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In an event which you would normally see if you left a safe place in between waves of a psilocybin mushroom trip, a man in Texas was found wearing a banana costume, and holding an AK-47 with a 50-round clip attached. Via 12 News Now:
Beaumont police were called to Eastex Freeway near Highway 105 Saturday morning by people complaining about a man dressed as a banana holding an AK-47.
Derek Poe, owner of Golden Triangle Tactical, told 12News Saturday that it was part of the store's grand opening after moving locations from Parkdale Mall.
Poe said the man in the banana suit was holding an AK-47 across his back with the barrel pointing down and holding a sign with an arrow pointing toward the store. He said this idea was to attract customers to the store.
Yeah, most advertising meetings start with a pitch like, "What if, now stay with me here, instead of just a mascot, we give him an AK-47 near a mall! It's perfect!"
A Beaumont police spokesperson said officers temporarily detained the 18-year-old and found he had the rifle with a drum magazine attached with at least a 50-round capacity. The spokesperson said the teen was cited for violating a city ordinance that prohibits soliciting in and alongside roadways.
This is another example of not going through the common sense checklist. Somewhere on that list is to not dress like a fruit and carry a machine gun in a public area. Not sure if anyone knows this, but there have been some terrible shootings in the past few years.
What surprised me the most is that the teen didn't get arrested for owning an illegal weapon. Then I realized it's Texas, and it's legal to own an AK-47. So, standing in public with an AK-47 only gets you a few years in jail at least?
His gun was seized and he was later charged with disorderly conduct after police say witnesses claimed they were scared for their lives.
Disorderly conduct? According to the Texas Penal Code, swearing in public is in the same category as, "displaying a firearm or other deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm." Yeah, that sounds about right.
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Forgot to throw out my championship picks: A's in the AL, Dodgers in the NL. I'm crazy, I know, but I manage to guess wrong every year--and always by one year. Guessed the Sox in '06, guessed the Phils in '07, and I took the Tigers last year. So I guess the Tigers will actually win it. The good news for LA? I'm taking the Dodgers in 6 over the A's, so congratulations, Dodger Nation, on you 2010 victory!More baseball jibberish: I acquired C.C. Sabathia for Dan Haren in my fantasy league.Happy birthday to Carol, as well. -David
Spring Training predictions for the 2009 Season:AL West:Oakland A'sAL Central:Minnesota TwinsAL East:Boston Red SoxAL Wild Card:New York YankeesNL West:Los Angeles DodgersNL Central:Chicago CubsNL East: Atlanta BravesNL Wild Card: St. Louis CardinalsReasonings: The Angels are aging... Minnesota will have the best rotation, barring injury... The Red Sox will win 101 games, the Yanks with 98, Rays with 90-ish... Dodgers have a stellar line-up... Cubs are the best NL team on paper, but that rotation is bound to get dinged up... Braves have vastly improved their rotation with lots of innings, too bad they didn't get Furcal, and the Mets/Phillies lack pitching... Cards managed that many wins without Wainwright and Carpenter for the majority of the year and with Isringhausen/Franklin blowing tons of saves. With those guys out of the closer role and the aforementioned starters healthy, the Cards become a 93-win team. It'll be a shootout, but assuming every team is healthy, I don't see a better line-up AND rotation in the NL WC running than the Cards.-David
2009 Fantasy Line-Up: The Risky BiscuitsPitching:Chris CarpenterAdam WainwrightMatt GarzaDan HarenChad BillingsleyJohn DanksJair JurrjensDavid PriceLine:Matt WietersMiggy CabreraBruan RobertsEvan LongoriaRafael FurcalOrlando HudsonJustin MorneauRyan LudwickJay BruceRick AnkielJustin UptonAndre EthierBench:Yunel EscobarColby RasmusElijah DukesMarcus ThamesBrett Myers (accidentally pick, comp locked)So... How fucking amazing is that roster, given that I had the 9th pick in the draft?
Of those nominated, my picks on who/what should win:Supporting Actress: Viola DavisSupporting Actor: Heath LedgerActor: Mickey RourkeActress: Kate WinsletDirector: David FincherPicture: Slumdog MillionaireThese are all my non-nom'd picks, as well. Good job by the Academy this year on a grand scale, though there are plenty of non-winners that could have been nominated. -David
Hey.Haven't been around much. Been getting back in close with my best friend Reed lately, playing Gears 2 and Left 4 Dead (thanks Jen) online a lot. That's essentially where all of my free time goes lately, with work being so hectic. Officially got that promotion, btw, and am now making roughly 33-36k per year before taxes (though taxes are stingy on us 1099s). Got new neighbors below me. At first they were incredibly loud, and now I never hear them. Wondering if they were murdered or something. Makes me cautious to play Rock Band drums real loud, though it'll be hard to stay away with recent Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam announcements. Can't wait for the 24th... I desperately need that vacation time. It's been a terrible year, between the stuff with Val's family, my grandma's death, etc... My dad just recently had a couple of strokes too. I'm stressed. Can't get enough sleep. My eyes are my best feature, which doesn't say much when they're bloodshot 24/7. So what was everybody's favorite games of 2008? Here's my list...1. Dead Space (Atmosphere, gameplay, story, monster design, graphics... the definition of a total package)2. Metal Gear Solid 4 (Easily #1 with more gameplay, but unfortunately, I can barely remember playing the game aside from little moments and all of chapter 4)3. Mega Man 9 (The best throwback ever? Totally)4. Castle Crashers (Fantastic throwback to the beat-'em-up era with tons of unlockables)5. MLB The Show (I've played this more than any game in years--ever, maybe? My outfielder Risky Biscuit is in his 9th season)6. Gears of War 2 (Great campaign, flawed multiplayer. Bummer)7. Braid (Coolest story ever)8. N+ (Basic, simple, fun)9. Left 4 Dead (Great co-op, needs more than four campaigns though)10. LittleBigPlanet (Awesome story mode, flawed creator)Honorables to Rock Band 2 (some big improvements but the removal of certain features, like checking what your stars are on each song, was stupid) and Bionic Commando (nearly #10... lots of fun).Games I did not play worth noting: Fallout 3 (not an Oblivion guy), COD5 (not a COD guy), PoP (looks boring), anything on the Wii, DS and PSP. -David
Barack Obama, President Elect.I'm teary-eyed, thank you America. -David
Here's my predictions in the election. GO FUCKING VOTE, FUCK PUPPETS!Listing only swing states:McCain:NDSDMO (only reason is the boondocks)INFLAZGAObama:NVCONMNHNCMNWIPAOHVAMcCain: 212Obama: 326Please don't let me down, America. Please don't, because I'll literally cry otherwise.-David
My LBP stage is coming along very slowly but I'm enjoying myself and trying my best to perfect everything. It's called Catnapped. In it, you're a secret agent who must hunt for the Cat President's daughter, who has been captured by the Wood Cats. The Wood Cats are literally cats made of wood, who will sacrifice the Cat President's daughter to the Gods in order to gain life. It's coming along nicely, though I'm still working with switches, triggers and ropes hopelessly. -David
LBP online is exactly as I feared: 4 million maps where they just give you 1 million points and fall from great heights to get stupid goddamn trophies. Sigh. I'm having fun building my first stage, though. I'm using a little thing called my FUCKING IMAGINATION. -David
