC and other OEMs. HTC was fortunate to have a backup plan in place for this case. Let's just hope other Android manufacturers will be as lucky.


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Twilight babe Kristen Stewart has been named Hollywood's most profitable star.
The 21 year old has topped Forbes magazine's rundown of the most bankable stars, netting an estimated $56 for every dollar she was paid for her last three major films.
Stewart's co-star and real-life boyfriend Robert Pattinson came third in the Best Actors for the Buck list, pulling in $39.43 for every $1 he received, while Anne Hathaway was in second place, earning $46 for every $1.
Rounding out the top five are the stars of two massive blockbuster franchises - Daniel Radcliffe of the Harry Potter movies and Transformers star Shia LaBeouf - while Robert Downey, Jr., Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp complete the top 10.


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The effectiveness of aquatic physical therapy in the treatment of fibromyalgia: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
By Tarcisio Brandão Lima, et al.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of aquatic physical therapy in the treatment of fibromyalgia.
Data sources: The search strategy was undertaken using the following databases, from 1950 to December 2012: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, LILACS, SCIELO, WEB OF SCIENCE, SCOPUS, SPORTDiscus, Cochrane Library Controlled Trials Register, Cochrane Disease Group Trials Register, PEDro and DARE.
Review methods: The studies were separated into groups: Group I – aquatic physical therapy × no treatment, Group II – aquatic physical therapy × land-based exercises and Group III – aquatic physical therapy × other treatments.
Results: Seventy-two abstracts were found, 27 of which met the inclusion criteria. For the functional ability (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire), three studies were considered with a treatment time of more than 20 weeks and a mean difference (MD) of -1.35 [-2.04; -0.67], P = 0.0001 was found in favour of the aquatic physical therapy group versus no treatment. The same results were identified for stiffness and the 6-minute walk test where two studies were pooled with an MD of -1.58 [-2.58; -0.58], P = 0.002 and 43.5 (metres) [3.8; 83.2], P = 0.03, respectively.
Conclusion: Three meta-analyses showed statistically significant results in favour of the aquatic physical therapy (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, stiffness and the 6-minute walk test) during a period of longer than 20 weeks. Due to the low methodological rigor, the results were insufficient to demonstrate statistical and clinical differences in most of the outcomes.
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation, July 1, 2013. By Tarcisio Brandão Lima, Josilainne Marcelino Dias, Bruno Fles Mazuquin, Carla Tassiana da Silva, Regiane Mazzarioli Pereira Nogueira, Amélia Pasqual Marques, Edson Lopes Lavado and Jefferson Rosa Cardoso. 1PAIFIT Research Group, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil.


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Roscoe girls defeat Blackwell for 1st win
ROSCOE — The Roscoe girls got their first win of the season by beating Blackwell, 50-23, on Tuesday.Kimberly Norris scored 20 points to pace Roscoe (1-1). Sara Kingston and Lynnsi Moses had six, Katie McIntire five, Faith Boren four, Jacinda Morales, Carolina Perez, Kaitlinn Reed and Whitney Williams two and Jacey Tomlin one. Blackwell (0-3) was led by Jennifer Allen and Amanda Bullard with six while Kaitlyn Gaston had four, Brooklyn Harris three and Jessica Morrow and Reccie Roland two. Also, Bullard pulled down 12 rebounds and Roland seven.The Highland girls, who started out ranked No. 12 in Class 1A, Division II, may be starting to feel snakebit as they also dropped to 0-3 after losing to Robert Lee 32-31 on Tuesday. Callie Sandusky had 16 points, Shyan Womack five, Lora Stewart three, Sierra Allen, Kara Hughey and Beth Richburg two and Megan Thompson one. Highland has lost twice by a single point after falling to Sweetwater in its opener.Highland's boys lost to Robert Lee 67-20 in their season opener. Josh Andrews had nine points, Ron Covington seven and Landon Rowlett four.Blackwell's boys play at Robert Lee's tournament starting today and the girls are at Priddy's tournament for the next three days.Highland's teams will host Sands on Friday, while the Roscoe girls will play at Cross Plains tomorrow. The Roscoe boys are ex-pected to tip off their sea-son next Tuesday at home against Colorado City, with a girls game also on tap.Sweetwater's girls (1-2) will have a 6:30 p.m. home game on Friday with Class 5A Abilene High while the Sweetwater boys (1-0) travel to Coleman for a 6:30 p.m. tipoff. Both Sweetwater JV teams also play on Friday, and the freshman girls will play at Abilene High's tour-nament starting today.


