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Is Apple the winner in the smartphone race or has Samsung left it for dust? Various market research companies have revealed data for the final quarter of 2012, but the reports appear to contradict each other, with Strategy Analytics suggesting that Apple's in the smartphone pole position worldwide, while IDC and Gartner suggest otherwise. Who's right? Just how big it the iPhone's marketshare?
Apple heads up worldwide smartphone market share
Apple shipped 27.4 million iPhone 5 units and overtook Samsung Galaxy S3 to become the world's best-selling smartphone model for the first time ever in Q4 2012, according to Strategy Analytics.
Strategy Analytics Senior Analyst Neil Shah said: "The iPhone 5 captured an impressive 13 percent share of all smartphones shipped globally".
"In addition to the iPhone 5, Apple shipped an estimated 17.4 million iPhone 4S units for 8 percent smartphone share globally in Q4 2012. Apple's iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are currently the world's two most popular smartphone models," he added.
This suggests that the naysayers who claim that Apple is losing out to Samsung, who is said to be selling more smartphones on a worldwide scale, are incorrect.
The full Strategy Analytics report is here.
The Strategy Analytics research indicates that in quarter four of 2012 Apple sold 27.4 million iPhone 5 and 17.4 million iPhone 4S, compared to Samsung Galaxy S3 sales of 15.4 million.
Apple released the iPhone 5 at the end of the third quarter and still saw 6 million sales, it also sold 16.2 iPhone 4S models in the third quarter. Samsung sold 18 million S3 phones in the third quarter of 2012, suggesting that combined iPhone sales were still better than Samsung even in the quarter in which people were said to be holding off updating to the iPhone as a new model was anticipated.
No, Samsung was global number one, according to Gartner
In contrast to Strategy Analytics, earlier this month, Gartner issued a report claiming that Samsung ended the year in the number one position, in both worldwide smartphone sales and overall mobile phone sales.
Gartner clamed that in the fourth quarter of 2012, Samsung's overall smartphone sales continued to accelerate totaling 64.5 million units, up 85.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011.
In contrast, Apple's sales reached 43.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 22.6 percent year-on-year.
That contrasts to Strategy Analytics claim of 44.8 million iPhones compared to Samsung Galaxy S3 sales of 15.4 million (there is potentially another 49.1 million Samsung phones unaccounted for in the data).
Gartner noted that in the fourth quarter of 2012, Apple and Samsung together raised their worldwide smartphone market share to 52 percent from 46.4 percent in the third quarter of 2012.
However, worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled 1.75 billion units in 2012, a 1.7 percent decline from 2011 sales, according to Gartner.
Gartner principal research Anshul Gupta blamed: "Tough economic conditions, shifting consumer preferences and intense market competition" for the weakened worldwide mobile phone market. He noted that the last time the worldwide mobile phone market declined was in 2009.
Regarding the success of Apple and Samsung, Gupta said: "There is no manufacturer that can firmly lay claim to the No. 3 spot in global smartphone sales. The success of Apple and Samsung is based on the strength of their brands as much as their actual products. Their direct competitors, including those with comparable products, struggle to achieve the same brand appreciation among consumers, who, in a tough economic environment, go for cheaper products over brand."
Apple's worldwide market share in 2012
In addition, last month, worldwide smartphone data from IDC indicated that Apple's worldwide market share grew to 25.1 percent in 2012 but it was in second place worldwide, behind market leader Samsung.
According to that report, Apple's total iPhone shipments increased 46.9% last year, from 93.1 million handsets in 2011 to 136.8 million in 2012.
The IDC data suggested that Samsung grew its shipments by 129.1 percent, double that of Apple's year-over-year growth, notes Apple Insider.
Gartner claims that in 2012, Samsung totaled 384.6 million mobile phones sales, of which 53.5 percent (up from 28 percent in 2011) were smartphone sales (that's 205.76 million smartphones from Samsung).
Apple, on the other hand, saw 130 million smartphone sales worldwide in 2012, according to that data.
This research suggests that if all Samsung's smartphones are included (rather than just the Galaxy S3) then that company sold 205.76 million smartphones in the quarter, compared to Apple's 130 million.
US smartphone market share
A report from Strategy Analytics earlier this month indicated that Apple shipped 17.7 million mobile phones, putting it at pole position, with a record 34% of the US market during the fourth quarter of 2012. That was up from 12.8 million units shipped and a 25.4% share in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Samsung, meanwhile, shipped 16.8 million mobile phones for a 32.3% market share, up from 13.5 million units and 26.9% in 2011, according to that report.
That report noted that Samsung had held the top spot in the US since 2008.
Data from the comScore MobiLens service also suggests that Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer in the US in the fourth quarter of 2012 with 36.3 percent share.
iOS internet market share
However, according to the comScore report, Google Android led as the US's number one smartphone platform with 53.4 percent share, writes MacDailyNews.
Apple's share of the smartphone platform market was 36.3 % in the quarter. Blackberry had 6.4% and Microsoft had 2.9%, according to the data.
This contrasts with research from StatCounter that suggested in Apple edged out Nokia in January for the first time as the most popular mobile vendor in terms of global internet usage.
Samsung also climbed ahead of Nokia to take second place behind Apple on a worldwide basis. (While it's true that Google Android is the operating system on many smartphones that aren't made by Samsung, it seems likely that the vast majority of Android users are using Samsung phones).
In the first month of 2013 Apple led globally for the first time in terms of internet usage with 25.86%, ahead of Samsung at 22.69% and Nokia at 22.15%, in January 2013.
According, to that research Samsung took second place behind Apple.
However, it wasn't all good news. Apple's worldwide internet usage share fell 2.81% year on year. It was 28.67% in January 2012. On the other hand, Samsung rose from 14.84% to 22.69% over the same period, while Nokia fell from 37.67% to 22.15%.
Apple makes more money from phone sales
Perhaps it doesn't matter who has the lead when it comes to smartphone marketshare. Perhaps what it key is the money that the company makes from sales of the product.
A report issued by Canaccord Genuity's T. Michael Walkley at the beginning of February suggested that Apple took home 72% of the smartphone market profits despite only claiming 21.7% of unit sales in the fourth quarter.
Samsung, on the other hand, took just 29% of the profits from its 28.9% of unit sales.
This means that 43 cents of every dollar spent in the world on a cellphone in Q4 ended up in Apple's coffers, while Samsung made 36 cents and Nokia got 7 cents, notes Fortune.
In 2013, Walkley expects that Apple and Samsung will split 103% of the profits, 69/34.
This is why it is significant that Apple makes such high margins on the sales of its devices. There have been concerns recently that these margins are declining, and they are likely to decline further if Apple releases a budget iPhone. Morgan Stanley project that Apple will post margins of 38.7% for 2013, unlike in 2012 when its margins peaked at almost 44%.
Apple is reporting widespread adoption of the iPhone among Fortune 500 companies, according to Forbes.
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Plants make life as we know it possible. It all starts with the tiny organelles within a plant's leaves, known as chloroplasts. These chloroplasts—diminished descendants of the first photosynthesizers, cyanobacteria—use incoming sunlight to split water molecules and then knit together the energy-rich carbon and hydrogen compounds found in everything from food to fossil fuels. The leftover "waste" is the oxygen that we and the rest of the animal kingdom depend on to survive and thrive.
But chloroplasts aren't very efficient. They do not absorb green light (which is why most plants appear green) as well as the sun's heat, also known as infrared light. They generally waste a lot more sunlight than they use; photosynthesis maxes out at roughly 10 percent of the incoming sunshine. So why not give flora, and the chloroplasts within their leafy photosynthetic machines, a boost?
That's exactly what a group of chemical engineers and biochemists attempted in a new study, embedding single-walled carbon nanotubes—microscopic tubes thinner than a human hair that can also absorb sunlight and convert it to electron flow—in living chloroplasts. The paper is published in Nature Materials on 16 March. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.)
