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Traders in GrainCorp Ltd. stand to pocket the biggest return on any major takeover in Asia by wagering that the Australian government will approve Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.'s $2 billion acquisition.
Amid opposition to the deal from some lawmakers, eastern Australia's largest grain handler yesterday closed 8.4% below Decatur, Illinois-based ADM's offer, the biggest discount among similar-sized acquisitions pending in Asia, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. After pledges by the newly elected government that Australia is "open for business," Treasurer Joe Hockey is likely to allow the sale, said Morningstar Inc.
"The current discount makes it an attractive buying opportunity," Dennis Hulme, an analyst at BBY Ltd. in Sydney, said in a phone interview. "It's unlikely to be blocked."
A U.S. purchase of Australian assets has never been barred under a 1975 law governing investment from overseas, said law firm King & Wood Mallesons. Arguments that the sale of Sydney-based GrainCorp is against the national interest make no sense, partly because ADM plans to spend more on local infrastructure, said Commonwealth Bank of Australia. There's only a 10% chance the deal will be blocked, the bank said.
Before today, GrainCorp had fallen 9.4% this month after the West Australian newspaper reported on Nov. 15 that Prime Minister Tony Abbott was inclined to veto ADM's offer or impose conditions that would make it unviable. He said later that day the decision was a matter for the treasurer. Hockey is due to rule on the bid by Dec. 17 after recommendations from the Foreign Investment Review Board.
ADM Offer
GrainCorp shares today jumped as much as 6%, the most in seven months, before closing up 1.3% at A$11.33 in Sydney. ADM rose 0.3% to $41.73 at 9:51 a.m. New York time.
ADM said today it will spend an additional A$200 million ($182 million) on infrastructure, cap grain handling charges and offer storage facilities to other grain marketers. The Victorian Farmers Federation had said growers were concerned ADM would restrict access or raise fees.
"It's likely to provide a bit more assurance to the market that the deal will go through," Peter Rae, a Melbourne-based analyst at Morningstar, said by phone. "It does seem to be fairly comprehensive."
Below bid
GrainCorp, which controls seven of eight terminals that ship grain in bulk from Australia's east coast, closed yesterday at A$11.18. That was below ADM's offer of A$12.20 for each share it didn't already own. The bid values ADM's largest-ever takeover at A$2.23 billion, excluding GrainCorp's net debt.
Among takeovers in Asia larger than $1 billion, no stock trades further below a bid, according to data compiled by Bloomberg yesterday.
"The chances of it being approved are considerably better than that," John Maysles, a Los Angeles-based analyst at Elevation LLC, said in a phone interview. "A lot of this opposition was to be expected."
Australia's control of its food security is at risk, Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said this month. Truss leads the Nationals, a party that draws support from rural voters and is part of a coalition elected in September.
Senate Inquiry
Mining magnate and first-time lawmaker Clive Palmer plans to introduce a bill Dec. 9 opposing the deal. This month, he called GrainCorp "a great national institution" that shouldn't be sold. A Senate committee inquiry into the nation's grain- handling industry is due to report Dec. 11. Its interim report in August said ADM's takeover could hurt competition.
Angus Trigg, a spokesman for GrainCorp in Sydney, declined to comment on the likelihood of the deal's completion. Jackie Anderson, a spokeswoman for ADM, the world's largest corn processor, said in an e-mail that the takeover "would create significant value for grain growers, GrainCorp shareholders and the Australian economy."
When asked at a conference this month when the deal may be completed, ADM Chief Executive Officer Patricia Woertz declined to comment, citing the "sort of sensitive period" leading up to Hockey's ruling. Chief Operating Officer Juan R. Luciano said on an Oct. 29 earnings call that he expected the transaction to close next quarter.
After his election on Sept. 7, Abbott declared Australia "once more open for business." In parliament last week, he said the nation has "long supported foreign investment."
'Sees Value'
Australia's competition regulator has said it doesn't plan to oppose the deal. Hockey will probably approve the deal with conditions that ease farmers' concerns that a takeover will limit competition, said Hulme, the analyst at BBY.
The premier of Queensland state, Campbell Newman, said today that while he supports the deal, ADM should be required to sell two port terminals as a condition, the Australian said.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Newsworthy? Probably Not.
Anyway, I can already tell I will definitely be the slapstick, goof-off, neurotic, writes about boogers and pubes, possibly alcoholic element of the friendship. She will be the lawyer for the homeless, well-traveled, lived in like eleven countries, glamorous, smoking part of the relationship. I have our roles all mapped out! Now the trick will be not scaring her off with my spastic buffoonery. Which will mean suppressing 90 percent of my personality, but isn't that what friendship is really all about?
Then on Friday I'm meeting MORE new friends at a drinking binge I mean writer's conference near Chicago, including blogging dynamo Steph and her pal Trish, who looks so cute in that picture that I want to adopt her. I tell you, I am smashing through my comfort zone left and right! Sure, it would be easy to continue molding that ass-shaped impression I've developed on the couch while scarfing Cheetos and watching a Golden Girls marathon of episodes I've already seen twelve times each … but that's no way to live! Okay, maybe on rainy Saturdays, hungover Sundays, and after the loss of a loved one, but certainly not during the last weekend in April!
I'll post some updates on Sunday night about how the whole venturing-beyond-my-comfort-zone thing goes. In the meantime, please enjoy this photo of Daisy. Who is so territorial about urinating on other animal droppings during our walks that today she actually urinated on a splotch of bird poop in the middle of the sidewalk.
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Don't be TOO HARSH on Daisy... I've actually wanted to do that a few times myself! Good luck with the NEW friend/s! ~ jb///ReplyDelete
LOL your dog is NOT only cute but has a sense of humor and she's jealous. I like that.ReplyDelete
I have a hard time making friends with people because I too have anxiety. I mean all that selling of ones self, all the whoring and lying it's so hard. I hope she turns out to be a great girl and be gentle with her. Take it slow...
Oh but you know we love you. I mean technically you have like a bazillion blog friends.
You're not kidding - making new friends as an adult is sooo not easy. I am "that" friend, too - the spastic one who's rather inclined to make fart noises with my mouth and break out into a funny dance just because I feel like it while the other girls are fabulous and mature and make me feel like I should be hanging out with 13 yr olds instead.ReplyDelete
Awww, the dog is really cute. My cat was very territorial believe it or not. She hissed at everyone but me. She only growled at me, so I pretended she was purring.ReplyDelete
I'm with ya on the making new friends bit. It's a tricky thing. I think I purposely act extra wacky when I meet new people in order to A) scare off the ones who would irritate me later. B) Attract the other wackos out there in order to make my life more colorful. So, I'm for not squashing your 90% kooky/fun side.ReplyDelete
Have fun!
Oh, god, making friends after college has not really worked for me. And of course the more time I spend relatively friendless, the more rabidly I pounce on any potential friend-prospect, probably scaring them away with my cries of LOVE ME! LOVE ME!ReplyDelete
Offers of baked goods sometimes help.