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Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was a member of an abolitionist family. He was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston, brother of John Mercer Langston, who was the first Black American to be elected to public office, in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighth grade, and was selected as Class Poet. His father didn't think he would be able to make a living at writing, and encouraged him to pursue a more practical career. He paid his son's tuition to Columbia University on the grounds he study engineering. After a short time, Langston dropped out of the program with a B+ average; all the while he continued writing poetry. His first published poem was also one of his most famous, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", and it appeared in Brownie's Book. Later, his poems, short plays, essays and short stories appeared in the NAACP publication Crisis Magazine and in Opportunity Magazine and other publications.
One of Hughes' finest essays appeared in the Nation in 1926, entitled "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain". It spoke of Black writers and poets, "who would surrender racial pride in the name of a false integration," where a talented Black writer would prefer to be considered a poet, not a Black poet, which to Hughes meant he subconsciously wanted to write like a white poet. Hughes argued, "no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself." He wrote in this essay, "We younger Negro artists now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren't, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too... If colored people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, their displeasure doesn't matter either. We build our temples for tomorrow, as strong as we know how and we stand on the top of the mountain, free within ourselves."
In 1923, Hughes traveled abroad on a freighter to the Senegal, Nigeria, the Cameroons, Belgium Congo, Angola, and Guinea in Africa, and later to Italy and France, Russia and Spain. One of his favorite pastimes whether abroad or in Washington, D.C. or Harlem, New York was sitting in the clubs listening to blues, jazz and writing poetry. Through these experiences a new rhythm emerged in his writing, and a series of poems such as "The Weary Blues" were penned. He returned to Harlem, in 1924, the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. During this period, his work was frequently published and his writing flourished. In 1925 he moved to Washington, D.C., still spending more time in blues and jazz clubs. He said, "I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street...(these songs) had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going." At this same time, Hughes accepted a job with Dr. Carter G. Woodson, editor of the Journal of Negro Life and History and founder of Black History Week in 1926. He returned to his beloved Harlem later that year.
Langston Hughes received a scholarship to Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. degree in 1929. In 1943, he was awarded an honorary Lit.D by his alma mater; a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1935 and a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1940. Based on a conversation with a man he knew in a Harlem bar, he created a character know as My Simple Minded Friend in a series of essays in the form of a dialogue. In 1950, he named this lovable character Jess B. Simple, and authored a series of books on him.
Langston Hughes was a prolific writer. In the forty-odd years between his first book in 1926 and his death in 1967, he devoted his life to writing and lecturing. He wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals and operas, three autobiographies, a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles. In addition, he edited seven anthologies. The long and distinguished list of Hughes' works includes: Not Without Laughter (1930); The Big Sea (1940); I Wonder As I Wander" (1956), his autobiographies. His collections of poetry include: The Weary Blues (1926); The Negro Mother and other Dramatic Recitations (1931); The Dream Keeper (1932); Shakespeare In Harlem (1942); Fields of Wonder (1947); One Way Ticket (1947); The First Book of Jazz (1955); Tambourines To Glory (1958); and Selected Poems (1959); The Best of Simple (1961). He edited several anthologies in an attempt to popularize black authors and their works. Some of these are: An African Treasury (1960); Poems from Black Africa (1963); New Negro Poets: USA (1964) and The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers (1967).
Published posthumously were: Five Plays By Langston Hughes (1968); The Panther and The Lash: Poems of Our Times (1969) and Good Morning Revolution: Uncollected Writings of Social Protest (1973); The Sweet Flypaper of Life with Roy DeCarava (1984).
Langston Hughes died of cancer on May 22, 1967. His residence at 20 East 127th Street in Harlem, New York has been given landmark status by the New York City Preservation Commission. His block of East 127th Street was renamed "Langston Hughes Place".
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Constipation is infrequent and/or uncomfortable bowel movements. Stool is often hard and dry. This is a common gastrointestinal complaint.
