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Tottenham v Cheltenham: Match Preview
Tottenham Hotspur v Cheltenham
White Hart Lane
FA Cup, Third Round
Saturday 7th January, 15:00
Team News
Harry Redknapp looks set to name a completely changed side for Tottenham's third round tie against Cheltenham.
Aaron Lennon and Michael Dawson look set to feature after recovering from injury, while Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Rafael Van Der Vaart and Emmanuel Adebayor will be rested.
The Spurs boss will be unable to call upon injured duo Sandro, William Gallas and Scott Parker
Redknapp to ring changes for Cheltenham
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has admitted he will rest a host of first team players for his side's third round tie against Cheltenham on Staurday.
Spurs find themselves in third position in the Premier League, just three points from 2nd placed Manchester United and six points from league leaders Manchester City with a game in hand over both sides after the hectic festive period.
The amount of games played over Christmas and New Year looked to be catching up with Spurs as both Sandro and William Gallas limped off in the 1-0 win over West Brom last weekend, while Scott Parker remains sidelined with a knee complaint.
Redknapp believes he has to use the full extent of his squad for the tie in order to not harm his side's title challenge, but says he is taking the threat of their opponents seriously.
"We will change it around," said Redknapp. "That's no disrespect to Cheltenham, but we've played the same players (over Christmas and New Year) and we can't keep playing them. We need to use the squad."
He added: "But we will still field a team of international players, we want to make sure we get through."
There was some good news for Redknapp as Michael Dawson looks set to make his return to action following a long lay off through injury, with the former Portsmouth manager describing his impending return as "great".News Now - Sport News


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GeoDjango Dependencies with Apt-get on Ubuntu
The GeoDjangoInstall wiki describes in detail how to install GeoDjango dependencies from source, which for many reasons is a great approach.
However, with Ubuntu releases you can also use the Synaptic Package Manager (
apt-get install on the command line) to handle some of the installation work for you. In the next version of Ubuntu (8.10), it will likely be possible to install almost everything needed using Synaptic as libraries are updated.
- Note: if you take this route, be advised that the location of install directories will differ significantly from the source install approach. ie. PostGIS will be installed inside the PostgreSQL contrib and share directories specific to the PostgreSQL version number.
This writeup is based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Any readers should update this document based on their experience from this version and note differences with newer versions.
Short Version
The following is a list of commands to enter into the Terminal to install GeoDjango on Ubuntu. For more detailed explanations on the installation process see the GeoDjangoInstall wiki.
* #Download and Install the latest version of Django * cd ~ * wget http://www.djangoproject.com/download/1.0-beta-1/tarball/ * tar xzvf Django-1.0-beta_1.tar.gz * sudo python ~/Django-1.0-beta_1/setup.py install #Enter password to give root privileges as prompted throughout the installation * #Install Apache2, PsycoPg2, PostGreSQL, PostGIS, build-essential [to be able to compile libraries], and Mod_Python * sudo apt-get install apache2 python-psycopg2 postgresql build-essential libapache2-mod-python postgresql-8.3-postgis #Press 'y' to confirm download * wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/gdal-1.5.2.tar.gz #The version in the Repositories is currently not new enough for GeoDjango * wget http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2 #The version in the Repositories is currently not new enough for GeoDjango * tar xzvf gdal-1.5.2.tar.gz * cd gdal-1.5.2 * ./configure --datadir=/usr/local/share/gdal * make * sudo make install * cd ~ * bzip2 -dc geos-3.0.0.tar.bz2 | tar -x * cd geos-3.0.0 * ./configure * make * sudo make install * sudo cp /usr/share/gcs.csv /usr/local/share/ * sudo pico /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf #Edit to allow Django Connections, as per the regular Django Docs * sudo pico /etc/apache2/sites-available/default #Edit to Create Django Locations, as per the regular Django Docs
Create your PostGIS enabled PostGreSQL db
* sudo su postgres * createuser [username] * psql * alter user [username] with password '[password]'; * \q * createdb [dbname] * createlang plpgsql [dbname] * psql -d [dbname] -f /usr/share/postgresql-8.3-postgis/lwpostgis.sql * psql -d [dbname] -f /usr/share/postgresql-8.3-postgis/spatial_ref_sys.sql
Full Instructions
Step 1
Install Needed Programs using apt-get or Synaptic
apt-get install apache2 python-psycopg2 postgresql build-essential libapache2-mod-python postgresql-8.3-postgis #Or install using Synaptic
Step 2
- Open up access in the pg_hba.conf file
sudo pico /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf #Alternatively use gedit or a text editor of your choice # change ident sameuser to trust - WARNING SECURITY RISK # comment out this line to allow, for instance, to django/psycopg2 to connect without password local all postgres ident sameuser
- Restart the server by switching into the default user
sudo su - postgres pg_ctl -o -i -D /var/lib/postgresql/8.3/main/ restart
- Restart the server by switching into the default user
Step 3
Download needed libraries that do not have new enough versions in Synaptic
wget gdal-1.5.2.tar.gz http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/ wget geos-3.0.0 http://geos.refractions.net/downloads
Step 4
Compile and install these libraries so GeoDjango can find them Extract gdal-1.5.2.tar.gz and geos-3.0.0 to folders on your Desktop and install::
#in the gdal-1.5.2 directory ./configure --datadir=/usr/local/share/gdal make sudo make install #in the geos-3.0.0 directory ./configure make sudo make install sudo cp /home/[Your Username]/geos-3.0.0/capi/libs/* /usr/lib/ sudo cp /usr/share/gdal/gcs.csv /usr/local/share/
Step 5
Create your PostGIS
template_postgis database
# Switch to the default postgres user sudo su - postgres # Create a template database with UTF encoding owned by the postgres user (or your user of choice) createdb -E UTF8 -O postgres -U postgres template_postgis # Now you can switch back to your normal user exit # Load the required procedural language for postgis createlang plpgsql -d template_postgis -U postgres
Now you are ready to actually load the postgis functions and tables as sql inserts
- Note: the two postgis sql files (lwpostgis.sql and spatial_ref_sys.sql) were likely installed in the postgres share directory
pg_config --sharedir # will give you that dir # Also look in: ls /usr/share/ # or /usr/local/share/
psql -d template_postgis -U postgres -f /usr/share/postgresql-8.3-postgis/lwpostgis.sql # Note: ignore any NOTICES, like 'psql:/usr/share/lwpostgis.sql:44: NOTICE: type "histogram2d" is not yet defined'
- You should see output like:
- If you get an error about not being able to find
geosadd /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run:
ldconfig # Then restart PostgreSQL
Then load the geographic projections table:
psql -d template_postgis -U postgres -f /usr/share/postgresql-8.3-postgis/spatial_ref_sys.sql
Whoa! Hopefully that worked, and you will only have to do it once!