Happy belated birthday to Melly. Whee.Beat LittleBigPlanet last night... It's good, but that's about as far as I can go with it, unfortunately. It will ultimately fall into the Spore category, where the most impressive feat will be the ambition of the project. The physics are tremendous and tons of fun (especially in multiplayer), but they can also cause problems due to their randomness; I had to restart "The Mines" stage SEVEN times because a mine cart, where you push a button to make hot coals drop out of it, would get clogged up. The coals would jam in there together, making it impossible to progress. The worst flaw of the game, though, is the three plains of play. Oftentimes you'll be readily progressing over random obstacles and the game will say "You know what would be hilarious? If we made him walk into the lava instead of on the drawbridge across it." In my five hours of playing the game, this occured no less than 30 times, more often than not continuously and thus causing game over only to NOT do it whatsoever on the next playthrough. My buddy said it forced him to just stop playing, which is truly tragic; it's the type of thing that you notice much more when it fucks up than when it works, which is too bad since it works more than not.It's a fine title and an excellent level designer, but to quote Matthew Good, "Ambition can backfire." I don't see the game being nearly as good or nearly as flawed without these two large parts of the game, though, which is truly an odd thing to comprehend. The very things that hurt the game are the things that make it noteworthy of attention. Due to that, if you own a PS3, you've gotta buy it, but it's not the system seller I was hoping it would be. The PS3's third strike will be God of War, I suppose, meaning they've gotta swing the bat. Let's hope that's the home run this system needs.-David
The Ben Folds concert was excellent. He played almost every song from the new album, which has really grown on me since, as well as the "fake" versions of most songs from the album--he leaked a fake version of the album online to confuse pirates. Several older songs were played, they were: Kate, Fair, Underground (final encore, too--awesome), Army (highlight of the show, as usual... he doesn't even have to do the horn singalong instructions anymore), Annie Waits, Zac and Sara, Rockin' the Suburbs, Landed and You to Thank. Upset to not hear Selfless, Cold and Composed, Smoke, Bastard, anything from Speed Graphic, Prison Food, Don't Change Your Plans or Not the Same. Pretty lame set, but the show itself was fantastic--I'll take a bad set with excellent performances over a great set with Scott Stapp-esque performances any day.The Obama rally was a HUGE success. Seriously. The population of St. Louis City is 350,000, roughly, and 100,000 people showed up under the Arch to see Barack speak (well, most couldn't see--only hear, though we were two of the first ten thousand, so we could see him well). To give you a glimpse of what it was like:http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v288/ZoopSoul/Obama%20Rally%20Under%20the%20Arch/Enjoy. Off to play LEGO Batman.-David
Obama's coming to St. Louis on Saturday, and I'll be there under the Arch with him. Wooooo. Hoping to get some pics. Right in time too, as my Obama stuff is coming tomorrow.Going to see Ben Folds tomorrow, too. Hope he plays Selfless, Cold and Composed. -David
Put money down on Little Big Planet today at Gamestop to get the Kratos code. Game looks terrific, anybody else getting it? If so, lemme know your PSN (mine is ZooperBowl) so I can check out your stages.Here's to hoping for a Red Sox loss tonight; I'm rooting the Phils on, as I want So Taguchi to get another ring. -David
Forgot to mention my predictions in baseball. Oops!Brewers d. Phillies in 4 (Dead wrong here)Dodgers d. Cubs in 4Rays d. White Sox in 4Red Sox d. Angels in 3Rays d. Red Sox in 7Dodgers d. Brewers in 4Rays d. Dodgers in 7Very fun postseason thus far. Any playoff where the Cubs get whupped out of the gate is a fun one for me.Cleaned my house to bejesus and back, and started my YouTube Mega Man 9 series. I even mention a chin-strap dildo shaped like Melissa Ethridge's arm in the fourth entry; c'mon, that's fucking brilliant.The new Ben Folds is disappointing but still pretty good. Ben's at his best when he makes the type of music that makes you contemplate if life is worth living, and this album has practically none of that. -David
EPIC birthday haul, best since I was a wee lad:*ION Drum Rocker for the Xbox 360 (a real electronic drum kit, $300... FLAWLESS, too. Fully adjustable with cymbals)*$130 to Best Buy*$75 to the theater*$25 to Panchero's*LEGO Batman (360)*$100 in cash*8000 MS Points ($100)*Birthday lunch at Pasta House*CandyI'm stoked. Gonna use my gift cards to buy Gears of War 2 and likely a capture device for my YouTube page. That drum kit is simply amazing... A lot of people have broken cymbals but mine are perfect, no dropped or added hits. I'm getting scores in RB now that I never thought possible. Very fun. Got full combos on You Oughta Know by Alanis and PDA by Interpol my first time through, and only missed one note on Lazy Eye. So much fun, though using the cymbals is a new beast that my brain must tame.
It is my birthday. Yayz. I didn't really ask for anything this year, been preoc'd... I'll let you know my haul at the end of the day. Val bought me seven Mighty Muggs (Count Dooku, Asajj, Anakin Skywalker, Captain Rex, Silver Surfer, Galactus, and Human Torch).The Toys for Tots charity is on hold due to the IRS claiming that everything I make will be my income. Direct donations are a problem due to the fact that I won't receive S&H money then... So I'm gonna look at doing it through eBay.-David
Haven't posted in a while; been busy on the work side with... well, work, and upstarting mine and Brian's charity for the Holidays: we're making exclusive material for a DVD of our YouTube material and selling it for $15, with all proceeds going to Toys for Tots. Just getting companies to sign on for the project has been a bitch. We've got Ronald Jenkees doing the soundtrack, which I think Infamous Chris is rapping over them... not positive yet. So as odd as it sounds, please consider us for your holiday donation this year. Busy with Spore and my broken Rock Band 2 drums on the play side. Spore's pretty awesome, though I can easily see through the gloss and realize exactly how shallow it is at it's core. RB2 seems decent, unlike the $100 official drum kit I bought, which was busted out of the box. Five week "minimum" wait for a new one from EA. Thanks EA!Back to work... Figured I'd announce this here, though. Pretty excited/nervous about it. Starting a charity is a lot more work than I bargained for, unfortunately. -David
Got my entire house cleaned. I scrubbed OCD-style, remodeling two closets and throwing out old furniture. Scrubbed the bathroom floors for five hours, the bedroom floor for two hours, kitchen floor and countertops, the whole nine yards... Val's closet took seven hours that destroyed my back, but everything is in order. Figured I'd need the space if I had to evacuate my goods from my house.Bought new glasses (black: http://www.lenscrafters.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product%7C-1%7C11151%7C10051%7C13851%7C10514%7Cbrands%7CMensFrames%7C40864) and a new phone this week... My old phone wouldn't properly run the internet because it was too old. I got the bare minimum of a new phone, and it's amazing what an upgrade it is. Bought Spore on the cell, too, which is quite fun and worthy of $7.Haven't talked to Val in two days... Hope she's alright. -David
Just wanted to thank everyone for the nice replies, IMs, phone calls, etc... So thanks Carol, Erin, Brad, Brian, Jesse, Jason, Erika, Melissa, Melly, and anybody else I may have forgotten.The house goes to me in the will, but I'm giving it to mom... She deserves it and has lived there forever on her side (technically two properties that connect--she lives on her tiny 3 room side, Gran lived on her seven room side). She was surprised, which I'm a bit shocked by. Why wouldn't I give it to her, truthfully? She took care of Gran throughout the years, it's only right that she gets it. Aunt Chris agreed with my decision, which I'm thankful for.It's an odd feeling, seeing someone you love die. As sad as it is, it puts a lot of things in perspective. It's a refreshing, interesting experience; those words are often used in positives tones, though horrifying experiences can cleanse your palette and make you think things a tad bit differently. Still, I prefer to use those words in their native positive tone when speaking of what I went through during this ordeal. I'm not usually an optimist--I don't prefer pessimist, though; "realist" seems a bit better, and unfortunately being realistic usually ties in with being a pessimist in the day and age we live in--though I can't help but feel a sense of closure mixed in with the sadness and memories. It's a bit hard to explain, as they all blend together like some sort of emotional smoothie concoction. Hmm, I'm thirsty.Onward we march, because we're not dead yet. Need to set up an appointment to get glasses. Thinking black frames might be sexy. Ladies? What say ye? Black frames? Thick or thin? -David

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The human eye and brain is designed to see continuous lines and other complex structures as a single entity. We do not see patterns of light. We see faces, bodies, chairs, tables. lines and circles. This helps us make sense of the complex patterns of light that strike our eyes.
