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Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Huggies and Kleenex, is laying off about 13 percent of its work force and shedding factories worldwide, amid declining birthrates that are affecting diaper sales and a retail price war that is weighing on profits.
The company said Tuesday that it would cut between 5,000 and 5,500 jobs in an effort to reduce expenses as it faced stiffer competition for consumer staples like tissues, paper towels and wet wipes.
To help pay for the cuts and other restructuring moves, Kimberly-Clark said, it will use savings from the recently enacted corporate tax cut.
Thomas J. Falk, the chairman and chief executive, said in a statement that the cuts would make the company "leaner, stronger and faster."
The pressures on Kimberly-Clark reflect the upheaval in the retail industry, where a fierce battle among behemoths like Amazon and Walmart is driving down prices, particularly for household items that many consumers treat increasingly as commodities. That competition, in turn, is driving down Kimberly-Clark's selling prices — which fell more than 1 percent last year.
The price war shows no signs of letting up, as European grocery discounters like Lidl make a big push in the United States, driving down the costs of staples like diapers and milk in certain cities.
But the restructuring at Kimberly-Clark is a reminder that while declining prices may benefit consumers, they are sometimes hurting workers.
"It is marginally better for consumers but lousy for workers," said Peter Cappelli, a professor at management at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. "That is the story of modern society."
Restructurings typically come with upfront costs for the companies, as they pay workers severance or renegotiate leases. In a conference call with analysts on Tuesday, Kimberly-Clark's chief financial officer, Maria Henry, said "cash flow benefits" from the Republican tax cut would help fund "the restructuring program over the next few years." She said the tax savings would also be used to make capital investments and to "allocate significant capital to shareholders."
The consumer product industry's lackluster financial performance has made it a target of Wall Street activists. Procter & Gamble, a major competitor to Kimberly-Clark for consumer goods, spent last year engaged in a fight with the activist investor Nelson Peltz, who had called on the company to cut costs and restructure. After an expensive battle, Mr. Peltz gained a board seat in December.
Procter & Gamble still faces pressure. On Tuesday, the company said that its total net sales for the second quarter of its fiscal year had increased 3 percent from a year earlier, to $17.4 billion, but that its gross margins across its brands were down.
In addition to announcing job cuts on Tuesday, Kimberly-Clark said it would raise its quarterly dividend by 3.1 percent this year. Last year, the company spent about $900 million repurchasing its own shares.
But investors have been unimpressed. While the stock market has been roaring, Kimberly Clark's shares have barely budged, climbing less than 1 percent over the past year.
Although Mr. Falk said the restructuring plan would improve the company's results in 2018, he conceded that "market conditions will remain challenging in the near term."
In the conference call with analysts on Tuesday, executives said that even in the current slow-growth environment, the company needed to find ways to increase profits. The company projected sales growth of between 1 and 2 percent for this year.
Kimberly-Clark said the job cuts were expected to affect all parts of the business around the world. The company also said it would close or sell about 10 factories.
One particular area of weakness are diaper sales in the United States — a slowdown that Kimberly Clark executives attributed to lower birthrates.
That development may be partly driven by millennials who are putting off or skipping parenthood. Whatever the reason, analysts at JPMorgan Chase attributed their negative view of the company in part to that demographic trend. In October, when the bank downgraded Kimberly-Clark to "underweight," it wrote: "Looking ahead, we see potential for an incremental downtick in the birthrate."
Kimberly-Clark said its 2017 sales were stronger in emerging markets — many of which tend to have higher birthrates. But chasing growth in the developing world can be risky because economic conditions can be volatile and logistics more challenging.
The job and factory cuts — which are expected to save up to $550 million by the end of 2021 — are part of the biggest restructuring move at Kimberly-Clark in over a decade.
The company is also aiming to save more than $1.5 billion from its so-called Force program through efforts like improved productivity at its factories and more efficient distribution.
Professor Cappelli said that while these measures might help improve profitability in the short term, they did not solve the fundamental challenge of competing in an increasingly commoditized business, where price is the overwhelming driver.
"A lot of these announcements are done for the benefit of the stock market," Mr. Cappelli said. "But it doesn't always work, and then you have to ask, 'What is their next move?'"


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Big Ang Remembered: Her Top 8 Most Memorable Moments On 'Mob Wives'
'Mob Wives' fans are heartbroken over the loss of Angela 'Big Ang' Raiola, as she was the show's most lovable star. Every Big Ang appearance on 'Mob Wives' was memorable, but we've rounded up a tribute to the reality star with her top eight of all time!
Every character on Mob Wives has a big personality, but Angela "Big Ang" Raiola was certainly one of the fan favorites. After Big Ang sadly lost her battle with cancer on Feb. 18 at just 55 years old, fans immediately mourned her incredible spirit on social media. But while heartfelt tweets are a sweet way to honor Big Ang, the most proper way to remember the reality star is to highlight her best Mob Wives moments!
1. Her "Boop boop boop" botox
Big Ang sure loved her botox! It wasn't just her big lips that she'll be remembered for, though — it's the hilarious way she described her procedure!
2. Meeting Victoria Gotti
When Big Ang couldn't take the craziness of her Mob Wives friends anymore, she went to the "boss' daughter," Victoria Gotti, for advice. It wasn't the funniest of Ang's moments on the show, but it was certainly memorable!
3. 'Miami Monkey'
After the success of her Drunken Monkey bar in Staten Island, Big Ang expanded her business to Miami for a spinoff show titled Miami Monkey. We knew from Mob Wives that Big Ang loved to party, so once she had her own show centered around drinking, of course it was hilarious!
4. Going to see a psychic
While Big Ang has said that she sees psychics pretty often, one episode featured a whole segment of her visiting her psychic, Anita. In her confessional before the visit, Big Ang admitted that she's very superstitious and that they make her feel better — which makes for some hilarious reactions during the session. But there was one quote that was pretty classic Big Ang: "Some people go to church, I go to psychics." Watch the episode where Big Ang visits Anita here!
5. Her pin-up photo shoot
There's not much that makes Big Ang uncomfortable, but her nerves got to her when she Big Ang stripped it down for a sexy photoshoot. But those nerves definitely subsided by the end! "I feel like the centerfold of Penthouse magazine," she said. Oh, Big Ang.
6. When she got her dog Little Louie and took him shopping
If there's a dog to perfectly match Big Ang's big personality, it's definitely a fluffy Pomeranian named Little Louie. Okay, that might not actually sound like a good fit, he was the perfect little "dress up doll" for Big Ang!
7. Her "wise guys"
One of Big Ang's many famous phrases was the "wise guys" from her past that she would always talk about. When she took Little Louie shopping, she had no problem admitting that dating "wise guys" got her some pretty awesome gifts! Buy season 2 of Mob Wives right here!
8. Any time she was in a bikini
Big Ang loved her voluptuous bod, but perhaps what she loved most was flaunting it in a bikini — and boy did that make for some memorable moments!
Although these are some pretty standout Mob Wives moments, there's plenty more where these Big Ang memories come from. She will certainly be missed!
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Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer accused of sexual harassment and assault by several women, has been banned for life from the Television Academy because of "widespread examples of this horrific behavior."
The organization, which awards the Primetime Emmys, voted Monday to oust Mr. Weinstein, Variety reported.
"The Academy supports those speaking out against harassment in all forms and stands behind those who have been affected by this issue," the organization said in a statement to Variety. "The unfolding and widespread examples of this horrific behavior are deeply disturbing to the Academy's leadership."
Investigations by The New York Times and The New Yorker have revealed accusations of sexual harassment, assault and rape from women going back decades. Mr. Weinstein said his behavior "has caused a lot of pain." A representative for Mr. Weinstein has said he denies allegations of "nonconsensual sex."
The New Yorker reported Monday that Mr. Weinstein had hired private investigators to collect information on his accusers and on journalists who were reporting about their allegations.
His ouster from the Television Academy is the latest in a series of professional condemnations since widespread accusations about his treatment of women were published last month. Since the accusations surfaced, he has been kicked out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and fired from the Weinstein Company, which he co-founded.
Mr. Weinstein was nominated for 16 Emmys as an executive producer of "Project Runway" and "Project Greenlight."
