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Milpitas, CA, October 18, 2007 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash storage card products, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Third quarter revenue increased 38% on a year-over-year basis to $1.037 billion and net income in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) increased to $85 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $28 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2007. GAAP net income was $103 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2006.
Excluding the impact of acquisition-related charges, stock compensation expense and the related tax effect, third quarter non-GAAP net income increased to $130 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, compared to second quarter 2007 non-GAAP net income of $72 million, or $0.30 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income was $124 million, or $0.61 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2006.
"We are very pleased with our third quarter results. Demand was exceptionally strong in international retail, following our strategy to aggressively expand our business outside of North America. In the mobile phone market we sold a record 42 million units, reinforcing the enormous global opportunity which is unfolding. USB revenues also contributed significantly to our growth in the quarter," said Eli Harari, Chairman and CEO. "Gross margins and the pricing environment improved substantially and excellent execution at Fab 3 allowed us to respond to the surge in customer demand. We expect demand to remain strong through the fourth quarter holiday season although we may not be able to meet 100% of the demand."


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Great Australian Books For Children
Working in a Washington, DC children's book store regularly reminds me that I am not, in fact, an American. It's not really because people sometimes ask me if I am from Boston (please come back cute Australian accent!), but rather because of the books people

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Tiger Translate Dubai presents Universe
Global art, design and music showcase Tiger Translate is coming to Dubai on Wednesday, 23rd November - hosting a event with the theme of Universe at the Royal Majlis (Emirates Golf Club).
Tiger Translate Middle East promises to be a multi-sensory art celebration and will feature some of the best regional talent in the digital art community, where both international and local artists will create ideas and designs which reflect their interpretation of the theme of 'Universe' in the context of modern Asia and the Gulf region.
Tiger Translate is fronted by a collective of both emerging Asian and established international artists, known as Asian Kinetic Artists (AKA). Tiger's AKAs form a community of Asia's most creative minds in art, design, photography and music. Hand-selected by a global panel of experts, the AKAs will collaborate with local artists to merge their skills and creativity to create a unique artistic experience for guests and audiences.
The AKAs at the Dubai event include a trio of acclaimed digital artists from Bangkok called B.O.R.E.D. (Band of Radical Experiment Design), who will lead a series of workshops for local artists and design students in the days leading up to the event.
Three Dubai-based artists, Liz Ramos-Prado, Victoria Viray and Hani Alireza (from Peru, Philippines and Saudi Arabia respectively) have been selected from Dubai's design industry based upon their skills and how their styles match the artists from Bangkok.
Victoria Viray - Isabela and Cristina
All the artists will be involved in a collaborative cross-border design exchange called 'Ping Pong' in the run up to the event, where a work of digital art will be passed back and forth between the artist pairings to produce a unique piece of Tiger Translate digital art, with finishing touches to be made live on 23rd November.
In addition to Ping Pong, there will be a photography-based creative process called 'Double Vision', which will involve images by yours truly that will be treated by the digital artists, with their interpretations revealed on canvas at the event. I will only find out the results on the night, so I'm looking forward to the final outcome.
The night will include live art and alternative live music, featuring
- Break DJ Lobito
- VJ Cold Fusion
- An experimental music collaboration with leading local musicians including Hamdan Al-Abri, Noush Like Sploosh & Gayathri.
The evening will be hosted by TV and Radion presenter Simone Heng. Added bonus, there will be Far Eastern food and refreshments served throughout the night. This one-off night sounds like it will be a blast. Hope you can make it.
Event details:
Date and time: Wednesday, 23rd November from 7.00pm - 1.00am
Venue: Royal Majlis at Emirates Golf Club (location map)
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We were cracking ourselves up at the act of dressing eggs in more than just sriracha & salt. We wrapped them in yarn & washi tape, and fabricated tiny hats & bows, because bunnies can't socialize unless adorned in whimsical garb, obviously.
Share your bunny eggs with us on Instagram using #hellofunnybunny, we would love to see what you come up with!
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All our jackets feature a water-resistant outer shell to ensure that you stay dry whether you're exploring the darkest rainforest or scaling the highest peak, while superior insulation technology keeps your core protected from heat loss in temperate and sub-arctic environments.
In one of the worst acts of genocide in history, over ten million people, including six million Jews, were massacred by the Nazi regime in Germany. Holocaust education is essential to prevent this catastrophic episode of history from repeating itself.


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This cinematic and heroic image for the cover 125 magazine was created with 5 lights. FYI, Aorta is Swedish duo Marco Grizelj and Kristian Krän.
Camera: Hasselbad H2 with 80mm lens and Phase One P30+ digital back, set on a tripod twelve feet back. Shot at 1/125, f11, ISO 100.
Lighting: The key light is a silver beauty dish at f11, seven feet to camera left and angled down. Another silver beauty dish (for fill, if you can call it that here) at f8 is set seven feet to camera right and angled down. A 30 degree grid reflector at f11 is positioned behind the door out of frame to the left. This creates the punchy light on the kneeling woman's face and arm. An Elinchrom spot reflector at f11 positioned outside the glass doors shoots in. A normal reflector at f16 is boomed high above the main model and slightly behind her and to camera right. This gives the strong highlights on her hair.
Comments: Team Aorta likes to give the talent intricate back stories to help shape the cinematic tenor of the image. For this shot, our hero woman's husband smashed one of her favorite Norman Rockwell collector plates when she told him he couldn't participate in fantasy football. She's deciding between keying his cherry red 1967 Mercedes 250SL or divorce. Her mother, on the floor, is relieved because she had accidentally chipped the plate earlier this month and glued it back together. Now she will not be caught and disinvited from any future Thanksgiving dinners.


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I have been busy with so much outgoing mail that it was nice to get some incoming mail for a change. I finally got to purchase some Louos Loves creations! I have been waiting forever to snag some of his stuff, but whenever I come up on one of his sales posts at TIB, everything has been sold out. Aren't these Louos Loves tees adorable? I love the prints and all the pink!
In more happy mail news, I finally received my Arte du Blythe fat book! Yippee! It definitely lived up to its name -- it is a very FAT book chock full of artfully adorned pages. Thank you to everyone who participated in this project and especially to Gina of Blythe-O-Mania Untamed for all her hard work to make it happen. It was so much fun!
My new obsession du jour are Re-Ment miniatures. I was so thrilled to discover that they sell them here in Hawaii. It is a blessing and a curse because now that I know they are in the vicinity I have the constant urge to pick up another box. And another. And another. 24 boxes so far and counting. Scary.