"Plants have, for a long time, provided us with valuable products like food, biofuels, construction materials and the oxygen we breathe," notes plant biologist turned chemical engineer Juan Pablo Giraldo, a postdoctoral fellow in the research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who did the work. "We envisioned them as new hybrid biomaterials for solar energy harnessing, self-repairing materials [and] chemical detectors of pollutants, pesticides, [and] fungal and bacterial infections."
First, the researchers removed the chloroplasts from some spinach leaves and put it in a sugary solution. The researchers then introduced the carbon nanotubes, which embedded in the cell's fatty walls when treated with DNA to take on a negative charge or chitosan (a derivative of the material comprising insect exoskeletons) for a positive charge. This penetration happens within seconds and doesn't require heat, a catalyst or anything else, according to the researchers. The move also appears to be irreversible and complete. No nanotubes remained floating outside the chloroplasts in these experiments.
Even better, the trick also works on chloroplasts in living plants. Introduced carbon nanotubes found the chloroplasts in the leaves of an Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant often used in such studies. Perhaps more important, it did not kill the leaves or the plant over a period of several weeks.
That discovery alone may prove of interest if the nanotubes could be used to deliver packets of DNA for specific functions into the chloroplast. For example, the researchers used the nanotubes to carry nanosize particles of ceria, a compound composed of the rare earth metal cerium and oxygen, into the chloroplasts. The nanoceria then seemed to help remove some of the oxygen created by the process of photosynthesis that often ends up wrecking the cellular machinery.
But the carbon nanotubes themselves also somehow seemed to make photosynthesis better, all on their own. After six hours chloroplasts with carbon nanotubes in them boasted enhanced photosynthesis rates three times higher than untreated chloroplasts, including increasing the transport of electrons freed by sunshine by 49 percent. "We have shown that carbon nanotubes promote the conversion of light energy into electron transfer within the chloroplasts," Giraldo explains. However, "it is unknown if they can impact the ultimate products of photosynthesis," meaning the impact on the ultimate production of plant food—sugars like glucose—remains unclear.
The technique worked both in isolated chloroplasts as well as ones still in leaves, although the exact mechanism is also unknown. The mostly likely explanation is that the carbon nanotubes absorb more sunlight and donate electrons to the photosynthetic process, according to Giraldo and the rest of the team, or the nanotubes may be speeding up the transfer of electrons within the photosynthetic processes. But proof will require more work.
The nanotubes also showed that they could act as sensors. Foliage with nanotubes fluoresce under infrared light, but stop emitting light in the presence of nitric oxide, a compound common both to plants and pollution. Such "bionic" plants could be used as "biochemical detectors for monitoring environmental conditions in cities, crop fields, airports or high-security facilities," Giraldo says, noting that such sensors could also be self-repairing the way plants are.
In the end, the research suggests that greenery enhanced with carbon nanotubes could potentially produce more from sunlight, air and water, although adding such nanomaterials would be both laborious and may have unknown long-term impacts on the vegetation as a whole as well as on the environment. It may prove a long time before expensive carbon nanotubes find a home in dirt to help boost the function of crops that take them up through their roots.
In the meantime one idea might be to take the research a step back and see if carbon nanotubes have similar impacts in the root of all chloroplasts: cyanobacteria, according to Giraldo. After all, if the nanoparticles can boost photosynthesis in those simple cellular organisms, then fuel, food and other products derived from algae might become more viable.
Bionic Plants Offer Superpowered Photosynthesis
Rebuilding plants into bionic superpowered energy photosynthesizers—we have the nanotechnology
Plants make life as we know it possible. It all starts with the tiny organelles within a plant's leaves, known as chloroplasts. These chloroplasts—diminished descendants of the first photosynthesizers, cyanobacteria—use incoming sunlight to split water molecules and then knit together the energy-rich carbon and hydrogen compounds found in everything from food to fossil fuels. The leftover "waste" is the oxygen that we and the rest of the animal kingdom depend on to survive and thrive.

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This randomized trial tests whether HIV self-testing increases PrEP adherence, changes sexual risk behaviors and empowers prevention choices in female, male and transgender sex workers in Uganda. Primary collaborators are mentors at Makerere University, UW, Harvard Medical School and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Funding is provided through an NIH K Emerging Global Leader Award through 2022.
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Book Description
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage; scores of helpful examples; dozens of reproducible worksheets; and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to students of all ages. Appropriate for virtually any age range, this authoritative guide makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated Eleventh Edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar and features a fully revised two-color design and lay-flat binding for easy photocopying.
- Clear and concise, easy-to-follow, offering "just the facts"
- Fully updated to reflect the latest rules in grammar and usage along with new quizzes
- Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad
For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.


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The enterprise Rima Dates from Algeria is the winner of the ARLEM
Award 2020 - Young local entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean. The enterprise
was created in 2014 by Leila Rima Boussada and her brother Hammou
Boussada from Ghardaia, Algeria. They focus on low evaluated
varieties of dates to produce new market products such as syrup or dates
vinegar, stuffed dates with nuts and enrobed with chocolate.
Rime Dates operates in an oasis area in Algeria, bringing economic
dynamism and new income opportunities for the local population. They bring also
awareness on good practices as they produce compost from production cycle as to
be zero waste. The enterprise created six direct jobs since 2014. In addition
it has un important impact on indirect jobs as they train the farmers and their
families on post-harvest good practices like cleaning and grading dates.
Rime Dates received support from ANSEJ, a national agency for youth
employment which supports young entrepreneurs at local level. It has supported
the company in starting with taxes exemption and facilitation in financing.
Algeria is one of the biggest dates producers with more than half
million ton per year. Yet, only the Deglet Nour variety is widely
commercialised (35% of the total production).
The other shortlisted candidates
Sanad Association (Israel): Social
empowerment association and youth entrepreneurship incubator for the
Palestinian communities in Israel. Working on strengthening and
sustaining the well-being of the local Palestinian communities living in Israel
by developing both human and social capital. Sanad is guiding youth into
creative thinking and into implementing initiatives - a way of encouraging
entrepreneurship and training young leaders into becoming future executives.
Sanad's incubator employs 9 workers, 7 out of them are women. LRA support
is provided by Taybeh Local Municipality.
PresenTense (Israel). Entrepreneurship
and education programmes for low-income communities in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Non-profit enterprise that promotes entrepreneurial ecosystems in
disadvantaged communities. The 'Made In' program in South Tel Aviv and Jaffa
works in cooperation with the Tel Aviv Jaffa municipality and includes numerous
initiatives with youth, young adults, parents and teachers in entrepreneurship.
It provides youth and young adults between ages 16-35 from low-income
populations in Tel Aviv-Jaffa with entrepreneurial skills. Employs 13 workers.
Their collaboration with the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality includes financial
support, staff support and support in hiring staff, use of facilities,
involvement of volunteers from the municipality and mutual training.
Live Love Recycle (Lebanon). A recycling
waste collection service and waste sorting education programme for companies
and schools in Beirut. First recyclable waste collection service in
Beirut. Employs 15 workers, men and women, some of them standing below poverty
line, both refugees and Lebanese. Participates in the education of waste
sorting by giving workshops in companies and schools. Supported by former Mayor
of Beirut at starting.
Eco Wave Power Ltd (Israel). Renewable
energy enterprise developing an innovative wave energy generation technology.
company that has become a world leader in shaping the technology that allows
companies to harvest the power of sea waves. Employs 14 people and operates at
international level in different countries. Supported by Atarim (a state and
municipal owned agency) which provided first site research and development wave
energy station. Operational in Jaffa Port since 2014. Now Atarim supports the
extension of this energy station.


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The Digital Advertising Alliance, a consortium of advertising trade groups, will roll out two new apps later this year aimed at giving mobile device users a choice of what ads they see.
Later this year, the DAA will release a mobile app, available on Android and iOS devices, that will allow mobile device users to set their preferences for what behavioral ads they want to see, the group announced Thursday. The app will also allow mobile users to opt out of receiving ads based on their interests, with generic ads delivered instead, a DAA spokeswoman said.
