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The gunbattle erupted when rebels tried to take over Milan in the southern state of Caqueta and were repelled by dozens of troops, army Gen. Emiro Barrios said.
It was the deadliest clash between Colombian troops and rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia so far this year. On Jan. 29, four soldiers were killed in fighting with rebels elsewhere in the country.
The violence came while the Colombian government and FARC rebels are pursuing peace talks in Cuba.
Barrios said a group of rebels estimated at about 150 fighters had clashed with three platoons, or about 90 troops.
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The combat occurred in a rural area considered a traditional stronghold for the leftist guerrillas.
The FARC declared a two-month unilateral cease-fire when the formal peace talks in Havana began, but that cease-fire lapsed on Jan. 20. The FARC had urged the government to join the cease-fire, but President Juan Manuel Santos has refused.
Santos argues that agreeing to a cease-fire would give the FARC the opportunity to regroup, as it did during failed 1999-2002 talks when it was granted a Switzerland-sized safe haven.


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|2010-02-19, 23:58
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Well... looks like I have a lot to finally respond to.
Thanks to everyone for their thoughtful replies to my last post on this thread. There's also a couple other comments made since then that I'd like to touch on.
I'd honestly be surprised if K-On! is ahead in that category, but I don't know.
Like yourself, I'm pretty sure that KyoAni only makes a profit off of the actual anime (DVD sales, on-line streaming sales perhaps, now movie gate receipts to some degree I would imagine).
For quite some time, KyoAni and/or Kadokawa would put Disappearance-based images in popular magazines to promote Haruhi. Personally, this struck me as preying on the fans desire for Disappearance to be adapted into the anime.
Now, that would be fine if Disappearance was actually being adapted soon, but for a long time, it wasn't.
Now that it finally has been adapted, though, that takes quite a bit of an edge off of my previous viral marketing complaint. Making fans wait a bit longer than they would naturally expect to isn't necessarily nice, but it's certainly better than failing to deliver entirely.
All of those questionable Haruhi promotions (questionable only because they referenced Disappearance long before the movie came out) at least proved that KyoAni still cared about Haruhi, even well into the three-year layoff.
I suspect, and admit, that what I've called viral marketing was Kadokawa and/or KyoAni's attempt to keep Haruhi more front-and-center in the anime fan's thinking. Don't let Haruhi fade due to lack of recent exposure, basically. I can certainly understand and respect that. I would have preferred it if it wasn't through teasing fans about Disappearance up to two years in advance, but since Disappearance was a movie (and not a part of a season of episodes), it seems a bit less questionable now. I mean, some big Hollywood blockbusters are, in fact, promoted up to two years in advance, I think.
All of the Haruhi references and/or seiyu use in Lucky Star might have been part of the plan here too.
And I haven't even played the games. I say this purely on the basis of seven 4Komas I read that I found hilarious.
Little Busters and Haruhi are the two properties I'd most like to see more of from KyoAni in the next year or two.
I have to agree here, at least in most instances.
KyoAni realizes that an anime is not a light novel, and what works in one medium might not work in another. At the same time, though, KyoAni values source material faithfulness as much as any animation studio around (sometimes too much so, it could even be argued).
So, at its best, KyoAni gives the best of both worlds. Faithful adaptation, but improving on areas where the medium change basically demands it.
Day of Sagittarius would have been nowhere near as good if not for the shout outs to other anime, as you said.
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|2010-02-20, 00:59
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And then you have shows like Lucky Star which at times decided to just forgo the parody in favour of just featuring actual products like FMP Manga and Mikuru Figurines and even Aya Hirano herself. To me that's not really clever or even parody or tribute, it's just marketing and tapping into other market interests. Other shows are guilty of it to (a lot of them Kyoani shows as well come to think of it), but that still takes the cake for my top example of marketing meets tribute.
I think a lot of what needs to happen is for people that start with Kyoani shows and moe shows etc. to try and branch out and see what the rest of the industry is coming out with and gain if not an interest, at least an appreciation and awareness for it. It'd certainly help people to see why when everybody is raving about a particular "achievement" by Kyoani I often (upon hearing the news) come in and basically say "yes, but in the grand scheme of things this really isn't that overwhelmingly impressive" and in my fouler moods tend to mock the celebration of it.
|2010-02-20, 04:59
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On BD sales: IMO, part of the reason why K-On! (and Bakemonogatari, though the commentary tracks and remastered scenes were what really mattered) BD sales were stupidly high because we are currently in the process of transitioning from HD DVD to Blu-Ray. DVD is getting phased out, and most DVD buyers already have BD players / PS3. Also, eyeballing these lists, the BD to DVD sales ratio is somehow related to the titles' genre(s). Interesting...
|2010-02-20, 06:19
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As you yourself have pointed out directly or indirectly on more than one occasion, the popularity of anime series can be hype-driven. Thus, those "artsy-fartsy", or less mainstream works then to get buried. I for one, will like to know what you yourself think is overwhelming impressive.
|2010-02-20, 09:24
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It wasn't that shouting out to other animes is necessarily good; it's that, in Day of Sagittarius' case, the alternative would have been kind of boring. Watching several minutes of the SOS Brigade play a video game from the perspective of somebody walking around the club room would not have been quite as entertaining and explosive as watching Zeon Commander Haruhi go to literal war with the Earth Sphere Alliance's CCP.
But, in fairness, other animation studios get this right too. Fate/Stay Night's action sequences in their anime is a nice improvement off of the games that the anime is based on, imo, for example.
I'd like to see less of this in anime in general, or at least to have the other animes referenced to be referenced in a genuinely clever and witty way.
I think they're one of the best, but they have their weaknesses like every other studio does (ex. KyoAni couldn't do an anime original anime if their lives depended on it; AIC and Sunrise can, to their credit).
For adapting school-based light novels and visual novels/games, KyoAni is probably the best in the business (although, even here, JC Staff and SHAFT are at least close competitors).
But then, at least some people here do in fact watch other non-KyoAni animes.
I know that Kogetsu likes Gurren Lagann and Code Geass.
I know that Kaisos loves Umineko and likes Bakemonogatari.
I know that Amy loves Umineko.
I know that Archon_Wing likes Shana and Nanoha.
And I like (usually) all of the above animes.
So that's good, at least.
|2010-02-20, 10:02
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Grammar lessons aside, I'm not suggesting you're wrong about other studios making good adaptations. I can't see any studio other than Shaft doing a better adaptation of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, for example. My point was that, as evidenced by at least the latter two Full Metal Panics and a majority of the (non E8) episodes from Haruhi (and Disappearance, by the majority of reviews), KyoAni can be very goodbetter than most, in factat successfully adapting a story and adding/adapting just enough to make the adaptation shine on its own merits while staying faithful to the original. Haruhi-chan was very faithful to the spirit of its source material, even if the anime material was largely new (I've only read a few chapters of the manga, so that last part might be wrong). I haven't read any of the Lucky Star or K-On manga, so I have no idea how much of that was "faithfully adapted", but they were inarguably successful, at least monetarily (and Lucky Star certainly had its moments). I'd argue that multiple-ending visual novels like Kanon and Clannad are pretty much impossible to adapt "faithfully" unless you want to take pages from Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni and Endless Eight, but it's obvious by recent comments that Your Mileage May Vary on whether they did so successfully.
|2010-02-20, 11:01
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Some interesting discussion going on.