The Television Academy said it was accelerating a process to review a membership code of conduct that had begun before the relevations surfaced about Mr. Weinstein.
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Neurosurgeon answers questions relating to brain injuries
More than four years after a ski accident caused him a near-fatal brain injury, little is known about Michael Schumacher's current condition. Updates on his health have been extremely scarce ever since he left hospital in September 2014 to be cared for privately at his Swiss home on the shores of Lake Geneva. Details of his specific condition and the treatment he received have been kept strictly private. The last public statement 16 months ago clarified nothing further would be said.
Colin Shieff is a retired neurosurgeon from Britain's National Health Service and a trustee of Headway, the national brain injury charity. Although he has never treated Schumacher, or spoken with doctors who've treated Schumacher over the years, he has dealt with similar cases both at immediate critical-care level and further down the line in terms of long-term treatment.
Shieff spent many years working with people with brain injuries and trauma, including at NATO field hospitals in Afghanistan an Iraq. He answered questions for The Associated Press related to the nature of Schumacher's brain injury, pertaining to how his condition may have evolved in the time since his accident.
Q. In your opinion, what's the likely prognosis at this stage?
A. "The nature of his injury and those bits of information that are available, and have been available, suggest that he has sustained permanent and very major damage to his brain. As a consequence his brain does not function in a fashion similar to yours or mine. The longer one goes on after an injury the more remote it is that any improvement becomes. He is almost certainly not going to change from the situation he is now."
Q. What ongoing treatments would he be having?
A. "He will have the kind of treatment, which is care: giving him nourishment, giving him fluid. The probability is that this is given in the main – or at least as supplements – through some tube passed into his intestinal system, either through his nose or mouth, or more likely a tube in the front wall of the tummy. He will have therapy to sit him, because he won't be able to get himself out of a bed and into a chair. He will be treated in a way that will ensure his limbs move and don't remain rigid."
Q. Would someone in his position receive around-the-clock treatment?
A. "He will be allowed a period of rest and sleep and relaxation, and he will be given an environment. I'm positive as I can be without knowing the facts (that) he will be living in an environment that — although it's got artificial bits of medical kit and care and people — will mimic a caring, warm, pleasant, socially stimulating environment."
Q. Would he be able to sense he's in such an environment?
A. "I don't know. There is always a technical, medical and neurological issue with defining a coma. Almost certainly he cannot express himself (in a conversation). He may well be able to indicate, or it may be apparent to those around him, that he is uncomfortable or unhappy. Or (he) is perhaps getting pleasure from seeing his children or hearing music he's always liked, or having his hand stroked."
Q. Are patients in his situation aware of touch and voice from family members?
A. "Absolutely. Even in the early stages, even in a critical care unit, when medicines are being given, for one individual at one time there may be an ability to discern and show response to someone they are familiar with. Respond to familiar, respond to family you're triggered to. You hear them all your life so that's the very, very familiar (aspect) the person is going to respond to."
Q. Is there a chance he can make A) a full recovery? B) A partial recovery?
A. "First one, absolutely, totally no. Number one statistically, number two neurologically, and number three he's been ill for so long. He's lost muscle bulk, even if he opened his eyes and started talking there will have been loss of memory, there will be impact on behavior, on cognitive functions. He would not be the same person. (As for a) partial recovery, even the smallest thing that gets better is some kind of recovery. But (it depends) whether that recovery contributes to a functional improvement for him to be able to express himself – other than an evidence of saying 'Yes' or an evidence of saying 'No.' (Therefore) if he could use words of two syllables, if he could turn on the remote control for the tele. One can do, professionally, all sorts of wonderful things with electronic devices and couple them up to eye and mouth movements. Sometimes with a person in a situation called 'Locked In' or 'Profoundly neurologically comprised' — which is essentially paralysis but with continuing intellectual function — ways can be found to communicate with those people. If that had been so with Michael Schumacher I am positive we would have known that is the case, so I don't believe it's so for him."
Q. This is a deeply personal decision for the family. But how long can treatment last for?
A. "In, for example, our health system we don't have the luxury to keep maximal intervention going in a high-tech hospital environment. For Michael Schumacher's family, I suspect they have the financial support to be able to provide those things. Therefore, for him, the future is longer but it doesn't imply any change in the quality of it."
'Unmasking' event at Guthrie Theater raises awareness about brain injuries
Every journey has a starting point—just ask Archie DuCharme.
His journey started on a ladder that he was using to climb onto the roof of his home, only he never made it that far. DuCharme fell and suffered a traumatic brain injury, changing his life forever.
"I told her I just need to run up there for 15 minutes of work," DuCharme said. It was my own fault."
DuCharme was a successful computer programmer at the time, though within a month of the accident he could not read his own codes.
"I could read sentences, but I couldn't put together the paragraphs and the chapters in the program anymore," he said.
According to the neurologists at Hennepin County Medical Center, DuCharme had a brain sheer. Like many people who suffer from brain injuries, DuCharme had no visible outward signs of an injury. So his wife, Denise, encouraged him to paint the signs.
Several years ago, the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance started a program called Unmasking Brain Injuries. They provided brain injury victims with a blank mask and asked them paint and decorate the mask in a way that tells a story about their injury.
DuCharme decided to make one painting, and then another one.
"Each one of these wire figures is a little person and they're pulling the words out of my head," he said while describing his mask. "And I just thought that was kind of a cool way to describe it."
Denise also created a mask representing all of the questions she receives about her husband's brain injury.
Denise and Archie were among two hundred people who initially created masks for the Brain Injury Alliance. The collection has now grown to more than a thousand.
Many of those masks along with a film documenting their creation is set to run at the Guthrie Theater Monday, showcasing the invisible but long-lasting effects of brain injuries like DuCharme's.
"It will allow people to have a deeper understanding of what some of their fellow family members or people in their community have gone through or are going through," DuCharme said. "It's definitely a journey, but we've learned to turn it into an adventure, I think."
No two brain injuries are identical: The future of fMRI for assessment of traumatic brain injury
Brain imaging is an important tool for clinicians in diagnosing patients who have suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Brain imaging techniques generally focus on either structure or function. With TBI, the focus is typically on the extent of structural brain damage, which is often assessed using computed tomography (CT). Structural brain scans provide information regarding the severity of TBI, which is largely determined by the extent of damage. But, what about measures of brain function?
Another brain imaging technique that has become a crucial instrument for scientists trying to learn more about how the brain works is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). fMRI allows the examination of human brain function in a way that is not invasive and, in contrast to a CT scan, does not involve radiation. With the help of math and statistics, brain mappers are able to measure brain activity patterns. But, can fMRI also be used as a diagnostic tool for TBI? Because (a) no two brain injuries are identical and (b) the way in which brain injuries affect cognition and brain function is highly variable, the current picture of fMRI use as a diagnostic tool for TBI is unclear.
Nevertheless, new tools and techniques have recently been developed that allow for the assessment of brain function in TBI, as well as other types of brain injury. Using fMRI could thereby add a whole new dimension to our understanding of TBI and TBI recovery. To get a better sense of the present state of fMRI applications with TBI, we have asked three TBI experts the following question:
Given that the utility of fMRI is still relatively undefined in the clinical realm, how do you see modern neuroimaging techniques playing a role in TBI in the future, beyond conventional scanning (CT, structural MRI)?
Neurosurgeon answers questions relating to brain injuries – he'll #NeverStop working, so we can #ConquerABI
More than four years after a ski accident caused him a near-fatal brain injury, little is known about Michael Schumacher's current condition. Updates on his health have been extremely scarce ever since he left hospital in September 2014 to be cared for privately at his Swiss home on the shores of Lake Geneva. Details of his specific condition and the treatment he received have been kept strictly private. The last public statement 16 months ago clarified nothing further would be said.
Colin Shieff is a retired neurosurgeon from Britain's National Health Service and a trustee of Headway, the national brain injury charity. Although he has never treated Schumacher, or spoken with doctors who've treated Schumacher over the years, he has dealt with similar cases both at immediate critical-care level and further down the line in terms of long-term treatment.