As for my Etsy shop, I am still working on the cupcakes, owls, and some new Blythe outfits, but my focus on them has taken a little detour as I accepted a few custom orders on my apron dress sets and my sundae hats. I've been a bit wary about taking custom orders in the past because of my willy-nilly nature. I've always been afraid that I would never finish them in a timely manner or that I would rush them out, and they would not be done as well as if I took my time. Thankfully, I finished the following apron dress set and sundae hats in relatively short order (for me, at least).
Thank you, Megumi!
Thank you, Alisa!
Thank you, Evelyn!
And thank you all for dropping by once again!
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As the rhetoric boils and simmers over North Korea's increasingly capable ballistic missiles, it might be wise to consider a thought posed recently by Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, the U.S. Navy director of staff, during an interview with Aviation Week.
"Preventing conflict is as important as prevailing in conflict," Hunt says.
He was talking specifically about how ships like the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) could bring a presence into certain areas – like parts of Asia – to a degree the nation has not enjoyed before, and by that presence put the U.S. in a better position to stop the bullets – or missiles – before they start flying.
Indeed, the backbone of the Navy's Pacific Pivot plan seems built around such a concept of prevention by presence.
While budget delays and financial uncertainties may play with some of the details of the Navy's plan, the basic structure will remain the same, as outlined recently by Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, in a piece for Foreign Policy.
Day-to-day naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region will increase by about 20%, to 60 ships, by 2020, Greenert says.
Basing four destroyers in Rota, Spain, he says, will actually shift six destroyers out of the usual rotation plan for that region and free them up for Asia-Pacific deployments.
LCSs and their cousin ships, Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV), will be able to help with the Pacific pivot in two ways, according to Greenert – by performing missions not only in Asian waters but also by deploying to Africa and Central or South America, freeing up larger Navy warships in those areas to go to Asia.
The U.S., Greenert says, will increase deployments of aircraft in the Pacific and expand cooperative air surveillance with regional partners, such as Australia, the Philippines and Thailand. The Navy also intends to operate its version of the MQ-4 Global Hawk UAV from Guam when it enters the fleet in the middle of this decade.
And the service also intends to improve its aerial anti-submarine warfare capability, replacing the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft with the P-8A Poseidon.
While the spotlight is shining squarely on North Korea for the moment, there's no doubt which power is driving the U.S. capability concern in the region.
"Many of the Navy's programs for acquiring highly capable ships, aircraft, and weapon systems can be viewed as intended, at least in part, at improving the U.S. Navy's ability to counter Chinese maritime anti-access capabilities," notes a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report. "Examples of highly capable ships now being acquired include Ford (CVN-78) class aircraft carriers, Virginia (SSN-774) class attack submarines, and Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers, including the new Flight III version of the DDG-51, which is to be equipped with a new radar for improved air and missile defense operations."
Examples of highly capable aircraft now being acquired by the Navy, CRS also notes, include F-35C carrier-based Joint Strike Fighters, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, E-2D Hawkeye early warning and command and control aircraft, the Navy carrier-based Unmanned Combat Air System (N-UCAS program) demonstrator program, and the follow-on Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system.
But the secret to prevention in the region may reside not in what the U.S. does deploy, but what others think may or may not be deployed.
"Countering China's naval modernization effort can also involve stating publicly (while withholding classified details) the U.S. Navy's ability to counter improved Chinese maritime forces," CRS says. "Such public statements could help prevent Chinese overconfidence that might lead to incidents, while also reassuring regional allies, partners, and neutrals."
Of course there are risks. "Conversely, some observers might argue, having an ability to counter Chinese maritime military forces but not stating it publicly could invite Chinese overconfidence and thereby be destabilizing," CRS says.
Which just goes to show – there's nothing pacific about this region at all.
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VB.Net Programming Using Notepad And Command Prompt (Part II) Building Windows Form Application
In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a Windows Form Application. Before reading this tutorial further, it'd better if you see my previous tutorial on http://www.dreaminco...&#entry1111651.
Creating Form
I assume that you've already installed .Net Framework on your machine and ,of course, knowing VB.Net Basic. Let's get started to have some code. Open the Notepad by clicking Start -> Run -> Type Notepad. Then notepad application will be displayed. Then type this code below :
Imports System.Windows.Forms Partial Class MyForm : Inherits Form Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.Text = "My First Example Form" End Sub Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() End Sub Public Shared Sub Main() Dim theForm As New MyForm theForm.ShowDialog() End Sub End Class
Then save the file with ".vb" extension. I saved the file With FileName = MyForm.Designer.vb, and ensure you choose Save As Type = AllFiles. In this case I save the file in Folder D:\App.
Explanation of the code :
Partial Class MyForm : Inherits Form ... End Class
To make a Windows Form Application, you have to inherit System.Windows.Forms.Form class. The class declared as Partial, because I'll create another Class MyForm as part of them. This partial class will tell you how the Form and Component displayed. And another class will handle all events occurred to the Class Component Object. So, we'll separate the View and Controller as MVC (Model View Controller) Design Pattern told us.
Private Sub InitializeComponent() ... End Sub
In this case I create a Sub Procedure named InitializeComponent which is used to initialize the component that will be added into the form included the component settings. On the next sample I'll add some component like Label, TextBox, and Button into the Form.
Public Sub New() ... End Sub
The constructor that will call the InitializeComponent procedure. So the Form will be displayed like we describe on InitializeComponent procedure. If you don't know what the Constructor is, just googling it />/>.
Public Shared Sub Main() ... End Sub
Sub Main is the main procedure which is the starting point of your application. So, everything you've typed here would be read, compile and execute by the compiler, at startup application, before the others.
How To Compile
open the Command Prompt by clicking Start -> Run -> type cmd then press Enter.
When the Command Prompt's displayed, write down this below code to set the Work Path to be the same where .Net Framework was installed. By default it'll be installed in Folder "C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\Vxxxx". Vxxxx is the version of your .Net Framework. In this tutorial I used .Net Framework v4.0, but it'd be running well on the other version.
Then change your directory into the Folder where you saved the File by type this code :
CD /D D:\App
And now it's time to compile it, just write down this code :
VBC /OUT:MyForm /T:winexe MyForm.Designer.vb
If no errors, then run your application by calling the name's of your application.
