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"Here, most intellectuals are in the Armed Forces. They have a lot better schools and regard themselves as the guardians of civilization, of democracy and of Turkey. And this, of course, is a danger for all those who want to turn Turkey into a religious state."
Celal Sengor is a geologist and professor at the Department of Geological Engineering at the Istanbul Technical University. Sengor is the only Turkish member of the prestigious American Philosophical Society. He owns, in his private house on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, one of the biggest geological libraries in the world with more than 30,000 books. He also writes weekly science columns in the Kemalist daily Cumhuriyet.
Sengor was serving in the air force, is well connected with the military and shares its mistrust of the intentions of the current government:
"The current government sees universities as places to be conquered. For their own people, with their own world view."
According to Sengor, AKP leaders are basically unqualified to lead the country:
"All the responsible leaders of the AKP come from the lower classes of society. And these lower classes do not live in modern cities, so they have no idea about modern urban life. They come from the slum districts of Istanbul. They do not have a good education. Most of them come from religious schools and many of them do not speak a foreign language."
Celal Sengor
Sengor strongly rejects both religion and the presence of women with headscarves at universities:
"When I have a girl in front of me with all the signs of Islam, how can I teach her about the history of our planet? I know that she does not want to believe it."
In January 2008 the daily Zaman accused Sengor of supporting possible military interventions to topple the government. He told us in July 2008:
"I have never said that. I only said that coups might become necessary at some stage in the life of a state. This is like a chirurgical operation."
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Wednesday, July 11th 2018, 7:44am
The new world cup : place youre bets, form (link) isnt working correctly.
Says isnt approved by google.
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Wednesday, July 11th 2018, 7:50am
By the amount of missed rounds and games (whole quarter finals, first games of round of 16, first semi final and probably 2nd semi too), i guess they should just cancel it and send everyone that participated a fixed amount of balls (like 50).
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Walthamir (11.07.2018)
Date of registration: May 30th 2017
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Wednesday, July 11th 2018, 12:26pm
Agree with that.... total messed up event. More than the real World Cup...hehehehe
Wednesday, July 11th 2018, 3:00pm
+1 agreed with that
Date of registration: Dec 13th 2015
Wednesday, July 11th 2018, 3:28pm
Date of registration: Jun 22nd 2016
Wednesday, July 11th 2018, 8:17pm
Date of registration: Nov 1st 2017
Thursday, July 12th 2018, 8:41am
yea. It doesn't work..
Saturday, July 14th 2018, 12:41am
and of course ignored by the ppl making the event not even surprized they dont care enough to respond when theres an error in the event LAUGHABLE
Date of registration: Jul 8th 2018
Sunday, July 15th 2018, 8:19pm
the event had potential but was managed awfully. forums is understaffed and because of it this event was rushed or late and links ended up breaking with barely any time, or anyone to fix them
i guess they should just cancel it and send everyone that participated a fixed amount of balls (like 50).
Monday, July 16th 2018, 4:41am
lack of response before the weekend is absurd was plenty of time and posts were up about it being broken well in advance but they couldnt have cared less about fixing it (can tell by lack of any post about fixing it) and doubt we will get anything from the event at all if we do ill be amazingly surprised if its more then just an insult to us all
Date of registration: Oct 22nd 2017
Monday, July 16th 2018, 6:39pm
since i lv up my blacksmith i have tried more than 10 times to combine rare to make epic and i fail everytime i would like someone in admin to fix my blacksmith. thanku.
Date of registration: Jun 22nd 2016
Monday, July 16th 2018, 6:40pm
maybe you are just unlucky
Date of registration: Jul 8th 2018
Monday, July 16th 2018, 11:32pm
they cant 'fix' your blacksmith ur just unlucky, dont combo with 2 go with 4, once u try for legend use 2 then
Tuesday, July 17th 2018, 4:47am
@dema, @para .... Can we get some word about the soccer event instead of 100% silence would be nice to hear something about it since it did get messed up.
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Date of registration: Mar 22nd 2017
Thanks: 3
Tuesday, July 17th 2018, 11:48pm
Demadrend is the only person who can address this. Myself and Zidane are not directly involved in this event but the issue has been raised. Apologies for the broken form and hopefully a solution will be offered soon.
Game Admin EN
Wednesday, July 18th 2018, 5:03am
appreciated and was unaware was only dema
Wednesday, July 18th 2018, 6:30am
The world cup event will end at 22-7 10 hr server time.
Will we get the ball packs before end of event ?
Saved all my chests till we get the balls to try get the rare ones.
Thanks: 321
Friday, July 20th 2018, 8:57am
Any update?
Friday, July 20th 2018, 8:10pm
to bad there isnt a reply at all from the mods.
Event is closing soon and every one is waiting for a responce !!!
The event is terrible and it did go very wrong, a lot of people did send in theire scores but th efollow up went all wrong.
Now everybody is waiting for a reply and it doesnt come, the question is , why doesnt it come ?
maybe give very one a few red ( impossible) ball to get for free.
Today i changes 109 chests into balls but no red one !!!
What are the odds ? 1 at a million ?
Last year its very hard to gather fire rubies.
Getting enough silver to enchance leg to gl needs allready lots of silver and now its so hard to get fire rubies!
sorry to say but the game isnt getting better like this.
There are some good things like daily login but its to hard to get better witout fire opals, rubies and opals
Friday, July 20th 2018, 8:57pm
to be fair para responded but only one who can really do anything is dema and well u know lol

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Page turner: Yellow Book takes on Sprint
The next time you let your fingers do the walking, your digits may have extra ground to cover thanks to Yellow Book USA, a billion-dollar phonebook company that's entering the Charlottesville market this summer.
Though Yellow Book spokesperson Maria Mitchell declined comment for this story, citing an upcoming press conference at which information will be available to all news media, Yellow Book reps have already begun canvassing area businesses hoping to convince advertisers that all yellow pages are not created equal.
They're already having some luck.
"I'm going to advertise in it," says Rapture co-owner Mike Rodi, who currently advertises in the Community PhoneBook. That's a small phonebook published by Data National that– along with phone numbers– features poetry on nearly every page. He claims he stopped advertising in the Sprint Yellow Pages after the ad there listed the wrong information, and Sprint, he says, refused to offer him compensation.
"I felt like I deserved some kind of a credit for the fact that they made a mistake," he says.
Pam Watson, who owns the local Roto-Rooter with her husband, Robert, says they may also advertise in Yellow Book, but not because they're unhappy with the current options.
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Not everyone is embracing the newcomer.
"I don't think Charlottesville is that large a city or necessarily that specialized a market to need multiple phonebooks," says David Poole, owner of the Great Frame-Up in Albemarle Square.
For the past 17 years, Poole has advertised his business in the Sprint Yellow Pages. "As far as yellow pages go," he says of Sprint, "I think they are pretty impressive."
Yellow Book certainly has its work cut out if it hopes to grab a piece of Sprint's pie.
"Sprint has been the official phone company of Charlottesville for years," says Jennifer Sherran, spokesperson for R.H. Donnelley, the Cary, North Carolina-based company that purchased the Charlottesville Sprint Yellow Pages in January 2003. "We know the market better than anyone."
Sherran says Sprint has an exclusive distribution deal with UVA and also provides the phone books to 98 percent of local hotel rooms.
But if recent history is any indication, the 74-year-old Yellow Book doesn't scare easily– in fact, according to the company's website, in the past seven years it has more than doubled its number of directories for a total of nearly 600. The company boasts a circulation of more than 72 million, and operates 165 offices in 42 states plus Washington, D.C.