The a continuous line is simpler than the `pixels' that it is made of. We need to recognize and respond to complex structures, not in detail, but to their meaning. We need to recognize food, predators, escape routes and canyons that are potential traps. We recognize geometric shapes as a starting point for seeing what is relevant to our survival.
The reality that contemporary physics paints is radically different than the conceptual framework we develop naturally. What we see as continuous lines are complex structures made up of individual molecules and atoms. Light itself comes in discrete packets of energy called photons.
The mathematics of contemporary physics remains centered on continuous structures that are sophisticated versions of the concept of a continuous line that we are designed to recognize. The objects in physical space in contemporary physics have a discrete structure, but time and space are still modeled as continuous entities.
Part of the reason physicists focus on continuous space time models is that other models are far more complex and difficult to work with. Science must use the tools it has and these inevitably have limits and shortcomings. But it is important to distinguish between decisions made for sound scientific reasons and those made for pragmatic ones. For what is practical changes with our mathematical understanding and the tools of technology.
This chapter and the next explore the possibility that time and space are discrete or digital. Could there be a smallest possible distance and a smallest possible time just as atoms and molecules form the smallest possible unit of physical substances?
A continuous line would constitute a completed infinite totality. It would imply that infinite sets exist in some physical sense. We are a long way from being able to resolve this issue. It will take experimental techniques far beyond our existing capabilities to explore the time and distance scales where contemporary physics suggests we might observe the digitization of space-time. What we can do in this and the following chapter is paint a picture of contemporary physics that suggests why we might eventually discover that the universe is digital and finite. We can also point out some of the experimental approaches that might aid in the search.
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Infiniti G35 - Timing Chain Tensioner Problem
What do you think about this video?
bdawg-202016: I love you in 2017. Thank you.
Erick Ramirez: My timing chain does not make a big sound., only the first time i start the car and the it is quiet. Could this problem cause the vehicle to stop working after 7 miles?
rawkus812indiana: Stay away from Nissan? I just got rid of my 2000 Sentra 1.8 with 310,000 miles on it! And still running strong.
jesus carrillo: How much does all the parts that you replaced cost you?
TrollTechRUS: if its a non intereference engine you can still fix it... chain/tensioners for sure but head gaskets, engine studs water/oil pumps, and anything else related might need to be done as well.
Norman Scearce: Can you fix it, once it's broken completely, or will I need to replace the engine? I have an i35.
Safiloo1: I did this job on my Maxima 05, and its one hell of a job, took me 4 days and i did it alone, changed the 3 chains, main tensioner, water pump and all the guides, belts, spark plugs, valve cover gaskets, o-rings. Not to hard, just time comsuming.
Vinh Nguyen: OH man... I think I'm in the same boat :(
rothdan: To Mike s: The primary chain tensioner wasn't providing pressure anymore, so the chain starting slapping and making and sound. Luckily I caught it early so it didn't cause any damage. We ended up replacing all the tensioners and the chain, just because you have to open the entire thing anyway to get at everything (which is why the labour costs so much). The actual parts don't cost much at all though.
rothdan: I believe the chain on the 350 and murano is the same, but the g35 has a different part number. Same size engines, but different configuration I believe.
who cares: should the tensioner of a murano and 350z, g35 be the same? i
Avason1: Stay away from nissan? That is an ignorant comment. 97 with 235,000 miles. just replaced the water pump because it was leaking a little bit. Mechanic didn't want to replace the timing chain...yes chain (not belt) because it looked great. Infinities are awesome cars dude.
Daniel Young - The Loan Doc: I just replaced the tensioner on my 2005 nissan maxima and it cured that rattle sound. the tensioner was broke and it will do it in all models of their 3.5 engines including infiniti it seems
Don17p: hey where is the timing chain located on the g's????im buying one this weekend an 06 is there anything i need to look out for???
Dalana Morse: Thanks for the fast response! :)
rothdan: I forget the exact cost, but it was well over $1000 because of the labour involved. The problem was just the tensioners (like $80 for the parts only), but since you have to take apart so much of the engine to get at it, we also replaced the timing chain just in case.
Dalana Morse: curious to know how much this repair cost you? Mine has started making the same noise. Seems to only do it when the car is cold though, but it is so loud and embarrasing!
oke1konbe: stay away from nissan huh?type in acura tl timing noise plenty of videos
rothdan: @CampinBush It's got a little over 150k now. The actual tensioners were the problem that created this in the first place, not the actual chain or anything else inside. I just replaced the chain because it was already going to be open. I did notice that the new tensioners from Nissan had an updated design, so they must have found the problem and fixed it at some point. Depending on your year, you may have these in your car already.
rothdan: @Solumic yeah, because no other brands have problems, oh wait...lol
Schools: Learn how to get phlebotomy training in California! The job pays decent money for the amount of schools needed to graduate.
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October 26, 2013
Research Suggests Topiramate Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
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A medication currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat epilepsy and migraines could also be the first drug capable of effectively treating cocaine addiction, according to new research published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.Bankole A. Johnson, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and colleagues recruited 142 adults who were seeking treatment for cocaine dependence. Once accepted into the double-blind study, they were randomly given either the drug topiramate or a placebo.
"Using an intent-to-treat analysis, the researchers found that topiramate was more efficacious than placebo at increasing the participants' weekly proportion of cocaine nonuse days and in increasing the likelihood that participants would have cocaine-free weeks," the university said Friday in a statement.
Similarly, Johnson's team found a significant association between topiramate and both a decrease in craving for the drug and an improvement in the subjects' overall level of functioning in comparison to a placebo. They also reported observing a few mild side-effects among those in the topiramate group, including abnormal skin-tingling sensations, distortions in taste, difficulty concentrating and anorexia.
"Our findings reveal that topiramate is a safe and robustly efficacious medicine for the treatment of cocaine dependence, and has the potential to make a major contribution to the global health crisis of addiction," Johnson explained. "However, topiramate treatment also is associated with glaucoma, and higher doses of the drug can increase the risk of side effects; therefore, caution must be exercised when prescribing the drug, especially when given in high doses."
The professor had previously found that topiramate was a safe and effective treatment for alcohol dependence when tested against placebo, and these latest results build upon previous research which found that cocaine-dependent men and women who were not seeking treatment were more likely to experience a reduced level of cravings and preference for cocaine when taking the epilepsy/migraine drug than when taking a placebo.