Shieff spent many years working with people with brain injuries and trauma, including at NATO field hospitals in Afghanistan an Iraq. He answered questions for The Associated Press related to the nature of Schumacher's brain injury, pertaining to how his condition may have evolved in the time since his accident.
Supreme Court sides with CFL: Arland Bruce's claim for concussion-related damages must go to arbitration – they #NeverStop fighting the league, and #ConquerABI
There will be no day in court for Arland Bruce.
The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday morning it had denied an application by Bruce's lawyers for leave to appeal two British Columbia court rulings that the former wide receiver must go to arbitration with his claim for concussion-related damages against the Canadian Football League and former CFL commissioner Mark Cohon.
Bruce's lawyers had argued his case was an exception to legal precedents, including a 1995 Supreme Court ruling, that unionized workers must generally take injury-related claims to arbitration as set out in collective agreements between unions and employers.
The contract between the league and the CFL Players' Association, most recently updated in 2014, caps medical coverage at 12 months and says players who are released or otherwise terminated — such as those who fail physical exams at the following training camp — have 10 days to file injury-rehabilitation claims.
It claimed that the CFL and its teams, Cohon, the CFL Alumni Association and its president, Leo Ezerins, brain-injury specialist Dr. Charles Tator and the Krembil Neuroscience Centre of Toronto knew or should have known about the long-term risk of brain injury resulting from concussive and sub-concussive blows and that Bruce was allowed to return to play in games despite continuing concussion symptoms.
Those claims have not been tested in court or arbitration.
Lawyers for the CFL and the other responding parties in the original claim argued that arbitration could provide an effective remedy for injury-related claims from players. The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in their favour in March 2016.
Bruce subsequently dropped the claim against all parties except the CFL and Cohon and sought to have the original ruling overturned, but a panel of judges from the British Columbia Court of Appeal sided with the CFL and Cohon last May.
During that proceeding, a lawyer for the CFL said Bruce would be permitted to submit a claim through arbitration if the league prevailed in the current legal process, even though his claim would be filed well outside the normal deadline for filing.
The CFL on Thursday released a prepared statement saying it was "very pleased with the Supreme Court of Canada's decision. We hope that this decision brings finality to any proceedings in the courts with respect to concussion litigation against the CFL."
A class-action claim for concussion-related damages involving more than 200 former CFL players was filed in Ontario in 2015. That case has remained on hold pending resolution of the jurisdictional issues involved with Bruce's claim, so Thursday's Supreme Court of Canada ruling will almost certainly affect it, too.
More to come.
Ontario passes concussion safety bill 'Rowan's Law' – the law #NeverStop and #ConquerABI
Ontario has passed concussion safety legislation designed to protect amateur athletes and educate coaches about the dangers of head injuries, calling the law the first of its kind in the country.
The bill — named Rowan's Law in memory of 17-year-old Rowan Stringer who died from rugby injuries — passed with rare all-party support Tuesday.
Rowan's father, Gordon Stringer, said he hoped the Ontario legislation would lead to reform in other provinces.
"The heavy lifting has been done here in Ontario," he said. "But this is not something that's an Ontario issue. This is something that needs to be addressed across Canada."
Establishes protocols
The law establishes removal-from-sport and return-to-sport protocols for players to ensure they are taken out of a game if they are suspected of having a concussion. Coaches and teachers will also be required to review online resources that help them identify and manage concussions in players.
The bill also includes a concussion code of conduct that would set out rules of behaviour to minimize concussions while playing sports.
He's the epitome of #NeverStop. Not challenged by a brain injury, but he's the same.
Brian McKeever is a big fan of the line from the movie The Shawshank Redemption that advises us all to "get busy living or get busy dying."
No matter the challenge or setback, McKeever clearly chooses the former on his well-beaten path to the Paralympic podium.
Twenty years after learning he was losing his eyesight, the Canmore, Alta. product claimed gold Sunday — alongside guides Graham Nishikawa and Russell Kennedy — in the men's 20-kilometre cross-country ski freestyle race.
The medal is the 14th of his storied career, making McKeever Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian; the late Lana Spreeman won 13 medals in para-alpine skiing between 1980 and 1994.
Chalk it up as another example of McKeever getting busy living — so busy, in fact, that he didn't realize until recently that the record was within reach.
His Paralympic resume now includes 11 gold, two silver and one bronze, with more chances for medals to come in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
"These guys did a great job of towing me today," McKeever marvelled after the race. "They took care of me the whole way."
Lemonade from the lemons – with brain injury her depression was solved. She'll #NeverStop and #ConquerABI
My mother suffered from severe recurring depression for 30 years, episodes that floored her to the point of near-catatonic inertia. She was lost to us in a mire of desolation. This happened often — once a year, sometimes more. The worst episodes hung around for months and months. She endured hospital stays, electroconvulsive therapy, countless appointments with shrinks, dozens of varying prescriptions, some akin to snake oil, none a silver bullet.
Then, 2½ years ago, she had a stroke. It stole her ability to read, her ability to remember names, her right-sided vision. It also stole her depression.
I'm all for raising awareness about brain injury, so I FEEL THE NEED TO GO TO HAWAII. Ah, to #NeverStop and #ConquerABI, there
March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month and the state Department of Health is holding events throughout the month to raise awareness.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year in the U.S. – and is a major cause of death and disability.
Locally, the Department of Health estimates between 2012 and 2016 more than 13,000 Hawaiʻi residents have sustained a traumatic brain injury each year.
Health officials consider this type of injury a hidden disability because the effects are not easily seen by others. But for individuals suffering from this type of injury, it can impact daily life and interactions.
Some symptoms of a traumatic brain injury include: headaches, dizziness, sensitivity to light or noise, blurred vision, and balance problems. It can also affect a person's thinking or cognitive abilities, and the individual's emotional well-being and certain behavior.


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Anime: Ep 24 - SaiKano (She, the Ultimate Weapon)
Spring means romance is in the air. I guess a short intro is in order (0-4). As per request, we read some negative mail (4-13). We tackle some topical questions and a few more directed questions at the hosts. Been some time (13-55). We have reached the half way point in the Spring anime season, so that means it is time for a mid-season round up. We go over the status of 6 anime from the current season (55-1:28). Finally, the reason why we are all here. Time to review the tragic romance anime from 2002 by the name of SaiKano aka She, the Ultimate Weapon. Boy, this one sure was something (1:28-end).
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Imagine being able to power your car partly from the heat that its engine gives off. Or what if you could get a portion of your home's electricity from the heat that a power plant emits? Such energy-efficient scenarios may one day be possible with improvements in thermoelectric materials — which spontaneously produce electricity when one side of the material is heated.
Over the last 60 years or so, scientists have studied a number of materials to characterize their thermoelectric potential, or the efficiency with which they convert heat to power. But to date, most of these materials have yielded efficiencies that are too low for any widespread practical use.
MIT physicists have now found a way to significantly boost thermoelectricity's potential, with a theoretical method that they report today in Science Advances. The material they model with this method is five times more efficient, and could potentially generate twice the amount of energy, as the best thermoelectric materials that exist today.
"If everything works out to our wildest dreams, then suddenly, a lot of things that right now are too inefficient to do will become more efficient," says lead author Brian Skinner, a postdoc in MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics. "You might see in people's cars little thermoelectric recoverers that take that waste heat your car engine is putting off, and use it to recharge the battery. Or these devices may be put around power plants so that heat that was formerly wasted by your nuclear reactor or coal power plant now gets recovered and put into the electric grid."
Skinner's co-author on the paper is Liang Fu, the Sarah W. Biedenharn Career Development Associate Professor of Physics at MIT.
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A material's ability to produce energy from heat is based on the behavior of its electrons in the presence of a temperature difference. When one side of a thermoelectric material is heated, it can energize electrons to leap away from the hot side and accumulate on the cold side. The resulting buildup of electrons can create a measurable voltage.
Materials that have so far been explored have generated very little thermoelectric power, in part because electrons are relatively difficult to thermally energize. In most materials, electrons exist in specific bands, or energy ranges. Each band is separated by a gap — a small range of energies in which electrons cannot exist. Energizing electrons enough to cross a band gap and physically migrate across a material has been extremely challenging.