I'm leaving for Vegas tomorrow to meet up with some blog friends. I'm sure we will do nothing but party, I mean discuss writing.ReplyDelete
I didn't know about the conference near Chicago or I met have went there instead. I'm originally from the area and could have seen some old friends and got to meet two of my favorite bloggers, you and Tish. Maybe next time.
Why is it like that? The personality suppression, the playing hard-to-get, the uncanny resemblance to dating (as Sugarmama said) - making friends should not be this hard.ReplyDelete
I've been feeling homesick lately. Just ignore me. Or make a fart noise so that I laugh a little bit.
Or make your word verification include the letters "perv". Hee hee hee!!!
You bet it's hard to meet people after college. But try...having an only child "He'll be weird if he doesn't have a brother or sister",ReplyDelete
"throwing away" a master's degree to be home full-time "You're too smart to not be working" and homeschooling your kidlet "So, you're pretty religious, huh?". Ain't no amount of "surpressing" that's going to cover up my level of wackiness. :-)
Have a great time at your fundraiser and in Chicago.
I'm am just enough of a sports nut to be impressed that you're meeting someone who writes for the Sporting News. Cool. Good luck on your friend date! I bet if you get them liquored-up they'll both admit to loving the Golden Girls.ReplyDelete
If I'd only known. I'm going on a drinking binge/writer's conference in New York this weekend. Hell, it just as easily could have been near Chicago. We'll just have to coordinate better. Say, what are you wearing to the Friday night cocktail party?ReplyDelete
I've been living here for 6 years and I have ONE friend in town, so yeah, I know where you're coming from!ReplyDelete
Yikes...sounds like fun. Maybe? It is hard to make friends at certain times in life. I figure the next easy time is in the home. Before the era of being strapped to the bed for my safety and a decade after the kids have kids and my husband kicks the bucket...hehehe. LIke college again.ReplyDelete
LOL! Well, I was already feeling an almost eerie affinty with you when i read thisReplyDelete
"Which will mean suppressing 90 percent of my personality, but isn't that what friendship is really all about?"
But the fact the I just wrote about Cheetos before reading this entry absolutely seals it for me.
You'll be swell. Your new friends don't know how lucky they are to have met you.
I thought Minnie was the ONLY female dog in the universe who enjoyed piddling on other dogs' excrement. Minnie is actually a "leg lifter" which (according to the vet(s) and trainer(s)) is fairly unusual. Now I know that she has another weird little female friend (Daisy - not you) somewhere in this big, lonely world. That's a lot of grass for just one gal to pee on all by herself. Glad to know Minnie has some help!ReplyDelete
Yes, the friends-after-college thing is a big challenge. It's the closest thing to dating again once you've got marriage out of the way. I don't dress up and put on makeup for my dates with my hubby, but for girlfriends? You betcha.ReplyDelete
Daisy's cute. I love that she pees on bird droppings -- LOL!
Wow. That's a very grown up evening. A defining moment of adulthood. Like going to the video store to rent an adult movie--and it's about doing your taxes.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to read all about it!!ReplyDelete
I hope that you can just be yourself and choose not to suppress your "slapstick, goof-off, neurotic, writes about boogers and pubes, possibly alcoholic element of the friendship" side of yourself.ReplyDelete
I know that's who I'd definitely want to meet!
DUDE. You were in CHICAGO - near CHICAGO and I didn't know it!!! I hate you now! Oh how would I have loved to hang out with you!!!ReplyDelete
Anyway, serves me right for not reading in a couple days. :( Sorry.
Oh, wow. You wrote this Wednesday and I just now saw it. Things have been that crazy. So I'll have to wish you a great weekend in the past tense. According to Stephanie it was wonderful. And I know what you mean about finding friends after college. It's tough. Especially, it seems, in a small town. And for an introvert.ReplyDelete
Jozet said: "You'll be swell. Your new friends don't know how lucky they are to have met you."ReplyDelete
I AM SOOOO LUCKY TO HAVE JESS AS A NEW FRIEND IN MY LIFE! She is the AWESOMEST! And yes, we all talked about pubes and bikini waxes, and lots of discussion on pooping and farting. Jess is the coolest, and soon I will be blogging about the whole event AND posting photos of our awesome weekend! Even though she had to leave early to go home to make some love or poop or something!
Love ya Jess!!!!!!!!! Oh, and you left your vibrator at the hotel but they're sending it to you....

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Reports say Sudanese Christian woman released; Manchester relative hopeful
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
— A city man is hopeful his sister-in-law's ordeal that kept her in a Sudanese prison facing a death sentence is finally coming to an end.
Gabriel Wani said Monday morning he had been desperately trying to reach his brother, Daniel, in Sudan to confirm reports that Miriam Yehya Ibrahim has been released from prison and reunited with her husband.
"I keep calling and the phone is busy," Gabriel Wani said. "I feel like it's going through. I just have to confirm."
CNN reported Monday that a Sudanese appeals court found an initial judgement against the woman was faulty. Ibrahim's lawyer said the appeals ruling allowed Ibrahim, her toddler son and baby girl, born in prison, to be released from custody.
Gabriel Wani sounded much more optimistic Monday than late last month, when news reports that Ibrahim's release was imminent. He said then he is wary of anything that came from the Sudanese government and that he and his brother would believe Ibrahim was free only after she walked out of the prison in Khartoum with her children and was safe.
Wani's skepticism proved well founded over the coming days as different government officials denied the reports and Ibrahim remained incarcerated.
There were also conflicting reports Monday. Some agencies reported the appeals court had ordered her release, but had not confirmed it had gone through. The CNN report quoted Ibrahim's attorney, which gave Gabriel more hope his brother's family was together and safe somewhere outside the prison walls.
It also made Gabriel more desperate to try and reach his brother, only to get a busy signal each time.
International pressure on Sudan had been mounting since news surfaced that Ibrahim, who was eight-months pregnant, was sentenced to hang after refusing to renounce her Christian faith.
She was convicted of aspostacy – converting from Islam – and was sentenced to hang despite maintaining all along she had been raised as a Christian.
Under Sharia law in Sudan, she was considered a Muslim because her father was a Muslim. As a Muslim, she could not legally marry a Christian, which Daniel Wani is, and their marriage was not recognized.
That led to a conviction on adultery charge and a flogging sentence of 100 lashes.
Gabriel and Daniel Wani fled Sudan in 1998 and became U.S. citizens in 2005.
U.S. Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Ann Kuster of New Hampshire issued statements about the Sudanese court's decision.
"It's overdue and welcome news that Miriam Ibrahim has been ordered released," Shea-Porter said.
Kuster's statement condemned the sentencing and imprisonment as a horrific violation of human rights.
"I'm thrilled that justice has finally been served for Meriam Ibrahim," Kuster said.


