IMMEDIATE past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has lost his wife, Allison.
Mrs. Nneyin Allison Attah died at the age of 72 in a Lagos hospital on Monday.
Originally from the Barbados, Mrs. Attah, it was learnt, died after a prolonged sickness.
Family sources confirmed the death of the former First Lady of Akwa Ibom State who was said to be have formed a very close relationship with her husband during her lifetime.
Obong Attah, it was learnt, yesterday, was deeply moved by the loss.
Born in 1940, Mrs? Attah graduated from Leeds University in the United Kingdom where she qualified as a Librarian.
While serving as the First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, she was renowned for her devotion towards children and formed a non-governmental organization, Child Development Trust, CDT, to promote the welfare of children in the state.
She is survived by her widower, Obong Victor Attah and two children
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Contact: Rob Gutro robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov 443-858-1779 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image Sandy's massive circulation. Sandy covers 1.8 million square miles, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley, into Canada and New England.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image Sandy's massive circulation on October 29 at 18:20 UTC (2:20 p.m. EDT). Sandy covered 1.8 million square miles, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley, into Canada and New England. Sandy made landfall hours after the MODIS image was taken.
Sandy was still a hurricane after landfall
On October 29, 2012 at 11 p.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Sandy was just 10 miles (15 km) southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near 39.8 North and 75.4 West. Sandy was still a hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph (120 kph) and moving northwest at 18 mph (30 kph). Sandy's minimum central pressure had risen to 952 millibars. The hurricane-force-winds extended 90 miles (150 km) east of the center of circulation. Tropical-storm-force winds, however, went much further, as far as 485 miles (780 km).
NASA's GOES Project created a "full-disk view" of NOAA's GOES satellite data, that captured a global view of Hurricane Sandy's birth to landfall. The animation of NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite observations were combined from October 21-30, 2012 and showed the birth of Tropical Storm Sandy in the Caribbean Sea, the intensification and movement of Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean along the U.S. East Coast, and Hurricane Sandy make landfall in New Jersey on October 29 and move inland to Pennsylvania
Sandy's inland movement on October 29
At 2 a.m. EDT, on October 29, Sandy's center was located just south of Lancaster, Pennsylvania At 5 a.m. EDT, Sandy continued moving to the west-northwest at 15 knots (24 kph) and was located just 15 miles (24 km) east of York, Pennsylvania, and 90 miles (145 km) west of Philadelphia. Sandy was centered near 40.5 North and 77.0 West. Sandy's minimum central pressure continues to rise and was 960 millibars.
Sandy's sustained winds were near 65 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extend almost 1,000 miles. According to Weather Channel, the winds are going to continue being a problem from the northeast into the Ohio Valley today. The strongest winds are being experienced now in the Great Lakes Region.
Widespread damages
Hurricane Sandy has caused significant damage in New York City and along the Mid-Atlantic coast. Flooding has been reported from Maine to Virginia During the morning hours on October 29 (Eastern Daylight Time), nearly eight million people were without power this morning up and down the East coast. The Appalachian Mountains received some heavy snow from western Maryland down to Tennessee and North Carolina As much as 26 inches of snow had fallen in Garrett County, Maryland by the morning of October 30. According to Reuters news, flooding along the U.S. East Coast was extensive.
Watches and warnings in effect on October 29
According to the NOAA's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (NOAA/HPC), there are high-wind warnings in effect including gale force winds over the coastal waters of the Mid-Atlantic States, New York and New England. Storm warnings are in effect for portions of the Mid-Atlantic coastal waters. Flood and flash flood watches and warnings are in effect over portions of the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.
NOAA's HPC forecast on October 29 calls for Sandy to move in a "west-northwest motion with reduced forward speed is expected today into western Pennsylvania with a turn north into western New York tonight, October 30. The cyclone will move into Canada on Wed., October 31. Steady weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours."
NOAA/HPC warns that gale-force winds will continue over parts of the Mid-Atlantic through New England on October 29 and storm surge and tides can still cause normally dry areas along or near the coast to be flooded, especially during high tide.
Rain and snowfall forecasts from NOAA
NOAA/HPC forecasts large rainfall totals for many areas in Sandy's reach. Far northeastern North Carolina could expect 3 to 6 inches, while 4 to 8 inches more are possible over the Mid-Atlantic States on October 30. Both areas can see isolated higher totals. Between 1 and 3 inches are possible with up to 5 inches in the southern tier of New York state and northeastward through New England.
Snowfall between 2 and 3 feet are expected in the West Virginia mountains with higher totals through October 30. Snowfall of 1 to 2 feet in the southwestern Virginia and Kentucky Mountains are expected, and between 12 and 18 inches along the North Carolina and Tennessee border and in western Maryland.
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Contact: Rob Gutro robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov 443-858-1779 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image Sandy's massive circulation. Sandy covers 1.8 million square miles, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley, into Canada and New England.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image Sandy's massive circulation on October 29 at 18:20 UTC (2:20 p.m. EDT). Sandy covered 1.8 million square miles, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley, into Canada and New England. Sandy made landfall hours after the MODIS image was taken.
