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Electronics Production | November 14, 2006
New sales manager at SL Power Electronics
Mr. Gareth Hackett has joined industrial power supplies firm SL Power Electronics as new sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Mr. Hackett will be responsible for all sales and related activities in three key European countries. He most recently served as sales manager for RRC Power Solutions based in Homburg, Germany.
Signify to acquire Cooper Lighting Signify has entered into a definitive agreement with Eaton to acquire Cooper Lighting Solutions for USD 1.4 billion in cash.
Winbond, Karamba Security forge partnership Karamba Security, a provider of embedded cybersecurity for connected machines, announced it is collaborating with Winbond Electronics, a supplier of semiconductor memory solutions.
U.S. silicon industry presses Congress for inclusion in tariff talks Three major U.S. silicon industry manufacturers urged members of congress to include tariffs, imposed by the Chinese on U.S. exports of polysilicon to China since 2014, in ongoing U.S. trade talks with the country.
ESD-Center aims to conquer the Baltics After 15 years of working the Baltic market, ESD-center, a Swedish supplier to the electronics industry, established its first office in Pärnu, Estonia in April of 2019.
Sponsored content by Sourceability NA LLCComponent Aggregators vs E-Commerce Marketplaces What is the difference between electronic component aggregators and a marketplace?
67% of a buyer's journey is now done digitally. Learn how marketplaces emerged as full-cycle procurement platforms and challenged the traditional component aggregators.
EV manufacturer adds Chinese subsidiary for in-country operations ElectraMeccanica Vehicles, a designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles, has established EMV Automotive Technology, Inc. (Chongqing), a wholly-owned subsidiary, in China.
Silicon Labs acquires Qulsar's IEEE 1588 software and modules Silicon Labs has acquired all IEEE 1588 precision time protocol (PTP) software and module assets from Qulsar, a provider of PTP grandmasters, gateways and other system-level synchronization-based solutions.
GPV expands warehouse in Thailand GPV's electronics production facility in Thailand has officially opened its new, 2,300 square metres warehouse.
US DoD to invest in SkyWater's domestic technology foundry The U.S. DoD is planning to invest up to USD 170 million in SkyWater Technology for a project that will enhance its microelectronics capabilities and the strategic radiation hardened (rad-hard) market.
FANUC America opening robotics and automation facility Robotics solutions provider FANUC America held a grand opening celebration at its new 461,000 square-foot North Campus robotics and automation facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan this week.
Up on the roof: Foxconn hits milestone in WI Foxconn's Wisconn Valley Science & Technology Park is closing in on having "roof" checked off the list of tasks with the recent start of the roof installation on the nearly 1,000,000 square-foot TFT LCD fab.
Plasmatreat opens new technology and research centre Plasmatreat says that it is opening its new technology and research centre, Plasma Campus, at the its headquarter in Steinhagen. In the 1'400 square meter facility, new areas of application for plasma technology will be developed.
NOTE reports growth across the board The Swedish EMS provider is reporting record growth, a stronger operating margin and about 30% larger order backlog during its third quarter.
PCB Connect expands to Turkey Swedish PCB supplier PCB Connect is continuing its growth and has, since the first of September, established a local presence in Turkey.
Teradyne strikes deal for AutoGuide Mobile Robots Massachusetts-based Teradyne has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held AutoGuide for USD 165 million.
Major investments part of tentative UAW, GM deal Details of the tentative agreement hatched between General Motors and UAW last week are emerging, including GM's pledge to invest USD 3 billion in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant.
CATL starts construction of its first overseas factory in Germany A groundbreaking ceremony of the first overseas factory for lithium-ion battery maker CATL took place on October 18 in Thuringia, Germany, marking the start of construction of the first lithium-ion battery factory in Germany.
Mycronic delivers mask writer to Asia Swedish Mycronic says it has received an order for a Prexision-series mask writer for display applications from an existing customer in Asia.
Protolabs invest GBP 5M in expansion Protolabs, digital manufacturer of custom prototypes and low-volume production parts, has announced a GBP 5 5million expansion plan at its European Headquarters in Telford (UK).
Joyson Safety invests in Hungary Joyson Safety Systems is starting a new investment round at its Hungarian facility in Miskolc. The EUR 50 million investment project aims to improve efficiency and increase production volume.
REC Group starts mass production on Meyer Burger equipment Norway-headquartered solar module manufacturer REC Group has started mass production of its new Alpha modules. This new generation of modules is manufactured on Meyer Burger HJT/SmartWire core equipment.
AQ Group opens new Wiring Systems factory in Poland AQ Group has officially opened a new production facility for their AQ Wiring Systems unit in Łódź (Poland).
Mynaric secures €1.7 million contract Mynaric will deliver multiple laser communication flight terminals to an undisclosed customer in an initial deal valued at EUR 1.7 million.
EMPA spin-off TwingTec takes flight Anyone who has ever steered a child's kite knows the feeling: the wind grips the kite and pulls the string. The rope is quickly tensioned, the pulley rotates between the fingers and is difficult to control. The question arises: Could this wild energy not only be used to play, but also to generate electricity?Load more news


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470 W 23rd Avenue, Vancouver Listing #: R2321489
Prime location! 3426 sf home on a 4,900 sf lot ! 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, 3 kitchens. Exceptional design and layout. This home has 2 master bedrooms with decks. 10' high ceiling on main with a gourmet kitchen featuring high end appliances (Subzero fridge...) and furnishings. Spice kitchen. From family room, you can walk out to the patio & garden, this creates a large entertaining space. Lower level has a 2 bedroom legal suite and a media room with a wet bar plus sauna for all your relaxation need. Bonus 3 car garage. Walk to Cambie shops, QE Park, Skytrain and amenities. All measurements are approximate and to be verified if important.
Taxes (2018): $8,730.00
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Maine-based business popular with celebrities
Woman's sparkly business goes global
A Maine-based business has exploded thanks to some major celebrities who love to dazzle.
Laurie Hale's The Dazzle Diva can make just about anything sparkle, from Converse for Howie Mandell to hats, baby bottles and bows.
"I've done pots and pans in kitchens. I've done knife blocks, car vehicles, it doesn't end. You can bling anything," said Hale. "Once I hit the Housewives of New Jersey, it was pretty much all uphill from there."
Hale said it takes thousands of Swarovski crystals, a lot of patience and about eight to 10 hours to finish a pair of shoes.
"It's in your head. You can see it. It's counting. It's like a puzzle," Hale said.
Hale has built a business that has gone global, and celebrities and their stylists have taken notice.
Snooki's baby sported Hale's blinged out baby booties on the cover of People magazine, Hale said, while Jay-Z and Beyonce ordered a custom baby wipe case, pacifier and more for their baby, Blue Ivy.
"It feels good. It feels really good because I worked really hard to get where I am at, and it's finally paying off," Hale said.
Hale, a single mother of five who works out of her Biddeford home, started in 2002, making things for friends. Her business grew to eBay, and then MySpace and Facebook.
"I taught myself, (and) everything is one stone at a time," Hale said. "It's actually a break for me from the kids. It just kind of blew up from there. People were asking me to make them things. I decided to design my own website, so I did that, and it just blew up from there."
Hale has just returned from the New York Fashion Week, where she sported her special sparkly stilettos that she made for the occasion.
"Everyone went crazy over the shoes. Everywhere I turned, (I get asked,) 'Where did you get your shoes?'" Hale said.
Next up for Hale is an opportunity to collaborate with handbag designer, Michelle Lovetree.