From then on create a PostGIS database like:
createdb -U postgres -T template_postgis DB_NAME
Step 6
Return to GeoDjangoInstall for troubleshooting and tests for GDAL and GEOS (see bottom of page)
Step 7
Check out MapServer, Mapnik, and OpenLayers, open source mapping applications recommended for use with GeoDjango.
Install these and a few other helpful utilities with:
sudo apt-get install cgi-mapserver python-gdal python-mapscript

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Beer has long been an integral part of Belgian culture, so it's no surprise that many brews make their way into the country's cuisine. This traditional Belgian beef stew recipe will warm you from the inside out. Robust brown ale enhances the flavor of the meat and gives the dish an extra-delicious kick. Serve another brown ale on the side, and those icy winds won't stand a chance.
3 lbs. lean beef stew meat, cut into 1 ¼-inch cubes
3 Tbsp. oil
1 large onion, sliced
6 whole cloves garlic, trimmed
1-1 ½ oz. brown ale (Stoddart uses Leffe Brune)
2 cups beef broth
2 whole dry bay leaves
2 sprigs each fresh thyme, rosemary and parsley
⅓ cup red currant jelly
Salt and pepper to taste
Heat oil in a large, heavy pot, add the meat and sear over high heat until all sides are browned. Remove meat from pot and set aside, reserving any oil in the pot. Reduce the heat to medium, add garlic and onions to oil and sauté until light brown. Return meat to pot and add beer, broth, herbs and bay leaves. Cover the pot and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, on low heat for 45 minutes to an hour, or until meat is fork-tender. Add red currant jelly, salt and pepper and continue to simmer, uncovered, for 5 to 10 minutes.
For a thicker stew, make a roux: Melt half a stick of butter in a pan with a half cup of flour, sauté until golden brown and whisk this mixture into boiling stew one tablespoon at a time until stew is the desired consistency.
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|Adventures of Indiana Jones, The (Trilogy)
|Tuesday, 21 October 2003
At last, producer George Lucas has allowed some of his films to be put on to DVD. Everyone has reason to be happy with the results, as these transfers are among the most pristine I have ever seen for a restored film. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" especially stands out, since it is a 22-year-old film whose colors and contrast leap off the screen. There is nary a speck of dust on any of the negatives and digital enhancement has been further used to clear up any flaws that might have accumulated over the years. It's nicer than some recent films that have come out on DVD. Of course, Lucas and director Steven Spielberg have some of the best film people behind them and these restored transfers, plus they are both very technically savvy and perfectionist filmmakers.
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" introduces us to the adventurous, cunning and brilliant archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones, played so brilliantly in the series by Harrison Ford. The film starts out in the jungles of Peru in 1936, where we meet Jones for the first time, in pursuit of an ancient golden statue. After a series of successfully bypassed booby traps, Jones escapes the temple only to run into his nemesis, the French archaeologist Belloq (Paul Freeman), who takes the idol from him and sends Indy on his way, pursued by spear-and arrow-wielding natives.
Back in the States, we see Dr. Jones teaching at a university in front of a class of hopelessly lovesick female students. As the class ends we meet Dr. Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliot), who then has a joint meeting with Jones and two men from Army Intelligence. It seems that Indy's old mentor Abner Ravenwood has been mentioned in a Nazi communiqué in regards to a place named Tanis. Jones and Brody both react with astonishment and relate that the Egyptian city of Tanis is one of the rumored resting places of the Lost Ark of the Covenant, in which Moses placed the pieces of the stone tablets upon which God carved the Ten Commandments. Eager to prevent Hitler and the Nazis from getting their hands on such a powerful object, Jones is sent to find the Ark before the Nazis.
The first step is finding a key relic that is in the possession of his former mentor's daughter, Marion (Karen Allen), with whom Indy had an affair years back. This journey takes him to Nepal to find Marion and then on to Egypt, where we meet Indy's old friend and professional digger Sallah (John Rhys-Davies). What ensues is a race to see who will find the Ark first and, when it is found, the game changes to see who will claim the Ark in the end. Indy, Marion and Sallah are pitted against Belloq, the evil Nazi Toht (Ronald Lacey) and the whole of the German army in a classic confrontation of good vs. evil.
The film is punctuated by thrilling action sequences, as well as having splendidly realized sets and locations that really set the stage for every action film that followed. One of the remarks in the documentary made by a veteran stuntman reflects the notion that the Indiana Jones movies established the modern movie stunt and action formula that few have been able to successfully duplicate. In addition, it is remarked that it was difficult to come up with new ideas for other films, because "they had already done them in Indiana Jones." What makes the action sequences stand out in "Raiders" and the other two films is that there is always something at stake, so we care about what is happening. The dialogue and direction are at the highest level, coming from Lawrence Kasdan and Spielberg, respectively, two of the most accomplished filmmakers of the past 30 years. The score from John Williams is superb, the Raiders March standing today as one of the most frequently used and recognized pieces of film music. Production design, performances, costumes, editing, etc. are all superb and resulted in "Raiders" being nominated for Eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director; it won four regular Oscars, including Best Editing, and a fifth Special Oscar for Special Achievement in Sound Editing.