According to the university, the research – which was supported by the National Institutes of Health and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – indicates that the medication could even be more effective in treating the addition of those actively looking to kick the habit. The research is said to be one of the first to seek out a pharmaceutical treatment to help the between 13 and 20 million people addicted to cocaine worldwide.
"Because topiramate is the first medication to demonstrate a robust therapeutic effect for the treatment of cocaine or alcohol dependence, its fundamental neurochemical effects provide important clues as to common links in the neurobiological basis of the addictive process in general," Johnson said.
"These findings also add to our understanding of how addiction affects the brain because it demonstrates the unique concept that dual neurotransmitter modulation, by simultaneously augmenting the inhibitory action of gamma amino butyric acid and inhibiting the excitatory effects of glutamate, can result in therapeutic effects that reduce the propensity to use cocaine," he added.


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TORONTO, June 25, 2014 /CNW/ - Russell Investments has posted its official lists of companies set to join or leave the Russell Global Index, Russell 3000® Index and Russell Microcap® Index when the annual reconstitution for its U.S. equity indexes concludes on June 27. The lists of projected additions and deletions for the Russell Indexes are available at the Russell reconstitution website and include 38 additions to Canada.
Each June, Russell realigns its family of global equity indexes to reflect market changes in the past year. This year's rebalancing will impact approximately US $5.2 trillion in assets benchmarked to and nearly US $800 billion in assets invested in institutional and retail investment products based on the Russell Indexes.
U.S. leads global equity markets to new all-time highs; leadership shifts toward large-cap value in the U.S. as peripheral Europe rebounds and Canadian equity market expands
"Changes at this year's Russell Indexes reconstitution for Canada reflect a market led by energy and banks on the heels of an improving U.S. economy," said Shailesh Kshatriya, associate director, client investment strategies at Russell Investments Canada Limited. "Going forward, we believe these two sectors will play a pivotal role in the outcome of the domestic benchmark as well as the Canadian economy.
The Canadian equity market increased 16% for this year's reconstitution period, from May 31, 2013 through May 30, 2014, and now stands at $2.1 trillon CAD in total market capitalization. At this year's reconstitution, 38 Canadian companies join the Russell Global Index, an increase from 34 last year, placing Canada eight among countries adding new constituents. Of the 38 new Canadian companies joining, 11 are Energy companies and five are from the Financial Services sector. These two sectors had the biggest increase in weighting within Canada since last year's reconstitution, gaining 2.2 and 0.84 percentage points, respectively. The Materials & Processing sector had the largest loss since last year, decreasing its weighting by (-3.4) percentage points. A notable departure from the Top Ten includes Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, whose stock struggled after the breakup of the Belarusian Potash Company cartel, while high flying Valeant Pharmaceuticals was a new entrant to the Canada Top Ten.
Total market cap for the Russell 3000® Index, reflecting about 98% of the investable U.S. equity universe, increased nearly 18% to US $23.2 trillion for this year's reconstitution period, from May 31, 2013 through May 30, 2014. The U.S. small-cap Russell 2000® Index increased over 17% to US $2.0 trillion. And the breakpoint between U.S. small- and large-cap stocks hit a new record of US $3.1 billion, up 19% from US $2.6 billion in 2013.
In the U.S. market, the Russell 1000®, 2000® and 3000® Indexes all reached new highs in the past year. Large caps outperformed small caps during the one year period ending May 30, 2014, with a 20.9% return for the Russell 1000® Index relative to a 16.8% return for the Russell 2000® Index. Year-to-date, performance leadership in the U.S. has shifted to large-cap value, with the Russell 1000® Index outperforming the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell 1000® Value Index outperforming the Russell 1000® Growth Index.
Total market cap for the Russell Global Index, reflecting about 98% of the investable global equity universe, increased 13% to US $60.6 trillion for this year's reconstitution period, from May 31, 2013 through May 30, 2014. The global index (which includes the U.S. market) experienced an 18.1% increase for the 12-month period ending May 30, 2014, while the Russell Global ex-U.S. Index returned 15.9% for the same period. Top performing developed market countries over the last year include Spain (46.4%), Denmark (44.3%), Italy (39.6%) and Finland (38.6%).
With a one year return of 5.7%, the Russell Emerging Markets Index lagged compared to developed markets. Top performing emerging market countries included the United Arab Emirates (75.9%), Egypt (50.3%) and Greece (27.6%). While Egypt exhibited strong performance over the last 12 months, persistent economic and market risks associated with Egypt resulted in Russell's reclassification from emerging to frontier market status as of reconstitution 2014.
The Russell Frontier Index returned 16% in the 12 months ended May 30, 2014, with Qatar (54.5%) the top-performing country. Qatar's strong equity market growth caused its index weighting to be capped at the maximum 15%, according to Russell Frontier Index methodology.
Of the 846 new additions to the Russell Global Index at reconstitution (41 of which are initial public offerings, or IPOs), the U.S. gained the largest number of new companies through the reconstitution process (148) followed by Taiwan (68), China (67) Japan (59) and the United Kingdom (56). The U.S. led all Russell Global Index country constituents in IPO additions at reconstitution with 27, followed by the UK (7), and China (5).
Thirty year anniversary for market indexes at Russell Investments
"With our annual index reconstitution, the global equity markets receive their annual report card," said Ron Bundy, CEO of Russell Indexes. "Index reconstitution is a critical time for our global indexes and for our clients. Because this process includes our entire index family and impacts investors around the world, it is one of the most closely watched market events of the year. This year's reconstitution is even more significant as it has been 30 years since Russell first introduced market indexes."
Since the Russell 1000®, 2000® and 3000® Indexes were introduced in 1984, the Russell family of global market indexes has grown to reflect three decades of unprecedented growth in the global equity markets:
Index Methodology Determines Country & Company Re-classifications, BDC Disqualification
As previously announced on March 3, 2014, Russell's index country classification process has determined that Egypt, formerly classified as an emerging market, will enter the Russell Frontier Index effective at reconstitution. In addition, Russell's rule for determining country assignment for index constituents, which takes into consideration three home country indicators (HCIs) 1) country of incorporation, 2) country of headquarters 3) location of most liquid exchange, as well as primary location of assets and/or revenue when necessary, has determined that Tyco, Inc., will be reclassified from Switzerland to the U.S. and rejoin the Russell 1000® Index. Russell's country assignment rule has also determined that Liberty Global and Delphi Automotive, currently in the Russell 1000®, will be reassigned to the Russell Global ex-U.S. Index.
Russell also concluded that business development companies (BDCs) are ineligible for Russell Index membership as a result of issues related to reporting of acquired fund fees per SEC regulation. At the June 2014 Russell Index reconstitution, BDCs will be removed from the Russell Indexes.
The preliminary lists of additions and deletions are the first public step in Russell's annual reconstitution. Any updates are posted June 20 and 27. Final membership lists, which include breakouts for the Russell 1000® Index, the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell Midcap® Index, will be posted on Monday, June 30.
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My first day of maternity leave was 1 Syawal — a paid holiday of course (alhamdulillah..the beauty of keja makan gaji). So, last week on 2 December I have already to figure out how to turn off the mom-brain and focus to work.Duhhhhh!!!
Like most mums, I am getting really upset while at work and feels so bad for leaving my 2 cutey-mutey princess since we've hardly been apart (especially dgn Kak Long tu..)