Agreed, I've been saying this before sales in new anime have been skewed by the Blu-Ray introduction. Gundam00, Macross Frontier, K-on and Bakemonogatari all sold far more on BR then other anime did on DVD. Not surprising that visually impressive shows do very well on BR. If your a collector, your going to go for the best possible quality.
In fairness we do know who does what, Kadokawa has announced that they themselves controlled the marketing, while Kyoani or more specifically Tatsuya Ishihara has full creative control over Haruhi anime. The only thing I can imagine stopping more Haruhi projects would be a lack of source material in the long run. Speculating, we may not have to wait as long as last time as there have been no Key projects for Kyoani since Clannad AS and the latest went to P.A.Works. So I wouldn't be surprised if they announced a new TV series or second movie soon.
As for other companies in 2009 I was really impressed by two Type-Moon based productions, Canaan and Kara No Kyou Kai by P.A.Works and Ufotable. Type –moon creates much darker and violent works then Key. Then off course the big studios like production IG and Bones delivered as usual with anime like Eden of the East, Kimi ni Todoke and Darker then Black 2.
|2010-02-20, 11:26
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Yeah , there are other company that make fine animes.
btw, isnt these a little off topic??
sorry if my post hurts anyone feeling
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|2010-02-20, 11:54
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Wow, all this business talk is mind-boggling. I'll try to stay out of it as much as possible because I simply do not have a business brain and as such can't fathom KyoAni's plans and actions as well as y'all here.
Then again, I get your point. KyoAni's viral marketing (which you now know I call 'trolling' ) is very invasive. Judging by their past actions of deliberately advertising Disappearance that only came years later, just to keep Haruhi in the limelight, it wouldn't seem that unusual for Lucky Star to be just a promotional tool for Haruhi. Hare Hare Yukai dance? Cosplayers as Yuki, Mikuru and Haruhi? Phrases made popular in Haruhi such as megass? All check.
That being said, I'll like to defend Lucky Star in that its magic comes from the fact that it fits entirely into the original Lucky Star manga. Konata is an otaku, and thus would definitely follow the Haruhiism craze. KyoAni has been praised for their faithfulness to the original medium and I must agree, and with Lucky Star they actually went a step further by adding in new elements that, for lack of a better phrase, kills two birds with one stone. I am very impressed with KyoAni, especially after joining this forum where I find out more and more about their genius every day.
I hated Meet the Spartans too; there wasn't any reason to pop in those references other than the sake of getting cheap laughs. As a result, I came to dislike those animes that utilize that style of humor often. I must emphasize, though, Lucky Star works precisely because the main character is meant to know those stuff. KyoAni is pretty lucky to get Lucky Star (did I just use a pun?) because the anime itself is a good promotional gimmick for other franchises.
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|2010-02-20, 12:18
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I became pretty interested in the business side of anime when I read at a few places about how the anime industry as a whole is, well, kind of suffering right now.
Actually, here's one area where I will give Kyoto Animation full kudos; they make more money for each anime produced than any other animation studio out there. There's a lot to be learned, business-wise, from KyoAni's approach.
No, I don't think that Lucky Star is just a tool to promote Haruhi.
Anyway, you make a lot of good points.
SHAFT made Bakemonogatari, by the way.
If you liked that, you might like Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
|2010-02-20, 16:07
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Anyhow, I think you make many great points; but I feel your points are diluted by these two things:
1.) You keep insisting on bring up "hype" and what a certain segment of extremist Haruhi/kyoani fans think. That's nice and all, but often times it gets brought up more than the actual quality of the movie. Yes, there's nothing to talk about yet, but if you get swayed too much by stuff like this, how could you form a strong opinion? And you certainly won't be able to enjoy it. If that's your way, then so be it.
2.) This especially pertains to the second paragraph I quoted, but stop referring to the extremist Kyoani fans so much. I'm sure they exist somewhere, but hardly in this thread. How can you judge anything by the fringes? Basically, you spend too much time ranting about a vaguely defined group of people. Even a valid point loses its effectiveness when used too much. What is the relevance of it anyways? Some people lack objectivity, fine. So?
|2010-02-20, 21:55
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Imo, there are no Haruhi extremist here. Fanatics, yes but not extremist. Business is not my thing, so these talk about viral marketing confuse me a little , but lucky star as a promotional tools for Haruhi? Never thought about that... But then LS does shoutout for many anime... Not just Haruhi.
|2010-02-21, 11:09
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I got interested in the anime industry itself after reading that it's actually not doing so well right now. It shocked me because I have hardcore anime fans as friends around me, and hang out with a bunch of anime fans from all over my country. I thought that the anime industry is booming. As it turns out, Japan don't typically accept anime as readily as other medias. Despite my poor business mind, I really would like to find out what's making the industry suffer, even with all the sales from merchandise and widespread coverage all over the world.
I haven't been getting into the studios, instead focusing on the storylines and more importantly for me, the seiyuus. They play a big part in deciding what I watch because their voices are what I recognize when I re-entered the world of anime, so I follow Haruhi's seiyuus pretty closely (Lucky Star for the cast, and as a result, Bakemonogatari for Aya Hirano and Emiri Kato, Fairy Tail for Aya Hirano, Chu-Bra!! for Minorin, Azumanga Daioh for Yuki Matsuoka). As such, I think KyoAni did a brilliant move in keeping the seiyuus in the limelight. It's much more easier to create fans that way. Honestly, I still do not know the big names in animation studios. My knowledge is limited to KyoAni, and SHAFT (thanks again guys), and I'm not even sure if SHAFT can be considered a big time animation studio.
Anyway I think I have gone off-topic and went into the anime industry instead of the Haruhi franchise, so I'll try to steer things back a little.
In my opinion, the Haruhi franchise will definitely continue. However, as I learned that KyoAni will be going on with Season 2 of K-On!, it seems that the Disappearance movie will be the last of Haruhi we'll be seeing for a long, long time. They'll also try to milk the interest and discussion of the movie to the very last drop, so they can concentrate on other projects while keeping interest in Haruhi alive. The release of Vol. 10 will help tide fans over until they start re-animating Haruhi, and I'm pretty sure KyoAni is relieved and happy that Tanigawa finally is releasing his novel. Saves KyoAni the effort in coming up with more viral marketing.
|2010-02-21, 12:11
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Ironically, one of the reason anime industry suffering is because of mass piracy. And internet. Some fan download the ep from the net and when official dvd was released, they dont want to buy it with excuses such as too expensive, already watched the ep. etc...
|2010-02-21, 17:19
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Studios should stop looking at 'piracy' as a loss, and think of people sharing and promoting their shows as an opportunity to gain more money from a much, much wider audience. Just look at how much things have changed in North America over the first decade of the internet. Anime has a way bigger audience than before.
|2010-02-21, 17:41
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Regardless of how you enforce laws and enable digital rights management, there will always be people out there who are not going to purchase your product and there will be people who will either watch at someone else's house or obtain a copy from someone who owns it. That's automatically someone that's not going to buy a product.