"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" is a much darker film and takes place in India, where Jones must infiltrate an evil and ancient cult and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" centers around the search for the Holy Grail and is noted for its inclusion of Sean Connery as Indy's father, Henry Jones, Sr. The three films come from a time when Lucas and Spielberg were at their absolute peak of creativity and execution. The people they had gathered around them were the absolute best and today are still at the forefront of their respective fields, whether it be visual effects wizards Dennis Muren and Richard Edlund, composer John Williams, or producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy. "Raiders" especially continues to be a watermark for intelligent and fun action films of the modern era and Indiana Jones himself will always be one of the greatest film characters ever. Harrison Ford had a great thing going there in the 1980s, with his three roles each as Han Solo and Indiana Jones. And now, thanks to the exquisite restoration efforts of the people at Lucasfilm, we can enjoy the Indiana Jones movies in all their glory.
Three of the greatest elements that determine picture transfer quality from film to video are color, contrast, and detail, especially with older movies, as the celluloid-based film begins to suffer the effects of age. The result is faded colors and washed-out images, an effect that cannot help but give the film a dated look. All three of these transfers are immaculate. They are not as good as the "Lord of the Rings" DVDs have been thus far, (an example of the highest-quality DVD imagery), but the "Rings" films have been transferred immediately with the knowledge that they would be put directly to DVD and video. The age and potential diminished quality of the transfers was one of the primary reasons that Lucas had been reluctant to release the Indians Jones movies on DVD; he is well known to be an absolute perfectionist, for good or ill. The films in this transfer look like they could have been made in the last five years, especially because they are period pieces from the 1930s and there is therefore nothing cultural to date them to the time they were made. Image clarity and contrast are extraordinarily sharp. Color saturation is especially good, considering the respective 22-, 19- and 14-year ages of the film negatives. This was the result of frame-by-frame digital restoration and remastering. The sound quality is very good, again as one would expect from the people at Skywalker Sound. New Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes help to spread around the sound that was originally mixed in stereo. George Lucas is so happy with the result of the Indiana Jones transfers that the original three "Star Wars" movies will finally be prepared for release on DVD in autumn of 2004.
Considering how old the films are and how much documentation there is on them, there is a great amount of potential special feature material, but the people at Lucasfilm decided to max it out at around three hours' worth. The documentaries are made by renowned film documentarian Laurent Bouzereau and include both behind-the-scenes footage and up to date interviews with cast and crew. Lucas, Spielberg and Ford are featured prominently, as are Indy girls Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody. Each film has its own lengthy segment and when watched together make up an interesting journey from the first through the third film.
The specialized segments are made again by Laurent Bouzereau and encompass the series as a whole. "The Music of Indiana Jones" takes us from the first meeting Spielberg had with John Williams to footage of the two of them and Lucas watching the scoring sessions for the end credits of "Last Crusade." Film sound guru Ben Burtt gives some candid explanations for sound creations in the "Sound of Indiana Jones" portion, again taking us chronologically through the series. The same approach is used for "The Light and Magic of Indiana Jones" and "The Stunts of Indiana Jones." The stunts documentary is very interesting and includes current interviews with many of the main stuntmen who helped Indy stay ahead of the bad guys. The documentaries are done on a very professional level, discussing the films as hard work and lots of fun, recognizing the phenomenon they have become. It is not shameless flashy self-promotion like many featurettes are nowadays, but rather an insightful look into the care, triumphs and setbacks that resulted in these films.
All three of the films are excellent in terms of enjoyment and filmmaking and they are complimented by the attention to detail in their restoration for DVD. For anyone who enjoyed these films even a little bit, to those of us who got into filmmaking because of them, to those who have never seen them but want good, fun, adventurous storytelling, this four-disc box set is a must for everyone's DVD collection.


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Dan Walters: California politicians trying to draft a new water bond
With the state budget behind them, the Capitol's politicians are turning to water, always California's most divisive political issue – but particularly so during a very severe drought, as a state Senate debate and vote demonstrated Monday.
They are trying – some harder than others – to write a new water bond to replace an $11.1 billion proposal placed on the ballot in 2009 but already postponed twice and widely believed to face voter rejection.
Six would-be successors are floating around the Capitol while private negotiations among politicians and myriad stakeholders seek a magic mix that could win two-thirds legislative votes and stand a decent chance of voter approval.
A $10.5 billion version stalled Monday in the Senate, falling five votes short as Republicans refused to vote for it. Anticipating the outcome, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said during the debate, "It's not a loss. It's the beginning … of successful negotiations."
Gov. Jerry Brown, seeking re-election as a debt-reduction zealot, has been clearly reluctant to have any debt-increasing bond on the ballot, either for water or schools.
There's also an unspoken concern that a water bond could become a referendum on his controversial project to bore twin tunnels beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to enhance water deliveries south of the Delta.
As the drought worsened and voters looked to Sacramento for response, Brown's reluctance faded. However, he apparently has told the Legislature little other than that he wants the bond to be as small as possible, and that may mean all current versions are too big for his taste.
Water politics also changed when three Democratic senators were suspended while facing criminal charges, thus erasing their party's supermajority and forcing Democrats to seek Republican votes by including $3 billion for storage in their bond.
Steinberg told the Senate on Monday that Senate Bill 848 is "tunnel-neutral" and therefore doesn't stoke a north-south tunnel conflict that, polls say, would doom voter passage – although it contains funds for Delta habitat restoration, which is an ancillary part of the tunnel plan.
Steinberg also proclaimed it to be free of gratuitous pork, believed to be one of the negative elements of the 2009 bond.
However, while some pork has been excised, such as a Southern California park sought by former Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, the Senate bond still has $250 million to demolish four obsolete, fish-killing power dams on the Klamath River owned by billionaire Warren Buffett's PacifiCorp utility.
Meanwhile, the Assembly is noodling with bonds that appear to be more closely tied to the tunnels.