The second app DAA plans to release this fall will be a mobile version of the group's desktop advertising choices tool, designed to be easier to use on smaller screens and work with mobile browsers, the DAA said. Through an icon on banner ads and websites, the desktop app also allows Web users to set their ad preferences.
Privacy groups and some U.S. policymakers have pressured online advertising networks in recent years to allow Web and mobile users to opt out of online tracking efforts, and the new apps are an effort by the online advertising industry to self regulate tracking designed to deliver relevant ads to mobile users, DAA executive director Lou Mastria said.
The new apps "reflect DAA's continued fulfillment of the promise that it has made to policymakers, industry and most importantly, consumers to bring transparency and control wherever and however they use the Internet," he said in a statement.
Seven advertising and data collection companies have indicated they intend to honor the user requests through the apps, the DAA spokeswoman said. The group expects more companies will sign up before the apps launch.
The DAA apps will complement existing ad choice tools offered by mobile operating systems, giving users another options for managing their privacy, the DAA said.
Some privacy groups have criticized self-regulatory efforts in the past, with some calling for government regulation requiring websites and advertising networks get opt-in permission from individuals when collecting personal data and tracking online habits.
Companies participating in the DAA's desktop ad choices program include AOL, AT&T, Disney, Google, Microsoft, Target and Verizon.


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Back Stretching Exercises for Beginners
Back Stretching Exercises for Beginners
Hello, everyone. Maximo Pascual here, and before we get started, I just really wanted to thank Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey for their amazing commitment in promoting health education, and also for allowing me this opportunity to help share these valuable fitness tips with you.
Now, today, I wanted to go over some simple back stretches that you can do from the comfort of your own home.
These back stretches are going to help keep your back a lot less stiff, and might also help prevent future outbreaks of back pain.
All right, guys - let's get started with the first stretch. So for our first exercise we're going to stand about shoulder width apart, nice and tall, chest out, shoulders back, put our hands on our hip.
And we're simply going to stick the hip in and kind of extend our back a little bit going backwards.
Now, I don't want you guys to exaggerate this and hyper-extend your back. It's simply sticking your hip, it should feel comfortable, and you come back to a starting position.
It's a very short movement. Up again, straight back.
Okay. For our next exercise, we're simply going to lift up our knee, and we're going to try to touch our forehead with it. If you can't touch your forehead that's completely fine - just raise up your knee as high as you can.
Now the other side, since your leg is done, you're feeling a little strain in your lower back, you could always lift up the other leg and just have it bent in that position. So you want to hold each side for at least 15 seconds.
Okay, for our next exercise, we're going to put our feet on the floor, lifting up our knee, and we're simply going to rock our lower body from side to side.
We're not going to do anything fast - just trying to touch the floor with your knee, if you can. If you can't, just go as low as you can.
Let's do about 10 repetitions on each side. Want to have you make sure your legs are together, all the way down to the floor if you can.
For your upper body, you want to make sure that you're completely straight on the floor.
Everything's going to be nice, slow and controlled. This is really going to help loosen up the back, the lower back here.
Okay, for our next exercise, I'm going to lift up my left knee, and with my right hand I'm going cup the side of my left knee, and I'm going to twist my lower body to the right.
And my upper body's going to face the left. So it's like I'm twisting my upper and lower body in opposite direction.
You should definitely feel the stretch in your lower back, in your glutes and in your hip area, if you're doing it correctly.
So you want to try to bring your knee as close to the floor as possible.
Now, depending on your fitness level, maybe you will be stuck right here, which is fine for you for right now.
Eventually you'll get lower and lower. If you can make it all the way down, then try to make it all the way down.
Now, let me show you guys from the front view, completely straight on the floor. I'm going to lift up my left knee.
I'm going to take my right hand. I'm going to cup it over my left knee, and now my lower body is going towards the right, and my upper body is going toward the left.
Now, we want to hold this stretch for about 15 seconds or so.
Same thing with the other side - I raise up my right knee, cup it with my left hand, turn now my right knee to the left, and my upper body towards the right, and we're going to hold this for about 15 seconds.
For our next exercise we're going to do glute bridges, so we want to put the bottom of our feet on the floor, so make sure you put pressure with the whole foot especially with the heel, and you're going to put your arms flat down by your side.
And now you're simply going to lift up your hip as high as you possibly can and hold this position, and then gently come back down to the floor.
Back up as high as you can, pushing off the heels and off your hands, and coming all the way back down.
This is a very short movement - you want to make sure you get full extension, and come back down. Let's do at least 10 repetitions for these.
For our next stretch, we're going to sit up tall, legs in front of us. We're going to take one leg - let's take the right leg - and we're going to cross it over.
Now, with this leg, I want to make sure that the bottom of my foot is touching the floor if possible.
Now, I'm in this crossed position, so my right leg is going to go and stand over my left leg. I'm touching the floor with my whole foot.
Now I'm going to take my left elbow, and I'm going to try to put it on the side of my knee.
I'm going to lose balance - I'm going to take my right hand and put it behind me, so let's go over it again.
I'm going to take my right leg, I'm going to stand up, put the bottom of the foot on the floor.
I'm going to take my right hand, brace myself, and now I'm going to try to push this leg over with my left elbow.
You should feel a stretch on the left side of your back. Again, you want to hold this for about 15 seconds.
You can do the other side. Now, my left leg is going to go over my right leg. I want to make sure that my foot is on the floor.
I'm going to take my left arm, brace myself here for balance, and I'll take my right elbow and push my left leg away.
Now I'm feeling it on the right side of my back. Again, we're going to hold for at least 15 seconds.
Okay, for our next exercise we're going to do a butterfly stretch. So in order to do that, we're going to put our feet together.
We're going to bring the heels in towards our groin. We're going to hold our feet, and now I'm going to push my legs down using both arms, and I'm going to also bring my forehead down.
So there's three steps: heels in, push the legs down with the elbows, and lower your forehead down. Now, we're going to hold this position for at least 15 seconds. You should feel it in your lower back, and you might also get a good stretch in your inner thigh as well.
For our next exercise, I like to call this the cat stretch. We're going to get on all fours, and we're going to be on our knees and on our hands.
Make sure your shoulder is right above your wrist, and your hands are separated about shoulder width apart.
Now, if you guys have seen a cat before, when he gets scared, what happens is he kind of curves his back up, hunches it up.
And that's what we're going for. We're going to stick in the back, and then we're going to kind of like hunch it out. In, then hunch out.
We'll do this about 10 times. Let's go for 10 repetitions.
For our next exercise, we're going to start off on our knees, and we're going to put one leg in front of us, with our foot completely flat on the floor.
And now with the other side, we're simply going to clinch our glutes in. You're going to feel a stretch here in your hip, in the front of your hip here.
You want to hold this about 15 seconds. Let me show you guys from the front. Use the other leg, and one leg in front of you.
You're completely tall and straight. And now with this leg that's behind you, you're going to clinch that glute in.
Again, you're going to feel it more here in the hip. Not so much the lower back, but sometimes the glute, the hips and the lower back, they kind of work together.
So it's good to loosen up the glute and the hips as well to release tension from the lower back, so this is a very good stretch here.
Now it's not so much lunging forward, not so much lunging forward. Again, it's just clinching that glute in. And right away you're going to feel that stretch in the front of your hip.
For our next exercise, we're going to be on our knees, now I'm going to sit my glutes down on my heels.
Now, notice how my feet are flat on the floor like this. Now I'm going to sit down. This might already give you a stretch in your ankles.
Now I'm going to put my hands here. I'm going to grab my ankles, and I'm going to lower my head towards the floor, almost like if I want to touch the floor with my forehead.
But at the same time I'm also trying to sit down on my heels. So I'm sitting down on my heels; I'm going all the way down; I'm trying to put my head on the floor.
As you can see, I cannot touch the floor with my head. But if I'm sitting down and still trying to touch the floor, you should feel a stretch in your lower back area here.
Show you from the front view, I'm on my knees. I'm going to sit down on my heels. I'm going to grab my legs, and at the same time that I'm sitting down on my heels, I'm trying to bring my forehead down to the floor.