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Digital DarwinismPosted: April 16, 2012 at 11:34 pm
It's been a very very very long time since my last post. A great number of things have changed both in my work and my life. Many for the better, and some bittersweet. I've learned a great deal since then, and I'm excited to get caught up with sharing my thoughts and experiences. Some of the exciting things I have been doing include Android and mobile development. I've also been experimenting with Appcelerator's Titanium Studio as well as returning to a great deal of Javascript and Web Standards development. Lately my Flash development has been centered around video and 3D based work. The sadness of very little Actionscript in my life has been replaced with a more objective business minded viewpoint of what it takes to function in the current digital landscape. The right tool for the job – given the right context and experience – has become my new mantra.
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FA 848 | Multi-facetted research in rabbits: a model to develop a healthy and safe production in respect with animal welfare
FA 860 | Sustainable low-input cereal production : required varietal characteristics and crop diversity
FA 870 | From production to application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural systems: a multidisciplinary approach
FA 924 | Enhancement and Preservation of Quality and Health Promoting Components in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
FA 926 | Impact of the new technologies on the health benefits and safety of bioactive plant compounds
FA FA0605 | Signaling control of stress tolerance and production of stress protective compounds in plants
FA FA0906 | UV-B radiation: A specific regulator of plant growth and food quality in a changing climate (UV4growth)
FA FA1001 | The application of innovative fundamental food-structure-property relationships to the design of foods for health, wellness and pleasure
FA FA1003 | East-West Collaboration for Grapevine Diversity Exploration and Mobilization of Adaptive Traits for Breeding
FA FA1005 | Improving health properties of food by sharing our knowledge on the digestive process (INFOGEST)
FA FA1101 | Omics Technologies for Crop Improvement, Traceability, Determination of Authenticity, Adulteration and Origin in Saffron
FA FA1106 | An integrated systems approach to determine the developmental mechanisms controlling fleshy fruit quality in tomato and grapevine
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FA FA1205 | Assessing and improving the quality of aquatic animal gametes to enhance aquatic resources - The need to harmonize and standardize evolving methodologies, and improve transfer from academia to industry
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FA FA1305 | The EU Aquaponics Hub - Realising Sustainable Integrated Fish and Vegetable Production for the EU
FA FA1307 | Sustainable pollination in Europe - joint research on bees and other pollinators (SUPER-B)
FA FA1401 | European network on the factors affecting the gastro-intestinal microbial balance and the impact on the health status of pigs (PiGutNet)
FA FA1403 | Interindividual variation in response to consumption of plant food bioactives and determinants involved (POSITIVe)
FA FA1407 | Application of next generation sequencing for the study and diagnosis of plant viral diseases in agriculture
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FPS E40 | Innovative utilisation and products of large dimensioned timber including the whole forest-wood-chain
FPS E54 | Characterisation of the fine structure and properties of papermaking fibres using new technologies
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FPS FP0902 | Development and harmonisation of new operational research and assessment procedures for sustainable forest biomass supply
FPS FP0905 | Biosafety of forest transgenic trees: improving the scientific basis for safe tree development and implementation of EU policy directives
FPS FP1001 | Improving Data and Information on the Potential Supply of Wood Resources: A European Approach from Multisource National Forest Inventories (USEWOOD)
FPS FP1004 | Enhance mechanical properties of timber, engineered wood products and timber structures
FPS FP1005 | Fibre suspension flow modelling - a key for innovation and competitiveness in the pulp & paper industry
FPS FP1103 | Fraxinus dieback in Europe: elaborating guidelines and strategies for sustainable management (FRAXBACK)
FPS FP1105 | Understanding wood cell wall structure, biopolymer interaction and composition: implications for current products and new material innovation
FPS FP1201 | Forest LAnd Ownership Changes in Europe: Significance for Management And Policy (FACESMAP)
FPS FP1202 | Strengthening conservation: a key issue for adaptation of marginal/peripheral populations of forest trees to climate change in Europe (MaP-FGR)
FPS FP1204 | Green Infrastructure approach: linking environmental with social aspects in studying and managing urban forests
FPS FP1206 | European mixed forests - Integrating Scientific Knowledge in Sustainable Forest Management. (EuMIXFOR)
FPS FP1301 | Innovative management and multifunctional utilization of traditional coppice forests - an answer to future ecological, economic and social challenges in the European forestry sector (EuroCoppice)
FPS FP1306 | Valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass side streams for sustainable production of chemicals, materials & fuels using low environmental impact technologies
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FPS FP1405 | Active and intelligent fibre-based packaging - innovation and market introduction (ActInPak)
FPS FP1406 | Pine pitch canker - strategies for management of Gibberella Circinata in greenhouses and forests (PINESTRENGTH)
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ICT 219 | Future telecommunications and tele-informatics facilities for disabled persons. Chair: J. Ekberg, Finland
ICT 219 bis | Access for elderly and disabled people to the information society. Chair: J. Ekberg, Finland
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ICT 231 | Evolution of land mobile radio (including personal communication). Chair: E. Damosso, Italy
ICT 235 | Radiowave propagation effects on next-generation fixed-services terrestrial telecommunication systems. Chair: M.P.M. Hall, UK
ICT 25-4 | Influence of the atmosphere on radiopropagation of electromagnetic waves at frequencies above 10 GHz. Chair: F. Fedi, Italy
ICT 251 | Improved quality of service in ionospheric telecommunication systems planning and operation (IITT). Chair: R. Hanbaba, France
ICT 255 | Radiowave propagation modelling for new satcom services at Ku-band and above. Chair: B. Arbesser-Rastburg, Netherlands
ICT 262 | Spread spectrum systems and techniques in wireless and wired communications. Chair: N. Pavlidou, Greece
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ICT IC0702 | Combining Soft Computing Techniques and Statistical Methods to Improve Data Analysis Solutions
ICT IC0703 | Data Traffic Monitoring and Analysis: theory, techniques, tools and applications for the future networks
ICT IC0802 | Propagation tools and data for integrated Telecommunication, Navigation and Earth Observation systems
ICT IC1003 | European Network on Quality of Experience in Multimedia Systems and Services (QUALINET)
ICT TD1001 | Novel and Reliable Optical Fibre Sensor Systems for Future Security and Safety Applications (OFSeSa)
ICT IC1105 | 3D content creation, coding and transmission over future media networks (3D-ConTourNet)
ICT IC1203 | European Network Exploring Research into Geospatial Information Crowdsourcing: software and methodologies for harnessing geographic information from the crowd (ENERGIC)
ICT TD1207 | Mathematical Optimization in the Decision Support Systems for Efficient and Robust Energy Networks
ICT IC1307 | The European Network on Integrating Vision and Language (iV&L Net): Combining Computer Vision and Language Processing For Advanced Search, Retrieval, Annotation and Description of Visual Data
ICT IC1407 | Advanced characterisation and classification of radiated emissions in densely integrated technologies (ACCREDIT)
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ISCH A26 | European city-regions in an age of multi-level governance - reconciling competitiveness and social cohesion
ISCH A36 | Tributary Empires Compared: Romans, Mughals and Ottomans in the pre-industrial world from antiquity till the transition to modernity
ISCH A4 | Impact of the social environment upon the creation and diffusion of technologies with special ref; to environment, health and transport
ISCH IS0701 | Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data: Industry Dynamics, Firm Performance, and Worker Outcomes
ISCH IS0801 | Cyberbullying: coping with negative and enhancing positive uses of new technologies, in relationships in educational settings
ISCH IS0803 | Remaking eastern borders in Europe: a network exploring social, moral and material relocations of Europe's eastern peripheries
ISCH IS0804 | Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society: Linguistic Patterns and the Road to Assessment
ISCH IS0805 | New Challenges of Peacekeeping and the European Union's Role in Multilateral Crisis Management
ISCH IS0806 | The True European Voter: A Strategy For Analysing the Prospects of European Electoral Democracy That Includes the West, the South and the East of the Continent
ISCH IS0902 | Systemic Risks, Financial Crises and Credit - the roots, dynamics and consequences of the Subprime Crisis
ISCH IS0904 | European Architecture beyond Europe: Sharing Research and Knowledge on Dissemination Processes, Historical Data and Material Legacy (19th-20th centuries)
ISCH IS0907 | Childbirth Cultures, Concerns, and Consequences: Creating a dynamic EU framework for optimal maternity care
ISCH IS1001 | Bio-objects and their boundaries: governing matters at the intersection of society, politics, and science
ISCH IS1003 | International Law Between Constitutionalisation and Fragmentation: the role of law in the post-national constellation
ISCH IS1004 | Web-based data-collection - methodological challenges, solutions and implementations (WEBDATANET)
ISCH IS1006 | Unraveling the grammars of European sign languages: pathways to full citizenship of deaf signers and to the protection of their linguistic heritage
ISCH IS1102 | Social Services, Welfare State and Places. The restructuring of social services in Europe and its impacts on social and territorial cohesion and governance.