Or just :
Adding Component Into Form
To add components into form, we could follow these steps :
1. Declare the component
2. Initialize and sets the component's property value
3. Add the component into the form
Now, let's see the codes. Open MyForm.Designer.vb file that we've created above. And update it to be like these :
Imports System.Windows.Forms Partial Class MyForm : Inherits Form 'Component's Declaration Friend WithEvents lblFirstName As Label Friend WithEvents lblLastName As Label = New Label Friend WithEvents txtFirstName As TextBox = New TextBox Friend WithEvents txtLastName As TextBox = New TextBox Friend WithEvents btnShow As Button = New Button Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.Text = "My First Example Form" 'lblFirstName Setting lblFirstName = New Label 'Object Initialization lblFirstName.Text = "First Name : " lblFirstName.AutoSize = True 'Set the label into AutoSize lblFirstName.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10,10) 'Set the location/position of the lblFirstName Object relative to the form System.Drawing.Point(x, y) 'lblLastName Setting lblLastName = New Label lblLastName.Text = "Last Name : " lblLastName.AutoSize = True lblLastName.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10, 60) 'txtFirstName Setting txtFirstName = New TextBox txtFirstName.MaxLength = 50 txtFirstName.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(150, 40) txtFirstName.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(100, 10) 'txtLastName Setting txtLastName = New TextBox txtLastName.MaxLength = 50 txtLastName.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(150, 40) txtLastName.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(100, 60) 'btnShow Setting btnShow = New Button btnShow.Text = "&Show" btnShow.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(50, 30) btnShow.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(10, 100) 'Adding the control/component into the Form Me.Controls.Add(lblLastName) Me.Controls.Add(lblFirstName) Me.Controls.Add(txtLastName) Me.Controls.Add(txtFirstName) Me.Controls.Add(btnShow) Me.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(txtLastname.Right + 20, btnShow.Top + 70) End Sub Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() End Sub Public Shared Sub Main() Dim theForm As New MyForm theForm.ShowDialog() End Sub End Class
Then save it.
Now to handle btnShow Click event, we'll create an event handler in another file. Create a new file on Notepad :
Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class MyForm 'This is the event handler for btnShow.Click Private Sub btnShow_Clicked(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnShow.Click MessageBox.Show("Welcome " & txtFirstName.Text & " " & txtLastName.Text,"Welcome") End Sub End Class
Then save it as MyForm.vb in the same folder ( D:\App). Now let's compile it :
VBC /OUT:MyForm /T:winexe MyForm.vb MyForm.Designer.vb
If no errors, then run your application by calling the name's of your application.
Hopefully the tutorial's clear enough for you... I'm so sorry if my english's not good enough. Next tutorial we'll see how to display the data from database (Ms.Access or SQL Server). Happy coding bro...


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LONDON - Super heroes don't bow to fan pressure - that's according to screenwriter David S. Goyer, who is co-writing the new "Batman vs. Superman" movie.
He's currently working on the script for the upcoming comic book character showdown with director Zach Snyder.
Goyer says "if I try to think about `well, what would the fans like...?' then you stop being creative."
He worked on the "Dark Knight" trilogy and has the "Man of Steel" screenplay under his belt, so he's used to doing battle with popular opinion.
And "Batman vs. Superman" has already faced an online backlash after the casting of Ben Affleck as the caped crusader. Co-star Henry Cavill will reprise his role as Clark Kent from "Man of Steel."
"Batman vs. Superman" is set for a summer 2015 release.


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IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slot Allocation
IRONMAN 70.3 Puerto Rico is one of the many events worldwide in the IRONMAN 70.3 Series. The 2011 – 2019 races took competitors on a scenic tour of the city, featuring an incredible crowd of spirited locals. Participants swam 1.2 miles in the protected waters of the Condado Lagoon with a transition to the bike in the Parque del Tercer Milenio. Continuing with a 56-mile bike from San Juan, cyclists ride toward the municipality of Dorado, experiencing beachfront views and several short but challenging climbs. The 13.1-mile run led participants through the city of Old San Juan and past 16th-century Spanish architecture, including the famous Fort San Felipe del Morro.
Slated for March 15, 2020, the tenth edition of the IRONMAN 70.3 Puerto Rico will offer a total of 40 age-group qualifying slots for the 2020 IRONMAN World Championship 70.3, with more than 1,500 U.S. and international competitors. There are over 1000 direct national and international flights to Puerto Rico and no passport is required when traveling from the U.S. mainland. Please continue to monitor our website for additional information about the event.
Slot Allocation
Prior to race day, at least one slot shall be tentatively allocated to each Age Group category (both male and female). Please see the official Age Group category breakdown on the FAQ page.
Final slot allocation will be determined on race day based on the number of official starters in each age group. If there are no starters in a particular Age Group, no slot will be allocated.
If there are no finishers in a particular Age Group that had at least one participant start then that slot will be moved to the next calculated Age Group within the gender.
Athletes MUST claim their slot in-person at the qualifying race during the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slot Allocation and Rolldown Ceremony. Please check the event schedule of events for time and location of the ceremony.
Anyone who wishes to claim a Rolldown slot must attend the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slot Allocation and Rolldown Ceremony and claim their slot in person. If an automatic qualifier in an Age Group chooses not to take the slot, does not attend the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slot Allocation and Rolldown Ceremony, or has already qualified, the next eligible finisher in that Age Group may claim the slot that has rolled down.
If there are no more eligible finishers in a particular Age Group or no other finishers in attendance at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slot Allocation and Rolldown Ceremony in that Age Group, that unclaimed slot will be reallocated to another Age Group within the gender based on the athletes-to-slots ratio. The Age Group within the gender with the largest athletes-to-slots ratio will receive the first reallocated slot, followed by the next largest ratio receiving the second re-allocated slot (if applicable), and so on.


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/* SD card read/write This example shows how to read and write data to and from an SD card file The circuit: * SD card attached to SPI bus as follows: ** MOSI - pin 11 ** MISO - pin 12 ** CLK - pin 13 ** CS - pin 4 created Nov 2010 by David A. Mellis updated 2 Dec 2010 by Tom Igoe This example code is in the public domain. */#include <SD.h>File file;void setup(){ pinMode(2, OUTPUT); pinMode(3, OUTPUT); pinMode(5, OUTPUT); pinMode(6, OUTPUT); pinMode(7, OUTPUT); Serial.begin(9600); // Serial.print("Initializing SD card..."); // On the Ethernet Shield, CS is pin 4. It's set as an output by default. // Note that even if it's not used as the CS pin, the hardware SS pin // (10 on most Arduino boards, 53 on the Mega) must be left as an output // or the SD library functions will not work. pinMode(10, OUTPUT); if (!SD.begin(4)) { // Serial.println("initialization failed!"); // return; } // Serial.println("initialization done."); // open the file. note that only one file can be open at a time, // so you have to close this one before opening another.}int j;void loop(){ j++; file = SD.open("Test.txt", O_CREAT | O_WRITE | O_APPEND); while(millis() < 1000); // delay so mills() is four digits for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) { file.println(i); //Serial.println(i); } // not needed in this example since close() will call flush. file.println(j); file.flush(); file.close();}
I thought the arduino software/compiler would give me some warning messages if I was out of ram


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Oxford, Miss, Augt 21st 1865"
My dearest wife,
I arrived here on Friday Evening and
am boarding with Mr Turner. John Watkins and
myself are at present rooming together."