Even if you cannot touch the floor, if you continue to sit down towards your heels, you should feel it in your lower back area.
We just went over each and every exercise of this routine, and I'm pretty sure you're feeling a lot more confident about doing this routine alone at home.
Now, one big tip I can give you is, remember, you are a beginner, so you might not be able to master each and every exercise on Day 1.
But I promise you, if you're consistent enough, eventually you will get stronger, more mobile, more agile, more flexible, and you will be able to master each one of these exercises.
All right, guys. Till next time.


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It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business. The year is 1990. California is in a pollution crisis. Smog threatens public health. Desperate for a solution, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) targets the source of its problem: auto exhaust. Inspired by a recent announcement from General Motors about an electric vehicle prototype, the Zero Emissions Mandate (ZEV) is born. It required 2% of new vehicles sold in California to be emission-free by 1998, 10% by 2003. It is the most radical smog-fighting mandate since the catalytic converter. With a jump on the competition thanks to its speed-record-breaking electric concept car, GM launches its EV1 electric vehicle in 1996. It was a revolutionary modern car, requiring no gas, no oil changes, no mufflers, and rare brake maintenance (a billion-dollar industry unto itself). A typical maintenance checkup for the EV1 consisted of replenishing the windshield washer fluid and a tire rotation. But the fanfare surrounding the EV1's launch disappeared and the cars followed. Was it lack of consumer demand as carmakers claimed, or were other persuasive forces at work? Fast forward to 6 years later… The fleet is gone. EV charging stations dot the California landscape like tombstones, collecting dust and spider webs. How could this happen? Did anyone bother to examine the evidence? Yes, in fact, someone did. And it was murder. The electric car threatened the status quo. The truth behind its demise resembles the climactic outcome of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express: multiple suspects, each taking their turn with the knife. WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? interviews and investigates automakers, legislators, engineers, consumers and car enthusiasts from Los Angeles to Detroit, to work through motives and alibis, and to piece the complex puzzle together. WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? is not just about the EV1. It's about how this allegory for failure""reflected in today's oil prices and air quality""can also be a shining symbol of society's potential to better itself and the world around it. While there's plenty of outrage for lost time, there's also time for renewal as technology is reborn in WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
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Keith Law and Rob Neyer, two guys who know more baseball than we've forgotten — wait ... is that how that phrase goes? — but they can't vote for the Hall of Fame. Woody Paige can. Vegas Watch looks at Paige's detailed, thorough thought process.
For example, his considerable deliberation on Goose Gossage.
"Gossage — During a visit to Yankee Stadium in the late 1970s, I wanted to talk to Goose but was told he was cruel and gruff to reporters. I sheepishly introduced myself and said I was from Colorado, his home state, and he talked pleasantly for 30 minutes. We've been good friends since. I would vote for him even if he wasn't deserving."
So that's taking the process seriously! We would like to know who else was kind and pleasant to Woody Paige in the past; might help us handicap Hall of Fame races. We suppose this eliminates Rita Ragone.
Woody Paige Is Thorough [Vegas Watch]


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Bonesteel Animal & Dog Lawyers
Kenneth Eby Orrock
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University of South DakotaExcelsior College8th Circuit, South Dakota, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and U.S. District Court--District of South DakotaNational Order of the BarristersFraternal Order of Police and The American Legion
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Einhorn to Apple: Show Me the Money
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn believes he has found "the product Apple doesn't know it needs."
In a conference call Thursday afternoon, Einhorn unveiled what he believes will unlock value for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shareholders. He called it iPrefs, a perpetual preferred stock that he is urging Apple to consider.
A perpetual preferred share is a share that pays dividends forever. Einhorn, the founder of Greenlight Capital, suggested Apple could begin by offering one iPref share with each share of common stock. Each iPref would trade at a face value of $50, with a quarterly dividend of 50 cents.
At the heart of the issue is Apple's stockpile of cash, according to Einhorn. "War chest? More like a war vault," he said.
Einhorn explained that one-third of Apple's value is comprised of $137 billion in cash. He put forward the perpetual preferred stock, rather than what he referred to as "traditional methods," to illustrate how Apple can return some of its cash to investors.
He spent some time during the call explaining why traditional methods, such as increasing Apple's dividend or implementing a stock repurchase program, are not sufficient.
Einhorn is lobbying Apple to return some of that value to shareholders, stressing during his conference call that his iPrefs plan would allow the tech giant to "hold onto cash to pursue its existing business strategy."
"While Apple wants to keep its cake, shareholders want to eat it, too," he said.
He also said Apple would not have to repatriate its cash and pay U.S. taxes, adding that U.S. companies are sitting on overseas cash as they wait for a tax holiday on repatriation. Apple can delay repatriating cash until tax laws change, Einhorn added.
"I guess what's earned in Ireland, stays in Ireland," he joked.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the company will consider Einhorn's request to issue preferred shares. Einhorn noted during the call that he has "no reason to doubt Tim Cook at his word."
The tug-of-war over shareholders between Einhorn and Apple began when the hedge fund activist filed a lawsuit claiming that the company improperly bundled three issues together into one proxy matter, which will be up for a vote at Apple's shareholder meeting. Such bundling is a violation of regulatory rules.
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West Bromwich defender Liam Ridgewell won a bet with a friend about eight months ago and took the picture you see to the right as a way of gloating. He didn't tweet it or post it to his facebook account by accident, but somehow someone got a hold of it and sent it to the tabloids. You won't find a more direct and descriptive lede.
West Brom defender Liam Ridgewell, 28, squats over a toilet and wipes his backside with a wad of £20 notes.
The Sun, not settling to just remind the reader each paragraph that Ridgewell is filthy rich, showed the picture to fans at the game yesterday against Stoke City for some man-on-the-street responses.
Carpet fitter Ryan Walker, 24, said: "It's insensitive to fans who have to scrape money together just to see him play.
"You wouldn't catch me doing that with a £20 note."
A fair point.
Painter Robert Jones, 38, said: "Even though he did it for a bet he should give a bit more thought to what kids who see it might think.
It is true, kids have a low tolerance for potty humor.
"It's not doing much for the image of footballers.
You know what, though? We're with painter Robert Jones on this one—this whole thing stinks and we've got to take it all the way to the top.
"I'd be interested to hear what the Queen has to say about it too. He'd have been hung for that 100 years ago."
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Dollar to naira exchange rate today black market (Aboki dollar rate):
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The number of birth defects among twins and triplets increased nearly two-fold in 14 European countries between 1984 and 2007, according to a new study.
Researchers, who had information on more than 5.4 million births occurring over the 24-year period, found that congenital defects rose from about 6 in every 10,000 multiple births to about 11 in every 10,000 multiples.
"The importance of knowing this is twofold. First, to make sure we have appropriate services available for mothers and babies. The second is to understand the relationship," said Helen Dolk, the study's senior author.
Dolk, from the Centre for Maternal Fetal and Infant Research at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, said she and her fellow researchers knew multiple births were on the rise and that those babies were at an increased risk for birth defects.
For the new study, the researchers, who published their findings in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, looked at the trends in births in 14 European countries between 1984 and 2007.
Of the 5.4 million births, the researchers found the number of multiple births increased by about 50 percent over that time. Ultimately, 3 percent of the births were multiple births.
Of the 148,359 major birth defects within those births, about 4 percent occurred in babies who were multiples.
Over the 24-year period, though, the number of birth defects among multiples about doubled, with a peak between the years 2000 and 2003 of some 12 birth defects per 10,000 multiple births.
The largest increase was in birth defects not caused by chromosomal abnormalities, such as physical deformations - which increased from about 6 per 10,000 multiple births between 1984 and 1987 to about 11 per 10,000 births at the end of the study.
Compared to singleton births, the researchers found the risk of birth defects was about 27 percent higher for multiples.
According to the researchers, some of the rise in birth defects may be attributed to the increased use of in vitro fertilization (IVF), which is known to come with an increased risk of anomalies.
The researchers write that people going through the IVF process might consider only implanting one embryo into a womb. While that may not cut down on the risk of a birth defect, it may affect the pregnancy outcome and put less of a strain on parents and resources.