ISCH IS1104 | The EU in the new complex geography of economic systems: models, tools and policy evaluation
ISCH IS1205 | Social psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union
ISCH IS1209 | Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance (ProsPol)
ISCH IS1210 | Appearance Matters: Tackling the Physical and Psychosocial Consequences of Dissatisfaction with Appearance
ISCH TD1206 | Development and Implementation of European Standards on Prevention of Occupational Skin Diseases (StanDerm)
ISCH IS1301 | New Communities of Interpretation: Contexts, Strategies and Processes of Religious Transformation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
ISCH IS1303 | Citizen's Health through public-private Initiatives: Public health, Market and Ethical perspectives (CHIP ME)
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MPNS 501 | Advanced materials for power engineering components, High Efficiency, Low Emission Systems
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MPNS TD1007 | Bimodal PET-MRI molecular imaging technologies and applications for in vivo monitoring of disease and biological processes
MPNS MP1105 | Sustainable flame retardancy for textiles and related materials based on nanoparticles substituting conventional chemicals (FLARETEX)
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The sharp footwork on the field at Toyota Park isn't the only teamwork you'll find taking place at Chicago Fire games.
And yet to the casual fan, the action taking place as Section 8 unfurls its latest colorful tifo display can be just as entertaining as a crisp pass or a diving save.
"Sometimes up until the last moment, you don't know if it's going to work, you don't know if the wind is gonna blow something over," said Dan Martin, director of communications for Section 8, the Independent Supporters' Association for the Fire.
Tifos are those giant, colorful displays often involving an interactive element that have become as much a part of the fan experience at professional soccer games as the chants or the goals themselves.
Every single one is designed by a fan that comes to Section 8's volunteer board with an idea and a plan.
"People come to us either in public or by e-mail and present sort of a plan of action," Martin said. "They say 'We want to do this, we want it to work like this,' and we work with them from there. The ones who make it happen are very dedicated."
Saturday's design was the brainchild of 33-year-old Eric Kekeis, a metallurgist from Highland, Ind. whose Twitter bio says he'd eat nothing but cherry-flavored Pez for the rest of his life if he could.
"It was a banner I already had done for quite some time," he said. "We were running low on time so we just decided to throw something together."
And make no mistake--there's a lot of coordination involved.
"When it's a group of a dozen trying to make a group of 1,000 people try to work together, there's always that room for error," Martin said.
That's what finds Kekeis and a handful of volunteers running around Section 8 like madmen two hours prior to the Fire's regular season home finale on a sun-drenched Saturday afternoon, trying to turn his vision into reality.
The group spends the early afternoon bringing banners into the stadium, unfurling them down rows of seats, and making sure nearly every seat has an umbrella under it despite the fact that there's nary a drop of rain to be found in the forecast.
If that sounds effing mental to you, Kekeis said that's the goal.
Kind of.
"The banner we're using today, 'Let's Go F'in Mental,' was something I just came up with in my free time with a clown," he said. "He kind of looks psychotic. We're gonna have the umbrellas that come out and we're gonna have people hopefully turn those to make them look like red and white going kind of crazy."
The content of the displays isn't the only thing that's creative about them though.
"The hardest thing is finding a big space to work in for us because so much stuff in Chicago is rental properties," Martin said.
Because of that, Kekeis said the group has had to improvise when it comes to putting their creations together. He said they do have an agreement to use an indoor soccer facility on the South side but he said he's put together multiple tifos in his basement.
"Everything that you see in this section is literally just a bunch of fans getting together and doing things on their spare time," he said.
The group's most famous tifo, a "Super Mario Bros." display, came together in the Fire's offices.
"The Mario one was pretty seat of our pants," Martin said. "The club allowed us to use some of their office space so we could roll out some of the fabric."
Getting everyone who's going to be sitting in a section together in the same place is a logistical nightmare as well. Even though these tifos may look like they've been practiced before, fans are just learning what they're supposed to be doing on the day of the game.
"It's sort of the seat of your pants," Martin said. "There will be a little bit of coordination. People who are in there care enough to in the moment listen to what people tell you."
Kekeis said the group tries to stick to a uniquely Chicago theme for most of its tifos, incorporating the city's civic history with the present games.
The tifo for Wednesday night's playoff game against the Houston Dynamo (8 p.m., Toyota Park) is a take on the city's historic "I Will" maiden that emerged as a symbol of the city's recovery in its early days, a tribute the group is calling "We Will."
"The official [name] is "I Will" for the city and they use her image on the facade of the Michigan Avenue bridge," Kekeis said. "It's basically the forefront face of when the city, after the Great Chicago Fire, came together to rebuild the city. Our graphic designer came up with a face that she looks like from the front and then we came together and did a Chicago flag and instilled her image into it as an overhead."
Kekeis said a good tifo resonates with players and fans alike, getting them more pumped up to create an even rowdier atmosphere.
"Where do you get this kind of excitement," he said during a break from putting together Saturday's tifo. "You definitely cannot organize the kind of stuff that you would here at any of the other sporting events around the city."
Matt Lindner is a RedEye special contributor.
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Out of the Woodwork: Quit Crying and Get to Work
So you can't afford (insert dream tool here). Boo hoo. Hit the flea markets then start making sawdust.
By Scott Grandstaff
Page: 112
From the October 2005 issue #150
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Yeah, you heard me.