[Coln Avent] is at work on his building and I have
engaged the room that was formerly occupied by his Bank."
I fear it will not be finished as Early as I could wish,
for I have no idea under the most favorable circumstances
he will finish it before the middle of October, but their
is no help for it, for the Doctor and Mr Doyle have rented
the other building (Reynold's) and if Avent had not Kept
to his promise, I should have been without a store."
I told the Doctor on Sunday what I thought of his
conduct and we had a long conversation on the matter
but without any satisfactory result to me and our
going into partnership is out of the question. I shall
take my own chances and you can tell John he can
make his arrangements for coming up with you and I
will try to make a merchant of him.
Yesterday I had a chill and feel right weak
today but, shall take some medicine tonight which I hope
will Keep the chill off to-morrow, with what quinine I
take in the morning.
Well my dear I spent twenty five dollars for )(Written upside down at the top of the opening page:"
Tell Mr Smith he had better Keep a look out for hands for the
coming year, for they are going to in great demand before
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Walt Crawford publishes a special Annual Conference edition of his notable Cites & Insights with a ton of discussion on 'doing' conference and ALA as an organization. It is an important read and available in .pdf for your plane reading pleasure at http://citesandinsights.info/civ7i7.pdf .
Before Conference
Adapted from the New Members Round Table (NMRT) "Conference Tips for ALA Annual" and the Midwinter wiki
- Check preview pages in June edition of American Libraries. Mark programs and meetings of interest. Use ALA Handbook of Organizations for information about individual units and committees.
- To make the most efficient use of your time, use and consult the ALA Event Planner (the planner is only available to fully registered attendees) and begin mapping out your conference strategy. Also, consult the Hotel Map, which gives the basic layout of the area and buildings covered by the conference.
- Ask friends and colleagues what they are involved in and what they enjoy. Try to attend programs, meetings or discussion groups with them during the conference. Suggest that they introduce you to people.
- Plan for follow-up. Many libraries ask employees to report back on their meeting experiences. It is easier to synthesize needed information if you consider these questions before the conference.
- Cooperate with co-workers. If multiple people from your library are attending, talk with them about attending different sessions and meeting to discuss your experiences afterwards. Stay focused.
- Pack comfortable shoes. Pack light clothing that is comfortable but still professional. Pack snacks such as granola or power bars, apples and a few small bottles of water (if you do not have space buy some snacks when you arrive). Bring business cards.
- Washington, D.C. is *hot* in the summer ... but there will be air conditioning inside; pack layers.
At Conference
- Don't feel overwhelmed with the program guide at registration. When you have a free moment (hopefully your first night at the meeting), review the guide and revise your original schedule to fit the time and place of programs and meetings. Don't schedule time too tightly. Allow enough time to go from one meeting to another. Schedule time for relaxing and sightseeing.
- Each day bring your revised schedule or tear out the program pages for that day as a reminder of meeting times and places.
- It's easier to remember all of the interesting ideas you hear and people you meet if you make a note soon after -- try taking five minutes to "brain dump" the highlights of a meeting into your notebook before you go on to something new.
- Meetings and discussion groups are at many different hotels in the city. The program guide provides maps which can help you gauge the distances between meetings. Don't worry if you arrive a little late or if you need to leave early. Attendees regularly come and go from meetings and discussion groups.
- If you want to get involved, attend committee meetings and introduce yourself to the chairperson.
- SATELLITE REGISTRATION: ALA will have three satellite registration areas for pre-registered attendees to pick up their credentials prior to the convention center. Onsite registrants must go to the Washington Convention Center to register. Satellite registration will be located at the Washington Hilton, Marriott Crystal City and Fairmont Hotel on Thursday, June 21 & Friday, June 22. Hours are 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
At the exhibits
- Allocate plenty of time for the exhibits. Don't attempt to see all the exhibits in one day. Make several short trips. Use the program guide to select and find exhibitors.
- But also, allow for the seredipity of coming across a new vendor ... who just might have a product or service useful to your library.
- Don't pick up everything you see in the exhibits hall. Ask exhibitors to send you information after the conference. Take advantage of the "expocard" you get at registration--just have the exhibitor scan it! Or, if you have business cards, use them. Or, some people bring self-addressed labels.
- Check your expocard! An error on your expocard can happen -- especially if you've had a change of address or employer. It's very frustrating to discover this on the last day of a conference, especially if you've requested important info.
- For materials you do pick up, make use of the on-site postal centers to ship materials back home or use bag check services. You will have a much easier time if you aren't trying to carry everything.
- Attend the exhibits early in the conference before vendor giveaways run low.
- Try and find a map of the exhibit floor with exhibitors, and then maximize your time on the floor by deciding ahead of time which exhibitors you want to visit and how much time you have to spend. You can leave a business card at the booth to try and schedule an appointment.
Other Conference Tips
- Bring business cards with you. If you are a library school student, you may want to have business cards printed. On-line printers, such as VistaPrint, provide free business cards.(O.K., not entirely free - you have to pay $5.25 for shipping. And no one will think less of you if you have their ad on the back of your card. In fact, people will think of you as frugal and inventive. You can find other on-line printers by typing "free business cards" into Google.)The Midwinter Meeting can be an excellent opportunity to network, and you can distribute the business cards on the Exhibit/Trade Show Floor.
- Check Cognotes, the daily conference newspaper, for last-minute additions and changes.
- Wear your badge to meetings and social events, but not on the street. This "brands" you as a visitor and a possible target.
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Family Day at Wabash Scheduled for This Weekendby Karen Handley • November 1, 2005 Share:
Wabash College will honor the families of Wabash students on Saturday, November 5, when it celebrates Family Day.