Its website also offers a slew of press releases detailing the company's hundreds of acquisitions, including its December 1997 purchase of the R.H. Donnelley Proprietary East directory business, which included 43 yellow pages directories in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and D.C.
For its foray into Charlottesville, Yellow Book seems intent on striking with force. In conversations with Charlottesville businesses, Yellow Book reps say they'll soon be occupying office space at swank Peter Jefferson Place on Pantops.
Sherran, however, remains confident. Sprint, she says, dominates Yellow Book in many markets across the nation. As an example, she cites Jefferson, Missouri, where Yellow Book entered the market "several years ago." Today, says Sherran, Sprint has 86 percent of the market there versus Yellow Book's 14 percent.
And in Hunterdon, New Jersey, where Sherran reports Yellow Book has been available for three years, Sprint also has 86 percent of the market, compared to 12 percent for Yellow Book and two percent for Verizon.
"We welcome the competition," says Sherran, "because we know we are the book of choice for many reasons."
The Great Frame-Up's Poole agrees.
"I would be surprised if people decide to discard their Sprint book and keep one of the others," he says. "I'm not terribly worried about it."
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Bifidobacterium Bifidum
Bifidobacterium bifidum, which is also called B. bifidum, is actually a bacteria strain which is naturally found in the gut of a healthy human being. It is just one of the many "good bacteria" strains that can help keep the population of harmful bacteria, yeast, fungus and toxins down. Good bacteria colonies are naturally present in the female genitalia as well.
The use of live strains of Bifidobacterium bifidum in milk products and in food has been a thriving business for many years since there have been many studies regarding the many therapeutic benefits of live good bacterial strains to a person's overall health.
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Preparation Time: 30 mins
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National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)
Managing Vertebrate Invasive Species
Gary W. Witmer, William C. Pitt,
and Kathleen A. Fagerstone
Fort Collins, Colorado
August 7-9, 2007
On August 7-9, 2007, the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) hosted an international symposium on managing invasive birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. About 160 people attended. The goal of the symposium was to highlight research, management, and public education campaigns associated with invasive wildlife. Speakers at the plenary sessions provided national and international perspectives and summaries of invasive species problems. More than 50 additional speakers, from the United States and eight foreign countries, presented information on economic and other impacts of invasive species; the regulatory environment; the need for coordination of efforts among agencies and nations; pathways and means-of-entry for invasives; and detection, prevention, eradication and monitoring of individual species.
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1 Opening Comments — Richard L. Bruggers 15K
2 Environmental and Economic Costs of Vertebrate Species Invasions into the United States — David Pimentel 61K
9 Invasive Species: A National Perspective and the Need for a Coordinated Response — Lori Williams 28K
12 International Perspective on Programmes of Invasive Vertebrate Species — Greg Sherley 120K
29 A "Community" Approach to Invasive Species Management: Some Pacific Case Studies — Alan Saunders, Henri Blaffart, Craig Morley. Joape Kuruyawa, Vilikesa Masibalavu, and Elenoa Seniloli 41K
34 Global Harmonisation in the Field of Invasive Species Management Product Development — Steven Lapidge, Simon Humphrys, and David Dall 66K
43 Managing Non-native Wildlife in Florida: State Perspective, Policy and Practice — Scott Hardin 79K
53 Custom Trucks, Radio Snake Jingles, and Temporary Tattoos: An Overview of a Successful Public Awareness Campaign Related to Brown Treesnakes in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Nathaniel B. Hawley 34K
57 Promoting Awareness, Knowledge and Good Intentions — Christy Martin 54K
63 HabitattitudeTM: Getting a Backbone About the Pet Release Pathway — Jamie K. Reaser and N. Marshall Meyers 302K
72 Considering Control of Invasive Barred Owls to Benefit California Spotted Owls: Possible Justification and Draft Methods — Kent B. Livezey, Richard M. Engeman, Dennis F. Rock, and Donald A. Yasuda 317K
82 Prioritization of action on non-native species – Progress in Great Britain — Niall Moore 27K
85 The Failed Regulatory System for Animal Imports into the United States--and How to Fix It — Peter T. Jenkins 34K
90 Monitoring the Sale and Trafficking of Invasive Vertebrate Species Using Automated Internet Search and Surveillance Tools — Karl Suiter and Sandra Sferrazza 128K
94 Using Pathway Analysis to Inform Prevention Strategies for Alien Reptiles and Amphibians — Fred Kraus 184K
104 Island Biosecurity as a Pest Management Tactic in New Zealand — Keith Broome 130K
108 Invasive Species Management and Research Using GIS — Tracy Holcombe, Thomas J. Stohlgren, and Catherine Jarnevich 741K
115 Pest Eradication Technology – The Critical Partner to Pest Exclusion Technology: The Maungatautari Experience — Cam Speedy, Tim Day, and John Innes 152K
127 Management of Invasive Vertebrates in the United States: An Overview — Gary W. Witmer, Patrick W. Burke, William C. Pitt, and Michael L. Avery 81K
138 Climate Matching as a Tool for Predicting Potential North American Spread of Brown Treesnakes — Gordon H. Rodda, Robert N. Reed, and Catherine S. Jarnevich 152K
146 The Role of Early Detection and Rapid Response in Thwarting Amphibian and Reptile Introductions in Florida — Todd S. Campbell 81K
157 Coqui Frog Research and Management Efforts in Hawai'i — Hans Sin and Adam Radford 332K
168 Impacts of Introduced Species on an Island Ecosystem: Non-native Reptiles and Amphibians in the U.S. Virgin Islands — Renata J. Platenberg 57K
175 The Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team — James W. Stanford and Gordon H. Rodda 376K
218 Flotation Materials for Aerial Delivery of Acetaminophen Toxic Baits to Brown Treesnakes — Peter J. Savarie, Tom C. Mathies, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone 47K
224 An Evaluation of Passive Thermal Fumigation for Brown Treesnake Control in Surface Transportation from Guam — Gad Perry and Daniel S. Vice 228K
234 Spotting Cryptic Animals in the Dark: What Light Properties Should a Good Headlamp Have? — Bjorn Lardner, Julie A. Savidge, and Gordon H. Rodda 96K
246 Can Temperature be Used as a Tool for Limiting Brown Treesnake Invasion via Transportation Pathways? — Michelle T. Christy, Julie A. Savidge, Richard Bischof, and Gordon H. Rodda 99K
257 Size-based Trends and Management Implications of Microhabitat Utilization by Brown Treesnakes, with an Emphasis on Juvenile Snakes — Gordon H. Rodda and Robert N. Reed 230K
268 Early Detection and Eradication of Invading Rats — James C. Russell, Mick N. Clout, and David R. Towns 281K
273 Tree Squirrels as Invasive Species: Conservation and Management Implications — Geoffrey H. Palmer, John L. Koprowski, and Tony Pernas 75K
283 Invasive Rats and Bubonic Plague in Northwest Uganda — Jeff N. Borchert, Jeff J. Mach, Timothy J. Linder, Asaph Ogen-Odoi, and Santos Angualia 112K