What fansubs have done is enable people outside of Japan to be able to find shows they otherwise would not have seen (like Haruhi) and support them by buying other merchandise. As I've posted before, I'm buying the R2 Haruhi DVDs, and have ordered the Gensou DVD, and the Disappearance/ENOZ CDs as well as the guidebook. I plan to get a R1 copy of the new episodes so I can understand the extra features and complete that set as well.
If I had not been able to originally watch the fansubs, I wouldn't have purchased the limited edition R1 DVDs, much less what I've already bought, so there are people like me and TMISDR who would likely not have bought any merchandise if they hadn't been pirated from TV broadcasts.
Also think about other merchandise such as figures and toys for other various shows. I know of several people on another board who buy tons of Japanese Kamen Rider and Super Sentai toys that would not have been possible unless fansubs were not available.
Piracy isn't always a bad thing. Will there be people who won't buy anything, yes! But those people will always and have always existed. Enthrall people with a quality product and they will support the show regardless of cost. It's also a two-way street. If you really like a show, buy something for it, even if it's a single or a figure to show your support.
Back on track, even though the summer season (July-September/October) would be the next Kadokawa anime for Kyoto Animation, I doubt that it'll be Haruhi due to the fact that there's another light novel series that's been claimed to be the next Haruhi by Kadokawa that I feel has a better chance of being animated instead. I wouldn't mind seeing Haruhi take a Winter 2011 slot due to the topic stories taking place in the Winter time period.
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Electrical engineering student from Oulu, Finland.
Peter Herth
Rich Hickey
Jörg Höhle
Hans Hübner
Dmitriy Ivanov
Programmer and independent Lisp consultant.
Mikael Jansson
Twentysomething Lisp apprentice living in rainy Gothenburg.
Teemu Kalvaas
Stefan Kamphausen
physicist, programmer from Goettingen/Germany.
Mark Kantrowitz
Author of some Common Lisp libraries in the early nineties. He also established the CMU Artificial Intelligence Repository.
Gary King
unClog is Gary King's technical weblog.
Heiko Kirschke
Matt Knox
A programmer in New York City.
Nicolas Lamirault
Francis Leboutte
António Menezes Leitão
Arthur Lemmens
A Common Lisp programmer/consultant, living in Amsterdam. Co-organizer of the European Common Lisp Meetings in 2005 and 2006. An administrator of this site.
Nick Levine
David Lichteblau
Björn Lindberg
Christian Lynbech
I work in the telecom sector.
Pierre Mai
Barry Margolin
JP Massar
Drew McDermott
Yale computer science professor, author of some Lisp libraries.
Russell McManus
Chief technology officer, Fox River Partners, and longtime Common Lisp programmer.
Yuji Minejima
Sunil Mishra
Works at SRI International as a computer scientist, though fancies himself as more of a lisp hacker.
Alex Mizrahi
Timothy Moore
Erik Naggum
Nicolas Neuss
Author of FemLisp.
Jim Newton
Peter Norvig
Author of "Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp". Director of Research at Google.
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Manuel Odendahl
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Humberto Ortiz Zuazaga
A common lisp gardener, PhD student, and Programmer-Archaeologist.
David Owen
Lisp contracter/consultant in the Salt Lake City, UT, USA area.
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John Pallister
John Pallister is a Lisp programmer in Wellington, New Zealand. His current main interest is in bolting Corman Lisp onto the Torque Game Engine.
Kent Pitman
Project editor for the ANSI standard and creator of the HyperSpec, among other things.
William Proffitt
Technology Manager for Dunlap & Partners Engineers located in Richmond, VA. USA. As well as managing everything IT related, Lispworks and Autolisp programmer.
Christian Queinnec
Kevin Raison
Founder, President and Senior Consultant of Chatsubo.net LLC, a small IT firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Currently developing Lisp based application software for multimedia editing and publ...
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Lisp Dev from Mumbai, India.
Duane Rettig
Developer at Franz Inc. Maintainer of the base lisp of Allegro CL. Ports Allegro CL to new platforms. Member of ALU Board of Directors.
Christophe Rhodes
SBCL and McCLIM developer.
Sean Ross
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Jochen Schmidt
Jochen Schmidt is an author and software developer.
Peter Seibel
Author of Practical Common Lisp and chief monkey at Gigamonkeys Consulting.
Emre Sevinc
Jeff Shrager
Nikodemus Siivola
An SBCL developer; one of the founders of common-lisp.net.
Massimo Spataro
Senior programmer 25 Year of work on programming and usage of lisp. Project manager for italian company Freelance, hack 3600 lispmachine with reverse code around of bytecode and resume code of first ...
Kilian Sprotte
Guy L. Steele Jr.
Programming language researcher. Author of "Common Lisp the Language". Co-creator of Scheme. Etcetera.
Sam Steingold
Robert Strandh
Robert Strandh has been a teacher/researcher at the university of Bordeaux in France for nearly 18 years, where he is now a full professor.
Ties Stuij
A dutch guy living in Sweden, dabbling a bit with Lisp.
Matthew Swank
Author of cl-kanren-trs
Rick Taube
Associate Professor Composition/Theory, School of Music, University of Illinois
Jens Teich
Eric Thorsen
Kenny Tilton
Creator of Cells, Cello and The Road To Lisp.
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I'm a CL hacker at heart, but working as a unix/security SE at the moment. I also package CL libraries and implementations for Debian.
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When I lose a lot of sleep and have many things on mind that seemingly I cannot do anything about, I find myself drifting toward the ground of worry. The mantra I claimed for myself at the beginning of 2014 proves once again to me that God knows every single thing about His children and that He has ordained whatever will be to be. I claimed the little two-word phrase "fret not" at the beginning of the year, and we are just into the third month and I think I have about worn it out already.
I once heard in person the delightful Ethel Waters sing on the Billy Graham Crusade. She sang the song I will always remember as being "her song." "His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me," is a truth most Christians believe, but it is sometimes difficult to remember that fact and base our actions, thoughts and prayers on those words. It is expressly more difficult when there is trouble in the camp or a dear loved one is very ill and things are hectic.
With my husband's sudden and completely surprising diagnosis of esophageal cancer recently, I have hardly stopped. We are trying to remain positive and upbeat and encouraging to all we meet, but boy, has our world changed. I am seldom ill and I am not accustomed to bottles and bottles of prescriptions, going back and forth to the pharmacy, juggling doctor's appointments, taking physical care of Ted as well as our home, taking care of household bills, driving everywhere, and trying to make plans based on things that keep changing in front of my very eyes.