The agenda for the day includes:
9 a.m.-12 noon: Open reception for parents and families of Wabash students in the Caleb Mills House. Food and refreshments will be provided.
9 a.m.: Campus Tours. Tours will be led by the Sons of Wabash and will depart from the Caleb Mills House
10-10:45 a.m.: Information session on the Off-Campus Studies Program by David Clapp in Baxter Hall, room 101. Find out how many Wabash students study off-campus, what the rules are for who can go, where they go, and hear from the students themselves about their experiences and get the opportunity to ask questions.
11-11:45 a.m.: Information session titled "How WabashWorks! for Students: Connecting Students with Alumni Mentors, Internships, Job Search Strategies and Pre-Health Advising" in Baxter Hall, room 101. New and exciting changes are happening in the Schroeder Center for Career Development. Learn how the new Alumni Mentor program allows student to network with alumni through WabashWorks! Become connected through the new bi-weekly Outcomes e-newsletter that features internship information, highlights alumni success stories, answers career questions, and includes a calendar of events. Explore and learn about Pre-Health fields from the Pre-Health Advisor. Also, meet the new Director, new Assistant Director, new Pre-Health Advisor, and new Internship Coordinator.
1 p.m. Football Game — Wabash Little Giants vs. Denison in Byron P. Hollett Little Giant Stadium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students and can be purchased at the gate. Seniors will be introduced with members of their families prior to kickoff.
1 p.m. Swimming Meet — Wabash Little Giants vs. Rose-Hulman in the Allen Athletics Center Natatorium. Free and open to the public.
4 p.m. Wrestling Alumni Red-White Meet in Chadwick Court in the Allen Athletics Center
8 p.m. Family Day Concert featuring the Music Department at Wabash College. Salter Hall, Fine Arts Center. Free and open to the public.
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You are wandering through a tropical rainforest. It is late morning and the humidity seems to rise with every step. Life is crawling, buzzing, slithering, climbing, burrowing all around you. Brightly-colored poison dart frogs light up the dark undergrowth like mobile glow-sticks. Fantastic caterpillars, otherworldly insects, ghoulish spiders, tiny scattering creatures. All aspects of nature fascinate you. But you are here for the birds. And there are none. In fact, there have been none for over an hour. The curse of forest birding – a bird drought. You sit down and wait. Maybe the birds will come to you. BZZZUUUZZZZUUUURRR. What was that? Instinctively you cover your face and neck so that you don't get stung by a giant forest wasp. BZZZUUUZZZZUUUURRR. And then you see it. A hummingbird is hovering a foot from your bright red T-shirt, zigzagging back and forth. Back and forth. You can see from its bill that it is a hermit. A seriously peeved hermit. The giant red tubular flower that is your T-shirt has gotten the better of this blur of fury. Angrily the hermit spins like a tiny attack helicopter and disappears into the darkness.
Green Hermit by Adam Riley
Hummingbirds are some of the most fascinating creatures known to humankind. They are the only birds able to fly backwards and the 340-odd species come in many different forms. They have unique survival strategies, fantastic colors, crazy bills and endearing personalities. Here is my Top 20 list of the most amazing hummingbirds in the world. Each makes this list because it is literally unbelievable in some aspect of its life whether it be survival, color, shape, size or uniqueness.
Starting off the Top 20 list is a tie for 20th place, with both candidates from the good ole US of A. Sharing the 20th berth is Anna's Hummingbird. The male reaches speeds of over 60 miles per hour (or nearly 400 body lengths per second!!!) during its courtship display dive. This daredevil feat, along with its ridiculous gorget (as illustrated beautifully by Mike below) ensures its spot in the World's Top 20.
Its partner is the well-known Ruby-throated Hummingbird, one of the only species of hummingbird that migrates every year. For a bird that is only hours from starving to death at any given time, it is no small feat to traverse the 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico! This gem of a hummingbird does this by doubling its body-weight before each crossing, making it one of the bravest – and hungriest! – hummers on earth.
Anna's Hummingbird by Mike Bergin
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird by Joe Schneid
The name says it all. Seen under the right light conditions, the Red-tailed Comet has a spectacular red rump and long golden-red tail. As it streaks across the Andean skies of Bolivia and Argentina with its flashy tail, its not hard to see how this bird got the name "comet". Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet.
Red-tailed Comet by Nick Athanas
The adult male Snowcap is one of the most unmistakable hummingbirds in the world. Found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua, this tiny hummingbird is placed within its own genus microchera. Make sure you watch out for this little stunner if you happen to be in Central America.
Holding down the no. 17 spot is the Rainbow-bearded Thornbill. Any hummer with a beard should make this list but this is not just any beard! For this male's facial whiskers display all the colors of the rainbow to match its bright orange mohawk. These high-flyers from the montane grasslands of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia should not be missed on a trip to these countries.
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill by Nick Athanas
There are a number of hummingbirds with outrageous tails that have made this list. The Swallow-tailed Hummingbird is no exception. One of the largest species of hummingbird with a very unique and un-hummingbird-like tail, it is found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay where it can actually be remarkably common. It is notorious for its aggressiveness across its range and some birds have been known to attack large mammals and hawks. Fiery personalities are usually accompanied by forked tongues. In this case, the Swallow-tailed Hummingbird lets its forked tail do ALL the talking.
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird by Nick Athanas
Velvet-purple Coronets are amongst the most photogenic of all hummers. With a dazzling display of colorful feathers and contrasting white retrices, these beauties are a photographer's dream. Found in the foothills of northern Ecuador and Colombia, these stunning hummingbirds hold down the no. 15 spot on account of their unbridled modeling talent.
Velvet-purple Coronet by Luke Seitz
There are a few hummingbirds that have truly remarkable bills. The Awlbills and Tooth-billed Hummingbirds are serious contenders for this list and deserve special mention. But, as in the movie Highlander, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!". Ok, no. 3 on this list is also famed for its outrageous beak so let's stick with "THERE CAN BE ONLY TWO!!!". And the White-tipped Sicklebill cracks the nod with its totally bizarre eating utensil. Nowhere common, this wonderful hummer is found from Costa Rica to Peru and is a specific pollinator of the heliconia flowers it attends.
The Sparkling Violetear occurs commonly throughout much of northern and western South America. Most of the time it simply appears to be a beautiful green hummingbird. But during its display, the males can extend the ear-tufts and this is when it really turns heads! These, the largest of the violetears, hold down the no. 12 spot on account of their sparkling ear-rings.