But, I think most of us working mums have what I call "mother guilt" for pretty much everything kan… but we learn to live with it and recognize it for what it is :) We might like to be home full-time but for a multitude of reasons (unlimited wants, atau dlm bahasa yg mudah phm, nafsu shopping yg melampau.. bla..bla) we simply can't!
sweet kan my beloved nih!
extra ice packs and this book I beli kat Mom's Little Ones
Hezryn Amyra (left) and Humaira Sufea (right)..my angels!
Dan..untuk menghilangkan tekanan perasaan, I amik gambar sendiri dlm toilet. Pose malas nak keja namanya..(yg ni jgn tiru ek..tak elok utk pekembangan karier anda)
me..in the office toilet..ehee..gambar takde motif
I'm going to miss them so much plus I'm really worried that I'm not going to be in the right head space to get my work done for these 2-3 weeks in time. So, please excuse me for that yer boss:)
Insyaallah..new year will come with new spirit and new revolution!
To my beloved kids..
As hard as those times away from us, the more enjoyable our time together will be!Muasssss..


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This is the internet. The internet can be rude sometimes. You'll often run into those trolls that will try to rile up other members and mods. My advice is to ignore them, and if it comes down to it block them. If they keep being rude to you, or even harass you, report it to a mod.
Irronicaly ,there are numbers of knowledgeable person who also acts rude or are full of themselves on the public chat only because theoretically their knowledge is so great and they are superior to the poor beginners.
My advice is simply to ignor them as stated above!
People are just people. Some are polite, some are rude. And it is easy to be rude on the internet since you are hiding behind a computer screen. They would probably not behave that way to your face.
If you're going to hang out on the internet, and in chat here, then you will certainly encounter those who are rude. Maybe you will need to grow a thicker skin. Or simply ignore them if you can.


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UPLAND >> Daniel Garcia is waiting to find out the fate of the dog who attacked and killed his 15-year-old golden retriever, Lazer, while out for a walk last month in the Colonies neighborhood.
The owner of the 3-year-old pit bull, who has raised him since puppyhood, is nervously awaiting the decision as well.
Animal control officers are completing their reports on the attack, which will be presented during an upcoming hearing that could determine if the pit bull, Johnny Rango, could be euthanized.
"People used to see me walking the dog, the old man and the dog walking around the neighborhood," Garcia, 64, said about Lazer. "The kids knew him. Everyone loved him. He was the best dog I ever owned, and I miss him."
Upland City Manager Stephen Dunn said he is waiting to receive the reports before he sets an official hearing date but expects it to occur within the next three weeks.
The city must then give the parties involved a 10-day notice.
Johnny Rango's owner, Alicia Fagundes, and her 12-year-old son have been visiting their pet daily in the Upland Animal Shelter where he is being held.
"I love my dog. I don't want him killed," she said. "He's a loving dog. He doesn't deserve to die over this. By all means, if it were a person or a child I would put him down myself."
Garcia was walking Lazer about 8:15 p.m. Aug. 25 in his neighborhood in the Colonies, when he saw Johnny Rango approaching.
"I tried to come between my dog and the other dog," he said. "The dog looked like a pit bull dog, and he latched on to my dog's right shoulder. (Lazer) is an elderly dog, so he tried to defend himself, but he was limited in his strength. At that point, I grabbed the dog by the neck and started striking the dog with my left fist."
It took Garcia and three neighbors to pulls the dogs apart.
Neighbors took Garcia and Lazer to hospital, where the dog was given a 50/50 chance to live. But due to his age and the extent of the wound, Lazer died early the next day, Garcia said.
Garcia asked Fagundes to pay for Lazer's medical bills and an additional $2,000 for pain and suffering.
They signed a settlement agreement stating that Garcia will not seek legal action against Fagundes.
Since becoming city manager in 2011, Dunn has held three hearings dealing with dog attacks, but this one is different.
Because Johnny Rango was in a fight with another dog in March 2012, there could be a recommendation to now define him as vicious and euthanize him, according to the city's Municipal Code.
As a result of the first altercation, Fagundes was required to kennel Johnny Rango while she was not home and to post signs.
Fagundes said in the most recent attack, she believes a neighbor let Johnny Rango out of his outdoor kennel while she was at work.
"There was no evidence of him getting out and hopping the fence or anything left open," she said. "I know he was let out."
The upcoming hearing will likely be treated as a public meeting, Dunn said.
Anyone who comes will be allowed to speak during public comment, including the owners of the dogs.
After the public comments, Dunn said he will look over recommendations from animal control based on their reports and discuss those recommendations with the involved parties.
If there is a recommendation to euthanize Johnny Rango, Fagundes can appeal, Dunn said.
Fagundes said her dog has never been aggressive toward people — including her children — and gets along well with her other 3½-pound dog Bella.
"People think because they're pit bulls, that they're bad. They're not. It's not the case," Fagundes said. "My dog is not vicious. He's not rampant. He doesn't bite human beings. He's like a big baby at the house."
Garcia said he has wrestled with the idea of putting down the other dog in this situation,
Originally, he said he did not want Johnny Rango to die but rather be rehabilitated. But he has since changed his mind.
"When I do go to the hearing, I plan to speak for the euthanasia of the dog," he said. "I'm very sorry for (Fagundes') loss, but I'm just trying to get over everything. I'm trying to get past this and not hold a grudge against her."


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Generating Native Excel Files in Perl
Over the years, I've probably created thousands of reports for customers and co-workers. Usually, I have a web-based program that generates reports in either html or comma-separated format. The html format is a lot prettier and usually gives the user what they want. The comma-separated format allows the user to easily import the results into Excel, or into Open Office in the case of my more enlightened users. From there, they add formatting to the raw data and send the resulting report to whereever it's going. All this formating is done manually by customers who tend to want the same report periodically, so this results in a lot of re-work on their part. Most of the time, they're just happy to get the data and don't complain about having to pretty it up a bit. But there is a better way.
The Spreadsheet::WriteExcel Perl module allows you to generate data, format it, and output it in native Excel format. Many times I simply have a list of canned reports and give my customers hyperlinks to them.
Let's walk through a simple CGI script that uses Perl the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module. The code presented in this article is based on a program I wrote for a customer some time ago and isn't as pretty, or correct, as it could be. It's just meant as an example of what you can do with the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module. But I assure you, the program I delivered to my customer was fantastic!
First, some boilerplate:
#==================================================== #!/usr/bin/perl use DBI; use CGI; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=test;host=db.example.com", "postgres", "passwd") || die "Can't connect to database.\n"; $cgi = new CGI; print $cgi->header("application/excel"); #====================================================
In this snippet of code, we load the DBI module because we'll be asking a PostgreSQL database for our data. Then we load the CGI module because it just makes writing cgi scripts easy, and we all like easy, right? Then we connect to the database and get a database handle for later use. Similarly, we get a CGI handle so that we can use the methods provided by the CGI module.
Since the sole purpose of this program is to return a native Excel file, I've hard coded the MIME type as shown above. If you had a script that presented your users with a data retreival form, or a report picklist, you'd have to move the call to header() to a more appropriate part of your code.
Now let's start building our report.