Skinner and Fu decided to look at the thermoelectric potential of a family of materials known as topological semimetals. In contrast to most other solid materials such as semiconductors and insulators, topological semimetals are unique in that they have zero band gaps — an energy configuration that enables electrons to easily jump to higher energy bands when heated.
Scientists had assumed that topological semimetals, a relatively new type of material that is largely synthesized in the lab, would not generate much thermoelectric power. When the material is heated on one side, electrons are energized, and do accumulate on the other end. But as these negatively charged electrons jump to higher energy bands, they leave behind what's known as "holes" — particles of positive charge that also pile up on the material's cold side, canceling out the electrons' effect and producing very little energy in the end.
But the team wasn't quite ready to discount this material. In an unrelated bit of research, Skinner had noticed a curious effect in semiconductors that are exposed to a strong magnetic field. Under such conditions, the magnetic field can affect the motion of electrons, bending their trajectory. Skinner and Fu wondered: What kind of effect might a magnetic field have in topological semimetals?
They consulted the literature and found that a team from Princeton University, in attempting to fully characterize a type of topological material known as lead tin selenide, had also measured its thermoelectric properties under a magnetic field in 2013. Among their many observations of the material, the researchers had reported seeing an increase in thermoelectric generation, under a very high magnetic field of 35 tesla (most MRI machines, for comparison, operate around 2 to 3 tesla).
Skinner and Fu used properties of the material from the Princeton study to theoretically model the material's thermoelectric performance under a range of temperature and magnetic field conditions.
"We eventually figured out that under a strong magnetic field, a funny thing happens, where you could make electrons and holes move in opposite directions," Skinner says. "Electrons go toward the cold side, and holes toward the hot side. They work together and, in principle, you could get a bigger and bigger voltage out of the same material just by making the magnetic field stronger."


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Kensington Palace formally made the announcement this morning.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are officially engaged.
Kensington Palace formally made the announcement Monday morning. A Spring wedding is expected. The couple is preparing a "non-traditional ceremony." (USA Today)
Harry had a custom-made engagement ring for Meghan. The diamonds belonged to his late mother, Princess Diana. A Cartier watch his mom wore also went to Meghan.
She's wrapped taping episodes of Suits. Meghan packed her Toronto apartment, placed furniture in storage and shipped her clothing to England, addressed to Kensington Palace. Her friend revealed (quote) "Meghan will move right in" to Harry's three bedroom place. He's crafted a doghouse for her two beloved pooches, a beagle named Guy and a Labrador-shepherd called Bogart. (Us Weekly)
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Let's start over…
The hottest day in all summer was this of this matchday. The few of us who stayed in this damn town summed up moral and gathered for a sporty evening with Sankt Pauli facing Optik Rathenow for the first round of DFB-Pokal. The previous two games in the league were a true disaster and normally we would have no reason in expecting anything positive out of this, but the class difference between SP and Optik is so defining that we had our expectations set to ''any type of victory'', and then see what went on after that. So 3 of us under Zouz's air conditioned lair seemed like a good plan for the afternoon…
First half starts and the class difference gets obvious from the start as our players seem unusually comfortable in the field doing practically anything they wanted, with Optic having the nasty role of trying to keep them away from their box. On 3' after a free shot from Buchtmann, Ziereis follows a header and finds the pole , and then on the rebound, Nöthe hits the pole again. Nöthe makes everything right on 9' and opens the score with a header after a long distance pass from Maier. On 18' Regulski receives a yellow card and on 20' a free shot from Maier ends in the opponents' wall and the follow up shot from Rzatkowski gets blocked. On 24' a brilliant pass from Rzatkowksi to Nöthe fails to end up in the nets as Subke blocks it . SP kept on the pressure and this was something that they didn't sweat enough on achieving. On 31' Rzatkowski again, cleverly leaves the ball open for Budimir, which fires a nice one under Subke's legs and doubles the goals for SP. On 34' Optik get's its first chance to threaten but Tschauner had an eye fixed to the ball. The well executed free shot from Optik ends ubove SP's nets driven away from Tschauner. A yellow to Ziereis on 36' and on 45' Optic threatens again from a corner kick, that found the entire SP defense sleeping and landed to Wilcke, but luckily he missed.
Second half and no difference in the pace of the game. Started exactly where the first one ended. SP dominated the game and Optik tried to keep their box safe. All that until 51' when Rzatkowksi passes to Bubballa and he opens a good one to Nöthe. Header follows and the scoreboard writes 0:3. On 60' Nöthe after two personal goals leaves his place for Thy. On 62' Rzatkowksi's distant shot get's repelled by Subke, and the same luck did Thy's close shot. Despite the fact that Optik was minus 3 goals, Subke was definitely the man of the match for them. On 76' Kalla receives a yellow card, and on 78' Trybull takes Buchtmann's place. The same minute held possibly the biggest chance on SP's behalf. A great pass from Kalla to Budimir and he manages to miss a close quarter shot almost alone. A little later he gives his place to Verhoek, and on 83' SP fucks up in mid field and Optik gets the ball. Printemps fires a shot from 18 meters and opens the score for Optik. The action ends in 90' with Thy missing another shot slightly away from Subke's right pole.
Winning a team of the 5th league can be no reason for bragging or feeling proud or whatever. Of course it is a nice change over the so heavy climate created by the previous two games. Victory is victory and is accepted with open arms but let's try to be sceptical here and see the black spots in the game. For example, our defense may have had an easy job, but that was mostly because the opponents offence was not much of a threat. In two or three occasions they managed to get closer , either from a corner or even with a free shot, they caused disorder any other team would have taken advantage, and on one time they even scored. One of the bad assumptions made during the game is that when on corner kick, any team (and we mean…ANY team) can take the header against SP's box. Defensively despite the mistakes made, nothing of major importance can be mentioned mostly because the sample of the work our defensives had to do was sooo small. Optik was no actual threat so we'll stay in the basics. Well done to the team for this win but also many hails to Optik for standing strong against a team of the second league. Next Friday we play home versus Sandhausen. Let's hope that this is the beginning of the improvement we all hope for. Forza Sankt Pauli.
Match goals:
0:1 Nöthe (09′, Header, Maier)
0:2 Budimir (31′, Left foot Shot, Rzatkowksi)
0:3 Nöthe (51′ , Header, Bubballa)
1:3 Printemps(83′ , Right foot Shot)
Spectators: 4500
Sankt Pauli cards: Ziereis(1), Kalla(1)
For full match coverage (in German) visit: http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/dfb-pokal/2014-15/1/2397914/spielverlauf_optik-rathenow-3251_fc-st-pauli-18.html
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Summit Feature: Boulder
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Prominence: 37 metres (121 feet)
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Champagne Dude | "Thunder"
Sponsored by: Jackie Martino & Buffalo Wild Wings
Breed: Paint
Age: 21
Size: 15.3 H
Donated by: Penny O'Dea
It comes as a surprise to learn that our 15.3 hand black gelding, Thunder, is a registered Paint. If you look very closely you can see a lighter and darker pattern of pigmented skin underneath his glossy black hair. His official American Paint Horse registered name is "Champagne Dude," and although he is no Big Lebowski, he's pretty easy going. Born in 1995, he was donated to Quantum Leap by one of our volunteers, Penny O'Dea. Currently Thunder is spending the summer in the cool air of North Carolina under the care of his co-sponsor, our Board member and volunteer, Jackie Martino. Thunder is also sponsored by our corporate partners, Buffalo Wild Wings.


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October 3, 2001
Attendees will have the opportunity to see innovative products and services, gain knowledge of critical technologies and MEMS/MST technology, and find out about the latest SEMI(R) International Standards and how to implement new technology in fabs. Those who register by October 9 will receive free admission to the exhibit hall ($35 value).
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I have had a bag of sun-dried tomatoes sitting in my pantry for two months. While just about anything else I did not buy in bulk has rotated through there, on the shelf it sits.
It's not that I don't have ideas for how to use it. I have tons… it's just… I want to save it for an extra special time.
I've loved sun-dried tomatoes for years, ever since that creamy sun-dried tomato paste my mom used to make. They're just not exactly on the cheap side. So, when I had a few extra dollars, for a couple ounces I got them… and there they sit.