294 Eradicating House Mice from Islands: Successes, Failures and the Way Forward — Jamie W. B. MacKay, James C. Russell, and Elaine C. Murphy 86K
305 The Path to Eradication of the Gambian Giant Pouched Rat in Florida — Richard M. Engeman, Gary W. Witmer, Jean B. Bourassa, John W. Woolard, Bernice Constantin, Parker T. Hall, Scott Hardin, and Neil D. Perry 58K
312 Research and Development of a New Rodenticide for Nutria — Jeff J. Mach and Richard M. Poché 46K
318 Genetic Options for the Control of Invasive Vertebrate Pests: Prospects and Constraints — Ronald E. Thresher 140K
332 Alaska's Rat Spill Response Program — Steven M. Ebbert, Arthur L. Sowls, and G. Vernon Byrd 43K
338 Population Ecology and Some Potential Impacts of Emerging Populations of Exotic Parrots — Douglas E. Runde, William C. Pitt, and J. T. Foster 273K
361 Managing Starlings in Australis – Can DRC-1339 Be the Answer? — Tina Bentz, Steven Lapidge, David Dall, and Ronald G. Sinclair 53K
365 Florida's Non-native Avifauna — Michael L. Avery and Michael P. Moulton 142K
378 European Starlings: A Review of an Invasive Species with Far-reaching Impacts — George M. Linz, H. Jeffrey Homan, Shannon M. Gaukler, Linda B. Penry, and William J. Bleier 65K
387 Control and Eradication of the North American Ruddy Duck in Europe — Iain Henderson and Pete Robertson 49K
393 Probabilistic Bioenergetic/Toxicity Modeling Approach for Estimating Toxicant Induced Mortality to Target Invasive Species and Non-target Wildlife — John J. Johnston, Randal S. Stahl, H. Jefferey Homan, George M. Linz, and William C. Pitt 79K
398 Reducing Risk and Enhancing Efficiency in Non-native Vertebrate Removal Efforts on Islands: a 25-Year Multi-taxa Retrospective from Santa Cruz Island, California — Scott A. Morrison 2,543K
410 Developing Strategy and Tools for the Local Elimination of Multiple Pest Species — Graham Nugent, David R. Morgan, Peter Sweetapple, and Bruce Warburton 285K
418 Multiple-Species Exclusion Fencing and Technology for Mainland Sites — Tim Day and Roger MacGibbon 122K
434 Wildlife Contraception: Targeting the Oocyte — Richard E. Mauldin and Lowell A. Miller 113K
445 Methods and Strategies for Managing Feral Hog Damage in Grain Production Areas in Central Texas — T. J. Muir and Gary McEwen 48K
451 Landscape Genetics of Feral Swine and Implications for Management — Johanna Delgado-Acevedo, Randy W. DeYoung, and Tyler A. Campbell 26K
454 DNA Detection of Foxes to Prevent Establishment in Tasmania — Stephen D. Sarre, Rachel Walsh, Niccy Aitken, Alison Foster, and Nick Mooney 102K
460 Ecology of an Invasive Predator in Hawai`i — Steven C. Hess, Heidi Hansen, and Paul C. Banko 1,877K
469 Developing a New Toxin for Potential Control of Feral Cats, Stoats, and Wild Dogs in New Zealand — Elaine C. Murphy, Charles T. Eason, Steve Hix, and Duncan B. MacMorran 36K
474 Developing a Decision Support System for Improving Possum Control Planning — Bruce Warburton, Jim D. Coleman, Mark Fuglestad, and Jens Dietrich 23K
476 The Political, Economic and Management History of a Successful Exotic Eradication: the Case of Black-tailed Jackrabbits in One Part of Florida — Richard M. Engeman, Bernice Constantin, and Jeffrey Bunting 30K
479 Vertebrate Invasions in Chile: An Invitation to Collaboration — Fabian M. Jaksic 198K
WITMER, G. W., W. C. PITT, AND K. A. FAGERSTONE, editors. 2007. Managing vertebrate invasive species: proceedings of an international symposium. USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research
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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
versão On-line ISSN 2224-9435
versão impressa ISSN 1019-9128
J. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc. vol.82 no.2 Pretoria Jan. 2011
Variability of yellow tulp (Moraea pallida Bak.) toxicity
L D Snyman*; R A Schultz*; H van den Berg*
Section of Toxicology, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Private Bag X05, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa
Yellow tulp (Moraea pallida Bak.), collected predominantly during the flowering stage from a number of sites in South Africa, showed large variation in digoxin equivalent values, indicating variability in yellow tulp toxicity. Very low values were recorded for tulp collected from certain sites in the Northern Cape.
Keywords: digoxin equivalent, Moraea pallida, toxicity, yellow tulp.
Poisoning with cardiac glycoside-containing plants, of which yellow tulp (Moraea pallida Bak.) (Fig. 1) is the most important member, is collectively the most important plant-associated poisoning of livestock in southern Africa2. The cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, nervous, and respiratory systems are affected1,2, with posterior paresis as the most usual and outstanding nervous sign5. Yellow tulp is widely distributed and occurs under a variety of climatic conditions, topographical situations and soil types in most provinces of South Africa as well as in Botswana1 and Namibia (Fig. 2). In the present study, fluorescent polarisation immuno-assay3 analyses of yellow tulp, collected predominantly during the flowering stage from a number of sites in the country, indicate large variation in toxicity The toxin concentrations, expressed as digoxin equivalents, are indicated in Table 1.
The concentrations of digoxin equivalents for yellow tulp, recorded at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute from an artificially established, irrigated, grass and tulp plot and from a site at Middelburg, Mpumalanga, were high while those collected from the majority of sites in the Griekwastad district were very low. This might explain the apparent absence of yellow tulp poisoning in the Northern Cape2. The reason for the large variation in toxicity among the different collections is unknown. Identification of the factors responsible for the variation might be useful in predicting yellow tulp poisoning under various conditions.
The low toxicity of yellow tulp collected from the Griekwastad district was exploited for easy preparation of an identification (ID) factor, used to avert cattle to yellow tulp6. Conditioned aversion to some toxic plants has been successfully induced in livestock by the oral administration of an ID factor together with the aversion factor for that particular plant - in the case of yellow tulp this aversion factor is the toxic principle, epoxyscillirosidin1,4,5. The extremely low toxicity of the yellow tulp collected at Site 4 was exploited by preparing ID factors from this - instead of the local tulp for use in areas such as the Highveld where M. pallida is very toxic. The simplified method for extracting the ID factor6 allows for some contamination with the aversion factor (epoxyscillirosidin); which is potentially dangerous, as the ID factor is administered in conjunction with the toxic aversion factor (epoxyscillirosidin) during the process of inducing aversion. Using relatively less toxic tulp for preparing the ID factor could therefore significantly reduce the risk of inadvertent poisoning during the aversion process.
The South African National Biodiversity Institute is thanked for the use of data from the National Herbarium, Pretoria Computerised Information System (PRECIS). Funding was provided by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture Conservation and Environment through the Directorate: Technology Development and Support and the North West Province (Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Tourism).