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Post 200 The guide to the region's top businesses
Public companies Private companies U.S. headquarters Banks Financial services Lobby Major employers Nonprofits Law Universities Credit unions Hospitals Sports
The Post 200 is an annual snapshot of the companies, law firms, nonprofits and other organizations that power our local economy. Here's a look at this year's list.
» Story: The year big businesses got smaller » Graphic: Sizing up the public sector » Gallery: Top businesses
Click on table headers to sort alphabetically by name or numerically by dollar amount, or use the search field to filter by keyword. Hold down the Shift key to sort by multiple columns.
Browse: Most local employees
- 15773 employees MedStar Health MedStar Health
- 15000 employees Marriott International Marriott International
- 15000 employees Science Applications International Corp. Science Applications International Corp.
- 14451 employees Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman
- 13900 employees Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton
- 13451 employees University of Maryland at College Park University of Maryland at College Park
- 12963 employees Inova Health System Inova Health System
- 12600 employees Verizon Communications Verizon Communications
- 11000 employees Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin
- 9432 employees Safeway Safeway
Browse: Sectors
- 73 companies Public companies Public companies
- 37 companies Private companies Private companies
- 11 companies U.S. headquarters U.S. headquarters
- 10 companies Banks Banks
- 10 companies Financial services Financial services
- 10 companies Lobby Lobby
- 10 companies Major employers Major employers
- 10 companies Nonprofits Nonprofits
- 9 companies Law Law
- 6 companies Universities Universities
- 5 companies Credit unions Credit unions
- 5 companies Hospitals Hospitals
- 4 companies Sports Sports
NOTE: Our methodology for the rankings.
DATE: Dec. 17, 2012
CREDIT: Dan Beyers, Sarah Halzack, Greg Linch, Jason Bartz - The Washington Post.


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Filed under news I was too busy playing Final Fantasy XIII-2 to notice last week, Rovio's pig-popping physics-powered sensation Angry Birds makes its Facebook debut on February 14, just in time to give the loveless something to do on Valentine's Day evening.
While I'll likely be out getting my traditional Valentine's Day tattoo on February 14, part of me will be sitting at home in front of the computer eagerly awaiting the launch of Angry Birds on Facebook. The Facebook version of the bird/pig war will feature competitive elements the likes of which we have never seen, thanks to integration with the social network. Challenge your friends, compete against your friends and annoy your friends with constant updates.
Yeah, blocking Angry Birds notifications shall be a must.
Rovio promises more information on the Facebook version in the coming weeks. Until then all we can do is try to forget.
ANGRY BIRDS COMING TO FACEBOOK! [Rovio via Computerworld]


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Lady Arwen wrote:I'm not sure what you mean by "hatters hatting" as a masculine activity - women wore hats those days a good deal more so than today, especially in England and especially in polite society.
If I remember correctly, there is a distinction between hatters and milliners. Hatters made men's hats, while milliners made women's hats. During Queen Victoria's reign, most women who worked worked part time to supplement the family income, and my understanding is that the majority of the work they did was often of the domestic type, or would do short sprints at factories, such as the millinery you mentioned. A hatter, again, if I remember correctly, was more of a shop owner where he did most if not all his own work, and was not factory driven, like women's millinery. (Any other history buffs care to weigh in on this? I'm forgetting all the things that made hatters special.
I remember being taught that hatters did often go mad from the chemicals used in hat making. Wikipedia explanation:Mad as a hatter
Although the name "Mad Hatter" was clearly inspired by the phrase "as mad as a hatter", there is some uncertainty as to the origins of this phrase. Mercury was used in the process of curing felt used in some hats, making it impossible for hatters to avoid inhaling the mercury fumes given off during the hat making process; hatters and mill workers thus often suffered mad hatter disease, mercury poisoning causing neurological damage including confused speech and distorted vision. Hat making was the main trade in Stockport, near where Carroll grew up, and it was not unusual then for hatters to appear disturbed or confused; many died early as a result of mercury poisoning. However, the Hatter does not exhibit the symptoms of mercury poisoning, which include "excessive timidity, diffidence, increasing shyness, loss of self-confidence, anxiety, and a desire to remain unobserved and unobtrusive


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Butter Cake.
Need I say more?
(adapted from The FoodNetwork)
1 package yellow cake mix
1 egg
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (NOT pie filling)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 tablespoons butter, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the cake mix, 1 egg, and 8 tablespoons butter with an electric mixer.
Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 10 or 12-inch spring-form pan.
To make the filling: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth.
Add the remaining eggs, vanilla, and remaining butter, and beat together.
Add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix well.
Spread pumpkin mixture over cake batter and bake for 50-55 minutes. (I place the spring-form pan on a sheet pan just in case of leakage.)
Make sure not to overbake as the center should be, of course, gooey. (It is a Gooey Pumpkin Butter Cake, right?)
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Fidelity Charitable, a donor-advised-fund sponsor, distributed nearly $1.1 billion in donor-recommended grants to charities during the first six months of this year, a record.
This was a 19% increase over the same period last year, Fidelity Charitable reported this week.
For the 2014 fiscal year, ended June 30, Fidelity distributed some $2.3 billion in grants on behalf of its account holders, a 23% increase from the previous year.
Fidelity said first-half grants supported more than 59,000 nonprofits in all 50 states as well as some international charities.
Donors contributed to a wide variety of charitable sectors, with human services, religion and education taking the largest share of grant volume and dollars.
Grants ranged from a modest $50 to millions of dollars. The average grant size was $4,330.
One hundred ten grants of $1 million or more recommended by donors totaled $241 million.
Fidelity said clients contributed $3.9 billion to their DAF accounts during the just-ended fiscal year, an 8% increase over the year before.
During the first half of 2014, they contributed some $1.2 billion, a 33% increase over last year's first half.
The majority of these contributions took the form of appreciated assets. Securities accounted for 48% of contributions, and certain non-publicly traded assets for 9%.
Fidelity reported that its DAF program continued to grow at a brisk pace in the first half, with a 41% increase in new accounts over the year-ago period.
Focus on Impact
The contribution of complex assets, such as private business interests and other non-publicly traded assets, more than doubled in the first half compared with the same period last year to more than $100 million, according to the report.
Fidelity said the increase was driven by entrepreneurs who were selling their companies to retire, and by a rise in M&A deals that was significantly increasing the wealth of investors and entrepreneurs.
These trends have a big effect on philanthropy. "Donors are focused on maximizing efficiency and impact, and that starts with how they fund their philanthropy," Fidelity Charitable President Amy Danforth said in the statement.
"Donating private business interests can be a powerful way to give, conferring tax efficiencies that enable donors to give over 20% more to their charitable causes in come cases."
Check out More Money, More (Tax) Problems: How HNWs Can Reduce Their Tax Bills on ThinkAdvisor.


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The Drop ring designed by Giulio Iacchetti is an ironic take on a diamond solitaire ring: the designer has selected a tiny gem to embellish the ring that wraps around the bottleneck. This elegant Drop ring fits easily around the neck of most wine bottles. The black felt on the inner part of the ring can be easily removed, washed and put back in place, allowing for easy maintenance of this small yet essential wine-serving accessory.