In the meantime though, I am getting my love for that rich tomato flavor for pennies. One that I am actually willing to make, and use without a supernatural sign that says "this is an occasional special enough to use the real deal."
It is a cheaper cheater "sun-dried" tomato spread – made from tomato paste.
Yes, I am a cheater cheater tomato paste eater.
Concentrating on Flavor
Tomato paste and sun-dried tomatoes are hardly the same. They are both concentrated tomato flavors, and that is where the similarities end. But, that is enough to work with, especially when I am motivated by the cost difference in a dollar can of tomato paste vs. a $5 bottle of sun-dried tomato spread.
The first step is to caramelize the tomato paste. If you put tomato paste and oil in a pan and cook over medium heat, the paste changes colors and the oil takes on a beautiful red hue.
Then of course comes the seasoning. I have seasoned this in different ways, and when I opened my spice drawer to make this one more time in order to write the post, the rosemary and nutmeg begged to be used. Despite feeling like I should stop listening when spices talk to me, I listened and was glad I did. They were simple but delicious additions.
Other flavors are garlic, because garlic runs my kitchen, and white wine vinegar to get a bit of the tang that is present in sun-dried tomato. Of course salt too. Plenty of it!
After it is flavored and caramelized it needs only to be blended, to help incorporate the oil, and then it is ready and willing to be spread on bread, crackers, or in our "we eat a unique diet thanks to allergies" way lentil wraps.Print
Cheaper Cheater "Sun-Dried" Tomato Spread Recipe
- Yield: 1/2 c. 1x
I love the concentrated tanginess of sundried tomatoes, but not the price, so here is a cheaper cheater version of sundried tomato spread that gets that richness of flavor for pennies.
- 1 6 oz. can tomato paste (approx. 2/3 cup)
- 1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!)
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/4 tsp. dried rosemary
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 Tbs. white wine vinegar
- Salt, to taste
- In a small pot mix the olive oil (use the code STEWARDSHIP for 10% off at that site!), garlic, rosemary, and nutmeg. Put over medium heat and cook and stir for a minute or two or until the garlic is translucent.
- Add the tomato paste, and begin to break it up into the oil (they won't mix). Stir and cook for 4-5 minutes until the tomato paste looks darker and the oil is very red.
- Transfer to a blender or food processor and pulse together. Add in the vinegar and salt to taste (you'll want it salty since it is a spread.)
- Store in the fridge. Pictured it is straight from the fridge, and therefore kind of thick, if you want it thinner let sit out of the fridge for 30 minutes or so.
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This engaging survey probes the spellbinding life and work of Louise Bourgeois, whose artworks are among the most memorable of the 20th century, and now the 21st. Bourgeois, born in Paris in 1911, has produced a body of work that is as diverse in its use of materials as it is consistent in its themes. While placing her within key art historical traditions, each chapter focuses on the artist's use of different media and techniques, from painting and assemblage to sculpture, paper ephemera, and beyond. Quotations and interviews with the artist provide insight into her motivations and concerns. As Bourgeois approaches her own centenary, still active and creating new work, this accessible introduction is a fitting tribute to the achievement of an astonishing artist.


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FTSE CLOSE: Property price rise brings boost to house builders as Footsie ends tough week on a high
17:30 (CLOSE): House builders notched up gains after more cheer on property prices and a big jump in profits from one of the major players.
Figures from Halifax showed house values leapt 7.7 per cent higher year on year while FTSE 250-listed Berkeley Group posted a 19 per cent hike in profits.
On the wider market, the FTSE 100 Index climbed 53.7 points to 6552 on a fall in US unemployment to a five-year low of 7 per cent.
Boost: House builders notched up gains after news that property prices have risen by 7.7 per cent year-on-year.
It was a figure which looked positive enough without being so good that it prompted fears of US Federal Reserve's multibillion-dollar monthly programme of quantitative easing starting to be eased off.
The data helped the City's top flight to regain confidence after five sessions of falls, as well as lifting Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average and bourses in Europe.
On currency markets, sterling was flat at 1.63 US dollars and 1.19 euros.
In London, Berkeley was the big winner, climbing 11 per cent, or 255p, to 2537p. The group, which is focused on the capital and the South East, said its full-year earnings could rise towards the top end of expectations.
Its strong performance rubbed off on fellow builders - which were also buoyed by the Halifax data, which came on top of an Autumn Statement boost announcing loans worth £1 billion to unblock housing developments.
On the FTSE 100, Charles Church parent Persimmon climbed 29p to 1183p, while on the FTSE 250 builder Barratt Developments was up 13.2p to 337.9p, with Bellway up 44p to 1440p and Bovis Homes 23p ahead to 777p.
Domino's Pizza was the biggest faller on the second tier after its chief executive, Lance Batchelor, announced plans to leave the fast-food firm to join an unnamed private equity-backed company.
He will remain with the group until the end of April, but shares fell 9 per cent, or 49p, to 480p.
A change at the top for FirstGroup helped the bus and rail operator enjoy better fortunes after it said Aviva chairman John McFarlane would take on the same role at the firm, in place of Martin Gilbert. Shares lifted 5.5p to 116.6p, up 5 per cent.
Meanwhile, in the top flight, BP and Royal Dutch Shell were buoyed after a positive note from HSBC. Rising oil prices also helped, amid stronger economic growth in the US. Shell lifted 3 er or 61p to 2157p, while BP added 2.3p to 477.4p.
Standard Chartered meandered at the end of a torrid week for the Asia-focused group, which has admitted bank statements for 647 clients were found on the laptop of an alleged website hacker in Singapore. It has also cautioned over trading conditions.
Shares drifted lower but by the end of the session were back in positive territory, climbing 6.5p to 1331p.
The biggest FTSE 100 risers were Petrofac, up 42p to 1194p, Royal Dutch Shell up 61p to 2157p, London Stock Exchange up 44p to 1626p and Persimmon up 29p to 1183p.
The biggest FTSE 100 fallers were Whitbread, down 54p to 3492p, International Airlines Group down 5.4p to 357.6p, Reckitt Benckiser down 63p to 4772p and Burberry down 19p to 1482p.
London shares rocketed up to their best levels for the day mid-afternoon as Wall Street started strongly after a bigger-than-expected rise in jobs showed the US economy was in good shape.
The stock market gains confounded expectations that the jobs numbers would depress markets because it will make the tapering of bond purchase by the Federal Reserve more likely.
'For months now analysts have been negative on data points that speak of an acceleration of economic activity and growth, arguing that investors' allocation of capital is closely following that of the Fed; if central banks stop buying, so too will everyone else. And nothing will bring that about more than good news,' said David White, financials trader at Spreadex.
Jobs gain: The Footsie reduced its gains following a US jobs report which made bond tapering more likely
'But the market seems brave today, with the number coming in better-than-expected without being too strong. Indeed, the mild increase in jobs is another reason for earnings to improve without threatening liquidity. Just how brave, however, remains to be seen,' he added.
Drawing to the end of an otherwise brutal week for the index, the Footsie was up 48 points to 6,546. In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 135 points to 15,957, breaking a five-day losing streak.
The Footsie slipped back in early afternoon trade after news US employers hired more workers than expected in November fanned speculation the Federal Reserve could start reducing its bond purchases as early as this month.
The UK blue chip index was up 13 points at 6,511, surrendering around half-of its earlier gains following the release of the closely watched US jobs report.
US payrolls increased by 203,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department said, higher than the 180,000 figure forecast by the market.
The data comes little more than a week before the US central bank's December 17-18 policy-setting meeting and the stronger-than-expected increase in November could stir speculation the Federal Reserve might reduce its current pace of bond purchases this month.
Gautam Batra, MD and Investment Strategist at Signia Wealth said: "Today's robust US jobs data confirms economic momentum has continued into the final quarter of the year. This fast pace of job growth is likely to bring forward tapering expectations to January, much sooner than the consensus of March 2014.'
However, while a few economists still look for the Federal Reserve to scale back its purchases in December or January, most expect it will hold off until March, and some believe it may wait until June.