Thank God for helpful family members and friends who simply say, "We are here. What can we best do for you?" I have already learned with this journey that when someone gets bad news or is hurting, we shouldn't simply stay away. Don't ignore the person or his family. They need your friendship more than ever. I think some of us, myself at the top of the list, tend to just pray quietly but perhaps not express that to the hurting people. If we do not know what to say, we say nothing. I suppose we fear we will say the wrong thing or become a part of the problem. Call, write, visit and encourage as often as you can.
This morning I was feeling just a bit overwhelmed and walked into my breakfast nook to put something in the utility room. I looked down at my beautiful collection of Christmas cactus plants. They had just bloomed at Christmas time and I delighted in watching them. But on the last few days of February, lo and behold, they are blooming mightily again. In fact, they have more brightly colored blooms today than they did in December. How is that possible?
Actually, if you know, don't tell me, please. I have decided that God knew that this morning when my husband and I are on our way to Oncology for a tentative plan of treatment for a bad cancer that we did not know he had, I needed a bright, happy reminder that God is still on the throne, in control of our lives, and that He loves us and wants our hearts to be at peace.
His eye is truly on the sparrow, and He makes every living thing beautiful in His time. Thank God, for the little details we can see, touch, and sense that assures us we are His and He is ours.
Our Anchor holds amidst the beautiful cactus blooms.
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text: One bit of technology that has been all the craze lately is Near Field Communication – NFC. The casual user mostly likely has come in contact with it in the form of contactless keycards, bonus cards and even some credit cards (think Visa PayWave). A logical extension of that is integrating such technology into a device most of the people have with 99% of the time when they go out – the mobile phone.


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The use of credit cards has grown considerably during the past decade - the interchange fees collected by Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) have risen from 16.6 billion in 2001 to 42 billion in 2007. [1] The credit card system limits the need to carry cash for card holders and reduces the troubles of handling and storing large amounts of cash in brick and mortar locations for merchants.
However, due to the costs to merchants of accepting credit cards, all consumers (even those who pay by cash) are in some sense subsidizing the growth of the credit card industry. Stores that accept credit cards must pay a fee called the merchant discount rate to a bank (sometimes called the acquiring bank for "acquiring" the transaction) or payment processing company. Included in the merchant discount rate is the interchange fee, which the acquiring bank pays to the bank that issued the card (sometimes called the issuing band for "issuing" the credit card being used), and an additional percentage that is the profit for acquiring banks. The existence of these fees mean that ultimately every product must be marked up, to compensate for the costs of paying the middle-men (the banks involved in a credit card transaction).
Credit card usage is growing as more consumers shift from cash to credit for their everyday needs. Its prevalence is further bolstered by the increasing prevalence of E-Commerce, which usually requires a credit card (although other systems of online payment like PayPal are also threatening to take market share). The credit card industry is strongly influenced by general economic trends, which influence card holders' willingness to spend money. It also continually faces risks associated with credit-defaulting card holders.
Credit Card Associations
Card Issuers
Acquiring Banks
Note: Many companies engaged in credit transactions participate in more than one segment of the process.
There are two parts to credit card transactions:
1. Authorization: This process happens within seconds after each purchase - the card is swiped at the register, and the card-issuing bank authorizes the transaction. This is what allows card-holders to check out at the register.
2. Clearing and settlement: This is the process by which merchants get paid for their sales, and issuing and acquiring banks profit by earning an interchange fee and discount fee respectively.
The following diagram illustrates a typical credit card transaction.[2][3]
Closed-loop vs. Open-loop Transactions: The above process accurately illustrates the transaction process for Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) branded credit cards. These two companies are considered "open-looped" companies: they do not physically issue credit cards, but rather profit from processing and transaction fees when cards under their brand names are used. Other companies, such as Discover Financial Services (DFS), operate as a "closed-loop" company: it issues credit cards under its own brand and profits from transaction processing as well as its card-issuing operations. Still others, such as American Express Company (AXP), are hybrids that not only issue their own branded cards, but also license their card brands to other Card Issuers.
These banks provide consumers with credit cards and represent individual card holders during credit transactions. In exchange for taking on the risk of representing the customer, they profit from interchange fees (usually between 1-2% of the total transaction [4]) charged to merchants with every transaction, as well as interest payments and fees from their card holders. [5]
They act as the middleman between merchants and issuing banks. They receive all credit card transactions from card-issuers, and present all payments in a time period to the merchant in lump sum. In exchange, the acquiring bank charges merchants a fixed amount for its services, as well as a variable sum dependent on the volume of the merchant's sales. Companies that operate acquiring banks include: Capital One Financial (COF), J P Morgan Chase (JPM) , Wachovia (WB), and Wells Fargo (WFC).[6]
These umbrella organizations establish brands that are licensed to card issuers for a fee based primarily on the volume of activity of the issuer's customers. In return, they provide transaction processing services between the four parties involved in a typical transaction (card holder, card issuer, acquiring bank and merchant). In addition, they establish and enforce rules regarding credit cards issued under their brand, and actively promote the effectiveness and reliability of services under their brand names. [7] Within this group, some companies, such as Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA), act purely as card associations and do not profit from interaction with individual card holders and merchants. The rest, including Discover Financial Services (DFS) and American Express Company (AXP), also act as card issuers and receive interest payments from card holders.
Credit card debt, which in 2008 stood at whopping $957 billion nationally (approximately $3,000 for every U.S. citizen) has, in recent years, taken on a different role in the life of American consumers.
This may adversely affect the credit card industry as a whole. For the credit payment system to thrive, card holders must continuously and increasingly consume with their credit cards. A downturn in the economy will reduce overall transaction volume and in turn the profits of credit card companies[9]. In addition, downward economic trends may cause more card holders to default on their payments, thereby forcing issuing banks to sustain losses.
In the past, credit cards were used primarily to purchase big-ticket items, enabling consumers to spread the costs out over many months, making goods a bit more affordable. Now, however, charge cards are increasingly being used to bridge the gap between cost of living and the diminishing purchasing power of Americans who have been taxed mercilessly by inflation. By buying with available credit instead of unavailable cash, consumers are not simply postponing the pain of higher prices, but compounding it by packing interest expenses into the costs of everyday purchases. In addition, as home equity credit is now unavailable to fund large purchases, many consumers are turning to non-deductible, higher-cost credit card debt as their last remaining lifeline. As such, credit card debt compounds steadily, and for many borrowers, becomes increasingly impossible to pay down.
Credit Default is a continual risk to credit card issuers. They take responsibility for paying the acquiring banks, who then pay the merchants for the transactions, then bill the card holder for the balance. If the card holder cannot pay, however, the card issuer still must pay the acquiring bank. This risk is mitigated, however, by legal regulation that allows the credit card issuer to pursue the defaulted borrower for the money owed. Furthermore, credit card companies actually profit when people don't pay their credit card bills on time, because they earn interest on the late payments.
Security is paramount to the credit card transaction process. If credit cards are perceived as unsafe, consumers may forego the convenience of credit use for the safety and assurance of cash and check transactions. In additional, credit card companies, such as Mastercard (MA) have been sued by groups of card holders for failing to protect personal information.