Oh sure, I know exactly how it is. The new catalogs come piling into your mailbox and you're drooling on your shoes. You need a 36″ planer and an infi ll plane stuffed with ivory and ebony, and 1,000 board feet of curly, high-color walnut. Yeah, you need them alright.
So, what? You're just going to sit there and wish your life away? Get in the game. You simply cannot buy skill. You must pay your dues like everyone else.
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The following work terms are a requirement of the Bachelor of Commerce Co-operative program only.
The objectives of the Work Term component of the Business Administration Co-operative Program are embodied in the Work Term descriptions below. The descriptions serve to guide the student and employer toward achieving these objectives and to guide Business Co-operative Education and the Faculty of Business Administration in monitoring and evaluating each student's progress.
Work Term I
follows the successful completion of Academic Term 3. For most students, it represents their first professional work experience in a business environment and as such represents their first opportunity to evaluate their choice of pursuing a career in business administration. Students are expected to learn, develop and practice the high standards of behaviour and performance normally expected in the work environment. (A detailed description of each job is normally posted during the job competition.)
As one component of the work term, the student is required to complete a work report. The work report, as a minimum requirement should
analyse an issue/problem related to the student's work environment,
demonstrate an understanding of the structure of a professional report, and
show reasonable competence in written communication and presentation skills. Students should consult UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS - Good Writing, and the evaluation form provided in the placement package.
Seminars on professional development, conducted by Business Co-operative Education, are presented during Academic Term 3 to introduce and prepare the student for participation in the subsequent work terms. Topics may include, among others, work term evaluation, work report writing, career planning, employment seeking skills, resume preparation, self-employment, ethics and professional concepts, behavioural requirements in the work place, assertiveness in the work place and industrial safety.
Work Term 2
follows the successful completion of Academic Term 4. Students are expected to further develop and expand their knowledge and work-related skills and should be able to accept increased responsibility and challenge. In addition, students are expected to demonstrate an ability to deal with increasingly complex work- related concepts and problems. Students should conscientiously assess the various business opportunities relative to their individual interests.
The Work Report, as a minimum requirement should
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demonstrate competence in creating a professional report, and
show competence in written communication and presentation skills.
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follows the successful completion of Academic Term 5. Students should have sufficient academic grounding and work experience to contribute in a positive manner to the management and problem-solving processes needed and practiced in the work environment. Students should become better acquainted with their discipline of study, should observe and appreciate the attitudes, responsibilities, and ethics normally expected of business managers and should exercise greater independence and responsibility in their assigned work functions.
The Work Report should reflect the growing professional development of the student and, as a minimum requirement, will
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I've been chomping at the bit to start posting about Halloween. It is by far one of my most favorite holidays and I probably have more energy for it also because it's first of the holiday season.
This post is a bit of a departure and I have vacillated over a few ideas for October posts feeling they don't fall exactly in my blog's culinary 'P.O.V.' (for watchers of The Next Food Network Star), or point of view. This item is not exactly food but one could say that of many of the mainstream munchables in October. This is a family tradition in my household and a beloved Trick-or-Treat item in our neighborhood so I wanted to share it!
About 11 years ago when I was living in Arlington Virginia, enjoying a wonderful piles-of-leaves-to-jump-in fall, a friend from California sent me my first wreath. She'd made them with her sister and since I'd recently moved completely across the U.S. with my husband and relatively young baby she wanted me to know she was thinking of me. I simply loved it. The festive air it brought to my front door, the uniqueness of it and most of all pulling out the fabric wrapped pops for unexpected treats.
I have continued to make a wreath now yearly. Even in the years that I feel overwrought with obligations. I've fine tuned the design a bit and have learned some tricks. For me it signals the kick off of the Halloween month but more so I love the wonder in the Trick-or-Treater's faces when I pull a pop out of the wreath as their treat. I suppose because they assume it to be décor only, to see it transform into a treat is magical. Boys in their early teens especially love it (go figure). I've had ghouls and goblins return annually and comment anonymously behind their masks that they had so hoped I would make the wreath again that year. And I'm not making any of this up!
So just in case you are feeling in the mood and need a reminder that I'm thinking of YOU this Halloween season, I'm sharing the steps to make a Halloween Treat Wreath! It's a fun surprise and my kids are old enough to help out as most kids will be able unless they are teeny tiny. Trust me, you'll love it.
This wreath can be made to any size straw wreath form as well as packed densely with pops or loosely. I'll provide guidance to make a wreath that is the same size as I have shown in the photographs.
1. and 2. SUPPLIES
- 18 inch diameter straw wreath (available from craft and hobby stores)
- Approximately 150 lollipops (I use Tootsie Pops)
- 5 yards of 45 inch wide Halloween fabric in varying patterns (I use at least 5 varied patterns; as a guide 30 circles of fabric can be cut from 1-45 inch wide yard. Tip: Generally smaller patterns work better in my view. Adding some metallic fabric catches light and looks sparkly. Glow in the dark patterns are fun too!)
- 6 ¼ inch diameter circle cut from cardboard for the tracing stencil (I used an appetizer size plate turned upside down to make the circle)
- Sharpie pen
- 50 – 12 inch black pipe cleaners (will be cut into thirds)
- Pinking shears
- Floral wire
- Roll (s) of 2 ½ inch Halloween ribbon for bow, preferably with wired edges (can use more than one pattern for a double bow)
- Philips screw driver
- Floral wreath hanger (black; available at craft and hobby stores)
3. Cutting out Fabric Circles
You can generally fold the fabric and cut through about 4 layers at once which saves a bit of time over cutting each circle separately.
4. Cutting Pipe cleaners
Cut 12 inch pipe cleaners in thirds, making 4 inch lengths.
5. /6. Wrapping Lollipops
Place the pop in the middle of a fabric circle. Pull fabric tightly around the head of the pop and hold underneath the pop. Twist a pipe cleaner snugly underneath the pop to secure the fabric. Make 1-2 more twists to hold securely.
7. Making holes in the wreath
Remove the plastic overwrap from straw wreath being careful NOT to cut the nylon thread that holds the wreath intact (it is see through so doing this in good light will help). Trying to stick lollipops in a new wreath often bends and breaks the sticks. Holding the screwdriver at a 45 degree angle (so the stick of the pop will not protrude through the backside which happens if they are stuck straight in) poke holes into the wreath but not through to the underside (sticks will be concealed within wreath). Leave approximately 4 inches at the top of the wreath without holes which is where the hanger and bow will be.
You will experience some resistance so be careful to keep hands out of the path of the screwdriver (this is an adult activity)! You can interleave this with the next step of inserting the lollipops so you find the spacing you desire. I like the pops snug together so the wreath looks like a mass of Halloween balls. Some like to leave space between, and fluff out the bottom of the fabric so they look like little ghosts.
8. Insert the lollipops into the wreath
Follow the angle of the holes and insert the lollipops to cover the front of the wreath, wrapping in toward the center and out toward the back. None of the straw will be showing from the front with this amount of lollipops. You can add more to completely cover the sides and middle if you choose.