#==================================================== my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new("-"); my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet("Cover Sheet"); my $bold = $workbook->add_format(); $bold->set_bold(); $worksheet->write(5, 0, "Division Number:", $bold); $worksheet->write(5, 1, $division_number); #====================================================
In this section, we create a new Spreadsheet::WriteExcel handle and store it in the $workbook variable. Instead of passing the object constructor a file name, we simply pass "-" to it, which causes the resulting spreadsheet to be output to SDTOUT. Our report is going to have a simple coversheet that lists the division number, so let's add the sheet next. We have to jump through a few hoops in order to format the "Division Number" label as boldfaced text. First, we need to create a new format object with the add_format() method. Then we can set various attributes of the format; in this case we simply make it bold. We could have made it a red foreground on green background, italicized, and right-justified. Buy why? In this case, we simply want the label to stand out, so we make it bold.
Finally, we put a few pieces of data into our coversheet with the write() method. First, we put the "Division Number" label, in bold, in the first column of the sixth row. Note that in Excel, rows and column start at 1, but in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, they start at 0. Also not that the location is "row, column" not "horizontal, vertical." When I first started using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel, I tended to loose track of that and wondered why my spreadsheets looked so funny.
The $division_number variable is a non-empty, integer variable that gets defined elsewhere.
Well, now let's add a second worksheet to our workbook and put some real data in it.
#==================================================== $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet("Customer Details"); my $current = $workbook->add_format(); my $overdue = $workbook->add_format(); $current->set_color('green'); $current->set_num_format('$0.00'); $overdue->set_color('red'); $overdue->set_num_format('$0.00'); $col=0; foreach $i ("Customer Name", "Customer Number","Phone Number","Amount Due") { $worksheet->write(0, $col++, $i, $bold); } $sth = $dbh->prepare("select name, number, phone, due from customers where division=$division_number order by name"); $sth->execute(); my $row=1; while ($a = $sth->fetchrow_hashref()) { $worksheet->write($row,0, $a->{name}, $bold); $worksheet->write($row,1, $a->{number}); $worksheet->write($row,1, $a->{phone}); if ($a->{due} > 1000) { $worksheet->write($row,1, $a->{due},$overdue); } else { $worksheet->write($row,1, $a->{due}, $current); } $row++; } #====================================================
So now the code is actually getting interesting. After creating a new worksheet, the next thing we do is allocate two more formats. We allocate a red format for customers who owe too much money, and a green one for customers who don't owe so much. Then we kinda want the dollar amounts to display as dollar amounts, so we add a numeric format to each.
Column headings come next. Because I'm lazy and I anticipate adding columns later, I add the column headings in a for loop. Doing it this way makes additions as trivial as adding a new name to the list.
Next we ask the database for some data. In this case, we're asking for a list of customers by name and number, their phone number and how much they owe.
We print out their name in bold, followed by their customer number and phone number in regular typeface.
The last column is a bit more interesting. In the last column, we check to see if the customer owes us more than $1000. If they do, we use our red, overdue format to print how much they owe us. Otherwise, we use our green, current format.
Once we've printed out an entire row, we go to the next row with the $row++ line and grab the next record from our dataset.
Well, we're almost done.
#==================================================== $dbh->finish(); $workbook->close(); exit; #====================================================
Disposing of our database handle with the finish() method is usually a good idea. Closing the spreadsheet handle with the close() method causes the buffers to be flushed and our spreadsheet to appear on STDOUT.
Sure, this could have been a 10 line program if all we wanted to do is output a comma-delimited file and leave our user to do all of the importing and formating. But this program wasn't too difficult to write and the results are much nicer. Figure 1 shows the resulting spreadsheet after I manually set the column widths. The Spreadsheet::WriteExcel Perl module allows us to set various types of formatting as well as generating spreadsheet formula. The module is so easy to use, and the customer response to the results is so positive, I don't even waste my time generating comma-delimited reports anymore.
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thank you so much for these tips.
really amazing and helpful.
more power! :)
Generating Native Excel Files in Delphi
for read write native Excel files in Delphi & C++Builder, see
Create a file in excel using perl and convert it to XML
Create a file in excel and then convert the file into XML which shall be an even based. Using Perl conversion factor convert the DOM (Document Object Model) of the XML into an event based XML by defining the tags by using the hash technique with packages and modules of the Perl.
Please help me in writing script for above scenario
Code Review -- comments
In most language cultures, the variable 'i' is used to indicate a 0-based index into an array. Although it can mean *anything*, using $i to hold a column header is a misleading distraction. A better name might be $column_header. The loop would then read as follows:
use strict;
my $col = 0;
foreach my $column_header ("Customer Name", "Customer Number","Phone Number","Amount Due") {
$worksheet->write(0, $col, $column_header, $bold);
Note that I also added "use strict;" that requires all variable to be declared with 'my'. Together, they are a small burden that pays huge dividends later should you mistype a variable name. Instead of silently displaying nothing but continuing to run, the program fails to compile. I'd much rather have a loud complaint than a silent bug!!! This practice is common in modern programming circles for all but "trivial" code. (As such, it's often not shown in "example" code, but should always get used in any "real" code.)
I also rewrote the column increment. Although it works as you have it, its confusing to a lot of folks when you *use* a variable and *increment* it on the same line. They're unsure of which happens first, the use or the increment. Writing it as two lines never causes the same confusion. In this case the use happens before the increment. Should you want the other behavior, transpose the lines. Straight forward. No confusion.
Oh, i can not locate a hyperlink example to script the link using perl.
# Write a hyperlink
SOLVED: Nifty, but cgi not xls?
print header(-type=> "application/excel", -attachment=>'foo.xls');
It helps to look in the right man page :)
Nifty, but cgi not xls?
Nice bit of code and a good example of how to use that module. One quick question, how do I change the downloaded file from foo.cgi (the neame of my program on the server) to foo.xls (the file I want the user to save)?
The comma-separated format
The comma-separated format allows the user to easily import the results into Excel, or into Open Office in the case of my more enlightened users.
You just sound like a typical, ridiculous Linux Zealot. People are "more enlightened" if they use Open Office? You are aware that Open Office is deficient in rendering documents/spreadsheets in a way compatible with MS Office, which the rest of the world uses?
on August 14th 2008 an
on August 14th 2008 an anomous windows id10t wrote:
"You just sound like a typical, ridiculous Linux Zealot. People are "more enlightened" if they use Open Office? You are aware that Open Office is deficient in rendering documents/spreadsheets in a way compatible with MS Office, which the rest of the world uses?"
This is a Linux journal, what application would you expect them to recomend sure as heck not M$ Office.
I notice that in your example diagram, it shows the amount due under the account number column because you have the last three columns all hard coded to print in column 1 of whatever row.
HIPAA rules? ;)
better Perl
Please start you program with "use strict;use warnings;". 'exit;' is not necessary at the end of program.


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Why. .. . plese moms let STOP all the agumenting back n forth !!!!!!!!
Im sure im not the only mom that gets upset with the arguments/ fights/ put downs/ im better then . .ets comments/ posts on here. We are here t help out and asks other moms...
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Media Center PCI get a lot of questions about a Media Center PC, specifically what does it do and how do you build one? A Media Center PC is not practical for most of us. It's not so much driven by technology meeting opportunity as it is driven by big company marketing wanting a foothold in your family room.
What Is A Media Center PCA Media Center PC is the entertainment hub in your family room for all things digital. The movers and shakers in the computer industry are very serious about something called a Media Center PC and are spending bazillions to get to it. There's big money to be had - at least so think companies like Microsoft and Sony - if they can be the king of the family entertainment center. That's why they sell their latest game consoles for hundreds less than they cost to make, so they can have that presence in the family room. The so-called Media Center PC is another means to this end. It's years away from maturity, if it even makes sense. I haven't built a Media Center PC because it just doesn't seem like a compelling thing to have at the moment. Maybe one day the marketing hype will live up to the promise, but not today.