Sparkling Violetear by Luke Seitz
One could be forgiven for thinking that Booted Rackettails are fictitious characters from a fairy-tale. Not only do these endearing hummers have some of the craziest tails in the avian world, but they also come complete with cotton-wool balls for feet! Were it not for the fact that these hummingbirds are actually remarkably common at places like Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador, they would probably be at the top of every birders list. Common or not, these little stunners are not to be missed on a trip to Ecuador, Peru or Colombia.
Booted Racket-tail by Sam Woods
Coming in at no. 10 is the bizarre Bearded Helmetcrest. Found in Colombia and Venezuela and the only member of the genus oxypogon, this freak of nature is not only one of the strangest-looking hummers but it is also one of the most resilient. For the Bearded Helmetcrest spends most of its time above the tree-line in the paramo of the high Andes.
Bearded Helmetcrest by Adam Riley
The names of hummingbirds are arguably the most descriptive for any family of birds. But one name in particular conjures up a particularly strange image…the Black-tailed Trainbearer. A trainbearer is a person who hold the gown of a bride at a wedding procession. But this well-endowed hummer, with one of the longest tail feathers of all the hummingbird species, has to do all the carrying himself.
Black-tailed Trainbearer silhouette by Corey Finger
The Giant Hummingbird is not colorful. In fact it might just be one of the drabbest hummingbird species out there. But what it lacks in color it makes up for in size. This bruiser is the same size as a Northern Cardinal and the largest hummingbird on earth. Found in the Andes from southwest Colombia to Argentina and Chile, the Giant Hummingbird comes in at no.8.
Giant Hummingbird by Arthur Grosset
Not to be outdone by its larger relative at no.8, the insect-sized Bee Hummingbird leaps one spot up due to the fact that this bird is the smallest bird in the world. Found only in Cuba and weighing in at a whopping 1.8 grams, I bet there are many US birders who can't wait for the travel restrictions to be lifted!
Bee Hummingbird female by Arthur Grosset
The Crimson Topaz and its closely-related cousin the Fiery Topaz hold down the no. 6 spot. These are thought to be the second-largest of the hummingbirds but their appeal is in their plumage. Found throughout the lowland forests of the Amazon, these hummers are even more beautiful than the gem they are named after.
Crimson Topaz by Bird Holidays
All the coquette species are such remarkable hummingbirds that to single out any particular species would do a serious injustice to the others. These are the punk-rockers of the hummingbird world. And no other hummingbird species can rival the hairstyles of these fire-crackers. According to the dictionary, a coquette is a pretty woman who flirts girlishly, constantly trying to gain the admiration of men. And anyone who has watched coquettes in flight can attest to the suitability of this name. Whether you're looking at a Rufous-crested, Spangled, Frilled or Black-crested Coquette, you can be sure that the flirting will leave you begging for more.
Rufous-crested Coquette by Carlos Bethancourt
Black-crested Coquette by Nick Athanas
So we've featured large hummingbirds, small hummingbirds, hummingbirds with long tails, hummingbirds with extraordinary bills and hummingbirds with amazing colors. But the hummer that comes in at number 4 is arguably the toughest hummingbird in the world. The hardy Ecuadorian Hillstar lives higher than any hummingbird on earth and is frequently found way above the treeline at 17,000 feet. This is one of the harshest environments on the planet with freezing temperatures, rarified air and sparse vegetation. Yet this resilient bird is quite at home here.
Ecuadorian Hillstar by Corey Finger
Ensifera ensifera comes from the Latin ensis(sword) and ferre (to wield/carry). This sword-wielder is one of the craziest looking birds in the avian world. The Sword-billed Hummingbird is the only bird in the world whose bill is longer than its body. And its tongue (as illustrated below) is even longer! Can you imagine having such a monstrous bill that you have to groom yourself with your feet! In fact these hummers have been known to hold their bills pointing skyward to avoid neck-strain. The Sword-billed Hummingbird, like our number 4 candidate, is a high altitude hummer and can be found in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Sword-billed Hummingbird by Mike Bergin
One of my favorite birds is the Red-billed Streamertail, Jamaica's national bird and the inspiration for the national airline's logo. The Doctorbird, as it is locally called, comes in two flavors, with the black-billed variety being restricted to the extreme east of the island. Although there are several long-tailed hummingbirds, a mature male streamertail has the longest tail appendages of all. With its scissor-like tail, weird crest and bright iridescent coloration, combined with its endemic status, this island hummingbird is right at the top of every hummingbird lover's list.
A young male Red-billed Streamertail
And now…the moment we've all been waiting for! It goes without saying that I would be bold to try and place any other hummingbird in the number 1 spot. There is simply no other bird that comes close to rivaling the Marvelous Spatuletail as the most phenomenal hummingbird in the world. Found in the Amazonas region of Peru, this spectacular bird is incredibly rare and localized. But its rarity and good looks are superseded by the male's awe-inspiring display. Nobody captures this better than the BBC documentary, Life…
Marvelous Spatuletail by Rich Hoyer
Well, that's it for the Top 20! Please comment below on what other hummers you think should be on this list. Visit the Arthur Grosset and Nick Athanas sites for great hummer pics. Watch the following Nikon's BATV videos for great hummingbird videos:
Wow. Speechless….wow.
Wow! I better not die anytime soon..I have many hummers to see. Great post.
Fabulous video, thank you so much!
Wow! The hummingbirds we have in SE Arizona are all amazing, but these are mind-boggling. Fantastic post!
Thought I just commented here, but must have pressed Reset rather than Submit. Anyway, great list and concept for a blogpost James. I totally agree with your number one. Got one on my cap on my profile pic.
Although I have not seen any of the doctorbirds, I did not think it really qualified as number two, until I did a google search and found this: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4477270044_5e1337946f.jpg
Other wise I really like Great Sapphirewing and Wire-crested Thorntail. And even the common Fork-tailed Woodnymph is extremely pretty.
I found a nice gallery with lots of hummers from Ecuador. http://www.briccettiphoto.com/show/galleries?id=72157624581488484
If anyone wants to see the lek of the Marvelous Spatuletail, the best months are between November and April.
Great post! I have been lucky enough to see most of these hummingbirds, as I am also fascinated with them. There are a couple on the list I have not been able to see….yet. Lovely photos to go with it!
This is such a great post. I really love watching the hummingbirds, and though I've seen quite a few I have a long way to go. Thanks for the descriptions and photos, they are AWESOME!