1. Kellerman T S, Coetzer J A W, Naudé T W, Botha C J 2005 Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in southern Africa (2nd edn). Oxford University Press, Cape Town [ Links ]
2. Kellerman T S, Naudé T W, Fourie N 1996 The distribution, diagnoses and estimated economic impact of pant poisonings and mycotoxicoses in South Arica. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 63: 65-90 [ Links ]
3. Schultz R A, Kellerman T S, van den Berg H 2005 The role of fluorescence polarisation immuno-assay in the diagnosis of plantinduced cardiac glycoside poisoning of livestock in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 72: 189-201 [ Links ]
4. Snyman L D, Kellerman T S, Schultz R A, Joubert J P J, Basson K M, Labuschagne L 2004 Conditioned feed aversion as a means of preventing intake of yellow tulp (Homeria pallida) by livestock. In Acamovic T, Steward C S, Pennycott T W (eds) Poisonous plants and related toxins. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK: 531-539 [ Links ]
5. Snyman L D, Schultz R A, Joubert J P J, Botha C J, Labuschagne L 2009 Evaluation of activated charcoal as treatment for yellow tulp poisoning in cattle. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 80: 274-275 [ Links ]
6 Snyman L D, Schultz R A, Labuschagne L 2011 Amended method of averting cattle to yellow tulp (Moraea pallida). In Riet-Correa F, Pfister J, Schild A L, Wierenga T (eds) Poisoning by plants, mycotoxins and related toxins. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Poisonous Plants, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, 4-8 May 2009 (in press) [ Links ]
Received: February 2011.
Accepted: April 2011.
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Jim Fruchterman blogged about this in Dragonair Hauls Rami off the Plane together with photographs of the incident. Scott Rains and Katja Stokley plugged it in A Rocket Scientist Witnesses a Blind Man Being "Launched" from a Dragonair Flight and Hauled off the Plane respectively.
Avraham Rabby, a retired US Foreign Service Officer, was physically removed from a Dragonair plane in Hong Kong for declining to move to the window seat allocated to him. He had switched to the aisle seat with another passenger. Apparently, DragonAir has a cabin seating policy which purportedly is a safety requirement of the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department. This policy compels people with reduced mobility including those with vision and hearing impairment, and persons who are frail and elderly to take window seats.
Like Katja, I find this "only window seats for disabled people policy" discriminatory, especially when the seats are not on an exit row. I applaud Avraham Rabby for his courage and conviction in standing up against such unfair practices. If only the disability rights advocates in the Barrier Free Environment and Accessible Transport Group (BEAT) in Malaysia have the same courage to stand up against similar discriminatory practices instead of trying to shut me up when I revealed my bad experience with AirAsia.


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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing's birth, we* are running the Turing-Tape Games competition.
The competition is about solving solitaire-like games played on a Turing tape (a one-dimensional tape divided into squares as used in Turing machines). We think the games are very appropriate to celebrating Turing's legacy because they combine mathematics (polynomial arithmetic) with algorithmics (finding the most effective way to solve the games).
The competition has a number of rounds. Round 0 (familiarisation) began on April 1. It will be followed by 5 practice rounds which continue until July. During the practice rounds we will be publishing top scores so that participants can compare their solutions with those obtained by others. The final begins at the end of August and lasts for 3 weeks. It's possible to join in the competition at any time.
There are 4 categories of participant: pre-university, undergraduate, postgraduate and other. The games are challenging to solve but are feasible for all categories. The current (round 0) top-scorer is an undergraduate from Ningbo.
Students registered at a UK educational institution are eligible to compete for cash and other prizes. All competitors (whether or not a UK student) will be entitled to a discount of 20 per cent on the purchase price of the book Algorithmic Problem Solving by Roland Backhouse, courtesy of the publishers John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
The final begins on 26th August, 2012 and ends on 16th September, 2012. Winners will be announced on 30th September, 2012.
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Guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison fired non-lethal shots to quell prisoner unrest on Saturday as they relocated inmates into individual cells, US military officials said.
Officials at the US-run prison in Cuba met with resistance from some inmates as they moved before dawn to relocate inmates from communal housing into individual cells.
"Some detainees resisted with improvised weapons, and in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired," according to a statement from Robert Durand, a spokesman for Joint Task Force Guantanamo, which runs the prison.
He said there were "no serious injuries to guards or detainees" during the operation aiming "to re-establish proper observation" at the facility.
The shots fired came from two crowd-dispersal rounds about the size of a pea and two rubber bullet rounds known as the M1012 Non-Lethal Point Control Cartridge.
Each crowd-dispersal round contains 18 rubber balls of .32 caliber with "limited ability to penetrate skin and little ability to cause injury," Durand said.
The last time non-lethal shots were fired at Guantanamo was on Jan. 2, against a group of detainees who were throwing rocks. One prisoner was hit by one of the crowd-dispersal rounds.
Durand's statement added that the decision to isolate the inmates had been made "to ensure the health and security" of prisoners at the facility in Cuba, where dozens of detainees are in the third month of a hunger strike.
Housing detainees in individual cells will allow US officials to "observe them more closely," he said, adding that only detainees who comply with camp rules and procedures will now be allowed to share living spaces.
"Suspending the detainees' communal living privileges was in response to a coordinated effort by detainees to create an unsafe situation and limit the guard force's observation by obscuring and covering surveillance cameras, windows and glass partitions," the statement added.
The facility in Cuba houses scores of prisoners swept up more than a decade ago during in the US' so-called "war on terror."
"Round-the-clock monitoring is necessary to ensure security, order and safety, as detainees continued a prolonged hunger strike by refusing regular camp-provided meals," Durand said.
The strike began when the men claimed prison officials searched their Korans for contraband. Officials have denied any mishandling of Islam's holy book.
An attorney representing some of the inmates decried their treatment.
"It's just another example of force being used in GTMO [Guantanamo], instead of a sense of human rights," military lawyer Lieutenant Colonel Barry Wingard said. "The sad thing is that it doesn't appear to matter which political party is in power in Washington. The officials in GTMO always resort to force over common sense."
He said the prisoners had asked prison officials to take their Korans instead of "disrespecting" them.
"The officials refused to take the Korans, and continued to search the books in plain view of the prisoners," Wingard added. "Of course, the bigger issue is the 11.5 years without charges and hopelessness of never being released."
Attorneys representing inmates at the prison have said that most of the estimated 130 detainees at Guantanamo's Camp Six wing, which houses "low-value" prisoners, are on hunger strike.
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Collapse of Asian Elephant Range (1960s striated, 1990s solid)
The world is changing rapidly and we are facing the profound consequences of radical global changes such as large-scale deforestation, habitat and biodiversity loss and species extinction. Because these changes occur over vast areas, within time frames beyond everyday human perception, and at places far away from our homes, we often remain unaware until a catastrophe is unavoidable. For example, few people are aware that Asian elephant habitat has shrunk by 70 percent during only 30 years and that fewer than 40,000 elephants remain in the wild. Habitat loss is the single most important factor in this species' plight.
Example of the identification of critical elephant habitats in Myanmar using satellite imagery and field surveys.
The situation is grim, but scientists at NZP's Conservation GIS Lab are using satellite imagery and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify, monitor and fight habitat loss and species extinction globally. Collaborations with NASA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey allow Zoo scientists to utilize vast amounts of remotely-collected satellite images showing the condition of large and inaccessible areas—for example, the habitats and last strongholds for Asian elephants, giant panda, clouded leopard, and many other species. Zoo scientists integrate these data with their own extensive field research to monitor and assess the effects of habitat loss on these focal species.
Recently the Zoo's Conservation GIS lab has started to integrate all of these data in a computer-mapping system to identify priority sites for conservation, using the Asian elephant as a prototype species. These analyses will allow us to identify conservation problem areas or hotspots that need immediate conservation intervention to stop a species' decline and prevent its extinction. With funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee, we are expanding this system to the National Zoo's Conservation Atlas including many threatened species in the Zoo's collection and using its strengths not only for research and field conservation purposes but also as an education and outreach tool.