The many moving parts demonstrate anew what decades of water politics have proved – any change that gains support from one set of interests often raises opposition from others.


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Mary Alice Thatch: From 'janitor' to Publisher of the Year
George Curry | 7/15/2013, 9:51 a.m.
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If the Wilmington Journal ever holds a contest to determine who began work there at the youngest age, Mary Alice Jervay Thatch would win hands down. Literally.
"My daddy used to say that I started at 3 or 4 months old, when I started crawling around on the floor," Thatch recounted with a hearty laugh. "I was hired as the janitor to clean the floor – with my diaper."
Thatch is now editor-publisher-owner of the newspaper, the same positions her father, Thomas C. Jervay Sr., held when she was scooting around the office.
She shared, not only a love for journalism with her father, but a strong sense of devotion to the community the Wilmington Journal serves.
The Journal is across the street from where Alex Manley edited another Black newspaper, the Daily Record, in the late 1890s.
Wilmington was a hotbed of White supremacy. Right-wing Whites rioted in 1898 and forced elected officials from office in the only recorded government coup d'état in U.S. history. A group calling itself the Committee of Twenty-Five issued a document on Nov. 9 of that year called the White Declaration of Independence. It contended that the U.S. Constitution had never anticipated the "enfranchisement of an ignorant population of African origin" and that "the men of the state of North Carolina who joined the union did not contemplate for their descendants a subjection to an inferior race."
According to an account of that period by an Albany, N.Y.-based research group called Filling in the Gaps in American History, "In August, Black newspaperman, Alex Manley, wrote an editorial in response to a speech supporting the lynching of Black men as a deterrent, as well as punishment for their interest in White women. His comments about White men lusting after Black women were the subject of heated talk among all communities. One of the loudest voices was that of Alfred Moore Waddell, a former Confederate Officer and Democratic U.S. Congressman. He wanted to oust Republicans and Populists from local and state government in the upcoming election. Waddell used Manley's editorial to incite anger towards people of African descent being allowed to vote, let alone hold public office and implored White citizens to 'choke the Cape Fear with carcasses' if need be to remove the Republicans in power during the 1898 elections."
The account of the Wilmington Riot continued: "On November 10, hundreds of White men met at the armory and headed to the building which housed the only daily Black newspaper in the country. Manley had gotten word of the intended action and had already left town. He was able to relocate and continue his journalism career but never returned to Wilmington. The crowd increased to over a thousand White men, armed with handguns and rifles, as they followed Waddell through the streets of Wilmington. They broke into the Daily Record building, damaged printing equipment, set fires, and watched as the building burned. Later they posed for photographs in front of their handiwork."


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The GIA is an assessment of intelligence designed and theoretically underpinned by Carroll's taxonomy/classification of cognitive abilities components of 'g', which is general intelligence (Spearman's & others' general factor of mental performance). However, the GIA is concerned much more with fluid intelligence and the use of procedural rather than declarative knowledge, by measuring elementary cognitive abilities (perceptual speed, verbal reasoning etc.). This assesses what we have termed trainability rather than 'IQ'.
The GIA looks at an individual's speed of processing information and ability to learn and develop new skills. The General Intelligence Assessment is used for a variety of purposes: recruitment, retention, development, management, identifying training needs, career guidance, succession planning and benchmarking.
The GIA was first developed as a way to measure cognitive abilities and trainability of Armed Forces known as the British Army Recruitment Battery (BARB). As the GIA continued to develop, the Human Assessment Laboratory used the potential of computer technology to pioneer the research and development of item-generation whereby test items are automatically produced to create an extremely large number of different but equivalent forms of the same test (Irvine, Dann & Anderson, 1990). GIA, along with a paper-based version, was developed from the same theoretical principles and resources as BARB. Thomas International integrated the paper-based version into its product suite in 1993 and GIA in 2006.
The General Intelligence Assessment consists of five online tests of simple cognitive abilities (i.e. abilities that rely on processes such as thought, language, decision making, learning and memory).
Each of the five tests has one type of task and all the questions in a given test are of an equal level of difficulty. The individual's score is then determined by the speed and accuracy of their responses. Scores are then compared to a sample population (the norm group) to determine whether the scores are lower, higher or in-line with the majority of that population.
Although the overall score measures 'trainability', each of the five tests measures a specific cognitive function (detailed below):
Perceptual Speed: This test measures the perception of inaccuracies in written material, numbers and diagrams, the ability to ignore irrelevant information, the ability to recognise similarities and differences, and error checking. It tests the speed of semantic encoding and comparison.
Reasoning: This test measures the ability to make inferences, the ability to reason from information provided and to draw the correct conclusions. This test assesses the ability of an individual to hold information in their short-term memory and solve problems.
Number Speed and Accuracy: This is a test of numerical manipulation and a measure of basic numerical reasoning ability. It measures the degree to which an individual can work comfortably with quantitative concepts.
Spatial Visualisation: This test measures the ability to create and manipulate mental images of objects. This test correlates with tests of mechanical reasoning, and assesses an individual's ability to use mental visualisation skills to compare shapes. It relates to the ability to work in environments where visualisation skills are required to understand and execute tasks.
Word Meaning: This test assesses word knowledge and vocabulary. It assesses the comprehension of a large number of words from different parts of speech and the ability to identify the words that have similar or opposite meanings. It assesses the ability to work in environments where a clear understanding of written or spoken instructions is required.
The GIA has been subject to rigorous scientific testing to determine its reliability and validity as a psychological assessment. Various research studies have shown that the GIA is a consistent and valid measure of trainability. The GIA is registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) after it was audited against the technical criteria established by the European Standing Committee on Tests and Testing, part of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations.
Each Thomas assessment comes with a report, or set of reports which are easy to read, interpret and understand.
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White House press secretary Jay Carney said today that President Barack Obama "welcomes" the immigration reform plan that will be put forward by a bipartisan group of Senators later this afternoon.