The rally in the housebuilding sector gathered steam today after more cheer on property prices and a big jump in profits from one of the major players.
Lending giant Halifax said house prices leapt 7.7 per cent higher year-on-year in November, while upmarket housebuilder Berkeley Group posted a 19 per cent hike in profits, adding to yesterday's Autumn Statement boost after the Chancellor announced new loans worth £1 billion to unblock housing developments.
Berkeley Group jumped 175.5p to 2,457.5p, while Charles Church parent Persimmon added 17p to 1,171p.
Among fallers, Standard Chartered was 13.5p lower at 1,311p, after a torrid week for the Asia-focused group, which yesterday admitted bank statements for 647 clients were found on the laptop of an alleged website hacker in Singapore.
This came a day after a downbeat update saw it caution over ongoing difficult trading conditions, with income this year likely to be flat on the performance in 2012.
Strength in the energy sector provided the main boost for the Footsie at lunchtime, with oil and gas stocks lifted by a bullish note from broker HSBC.
Royal Dutch Shell gained 59.5p to 2,155p after HSBC initiated coverage of the stock with an overweight rating. Shell's gain accounted for around a third of the FTSE 100 index's 27 point rise to 6,525.
BP up 4p to 479p and BG Group ahead 9.5p to 1,221.5p also rose after HSBC rated them at overweight, while energy services firm Petrofac was the Footsie's riser, up 55p to 1.207p, with the bank also lifting its forecasts for the price of oil.
Footsie gains: After four sessions of big falls the UK blue chip index is higher today
Overall the UK blue chip index was stuck in a narrow trading range today ahead of the release of U.S. jobs numbers at 1.30pm.
The data could provide hints about the timing of a Federal Reserve move to trim stimulus measures, which have helped boost equity markets.
'The overall trend is still up despite recent falls. You have got a risk of a squeeze lower, but the index is likely to push higher thereafter,' said Lynnden Branigan, a technical analyst at Barclays Capital.
'December is generally a good month ... we are still pinning hopes on a recovery later in the year,' he said.
Domino's Pizza was a big faller, down 20.5p to 508.5p, after saying its chief executive Lance Batchelor is leaving to take up another job.
Sahill Shan, an analyst at broker N+1 Singer, said Batchelor's departure was 'not good news' as Domino's also beds in a new finance boss.
Shan added the change at the top "creates further uncertainty" amid reports that Domino's is slowing the pace of its UK expansion plans.
However, bus and rail firm FirstGroup gained 5p at 116p after it ended a six month search for a chairman with the appointment of the boss of insurance giant Aviva.
John McFarlane will take on the role at FirstGroup on January 1 in place of Martin Gilbert, who heeded investor calls in May by announcing plans to step down after the firm tapped investors for £615million and cancelled its shareholder dividend.
The appointment comes as Aberdeen-based FirstGroup recovers from a turbulent year in which its growth plans were derailed by the botched bidding process surrounding the West Coast mainline rail service.
London shares pushed higher by mid-morning, recovering some of the week's sharp falls as traders waited for today's US jobs data, which is seen as a key to a likely tapering of the Federal Reserve's equity-supportive bond buying programme.
The Footsie was up 27.4 points at 6,525.7, modestly extending earlier gains.
Looking ahead to the jobs report, David Jones, chief market strategist at IG Group said: 'US data has been fairly robust this week and judging by the fact the S&P 500 has closed lower for the past five days, there is increased expectations for a solid number in today's US payrolls report.'
'But using the powers of probability from the usual lead-in indicators, a number between 170,000 to 180,000 seems about right. This will not be enough to cause a December taper, but will probably be the most friendly outcome for the equity market – not too hot, not too cold is the line the equity bulls want to run with,' he added.
It was a quiet company news day, but among the movers Berkeley Group, the maker of luxury homes, was in strong demand after it said its full-year figures will be at the top end of expectations, with one of its larger developments ahead of schedule.
The house builder, focused on London and the south of England, said the Tower development in Vauxhall is on track to deliver the majority of completions in the second half of the current financial year.
Assuming this project can be delivered to this timetable, Berkeley said its full-year earnings are likely to come near the top of the range of market estimates as it posted forecast-beating numbers for the six months to the end of October. It's shares jumped 200p to 2,476p.
But Domino's Pizza went stale, falling 39p to 490p after it said chief executive Lance Batchelor is leaving after almost 3 years at the pizza delivery firm. Batchelor will leave at the end of April 2014 to move to a private equity backed company. Domino's is still searching for a successor.
The FTSE 100 has opened 20.8 points higher at 6,519.1 as investors wait for key US jobs data to offer clues on the outlook for the Federal Reserve's stimulus programme.
The November non-farm payrolls report is forecast to show 180,000 US jobs were added last month, while the unemployment rate is predicted to fall.
US growth in the third quarter was revised up to 3.6 per cent from 2.8 per cent yesterday, and if the latest jobs report also proves robust the Fed could start to trim its massive quantitative easing programme this month or next. The non-farm payrolls figure will be released at 1.30pm London time.
Jobs watch: Key employment report could influence how soon US stimulus programme is withdrawn
The Fed's stimulus plan was created to support the US recovery but it has also boosted stock markets around the world over the past few years.
This has led traders to try to second guess Fed policy, and sometimes to treat 'good' US economic news as bad because it brings an end to the equity-friendly stimulus programme a step closer.
This factor appeared to be in play yesterday, as Wall Street fell following the better than expected economic growth reading.
London traders were otherwise occupied with Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement yesterday. However, after a mostly flat session the FTSE 100 ended 11.64 points lower at 6,498.33 points following the news out of the US.
This was its lowest close on the Footsie in more than three weeks and a drop for a fifth straight session. However, the index is still up more than 10 per cent so far this year.
Brent futures edged higher above $111 a barrel on Friday after a two-day drop as severe weather cut oil production in Europe and the United States.
Stocks to watch today include:
UNILEVER: The consumer products giant aims to cut the number of individual products it sells by 30 per cent by the end of 2014 to become more efficient and navigate a global economic slowdown it admits it was slow to confront.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL: The company said it had cancelled a proposed gas-to-liquids plant in Louisiana less than two years after the plan surfaced as costs rose and the company reins in spending.
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Please don't kill me.
You know how there are those moments in life in which you are presented with a choice and you feel that you cannot win? I suspect that the rest of my life will feel that way. My situation, as unique as it may be, is completely my own fault, I recognize that. That doesn't stop it from being needlessly cruel.
It all began with an innocent break-in, perpetrated by yours truly. I'd broken into an outwardly elegant mansion. The inside was very well kept and stocked with the most expensive of furniture, floors, counter-tops and toilets, mind you, but something felt amiss. In hindsight, I feel that how easy the front door gave way to my foot should have been the first sign that something was wrong. I'd managed to empty some items of interest (a couple of money stacks and a laptop, both of which were found in a home office area) into my backpack from downstairs and then made my way up to the upper floor.
There is a saying that goes something like, "Assume makes an ass out of you and me." Well... in this case, assume makes one of us dead. Yeah, the owner was home. As it turns out, no cars in the driveway is not a clear cut indication that the residence is empty. The old guy came barreling out of his bedroom and got a hard-framed certificate to the head. Look, I only meant to knock him out at worst! It isn't my fault that the elderly are so fragile. I didn't check the rest of the manor; I just couldn't bring myself to do so.
Within twenty-four hours the police were knocking at my door and presenting me with some shiny steel cuffs. They were cufflinks in a sense, but not the kind that I wanted to be able to afford; these were handcuffs. I'm expecting to get sent to a cold, hard cell, but I find myself at a law office. It turns out that the police had brought me before the codger's personal lawyer. The police officers stood beside me, still cuffed, as the lawyer read me the will of one very recently deceased Edgar Westbrook. The suit tells me that I have two choices with the first being to go to prison for life; he assured me that Edgar had greased enough palms to ensure that sentence would befall me should I choose to go to trial. The second, and likely equally illegal, option was that I inherit Westbrook's wealth.
Now, that sounded swell to me, but then the lawyer read the terms. Should I choose option two, I must live in the mansion, make a will which would name my killer as my beneficiary with the exact two same options offered to him or her, and I must put out an ad in the newspaper at the start of every month stating my place of residence and the beneficiary condition of my will. Should any of those terms be breached, then hello doghouse for me! Not so swell now, is it?