There is a clear trend away from cash and check payment options throughout the world today. According to the Bank for International Settlements[10], global electronic transactions have and will grow at 12.9% per year from 2004 to 2009, while check transactions will have decreased by 3.3% per year in that same period. Companies involved with credit card transactions will undoubtedly benefit from this macro trend. In addition, the increasing prevalence of online transactions will further encourage the use of credit cards.


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If you want to showcase short-track racing, you have to take it to a place that can do the sport justice. Irwindale Speedway is, in many ways, the track Daytona wishes it could be.
The pristine 1/2-mile (with a 1/3-mile track inside) has moved itself into a position among the elite tracks in a short amount of time. The decision to host the first NASCAR-backed Toyota All-Star Showdown didn't hurt its prestige one bit.
The race was set up in two ways. The first event pitted the top 15 finishers from NASCAR's Busch North series against the same number from the Winston West series. Despite the cross-country travel, the North contingent came and absolutely dominated the Friday night preliminaries. Fields were completely inverted with series champions starting last, but North series titlist Andy Santerre marched through with relative ease.
The West teams went back to the drawing board for the Saturday finale and ended up hoisting the trophy as West series regular Austin Cameron, who raced in 2003 despite a battle with cancer, came out on top in an exciting and emotional contest.
The other portion of the show saw racers from the four NASCAR touring series in head-to-head competition. Drivers were on hand to represent the Kodak Southeast, Raybestos Northwest, Featherlite Southwest, and International Truck & Engine Midwest. The top 10 drivers in each group got the call. Ron Breese Jr. led the charge from the ITEMS squad, winning the Friday preliminary and the Saturday main event. Southwest stalwart Jim Pettit II, in an unsponsored ride, proved to be quite strong with a preliminary win and strong showing.
Two of the four Friday night preliminaries were caution free.
In addition to the individual racing, a team competition was held with points going to the representatives through the first 75-lap segment of the 100-lap race. The Midwest team dominated and won that title.
In addition to their purse winnings, Cameron and Breese received the use of a Toyota Tundra truck from sponsor Toyota. The event was carried live on Speedvision to a national audience.


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The California Geological Survey provides objective geologic expertise and information about California's diverse non-fuel mineral resources. Maps, reports, and other data products developed by the staff assist governmental agencies, mining companies, consultants, and the public in recognizing, developing, and protecting important mineral resources. California ranks second in the U.S. in non-fuel mineral production; in 2005, over 30 non-fuel mineral commodities - valued at $3.7 billion dollars - were produced from 820 California mines.
Historic Gold Mines - In recognition of the California Gold Discovery to Statehood Sesquicentennial (1998-2000) CGS produced the "Map of California Historic Gold Mines" as a poster at the scale of 1:1,500,000. The map shows the location of 13,500 historic California gold mines. Click on image for larger view.
Serpentine - California State Rock - Serpentine is the metamorphosed remains of magnesium-rich igneous rocks, most commonly peridotite, from the earth's mantle. Serpentine rock is apple-green to black and is often mottled with light and dark colored areas. Its surfaces often have a shiny or wax-like appearance and a slightly soapy feel. Serpentine is usually fine-grained and compact but may be granular, platy, or fibrous in appearance. Serpentine may contain asbestos. Click on image for larger view.
Gold - California State Mineral - State legislation signed on April 23,1965 designated native gold as California's official state mineral. At the signing ceremony Governor Edmund G. Brown Sr. said, "Selection of gold as our state mineral is acknowledgement of the intimate part it has played in the history of our people and of the fact that mining is a major California economic activity." Click on image for larger view.
Benitoite - California State Gem - On October 1, 1985 benitoite was designated as the official state gem. Named in 1907 after the river, county, and nearby mountain range where it was found. "Benito" is a spanish form of benedictus, meaning blessed. Crystals can occur in a rich blue color as striking and flawless as the finest sapphires. Click on image for larger view.


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That may be the case, first I have heard of it. Those insurance premiums would be something some big market teams would be willing to cover while smaller market teams would be left out.BurningBeard wrote:Isn't the bigger issue with those deals insurance coverage? I think the insurance is becoming a major issue for some of these teams. If they're having to insure contracts at 5% of value and not past a certain amount of years, that is a huge expense and potential liability.Topper wrote:You can't blame GM's and owners for signing these deals. The structure was permitted under the old CBA and teams can not collude not to sign these deals.
Under the previous CBA, many of the long term deals were not bad deals and Luongo's may very well have been the best of the bunch when you weigh in player's skill, age, term, real salary and cap hit.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 9, 2008) - The ETSU women's tennis team fell to regular season league champion USC Upstate in a hard fought match, 5-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Bucs fall to 12-9 overall and 8-3 in conference play while the Spartans improve to 16-3, 10-0.
Upstate claimed the doubles point for the early 1-0 lead winning in the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. In No. 1 singles Yevgeniya Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) fell to Anna Novo and Emilia Milovanovic, 8-5. Competing in the second slot Tara Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Vita Moskaliova (Minsk, Belarus) defeated Susana Hernandez and Daniela Lovera, 8-5. The point was decided in the third position in a tight battle between Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) and Whitney Trotter (Guadalajara, Mexico) and Diana Martinez and Maria Herrera. Upstate claimed the point with a 9-8(7-5) victory.
The Lady Bucs picked up their two points as Olya Batsula closed out her perfect A-Sun season defeating Susana Hernandez, 6-4, 6-2 in the second position while Tara Byrne defeated Emilia Milovanovic, 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 3 slot.
In the top position Yevgeniya Stupak fell to Anna Novo, 6-4, 6-3, while Andra Voinea (Brasov, Romania) fell to Daniela Lovera, 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 4 position. In the No. 5 and No. 6 positions Elena Volobueva and Vita Moskaliova fell in tight matches. Volobueva fell to Diana Martinez, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 while Moskaliova fell to Maria Herrera, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
"We knew that Upstate had already won the conference and we wanted to use today and our match tomorrow as practice as getting ready for next week's tournament. We were really glad it was hot to give us that opportunity to play in that circumstance. We had a lot of tough matches but now we have some time to recover. We had our chances which was good and we played good up at the top. Yevgeniya still can't move but she almost won. Hopefully in another week she'll be able to move. She's got seven days to get this thing better. Even though Vita lost it was good to see her fight like she used and so hopefully she can fight and continue to build on that. I'm very excited for Olya to have gone undefeated in a league that has gotten much tougher over the last two years," said head coach Steve Brooks.
The Lady Bucs will hit the road to face Winthrop tomorrow in Rock Hill, S.C. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m. Follow all ETSU women's tennis action at www.ETSUBucs.com.