"The fundamental message remains: the risks are low. Most babies are born healthy from multiple births or (IVF), but there are a number of reasons why single embryo transfers is a better option than multiple embryo transfer," Dolk said.
In general, she added, people should talk with their doctors before conceiving about reducing the risk of delivering a baby with a birth defect.
"The discussion with the doctor should be before pregnancy and that doesn't happen very often," she said.
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I can see that it is already really yours- with your touch! If you don't pressure yourself, I'm sure the ideas will just evolve naturally.ReplyDelete
I have a set of similar keys hanging at the front of my door from a friend in our old city before we moved into this house eight years ago. Unfortunately those are not the keys that go missing (if I don't put them on the hook, I am always looking for my car keys!)
God morgon från Skåne!ReplyDelete
Så vackert du har det! Sneda väggar känner vi igen, bor i en gammal smedja i södra Skåne med bjälkar och gamla stenväggar. Ditt vardagsrumsbord är som ett smycke! Jag älskar Indien och det ger klara Indien vibbar. Din stenvägg är alldeles förtjusande också. Tack för att du tog oss med in i din underbara "cottage"!
Kram Anna
Also in this little house you have your own style, it's so recognizable. Funny that the ceiling is so low, my husband would have 0,04 of it, for a cup of tea ;-).ReplyDelete
Nice to hear from you again! Hugs, Ingrid
so viele wunderschöne inspirationen!!! viele grüße von angie aus dem heute verregneten deutschland, aber wir haben die sonne im herzen!!ReplyDelete
Ett efterlängtat inlägg från ditt lilla hus!ReplyDelete
Åh, så roligt att få se, och jag ser ju att du har din hand med överallt och såååå vackert du har fått till det!
Lågt i tak? Jo, det kan jag tro, och compact living dessutom - en kreativ person som du löser det på bästa sätt! Hade själv mycket lågt i tak i mitt förra hyrda hus, så jag vet hur det är! Du får bara umgås med kortväxta personer!
Allt gott önskar jag dej i ditt rara lilla hus!
It will - after being Swenglified and Helenafied all over- be a charming place, no doubt about that, your living room is cosy allready! The cottage seems to be really ancient, with low ceilings and those stone-walls? What a task! As we still are renovating on that old cottage, I can quite imagine, that it takes its time.... Waiting for ideas and solutions.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the sneak peak!
I also think that the room has your personal touch already :). And I love it :). Having dark house inside and lack of beautiful light I know how challenging it is to take a photo. My walls look the same yellow-ish, despite being pure white :)).ReplyDelete
Have a lovely day, it is always nice to see a new post on your blog :). Lots of hugs and I hope the good winds still keep you company :) xxx
I love the look, understated elegance with rustic charm and oh so serene, beautiful!ReplyDelete
I wish you every happiness there. xxx
How wonderful to see your post. I wish you all things good and hope that you will be posting again soon. If not, that's OK too. Be well.ReplyDelete
Helena...i really like your little cottage...from inside and outside....glad to read a post of you...love from me Ria...x!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 November 2014 at 20:10
So nice to see your pictures, My first thought was I love that wallcolour, interesting how it can change in the light. also really like those pillows in the coach. very tasteful and stylish.ReplyDelete
Hope to see more of your new decorating.
Thank you so much
Agneta in Arizona
Very beautiful and cozy. And already looks like you! I've so missed your blog, so when this popped up in my feed it was a lovely surprise. We are thinking of downsizing not too many years from now, so I'll watch with great interest as you learn to live in a smaller space. I can think of many good things about it already.ReplyDelete
Helena, great to have you back to the world of blogging! Love love love that hat lamp. Did you make it? Aloha from Hawaii!ReplyDelete
Äntligen!! Ett livstecken!ReplyDelete
SOM vi har väntat! ;-)
Alltid lika fint hos dig Helena, vare sig du bor i en "cottage" eller slott!
Längtar redan till nästa inlägg.
Härligt att ha dig tillbaka!
Varma kramar!
It's wonderful, and inspires a rustic ness about your elegance.
Love the candelabra, the lamp, and that stone wall? I need to see more of that, it's amazing, and love the vibe. I know what you mean about getting use to carpets, I finally tore up mine and planked it with a good material that will help the selling aspect of this tiny cottage.
Looking forward to your next posting, don't make us wait so long next time. :)
See you soon,
Let all of what November offers you inspire the best from you.
Just wonderful!ReplyDelete
so lovely to see you back! I love this room - cosy and elegant.ReplyDelete
Annie x
Helena, your new home looks so cozy. Looking forward to seeing more of it! I tried to convert meters to feet ... if I'm correct, the ceiling is less than 6 feet 2 inches high, is that correct? My husband is 6 ft. 1 inch tall, so he'd barely fit!ReplyDelete
Happy to see you back. I wasn't aware that you had moved but am looking forward to seeing pics of your new home! I'm sure it will be wonderful.ReplyDelete
Helena like you I have been away from Blogland for a bit (busy on the farm this summer). When did you move? Are you still in England? Your new home looks very cozy and I look forward to seeing it blossom and grow.ReplyDelete
Härligt att höra ifrån dig. Hoppas allt är bra med dig. Du har varit saknad på bloggen. Vad mysigt du har fått i ditt lilla hus.ReplyDelete
Kram Linda
Loving the bowler hat lamp and the stone wall - such a cozy space!! Welcome to your new home :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 November 2014 at 09:26
Vad trevligt att du är tillbaka! Härlig inredning med alla dessa levande ljus, det är ju väldigt svenskt!ReplyDelete
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I discover your blog today and it's so beautiful.ReplyDelete
I really hope you will be back very soon !
Hi! where did you purchase your rustic wooden flooring from? I'm moving out of my parents home, I've saved up enough, and I'm lost to where to buy good decent quality flooring, ikea doesn't quite do it for me unfortunately. I've been scouring the net and can't seem to find flooring that I see on tumblr and bogs like this, so i'd be awfully grateful if you could get back to me or help me out with flooring shop suggestionsReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 March 2015 at 12:37
hello dear helena. I live in Konya Turkey. I follow with appreciation blog. greetingsReplyDelete
Please post an update! I've missed your blog so much and am eager to see how you've beautified your new place!ReplyDelete
Miss your posts...ReplyDelete
una pena muy grande q desde hace casi dos años no publicas nada pq tienes un blog preciosoReplyDelete
Thanks for this article, loads of cool ideas for people to design their home. It is so nice having a cozy home and getting in and on the switching CincyReplyDelete
Belas as imagens.ReplyDelete
Adorei conhecer o blog.
Belas as imagens.ReplyDelete
Adorei conhecer o blog.
- Anonymous2 January 2017 at 05:32
Please come back to blogging! I really enjoyed your posts and still stop by to see if you found time and energy to share your lovely pictures.ReplyDelete
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Best Wishes, Sunniva
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Two weeks in the West
Just about every dinky diner in the Northwest's logging country used to have a supplemental menu. Beside the grease-spattered board offering up fried eggs and bacon was another touting items such as spotted owl stew. It was a joke, of course, a jab at the endangered bird that many loggers blamed for the demise of their industry. Eat the owls, and they wouldn't get in the way of sawing down forests.
Dinner-plate activism is once again being served, but this time enviros are holding the forks. In early May, 200 chefs from across the country called on Congress to knock down dams and restore rivers to protect salmon along the Pacific coast. Otherwise, they say, wild salmon will continue to float belly-up to the surface of dammed, algae-infested rivers. And that will mean fewer of the fish on the nation's collective dinner table and an eventual end to "our country's last great wild meal," as the chefs put it in a letter to Congress.
The move comes as the battle over salmon-recovery efforts escalates across the Northwest. In Oregon and California, the fate of four salmon-killing dams on the Klamath River is in the balance. Indian tribes and fishing interests filed a lawsuit on May 2 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco against the dams' owner, PacifiCorp, to force the company to address toxic algae problems in the river that are attributed to the dams. The company has pushed back against this and other efforts to remove the dams, saying its customers rely on the cheap, emissions-free power. Further north, on the Columbia River, a federal appeals court in April upheld Judge Jim Redden's prior ruling that the Bush administration's salmon-saving efforts on Oregon's Columbia River are inadequate.