I went with option two, because FREEDOM! When the police dumped me off at my new home and slapped an ankle bracelet on me, it really hit home how both options were prison, except one came with a life sentence and the other a sentencing of death. I feel like a right and proper moron now, realizing that I chose death over a life sentencing. Technically, I could just leave and get sent to prison, but that somehow seems more final than the potential death that awaits.
In the end, it just boils down to hoping for decency in others. In relation to decency, I found a note left to me (well, not to me, but the killer of Edgar Westbrook which just so happens to be me) that ranted about how Ol' Edgar might not be able to have his cancer cured, but he would be able to treat the cancer that is his hometown's society. I must admit, that note makes me feel like I've chosen poorly. I guess what it all boils down to is:
Please don't kill me.
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How to Structure a Purchase Contract for your Next Fix & Flip
So… you found a property to flip!
That's the hardest part, so well done!
But, you're not out of the woods yet. After finding a property, the next big hurdle my students run into is how to structure the contract properly.
In fact, I've seen entire deals fall through or get delayed significantly because a few crucial parts weren't done properly on the contract.
I'm not going to cover the entire contract beginning to end, but I'll cover some of the more commonly missed aspects.
Structuring Your Contracts Correctly
Purchase Name
- Option #1: Your name or company name with "and or assigns" (i.e. "Ryan Wright and or assigns").
- Option #2: Add an addendum, such as "buyer has right to create new entity for property."
- Option #3: Purchase the property in the name of your company
Most hard money lenders (Do Hard Money included) only loan money to business entities. This helps avoid some residential regulations and also protects the borrower and the lender from increased liability.
By using those options above, you can use your name and then later assign it to your business entity, if you don't have one yet. We've had students sign their own name to the contracts, only to find out later that they can't complete the deal because they can't reassign the contract to their business entity!
In general, flexibility in the purchase name can save you a lot of pain later.
- Don't write the offer as cash
When you mark your offer as cash, you're stating that you have all the cash for the deal. For some reason, most real estate coaches will tell you to do this, but it doesn't make sense to me. Instead, say you're using private financing or hard money.
- Appraisal deadline: 5-10 business days from acceptance
- Inspection deadline: 10-15 business days from acceptance
- Loan denial: 10-20 business days from acceptance
- Purchase deadline: 10-20 business days from acceptance
There isn't much to say here other than these numbers have served me well over the past 20 years of completing fix & flips.
Don't Stop Making Offers!
And one last note – most new real estate investors hesitate to put together offers and write contracts on multiple properties at the same time. But you shouldn't be! You can back out for any reason. Instead of making one offer, and waiting to see if it pans out, make 10 offers, and one for sure will work out – and then you back out of the others, or wholesale them!
Anyway, contract writing isn't a part of the process that you should have to worry about… it's certainly not what budding fix & flippers dream about when imagining their smooth road to a 7-figure empire!
That's why my students always get access to ALL of my contract templates – not just the purchase contract.
Ready to get complete access to my resources, including my 10 Steps to Profit video series? Click below, answer a few questions, and let's see how we can help you launch your fix & flip career.


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Session Summary from VI HTA Symposium (11-12 June 2018)
Innovations in healthcare
The panellists: Aleksandra Mościcka-Studzińska, Ewa Kalinka-Warzocha, Grzegorz Mączyński, Adam Krenke, Karolina Skóra, Marcin Czech
The moderator: Wojciech Szefke
The third session of the first day of the Symposium was devoted to access to modern therapies and sources of financing research and development activities in healthcare.
Emergency access to drug therapies (RDTL)
One of the mechanisms of financing innovative technologies in healthcare is emergency access to drug therapies (RDTL). This instrument may be used when, after exhausting all possible therapeutic options for a given patient, a given drug is necessary to save the patient's health and life. A healthcare provider submits the application for funding under the RDTL mode to the Minister of Health; the application is sent along with the opinion of a national or regional consultant. The Minister of Health has 14 days to consider the application. In certain cases, the Minister of Health is obliged to ask the AOTMiT for an opinion on whether it is justified to finance the drug in the given indication from public funds. It is worth to note one of the provisions of the Act, pursuant to which, after receiving a positive opinion of the AOTMiT, the Ministry calls on the applicant to submit a reimbursement application for the drug in this indication within 90 days. This makes the patients' access to a life-saving drug technology dependent on whether the pharmaceutical company does apply for reimbursement. Consent to cover the costs of the drug under emergency access to drug therapies is issued for a period of 3 months or three treatment cycles.
An analysis of processes under RDTL which were assessed by the AOTMiT in the period from 23 July 2017 to 6 June 2018 included 41 processes. The main therapeutic areas for which emergency access applications were concerned are haemato-oncology and oncology (over 70% of all analysed processes). The President of the Agency issued a positive opinion in 60% of cases, which is a larger percentage of positive decisions compared to the standard reimbursement procedure. In the vast majority of processes, the opinion of the President of AOTMiT and the opinion of the Transparency Council are the same. The conducted analysis did not demonstrate prevalence of the orphan status in this mode (about 50%). In addition, the amendment to the Pharmaceutical Law Act introduced a change which is negative from the patients' perspective, excluding orphan drugs from the targeted import procedure. The biggest problem with emergency access to drug technologies is the lack of a separate budget. Currently, RDTL is financed under a lump sum, which in practice limits patients' access to modern drug technologies, which often is the last resort.
Funds of the National Centre for Research and Development for financing innovations
Before a new product is introduced onto the market, an innovation which must be tested, proven and safe is developed. In this context it is important to look for funds which will make financing of the entire process of innovation development possible. One of the options consists in co-funding granted by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR). At its disposal, the Centre has structural funds from the European Commission as well as national resources from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The average annual funding from NCBR is PLN 4 billion, while in the years 2008-2017, a total of PLN 43 billion was allocated to support research and development works of Polish enterprises, universities and research institutes. The NCBR programme offer includes both national programmes and competitions from European funds and international programmes. In the field of health technologies, the NCBR finances over 400 projects with a total value of over PLN 3 billion, with subsidies for beneficiaries at the level of PLN 2 billion. The main programmes in the area of health protection are STRATEGMED – a strategic programme, INNOMED – the PPTIM (Polish Platform for Innovative Medicine Technology) sector programme and InnoNeuroPharm – the PZPPF (Polish Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Entrepreneurs) sector programme. The offer of international programmes is very broad and regularly updated.
Financing innovations within public-private partnerships
The introduction of innovative therapies on the market can be implemented as part of a public-private partnership (PPP). PPP allows for an effective use of the strengths of both sectors. The role of the public sector within PPP is to provide knowledge about where innovation is needed, what the needs of patients are, the concentration of experts and valuable scientists in research centres, and the justification for the concept of a new therapeutic strategy. In turn, the private sector has qualified human resources which make it possible to logistically plan clinical trials leading to obtaining marketing authorisation. Due to the chance of profiting from the marketing authorisation, the private partner may incur the financial risk of such research, which is completely unjustified for the public sector. In 2017, on the basis of cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, the first centre of early phase drug research was opened in Poland at the Institute of Oncology in Warsaw. The creation of such an entity means that Poland joins the group of countries which participate in the research of the earliest phases, and thus automatically also later phases, that way building the image of a country in which a drug can be tested from the beginning to the very end. The establishment of such a centre allows for eliminating administrative, formal, logistic and organisational barriers hindering cooperation between a scientific institution and a pharmaceutical company. Conducting studies is not possible without the public sector, which has access to patients, qualified medical staff conducting experiments and access to hospital facilities to address possible adverse effects. Thanks to clinical research, the scientific rank of the centre grows, the staff gains experience with new molecules long before the drug is granted marketing authorisation, while patients gain access to a drug which potentially is more effective than standard treatment. In addition, participation in clinical trials brings significant financial benefits to the research centre, and the staff are given the opportunity to increase their salary, which helps bring a stop to the brain-drain phenomenon. The private sector incurs the cost of statistical analysis, however, the creation of a valuable publication which meets EBM standards and is useful for HTA analyses requires the participation of clinical experts from the public sector. In conclusion, innovations in the field of new therapies are a great example in favour of PPP in Poland.