Giulio Iacchetti, industrial designer since 1992, designs for many brands including Abet Laminati, Alessi, Danese, Elica, Foscarini, Globo Ceramiche, Jannelli&Volpi, Hastens, Magis, Meritalia, Moleskine, Pandora design. The distinctive characteristics of his work is the research and definition of new object typologies, like the Moscardino, the biodegradable spoon/fork designed with Matteo Ragni and for which, in 2001, he has been awarded with Compasso d'Oro. In 2009 he was awarded the prize for innovation – Premio dei Premi – by the President of the Italian Republic for the Coop Eureka project, which brought the design in the large-scale retail trade. In May 2009 the Triennale di Milano held a solo exhibition entitled "Giulio Iacchetti. Disobedient objects ". In November 2012 he launches Internoitaliano, the "factory network" made up of many craftsmen labs with whom he signs and produces furniture and accessories inspired by the italian way of living. He had also pursued his personal research project into new design topics such as the symbol of cross from which came the exhibition titled Cruciale held by the Diocesan Museum, Basilica di Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome and by Castello di Lombardia in Enna, Sicily. In 2014, he won his second Compasso d'Oro for the design of the manhole covers Sfera, designed with Matteo Ragni for Montini. www.giulioiacchetti.com


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Donald Zucker and Barbara Hrbek Zucker Ocean Wonders: Sharks
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Nexeon Technologies is a global technology company with a focus in two main industries: infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), including cloud hosting & dedicated servers, and video game entertainment, ranging from in-house game design to publishing solutions for other studios.
Nexeon is organized into multiple divisions that cater specifically to delivering quality products within these focuses.
Nexeon's newest hosting brand, HostDigit, offers fully managed hosted infrastructure solutions, from personal & business website hosting, to virtual private cloud units and dedicated servers running the latest cPanel software. Let us manage your servers while you focus on the rest!
Nexeon has been nothing but great to deal with. A solid group of people, all passionate experts in their respective fields, who understand the individual needs of their clients. Highly recommended!
The team at Nexeon is a motivated, result-oriented group of professionals that is always a pleasure to work with. Their expertise made hosting our game infrastructure a breeze!
The game development crew over at Nexeon is working on its newest title, a cooperative space survival game codenamed "Descension".
You're stranded in the vast depths of outer space.
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text: Global Politics Andes gold mine brings hope, fear to Colombia PRI's The World March 03, 2011 John Otis reports on controversial plans for a massive mine in the Colombian Andes. The proposal marks a stark shift for a region long beset by violence and neglect. But the promised jobs and come with fear of water pollution and environmental damage.


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AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup set to begin in June
Beijing, China, March 20, 2014 – The second edition of the two year AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup cycle which will determine the teams from the Asia Confederation that will make it to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will take place from June 2014 to June 2016 as confirmed by the annual AVC Beach Volleyball Council Meeting held in Jakarta last Friday.
The timeline for the AVC Continental Cup will be as follows:
Phase (Development Division, with participation restricted to the top three
ranked teams in the zone):
Second Phase (Zonal Championship): January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.
Six national federations per gender, including the top three ranked national federations
from the first phase and top three ranked national federations from the first
edition of AVC Continental Cup, will take part.
10 national federations per gender will participate in the tournament to determine the top two ranked national federations per gender who will advance to the fourth phase (Continental Cup).
Fourth Phase (Continental Cup Final): June 20 to 26, 2016
Eight national federations per gender including the host country will participate in order to determine the winning country that will directly advance to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The second and third national federations per gender will have the opportunity to play in the FIVB Continental Cup Olympic Qualification in July, 2016.
The competition format will be country versus country with the best of three
matches format, with each country represented by two teams per gender. The team
with more AVC ranking points will be the national federations' number one team.
The second edition of the AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup will no doubt create a huge wave of interest for the sport of beach volleyball throughout the Asia and Pacific following the great success of the first edition where 36 national federations participated in the tournaments with Japan and Australia eventually emerging as the winners at the final stages held in Fuzhou (China) to qualify a men's and women's pair respectively for the 2012 London Olympics.


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Recognizing outstanding contributions to HIMSS and the healthcare industry, HIMSS named its 2011 award and scholarship recipients. The HIMSS Foundation and four HIMSS chapters provided nine scholarships to students enrolled in health IT and management systems degree programs.
"The HIMSS award recipients are individuals and organizations who have succeeded in ensuring high quality and consistent delivery of healthcare with the use of information technology. Congratulations to all of the award and scholarship recipients for their achievement and willingness to share their expertise with HIMSS and throughout the industry," said JoAnn Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP, Vice President, Professional Development, HIMSS.
Award winners are nominated in four award categories: industry service, HIMSS service, publications and chapters. All award and scholarship recipients will be honored at the HIMSS Awards Banquet on Feb. 23, 2012, from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. During the2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. Tickets for the dinner can be purchased on the HIMSS12 website.
The 2011 HIMSS award and scholarship recipients appear below with a description of each award and scholarship on the HIMSS website.
2011 Award Recipients
CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall Jr. /CIO of the Year Award
Rick Schooler, MBA, FACHE, FCHIME
ACCE-HIMSS Excellence in Clinical Engineering and Information Technology Synergies Award
Paul Schluter, PhD
Board of Directors Service Award
Howard Burde, JD, FHIMSS
David Finn, CISA, CISM, CRISC
C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA, FHIMSS
Carol Selvey, MHSA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Book of the Year Award – The Health Information Exchange Formation Guide: The Authoritative Guide for Planning and Forming an HIE in Your State, Region, or Community
Laura Kolkman, RN, MS, BSN, FHIMSS
Bob Brown
Chapter of the Year – Large:
Southern California HIMSS Chapter
Chapter of the Year – Small:
North & Central Florida HIMSS Chapter
Chapter Leader of the Year Award
David Butler, BS, MBA, FHIMSS
Jon Melling, FHIMSS, UKCHIP, Level 3
Distinguished Fellows Service Award
Mimi Hassett, RN, MSN, FHIMSS
Founders Leadership Award
Martha Dameron, RN, MSN, FHIMSS
John A. Page Outstanding Service Award
Barbara Demster, MS, RHIA
Life Member Award
Edward H. Burnet, LHIMSS
William Delamar, LFHIMSS
Fred Green, LFHIMSS
Walt Menning, LFHIMSS
Kathryn Smith, LFHIMSS
Bill Vrooman, LHIMSS
Nursing Informatics Leadership Award
Carol Bickford, PhD, CPHIMS
Kathleen Smith, RN, FHIMSS
Physician IT Leadership Award
Russell Leftwich, MD, FAAAAI, FCCP
HIMSS Evelyn Award
June St. John, CTP
SHS-HIMSS Excellence in Healthcare Management Engineering/Process Improvement Award
James Benneyan, PhD, FHIMSS
Special Interest Group Leader of the Year
Jodi Bloom, RN, MBA
Tammy Grygar
2011 Scholarship Recipients
Healthcare Information Management Systems:
Undergraduate Scholarship
Roman Minyaylyuk
University of Illinois at Chicago
Master's Scholarship
Justin St-Maurice
University of Victoria
PhD Scholarship
Aaron Baird, RN
Arizona State University
Richard P. Covert, PhD, FHIMSS Scholarship for Management Systems
Laura Sims
Georgia Institute of Technology
South Florida Chapter Scholarship
Mohammed Islam, MS
Nova Southeastern University
New England HIMSS Dvora Brodie Chapter Scholarship
Vlad Anthohi
Northeastern University
New York State Chapter Scholarships (2 awarded)
Rodney Harrington
Columbia University
Karthik Natajaran
New York University
Northern California Chapter Scholarship
Katherine Kim, MBA, MPH
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, UC Davis
About HIMSS
HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded 50 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations are headquartered in Chicago with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. HIMSS represents more than 38,000 individual members, of which more than two thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS also includes over 540 corporate members and more than 120 not-for-profit organizations that share our mission of transforming healthcare through the effective use of information technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, research initiatives, and media vehicles designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. To learn more about HIMSS and to find out how to join us and our members in advancing our cause, please visit our website at www.himss.org.