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Remember the Nineties? Car Design went through a retro phase, car-makers creating modern versions of icons from the Fifties and Sixties. Ford redid the Thunderbird, there was the new Mini, of course, but the car which started the craze was the Beetle. In 1994 Volkswagen showed the Concept One, which received such a positive response that in 1998 it went into production as the New Beetle.
Loved at first, soon media and customers became cynical about it being a Golf in a frock. With the Mini arriving in 2001, the Beetle love affair was short-lived. Mini was cool, drove brilliantly and was bespoke. But the Beetle is an icon, nonetheless. The problem with retro design is, how do you update it? That was the question that faced VW's design team when designing the new Beetle. Can it succeed where the last one failed?
If you're buying a car like this, looks will be fairly high on your priority list. In photos, this new Beetle seems similar to the last one, but in the steel, it's actually quite different.
Compared to before, it looks like it's been to a hot rod shop. The ride height seems chopped and that roof line's flatter – gone is the continuous arc through windscreen, roofline and rear window of the old car that gave its slightly dorky feel. This new car looks way better because it's more dynamic, more automotive – looking like it might actually drive well – yet still recognisably Beetle.
It's roomier than before, too. There's more space in the boot, although it's still small compared to a Golf. And there's now a cut-out in the roof above the rear passenger seats, which means those over five foot five will no longer end up with cricked necks.
Some of the details stand out – check out the elasticated door-pocket holders, or the upper level glovebox which harks back to the original Beetle, flipping up via a cool little handle. Neat they may be, but it doesn't feel as immediately special and different from the norm as a Mini. That steering wheel looks like an obviously cheapened version of what's in the Scirocco. And although the body-coloured dashboard panel adds a splash of colour, it signifies the Beetle's newfound, but unwanted, status of follower rather than leader, because it's a cue straight from the Fiat 500, which was then also copied by the Citroen DS3.
Cars have come a long way since the original Beetle. Even in the 14 years since the first New Beetle was launched, in-car technology has moved farther than we might ever have imagined. And in this area, the Beetle is as you'd expect anything from the VW group to be: pretty impressive.
You get VW's standardised touch and button-controlled centre screen, mounted high up on the dash. It's similar to what you'll find in a Golf and host of other VW Group cars, but that's really no bad thing, as it works brilliantly. We find it consistently faster responding to touches than the system in much more high-end cars - such as Jaguars - and much more intuitive to use.
On our mid-level "Design" trim car, its features not only include a digital radio - take note other car makers - but also an SD card slot and both USB and iPod cable integration. It's also capable of connecting a phone. Not that our iPhone 4 wanted to play ball with it - abut Blackberry did, which makes us think this might have been the Apple device having a sulky day rather than VW's system not providing the up-to-date connectivity.
Whatever you play on it sounds great too, thanks to our test car's Fender Premium Soundpack, which upgrades the wattage output, adds extra speakers and shoves a subwoofer in the boot. At night, it also illuminates the door speakers and you get "Fender" script on the grilles, which in the Beetle seems fittingly retro. At £495 we reckon it's money well spent.
It's worth noting that on top of this you get two 12-volt sockets in the centre console and a driver information system with gear-change indication to help you optimise fuel economy. However, nice though that is, it's a shame the Beetle doesn't feature the rather neat "Think Blue" coaching system from the Up!, or the fun "Minimalism Analyser" you get with Mini.
Surely, a fun, fashionable car like the Beetle is exactly the kind of place to do something a little different like this? It seems a shame you just get the same thing you would in many other cars from the VW group. We were also disappointed not to find stop-start as standard on such a new car.
The biggest criticism of the Beetle this car replaces is the way it drives. This new car is based on the same platform as the current Golf, so you'd expect it to be better – and indeed it is. Climb in and drive off and in the first couple of minutes the Beetle makes its best attempt to convince you of its reason for existence. That upright windscreen, wide, high dashboard and high roof do make it feel like a very different place to sit, compared to the Golf.
Visibility isn't bad considering how "designed" everything is – our only advice would be to spec parking sensors (£325 for front and rear), because it's impossible to tell where the back of the car stops.
It feels big and solid out on the road too, gripping well in corners and generally giving you a feeling of confidence behind the wheel. We drove the new 1.2 TSi engine option, which will be available later in the year. It's the cheapest way into a Beetle and should deliver great economy. Our car had only about 200 miles on the clock so our 38mpg figure probably isn't representative.
It's no sports car, but coupled with the 7-speed, automatic DSG gearbox it makes for a relaxing and quiet ride. Fine for those indulging their inner flower-power, but the higher powered, 1.4 TSi might be a better call for people who like to hustle with the Audi and BMW-driving photocopier salesmen out in the fast lane.
If your heart's set on a Beetle, or you've always been a fan of the nameplate, then this new car will do little to upset you and a lot to make you like it. But the point of this new model is to expand the car's appeal, and dial away some of the girlie image and "cynically re-bodied Golf" accusations many threw at the last car. Does it succeed? Up to a point. Not to put too fine-a-point on it, but we can imagine plenty of men who wouldn't have been seen dead in the previous car happily driving the new one - though perhaps avoid baby blue and opt for the more aggressively styled sport trim.
But for the rest of us, the Beetle remains a slightly confusing car whose purpose in life is unclear - we still aren't sure to whom it will appeal. Its biggest issue is its highly impressive opposition, even within its own mother company. Want a "do everything", classless car with a VW badge? Buy a Golf, and save yourself some money. Want that VW badge with style? Buy the better-driving, more-sophisticated Scirocco. Looking for something characterful, fun and don't need much space? Then try a Mini, 500 or even a Citroen DS3.
All that might seem unfair. Don't mistake the Beetle for a bad car, it's far from it. But it still seems like more of a marketing exercise, a car playing on its past, but offering nothing new and unique in the present. Spend a day behind the wheel of a 500 or Mini and you can't help but get out with a smile on your face. The point of this type of car is to make you feel special and good about yourself. The Beetle doesn't really do that. Ultimately, it left us feeling rather cold with its lack of character, which we think is a shame. Herbie must be turning over in his grave.


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Power of Light | Basic Training 2020 - part 4 / 5 days
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This fourth part of the POL training is open for people that have not joined before.
Our work is based on creating corrective experiences in order to heal the wounds from childhood in a loving compassionate atmosphere. It also aims at supporting us in order to discover our resources. Specifically this part is aiming at clearing the way in order to connect to our inner voice and Guidance. Being able to tune in to that Source within us, we will live more fully in the Present and connect to the True direction of our Soul, aiming at a future in line with our full potential.
We will have a look at our structure and specifically in the ego-superego constellation. Through experiential work and exercise we will be able to see how the superego – which is basically the internalized toxic voices of our parents – still control us and make us lose control over our inner regulation and our autonomy because of that. Eventually we will gather tools to become aware of and minimize the toxicity of these critical inner voices.
We will experience and discover:
- How our True inner voice is covered by the toxic critical inner voices
- The fifth chakra and our beliefs
- The variety of our beliefs and how they unconsciously affect our lives dramatically
- The power of affirmation and manifesting
- The creativity in our everyday life that springs from following our True inner voice
The last day of this retreat will be dedicated to integrating the tools gathered in our exploration during the Power of Light training.


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NRA Blames Newtown Tragedy On The Movies, Of Course
The NRA finally broke its week-long silence after the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut today with a press conference — technically a speech, as no questions were answered — that proved once again that reactionaries are as terrible at popular culture as they are at generating positive outcomes from their preferred policies. The real culprit to blame for tragedies such as Newtown, according to NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre? Movies.