"This is a big deal. This is an important development," Carney said at the White House press briefing today, adding that the Senate outline "mirrors" Obama's proposals.
Carney did not say whether Obama would offer his own proposal to complement Congress.
The Senate plan — which is being backed by a bipartisan group of eight Senators — would, among other features, provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S. The proposed legislation would contain certain conditions on improved border security before any path to citizenship. Carney avoided answering a question about whether the President favored tying citizenship to border security.
Obama campaigned on a promise to reform the nation's immigration system, and he has called it a top legislative priority early in his second term. Obama will speak in Nevada about immigration reform on Tuesday.


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An Alternative Way to Control Bovine TB. A guest blog by Peter Symonds B.Sc, C.Chem., M.R.S.C.
Bovine Tuberculosis has been around for a hundred years or more and you would have thought that it would have been controlled by now. The government official website gives good ideas to reduce bTB but for all that, cattle and wildlife are still being infected.
The Government's measures to control the disease have resulted in 305 270 infected cattle being slaughtered between 2003 and 2012. These animals were carefully reared for the table but instead have been disposed of without giving any benefit.
The taxpayer has paid £ 500 000 000 in compensation. 32 000 cattle were killed in 2013, 32 800 in 2015 and 36 200 in 2016. The Government's policy of testing cattle and slaughtering the cattle and some badgers has not succeeded. The bTB skin test is not accurate enough and can give false results. Some cattle are declared healthy when they are infected. These can be moved to another farm and spread the disease.
Some scientists say that controlling infection in badgers and cattle should be approached in another way. The starting point is this. Badgers and cattle need to have an immune system in tip top condition. They need sufficient trace elements in their food. Their immune system can act against the infective bacterium, Mycobacterium bovis.
The late Dr Helen Fullerton made a submission to the House of Commons Select Committee in 2004 and said that the key to stopping BTB was to make sure cattle had adequate minerals such as cobalt, copper, iodine, zinc and selenium, especially selenium, to boost their immune system. Selenium is best given as selenomethionine. This is a naturally occurring amino acid which has a selenium atom and is found in wheat.
The Government commissioned some research in 2008 to identify differences between healthy and infected cattle. The Government Veterinary Laboratory at Weybridge conducted a study of about 200 healthy cattle and 200 infected cattle. They found healthy cattle had higher amounts of selenium-containing glutathione peroxidase protein than diseased animals which had lower amounts.
Two farmers have tried the nutrient approach. They used mineral licks containing trace elements. One farmer provided mineral licks containing selenium to his cows and molasses with selenium to the badgers from 1999 to 2007 and has largely been free of bTB. He recounted his experience in an article in Organic Farming in 2007. Another farmer provided her herd of 10 suckler cows AND the badgers with these licks from 1990 until 2005. Her herd remained healthy and her vet said her farm was the only one in a 28-mile radius NOT infected.
The best way to supply the correct amounts of trace elements is to apply soil mineral dressings. Various companies create tailored trace element dressings for all soils, using detailed soil analysis. These granular dressings restore the soil mineral levels ensuring that pasture grasses and crops achieve the correct levels of nutrition through the soil as Nature intended. This is the most effective way to ensure ruminants acquire the salient trace elements such as selenium and cobalt which have to be ingested daily as they cannot be stored in the body.
An organic farmer in Wales and another in Wiltshire have used trace elements in recent times and report that they have been largely free of infection. 12 conventional farmers have applied soil mineral dressings and been free of bTB
The most notable farmer is Adam Henson of Countryfile fame. His Gloucestershire farm has suffered from bTB in the past. He is anxious to preserve his rare breed animals which may be needed again in the future.
Guest Blog by Peter Symonds B.Sc, C.Chem., M.R.S.C.


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Mammut Social Report 2014
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ACD Announces Clinical Study Results Using its RNAscope™ Technology
Feb 28, 2011, 08:00 ET
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) today announced the results of its clinical study utilizing RNAscope™ technology to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) E6/E7 mRNA in routine clinical specimens of head and neck cancer. HPV status determined by the RNAscope™ HPV test was highly predictive of patient outcome and highly concordant with that determined by existing methods. Significantly, the RNAscope™ test under development demonstrated 16% higher detection sensitivity than the HPV DNA test used in the study.
These results will be presented today at the 100th annual meeting of United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP 2011). The RNAscope™ HPV test detects E6/E7 mRNA from seven high risk HPV genotypes known to be associated with certain head and neck cancers. The study included 211 head and neck cancers from the oropharynx (base of tongue and throat). It compared the RNAscope™ test with two other tests detecting HPV DNA and the cellular protein p16. RNAscope™ identified 78% of the cases to be positive for HPV, compared to 62% and 79% by the HPV DNA and p16 assays, respectively. HPV-positive tumors as determined by RNAscope™ were associated with 77% lower risk of death following standard therapies (hazard ratio = 0.23, p < 0.001 for overall survival and disease-specific survival), compared to HPV-negative tumors.
"To determine whether a tumor is caused by HPV, it requires more than just detecting the presence or absence of the virus. Detecting transcriptionally active HPV in the tumor cells is critical to establish its presence as clinically significant," said Dr. James Lewis Jr. of Washington University in St. Louis, the principal investigator in this collaborative study. "The RNAscope™ assay uniquely addresses this clinical need by detecting the viral E6/E7 mRNAs and allowing their direct visualization in the tumor cells," continued Dr. Lewis.
"The incidences of HPV-associated head and neck cancers are increasing rapidly in the US and worldwide, and the clinical community has been looking for a robust, definitive HPV test," said Dr. Xiao-Jun Ma, Chief Scientific Officer of ACD, "E6/E7 mRNA has long been recognized as the best biomarker for HPV-associated cancers, but its detection by RT-PCR has been limited to research use only due to the complexity of dealing with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens. This study demonstrated that RNAscope™ is well suited for bringing E6/E7 mRNA testing into the clinic."