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Introducing Patagonia Works, a new kind of holding company
by Yvon Chouinard - May 6, 2013
I don't like to think of myself as a businessman. I've made no secret that I hold a fairly skeptical view of the business world. That said, Patagonia, the company my wife and I founded four decades ago, has grown up to — by global standards — a medium-size business. And that bestows on our family a serious responsibility. The last line of Patagonia's mission statement is "…use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis." We've always taken that seriously.
Three examples: Every year for 30 years, Patagonia has donated one percent of its sales to grassroots environmental organizations. We helped initiate the Sustainable Apparel Coalition,
an organization of companies that produces more than a third of the clothing and footwear on the planet. In a very short time, the Coalition has launched an index of social and environmental performance that designers (and eventually consumers) can use to make better decisions when developing products or choosing materials. In 2012 we became one of California's first B Corps (benefit corporations), which means that the values that helped make our company successful are now etched into our legal charter.
Now is the time for Patagonia to take the next logical step: to reach out beyond the framework of the apparel and outdoor industries. Today, my family and I are happy to launch $20 Million and Change, an internal fund to help like-minded, responsible start-up companies bring about positive benefit to the environment.
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CNN's Novak resurrects 12-year-old myth that anti-abortion Democrat was forbidden to speak at 1992 convention
Less than one week after Bill O'Reilly revived the 12-year-old myth that former Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey was forbidden to speak at the 1992 Democratic National Convention because he opposed abortion rights, CNN Crossfire co-host and syndicated columnist Robert Novak repeated the same false claim on June 28. Novak's Crossfire co-host Paul Begala, however, set the record straight.
From the June 28 edition of CNN's Crossfire:
NOVAK: I would say that the difference between Republicans and Democrats is, Republicans let all kinds of people in. Your party, like your friend, the former governor of Pennsylvania, Casey, wouldn't even let him speak because he was pro-life.
BEGALA: No, sir.
BEGALA: I was there. It's a point of personal privilege. I was there. He was my client. We did not let him speak because he would not endorse the ticket. Nobody gets to speak at any convention unless they support the candidate for president. That's the only...
NOVAK: He wouldn't speak because he was pro-life.
BEGALA: That's not true, Bob. I was there. I helped make that decision. And you did not. This, I know firsthand.
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Contour Corsets Review (Summer Mesh Underbust)
This entry is a summary of the review video "Contour Corsets Summer Mesh Underbust Review" which you can watch on YouTube here:
|Fit, length
|Front is about 12.5 inches long, back is 13.5″ long. Unique silhouette in which the ribcage mostly follows the natural contours, tapering a bit through the lower ribs, but nips in dramatically at the waist for an extreme hourglass shape – almost wasp-waist in silhouette. I had requested this type of ribcage – if you prefer a more natural shape, this can be accommodated. This is called a "mid-hip" cut; coming slightly over the iliac crest but not longline. Extreme hipspring. See the "Final Thoughts" section on other fitting notes.
|Primarily one layer of very strong, almost no-stretch poly mesh. I chose the "gold" color to match my medium-olive skin tone (it's a cross-weave of a light yellow and deeper pinkish-copper). Despite being synthetic, the holes in the mesh allow my skin to breathe. Still, I always wear it with a liner underneath. Boning channels and binding are made from somewhat matching light-brown twill.
|6 panel pattern, with most of the hip-curve between panels 3-4. At least triple-stitched: Lock-stitching between panels, seam allowances pressed open and zig-zag stitching to further stabilize the seam, then external boning channels, double-boned on the seams (external channels often contribute to an even stronger seam). No garter tabs (not requested).
|Brown twill that matches the boning channels; machine stitched inside and outside.
|Waist tape
|None. This corset is strong enough without a waist tape, and in fact stronger than many of my corsets that do contain waist tapes. (I admit I had my doubts, but this corset has been tried and tested for nearly a year.)
|Modesty panel
|4″ wide stiffened modesty panel (lacing guard) in the back, suspended on the laces. 1″ wide modesty placket under the front closure, with a very heavy flat steel bone (essentially a boned underbusk).
|Front closure
|Not a busk! The front closure is a "stayed zip" – heavy duty metal YKK zipper, secured into twill panels with the mesh overlayed. A 1/2″ flat bone is on either side of the zipper, and a 1/4″ flat bone sits on top of either side of the zipper as well. The very stiff and heavy 1″ underbusk further stabilizes the zipper so it doesn't buckle. This has been my first tightlacing corset with a zipper and I've had no isssues with it.
|29 total steel bones. On each side, there are 10 bones in external channels, then 2 flats on either side of the grommets in the lacing system, as mentioned before another 1/2″ steel beside the zipper, another flat bone on top of the zipper, and the last 29th bone is the heavy underbusk underneath the zipper.
|26 grommets total, size #0 two-part grommets with a large flange; set closer together at the waistline; high quality – no splits, no wear/fraying/pulling out of grommets
|I opted for the heavy-duty lacing; nylon braided shoe-lace style laces; they're thin, they grip well and they are long enough. Very easy to lace up; they glide through the grommets well but hold their bow tight. Zero spring.
|The Summer Mesh underbust costs between $520 – $575 at the time of this review. The price depends on the size and other considerations (see below). Asymmetric patterns (for those with scoliosis, etc) add $100. You can see her full price list here.
Final Thoughts:
When I first recorded the review and did the "first edit", it was nearly 20 minutes long because I had so much to say about this corset. It is like no other corset I've had before, so even for a review such as mine (which is on its own pretty objective, but still comparable if you read across the tables of different reviews on this site), it can't really be compared to other corsets in my collection. The posture, the materials, the construction, the pattern/ silhouette – everything about this corset is just… different. Be prepared for a really long discussion (and as model KathTea had once said, "If this is tl;dr then corseting is probably not for you").
Although this corset is one of my smallest, it is not my absolute smallest. My Contour Corset has a 20.5″ waist. I have two 20″ corsets from both Puimond and Jupiter Moon 3, and a 19.5″ cincher from Beespoke (although that one is nowhere close to being closed) and each of them give a totally different silhouette. I believe that the great polarized reaction received from this corset was due to the unique patterning which lends to the most dramatic silhouette of any of my corsets. This is precisely why the name of the company is called "CONTOUR Corsets", because the contouring of the hip spring creates an illusion that makes the waist look much smaller than it actually is. (Fran used to have a video explaining this, which I'm not sure where it's gone to now.)
Because the pattern/ cut of this corset is not typical, the measurements I took when commissioning this corset shouldn't have been my "typical" way of doing things, either. Over the years as I worked with more corsetieres, I've learned to slightly "fudge" my measurements so I can predict the way that the final corset will fit. Some of the ways I tend to fudge measurements:
- I know that I have a long torso/ low waist, so I know that I need a longer-than-usual waist-to-underbust measurement. I will typically request around 5.5 or 6 inches (changes with posture) but no more, because I predict that I will need a bit of space between my bra underwire and the top of the corset to wear the corset comfortably.
- I know that I have a bothersome left hip, but rather than requesting an asymmetric pattern (which almost invariably costs more, no matter which maker), I will often simply state my iliac circumference as one inch larger than usual (I'll ask for ~34″ instead of my usual 33″) and sometimes state my iliac bone to start about 0.5″ higher than it actually does, so the corset isn't abrasive against my iliac bone (for some reason, even when I'm heavier I just don't get padding around that bone).
- I know that I'm capable of reductions up to about 7″ but if the maker simply refuses to make corsets with any more than a 4″ waist reduction, then I will state my natural waist to be 1-2″ smaller than it really is. (i.e. my real waist is about 27″, but if I want a 22″ corset then I'll say my waist is closer to 26, so to avoid winding up with a 24″ corset). I didn't have to do this in the case of commissioning my Contour piece, though.