9. Making floral wire hanger
Using floral wire, wrap a length around the top of the wreath multiple times and form a hanger from a few strands of the wire on the back. The wreath will be heavy with all the lollipops inserted so this will need to be sturdy. Once you've made the hanger, test it by hanging it on the wreath hanger to ensure the wire will stay secure before making the decorative bow.
10. Making the bow
Consider how large a bow you would prefer and how long you would like the tails of the bow. Allowing for at least 1 ½ times that length, cut one-two lengths or ribbon (depending on whether you will make a single or double ribbon bow). Find the middle of the length of ribbon and place that at the back of the hanger. Wrap the ribbon around the wreath on either side of the hanger, allowing ends of ribbon to end in the front. Tie a bow and fluff the ribbon as you choose. NOTE: You can also construct a floral bow and attach it to the front of the wreath if you prefer.
Hang it for decoration for the season and then hand the lollipops out for Halloween! The wreath can be reused the following year and until it begins to break down. If using wreath again skip step 7 and just insert the lollipops into the holes from the prior year.


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STOCKTON - Children ran and played at the park while grownups mingled over barbecue plates Saturday in what has long been one of the city's most crime-infested neighborhoods.
STOCKTON - Children ran and played at the park while grownups mingled over barbecue plates Saturday in what has long been one of the city's most crime-infested neighborhoods.
Families for Peace, a community event organized by the Stockton Guardian Angels and HOPE (Helping Other People to Expand), drew hundreds to Cabana Park for games, free food and a peaceful purpose. Event organizers and area residents agreed the goal was to build a sense of togetherness in the neighborhood's fight against crime.
"I would love for it to be more close-knit," said Demetria Blount, who attended the event with her sister and her sister's children, ages 5 through 12. "I would love to see it be more family oriented, more closeness, helping each other, being able to know each other and say hello every day."
Stockton Guardian Angels Chapter Leader Sean Rodgers shares that vision. Rodgers said his organization plans to put up two playground sets at the park next month and will continue to organize neighborhood activities, adding that all are welcome to participate.
"This community outreach today is to let people know that we care about them here in this community, and that we want to create activities for the children," Rodgers said. "This is for everyone. This is their community. We just got the food together and got them all to come out. Maybe some of them will say, 'Hey, I'm having problems in my neighborhood,' and they want to help. Or maybe some of them are willing to help with activities for the kids. We just need support."
HOPE co-founder Glenn Jose expressed similar sentiments.
"We're trying to bring the kids together and decrease the crime here," Jose said. "We're trying to get the community together and do something positive for the kids."
The Guardian Angels have been conducting weekly patrols in the Townehome neighborhood since August. Rodgers and Townehome residents said there has been a dramatic decrease in crime in recent months, saying the Guardian Angels' efforts have helped along with sweeps by the Stockton Police Department and the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force.
"I've talked to some people here today, and they're just so happy about what we're doing here for them," said Manuel Flores, a HOPE volunteer. "They say crime has dropped so dramatically."
Blount said she has lived in the neighborhood for about a year and a half. She said Saturday's event was another sign that conditions are changing.
"I've met a couple people here today and we've been speaking to each other," she said. "It seems like we're getting closer. It's not going to happen overnight, but it's a beginning."
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Emergency time off for dependants
Employed carers have the right to take a 'reasonable' amount of unpaid time off work to deal with particular situations affecting their dependants. This right is covered by the amended Employments Rights Act 1996. In Northern Ireland these laws are called the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999. Some organisations enhance this by providing paid time off for employees in these circumstances.
A dependant is defined as a spouse, civil partner, child or parent (but not grandparent) of the employee or a person who lives in the same household as the employee, excluding tenants, lodgers and employees. In addition, 'dependant' includes those who reasonably rely on the employee to provide assistance if they fall ill or to make arrangements for the provision of care.
An employee is only entitled to take time off for dependants under this statutory right where it is necessary for that person:
- to provide assistance if a dependant falls ill, gives birth or is injured
- to make longer-term care arrangements for the provision of care for a dependant who is ill or injured. (This would include, for example, arranging to employ a temporary carer. It does not enable the employee to take additional or ongoing time off to care for the dependant themselves)
- to deal with the unexpected disruption, termination or breakdown of arrangements for the care of a dependant.
It should be noted that this doesn't apply to planned time off to care for dependants, for example, to take them to a medical appointment.
What counts as a reasonable amount of time off will depend on the individual circumstances. The nature of the incident and the extent to which another person was available to assist are relevant factors, but not any potential disruption to the employer's business. An employer should always take into account the employee's individual circumstances. Decisions should always be based on the facts of each case.
Right to request flexible working
The Work and Families Act 2006 and the Employment Rights Act give employed carers the right to request flexible working, such as changed hours or working from home. There is no automatic right to actually work flexibly; the right is to make a request to do so. Employers can refuse a request, but only on specified grounds. Employees can appeal against such a refusal. If a request is granted, it will be a permanent change to the employee's contract, unless agreed otherwise.
For the purposes of this legislation, the definition of a carer is someone who is, or expects to be, caring for a person aged 18 or over who is in need of care and who is either:
- a spouse, partner or civil partner
- a close relative, such as a parent, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, sibling-in-law, uncle, aunt, grandparent or step-relative
- any adoptive relation or someone who is living at the same address as the carer.
Employees must have worked for their employer for 26 weeks at the date an application is made. Flexible working also applies to parents as well as carers – and there may be an overlap, for example when a parent has a disabled child.


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Lawmakers Weigh In on Gun Control
Elected officials argued Sunday over how to prevent mass shootings like the one at an elementary school in Connecticut, with some calling for stricter gun controls and others arguing the restrictions don't prevent such tragedies.
Some questioned whether videogames and graphically violent Hollywood movies should be limited, and nearly all of the politicians who spoke about the shooting on Sunday morning talk shows wondered how the mental-health system may be failing to prevent such attacks.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," said that on the first day of the new Congress next year, she would introduce legislation to ban assault weapons to, as she put it, get "weapons of war off our streets."
She said her bill would ban the importation, sale, or transfer of certain weapons. The measure would also ban the sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets. She said the proposed ban would exempt more than 900 specific weapons.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R., Texas), speaking on "Fox News Sunday," said gun-control laws don't prevent gun violence and that school personnel should have their own weapons to prevent gun attacks. He said he wished the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut had a rifle at her side Friday when she and her students faced the shooter.
"I wish to God that she had had an M-4 in her office locked up" so that she could take "his head off before he can kill those precious kids," he said.
The principal was killed by a gunman identified as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who killed a total of six adults and 20 small children at the school before taking his own life.
Speaking on the same program, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I., Conn.) called for a return of an assault weapons ban. "Assault weapons were developed as weapons of war by the military," he said.
Mr. Lieberman also called on the entertainment industry to re-evaluate the images and messages it puts forward through violence in movies and videogames. "I think we need a national commission on mass violence," he said, to make sure "the heartbreak and anger we feel now is not dissipated overtime or lost in legislative gridlock."