"ACD aims to empower pathologists in molecular diagnostics by making RNAscope™ seamlessly compatible with routine FFPE tissue specimen and with existing workflow in pathology labs," commented Dr. Yuling Luo, President & CEO of ACD. Dr. Luo continued, "The outcome of this study is the first concrete evidence that we have made significant progress toward this goal."
About head and neck cancer:
Head and neck cancer comprises cancers arising in the head and neck area, e.g., mouth, nose, throat, etc. It has an estimated incidence of approximately 50,000 in the US and 400,000 worldwide each year. Traditional risk factors for head and neck cancers are mainly tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking. Recently, a subset of head and neck cancers, especially those from the oropharynx, has been shown to be associated with the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV-associated cancers are both biologically and clinically different from those unrelated to HPV: they usually carry wild type p53 and do not overexpress EGFR, present in younger men, and have a more favorable prognosis, probably due to their higher sensitivity to radiation and chemotherapy. Because of these differences, clinical trials are being designed specifically for HPV-associated oropharyngeal tumors and for HPV-unrelated tumors to optimize therapies based on HPV status.
About Advanced Cell Diagnostics (www.acdbio.com)
Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) is a leader in the emerging field of molecular pathology, developing cell- and tissue-based diagnostic tests for personalized medicine. The company's products and services are based on its proprietary RNAscope™ technology, the first multiplex fluorescent and chromogenic in situ hybridization platform capable of detecting and quantifying RNA biomarkers in situ at single molecule sensitivity. ACD partners with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to validate biomarkers for targeted therapeutic development in cancer and other diseases. These partnerships provide the foundation for ACD to develop companion diagnostic tests in conjunction with partners' targeted therapeutics. ACD also pursues internal programs to develop proprietary diagnostic tests in cancer management.
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Times Square New Year's Crystal Ball Goes Social
Each year, the Times Square New Year's Eve Crystal Ball gets an update with thematic Waterford crystal panels. More than 2,000 crystal panels will be added to the 2013 ball, which weighs over 12,000 pounds. Waterford's Regan Iglesia joins Lunch Break with details. Photo: Getty Images.
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Week 2 of the NFL season is an important one for all 32 NFL teams but is also a vital one for fantasy football owners across the country.
We all know how dire the stats are for NFL teams that start off 0-2 when it comes to their playoff chances and you can be certain those statistics are relatively similar for your team if you fall into an 0-2 hole to start the year.
So here to help you either climb out of your 0-1 hole and avoid a disastrous 0-2 start, or turn your Week 1 win into an early season winning streak in Week 2, are the fantasy football experts from CBS Sports: Nick Kostos, Jamey Eisenberg and Dave Richard.
There are a few guys, according to Eisenberg and Richard, that are must starts and there are some guys you'll want to stash on the bench for this week.
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Must Start
QB Eli Manning vs. New Orleans Saints
RB Jonathan Stewart vs. San Francisco 49ers
WR DeSean Jackson vs. Dallas Cowboys
TE Eric Ebron vs. Tennessee Titans
QB Russell Wilson vs. Los Angeles Rams
RB Carlos Hyde vs. Carolina Panthers
WR T.Y. Hilton vs. Denver Broncos
TE Martellus Bennett vs. Miami Dolphins
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QB Derek Carr vs. Atlanta Falcons
RB Spencer Ware vs. Houston Texans
(PPR Format) – WR Stefon Diggs vs. Green Bay Packers
(PPR Format) – TE Antonio Gates vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
QB Matt Ryan vs. Oakland Raiders
RB Thomas Rawls vs. Los Angeles Rams
(PPR Format) – WR Randall Cobb vs. Minnesota Vikings
(PPR Format) – TE Vance McDonald vs. Carolina Panthers
To hear the guys give their full explanations for each of their selections, check out the video above.
Bryan Altman is, for some reason, an unabashed fan of the Rangers, Jets and Mets. If he absolutely had to pick a basketball team it would be the Knicks, but he'd gladly trade them for a championship for any of his other three teams.
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The best risk managers are judged by what doesn't happen to their companies. They don't have huge trading losses, their executives don't get investigated for fraud, and the names of their institutions don't disappear from the Street.
But when you're in the business of taking financial risk, all your bets can't be right. Sometimes the best you can hope for is that the self-inflicted damage is survivable.
Here's a list of Wall Street's greatest whiffs over the past ten years:
JPMorgan , 2012: a group of traders in the London branch of the bank's chief investment officer unit make bets on an illiquid corporate credit-derivatives index, ostensibly to hedge the bank's overall exposure to the markets. (Read More: JPMorgan Trader 'London Whale' Leaves - Source)


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If you're serving in the armed forces, it's important to understand your military tax advantages so you can make the most of them when filing your tax return.
The federal tax code has specific benefits for members of the armed services. These are designed to help offset the extraordinary burden of service and provide additional financial compensation for members of our military. It is important for those serving to understand their military tax advantages so they can make the most of them when filing their tax returns.
Tax exempt allowances
Military pay has several components. Typically, compensation for members of the armed forces includes basic pay such as salary, plus special allowances for housing and food.
"The housing and food allowances help officers and enlisted members to pay for the basics for their families and helps to take the sting out at tax time," says Sergeant Adam Kowalski, an Army recruiter.
Both of the allowances are exempt from state and federal income tax and Social Security tax, although periodic cost-of-living adjustments are taxable. Since these exempt payments average more than 30% of a service member's total regular compensation, members of the armed forces realize a tax benefit that lets them keep substantially more of their pay than similarly situated civilians.
Combat zone exclusion
When a member of the armed forces is deployed into a combat zone, base pay or re-enlistment bonuses paid during that time period is excluded from taxable income.
"When deployed in a combat zone, there is extreme stress on a daily basis. Knowing that your family will be able to keep more of your pay during this difficult time allows you to focus even more on the task at hand and worry less about trivial financial matters back home," Kowalski says.