With other makers, this has worked beautifully. But Contour has a different way of measuring the body, and I learned a few things about drafting for bodies at higher reductions:
- My natural figure is more or less straight up and down. When corseted, curves are created (duh). Between two given fixed points, an arc will always be longer than a straight line, and the more curved the arc, the longer the line will be (yay, math). This means that as my waist is capable of greater and greater reductions, the distance between my waist and my underbust increases – and if the corset cups around the ribcage instead of creating a conical shape, this line has to be made even longer and must be drafted in.
- The same goes for the waist-to-iliac measurement at higher reductions. When uncorseted, my waist-to-iliac is typically around 3″, but when corseted this distance increases to 3.5″ or 4″. This particular corset has pre-bent bones along the side seams that contribute to the dramatic silhouette, so in this corset I notice most of the cinch in my waist along the obliques and pretty much none along the front abdominal region, which means the distance is even greater.
- Fran has also mentioned that due to the high reduction of this style, there may be a greater downward "shift" in the intestines and the area below the waist may become fuller (read: a possible inevitable lower pooch, not from fat but from organs). While the strong underbusk prevents a lot of the roundness of the lower tummy, there is a bit more space drafted below the waist to accommodate this shift.
- I also learned some things about my own body that I hadn't known before, such as the tendency of my flesh to squish more upwards instead of downwards, and the fact that my xyphoid process is freakishly high compared to some other people's.
All that said – because a corset maker is essentially taking all this into account and predicting a body shape and that had not yet existed on my body (and also predicting how my body would respond to the pressure), and because I had slightly messed up on the measurements based on incorrect presumptions of what she was going to do with those measurements, it turns out I needed about an inch more length at the top (this is also due to the corset being extremely posture corrective) and likely a bit less space in the hips. Lesson learned: never fudge your measurements. If you're not sure about certain measurements, ask the maker if it is okay to take photos of the measurements to ensure that they are accurate. Because each corset maker does things a bit differently to everyone else, this is the advantage to keeping some "brand loyalty" and sticking with one maker throughout your waist training journey, because they can make modifications to your corsets as needed, and as your body changes over time.
But given the fact that there was no mockup involved and this gives a better shape than many of my corsets that did have a mockup fitting, I still think it's pretty amazing – it's also one of my most comfortable corsets.
My particular corset is very posture-corrective, gives a high reduction, and tapers along the ribs with increasing pressure down to the waist. However, this is not the only type of silhouette available. Fran takes into consideration your experience level and preferences, so if you only want a light reduction, she can do that. If you want less tapered ribs, she'll do that. She can also make corsets that are more posture-corrective or more accommodating compared to mine. This is what is meant by a true bespoke piece.
This corset is sort of what turned many my preconceptions about corsetry upside down. Because of this corset, I realized that coutil is not always the most appropriate choice, and in some situations synthetic does have its advantages. This corset taught me that waist tapes are not always necessary (Jeroen Van Der Klis of Bizarre Design, who has a background in engineering like Fran, also doesn't use a waist tape), that lock-stitching can indeed be very strong when treated properly, that flats over the sides of the corset are actually amazingly comfortable when pre-bent in the right shape, that zippers can be used effectively and can be extraordinarily strong in corsets, and the lacing system (which doesn't bow or distort whatsoever) is a bit magical.
Because of this corset, whenever a beginner corseter asks me what are the BEST features of a well-made corset, I find myself having to add asterisks and sprinkling grains of salt all over my responses – probably to the confusion of the beginner – in order to avoid "lies-to-children" (to reference the Science of Discworld). But all this really goes to show that you really must learn and become a master of the rules, before you go breaking them.
To see what Contour Corsets has to offer, you can find the website here. Also be sure to check out Fran's Youtube channel here.
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Does anyone know if this corsetiere still makes corsets? I visited the website but I could only find art related posts. The website I bookmarked a while ago doesn't exist anymore. If she relly stopped making corsets are there any corsetieres who sell similar corsets?
First of all thanks you so much for the sharing. Your blog et video are so precious!
I love Contour Corsets, and wahooooo you looks fabulous with!
I don't really understand something about the magical lacing system (which doesn't bow or distort whatsoever.I'm a very curious, what's the trick? Is it a lacing boning like this one?
I will soon be the owner of a Contour creation for my first, ever (!!!) corset and I've been re-watching every single one of your videos (and Fran's) out of a thirst for knowledge and a little impatience ^.^ Thank you again for (answering my questions) and being a really awesome, centralized source of the math/science that goes into corsetry.
Out of curiosity, how long did it take you to season this corset? I believe Fran's website says ~100 hrs and in thinking about your usual 2,2,2 method, I'm sure you would have been tempted to lace down more..
The Contour in brown looks incredible on you. Perhaps a little smaller than you usually wear – 20.5 is very tight. Magnificent
Oh what can i say!! Ive learned a bit more about corset construction from watching your review :D now i must eat Frans brains so i can absorb her knowledge <3
LOL! Really I have tried my best to explain what was going on, while at the same time protecting her trade secrets. I will admit that certain parts of this corset remain a mystery to me, but that's also what makes it a bit magical. :)
That's such a gorgeous corset! I've always been a fan of extreme curves! :)
You say that your uncorseted figure is quite straight up an down, and I've also heard people say that if one for instance has a large natural waist measurement that doesn't have to be a hinderance to achieving a great reduction "the more you have, the more you can lose". I have a question, though: What about someone who already has a waist which curves a lot naturally, seen from the front? Does that put limitations to how much smaller one can go? I look very curvy from the front, or back, but then from the side my belly protrudes quite a bit, so I feel that when I wear my corsets, the reduction is perhaps more in that direction, and that visually my waist doesn't look all that much smaller from the front. Is this something which could be changed by regular training or wearing a different type of corset? Or is it more difficult to go curvier, when one is alreday quite curvy? :)
Hi RuthAnne, I'm so glad you enjoy this corset. :D There are some people who are naturally hourglass or pear-shaped, some of my online friends are like that, and when they put on a corset their curves go from impressive to eye-popping. Some of them are able to corset down to 18″ because of their natural shape, but of course only if they purchase made-to-measure corsets as the OTR ones available today don't have a wide enough hipspring. :) So I don't necessarily think that starting out with a natural curvy shape would be a hindrance; on the contrary they are probably able to achieve much more impressive ratios with their starting point!
Thanks for your reply! :) Didn't see it until today (must have forgot to follow this post). My measurements are about: Bust:40.5″, Waist: 31″, Hips: 41″ (with HUGE fluctuations due to hormonal issues). My underbust measurement is 34-35-ish, and I'm 5'8″ tall, so I'm definitely quite heavily built, but admittedly a bit chubby too. Very happy with my proportions, though, which makes me want to accentuate them with what I wear.
I own a few corsets from What Katie Did. Two "Morticia" in size 28″, and on a good day/period I can close that size, but I feel that it kind of kicks out in the profile, so I still can't hide the belly fat as much as I would have liked to. The "Antoinette" (same size as Morticia) somehow makes my waist look smaller from the front, though it isn't supposed to be for curvy figures only, but a bit of the same problem is going on with the busk not holding me in. So I also bought a Mae Extreme in 26″, but haven't been able to season it properly yet, it just feels very uncomfortable even with a big gap in the back, and the shape looks weird so far…:/
I also own a leather underbust from a different maufacturer, and that is just way too cylindrical and makes me look straighter than I really am. Maybe it would be a better solution to just try to lose some of the weight from my stomach, but I've always wondered if a different company might have something perfect for me the way I am now. Like you say, custom is always the best, so if I decide to invest in more corsets sometime, that is maybe the way to go? Anyway, thanks a lot for your reply! :) Good to know that I still have the opportunity to make things work with the right corset.