James they're gorgeous…I wish humans were so interesting =)
Nice post. It makes me think though of the great hummers that didn't make the list. It must have been tough to pick just 20!
This post could really be expanded into a nice little book. My favorite is the Black-tailed Trainbearer 'cause it is a fairly common bird in Quito. I love the idea of walking in the middle of that busy city and seeing this stunning creature flying into a tree right next to you.
I vote for the addition of Violet-tailed Sylph to this list, but that may be because my views of it in Mindo were so tantalizing and I can't wait to go back to Ecuador to see more.
Best post for 2011! Talk about eye candy! Great summary of such a tough list to make since just about every hummingbird species is breathtaking.
What about Juan Fernandez Firecrown? One of the rarest and most unique of all hummingbirds. And spectacular as well!
Nice post James, glad to see you blogging here, I met you on a filming trip on Monterey Bay last year.
I like the list, but where is the Juan Fernandez Firecrown?! Critically endangered island endemic hummer! And not some little nearshore island, but Robinson Crusoe, 350mi from S. America! That gets my vote, for no other reason than excuse to visit such an incredible archipelago.
hah, read the above comment! Glad to know I'm not alone.
Having seen only 6 of them, there are many too go at. It´s hard to question no.1, and that will be the one I´ll be looking for next time I get to South America, which unfortunately is quite expensive when living in Europe. I would have fancied to see the Booted Racketail much further up the list. I miss the Fiery throated hummingbird on the list.
thanks for such a great treat! It must have been difficult to limit the list to 20…. so many hummers, so little time!
Where's the Great Sapphirewing and Violet-Tailed Sylph??
Otherwise, nice selection, although just picking 20 is a futile exercise.
James – this is awesome! These hummers are worthy of the top 20, but every single hummingbird is on my "bucket list"! I can't wait to book a trip to Tandayapa Lodge. Having visited Canopy Tower and Lodge in June, we saw 23 species of hummers and I loved to see the video as it brought back memories of a great trip! Thanks for these videos!
Hey James,
great list! Several to go still, but what about the starfrontlets, especially rainbow SF and the incredible dusky starfrontlet. Also, very partial to glowing puffleg, wire-crested thorntail and the horned sungem!
your fotos are spectacular & i,ve been thrilled 2 look thru them & the interesting info made in comments,i was lucky 2visit rocklands bird sanctuary in jamaica & the doctor birds fly in & feed from ur bottle of nectar,my 1st encounter with hummingbirds,AWESOME!!!!!costa rica was fabulous & I saw many & took fotos{only amateur ones}thanx 4 this site its been an inspiration 4 me 2 see many more.
your fotos are spectacular,i was lucky 2visit jamaica & hav fotos & footage of the doctor bird & of many in costa rica,the violet sabrewing & green thorntail were my faves.
A true a visual treat…thank you!!!!
I would go out with a smile on my face.
I'd add Colombia's Colorful Puffleg, apparently one of and possibly the most range-restricted bird species in the world, and it's not even an islander. It's little booties are quite unique looking too.
Fantastic hummers! I'd love to see posts of great lodges to see hummingbirds in addition to the Ecuadorian ones and Panama's. Can anybody make some other suggestions? our knees aren't getting any younger and we need some easy vacation destinations rich in hummingbirds.
Love the shots of the hummingbirds! I feed migratory ones every spring and summer and am looking for the best food possible for them. Colorado Rockies can be harsh, with killer hail often. And so
I need a suggestion on the best formula. Any thoughts would be appreciated… Thanks, lani
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ROCKLEDGE, FL - Television personality and radio talk show host Leeza Gibbons will headline a special event to be held on Saturday, February 26, at the Eau Gallie Yacht Club, 100 Datura Drive in Indian Harbour Beach.
The fundraiser will raise money for Health First's Leeza's Place. The first such facility in the state of Florida, Health First Leeza's Place is a community-centered resource center in Melbourne offering programs to educate, empower, and energize both caregivers and those recently diagnosed with any memory disorder.
After the loss of her grandmother from Alzheimer's and the diagnosis of her mother with this degenerative disease that affects brain functioning and loss of memory, noted television and radio host Leeza Gibbons and her family created The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation to meet the growing needs of those impacted by memory disorders. Health First Leeza's Place provides an intimate and safe community-based setting where those affected by memory disorders can gather to prepare for the challenging journey ahead.
"From the beginning, my family's fight against Alzheimer's disease had been fueled by my mother's courageous insistence to inform, educate, and heal the patient, caregiver, and community," said Gibbons. "We've created a stigma-free environment to begin to help those feeling alone, frustrated, and frightened by this thief of memories. There is life after diagnosis."
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By now investors are familiar with Apple's decision to start paying a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share and repurchasing $10 billion of its stock. The move was generally well received by investors. But I believe it's a drop in the bucket for a company that generated $38 billion in cash in the past year alone.
Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) argument against shelling out more is the tax liability it faces if it repatriates any of the $65 billion in cash it now holds overseas. CFO Peter Oppenheimer said this about its dilemma: "We think the current tax laws provide a considerable economic disincentive to U.S. companies that might otherwise repatriate the substantial amount of foreign cash they have."
Boo hoo!
U.S.-based shareholders should be embarrassed by this crass attempt by Apple and other multinationals to bully the federal government into giving it a "get out of jail free" card.
Apple chooses to do business overseas with the explicit understanding that any earnings taxed there get an equivalent credit deferring taxes on those earnings until they're repatriated in the future, at a maximum corporate tax rate of 35%. Apple management has made a conscious decision to avoid paying those taxes — to the detriment of both everyday Americans and its own shareholders, many of whom are the richest 1% in the country.
I fail to see how this is anything but un-American.
Corporate taxes have existed at the federal level since 1909. America's maximum corporate tax rate was higher than 35% for 46 consecutive years, from 1942 until 1988, two years after the implementation of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. In 1950, corporate taxes represented 6% of the U.S. GDP. By 2011, they were just 2.7% of GDP. It might not seem like a big difference, but corporate taxes in the 1950s accounted for almost one-third of federal revenue compared to 7.9% today.
Is it any wonder that baby boomers grew up in a post-war America brimming with economic confidence, thanks in part to a federal government that could meet its obligations and pay its bills? Might I remind Mr. Oppenheimer that in 1950, the top corporate tax rate was 42%, while the top individual tax rate was a whopping 84.4% over $400,000. Americans, especially those in the C-Suite, seem to have forgotten what sacrifice really means.