It's not clear which weapon will work best when it comes to saving salmon — lawsuits or the sauté pan. But if the chefs' effort succeeds, we may see a new wave of foodie environmentalism: Care for some Gunnison sage grouse confit with that roasted condor?
Uranium just keeps getting hotter, and Utah, Colorado and Arizona are feeling the heat.
Uranium's now fetching $120 per pound, up from around $10 just four years ago, creating excitement on the Colorado Plateau. In western Colorado alone, prospectors have staked more than 3,000 claims in the last year, a trend mirrored in southern Utah and northern Arizona. But yellowcake fever is cooled by one stark fact: Most of the nation's uranium mills were dismantled after the last bust, and those that remain are not processing raw ore. That means that most mines are still sitting idle, despite the recent boom. "It's active, but I wouldn't call it a frenzy," says Lynn Lewis, geologist for the Bureau of Land Management's Uncompahgre Field Office. "But if you open a mill, then there will be a frenzy."
That may happen soon. In April, South African-based SXR Uranium One purchased the mothballed Shootaring Mill in southern Utah, not far from Lake Powell, fueling speculation that it will soon be up and running again. Built in 1982, the mill is the newest in the U.S.; it ran for only four months before sinking uranium prices shut it down. The company also bought nearly 39,000 acres of mineral claims and leases in Utah.
Meanwhile, long-dead and gone uranium mills in Utah continue to make news. Members of the Monticello-based group Victims of Mill Tailings Exposure recently urged the state's congressional delegation to seek federal help for hundreds of current and former residents who have cancer. The group believes the illnesses are a direct result of living near the mill, which processed uranium from 1941 to 1960, and was finally cleaned up in 2004. And in Moab, 16 million tons of uranium tailings sitting on the banks of the Colorado River will be around for awhile longer; the Department of Energy recently said it would finish the cleanup in 2028, 17 years behind schedule. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, urged the department to act more quickly. Who knows, the cleanup from the last boom may even outlast the current boom.


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Railroads – Publications about the Newberry Library Collections
Baldwin, W.W. Documentary History of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. 3 vols. Chicago: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, 1929. Call number: 6A 1101. The Newberry Library holds the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company archives. Volume one describes lines east of the Mississippi River. Volume two describes lines in Iowa and Missouri. Volume three describes lines west of the Missouri.
Briggs, Martha and Cynthia H. Peters. Guide to the Pullman Company Archives. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1995. 794p. Call number: Ref Z 6621 N663 E5 1997a
Hirsch, Susan E. "The Pullman Company Archives at the Newberry Library." Origins 4.4 (1988): 1-3. Call number: E 171 073 and photocopy in checklist area. This archive consists of 1,600 square feet of ledgers, drawings, work orders, and financial records of the Pullman Corporation from the 1870s until 1959. There are no personal letters of George Pullman or office correspondence relating to the administration of the company. The material is richest for the daily function of the company in the 1920s and 1930s.
Jackson, Elizabeth Coleman and Carolyn Curtis, comps. Guide to the Burlington Archives in the Newberry Library, 1851901. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1949. Call number: Ref HE 2791 C6425 in checklist area. This collection, of approximately 400 square feet, is richest for the years 1870 to 1895. It is strongest in terms of financial and administrative records. There is little material of a working nature, i.e. payrolls, lists of employers, track or engine construction and maintenance, or any policy statements.
Jackson, Elizabeth Coleman. "Supplement to the Guide to the Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company." Unpublished, 1953. Call number: Special Collections Reference.
Lightner, David L. "Construction Labor on the Illinois Central Railways." Illinois State Historical Society Journal 66.3 (1973): 285-301. Call number: Local History F 896 .444 and photocopy in checklist area.
Mohr, Carolyn Curtis, comp. Guide to the Illinois Central Archives in the Newberry Library, 1851906. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1951. 210p. Call number: Ref H 668 .434 in checklist area. This archive of 350 square feet contains a valuable series of letters from the President, Stuyvesant Fish, 1887906 (80 volumes). The richest part of the collection runs from 1880 to 1905, with strengths in high-level administration. There are no working papers dealing with railway operations or personnel for this period.
Newberry Library. "Historical News and Comments." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 30 (1943): 310-313. Call number: F 875.587.
Werner, Herbert D. "Supplement to the Guide to the Burlington Archives in the Newberry Library 1851-1901." Unpublished, 1953. Call number: Special Collections Reference.


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Your Rights Under SIPC Protection
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) was created in 1970 as a non-profit, non-government, membership corporation, funded by member broker-dealers. SIPC provides limited coverage to investors on their brokerage accounts if their brokerage firm becomes insolvent. SIPC also, in many cases, protects customers from unauthorized trading in, or theft from, their securities accounts. All brokerage firms that sell stocks or bonds to the investing public, or that clear such transactions, introducing or clearing firms respectively, are required to be members of SIPC. Some special products firms, such as those that sell mutual funds or variable annuities only, will not be members of SIPC.
SIPC Membership
SIPC coverage applies to current (and in some cases former) SIPC members. Virtually all broker-dealers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are SIPC members; those few that are not must disclose this fact to their customers. SIPC members must display an official sign showing their membership. Check whether a firm is a SIPC member through the member database or call the SIPC Membership Department at (202) 371-8300.
SIPC's power to protect customers of former SIPC members ends 180 days after the member loses SEC registration. The SEC normally does not terminate a broker-dealer's registration if the SEC knows that the broker-dealer owes securities or cash to customers. Customers can therefore better protect themselves and assist the SEC by reporting their losses promptly.
SIPC Coverage
In general, SIPC coverage is available in two distinct types of situations:
Insolvent or Bankrupt Firms
SIPC was created to return customer property when a clearing firm became insolvent. In the securities industry, there are many cases where two separate broker-dealers work together to service a customer account. These firms are known as the introducing firm and the clearing firm. The introducing firm typically employs the individual broker who takes the customer's order and who sees that the order gets executed.
The clearing firm will hold the customer's cash and securities and send out statements describing the assets it holds "on deposit" for the customer. If the clearing firm becomes insolvent or otherwise cannot return the customer's property, it is SIPC's responsibility, not the introducing firm's, to make sure the customer's cash and securities are returned. For years, this was the most common situation where SIPC came forward to protect customers.
In virtually all cases, when an introducing firm ceases to operate , customer assets are safe as they remain in the custody of the clearing firm. You will find the name of the clearing firm on the monthly/quarterly brokerage statements you receive.
Unauthorized Trading
SIPC's coverage also includes limited protection against unauthorized trading in customers' securities accounts. This coverage can include unauthorized trading by persons associated with the introducing firm and may be available even if the clearing firm, but not the introducing firm, is still solvent.
Limits of SIPC Coverage
SIPC is limited in the risks, amounts, and investments that it covers, as described below.
Market Risk Not Covered
SIPC does not protect against market risk, which is the risk inherent in a fluctuating market. It protects the value of the securities held by the broker-dealer as of the time that a SIPC trustee is appointed. Trustees are appointed through a SIPC-initiated court proceeding to supervise the liquidation of a SIPC member that is insolvent or cannot return customer cash or securities.
An example shows this risk: A broker is shut down owing a customer 100 shares of ABC stock that was worth $50 a share, for a total value of $5,000. Five months later when the SIPC trustee is appointed, the stock has dropped to $30 a share. SIPC coverage would be limited to either replacing the 100 shares of ABC or the $3,000 in cash that the customer's stock is worth at the time of the appointment of the trustee. Conversely, if the stock rose to $70 a share when the trustee was appointed, SIPC would either give the customer 100 shares of ABC stock or, if the shares are not available, would give the customer $7,000. In short, the fluctuation in the value of the shares represents the market risk that is not covered by SIPC.