I have the sort of body you're describing, RuthAnne. And I have about 10% more fat weight than my ideal, so a bit of a gut in front. :/ In corsets that fit my shape (large rib area, large hip spring, small waist) I can achieve 6 inches of reduction in the squishiest area around my navel without much effort. The visual change is dramatic, and I love it.
I can get a 7-8 inch reduction from the one bespoke corset I own. According to Mr. tape measure most of what's happening is my apparent waist is moving down 2-3 inches closer to my hips, so the transition from my waist to hips is more acute.
So far I've only had the pleasure of trying OTR corset brands that run $250 and less. Of those that I've tried, Isabella corsets (esp. Josephine underbust) come closest to fitting my shape and giving me excellent waist compression. It's super comfy. Orchard Corset silhouette level 3 is pretty decent, although slightly less curvy.
Straighter corsets tend to just fill in my mid section and reduce, rather than amplify my curves, even when the gap isn't parallel but )( shaped.
I have a medium curvy corset from Kinnaird of Ireland with flat steel bones that gives me a decent reduction because with a gradual break in period, the bones bent a lot to accommodate my shape. However, it is not nearly as comfortable for prolonged wear as corsets that better describe my curves.
I've learned through trial and error that if the corset looks like it has extreme hip spring on the model in the photo, it's more likely to look good and feel good on me.
Hi, Janina! :)
Thanks for sharing your experiences! I remember Lucy's review of the Josephine too, and I kind of 'almost' bought it the last time I was about to order something. I've heard others say great things about that one too, so maybe I should try it sometime, if I get the chance. Have you tried the Edwardian overbust from Isabella corsets by the way? I really like the look of that one…And I only own one overbust corset so far,and would have loved to find another one at some point. :)
Thank you for the in depth tour of a lovely and alternatively constructed corset. I feel like I've visited a top notch museum display. It looks gorgeous on you. I never thought a tan/khaki color could be so subtle.
Thank you so much, Janina! This was also the first time that I've found such a color that matched my skin tone so well, so I had to take advantage of it, haha. :) This was both a challenging and a fun review to make.
Just to give an example of the lineage of the corset that you're wearing — check out this 2009 video of Amy describing her corset design: http://youtu.be/Wy5CJ6x2HLw
My Wasp Creations corset, which I purchased back in 2006, is a treasure and has held up for years because of the smart design features.
I think it is absolutely essential to credit the great Amy Crowder of Wasp Creations for many of the wonderful design components that you describe. While Fran has continued to innovate since Amy's death, every time I see a Contour Creations corset, I can't help but see Wasp Creations and Amy Crowder. She was an amazing corset maker and shouldn't be forgotten.
I unfortunately never got the chance to work with Ms. Crowder or own a Wasp Creation, although have heard many great things about her work. Fran did tell me that Contour's designs have a foundation in Ms. Crowder's traditions. I'm very happy that Fran is able to keep this amazing artistry alive, and agree that Ms. Crowder should not be forgotten as she was responsible for changing the face of corsetry. I'm also excited about how the corsets have come to evolve over the years and curious about how they may continue to be built on in the future – great things happen when ingenious people combine their ideas and efforts. It really is more than a corset, it's a piece of technology. :)
Kind comments. And, describing a corset as technology is something that would warm Amy's heart!
Thanks for quoting me! I must report that the JvdK aka Bizarre Design corset despite being usually being worn at a 2″-3″ reduction, it gives me a great shape without a waist tape even! I really hope I could invest in a Contour Corset one of these days!
Of course! It's a great quote that I will probably use again and again. After so many people writing to me and saying "I don't have the time to watch your videos, so can you just tell me what to do?" and my having to explain that this is a culmination of years upon years of research, you've effectively summed it up in one sentence. Conciseness is not my strong point, but others do it for me. ;)
Your Bizarre Design piece is magical. I remember being so shocked last year when EgapTesroc showed me that his corset doesn't have a waist tape, it was awesome. My bird's wing underbust sample from Sparklewren is also an experimental piece without a tape. Of course, most of the time I still prescribe to using/ requesting waist tape, because you have to be a pretty magical maker to pull off not having a waist tape.
I'm really happy I've purchased this corset. It's been one of my most worthwhile investments as it taught me so much about corset construction and my own body.
I am a pretty young 'child' when it comes to corsets(6 weeks in) but I became very intrigued with Contour Corsets as soon as I discovered them. I love the science that goes with her approach and am happy that you endorse it too.
I don't know if I will be serious enough or not with waist training or not but if I do get serious, Fran is my 1st choice for a bespoke corset. Based on what you said about measuring I'd want her to measure me personally as I live across the state from her.
Thank you for what you do! You are, in my opinion, the best source of corset information out there!
Thanks you so much Gabrielle, I consider that a huge compliment! Yes, if at all possible, it's best to have your measurements taken for you, to remove some of the guesswork. Thanks for your comment! :)


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Even ultrathin ultrabooks are launched with some fanfare, with branding and markings designed to attract the eye. Not so with AMD's new prototype PC. This isn't room for much branding. It's so small I thought it was a nameplate.
AMD showed off the the slimline PC, which is based on its upcoming "Mullins" chip, at its press conference here at the Consumer Electronics show, alongside the "Discovery Project," the fancy name for a prototype tablet and gaming sleeve that the company also developed for the show.
Neither seems to stand much of a chance of being shipped commercially, but each gives some idea of AMD's intended direction. The Discovery tablet, for example, is roughly the size of the Intel-powered Microsoft Surface, although somewhat lighter.
Lisa Su, the senior vice president and general manager of global business units at AMD, took aim at the Intel "Bay Trail" chips.
"What we were trying to put together with Mullins is a true no-compromise chip," Su said. This is extremely low power, extremely high perfomance, to meet your desktop expectations in mobile form factors. I want to tell you that Mullins and Beema [chips] are doing great. They've been in the lab for many months now, we've shipped many samples to customers, and the feedback is has been phenomenal."
From a graphics perspective, Mullins and Beema both perform over 250 percent faster than the Intel "Bay Trail-T" chip, Su said.
"When you think about tablet form factors, they're extremely good for consumption, but not as a good for 3D gaming," Su said.
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To show off the power of its mobile hardware, AMD built the Discovery tablet, an 11-inch tablet built around the Mullins CPU. It will not be brought to market, Lisa Su was quick to point out. Nevertheless, the tablet itself is slim--thinner than a Surface, perhaps, and a touch lighter as well. (AMD executives did not have actual specs) And like the Razer Edge, AMD even built its own game cradle to hold the tablet. AMD even demoed Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 on it, to show off its performance chops.
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AMD also built Mullins into a second form factor (at top), an unnamed form factor that I completely missed on first glance. The small, slim chassis was about the thickness of a smartphone, and about the size of a business-size mailing envelope. Inside was a Mullins chip, an SSD, a Webcam, and the requisite connectors for driving another implementation of Pro Evo Soccer on a second display.
As you might expect, both prototypes will serve as reference designs, signposts to guide AMD's hardware partners. We're starting to see hardware manufacturers less afraid of at least showing non-traditional form factors and designs. Still, it's going to take a prominent design win or two to help break out of the traditional PC mold. A new generation of chips from AMD, ARM, and others, however, are beginning to enable that future.
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I was a little hesitant to post this one cause since it was such a raw ass note, but at the same I think it is a valuable piece of internet comedy just for the fact it was designed. A dude put actual effort into making this.
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Apologies for the brief hiatus.