No. 1- Anna Novo (UPST) def. #79 Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 2- Olya Batsula (ETSU) def. Susana Hernandez (UPST) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3- Tara Byrne (ETSU) def. Emilia Milovanovic (UPST) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4- Daniela Lovera (UPST) def. Andra Voinea (ETSU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5- Diana Martinez (UPST) def. Elena Volobueva (ETSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6- Maria Herrera (UPST) def. Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
No. 1- Novo/Milovanovic (UPST) def. Batsula/Stupak (ETSU) 8-5
No. 2- Byrne/Moskaliova (ETSU) def. Hernandez/Lovera (UPST) 8-5
No. 3- Martinez/Herrera (UPST) def. Trotter/Volobueva (ETSU) 9-8(7-5)


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The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals
144 pages
August 2001, Jossey-Bass
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Work of Writing.
Chapter 2. Contributing to the Professional Conversation.
Defining Your Contribution.
Getting Into the Conversation.
Maintaining Your Vision.
Chapter 3. Meeting Readers' Needs and Expectations.
Creating Signposts and Roadmaps.
Paying Attention to Genre Expectations.
Making Sense of the Conventions.
Dealing With Difficult Situations.
Resisting the Temptation to Recycle.
Chapter 4. Finding Your Professional Voice.
Claiming Ownership of Your Writing.
Exorcising the Grad Student Within.
Making It Personal.
Keeping It Under Control.
Chapter 5. Starting, Revising, and Finishing.
Getting Started.
Learning to Like Revising.
Getting It In the Mail.
Appendix A: Organizing a Writing Group.
Appendix B: Sample Book Proposal Guidelines.
Appendix C: A Few Good Books on Writing.
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(FMX) Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.'s Profit Rises in Third Quarter
Driven by robust segmental performance, Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A. (FMX) – also known as FEMSA – reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2012 result. This largest franchise bottler for Coca-Cola Company (KO) posted net majority income of $1.03 (Ps. 1.32) per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a couple of cents. Moreover, quarterly earnings was higher 19.8% from the year-ago quarters' earnings of 86 cents per share.
Quarter in Detail
Total revenue grew 18.1% year over year to Ps. 59.675 billion ($4.523 billion), mainly aided by improvements in revenue at Coca-Cola FEMSA and FEMSA Comercio. On an organic basis, i.e. on a comparable basis, total revenue increased 11.7% from the prior-year period.
FEMSA's gross profit expanded 20.5% year over year to Ps. 25.417 billion ($1.927 billion), and gross margin expanded 90 basis points (bps) to 42.6%. The increase was primarily driven by gross profit improvements at FEMSA Comercio and Coca-Cola FEMSA segments.
FEMSA's operating income surged 24.4% to Ps. 7.383 billion ($0.560 billion) from Ps. 5.934 billion ($0.484 billion) in the year-ago period. On an organic basis operating income increased 18.1% year-over-year. Driven by margin expansions at the company's both segments, FEMSA's consolidated operating margin expanded 70 bps to 12.4%.
Segmental Discussion
Total revenue at Coca-cola FEMSA soared 20.3% to Ps. 36.193 billion ($2.743 billion) in the quarter, primarily driven by double-digit growth across all divisions coupled with the benefits from the acquisition of Grupo Tampico, Grupo CIMSA and Grupo Fomento Queretano in Mexico. Excluding these acquisitions, total revenue escalated 9.6%.
The segment's operating income for the quarter surged 26.6% to Ps. 5.487 billion ($0.416 billion) from the year-ago quarter, primarily driven by robust performances across all divisions along with acquisition benefits. Consequently, Coca-Cola FEMSA's operating margin improved 80 bps to 15.2%. Excluding the recent acquisitions, operating income was 18.0% higher than the previous-year quarter.
FEMSA Comercio registered a revenue growth of 16.0% to Ps. 22.521 million ($1.707 billion), mainly due to the opening of 178 net new stores in the quarter along with a 7.6% upside in same-store sales. The company opened 1,019 net new stores in the past twelve months.
Operating income, for the quarter under review, jumped 24.3% year over year to Ps. 1.758 billion. Segment's operating margin expanded 50 bps to 7.8% primarily due to improved gross margin, partially offset by increased expenses due to store openings and developing specialized distribution channels.
Financial Position
At the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2012, the company had cash and cash equivalents of Ps. 30.031 billion ($2.335 billion). Long-term debt at the end of the quarter was Ps. 25.242 billion ($1.962 billion), reflecting a capitalization ratio of 11.3%. During the third quarter, FEMSA made a capital expenditure of Ps. 3.965 billion ($0.301 billion) towards incremental investments at Coca-Cola FEMSA and FEMSA Comercio.
Recent Development
Going with its strategy of focusing only on core business, in September this year, FEMSA entered into an agreement with Ecolab Inc. (ECL) to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Quimiproductos. The transaction is expected to conclude in the fourth quarter. Apart from providing water treatment, Quimiproductos is specialized in manufacturing and providing cleaning as well as sanitizing products and services related to food and beverage industrial processes.
Our Recommendation
We believe that FEMSA's decision to divest its wholly-owned subsidiary Quimiproductos operations to Ecolab will facilitate it to pursue opportunities in its core businesses. Furthermore, FEMSA has a strong balance sheet with lower debt-to-capitalization ratio, offering greater financial flexibility to drive future growth.
However, increasing cost of raw materials, ingredients, or packaging materials such as aluminum, HFCS (sweetener), PET (plastic), fuel or other cost items are the major concerns for FEMSA, since the company may not be able to pass the increased costs immediately to its customers for the fear of losing them.
FEMSA, which competes with PepsiCo Inc. (PEP), retains a Zacks #3 Rank, translating into a short-term Hold rating for the next 1-3 months. Moreover, we maintain our long-term 'Neutral' recommendation on the stock.
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Should you pursue a local notable or celebrity for library advocacy? Weigh the advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages: These are probably obvious. When well-known people speak out in support of your library, they bring a distinction and prestige that feels very special. It tends to make people think, "Wow! If this person thinks our library is important and valuable, it must be!" When celebrities speak out or visit your library for any reason, it generates a lot of buzz. People want to see the celebrity for themselves, and the media want to be there for pictures and a story. Your library can get a lot of mileage out of that endorsement, both in print and electronic formats, and its resources, staff, and users get to glow in the spotlight.
Certain notables or celebrities appeal to certain audiences, so selecting advocates who can target your library's message to a selected audience will be a great advocacy strategy. Such an endorsement may make individuals and organizations that never thought much about the library stand up and take notice. It could increase your door count, circulation, resource usage and program attendance. It could also make more people in your library's community pay attention to the library and appreciate its value.
Disadvantages: It takes a lot of effort. Identifying, contacting and working with celebrities require a good deal of time, advance planning, attention to detail and follow-up, and all that work might result in disappointment. Celebrities can also be unreliable. They are notorious for last-minute schedule changes. They can be controversial, even polarizing.
Do celebrity endorsements make a difference? Absolutely! If they didn't, advertisers would not pay huge sums to ensure that we see celebrities pitching every kind of product. However, there have also been instances in advertising when the celebrity was so important that he or she overshadowed the product and no sales gain was realized from the celebrity endorsement. Matching the right celebrity to your library will reduce the chance that these problems will happen to you and make it much more likely that this approach will give you a real advantage.