Dollar Limitations
SIPC coverage is also limited to $500,000 per customer, including up to $250,000 for cash. For purposes of SIPC coverage, customers are persons who have securities or cash on deposit with a SIPC member for the purpose of, or as a result of, securities transactions. For example, if a customer has 1000 shares of XYZ stock valued at $200,000 and $10,000 cash in the account, both the security and the cash balance would be protected.
For customers with multiple accounts, SIPC protection is determined by " separate capacity ." Accounts held in the same capacity are combined for purposes of the SIPC protection limits. For example, if a customer has two brokerage accounts under the same name at the same firm—SIPC coverage is limited to a total of $500,000.
SIPC does not protect customer funds placed with a broker-dealer just to earn interest. Insiders of the broker-dealer, such as its, owners, officers, partners, are not customers for SIPC coverage.
Protected Investments
Not all investments are protected by SIPC. In general, SIPC covers notes, stocks, bonds, mutual fund and other investment company shares, and other registered securities. It does not cover instruments such as unregistered investment contracts, unregistered limited partnerships, fixed annuity contracts, currency, and interests in gold, silver, or other commodity futures contracts or commodity options.
SIPC Liquidation Process
In the rare event of a SIPC liquidation, SIPC will generally ask a court to appoint a trustee to supervise the liquidation of a SIPC member that is insolvent or cannot return customer cash or securities. The trustee's duties include ensuring the return of customer property.
The trustee will send claim forms to each customer of the liquidating broker-dealer based on the broker-dealer's records and publish notice of the liquidation on its website at www.sipc.org . In addition, such notice may be published in some newspapers. Customers receiving a claim form must return it to the trustee by the deadline on the form or risk not recovering their cash or securities. The trustee reviews the customers' forms and determines what moneys to pay and what securities to return.
Investor Checklist
Customers should protect themselves by taking the following steps:
Read and Keep All Documents
Read all documents when opening a customer account and keep copies of them.
Check Trade Confirmations
Get and keep a confirmation for each security transaction, and check it to make sure it is accurate.
Review Statements
Review account statements for accuracy by checking all purchases, sales, receipt and delivery of securities, securities positions, receipts and disbursements of cash, and any other debits and credits.
Pay the SIPC Member
Do not make checks or other payments payable to an individual if they are to be deposited in a securities account. Be extremely careful if asked to make a check payable to any entity that is not: (1) the broker-dealer itself, (2) the broker-dealer's clearing firm, or (3) a bank as escrow agent. Do not use abbreviations, such as initials, on checks or other methods of payment. Write out the full name of the payee.
Report Unauthorized Trades
Immediately report suspected unauthorized trades in writing to the broker-dealer and keep a copy of the letter or e-mail. If mailed, use certified mail to show the broker-dealer got the letter. Promptly send copies to FINRA .
Report Problems to FINRA ASAP
Investors who cannot contact their broker-dealer, or who suspect wrongdoing or financial difficulties at the broker-dealer, should immediately file a complaint with FINRA through our online Investor Complaint Center .


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On January 20, The Kentucky Science Center (formerly Louisville Science Center) launched a new special exhibit that will run until May 19, 2013: BODY WORLDS Vital, an in-depth exploration of the human body and how our dietary and health choices affect our intricate physiological system.
The highlights of the exhibit, created by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, are the lifelike human forms frozen in various positions—the swordsman, the lassoing cowboy, the singer. These are not boring, plain skeletons left over from a high school science class; instead, they are real human specimens that have been preserved for display through a process called Plastination.
These human forms, complete with muscles, veins, bones, and organs, left a lasting impression on my young children who visited the exhibit last weekend. Even in 2013, when our children's education is routinely bombarded with high-definition graphics and 4D imaging and 360 degree viewing screens, there is something significant about taking a quiet moment to simply look at something real and trying to understand it. My almost-six year old grasped this concept, especially as she viewed a blackened smoker's lung next to a healthy pink one. (She was also quick to point out the difference between the male and female body forms, often adding in a hushed voice, "Do you know how I know that's a boy?" Well, yes, I do know. And I'm glad you also have been enlightened by this anatomy lesson.) I will admit that the exhibit was over my three year-old's head, as the bulging eyeballs in a halved cranium elicited more giggles than educational understanding. But then again, she didn't dislike the exhibit either. She just had more fun in the tot-filled Kidzone.
But for school age children, I think BODY WORLDS Vital will be a terrific educational outing. Whether or not your child is interested in science or anatomy, the exhibit encourages children to make the connections between healthy living and a healthy body. It's easier to understand the old adage, "You are what you eat" when you examine a spread-out intestine or the difference between the legs of an obese person and someone with a healthy BMI index. The human forms in the exhibit highlight the body in optimum health, distress, and disease, and even children can perceive the difference and choose which body they'd rather call their own.
The exhibit also features large photographs of several families from around the world and the contents of what they consume in one week spread out on a kitchen table. What an incredibly interesting display! My children really studied the difference between the Indian family's bounty of fruits and vegetables compared with the amount of meat consumed in Australia or the number of packaged foods in the American family's picture. It was a simple exhibit, but again, it really drove home the themes we try to teach our children about eating well-rounded, healthy foods in moderation.
If you are visiting BODY WORLDS Vital with a child, the Kentucky Science Center provides some useful integration materials online. Here you'll find some helpful questions and discussion points and you can download an educator's guide here.
You can get tickets for BODY WORLDS Vital at the museum or online. Members get access to the exhibit plus permanent exhibits for $10/adult and $5/child; non-members will pay $20/adult and $15/child. IMAX films The Human Body or Flight of the Butterflies can also be added to admission prices.
For more information, visit www.kysciencecenter.org.


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New research shows that the addition of two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences to a common MR angiography technique significantly improves detection of pulmonary embolism, a potentially life-threatening condition traditionally diagnosed through computed tomography (CT). Results of the study are published online in the journal Radiology.
Pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot"usually from the leg"travels to the lung and blocks the pulmonary artery or one of its main branches. CT angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis, but it exposes patients to ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast agent, which carries a risk of allergic reactions and kidney damage in some patients.
"MRI is developing much faster than CT," said Diego R. Martin, M.D., Ph.D., head of the Department of Radiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. "The images we're getting are already significantly better than they were a year ago. There is no doubt that in the future we will be able to offer a non-radiation-based alternative to CT for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism."
MRI has been used for pulmonary embolism detection in pregnant women and patients whose kidneys may be harmed by CT angiography contrast agents. However, the Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis III (PIOPED III) study, a major multicenter trial, found that centers had difficulty obtaining adequate quality MR pulmonary angiography (MRPA) for suspected pulmonary embolism. The PIOPED researchers determined that MRPA should be considered only at centers that routinely perform it and perform it well, and for patients who have contraindications to standard tests.
In the new study, the research team assessed the impact of two additional MRI sequences on MRPA's accuracy. The two techniques"contrast-enhanced volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) and non-contrast true fast imaging with steady-state precession (true FISP)"complement MRPA, according to Dr. Martin.
The addition of VIBE provides a gray scale that enables readers to distinguish between the clot, or thrombus, and the lung, which both appear dark on MRPA.
The true FISP test does not require contrast agent or a breath hold, an important consideration for embolism patients who often cannot hold their breath long enough for image acquisition on MRPA.
When Dr Martin and colleagues studied the three techniques on 22 patients with CTA diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, they found a sensitivity of 55 percent, 67 percent and 73 percent for MRPA, true FISP and VIBE, respectively. Combining all three MRI sequences improved the overall detection rate to 84 percent. Specificity was 100 percent for all detection methods except for MRPA, which demonstrated one false positive.
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A beautiful, bright felt flower bouquet like this would be a welcome addition to any tablescape or bookshelf. Sara of Creative Jewish Mom shows how to make several different kinds of cute felt flowers to then arrange as a cheerful, long-lasting bouquet. And because I have Halloween on the brain … I'm thinking it could be equally fun to make a felt flower bouquet from nothing but black and charcoal grey flowers for a cool Halloween decoration.