My internet provider was being a "hater" or whatever the kids call it
Resume usual underwhelming content
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A new meta-analysis of farming practices suggests that traditional methods of cultivating food plants result in heftier harvests than do organic strategies.
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While organic farming may limit the amounts of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides entering the environment, it may not be the most efficient way to feed the world's more than 1 billion chronically hungry inhabitants, according to a new study comparing conventional and organic agricultural practices.
The study, which was published online in Nature yesterday (April 25), reanalyzed data from 66 studies comparing the yields of 34 different crops in both organic and conventional farming systems. The authors found that yields from organic farms were up to 34 percent lower than yields from conventional farms cultivating the same crop. Organic farming practices resulted in particularly low yields for wheat and some vegetables. Fruits, like strawberries, and oilseed crops, such as soybean, on the other hand, showed only modest yield reductions on organic farms; just 3 and 11 percent lower than conventional farming yields, respectively.
"I think organic farming does have a role to play because under some conditions it does perform pretty well," lead author and McGill University Earth system scientist Verena Seufert told Nature. But "overall, organic yields are significantly lower than conventional yields." Seufert and her coauthors suggested that soil nitrogen was likely one of the limiting factors in organic farming systems.


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This is part 1 of a series of SDL game programming tutorials that I am going to release each week if possible. In this part I will cover the basics of getting SDL set up, writing an SDL hello world and the basics of a game.
What is SDL?
SDL is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse and joysticks. SDL also gives you access to 3D hardware via OpenGL.
One of the best things about SDL is that it is cross-platform which means you can write code for Linux, Windows, Windows CE, BeOS, MacOS, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Solaris, IRIX, and QNX.
In this tutorial we are going to focus on writing a few classes to create the basis for all of your 2D games, I am going to use C++ and lots of OOP concepts.
Setting up SDL
This can be very different for each individual OS or IDE so I will just give you a link here which should get you all started http://lazyfoo.net/S...son01/index.php.
SDL Hello World
Here is a basic SDL program that loads a window then draws a bitmap to it. Use this to test you have set up SDL properly.
#include "SDL.h" // include SDL int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // the screen we will draw to. SDL_Surface *screen; // the surface to draw the bitmap on. SDL_Surface *bmp; // area to draw the bitmap to. SDL_Rect targetarea; // initialize SDL. // I use everything as it will load video as well. SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING); /* set up the screen pass in screen width,height,bpp and set SDL to software rendering */ screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640,480,32, SDL_SWSURFACE); // load a bitmap. bmp = SDL_LoadBMP("test.bmp"); / targetarea.x = 10; // target x targetarea.y = 20; // target y targetarea.w = bmp->w; // target width targetarea.h = bmp->h; // target height // Draw the bitmap to the target area SDL_BlitSurface(bmp, NULL, screen, &targetarea); // show the bitmap // double buffering SDL_Flip(screen); while(1); }
Get a bitmap and name it whatever you like, make sure to change my test.bmp to the filename you have.
Hopefully you should now have a development environment for making an SDL program.
The basis of a game
There are things that every game has, some are for making it more fun and some are integral to the running of the game.
Every game program has a main loop, this can be something like this
// Main Loop Update Draw Check for Collisions
This is quite a simple loop, checking for collisions could also be implemented into the update function.
So thats the main loop, along with this future tutorials will deal with writing an object creation and management class, writing a sound manager, dealing with collisions, drawing tile based maps. I might also go for writing a game object factory tutorial for you guys if the demand is there.
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A 33-year-old man was fatally shot during a robbery in the South Chicago neighborhood, one of at least four people, including a child, wounded in shootings Sunday night and afternoon, officials said.
The slaying happened about 3:05 p.m. on the 2900 block of East 91st Street, fatally wounding Telkia Burns, police said.
Burns was with another man who told police they were standing in a vestibule of Burns' building when a man in his early 20s walked into the building and demanded the victim's money, police said.
After Burns complied, the attacker started going through his pockets and they began arguing, police said. When it escalated into a physical fight, the attacker shot Burns near his right temple and then fled with the man's money and house keys, police said.
The victim was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead at 4:05 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
An 18-year-old man is being questioned this morning but no charges have been filed, police said.
Sunday night about 11:45 p.m. near Franklin Park in the city's Lawndale neighborhood, a 28-year-old man was shot in the neck in the 1400 block of South Tripp Avenue, police said.
After being shot, the man walked to the 1500 block of South Kolin Avenue, where emergency crews responded, police said. The man, who lives in that area, suffered an apparent graze wound and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.
The shooting happened near a Chicago Public Schools Safe Passage route for Hughes Elementary School, 4247 W 15th St.
In another Sunday night attack, about 9 p.m. in the 600 block of East 62nd Street in the city's West Woodlawn neighborhood, a boy was shot, officials said.
The 14-year-old victim was riding a bicycle with several companions when they were approached by two other people on bikes and one of them pulled a gun and fired five rounds, hitting the boy in the left calf, police said.
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Alvin Crawley, who most recently was the interim superintendent in Prince George's County, Md., will begin his appointment Monday and will serve while the city searches for a permanent replacement.
The city school board bought out the contract of previous superintendent Morton Sherman in August amid conflicts between Sherman and the school board.
Sherman was the second consecutive superintendent whose contract was bought out by Alexandria. Rebecca Perry departed as superintendent in 2008 in the wake of an extended controversy over a drunken driving arrest.
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Pardew laments referee's display
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew was unhappy with referee Mark Halsey's performance after the official missed Callum McManaman's "awful" challenge and compounded his error by failing to spot a handball for Wigan's winner.
McManaman clattered knee-high into Massadio Haidara, who was subsequently carried off on a stretcher with suspected ligament damage, but the youngster escaped punishment in the first half of the Latics' vital 2-1 win.
"It is an awful challenge. The pictures speak for themselves," said Pardew. "I thought it was a bad challenge and I was 60 yards from the incident. The players knew because they were on top of it and there was a lot of bad feeling about that incident when it goes unpunished."
He went on: "He (Halsey) said 'If I've missed it I apologise' - that was at half-time.
"If it goes unpunished it doubles the impact on the mentality of the players and the team and it did have an impact on us, you can't get away from that. My job was to calm the players at half-time, not go looking for retribution, and try to win the second half - which to all intents and purposes we did."
To add insult to considerable injury, Arouna Kone's 90th-minute winner - after Davide Santon had cancelled out Jean Beausejour's first-half opener for the hosts - appeared to come off Maynor Figueroa's hand in the build-up.
"But again there's a decision at the end where we should have had a corner, it goes up the other end and there's a handball - that is tough to take," said Pardew. "The linesman is looking right at it, the referee is there and all our players reacted and in that split second we didn't clear the ball - that's what happens when you miss a decision as big as that."
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez defended McManaman and his team and does not think the striker will be retrospectively punished.
"Remember Callum McManaman was making his full debut in the Premier League and, as a young man, you know you are going to give your life for everything," said the Latics boss. "I haven't seen it but I believe he gets the ball and then it's a bad challenge.
"No-one wants to see that but I guarantee that is just a striker trying to win the ball over-enthusiastically because he is making his (full league) debut. What you need to look at in those incidents is if there is intention, a nastiness about the tackle. We are not a nasty team. He has not a nasty bone and is not bad-intentioned."


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It's got almost nothing to do with the game itself, since it shows absolutely none of it, but the debut trailer for Cyberpunk was still an exciting thing to watch, primarily because it shows at least the game's art design has the whole future noir, Blade Runner thing down pretty well.