In practical terms, if a service member spends any part of a month deployed in a combat zone, all of that month's earnings are free from state and federal income tax.
- There is a dollar limit for officers but not enlisted members.
Miscellaneous itemized tax deductions (for tax years prior to 2018)
Similar to normal civilian taxpayers, members of the military can elect to itemize their tax deductions on their tax return. Certain aspects of military life give rise to specific opportunities to itemize expenses, including:
- required travel
- education
- and other unreimbursed employee expenses such as maintenance of uniforms that may not be worn when off duty
Travel and transportation expenses
Members of the military can deduct unreimbursed travel and transportation expenses when traveling on official business away from their permanent duty station. Eligible expenses include transportation to official meetings or business functions away from the regular workplace (but not to and from the regular workplace), business-related meals, lodging, and other ordinary and necessary expenses.
Kowalski says, "I make a habit out of tracking any time I come out of pocket while traveling on official business, because it may come in handy when it's time to file my taxes." However, these and other travel expenses are not deductible for a service member who is stationed overseas or traveling for personal reasons.
Unreimbursed educational expenses
Members of the armed forces may also deduct unreimbursed educational expenses relating to their official capacity in the service. If the education is required to keep your job and serves a legitimate defense purpose, or maintains or improves necessary skills, any unreimbursed expenses will be tax deductible as an itemized deduction on your personal tax return.
Forgiveness of tax liability
In the unfortunate event that a member of the armed services is killed while on deployment in a combat zone, or dies later from injuries sustained in a combat zone, his existing tax liabilities may be forgiven, and paid taxes can even be refunded to his surviving family.
Also, if a service member dies in a terrorist or other military action, he would likewise be eligible for forgiveness of his federal tax debt.
According to Kowalski, "There is no greater sacrifice than to die serving your country. Among the various ways this is recognized by the U.S. government is by its tax debt forgiveness for soldiers killed in action." Obtaining this relief requires a personal representative to make a timely claim for tax forgiveness.
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.My own story goes like this… One day I was sitting in my big office in Manhattan. It was not a corner office, but that was fine by me. I had a lot of room, a big desk and credenza, a bookcase, and even a small table where I could hold meetings for a few of us. I was living the dream! Sort of, anyway!
Five years later I sit in a very different office. For starters, it is in the midst of a busy parish rectory, with the phone ringing off the hook, the priest calling out for this or that, people needing mass cards, comfort, solace – or perhaps just a gas card to get to their low wage part time job.
Let me be clear – I did not hate my old job, in fact, I loved many things about it, especially the people the people that I worked with. However, in my new job, despite the lack of prestige, pay and privacy, I could not be happier. I am loving work. And loving work is also what I do, because the work of the church is to love. This makes me one very lucky person!
Spiritual director, campus minister, and author Mike Hayes explores this kind of transformation – and how others might set about doing the same thing, in his latest book, Loving Work. (Orbis, $16.00, 120 pp.) For Hayes, it is not just about loving what you do, but it is about being who you are – and that includes bringing loving into the work that you choose to do.
In full disclosure, Mike is a friend, and I was asked to provide a cover blurb, which I will restate here. After reading the book I said, "Some books are kept for a long time, because they nourish the soul or they are practical guides… Mike Hayes offers us both things with great wisdom in a book that you will want to keep."
Infused with sound Ignatian spirituality, warmth, wisdom, humor and a tremendous amount of insight, this book offers a way forward to better work – and a much better life. Whether pointing to practical details and planning, or focusing on our relationship with God, we are shown the value of the importance of seeking work that feeds the soul, as well as work that creates our living. What struck me most is the no-nonsense approach that Hayes' employs, which is direct, yet incredibly human at the same time. His experiences in business, spiritual direction, and campus ministry are all pressed into excellent use in this book.
One of my favorite chapters is called, "If You Could Be Anything." Sparing no details, Hayes discusses his own crisis of the heart with clarity. Despite his successful (and longed for) career in radio broadcasting, something is just missing. No stranger to the world of faith, his two worlds begin to align as he explores his own "anything." The results have led him to where he is today.
These are tough times, and getting a new job is not all that easy. And perhaps that is what makes this book more important than ever. If we can't really achieve what we thought was our dream, perhaps that should truly compel us to discern and claim what our true work might be. Risky? Sure. But if we don't try, how do we ever know the greatness that we are called to?
This is not some reference book to pick off of a shelf and give to a job seeker. This is a book for seekers who seek not only work, but their hearts desire as well, which is an essential path to wholeness and integrity. It is about work that is more than what you"do" or what you "get" for it, and more about what you give and how you live in the world.
And that is what is at the heart of this fine book. As we come to know God, as we come to know ourselves, we are called to find and to live the very work that will make our hearts sing. It is better for us and infinitely better for the world when we enter the world of loving work. This fine book will make a great gift for yourself or for others as we enter gift buying season – or any time, and I highly recommend it.
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Sarina Jepsen, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, (971)-244-3727 or email@example.com
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Lawsuit Launched Against Yamhill County for Harming Endangered Fender's Blue Butterfly
Members of Fender Family, Yamhill County Residents Join Lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund, Center for Biological Diversity and citizens sent a notice of their intent to sue to Yamhill County today over the county's repeated violations of the Endangered Species Act. Since 2001, repeated incidents have been documented where the county's roadside-maintenance activities have killed endangered Fender's blue butterflies and the imperiled Kincaid's lupine and Willamette daisy wildflowers.
"It is time for Yamhill County to do the right thing. The county is violating the law. They had a chance to get federal money to develop a Habitat Conservation Plan for Fender's blue butterfly but instead turned it down, so it has come to this," said Patricia Farrell of the Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund. "We hope that the county will begin work immediately to remedy this situation."