Constipation has many causes, including:
- Not enough fluid intake
- Overuse of laxative medications
- Too little exercise
- Lengthy bed rest
- Certain medications, including:
- Pain relievers
- Narcotics
- Aluminum-containing antacids
- Antidepressant and antipsychotic medicines
- Medications for epilepsy and Parkinson's disease
- Antispasmodic medications
- Iron supplements
- Calcium channel blockers
- Frequently delaying the need to have a bowel movement
- Pregnancy
- Diabetes
- Spasm of the anal sphincter; due to painful anal fissures or hemorrhoids
- Underactive thyroid
- Irritable bowel syndrome — periods of constipation may alternate with episodes of diarrhea
- Neurological diseases such as:
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Stroke
- Spinal cord injuries or tumors
- Intestinal disorders, including:
- Scarring
- Tumors
- Cancer
- Inflammation
- Travel due to schedule changes, stress and poor diet
Constipation is more common in people who have:
- Advanced age
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Prolonged bed rest due to surgery or an accident
- Diet that is high in fat and sugar and low in fiber
Constipation Symptoms
Symptoms include:
- Abdominal pain
- Sensation of abdominal fullness
- Rectal pain and pressure
- Difficulty passing stool, despite straining
- Hard, dry, small stool
- Sensation of retained stool after defecating
When Should I Call My Doctor?
Call your doctor if you:
- Have constipation that lasts longer than 2-3 weeks
- Have a painful or swollen abdomen
- Have nausea or vomiting
- Have signs of an infection, such as fever or chills
- Have pain or burning in anal area with or without bowel movement
- Have blood in your stool or black stool
- Think that your prescription medication is causing constipation
- Are losing weight
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. It may include a digital rectal exam of the rectum with the doctor's gloved, lubricated finger inserted into your rectum.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with blood tests.
Your bodily structures may need to be viewed. This can be done with:
- Abdominal X-ray
- Barium enema
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
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Treatments for Constipation
Understanding Normal Bowel Movements
Talk to your doctor about what is a normal frequency of bowel movements for you. The range of normal is quite broad. Some people have several stools a day. Others have one stool every several days.
Making Lifestyle Changes
- Eat a healthy, balanced diet that is high in fiber and includes foods such as unprocessed bran, whole-wheat grains, fresh fruit, and cereals. Eating prunes may also improve bowel movements.
- Limit your intake of processed and fatty foods.
- Exercise regularly.
- Drink plenty of water each day.
Taking Laxatives, Stool Softeners, or Glycerin Suppositories
Regularly using laxatives or enemas can be habit-forming. Your bowels can become used to these products and require them to produce a stool. Stool softeners, though, are not habit-forming. Ask your doctor about how often and for how long to use these products.
Examples of medications include:
- Polyethylene glycol 3350 — a type of laxative
- Psyllium — a bulk laxative
- Docusate — a stool softener
- Lactulose — a type of laxative
- Lubiprostone — a medication that increases fluid in stool
- Botulism injections — may be used to treat certain types of constipation
Retraining Your Bowels
Set aside the same time each day to move your bowels. Typically, this works best first thing in the morning. Sit on the toilet for 15-20 minutes. Over time, your body will learn to have regular bowel movements at the same time each day.
Using Biofeedback
Biofeedback may be effective in certain conditions. By working with a therapist, you learn how to control certain muscles that can help you to move your bowels.
Treating Underlying Conditions
Work with your doctor to treat other conditions that may be causing your constipation.
Changing Medications
If you are taking medication that causes constipation, talk to your doctor to find out if you can take a different medication.
If you are taking opioids to relieve pain, you may have constipation. A medication called methylnaltrexone may help to reduce this side effect.
If you have severe, chronic constipation, your doctor may recommend surgery.
If you are diagnosed with constipation, follow your doctor's instructions.
To reduce your chance of getting constipation:
- Eat a healthy, balanced diet that is high in fiber.
- Exercise regularly.
- Drink plenty of water.
- In an effort to train your bowels, schedule a time daily to sit on the toilet just after a meal.
- Do not rush yourself when using the bathroom.
- If you feel the urge to move your bowels, do not ignore this feeling. Go to the bathroom right away.
Speak with your doctor to get a referral.
Content was created using EBSCO's Health Library. Edits to original content made by Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. This information is not a substitute for professional medical advice.


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Project 12-Gauge, Part 1: 2011 Chevy Silverado Suspension
Locked and Loaded Silverado Thanks to Auto Anything
It's not always best to admit, but many of the lifted suspension installations we do in the magazine see more time on the road commuting and looking cool than they do getting tossed around in the dirt. Unfortunately, the form has taken the center stage with function merely a backup singer in the song. It's high time to change that. Many of you have trucks that get used for their designed purpose, and see just as much time on as off the road—basically, a true balance of work and play. We are turning the focus your way with this new project.