Referring to the young victims slain Friday, he said, "We've got to continue to hear the screams of these children and see their blood until we do something."
Mr. Lieberman, who supported the 1994 law that banned assault weapons, said changes to the law might not prevent all incidents but data showed "the stronger our gun-control laws are the fewer acts of mass violence will happen in society."
The assault weapons ban was a complicated law and even firearms like the .223 Bushmaster believed used by the gunman Friday, wouldn't necessarily have been illegal under that law, said Jonathan Lowy, director of the legal action project at the Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. The law expired in 2004.
Mr. Lieberman said the independent sales of firearms at gun shows also should require background checks. Federally licensed firearms dealers are required to perform such checks. It is unclear whether any of the changes suggested by the senator could have stopped Friday's massacre. The firearms used were legally registered to Mr. Lanza's mother.
Pedro Segarra, mayor of Hartford, capital of Connecticut, called for an assault-weapons ban. Speaking on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," he said the shooting was a wake-up call.
"If this crisis, if this horrific incident does not send a message that some stronger and immediate action needs to happen in our country, I don't know what will," Mr. Segarra said. He said mayors working through the United States Conference of Mayors will pressure Congress to act.
The mayor said his father and two close friends died of gun violence. He said he respects the constitutional right to bear arms but "this has gotten to a point now that to afford some people with the ability of conducting these mass exterminations is just not what we want."
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on "Meet the Press" urged President Barack Obama Sunday to make combating gun violence a top priority of his second term. "It's time for the president I think to stand up and lead and tell this country what we should do, not go to Congress and say what do you guys want to do," Mr. Bloomberg said.
The mayor, who has formed a national organization of mayors opposed to gun violence, called for stricter enforcement of current laws as well as "sensible gun laws that limit what you can do, when you can do it."
He said, "We just don't need guns everyplace. We don't need people carrying guns in public places.''
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John Habib's Track & Field: Londonderry pair in spotlightBY JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 29. 2013 10:17PM
KEEP AN EYE on Londonderry's Starlin Ortiz and Patty Driscoll as the spring track and field season journeys into May.
During the winter track season, Ortiz, a sophomore, won the Division I indoor meet high jump event with a 6-foot leap. He posted his personal best jump at the Dartmouth Relays clearing the bar at 6-4.
In the early going this spring, Starlin leads the Division I pack with a 6-2 mark in the high jump. He's also listed fourth (16.1) in the 110-meter hurdles.
"He's a very good athlete," said Londonderry boys' coach Matt Smith. "I know as a youth he was into basketball and baseball and excelled in those sports. He's always had a knack for track."
Smith said the high jump demands focus.
"It's a technique event and you have to concentrate on your approach and work on the mechanics of getting over the bar," he said. "Not only does Starlin possess the skills to do those things, he has the natural gifted ability to jump. He has the speed, flexibility and coordination you need to succeed in the high jump."
Ortiz, who also runs cross-country, is the anchor on his 4 x 100 relay team and his coach sees him growing in the 110-meter hurdles.
"He's really starting to put it together in that event," said Smith. "Again, he's only a sophomore and he's going to improve his times and leaps as this season moves along."
Bill Newcomb, associated with Londonderry High since 1978 as its athletic director for 30 years (stepped down in 2000) and track coach for 16 seasons, said Driscoll has the leverage and height to be effective in the shot put.
"It's a coordination of legs, hips and a push from the shoulder," said Newcomb of the shot put. "Patty has done it well and she's going to get better as this season goes along. She hasn't peaked yet."
Entering today's action in Division I, Driscoll, a junior, holds the league's best shot put result at 34-6.50. She is fourth in the discus at 94-04, trailing leader Kirsten Herchenroder of Timberlane at 95-08.
Newcomb said Driscoll threw her personal best (37-5) for a second-place shot put finish during the winter season at the Dartmouth Relays earlier this year.
"That was a big feather in Patty's cap," said Newcomb. "Being a junior is important for Patty and other athletes in track and field. That's the year college coaches start watching the times and distances and Patty is certainly doing well for herself in the shot put and discus."
LAST FRIDAY at the Frozen Greenwave Invitational at Dover High, junior Emma Checovich dominated the meet and led the Warriors' girls' team to a first-place finish. Winnacunnet totaled 218 points, blowing out the field of Pinkerton Academy (90), Timberlane (70), Somersworth (65), Dover (52), Manchester Memorial (eight) and Portsmouth Christian (four).
Checovich won the 100-meter dash (13.53), 200-meter dash (28.00), high jump (5-0) and long jump (16-1.50).
Winnacunnet teammates Savanna Spencer (400-meter dash, 1:04.83), Mercedes McCoy (1600-meter run, 5:23.84), Meg Weiland (pole vault, 6-9) and Corina Chao (shot put, 33-02) were winners.
Pinkerton's Carli Davis won the 800-meter run (2:27.83) and Alexis Gray of Somersworth was a two-time champ in the 100-meter hurdles (18.05) and 300-meter hurdles (51.88).
Gray's teammates, Rachel Hill (triple jump, 36-04) and Miranda Gagnon (javelin throw, 119-11) were victorious. Kirsten Herchenroder of Timberlane captured the discus throw (95-08).
On the boys' side, Christian Seaver of Dover (100-meter dash 11.93; 200-meter dash 24.36), Shawn Case of Manchester Memorial (110-meter hurdles, 16.54; pole vault, 11-03), Drew Francouer of Somersworth (long jump, 19-04; triple jump, 41-04.25) and Niles Makarewicz-Connor of Winnacunnet (discus throw, 142-00; javelin throw, 144-11) were all double winners.
The 400-meter dash winner (53.17) was Chad Saint-Amant of Nashua North, the 800-meter run victor (2:02.65) was Tommy Harter of Winnacunnet and annexing the 1600-meter run (4:33.43) was Craig Hammond of Nashua North.
Three other winners were Addison Pratt of Somersworth (300-meter hurdles, 44.31); Alec Boucher of Winnacunnet (high jump, 5-06) and Mike Shanahan of Dover (shot put, 43-05).
Winnacunnet edged Memorial 119-118 for the team title followed by Dover (103), Somersworth (55), Timberlane (43), Nashua North (34) and Portsmouth Christian with 25.
THE DIVISION I regular season meets resume today. Highlighting the schedule are rivals Exeter (2-0) and Winnacunnet (2-0) clashing in Hampton and Londonderry (1-0) battling Pinkerton (2-0) in Derry. The Nashua North boys (2-0) travel across town to face rival Nashua South (1-1).
THIS WEEK Portsmouth is hosting its Clipper Relays on Thursday while Nashua South is hosting the Pauline Albert Invitational on Friday. The Salem Freshman-Sophomore meet for boys and girls will be on Saturday.
"Track and Field" appears Tuesdays in the New Hampshire Union Leader. Email staff reporter John Habib at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Benitez eyes Chelsea title tilt
Rafael Benitez says he is hopeful that Chelsea will be back in the race for the Premier League at the turn of the year.
The Blues are currently 11 points behind Premier League leaders Manchester United, although they have a game in hand due to their recent trip to Japan for the FIFA Club World Cup.