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SANFORD — Maine's newest city now has its first mayor.
City Councilor Maura Herlihy was elected Tuesday evening by fellow councilors to head the City of Sanford's government as its mayor for the current year.
Herlihy was nominated for the interim position by Councilor Joseph Hanslip and was approved by a 4 to 3 vote of the seven-member council.
Also in the running for the position was Councilor Alan Walsh, who served as council chair for the past year. Walsh was nominated for interim mayor by Councilor Kenneth Burgess.
The council chose Hanslip as interim deputy mayor.
During a brief speech after her appointment, Herlihy said her goal as interim mayor for the next year is "to work with my fellow Councilors and the City Manager to position Sanford for the next economic boon to come."
Herlihy cited the historic significance of the night as Sanford takes on its new identity as a city and spoke of its many attributes, including "two beautiful downtowns, including the still aptly named Village of Springvale, with historic gems such as the City Hall, the Goodall Mansion, the Sanford Mill Yard and the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum." She also cited the airport, strawberry fields, blueberry fields, apple orchards, Number One Pond at the center of the downtown and Sanford's schools.
"But most of all what this community has is great people," Herlihy said.
She urged residents to be proud of their community and pointed out that when citizens "preach about the positive aspects and show a willingness to stand up and fight for our community, we are doing the most important advertising and marketing ... and it's all free."
Presiding over her first meeting was not an easy task, however, as Alberta Sevigny, a resident and staunch champion of the Village of Springvale, challenged the council several times about the loss of identity of Springvale under the new charter, the authority of the council to appoint a mayor and repeatedly about who on the council would represent the citizens of Springvale.
Responding to Sevigny's question about Springvale being represented at council meetings, newly elected Councilor Fred Smith pointed out that four of the seven councilors live in Springvale.
Herlihy will serve as mayor until the end of the year. A new mayor — to be elected by voters in November — will take office in January, 2014.


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Soda: Saranac's Shirley Temple Soda
What was your preferred method of Shirley Temple–making when you were a kid? My recipe: 9 parts grenadine to 1 part Sprite, with a cherry. Why? Because I wanted the sweetest, cherriest thing I could possibly guzzle down. Having consumed more than my fair share of them as a child—I was the kind of kid who'd want cherry Coke without the Coke—I was happy to see Saranac, a New York brewery I like, marketing a Shirley Temple soda.
Drinking one does something like this to you:
Sip #1: "Wow, that's the most cherry-flavored thing I've ever tasted."
Sip #2: "Basically pure grenadine."
Sip #3: "Yeah, I don't actually want to be drinking grenadine."
It's easily one of the sweetest things I've ever tasted. Each sip reminded me of drinking the juice from a can of maraschino cherries. I could imagine making this myself with 9 parts grenadine to 1 part soda water. There was so much sugar, I started to feel a sort of a rush, despite the beverage having no caffeine.
While it's not a bad soda if pure cherry is your thing, it's certainly unbalanced. I don't think I could drink more than one. Nor should any child under the age of 17 imbibe one, unless the goal is to keep him or her bouncing off the walls for 36 hours. Take my advice, skip this one.
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Arrow names Andy King as President of Global Components Business
Arrow Electronics has appointed Andy King as the the president of the company's global components business.
Mr. King succeeds Eric Schuck, and will report to Andrew S. Bryant, chief operating officer of Arrow's global components and global enterprise computing solutions businesses. Mr. King previously served as president of Arrow's components business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Prior to that, he served as vice president of sales and vice president of semiconductor marketing and engineering in EMEA for the company. "Andy's track record of leadership and his extensive industry experience make him the exemplary executive to lead our global components organization and increase the growth of our businesses," said Mr. Bryant.
Avery Dennison invests in new factory in Brazil Avery Dennison is gearing up for future growth of RFID technology. Just months after signing a deal to acquire Smartrac's transponder division, the company announces the location of its next RFID manufacturing facility, its first in Brazil and fifth in the world.
ST and TSMC team up on Gallium Nitride-based products STMicroelectronics and TSMC are collaborating to accelerate the development of Gallium Nitride (GaN) process technology and the supply of both discrete and integrated GaN devices to market.
WD to sell ActiveScale business to Quantum Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its ActiveScale business to Quantum Corp., under which Western Digital's full line of ActiveScale products will be sold.
Maxim accelerates in Europe with $25M investment in Ireland Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. is opening a new design centre in Dublin, Ireland. The design centre will focus on product development and conducting R&D in the areas of analog semiconductor design.
Workers to stay home as SK Hynix trainee had contact with virus patient 800 workers of the South Korean chipmaker has quarantined themselves – as a preventive measure – in order to keep the spread of the Coronavirus at bay.
Dialog Semiconductor to acquire Adesto Technologies Dialog Semiconductor has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Adesto Technologies Corporation.
Renesas and Panthronics team up on wireless charging and IoT solutions Renesas and Panthronics AG, a fabless semiconductor company specialising in high performance wireless products, are collaborating to bring solutions to the consumer, industrial, and Internet of Things (IoT) markets.
Murata completes new production facility in Malaysia Murata Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. (Perak, Malaysia), a production subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., recently completed construction of a production facility that was started in October 2018.
AKKA is now a majority owner of Data Respons Following the closing of the voluntary offer period, AKKA holds 72.89% of Data Respons' share capital.
Sequans and Avnet sign global distribution deal Sequans Communications S.A. and Avnet have entered into a distribution agreement whereby Avnet will promote and sell Sequans' IoT chips and modules and will exclusively promote and sell Monarch Go, an LTE-M/NB-IoT modem component designed for and certified by Verizon.
Synopsys completes acquisition of certain IP assets from INVECAS Synopsys, Inc. has completed its acquisition of certain IP assets from INVECAS. This acquisition broadens Synopsys' DesignWare Logic Library, Embedded Memory, General Purpose I/O, Analog, and Interface IP portfolio.
Qualcomm: Coronavirus may impact phone industry Chip maker Qualcomm Inc has issued a statement that the coronavirus outbreak in China poses a potential threat to the mobile phone industry.
South Korean supplier to set up manufacturing in Hungary Soulbrain, a South Korean materials company supplying chemicals used in semiconductors, displays and battery cells, is establishing its first European unit in Tatabánya in Hungary.
Seven major chip acquisitions valued at USD 1bn or more Semiconductor merger and acquisition activity strengthened in 2019 after pulling back in the two previous years from historic high levels of M&A agreements in 2015 and 2016.
Jenoptik is expecting further growth in 2020 Despite difficult economic conditions, Jenoptik continued to grow in 2019.
ams reports record results for full year 2019 Austrian sensor manufacturer ams reports that its revenues for 2019 was up 32% year-on-year, and fourth quarter revenues exceeded expectations with strong adjusted operating profitability.
Xperi enters into a patent and technology license deal with SK hynix Xperi Corporation has entered into a new patent and technology license agreement with semiconductor manufacturer SK hynix.
Communications equipment makers want high power outputs and small solution footprints Many communications systems are powered via a 48 V backplane. This voltage is normally stepped down to a lower intermediate bus voltage, typically to either 12 V, 5 V, or even lower, in order to power the racks of boards within the system.
Pennsylvania's AMETEK acquires IntelliPower AMETEK Inc. has purchased IntelliPower, designer and manufacturer of high-reliability external battery packs and power conditioners and distribution units for defense and industrial applications.