Teaming up with Auto Anything, this 2011 Silverado will serve as the perfect blend of tough looks with tough performance to match. Used for hunting adventures, including heading to the duck blind, tracking down a buck, and driving to the deserted fishing hole, the owner makes no excuses for getting his truck dirty. Auto Anything is used to handling any and all custom truck requests and was eager to help find the solutions to make Project 12-Gauge a multipurpose pickup.
Certainly a suspension lift was a major necessity and not one that would ride too high or negatively effect ride comfort. We found the perfect fit in Ready Lift's SST line of offerings. Ready Lift's goal was to provide a true lift kit that was completely bolted on; no drilling, cutting or welding required. This system significantly increased ground clearance while allowing for tire sizes up to 33-inch on aftermarket wheels. Completing the first part of our utilitarian transformation was 275/60R20 Falken Rocky Mountain A/T tires from Discount Tire Direct and 20x9-inch BMF S.O.T.A. wheels in the company's popular Death Metal finish.
With the added inches from the suspension lift, Auto Anything recommended electronic PowerSteps from AMP Research, which would help ease ingress and egress for all passengers. When the boards are in the retracted position, they become barely noticeable and stay out of harms way while traversing through brushy areas that the truck would regularly see. AMP Research also had the perfect solution for getting into the bed with its BedStep and BedStep 2. Both units flip down or retract with the nudge of a foot. Exactly what a true multipurpose truck needs. No fumbling and no fuss trying to make these accessories work. To help give the truck a rugged look and to help keep mud from covering the planned vinyl wrap, we also ordered a set of Bushwhacker fender flares. They look good, are easy to install, and are pretty darn tough.
Auto Anything came to our rescue and had everything shipped to us at competitive prices and with fast shipping. Street Trenz, located in El Cajon, California, set aside all of our parts until we were ready to get them installed, and then had the lift, wheels and tires, flares, and AMP steps ready to rock in barely 5 hours. Check out the images and give the companies sourced a call should you have questions about products for your ride.
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550 Paracord is the most used, dependable, tough and long lasting cord we offer. It can be used for countless projects and perfect for crafting, repairing and other paracord projects.
Paracord was first used by the U.S. Military.They would use it for many applications such as attaching equipment to harnesses, tying rucksacks to vehicle racks and for securing camouflage nets to trees or vehicles. However, it's most popular use was it use as suspension lines for parachutes for US paratroopers during World War II.
Paracord Planet uses paracord that is made of Commercial Grade nylon parachute rope developed to U.S. Military specification, designated Type III MIL-C-5040. This designation means that our paracord has tensile strength of 550 lbs. (minimum breaking point). Paracord Planet paracord is composed of seven (7) two ply yarns (kern) with the sheath (mantle) composed of 32 woven strands. The seven inner cords have a tensile strength of 50 lbs each or a total tensile strength of 350 lbs with the covering sheath a total tensile strength of 200 lbs – 550 lb. total minimum tensile strength or 550 CORD! Our paracord will not rot or mildew.
Did you know that you can cut paracord without a blade? Yup. Paracord can be cut using nothing but itself and some elbow grease.
Paracord's first recorded use in the United States was during World War II, where they used it for many of the uses that the military continues to use paracord for today.
Did you know that a Basic Cobra Bracelet contains over 70 feet of usable cord? Its true! Each bracelet contains about 8-9 feet of #550 paracord which in turn contains 7 individual strands of cord. When you add it all up its about 70 feet. A King Cobra Bracelet contains over 120 feet!
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What better way to celebrate your vacation than to take a piece of Nemacolin home with you? Our Logo Shop, located in the Heritage Court Shoppes, offers a large selection of Nemacolin gift items, as well as a wide selection of apparel including polos, sweatshirts, t-shirts and robes. No matter when you shop or what you buy, you can be sure that every time you look at your purchase, you will be reminded of your vacation at Nemacolin!
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Schedule your campus visit today!
Although classes ended on May 9, there is still a lot of action in store for Marian University's campus this summer. Marian University hosts more than 35 summer camps. Teach for America, Girl Scouts Medical Day Camp, STEM Camp (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), Todd Lickliter Basketball Camp, and cycling camps at the Indy Cycloplex are on the list, among others. These camps range from single day sessions to overnight events.
"People choose Marian University for their summer camps because of our central location in the city, our beautiful campus, and the friendliness of our employees," said Deb Lawrence, vice president for administration and general counsel.