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has met with Yamhill County commissioners on five different occasions to express the agency's concern over the county's Endangered Species Act violations. Fender's blue butterflies are killed during routine roadside maintenance when roadsides with Kincaid's lupine are mowed, graded, leveled or treated with herbicides. Because it has not prepared a Habitat Conservation Plan for the Fender's blue butterfly, Yamhill County is liable for harming or killing the species during its roadside-maintenance activities. In fact, the county recently refused to accept a $391,000 grant offered by Fish and Wildlife to prepare a Habitat Conservation Plan for the butterfly.
The citizens who joined the notice of intent to sue include the family members of the late Kenneth Fender, after whom the Fender's blue butterfly was named. "My father, Kenneth Fender, first discovered the Fender's blue butterfly in the 1930's, but died believing it was extinct," said Laura McMasters. "My mother, brother and I feel very strongly that this rare gem of a butterfly cannot be lost again."
Once thought to be extinct, Fender's blue butterfly was rediscovered in 1989, two years after Kenneth Fender died. This fragile blue butterfly formerly thrived in the upland prairies of Oregon's Willamette Valley. However, during the past 140 years an estimated 99 percent of this native prairie has been turned into farmland or otherwise developed, leading to the imperilment of the insect, which was granted formal protection as an endangered species in 2000.
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The Kincaid's lupine — a wildflower listed as a threatened species — is the primary food plant of Fender's blue caterpillars and thus critical to the butterfly's survival.
Though endangered, Fender's blue butterfly is still persisting in a few areas in the Willamette Valley, including some roadside edges and parks in Yamhill County.
"Yamhill County is fully aware that it is harming these highly endangered species, but has refused to take corrective action," said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center for Biological Diversity. "With the loss of its Willamette prairie home, the beautiful Fender's blue butterfly has become increasingly rare and can't withstand careless action on the part of Yamhill County and others."
Unless the county agrees to take corrective action in the next 60 days, the coalition of conservation groups and citizens will file a lawsuit to enforce the Endangered Species Act.
For more information about the butterfly, visit http://www.xerces.org/fenders-blue/.
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Telemundo invited us into their studios to check out where they film some of their telenovelas.
The first set we visited was for a telenovela that is still in production called, "Mi Corazón Insiste." The lead male actor is JenCarlos Canela. (I honestly thought he was only a singer, but apparently he's an actor, too.)
Okay, here is another happy accident. (The first one was when my hair was styled like Paula del Monte's in the poster behind me.) … Before I went to Miami, my friends at Surropa.com gifted me a T-shirt to wear for my trip. I chose one that said "Mi corazón" on it – partly because I loved the design and partly because I hoped to be wearing it if I met Espinoza. (He says "corazón" a lot in his songs. It's like his "thing" …)
So anyway, I'm posing on the set of this telenovela and I say, "Which telenovela is being filmed here again?" and they tell me, "Mi Corazón Insiste." – Muy raro, no?
Here are a couple photos of the set of Mi Corazón Insiste:
(This, we were told, is where a scene was just shot of a maid who was searching for something… Looks like it's supposed to be an attic, don't you think?)
(This is the fancy living room where I had my picture taken.)
Next we checked out where they keep props. It looked sort of like a well-organized thrift store. All the items on the shelves had bar codes and were catalogued – this is so they can be re-used. When they are setting up for a new telenovela they can see what they have in the catalog as far as lamps, for example, and choose one they already have, or make plans to go acquire one if they don't already have something that fits what they're looking for. (Wouldn't "prop shopper" be an awesome job?)… My favorite fact I learned during the tour was that each year about 10% of the less popular props are donated to charity.
After props department, we visited the set of Aurora where they were rehearsing a scene for one of the final episodes. I wasn't allowed to take photos or film, and we were supposed to be very quiet. It was difficult to be quiet for me though because one of the actors looked kind of funny due to his er… costume … I don't think I'm allowed to give details… but a few of us were giggling and got shushed. Oops. I think that third graders on a field trip may have done a better job of being quiet than some of us blogueras. We were about 10 feet away from actor Eugenio Siller too which didn't help some who were slightly smitten…(Good looking pero a mi me gustan los morenos.) The way they rehearse is really interesting. There was a woman there holding the script and she would feed each actor their lines. (Another cool job!)
(By the way, remind me to tell you what was so funny after the episode airs.)
Next we visited a room which I call "the editing room" because I don't remember what it's officially called.
Here is where they… edit…video?… I think he was putting together a promo for La Reina del Sur.
Last visit was to what I call the "music room" … again, because I don't know what it's really called. I do remember that this guy's name is Joaquín and he is the one who adds music to the telenovelas. (Everyone say "Hello Joaquín!") … Joaquín is also a musician, so when he can't find exactly what he wants, he creates music on his own.
The question I asked Joaquín was, "Do you ever put suspenseful music in a telenovela at a point where nothing is really going to happen, just to mess with the audience?" — He said, "Yes. In Spanish, it's called 'suspenso falso'." (English translation = False suspense – I'm sure even the non-bilingual peeps got that one, right? Gotta love cognates.)
Besides all this fun, Telemundo also took us to dinner. One night we went to a restaurant called "Cecconi's" – which is much fancier than I'm used to. It was really beautiful, the waiters were attentive, the company couldn't be beat, and (though I will seem very naca for saying this), the food was really good even if I didn't know exactly what I was eating some of the time.
Disclosure: I went to Telemundo Studios and Cecconi's at the invitation of Telemundo. The "Mi Corazón" shirt was gifted to me by Surropa.com. All opinions are my own.


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The fractal company: a revolution in corporate culture
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The author describes the predicament of an industry which is coming under increasing pressure in the world market and is seeking new approaches to the challenges arising. Then, by drawing an analogy to the paradigm shift taking place in the natural sciences, he discerns the need for product engineering to similarly cast aside existing deterministic philosophies. Self-similarity, self-organization and dynamics are the principles from which the manufacturing corporation of the future, perceiving its identity as a service enterprise, will draw its models. Constant structural development and the maximum exploitation of staff potential will provide new ways of utilizing one's own strengths to best advantage. This insight creates a long-term perspective for retaining competitiveness in the twenty-first century.
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