Nuvia unveils first NA office, new leadership Santa Clara-based silicon design start-up NUVIA Inc. has opened its first international office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Murata completes new production building in Japan One of Murata's manufacturing subsidiaries – Fukui Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. – has completed the construction of a new production building in Echizen City on the Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Synapse opens two offshore semiconductor design centres Synapse Design has officially opened its newest semiconductor design centers: One in Ahmedabad, India and one in Penang, Malaysia. With the addition of these two design centers, the company now has eight offshore design centers (ODC).
Amtech receives order from power semiconductor customer in Asia Amtech Systems says that its subsidiary, Bruce Technologies, Inc., has received a significant new order for its full 300mm clustered HTR diffusion furnace from a top-tier global power semiconductor customer in Asia. The furnace is expected to ship in fiscal Q1 2021.Load more news
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Ladies at the luncheon
Today was the annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon. Notably absent: George Clooney. It's a non-campaign year for Clooney. Looks like he's conceding early to Jeff Bridges. But enough of the boys. Let's talk about our girls.
GO Kathryn Bigelow, poised to become the first woman ever to win an Oscar for directing and a movie about war, no less. Fist pumps all around. GO Meryl Streep for breaking records, box office milestones, and for representing capable. GO Sandy B for getting ahead by being nice and not in a horizontal way. GO Gabby for an injection of true self confidence in a town full of insecure bitches. GO Maggie for putting interesting before sexy and being sexy for being interesting, GO Vera for auditioning on her own terms, GO Anna for going beyond Twilight, GO Carey for going platinum. I love it.
These are the women of the Oscars.
The Oscars! 3 weeks away!
There is no rest. When the Olympics wrap, we head to LA straight away for Oscar weekend! Am treating it like a reward.
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Dennis Raefield, CEO and President of Mace, stated, "I am excited about the future of Mace. We are on track with our growth strategy. Even though our 2009 first quarter sales were soft due to the continuing global economic crisis, we have achieved our cost-cutting goals and have reduced Mace's quarter over quarter losses by improving our gross margin and reducing the Company's overhead.
"We have also improved our Security Division's sales department, product offerings and customer service. We have completed a significant step in our security-oriented growth strategy by acquiring a first class wholesale central monitoring station, which is the platform to build our next generation of services. We plan to roll out new services during both the second and third quarters of 2009. I hope to see continued improvement as we start to see growth rebound in the security sector. I am also pleased to announce that we continue to make progress in selling our remaining car washes, and we are very pleased with the direction of our Digital Media Marketing segment," Mr. Raefield concluded.
Total revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009 were $8.6 million, as compared to $12.3 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease in overall revenues during the first quarter of 2009 was primarily due to a decrease in revenues from Mace's Digital Media Marketing segment because of management's decision to discontinue the marketing efforts of its online marketing division, PromoPath, in June 2008. There was also a reduction in sales in Mace's Security and Car Wash segments.
Loss from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2009 was approximately ($1.7) million, or ($0.10) per share, compared to a loss from continuing operations of ($2.2) million, or ($0.13) per share, for the first quarter of 2008. The reduction in loss from continuing operations was partially due to a reduction in selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses from $5.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 to $3.7 million in the same period in 2009, a decrease of approximately $1.3 million, or 26%. The SG&A expense savings were realized from a reduction in costs with the consolidation of our security division's Ft. Lauderdale, Florida surveillance equipment warehouse operations into our Farmers Branch, Texas facility, with an expense reduction of approximately $140,000, as well as overhead reductions within our Digital Media Marketing segment. SG&A expenses of our Digital Media Marketing segment decreased from $1.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008 to $708,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2009. In addition to these cost savings measures, we also noted a reduction in non-cash compensation expense from continuing operations from approximately $253,600 in the three months ended March 31, 2008 to $50,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2009.
The Company's net book value was $41.6 million, or $2.55 per share, at March 31, 2009. In addition, Mace had $53.1 million in total assets, including $8.5 million of cash and short-term investments, at March 31, 2009.
Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
FAIR LAWN, N.J., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBE) , a turnkey provider of technology-based integrated electronic security solutions, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.
The Company reported revenue of $15.3 million for the first quarter of 2009, representing a 3.8% decrease over revenue of $15.9 million for the same period a year ago. The slight decrease in revenue in the recent first quarter is primarily due the winding down of work completed on contracts for several large public agencies in the New York Metropolitan area, as well as a decline in revenue from the Company's Arizona and California operations. Partially offsetting these declines was an increase in revenue from the Company's Colorado and Virginia operations and revenue recorded under the Tactical Video Capture System ("TVCS") contract with L-3 Communications.
The Company reported net income of $166,122 or $0.03 per diluted share, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared to net income of $283,957, or $0.05 per diluted share, in the comparable period of 2008. The Company's decrease in net income is principally the result of higher personnel related costs as part of a strategic growth initiative to increase the sales force by 62%. This initiative was implemented in order to take advantage of an anticipated increase in security spending related to public projects and the expansion of the Company's footprint into Houston, Texas and Grand Junction, Colorado.
The Company's backlog as of March 31, 2009 was $20,133,794, compared to $22,404,437 at March 31, 2008. The aforementioned work completed on several large public agency jobs in the New Jersey / New York area during the year ended December 31, 2008 is the primary factor in the decline in the backlog, partially offset by the L-3 Contract bookings.
Jim Henry, CEO of Henry Bros. Electronics, commented, "While the revenue and net income that we generated during the first quarter was down slightly from last year's comparable period, bookings were in line with the prior year's quarter of $11.7 million and the proposal dollar volume doubled in the first quarter of 2009 versus the prior year. In addition, we have undertaken several reinvestment initiatives in the last several months including the expansion of our geographic footprint, an increase in sales staff, and the introduction of new products and services. Our management team and Board take pride in our ability to effectively anticipate and react accordingly to changes. This was true before the current recession when we curtailed spending and increased system efficiencies, and is true now as we increase staff to prepare for the anticipated project growth in our industry."
Henry continued, "As the new administration prepares to increase spending in areas in which our company has cultivated a strong operational expertise, we have worked to ensure that we have the right regional teams in place to effectively compete for these large infrastructure projects. This increased push to capture a significant number of these jobs is against the backdrop of the very successful management of our TVCS project, which began in October 2008. We strongly believe that our continuing work with several large municipalities and government organizations, coupled with our strong performance with the TVCS project, puts us in a very good position to increase our capture rate of projects related to the integrated security needs of the government as they look to improve our nation's infrastructure. For these reasons we are reiterating our guidance for a 6% operating margin on consolidated revenue of $80 million in 2009".
Optelecom-NKF Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
GERMANTOWN, Md., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Optelecom-NKF, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPTC) , a leading global provider of Siqura(R) advanced IP-video network solutions, today announced first quarter 2009 results.
Revenues for the first quarter totaled $8.6 million, compared to $10.5 million for the same quarter of 2008. Video over IP-related revenue climbed 10% in the first quarter to $2.9 million, compared to last year's $2.6 million.
The Company reported a net loss of $765 thousand, or $(0.21) per share, in the quarter ending March 31, 2009. This compares to net income of $148 thousand, or $0.04 per share, one year earlier.
Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter (as defined in the addendum to this release) was a loss of $551 thousand compared to profit of $976 thousand for the same quarter last year.
"The sharp contraction in the global economy was the dominant force affecting our first quarter performance along with a reduction in reported revenue from foreign exchange translation rates," said Ed Ludwig, Optelecom-NKF's Chairman and CEO. "Orders slowed this winter as customers delayed projects in the face of budgetary concerns. As we look for signs of a bottom in the economic contraction and we actively contain costs, I view our long-term business prospects with measured optimism based on feedback from current customers and visits we've had with prospective customers."