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Oil rose to the highest level in almost four months as service began on the expanded Seaway pipeline and heating oil jumped.
Futures advanced 0.6 percent after Seaway resumed service to the Gulf Coast from Cushing, Oklahoma, on Jan. 11. The line's increased capacity of 400,000 barrels a day may help ease a glut at Cushing that has held down prices of West Texas Intermediate crude. Heating oil climbed the most in nearly two months on forecasts for cold weather in the East Coast and Midwest.
"Seaway is giving oil a boost," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group in Chicago. "We are going to have some very cold weather and it's increasing demand expectations for heating oil."
WTI oil for February delivery increased 58 cents to $94.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest settlement since Sept. 18. Prices have jumped 2.5 percent this month. Prices accelerated gains in the last 15 minutes of floor trading as U.S. equities pared losses. Trading volume was 12 percent above the 100-day average.
Brent for February settlement rose $1.24, or 1.1 percent, to end the session at $111.88 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Volume was 5.5 percent more than the 100-day average.
The European benchmark contract was at a premium of $17.74 to WTI. It settled at $17.08 on Jan. 11, the narrowest gap based on closing prices since Sept. 19.
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The 500-mile (805-kilometer) Seaway pipeline resumed full service after shutting Jan. 2 to complete the final connections necessary to boost the line's capacity by 250,000 barrels from 150,000, Enterprise Products Partners LP and Enbridge Inc. said on Jan. 11.
Seaway's expansion may reduce record inventories of crude at Cushing, the delivery point for U.S. benchmark WTI oil futures. Cushing stockpiles climbed to 50.1 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 4, the highest level in data going back to 2004 from the Energy Information Administration, the Energy Department's statistical arm.
"This is another milestone on the road to eventually relieving the structural oversupply situation in the U.S. Midcontinent," said Mike Wittner, the New York-based head of commodities research at Societe Generale SA, in a note to clients today.
WTI slid in 2012 as the U.S. shale boom deepened a glut at Cushing, America's biggest storage hub and the delivery point for the New York contract. That left it at an average $17.48 a barrel below Brent last year, versus a premium of about 95 cents in the 10 years through 2010.
Seaway "should give WTI a boost," said Tariq Zahir, a New York-based commodity fund manager at Tyche Capital Advisors.
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As for the dangers of the homeopathic medicines, it is widely recognized that their greatest danger may be only their delaying the use of other potentially effective medical treatments. Since most homeopaths are medical doctors or some other licensed medical professional, they generally know when conventional medical care is required or when referral to a specialist is indicated.
Another potential danger of homeopathic medicines arises if a person continues to take a medicine when it is not indicated. A small percentage of such people may experience a "proving"---the symptoms produced in overdose of the subsubstance. These symptoms may occur, as previously described, even with high potencies. Homeopaths do not consider the symptoms of a proving to be a major danger since they usually end shortly after the person stops taking the medicine. Some homeopaths stop a proving by prescribing the same medicine in a higher (more dilute) potency, and some homeopaths give a medicine which is known to antidote the symptoms of the medicine being proven. Because a proving is possible when a person isn't taking the correct medicine, it is recommended not to take a medicine longer than one week unless under professional homeopathic care.
The first time an American medical journal ever published a case suggesting that there is danger in taking homeopathic medicines was in a recent letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. (1) In the case reported, a patient took eight doses in two hours as recommended by a chiropractor and shortly thereafter experienced severe epigastric pain which was later diagnosed as pancreatitis (a potentially dangerous disease). It should be noted however the remedy prescribed by the chiropractor was a "combination medicine" (with 19 different ingredients) and that it was prescribed for the treatment of cancer. Although the patient's health history was not described in the letter, one might assume that he wasn't healthy prior to treatment, and one should not necessarily assume that the medicine caused this condition.
There is general consensus that homeopathic medicines are safe, though like carrot juice, vitamins, and many "natural" substances, can be misused. Homeopathy is promoted by the National Center of Homeopathy as "The Safer Medicine." There is little disagreement on this fact.
1. H.D. Kerr and G.W. Yarborough, "Pancreatitis Following Ingestion of a Homeopathic Preparation," New England Journal of Medicine, 314, 25, June 19, 1986.
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Formulaic, her arms like sticks, she's everybody's
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Rectitude. This lady invites me
Because she could be somebody else.
I don't really have studios. Women busy
With my work come alive. Mysterious
Places dream a lot though I find a clearing,
And dry grass isn't romantic. Her pink dress
And turned back don't give a damn about you
Just the small shed and tire tracks. A bad disease
Honestly picked the nagging dignity
Of this lady. Nothing foolish, glazed
With nostalgia, she's happy in a way
A girl posed for the body. So people look
Past maybe for a young man waiting, effective
As gray skies. Realism crawls to the house
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American, lost marrow around people's attics
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Kibbn is a website that has a little bit of everything for both boys and girls. They even have a large selection of items for mom. There are clothing items for children 0-6 as well as a fantastic variety of baby gear. This is a great website to visit from the time you find out your pregnant until your children are in school. With free shipping on orders over $100, this is a one stop shop!
Kibbn sent me their Just 4 Mom Gift Set. It includes the Belli Pregnancy Gift Set and the Belly Bandit Couture.
I was immediately impressed because they took the time to wrap the products and I felt like it was my birthday! I can tell that this company takes the time to make sure that their customers are happy.
They sent them to me a few months ago and I was able to use the Belli Pregnancy Gift Set for the last two months of my pregnancy. This amazing gift set includes 4 oz. sizes of Pampered Pregnancy Body Wash and All Day Moisture Body Lotion as well as 2 oz. sizes of Elasticity Belly Oil, Skin Smoothing Body Exfoliator, and Foot Relief Cream.
Being able to be pampered while pregnant was amazing. I have a 2 year old and my feet and legs were extremely swollen. I would get hubby to use the Foot Relief Cream on my legs and they would feel so much better afterward. Between the oil and the lotion, I was able to keep my skin looking and feeling smooth. My skin was always so itchy during pregnancy and this made it where I didn't itch. I wish I would have had the set from the beginning of my pregnancy. I think this is a product that all women should get when they find out their pregnant.
I started using the Belly Bandit Couture two days after Isabella was born. The Belly Bandit is an abdominal compression wrap that is designed to help bring your body back to normal faster. It is supposed to minimize swelling, add support after a C-section, and minimize stretch marks. When it needs to be cleaned, the Belly Bandit has to be washed by hand. With a new baby, having to hand wash it isn't really accommodating. You're supposed to wear it every day and only take it off to shower so it really needs to be washed.
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Four hours, nine minutes and 43 seconds into the race, the first explosion rocked runners and spectators at the finish line of the 117th-annual Boston Marathon. Then 12 seconds later, a second explosion erupted. The jubilation of completing a grueling 26.2-mile race turned to chaos and terror. Here are some scenes from the catastrophe, one of the nation's worst attacks since Sept. 11, 2001.