A Media Center PC is a computer for the family room. That means it has a look-and-feel that's somewhat different than a desktop computer. The video output for the computer is probably not a computer monitor, but a large-screen TV. It's very important the computer itself be small, quiet and stylish looking. When I say small I mean so it integrates into the entertainment environment well. When I say quiet I mean so you don't hear it over the TV or stereo. The need for small and quiet can makes things a bit tricky. This is because of heat. A small box means whatever heat is generated is more concentrated. Heat is usually dispelled by fans, but the typical computer with quiet fans may not be quiet enough for the family room.
What Does A Media Center PC DoWhen you think Media Center PC, first think Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Also known as Digital Video Recorder (DVR) by cable providers and as TiVo by satellite providers. I use PVR and it's great, but I just rent a box from the cable company that does it because it's so cheap and easy. If your Media Center PC can't do PVR then it's not a Media Center PC.
Here are the things a Media Center PC might do.
Use a hard drive to record and store television programs and play them back later.
Watch TV programming (broadcast, cable, or satellite) on your computer monitor.
Listen to music through your home audio system.
Edit your digital photographs and display them in digital slideshows.
Edit your digital home movies.
Listen to local and Internet radio.
Record music and video files to CD.
Play games.
You know, everything.As you can see, a Media Center PC doesn't do anything new, it just does everything you ever wanted in one slick, quiet, easy-to-use, bug-free, trouble-free, no hassles, no worries, perfect little electronic box that never needs an upgrade and never crashes - with a remote control. At least, that's what marketing types would have you believe.
As for me, I don't see how all these things make sense coming from one box. If I'm watching TV then I'm relaxing and I want to see it on the largest screen I can afford and I want to watch from the sofa where I may fall asleep. If I'm editing digital photographs or home movies then I'm working and I need to be sitting up and alert as I would be at an office desk. Certainly no one else in the household wants the big screen family TV tied up while I tediously process the family photos. Given the obvious split in how these two types of activities are usually done, how does it make sense to integrate them? How is a Media Center PC any practical advantage over a DVR, CD player, receiver and some speakers?
What Do I Need To Build A Media Center PCGiven everything it's expected to do, it should be no surprise that a Media Center PC is vastly more expensive than most PC's, and more complex. A Media Center PC needs the most of everything. The fastest dual-type processors, every RAM slot filled with the biggest memory modules, the biggest hard drive (think RAID), an add-on sound card, plus specialty add-on cards for tuning TV programming, a DVD RW optical drive and a memory card reader. Plus a high-end video card if top-tier gaming is desired. Configuring the computer with all these components can be difficult since with all these add-ons it's easy to run out of the right kind of add-on slot needed for each type of card, especially since a small, compact computer is what's desired and accommodating motherboards and computer cases often save space by constraining the number of add-on cards. Also the power supply needs to be carefully chosen in terms of being able to handle the large load, the amount of heat generated, and the amount of noise generated. And don't forget the software to support all the digital functions I mentioned above, starting with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition for the operating system.
A Media Center PC can be done, but it's well out of the mainstream of what most people would find practical.
My complete recommendations for building a computer with quality components at unbeatable prices is on my home page at Build A Computer Like My Super PC - Cost To Build A Computer. Here again are the recommendations for a motherboard!
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U.S. shippers may opt for air cargo alternatives on West Coast
A sharp spike in air cargo demand has been evident ever since the ILWU and PMA began negotiating a new contract several months ago.
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When it comes to assessing the current state of the U.S. West Coast dockside labor situation, air cargo providers may be contemplating this verity: "it's an ill wind that blows no one any good."
A sharp spike in air cargo demand has been evident ever since the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) began negotiating a new contract several months ago.
According to Brandon Fried, executive director of the Airforwarders Association, some of that business may never return to the waterfront.
"Our shippers use all modes of transport in their operations," he says, "but we are seeing a very significant shift back to air now…especially with components of the perishable market. The disruptions at the ports are too unstable…especially now that drayage has become part of the equation."
As LM has reported, independent truckers and Teamster drivers have staged several demonstrations at Southern California terminals in recent days. While these are not sanctioned strikes, shippers may be unnerved by the potential consequences.
An on-again, off-again trucker actions at the Port of Vancouver also has shippers concerned.
"The air cargo industry suffered when the air controllers were fired in the 1980s," observes Fried. "And 9/11 dealt a serious blow to this sector for a long time, too. But we've recovered from those setbacks and it appears that air carriers are poised to capture freight for a long time."
About the AuthorPatrick Burnson, Executive Editor Patrick Burnson is executive editor for Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review magazines and web sites. Patrick is a widely-published writer and editor who has spent most of his career covering international trade, global logistics, and supply chain management. He lives and works in San Francisco, providing readers with a Pacific Rim perspective on industry trends and forecasts. You can reach him directly at [email protected]
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Thanks to DMS technology and excellent insulation properties there is no condensation inside the hall. Condensation is on inner side of the membrane and in between layers.
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Mr. WHITEHOUSE. My topic had been the acidification of our oceans as a result of carbon pollution now up 30 percent in acidity and projected to increase 160 percent in acidity at unprecedented rates in millions of years. It has been 50 to 300 million years since we have seen this kind of dramatic change in ocean acidity. For species that use calcium carbonate to create their shells and skeletons, such as oysters, crabs, lobsters, and the little plankton that so many other species depend on as the base of the food chain, it becomes harder for these species to thrive.
These unprecedented changes I am talking about in ocean acidity are not happening alone, they are happening on top of dramatically changing ocean temperature that is also driven by carbon pollution.
Just this week on the surface of the Earth, we experienced one of the hottest summers on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this statement about the northeast shelf large marine ecosystem, which extends from the Gulf of Maine down to Cape Hatteras. Here is what they said:
During the first 6 months of 2012, sea surface temperatures ..... were the highest ever recorded. Above average temperatures were found in all parts of the ecosystem, from the ocean bottom to the sea surface and across the region ..... The annual 2012 spring plankton bloom was intense, started earlier and lasted longer than average. This has implications for marine life from the smallest creatures to the largest marine mammals, like whales. Atlantic cod continued to shift northeastward from its historic distribution center.
I don't need to tell anybody in the Northeast how important the stability of the cod fishery is right now. That historic fishery is facing significant reductions in catch limits because the population is not rebounding as expected from the reduced catches that fishermen are already contributing to try to solve this problem. Something is causing that failure to rebound, and the unprecedented environmental changes occurring in the ecosystem can't be overlooked as the culprit behind this unexplained phenomenon of failure to rebound.
NOAA cited a 2009 study published in Marine Ecology Progress Series that analyzed survey data in the region from 1987 to 2007. It found that about half of 36 fish stocks evaluated have been shifting northward for the past four decades, with some disappearing from U.S. waters as they move farther offshore.
In Narragansett Bay, in my home State of Rhode Island, average water temperatures have increased by 4 degrees. This amounts to an ecosystem shift. In fact, the bay, once dominated by bottom-dwelling fish, such as winter flounder, is now more populated by open-water species, such as squid and butterfish.