Last night, the IFSEC Security Industry Awards 2009 were handed out to the deserved winners at a black-tie gala dinner at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Organised in association with the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), the awards acknowledge the people, products and technological advancements that have played a big part in the security industry over the past year.
The winners of the 2009 awards are as follows:
Access Control Product of the Year, sponsored by Info4security.com
smarti ELECTRA - TAB Systems Inc.
CCTV Product of the Year, sponsored by Norbain
VCC-HD4000P - SANYO Europe
Communication Product of the Year, sponsored by IFSEC SA
DualCom DigiPlus - CSL DualCom
Intruder Alarm Product of the Year, sponsored by TAB Systems
RLS-3060 Redscan - Optex (Europe)
Physical Security Product of the Year, sponsored by Genie CCTV
Guardian Smoke Screen and Securi-Dock - Concept Smoke Screen in partnership with G4S
Integrated Security Product of the Year
Emergency Messaging and Mass Notification System - Dedicated Micros
Security Project or Installation of the Year
Heathrow terminal 5 Car Park Solution - Siemens Building Technologies Security Solutions
Guarding Service Delivery to Customer
Merseyrail Electrics Security Team - Carlisle Security
V&A Museum of Childhood, Activity Assistants - Wilson James
Policing Partnership of the Year
Docklands Light Railway Travel Safe Officer Team - Carlisle Security
Obama seeks to reduce funding for both the Transit Security Grant Program and the Port Security Grant Program from the current $388.6 million each to $250 million each for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Congress authorized $900 million for the transit program and $400 million for the port program for fiscal 2010.
Obama would keep funding for the Secure Our Schools program at the current level of $16 million, but this is well below the $50 million authorization level recommended in the School Safety Enhancements Act that was unanimously passed in September by the House of Representatives.
"President Obama is looking for cuts in all the wrong places,†SIA Director of Government Relations Don Erickson said. "We understand and support efforts to be fiscally responsible, but taking money away from programs that protect children in the classroom and the millions of Americans traveling on our mass transit systems or conducting business at our nations' ports is not in any way responsible. It is a misguided step in the wrong direction.â€
The Transit Security Grant Program provides federal money to regional transit systems to help them protect critical infrastructure from terrorism. The Port Security Grant Program provides financial assistance to port areas for the same purpose. The Secure Our Schools program funds the development of school safety resources and security improvements at schools.
SIA will work to secure full funding for all three programs, Erickson said.
"Funding these programs at their authorized levels would total just over $1.3 billion,†he noted. "For transit systems, ports and schools, that is a significant amount of money that can go a long way toward stopping people who wish to do us harm. For the federal government, though, it represents less than one-half of one-tenth of one percent of the annual budget. These cuts are supposed to represent fiscal restraint, but they will lessen national security much more than they reduce federal spending.â€
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A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical Monday of the Obama administration's approach to regulating greenhouse gas emissions, in a case that tests the Environmental Protection Agency's authority and has divided the states.
The government's authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act — which the Supreme Court upheld in a 5-4 ruling in 2007 — wasn't at issue in the arguments Monday. Rather, industry groups and more than a dozen states object to how the agency is carrying out those limits. At least 18 states, meanwhile, back the EPA's approach.
Specifically, those challenging the EPA say it is reading too broadly its authority to regulate greenhouse gases, carrying over limits from vehicle transmissions and applying them to stationary sources such as power plants. They also say the EPA is picking and choosing which parts of the law to enforce by establishing a permitting scheme for greenhouse gas emitters, because its threshold for when those regulations take effect is above the law's limits.
The government argues a lower limit would potentially ensnare millions of buildings nationwide beyond the intent of the regulations, including public schools and some apartment buildings. It argues lessening the requirements allows for a transition and allows regulators to target only the most worrisome polluters.
For their part, those opposing the limits say if the government has to make such an exception, then the limits were never meant to apply under the law in the first place.
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In an unusually long 90-minute session, the justices tangled with the limits of executive and agency authority, along with environmental and climate science. The oral arguments were even extended an additional 10 minutes, as the justices weighed congressional intent versus executive rule-making. They considered hypotheticals on what could be covered under the expansive view of regulatory authority — everything from light-bulb choices at a factory (maybe) to the environmental impact of a high school football game (probably not).
By the end of the arguments, even some of the more liberal justices seemed skeptical of the liberties the Environmental Protection Agency had taken on greenhouse gas emissions. Justice Elena Kagan seemed troubled at times by some of the agency's decisions. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Solicitor General Donald Verrilli what, in essence, would be the best way for the government to lose its case. (She apologized in advance of the question, saying she knew litigators hated being asked that question in court.)
Only Justice Stephen Breyer seemed willing to make a clear case for deferring to the agency and allowing "reasonable" exceptions to the law's enforcement.
But it was Justice Anthony Kennedy (who was the fifth vote with the four liberals on the court at the time of its 2007 ruling) who pointedly challenged Verrilli, just minutes after stressing that the government's broader authority to regulate greenhouse gases wasn't in question.
"I couldn't find a single precedent that strongly supports your position," Kennedy said, referring to Verrilli's brief in the case, and asking him to give him an example to cite in a potential ruling in the government's favor.
"There aren't a lot of cases, that's true," Verrilli replied, before going on to defend the agency's approach, citing other cases, including some hypotheticals, where an agency is given leeway to decide how best to enforce regulations that leave precise methods or limits ambiguous.
Effects of a Ruling
The case before the justices is complex, in part because it is a consolidation of a half-dozen challenges to the EPA's greenhouse gas limits that have emerged in recent years.
Because of that, the justices could rule in any number of ways, making the potential fallout of a decision against the EPA hard to discern. A narrow ruling against the EPA, for example, could still allow the government to regulate many facilities that are already subject to the permitting requirements.
The court could support the EPA's approach, subjecting more emitters to the limits. Or, as Breyer suggested during the arguments, the EPA could respond to an unfavorable ruling by making use of a different part of the Clean Air Act to achieve much the same result.
Either way, the ruling could alter the way Washington works with state and local governments to enforce greenhouse gas permitting. Any ruling in this case could shape that relationship in the future, especially as more attention seems likely to focus on greenhouse gas limits in years to come.
Currently, the greenhouse gas limits are carried out with a permit process that by definition varies from region to region and case by case, as opposed to nationwide policies like those on vehicle emissions.
If upheld, the federal government's current regulations could require states to continue to form their own ways to evaluate permits and regulate greenhouse gas emitters, alongside federal regulators. States opposing the limits, along with industry interests, say that could hinder economic growth.
In making his case, Verrilli not only relied on the agency's authority under the law, but also the importance of the government's fast response and quickly enacted regulations to address climate change, which he called an "urgent problem." The authority the EPA has cited under the Clean Air Act, in this case, was designed to let regulators respond to unforeseen environmental concerns and react to new science that forced action, he said.
Attorney Peter Keisler, representing private industry interests in the case, said it was "not plausible" that Congress envisioned such a patchwork of rules to address a global issue like greenhouse gases. Jonathan Mitchell, the solicitor general of Texas, also argued against the regulations, saying that if scheme like the one adopted by the EPA can't work under the law as written, then it wasn't intended to be part of the law in the first place.
The court is expected to rule by the end of its term this summer.


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