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With Windsor as ride leader I know I will have a great time! -- Teresa
If you are new, please read our newcomer information.
Are you new to cycling or are you planning on riding in your first STP or RSVP but aren't sure if you are "ready" to start training in the Cascade Training Series (CTS) or in the Daily Rides programs? Or perhaps you're trying to fulfill a New Year's Resolution to do more Daily Rides but aren't sure if you are ready to jump in and start riding with the Daily Rides? If either of these situations (or perhaps another one) describes you, then you may want to consider joining one or more of our Eastside Getting Ready to Rides Series. This series will be held on 7 Saturdays starting at 11:30 am at various East Side locations.
We will hold our second Eastside Getting Ready to Ride event on Saturday 15 Feb 2014 which will leave from Marymoor Park East (http://goo.gl/maps/2wGZ7) at 11:30 am. Our second ride will be a fairly flat 17 miles with a small, short grade in the middle of the route where you'll be able to test your gearing and hill climbing style. Rides will be conducted at two paces and you can select the pace that best fits for you – A Leisurely paced group (10-12 mph on the flats, aka The "Red" group in CTS) and a Steady paced group (12-14 mph on the flats, aka The "Yellow" group in CTS).
The [draft] route map is at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1984983. Printed cue sheets will be available at the start and can be obtained electronically by Friday noon prior to the ride from the Ride Leader. (Please check back on this site before the ride for any route changes.)
Please plan to arrive by 11:15am so we can process the ride waiver, do equipment checks, and discuss the route. Riders should bring a spare tube and a pump in case of a flat along the way. We anticipate the ride will last 2.5-3 hours depending on how the day goes. We will also discuss group interest in related skills for riding such as tire changing, the ABC checks for riding, simple bike upkeep, etc. Please consult the Cascade Bicycle Club Daily Rides web page for information for riders (http://www.cascade.org/welcome-newcomers) as helmets and so forth are required for the ride.
The 2014 scheduled ride dates are 8 Feb, 15 Feb, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 March and 29 Mar. (There will be no ride on 22 March.)
Each ride will have a different starting point as posted on the Cascade Daily Rides calendar page (http://www.cascade.org/calendar) and under the Cascade Free Daily Rides subgroup of meetup.com (http://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/).
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With Windsor as ride leader I know I will have a great time! -- Teresa
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He did not really term Michael Clarke his bunny,keeping in mind the threat the Australian skipper could pose but Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was more than thrilled to have taken the batsman's wicket one more time in the ongoing Test series.
Clarke was flummoxed at first ball by Jadeja as Australia reached 273 for seven on the second day of the third and penultimate Test here today.
He lured Clarke to come down the wicket,only to be stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The left-arm spinner has already dismissed Clarke three times in the series.
Bunny…I don't know. It's just that whenever I have the ball,he is there facing me, Jadeja said when asked if he was doing to Clarke what Harbhajan Singh had done with former Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the past.
Considering Clarke's propensity to notch up big scores,it was a breakthrough India were looking at.
It's a very important wicket because if you allow him to settle down,he can make big scores. So I am very thrilled, Jadeja said.
After the specialist bowlers failed,India turned to Jadeja to give the team the much-needed breakthrough,removing David Warner after the opener had added 139 runs for the first wicket with Ed Cowan.
Considering that one entire day has been lost due to rain,the 24-year-old player was of the opinion that India needed to wrap up Australia's first innings as soon as possible.
The aim is to not let them score enough runs,we would look to take the remaining three wickets as soon as possible so that we get enough time to bat, he said.
We have got to take the last three wickets,bat well and look to take a big first innings lead. If we have a big lead it will be easier for us to bowl (in Australia's second innings), Jadeja said.
Asked if frustration had crept in after a wicket-less first session at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium,he said,We had to be patient and bowl in the right areas. Though we did not get a wicket before lunch,we covered in the last two sessions.
As far as the wicket was concerned,Jadeja did not think it was as conducive to the slower bowlers as the one in Hyderabad.
There is not that much turn on the wicket,may be since this is the first day only. I tried to bowl to the stumps. Whenever there is a bit of turn,I try to do that.
Asked what India would have done had the coin landed in their favour,Jadeja said,The plan was to bat first and pile a big first-innings total.
In terms of statistics,Jadeja was the most impressive Indian bowler with figures of three for 56,which included the wickets of Warner and Peter Siddle,besides Clarke.
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Aitkenson International (Far East) Ltd. is one of the worldwide leaders in audio visual products including clock radios, DSP radios, portable radios, MP3/ MP4 players, speakers and other AV products. Aitkenson was founded in 1985 with the vision that multimedia would revolutionize the way people interact with their audio products.
Famous for its digital entertainment audio products and for launching the multimedia revolution, Aitkenson is now driving digital entertainment with products like its highly acclaimed MP3/ MP4 players. The company's innovative hardware, proprietary technology, applications and services leverage the Internet enabling consumers to experience high quality digital entertainment anytime, anywhere.
Today, Aitkenson is widely recognized as a global leader for product innovation in the audio and PDE segments, offering a complete, high quality digital entertainment experience through the company's hardware and services. Finding the perfect balance between form and function, Aitkenson strives for making every product a sensory feast for the eyes and ears.
These products are marketed to consumers and system integrators through a worldwide distribution network including traditional marketing channels, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the Internet.
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Moving forward, Aitkenson's mission is to expand its leadership role in the lifestyle Personal Digital Entertainment market by using innovative technology, broadband and leading-edge designs for not only the technically progressive consumers, but also for everyone who enjoys digital entertainment.
With strong focus on user friendly interface, multiple features and excellent industrial designs of it's products, the Aitkenson brand is synonymous with lifestyle Personal Digital Entertainment.
To meet the increasing demand of satisfying customer's requirements, in 2007, Aitkenson has expanded its production capacities and product development in Zhongshan, China. The new office shows the company's commitment and dedication to serve each and every customer's requirement in the future.
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WILD GUANABANA [gwuh-nah-buh-nuh] is centered on the belief that the world is an incredible place truly worth exploring and discovering. That by removing ourselves from the annoyances of everyday life and taking on new and challenging experiences, be it discovering a new culture, seeing an incredible sunrise or climbing a mountain, we grow and learn more about ourselves in ways we never thought possible. We fondly think of ourselves as a platform for Life Changing Journeys to unfold and know nothing more fulfilling than creating and sharing these experiences with others. WILD GUANABANA specializes in designing highly personalized, creative and ethical life changing travel experiences for the adventurous and fun to wild and wonderful destinations in a manner that is organized, safe and without losing its sense of freedom. It's about self-discovery and removing ourselves from the annoyances of daily life to embark on journey's that may change us forever.
We also create tailor-made educational experiential learning adventures for students of all ages that allows them to learn about leadership, teamwork and self reliance while traveling to some of the world's most captivating places and interacting with some of its most interesting cultures.


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