After Sunday's 8-0 mauling of Aston Villa, Chelsea will play Norwich, Everton and Queens Park Rangers between now and January 2, by which time Benitez hopes his team will be closer to the the Manchester clubs at the top of the table.
When asked if he will tell his players they can still win the league, Benitez said: "We will see after two or three more games. You could see the team had confidence in themselves, they believed, and that was there to the end.
"They had good movements, created chances. Now we have to sustain this run and it will be easier for me to say we can compete."
Benitez's appointment as interim manager in the wake of Roberto Di Matteo's sacking in November was met with opposition by many of the club's fans, but Benitez has praised the efforts of the players since his arrival.
"The players were really focused from day one,'' Benitez said. "They knew they had a new manager and they had to perform. The players, from day one, were trying to learn, to improve and they were keen to learn."
Chelsea's defeat to Corinthians in the Club World Cup final has not helped Benitez win over his detractors, but one positive in his short tenure thus far appears to be the redeployment of central defender David Luiz in midfield. The Brazilian scored a fine free-kick in the win over Villa which capped off an eye-catching display, and Benitez has not ruled out the prospect of the 25-year-old playing further up the field on a more regular basis.
"We will analyse it carefully," he said. "Maybe, if he can relax, he can play more games in this position because it's easier for him to rest here."
Chelsea defender Gary Cahill also believes Benitez is starting to 'win people over' after the Villa performance, which added to their five-goal haul in the Capital One Cup against Leeds a few days before.
It added up to the perfect response from the much-maligned Benitez, with Cahill claiming the influence of the new Chelsea manager is starting to reap rewards.
"There won't be one of our fans watching who didn't enjoy our display and hopefully we can continue and I am sure we will win people over with performances like that," he told the Chelsea website. "We needed a reaction from losing the final in Japan which was a big blow for us, and it shows the character in the team that we came back with hardly any rest and got the good result at Leeds and then again on Sunday.
"We showed what we are capable of and it is just a matter of consistency now. We have a lot of young players but on a day like Sunday you can really see the quality in the squad. If we play like that we won't go far wrong."
Chelsea will look to continue their stunning scoring form when they travel to Norwich on Wednesday, with the England defending expecting a tougher test from Chris Hughton's men that they were given by Villa.
"We showed what we are capable of and it is just a matter of consistency now," he added. "We have a lot of young players but on a day like Sunday you can really see the quality in the squad. Norwich away is always a tough game and we found that when we went there last year," he added. "No doubt it will be similar but we go into the match with great confidence.
"Sunday was a day when everything came together for us. Without being disrespectful to Aston Villa, it is a rare scoreline and you feel a bit sorry for them but at the same time, we had to do a job and we have shown what we can do.
"The positive thing was we didn't sit back when we had scored two or three. We kept going until the 90th minute and we got our rewards for that and that will give us confidence leading in to the Norwich game."


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'Why can't we say we're happy to be RIMmed on a daily basis?'
Plus: 'Keep hairdryer four, five inches from the iPhone'
Quotw Deflating news reached El Reg's headline writers this week in the form of RIM's name change to BlackBerry. Of course, it also launched two new phones running its QNX-powered smartphone operating system: BlackBerry OS 10.
Reg reader SouthPacificPom noted this may be the end of snigger-worthy puns: "This is a sad day indeed. Another company showing its politically correct nature, not wanting to offend its userbase. Why can't its users stand proud and pronounce that they are happy to be RIMmed on a daily basis?"
But hope remains! The official memo from the Canadian company declared it wouldn't change its legal name until the AGM mid-year, which means we can make RIM shots until July or thereabouts - and SEO be damned. The smartmobe biz stated:
The legal name of the company is not changing and the Company will do business as BlackBerry until shareholders vote for the official change at the Company's Annual General Meeting later this year.
Its ticker on the NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange will change to BBRY and BB respectively on 4 February.
Meanwhile, Apple still managed to dominate the week: the company was talked about, its products were blow-dried, its history was acted out and it dished out a weak, ineffective cuff to Samsung in the courtroom.
The interminable patent slap-fight between Apple and Samsung went a few more rounds during the week. US Judge Lucy Koh, who seems as sick and tired of all the IP-bitching as she can possibly get, issued a flurry of rulings that amounted to telling both firms to put up with things the way they are. She refused to triple Apple's $1.05bn damages from Sammy:
Given that Apple has not clearly shown how it has in fact been under-compensated for the losses it has suffered due to Samsung's dilution of its trade dress, this court, in its discretion, does not find a damages enhancement to be appropriate.
But then she also refused both companies' attempts to start a new trial. Meanwhile, on home turf, Samsung was trying to get its hands on Apple's iOS 6 source code, in a move the fruity firm labelled "ridiculous" and "insane". The shocked company's lawyers, so unused to anything resembling dirty tactics, whined:
It doesn't make any sense. Samsung is saying that we should give up our most important data.
In keeping with its magnanimous, hipster, not at all corporate (except when being corporate is kinda cool) image, Apple published its latest labour report on workers at its Chinese suppliers, featuring 106 cases of underage employees.
One supplier in particular, Guangdong Real Faith Pingzhou Electronics (PZ), with which Apple says it has now broken off dealings, was contributing to that figure. The report said:
Our auditors were dismayed to discover 74 cases of workers under age 16 — a core violation of our Code of Conduct. As a result, we terminated our business relationship with PZ.
In other Apple-related news, Ashton Kutcher has revealed how he was "terrified" during his method acting preparation to play Steve Jobs in jOBS. To really get inside the head of the bespectacled guru, Kutcher decided to follow one of his fruitarian diets. According to biographer Walter Isaacson, Jobs happily ate just one food for weeks on end. Kutcher was not so lucky:
It was honestly one of the most terrifying things I've ever tried to do in my life.
I was like doubled over in pain, and my pancreas levels were completely out of whack, which was completely terrifying, considering everything.
The actor lasted just two days feasting from the Jobsian menu. The movie, which premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival, has received mixed reviews, at best.
Some fanbois were feeling let down by Apple's iOS 6 update this week, since it didn't take care of a greyed-out Wi-Fi toggle bug. The owners of functioning iPhone 4s, iPhone 4Ss and 3 models have found their Wi-Fi command button greyed out after updating to iOS 6.1. New iPhone 5 owners were simply unable to turn it on. Thousands of iPhone users have hit the forums to complain about the problem, which wasn't fixed in the update.
However, some fanbois have offered their own tips on how to sort their disconnected fondle-mobes, with one suggesting a heat fix, aiming the hairdryer at a specific spot on the phone, with specific instructions:
This is a general idea of where you should be aiming your hairdryer (the yellow highlighter). Its best to avoid the red x area because this is the battery. Keep hairdryer four, five inches from the phone or higher as you wish, the hot air will still reach. Let the phone completely cool down before you start using it.
Surprisingly, it has apparently worked for some, which is great, but you have to ask, how did the commenter discover that this would work? ®


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