You may be forgiven for thinking the clip was made by trailer specialists Blur, but nope. It was actually done by Platige Image, a Polish team whose previous game experience is with stuff like The Witcher 2 and Catzilla, the amazing PC benchmark animation we showed you earlier today.
Because the clip is now out, Platige are able to share some of the process that went into creating the trailer, which includes storyboard art and, to go with the images from yesterday, some concept art from developers CD Projekt.
Best of all, though, are the photos and renders showing how the trailer's characters were modelled on "performances" by real actors, captured in a special room that could make 3D models of their bodies without the need for those dorky suits covered in white dots.
I've included some of the best shots here in the gallery below, but to see the whole thing, you can check out Platige's full collection.
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Millennials are entering the investment scene in earnest. And they are demanding changes in it, as they have in just about every other industry.
From a love of all things digital to a desire for self-directed investing, wealth management firms should prepare now to create a different client experience for this demographic.
But in today's digital world, a one-size-fits-all client experience—even within a demographic—simply does not work. In our latest paper, we've examined the data on how Millennials view and manage their money from our Wealth in the Digital Age Investor survey to provide the beginnings of a road map for wealth advisors.
Accenture's latest survey of Millennials' investing preferences shows:
Millennials bring digital to the party. They see cutting-edge technology tools as a basic requirement for any investment scenario, rather than a "nice-to-have."
But they will still need humans for investing in more complex life situations. Robo-advice cannot help clients sort through emotions when planning for a parent's long-term care or starting a business with savings—only humans can. However, trust issues loom large. More than half of Millennials feel their advisors are only motivated to make money for themselves and their employer.
Hybrid wealth advice works for Millennials. Given their penchant for digital, but more complex needs as they age, hybrid is a great fit for the Millennial investor. Our research shows that nearly two-thirds of Millennials use some form of hybrid model already. With only 11 percent currently using a robo-advisor exclusively, this leaves plenty of headroom for human advisors to show their value.
Millennials—digital natives—are leading other generations in forcing industries of all types to re-examine their client service models. With studies suggesting Baby Boomers are adopting new methods with money almost as rapidly as Millennials are now, the impact of these digital natives on your entire client base becomes clear. A few things we found in our research to keep in mind:
Millennials want to learn. Six out of 10 Millennials show interest in becoming savvier with cash flow management and budgeting.
They are price conscious but will pay for quality and convenience. Millennials are far more likely to regularly discuss fees than other investors; 41 percent do so quarterly, versus just 14 percent of Baby Boomers.
They expect you to use technology where it fits. Millennials are more likely to invest in commodities and options. They are twice as likely as Baby Boomers to invest in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).
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While video consumption and distribution has grown exponentially in the past few years, converting and preparing this content for the digital realm was largely a 'black art' until recently, when several enterprise-grade solutions came onto the market. In this session from Streaming Media Europe 2009, panelists from organisations that are utilising those solutions talked about their cost and benefit to enterprises large and small.
- Matt Smith, Senior Director, Systems Architecture and Strategy, Inlet Technologies
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Sen. Harry Reid: Any Budget Deal Must Include Revenue
(NEW YORK) -- Asserting that "the American people" are on his side, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said during an exclusive interview for "This Week" that any that deal reached between Republicans and Democrats to avoid the looming sequester must — "without any question" – include revenue.
"The American people are on our side. The American people don't believe in these austere things. We believe that the rich should contribute. We believe we should fill those tax loopholes — get rid of them, I should say. And that's where we need to go," Reid said. "And I've got a pretty good fan base for that: the American people. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents."
Reid confirmed his position on revenue would apply to any deal put into place to avert a government shutdown or lift the debt ceiling as well. This puts him directly at odds with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, who said earlier this month on "This Week" that the "tax issue is finished." But Reid — invoking the GOP's 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney — suggested a deal could include such things as the elimination of oil and gas subsidies, or what he called "low hanging fruit." The Nevada senator also pushed back when asked if he was sidelined during the so called "fiscal cliff" negotiations, saying he played the "bad cop" during that period.
Reid was also asked about comprehensive immigration reform, which has moved to the front of the president's legislative agenda for his second term. Reid expressed confidence that legislation would pass the Senate, adding that it would be a "bad day" for Republicans and America if it did not. When asked if certain parts of the legislation — such as the definition of border security or how gays are treated under the bill — could mean Republicans might not want to sign on, Reid called them "excuses."
"It's certainly gonna pass the Senate. And it would be a bad day for our country and a bad day for the Republican Party if they continue to [stand] in the way of this," he said. "If they're looking for an excuse not to support this legislation, this is another one. But the American people are past excuses. They want this legislation passed."
On legislation aimed at curbing gun violence following the murder of 20 children in Newtown, Conn. in December, Reid, who said he has "lots of guns" that he keeps for "sentimental reasons," said he wants to "get something done on guns" and expressed support for universal background checks. He said he'd consider other proposals such as limiting gun magazine capacity and said he'd "take a look" at the ban on assault weapons, which Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., strongly supports. Reid added that the influential NRA would not single-handedly prevent action to prevent gun violence.
"I've been supported by the NRA on occasion. I know Wayne LaPierre, he's always been extremely pleasant to me. We have a good relationship. So, I am not here to demean the organization," he said. "Just because they resist it doesn't mean we can't do things. I mean– we have a lotta special interest groups that come and complain about things…we'll listen to them and make the right decision.
Lastly, Reid stood by Sen. Bob Menendez he was asked about recent allegations against the New Jersey senator involving a political donor. Reid said he was comfortable with Menendez serving as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee while he was being investigated.
"He was a leader in the House. He's been a leader in the Senate. He's chairman of that committee. He'll do a wonderful job. And he's also an integral part of what we do with immigration reform. So, I have the utmost confidence in him," he said. "I have confidence he did nothing wrong. But that's what investigations are all about."
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R in the CPB and the role of Open Source in Promoting Transparency and Austerity
The Revolution blog links to an O'Reilly interview with two CIO's from the Consumer Protection Bureau. The gist of the interview is "Open Source is Great, we are using it for everything; R and Big Data are the next hot thing, et cetera". I don't mean to belittle those points, as I mostly agree them, but they are covered well in both the Revolution post and the original interview. However what is explicitly missing from the interview (but implied by the tone) are how Open Source technologies directly answer two recent and recurring demands of government: Transparency and Austerity. At at a time when most of the electorate is calling for more transparent government (and at least in public, government seems to agree) and maybe 60% of the electorate wants less government spending open source is an obvious answer. Open source tools do not directly make government more transparent (I think legislation, institutional/cultural change are the real drivers), but at least partially addresses it: If government reports and official statistics are produced in R, for example, and the code posted on git (as is suggested by the interview) then that allows the numeric public to cross check the nitty gritty details of whatever assumptions, models, et cetera go into those figures.
The more obvious benefit is austerity. Especially with regards to spatial software, contracts with private vendors are huge (but I have no idea what portion of government spending goes into it). Switching to open source, at least during times of austerity would not only save money but also force some competition into the relative monopolies held by ESRI, SAS, and others. When I have some more time in the future I'll try to back those assertions regarding government spending on private vendor software contracts with some hard data.


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Maybe this is what we deserve, or what the Big East deserves, though the clefts in its foundation are not of its doing, mostly.
That the Big East holds its conference tournament in New York City—with a basketball history erased by time and scandal—is probably fitting, as was the vacuum in Madison Square Garden as two teams with a combined 14 years of Big East heritage squared off in a game with scoring only the CCNY point-shavers could appreciate. Yes, there's a Big East tournament champion, and it's Louisville. It was a game for whose viewers the experience was regrettable and of which those in attendance will never shake the nightmares. [ESPN]