Have a look inside Apple's most recent 10-K, and you'll see that its effective tax rate in 2011 was 24.2% (page 63). However, that's not what it actually paid. In reality, it cut a check for $3.3 billion (page 46), or 9.6% of its pretax income of $34.2 billion, considerably lower than the 15% it paid in 2010.
Gallingly, Apple wants to pay even less. As part of the WinAmerica lobbying group, it's pressing President Obama to provide a tax holiday so that it and others, like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), can repatriate $1.4 trillion in cash sitting in overseas bank accounts at a one-time tax rate of 5.25%. WinAmerica argues that the $73.5 billion in taxes paid as a result of the tax holiday along with the repatriated cash would result in the creation of 2.5 million jobs.
How dumb do you think Obama is? The government tried this tactic back in 2004, and it was a colossal bust. Most of the repatriated cash back then went to dividends and share repurchases. The same thing will happen if corporations are allowed to do so in 2012. Apple shareholders will insist on it.
Columbia University's Earth Institute published a report for the U.N. recently detailing the state of happiness in the world. Denmark was the happiest country, with Finland a close second. The U.S. came in 11th. Denmark's corporate tax rate is a flat 25%, while the highest individual tax rate is 51.5% for a combined 76.5%. That's 650 basis points higher than in the U.S. Yet the Danes are apparently much happier.
Ireland was No. 10 on the list, and its combined corporate/individual tax rate is 53.5% — but its corporate rate is just 12.5%. Have you looked at the state of its economy lately? Something tells me that the Laffer Curve isn't working out so well for the Irish. Obviously, the solution is somewhere between Ireland and Denmark.
Many big corporations support the idea of a territorial taxation system in which the U.S. doesn't attempt to tax foreign earnings and allows them to move cash wherever they like. Unfortunately, this would seriously reduce the amount of corporate taxes collected.
A better idea, according to Ed Kleinbard, a professor at USC's Gould School of Law, is to tax U.S. corporations on their worldwide income when they earn it. Calling it a "business enterprise income tax," it would also provide corporations with tax deductions paid to any foreign nation, but they would not be able to defer those taxes indefinitely. Pay-as-you-go taxation would level the playing field between companies like Apple with big overseas operations and those operating solely in the U.S.
While it's easy to argue that the 35% corporate tax rate is too high, Apple and the rest of the WinAmerica lobby need to humble themselves a little bit and remember who it is that gave them their start. Asking for such a serious tax break on its hoard of cash isn't just un-American, it's downright wrong.
As of this writing, Will Ashworth did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.


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West Coast states and B.C. to link climate policies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The governors of Pacific coastal U.S. states and a Canadian province official on Monday vowed to collectively combat climate change by coordinating polices that place a price on greenhouse gas pollution and mandating the use of cleaner-burning fuels.
The governors of California, Oregon, Washington and the environment minister of British Columbia, Mary Polak, gathered in San Francisco to commit to working together to coordinate efforts with the hope of stimulating a clean-energy economy in a region with a combined gross domestic product of $2.8 trillion.
California and British Columbia already have placed a price on greenhouse gas emissions — through cap-and-trade and a carbon tax, respectively — and have also already adopted clean fuel standards.
"We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change and we are the last generation who can do something about it," Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said.
Under terms of the agreement announced Monday, Oregon and Washington's governors are committing their states to move forward with similar policies, even though the legislatures of both states have denied previous attempts to adopt cap-and-trade.
It was yet another climate-change related agreement with other states and nations for California Gov. Jerry Brown. In the past year he has inked non-binding deals with Chinese provinces for better collaboration on science and technology, linked the state's cap-and-trade market to Quebec, Canada's and signed on with northeastern states to increase electric vehicle infrastructure.
Brown conceded the fact that alone, these states can't do much to change climate change. But he hoped the collaborations would gain momentum and scope.
"This is global. So, if it's only Oregon, Washington, California and British Columbia, nothing's going to happen. You got to get everybody," Brown said. "You've got to get China, you're going to have to get India. You have to get Texas and Alabama ... "
The deal stems from the work of the Pacific Coast Collaborative, a group meant to organize climate change and clean energy policies in a region with 53 million people.
Washington's Inslee supports a statewide cap on carbon-fuel emissions, among several ideas to get the state closer to reaching goals set in 2008 to cut global warming pollution.
Still, getting bipartisan support for a cap-and-trade program in Washington state will be difficult. Former Gov. Chris Gregoire aggressively pushed for and failed to get lawmakers in 2009 to approve a market-based carbon trading system.
Inslee is currently leading a bipartisan legislative work group created this year to recommend strategies to tackle climate change. Two Republican lawmakers in that group have said they need to see what the economic impacts of those strategies would be.
Todd Myers, environmental director at the Washington Policy Center, said before the announcement Monday that he was frustrated that the regional agreement could undermine the work of that bipartisan process. "This seems to be a symbolic gesture that undermines that process," he said.
In Oregon, efforts to implement cap-and-trade have met a similar fate. Lawmakers there failed to pass such a measure in 2009.
Environmentalists in that state applauded Monday's announcement as good sense.
"It's very encouraging to see both the business community and our elected officials call for a common-sense, proactive approach to addressing climate change. The Pacific Coast Action Plan is an important step forward, and this event is proof that we can make meaningful progress that works for businesses, people, and the planet," Andrea Durbin, executive director at Oregon Environmental Council, said.
Neither Inslee nor Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber could say exactly how their respective states would achieve putting a price on carbon, but both were optimistic.
California's efforts have not come without their challenges. The low carbon fuel standard is a key piece of California's landmark global warming law, AB 32, and is meant to cut the state's dependence on petroleum by 20 percent and account for one-tenth of the state's goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.
But the state's first-in-the-nation fuel standard was challenged in federal court, and briefly halted by a judge, after business groups argued it violated the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution by imposing limits on interstate commerce.
A panel of federal judges allowed it to move forward in September.
Kitzhaber said he felt that climate change policy will have a profound effect on the region over the coming decades.
"The central question is whether we're going to shape our climate and energy future through intentional developments and intentional actions and policies, or whether that future is going to shape us," Kitzhaber said.
Associated Press reporters Phuong Le in Seattle and Jeff Barnard in Grants Pass, Ore. contributed to this report. Jason Dearen can be reached at
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Dark Energy saving the world
In theory, dark energy be used to generate electricity. Given its apparent abundance, this could provide rather a lot (perhaps too much) clean energy. Has any research been conducted on this or any other practical applications for dark energy? (other than repelling galaxies ;)