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Spoonin Rap
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Spoonin Rap Lyrics
You say
One for the treble
Two for the time
Come on, y'all, let's rock the -
( *whistle* )
Yes, yes, y'all
Freak, freak, y'all
Funky beats, y'all
Then you rock 'n roll
Then you roll 'n rock
And then you rock to the beat that just don't want you to stop
'Cause I'm the S to the P-double O-N-Y
The one MC who you can't deny
'Cause I'm the baby-maker, I'm the woman-taker
I'm the cold-crushin' lover, the heartbreaker
So come on, fly girls, and please don't stop
'Cause I'm MC Spoonie Gee, wanna hit the top
And young ladies, rock on
Say I was drivin' down the street on a stormy night
Say up ahead there was this terrible fright
There was a big fine lady, she was crossin' the street
She had a box with the disco beat
So I hit my brakes, but they're not all there
I missed the young lady by only a hair
And then I took me a look, I said, "La-di-da-di"
A big fine girl, she had a hell of a body
Then she looked at me and then she started switchin'
So I took my key out of the ignition
Got out the car and kept my mouth shut
'Cause my 20-20 vision was right on her butt
I caught up with her, I said, "You look so fine
I swear to God I wish you was mine"
She said, "Hey boy, you're Spoonie Gee"
"That's right, honey, how did you know me?"
She said, "Spoonie Gee, you're all the same
And everybody who disco know your name"
I said, "Come on baby, it's not too far
We gonna take a little walk to my car"
Once we got to the car, then we sat in the seat
And then the box was rockin' to the funky beat
And then I looked at her and pushed the seat back
Turned off her box and put on my 8-track
And then I started rappin' without no pause
'Cause my mind was just gettin in those draws
And then I got in the straw, we started do it to the beat
And started doin like this, started doin the freak
Freak, freak, y'all
'Cause I'm MC Spoonie Gee, I wanna be known
As the metropolitician of the microphone
'Cause I'm a man's threat
And I'm a woman's pet
And I'm known as the mamsel's joy
And I'm a man who fights on the microphone
And who all the people enjoy, y'all
Yes, yes, y'all
Freak, freak, y'all
And don't stop
Keep on
Say I was spanking and freaking at a disco place
I met a fine girl, she had a pretty face
And then she took me home, you say, "The very same night?"
The girl was on and she was outta sight
And then I got the girl for three hours straight
But I had to go to work, so I couldn't be late
I said, "Where's your man?" she said, "He's in jail"
I said, "Come on baby, cause you're tellin a tale
'Cause if he comes at me and then he wants to fight
See I'mma get the man good and I'mma get him right
See I'mma roll my barrel and keep the bullets still
And when I shoot my shot, I'm gonna shoot to kill
'Cause I'm the Spoonie-Spoon, I don't mess around
I drop a man where he stand right into the ground
You say from Africa to France, say to Germany
Because you can't get a man tryin to mess with me
'Cause I'm a smooth talker, I'm the midnight stalker
I'm the image of the man they call the J.D. Walker
If you're gonna be my girl, just come along
And just clap your hands to my funky song
I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't gamble neither
And most people call me a woman pleaser
'Cause I keep their phone numbers on the shelf
I go to make love, and then keep it to myself
So no one's gonna know what I'm doin' to you
Not your sister, brother, niece, nor your mother, father too"
And don't stop
You keep on and on and on and on
Like hot butter on say what, the popcorn
Young ladies rock on
Fly guys
What a big surprise
'Cause I'm MC Spoonie Gee, don't take no mess
From the north, the south, from east or west
'Cause everybody knows MC Spoonie Gee's the best
Young ladies rock on, y'all
Rock, rock, y'all and don't stop
Keep on to the sure shot
And then you rock and roll
And then you roll and rock
And then you rock to the beat that just don't wantcha to stop
'Cause I'm the S to the P-double O-N-Y G
I'm talkin about me, MC Spoonie Gee
Rock on, y'all
And don't stop
Keep on to the sure shot
Rock on and on and on and on
Like hot butter on say what, the popcorn
Don't stop the funky beat till the break of dawn
Young ladies
Young ladies
And when it comes to fine girls I'm like a lovin machine
It comes to makin love, I do the best I can
'Cause I'm known from coast to coast as the sixty-minute man
It comes to makin face, I got the macho class
I have all the fly girls shakin their ass
So for all you fly girls who wanna be loved
Check me out, cause I'm the highest above
I'm gonna call you up and give you an invitation
So you can see the way Spoonie Gee rocks the nation
One time, for the mind, y'all
Freak, freak, y'all
Funky freaks, y'all
Yo go hip-hop-a-hip-hip-a-hop
And then you're rockin' to the hip, and then you're rockin' the hop
And then you on and on and on and on
The beat don't stop until the freaks are gone
And rock on y'all, and don't stop
Keep on to the sure shot
And for you sucker-sucker dudes who commit a crime
You wanna do bad, but don't do the time
I say you wanna be dissed and then you wanna be a crook
You find a old lady, take her pocketbook
And then you steal your mother's borrowed money on the sly
You can run, but you can't hide
When the cops crashed through, your face turned pale
I'mma tell you a little story about the jail
'Cause see, in jail there's a game and it's called survival
And they run it down to you on your first arrival
They tell you what you can and cannot do
But if you go to jail, watch yours for a crew
'Cause when you go in the shower, he's pullin' his meat
And he's lookin at you and say you look real sweet
And at first there was one, now ten walked in
Now how in the hell did you expect to win?
I said you better look alive, not like you take dope
And please my brother, don't drop the soap
And if you get out the bathroom, and you're alive
Just remember only a man can survive
In jail of course, 'cause when you're doin' 15 years
You got no voice, you just have a warden
Who doesn't [?] no [?]
You're bound to turn a corner [?]
Well yes, yes, y'all
Freak, freak, y'all
And don't stop
Keep on to sure shot
Like a lime to a lemon and a lemon to a lime
I keep the funky beat, to say I pass the time
And like lemon and lime and like a lime to a lemon
A MC could attract all the women
'Cause I'm Spoonie Gee, and I wanna be known
As the metropolitician of the microphone
Yes, yes, y'all
Freak, freak, y'all
So just clap your hands and just stomp your feet
And just rock to the rhythm of the funky beat
To the funky, funky, funky, funky beat
The beat that makes you get up and pat your feet
Young ladies rock on, y'all
Rock on, y'all
Till the break of dawn
I say you do the Spank or the Patty Duke
Either one you want, you gotta get up and do
The rock-rock and you don't stop
You see I jumped the turnstile one summer day
And then I seen the cop, and then I fled away
And then he pulled his gun, but he did not shoot
So come on everybody, let's Patty Duke
'Cause I'm a-livin' well, and I'm ready to dance
Come on girl, let me show my romance
I'll let you see the way how I rock the mic
'Cause I know damn well that I could rock all night
Yes, yes, y'all
Freak, freak, y'all
And don't stop
Keep on, y'all
You go rock and roll
And then you roll and rock..
Spoonie Gee's mother died when he was 12 years old and he moved in with his uncle who was a record producer by the name of Bobby Robinson.
Spoonie Gee began practicing rapping with his uncle and soon released "Spoonin Rap" in 1979. The flow and the lyrics were incredibly far ahead of his time, Spoonie Gee is considered one of the founding fathers of gangster rap because of this song.
There are two versions of this song, both released in the same single: the one listed here is the A-side, in the original vinyl subtitled "A Drive Down The Street I Was Spanking And Freaking". The B-side version is in turn, subtitled as "I Don't Drink Smoke Or Gamble Neither I'm The Cold Crushing Lover".
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
- 2.Take It Off
- 3.Spoonie Gee
- 5.Yum Yum
- 7.Hit Man
- 13.Spoonin Rap
- 15.Street Girl


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yeah yeah… you've probably already seen it here and/or here … but we thought we'd show some more !!!
big up's to Street Lab, SID, the rest of the GRL Germany crew, all our workshop participants, and of course all the little kids that straight up mobbed us and helped us put up 350+ throwies !!