Crowdfunding and crowdsourcing
Ways to finance the development of innovative health technologies include crowdfunding and crowdsourcing. Crowdfunding is a form of financing various types of projects by a community which is, or will be, organised around these projects, while crowdsourcing is a process in which the organisation searches for ideas outside its structure. In other words, crowdfunding is about searching for resources, and crowdsourcing is looking for a solution to a defined problem. Examples of projects implemented as part of crowdfunding in the world include: "Treatment of Batten's Disease" – searching for the causes of the disease, "Telerobotic Ultrasound Distance Imaging (TRUDI)" – financing the development of a telemedicine device to be used in care for patients with heart disease, as well as "Mind-App" – creating an application to help patients with memory deficits caused by to cancer or brain damage. The key terms in the context of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing are: the concept of "presumers", i.e. future consumers, ready to finance future services, as well as the concept "prosumers", i.e. consumers who want to proactively participate in the process of creating an innovative technology. The presented methods offer tools for obtaining financing necessary for research and development of medical devices, commercialisation and creating interest in new products, they enable reaching business partners and investors, are an opportunity to promote the brand, recruit the best specialists for cooperation and open the project to an international perspective.
The discussion highlighted the progress made in accessing and financing healthcare innovations in our country, at the same time noting the limited financial capacity of the state budget. One potential source of additional financial resources could be the introduction of co-payment on the hospital market, however, it should be borne in mind that this is a political issue, and additionally co-payment also raises further questions, including regarding the possibility of introducing complementary health insurance. In reference to the subject of PPP, the great potential of this type of cooperation was highlighted, which requires better and safe tools as well as more specific legal provisions guaranteeing the inviolability of the public entity's interest. The panellists also discussed emergency access to drug technologies (RDTL), wondering whether there is a possibility to expand this idea to include medical devices, which was the subject of the initial bill. Attention was paid to the complicated system of reimbursement of medical devices, where the main problem consists is the lack of a transparent guaranteed benefits basket which would specify what can be financed outside this mode. The RDTL funding mode under the hospital lump sum has been assessed as imperfect and in need of changes.


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We are trying to use collaboration messaging framework to send purchase orders to suppliers. We are trying to leverage webservice as delivery method to achieve the same. We have referred WSDL https:///soa-infra/services/default/CmkCollaborationMessagingOAGIS10InboundComposite/CollaborationMessageService?wsdl , mentioned in one of the oracle notes. We opened this WSDL in SOAP UI, but it has only one operation. Request you to please suggest how can we move further on this approach.
Can you please clarify what you are trying to do? There are setup tasks in FSM where you set up the delivery method for service providers.


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Short-Handed Gophers Lose In Illinois
The Illinois Fighting Illini beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers 84-71 Sunday night in Champaign. The Gophers fall to 8-20 overall with the loss and are just 2-14 in the Big Ten Conference.
The Gophers were playing without leading scorer Nate Mason, Kevin Dorsey and Dupree McBrayer, all of whom were suspended by coach Richard Pitino shortly before the game for an unspecified violation of team rules.
Freshman Jordan Murphy led the Gophers with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Joey King added 17 points in the loss.
The Gophers begin the last week of the regular season with a game at Wisconsin Wednesday night.


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Hey TAY, so let's get right to it: what do you think about this deal on Newegg?
In case you're clicking-averse, it's a DIY supercombo, and here are the specs:
ATX Mid-Tower Case w. 650 W Power Supply
Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3H Micro ATX Motherboard
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1gb
Intel Core i5 3.1 ghz Quad-Core
8gb DDR3 SDRAM
120 gb SSD
The whole thing costs $563.99, with a $20 rebate on top of that, so really $543.99. That's $135 off the list price of these parts individually.
Now here's my situation. I've been rocking a late-2011 iMac for the past few years. It's still a really solid machine. It handles my photoshop (CS4) and my Ableton Live without any difficulty. These are the things that I really need a computer for. In the scenario where I buy this, I would still keep my iMac.
However, as you probably could've guessed, my iMac is not exactly up to snuff in the gaming department. I've got it set up to dualboot windows, but that's more a temporary fix than a permanent solution. Most games released in the past year or two will cause it to show its age. Recently, Far Cry 3 had it practically begging for mercy. The Witcher 2 was somehow even worse.
Get to the point poco? Gladly, voice in my head!
So I know that these specs aren't exactly going to blow minds, but I'd think of this more as a stepping stone to an even better build. For example, I would obviously chuck some more RAM in there. And even I know that a GeForce 650 Ti isn't exactly a beast in the graphics department, so I'd probably be upgrading that in relatively short order too. But the question is: is it worth it to spring on this deal NOW, and enjoy the benefits of a marginally-superior machine? Or do I keep waiting, and keep an eye on similar deals? Do I buy my parts individually as they go on sale? What do YOU think about these specs? And hey, do you just want to talk about how you built your computer? Because I would be interested to read that.
I should probably be clear that, in all likelihood, I am NOT going to buy this. It would be a strain on my budget at the moment. But I'm still a bit torn, because it really does seem like an excellent deal, definitely the best one I've seen among those DIY supercombos so far. I could make it work financially, but I'd need to know that this is a worthwhile endeavor.
Thanks TAY, as always, I humbly await your response.


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Parents' retaliation allegation supersedes child abuse reporter confidentiality
Grummons v. Williamson County Board of Education, 63 IDELR 61 (M.D. Tenn. 2014): The parents of a student with a disability convinced a federal magistrate judge to supersede a state's child abuse reporting confidentiality provisions. The parents, suing under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, alleged that the school district reported them to the department of children's services (DCS) in retaliation for the parents' challenge to the district's provision of special education services. The court deemed the information relevant, but in order to balance the interest of confidential reporting, the requested information (namely, the identity of the individual(s) who submitted the report to DCS) would be disclosed to the parents, but was limited for use in the instant litigation and could only be disseminated on a "good faith need to know" basis.
Tags: ADA, confidentiality, retaliation, Section 504
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BC Housing, in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and the City of Vancouver, has submitted a proposal to rezone the site at 1636 Clark Drive and 1321-1395 East 1st Avenue from I-2 (Industrial) and RM-4N (Multiple Dwelling) Districts to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. If approved, the project will bring spaces for social enterprises, a drug withdrawal management centre, and social housing. This project provides a collaborative response to the opioid epidemic and affordable housing shortage in Vancouver.
Designed by HDR Architecture and CEI Architecture, the building will consist of a podium spanning the length of the site and two towers. It will replace an empty lot, a low-rise rental building, and several single-family houses. There will be 97 units of social housing containing a mix of 13 studios, 45 one-bedroom, 27 two-bedroom, and 12 three-bedroom units. Residents will have access to indoor and outdoor amenity spaces. The apartments will have either full-sized balconies or Juliette balconies.
There will be only 39 car pads to 100 bicycle parking spaces, the building to be well-served by public transit with a bus route along Clark Avenue and a 10-minute walk to VCC-Clark Skytrain station. The location also scores an impressive 95 points on Walkscore and is within a 5-minute walk to multiple amenities on Commercial Drive.
The new drug withdrawal treatment centre will replace a smaller facility located at 377 East 2nd Avenue. There will be facilities for addiction treatment providing 51 inpatient withdrawal management beds on-site and out-patient withdrawal management options and 20 beds of short-term transitional housing.
The application was filed on May 1, 2018, and a community open house took place on June 11th, with the applicant team and architects available to answer questions and collect feedback on the proposal. The public can also provide comments by filling out an online feedback form. http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/1636clark/feedback.htm Unsurprisingly, there were many members of the local community voicing their opposition to the project, citing safety concerns, increased traffic, and poor fit in the surrounding neighbourhood both in terms of architecture and purpose.
We will keep you updated as more details on this project emerge. In the meantime, you can review project facts and renderings by visiting the relevant Database files linked below. Want to get involved in the discussion? Check out the associated Forum thread, or leave a comment in the field provided at the bottom of this page.
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