Here are a few you can still sign up for:
STEM Summer Camps
The Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab at Marian University presents STEM Camps as an outreach initiative of the School of Education and Exercise Science. A different theme is introduced every day, giving kindergarteners through eighth graders hands-on activities that align with Indiana academic standards. Three separate five-day sessions take place from June 9-27. The first week focuses on living things, the second on natural non-living things, and the third teaches campers about earth and space. Camp Invention takes place the week of July 7 as an additional branch of the STEM camps. These opportunities allow participants to experience science in "new, different, and fun ways."
For more information, please visit the website.
Todd Lickliter Basketball Camp at Marian University
Todd Lickliter's basketball camp is held June 30-July 3 and July 7-10. Campers are placed on teams based on ability and grade level. Marian University basketball staff oversees the camp helping each camper grow as a teammate on and off the court. Emphasis is placed on skills and leadership.
"It is with great pleasure that I can extend an invitation to the youth throughout central Indiana to join us on the campus of Marian University as we continue the tradition of providing a camp experience that promotes a positive attitude, individual skill development, and the passion for team success," Coach Lickliter said.
Indy Cycloplex Camps
The Indy Cycloplex will be hosting several summer camp opportunities at the park this summer, including two week-long day camps.
"We are excited to offer opportunities for kids to come to the Indy Cycloplex and learn what the park is all about," said Dean Peterson, executive director of the Indy Cycloplex and head cycling coach. "We hope we can entice a whole new audience to visit the Cycloplex often and bring their family and friends back again and again."
The camps are scheduled for June 16-20 and July 21-25 and will include exposure to all varieties of cycling, including on the velodrome and BMX track, as well as time working in the Cycloplex community garden and other activities in this historic city park. There is also a BMX "boot camp" designed to introduce kids to BMX, the newest cycling discipline at the Cycloplex and the newest cycling sport in the Olympics.
For more information please visit the website.
There is still plenty of time left to sign up for camps held at Marian University this summer!
For more information on additional camps, please contact Lauren Walton at email@example.com or call 317.955.6324.
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Cane Creek 110.IS41 Integrated Headset
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A headset so durable and well-made that your great-great grandkids will still be running it? It's entirely possible. Cane Creek's 110-Series headsets are backed by a 110-year, no-questions-asked warranty. 110-Series headsets feature the best engineering, the best materials, the most effective seals and the cleanest aesthetics you'll find anywhere. You get precision steering control now and a chance to leave a little something behind for your descendants. The Cane Creek 110-Series integrated headset is for use with a fork with 1 1/8" straight steerer and a frame with 41.1mm head tube inside diameter.
- 7075 T-6 aluminum construction, internally contoured and relieved to minimize weight and maximize strength
- New "Dual-Seal" crown race seal provides excellent seal efficiency with low friction
- New low-friction upper bearing seal completely seals bearing from contaminants and is fully captured by top cover; no loose parts
- Updated "carbon-friendly" captured compression-ring
- Top-quality split-lip seal stainless-steel bearings
- Interlok spacer compatible
- Cut in Cane Creek's Fletcher, NC machining facility from U.S.- made aluminum
- 110 year, no-questions-asked warranty
- Internal parts are cross-compatible across the 10, 40 and 110 series


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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
As English has evolved as a lingua franca along with globalisation, ways of learning English and its linguistic features are fertile areas for TESOL researchers. Research in this area explores a range of issues relating to the teaching and learning of English as a second language, including: The teaching of listening, reading, writing and speaking; teaching and learning grammar and vocabulary; socio-cultural aspects of English as a second language education. Assessment of learners also features prominently given the importance of language standards in regulating access to education resources and systems in English-speaking countries. Phenomenological and contextual topics that are also investigated include second language literacy development, individual differences in second language learning, bilingual education, the use of English for specific purposes, and cross-cultural issues in second language teaching and learning.


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A Missouri lawmaker is proposing a state constitutional amendment intended to cut down on the government's ability to get data about people's phone calls.
Sen. Rob Schaaf wants to amend a section of the Missouri Constitution that already requires specific warrants to be issued before law enforcement officers can search places or seize things.
Schaaf's proposal, SJR27, would add "electronic communications and data" to the list of items protected from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Schaaf is a Republican from St. Joseph. He said the intent is to require a warrant before law enforcement agencies can listen in on cellphone conversations. The measure is prompted by revelations that the National Security Agency has accessed the telephone records of millions of Americans.