Let's look at winter flounder a little bit more closely. In the 1960s, the biomass of winter flounder in Narragansett Bay was as high as 4,500 metric tons. By 2011, it was down to just about 900. This is the total estimated biomass on the blue line. The red line is the landmass. That is what the fishermen were able to catch and bring in. As my colleagues can see, it went from 1,000 metric tons up to 2,000 metric tons and then, over time, it sagged and returned to 2,000 metric tons, and now it is left to virtually zero. This was a very productive fishery for Rhode Island fishermen and it is now virtually gone.
Past overfishing had a role to play, but so too has the dramatic temperature change and the stock's ability to recover is made all the more difficult by ongoing temperature change as well as acidification.
The changes facing our oceans do not stop at higher temperatures and greater acidity. I wish they did. But as average global temperatures rise, water expands. Water expands as it gets warmer, and new fresh water pours out of the snowpack and ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. Long-term data from tide gauges in our traditional sailing port of Newport, RI, show an increase in average sea level of nearly 10 inches since 1930. At these tide gauges, measurements show that the rate of sea-level rise has increased in the past two decades compared to the rate over the last century. The increase is not just happening, it is speeding up. This is consistent with reports that since 1990, sea level has been rising faster than the rate predicted by scientific models used to generate the IPCC estimates.
Global predictions for sea-level rise range from 20 to 39 inches by the year 2100, with recent studies showing that the numbers could be even higher than that due to greater than expected melting of glaciers and ice sheets.
Our Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council has used these predictions to estimate that by 2100, the sea level in Rhode Island could rise approximately 2 to 5 feet. For our coastal ocean State, that is a dramatic threat.
Sea-level rise and the increase in storm surges that will accompany it threaten at-risk coastal areas, whose roads, powerplants, wastewater treatment plants, and public facilities may need to be reinforced or relocated.
The natural environment there--estuaries, marshes, and barrier islands--has a role. They act as natural filtration systems and they act as buffers against storms, and they are being inundated by rising seas. In Rhode Island, local erosion rates doubled from 1990 on to 2006. Some of the freshwater wetlands near our coast are already transforming themselves into salt marsh as a result of this inundation.
Our Coastal Resources Management Council has documented places such as a beach in South Kingstown, where 160 feet of shoreline has been lost to erosion since 1951 at a rate of 3 feet per year.
In the small but vibrant coastal community of Matunuck, beaches have eroded 20 feet over the past 12 years. The town faces difficult decisions as the only road connecting the community and its restaurants and businesses
is protected by less than a dozen feet of sand. The road provides access for emergency vehicles and it lies on top of the water main. These are not easy concerns for communities with limited resources and lives and livelihoods at risk.
Geo-engineering solutions have been theorized to keep the temperature of the planet in check as a result of global climate change by blocking in various ways the heat of the Sun. These notions may seem somewhat farfetched, but even given that, they will not stop the chemical process of acidification of our oceans. Only curbing global carbon dioxide emissions can do that.
Sadly, our government in Washington these days responds more to dollars than to truth, and the dirty energy dollars are on the march this campaign season. Over the weekend, the New York Times analyzed 138 energy-related campaign ads aired on television. It estimated that over $153 million has been spent this year to promote coal, argue for more oil and gas drilling, and to attack clean energy. With nearly 7 weeks to go before this Presidential election, 2012 ads promoting fossil fuels are nearly 150 percent higher than 4 years ago, and that is with 7 weeks to go, the peak buying season.
Other disturbing details emerged from the New York Times article. Governor Romney, his PAC, and the RNC have received at least $13 million in campaign contributions from fossil fuel industry executives or related groups. Governor Romney has accepted $3 million in contributions from Oxbow, a coal company controlled by William Koch, a brother of David Koch.
Nature could not be giving us clearer warnings. Whatever higher power gave us our advanced human capacity for perception, calculation, analysis, deduction, and foresight has laid out before us more than enough information to make the right decisions. These God-given human capacities provide us everything we need to act responsibly if only we will.
But the polluting special interests appear to rule here. The party of Theodore Roosevelt, the great conservationist; the party of President Nixon, who founded the EPA; the party of John Chafee of Rhode Island, who was instrumental in the passage of the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act; and the party of Russell Train who, as I mentioned earlier, died this week at the age of 92 after a distinguished career in environmental protection in the Republican Party--that party has now become the servant and handmaiden--perhaps ``paid consort'' would be a better way to say it given the money involved--of polluting special interests.
All of this money can alter how Congress behaves, and all of this money can influence the laws we pass, but the laws of nature are not subject to repeal no matter how much special interest money flows into campaign coffers. The laws of chemistry don't care about the filibuster. The laws of physics don't care how Senators vote. Nature will work its will and one day there will be an accounting.
Madam President, I yield the floor, and I note the absence of a quorum.
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Giacomo Bonaventura's agent says his client is calm over his exclusion from Italy's provisional World Cup squad.
The Atalanta player was named in Cesare Prandelli's party to undergo physical tests in Coverciano a few weeks ago but has not made this next 30-man shortlist.
"I am not surprised he hasn't made it," Giacondo Martorelli told Calcio News 24. "Our national Coach probably already has his plans worked out and he is now taking that forward.
"Being considered by him in the first place is an important thing, but we will see after the World Cup whether Giacomo can make himself a regular and whether Prandelli appreciates him.
"I think Giacomo has reacted calmly. There is nothing that can make him think about anything else at the moment.
"Obviously everyone hopes in their hearts that they can realise their dreams until it becomes impossible, but Giacomo knows he has both time and quality on his side. For him, nothing is closed.
"At this moment he should be free in the knowledge that he has done his best.
"Now we need to leave Prandelli to work in what will be a difficult World Cup. We hope that he, as an Italian, can do well."
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Oyston: The Best Football I've Ever Watched
In an interview with the Blackpool Gazette, chairman Karl Oyston has praised the Seasiders' style of football this season, declaring it the best that they've played during his tenure at the top.
Oyston said: 'I am delighted with the first half of the season. It has been absolutely fantastic and from my point of view it couldn't have gone better.
'The way we are playing is terrific and it is the best I've ever seen us play.'
In his interview Oyston also praises manager Ian Holloway for getting more out of the players than previous regimes, as well as for making some quality signings.
However, he insists that he is not getting carried away by talk of the Seasiders achieving promotion to the Premiership:
'I won't get involved in any talk of promotion. I didn't when we were in League One and I'll carry on like that.'
He finished the interview off by confirming that new players will be arriving at Bloomfield Road this transfer window.


text: I will soon need to invest in a system for protein purification. My needs initially will be to handle the purification of 10 - 100's mg of recombinant proteins, and later hopefully transitioning into process development / validation of promising candidates. It has been years since I have looked into this type of equipment. I am currently investigating 3 products / suppliers. They are Pharmacia (AKTA Explorer), Perseptive Biosystems (Biocad) and Beckman (Biosys). My general impression is that the Perseptive product is the best all around choice, but given Pharmacia's tenure in this area I feel that I must give them appropriate consideration. My reluctance in going with Pharmacia is that this product is new and unproven. I would appreciate feedback from any AKTA system users reading this message. Do you find the system easy to use? I have heard that there may be issues with respect to software bugs and hardware malfunctions. Any truth to these rumors? I would also appreciate feedback on the other two systems, but my main concern is with Pharmacia since it is the least established droduct in the group. Thanks in advance for your help -- this will be a large expense for our small company and it is very important that we make the proper decision. R.J. Samples, Ph.D. Bio Innovation Laboratories, Inc.