Sandy was still a hurricane after landfall
On October 29, 2012 at 11 p.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Sandy was just 10 miles (15 km) southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near 39.8 North and 75.4 West. Sandy was still a hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph (120 kph) and moving northwest at 18 mph (30 kph). Sandy's minimum central pressure had risen to 952 millibars. The hurricane-force-winds extended 90 miles (150 km) east of the center of circulation. Tropical-storm-force winds, however, went much further, as far as 485 miles (780 km).
NASA's GOES Project created a "full-disk view" of NOAA's GOES satellite data, that captured a global view of Hurricane Sandy's birth to landfall. The animation of NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite observations were combined from October 21-30, 2012 and showed the birth of Tropical Storm Sandy in the Caribbean Sea, the intensification and movement of Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean along the U.S. East Coast, and Hurricane Sandy make landfall in New Jersey on October 29 and move inland to Pennsylvania
Sandy's inland movement on October 29
At 2 a.m. EDT, on October 29, Sandy's center was located just south of Lancaster, Pennsylvania At 5 a.m. EDT, Sandy continued moving to the west-northwest at 15 knots (24 kph) and was located just 15 miles (24 km) east of York, Pennsylvania, and 90 miles (145 km) west of Philadelphia. Sandy was centered near 40.5 North and 77.0 West. Sandy's minimum central pressure continues to rise and was 960 millibars.
Sandy's sustained winds were near 65 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extend almost 1,000 miles. According to Weather Channel, the winds are going to continue being a problem from the northeast into the Ohio Valley today. The strongest winds are being experienced now in the Great Lakes Region.
Widespread damages
Hurricane Sandy has caused significant damage in New York City and along the Mid-Atlantic coast. Flooding has been reported from Maine to Virginia During the morning hours on October 29 (Eastern Daylight Time), nearly eight million people were without power this morning up and down the East coast. The Appalachian Mountains received some heavy snow from western Maryland down to Tennessee and North Carolina As much as 26 inches of snow had fallen in Garrett County, Maryland by the morning of October 30. According to Reuters news, flooding along the U.S. East Coast was extensive.
Watches and warnings in effect on October 29
According to the NOAA's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (NOAA/HPC), there are high-wind warnings in effect including gale force winds over the coastal waters of the Mid-Atlantic States, New York and New England. Storm warnings are in effect for portions of the Mid-Atlantic coastal waters. Flood and flash flood watches and warnings are in effect over portions of the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.
NOAA's HPC forecast on October 29 calls for Sandy to move in a "west-northwest motion with reduced forward speed is expected today into western Pennsylvania with a turn north into western New York tonight, October 30. The cyclone will move into Canada on Wed., October 31. Steady weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours."
NOAA/HPC warns that gale-force winds will continue over parts of the Mid-Atlantic through New England on October 29 and storm surge and tides can still cause normally dry areas along or near the coast to be flooded, especially during high tide.
Rain and snowfall forecasts from NOAA
NOAA/HPC forecasts large rainfall totals for many areas in Sandy's reach. Far northeastern North Carolina could expect 3 to 6 inches, while 4 to 8 inches more are possible over the Mid-Atlantic States on October 30. Both areas can see isolated higher totals. Between 1 and 3 inches are possible with up to 5 inches in the southern tier of New York state and northeastward through New England.
Snowfall between 2 and 3 feet are expected in the West Virginia mountains with higher totals through October 30. Snowfall of 1 to 2 feet in the southwestern Virginia and Kentucky Mountains are expected, and between 12 and 18 inches along the North Carolina and Tennessee border and in western Maryland.
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If you were looking for a drink to drown the memory of Hurricane Sandy, don't go to a state Wine & Spirits store today (Tuesday) to get it.
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board officials announced this morning that the commonwealth's more than 600 wine and spirits stores will remain closed through today.
Stores will reopen Wednesday morning.
All state stores closed by 3 p.m. Monday as Hurricane Sandy approached.
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It seems that Obama and Romney are tripping over each other to downsize tax incentives for donations to charities in the US.? Here is an interesting article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy entitled ?Nonprofit Leaders Urge Obama and Romney to Protect Tax Break?.? If Obama caps donation incentives at 28% or Romney effectively eliminates incentives for large gifts by capping deductions then it will be interesting to see how this impacts Canada.? Currently the incentives for giving in Canada are far superior to the US.? For example, a wealthy person in Ontario may save 48-65% on their donation (depending on whether it is cash or appreciated marketable securities) .? My specific thought or concern is that as the gap becomes greater, for example Mr. Romney?s proposals are accepted, then some people with assets and income and families in both the US and Canada may increasingly prefer to make the donation in Canada to a Canadian charity or foundation as they will obtain far greater fiscal benefits.?
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An interesting letter from a number of US charities with my emphasis:
?The charitable deduction is different than other itemized deductions in that it encourages individuals to give a portion of their income to support worthwhile causes,? the letters said. ?It rewards a selfless act, and it encourages taxpayers to give more funds to charities than they would otherwise have given.?
There were 1.8 million US registered charities and over the last 2 years about 400,000 of them have been revoked for non-filing of the 990.? Perhaps the US should do a better job of ensuring that the remaining 1.4 million are really ?worthwhile causes? that are deserving of state support.? We have the same problem here in Canada - there is no obligation on the part of charities to show that they have any public benefit.? Secondly, It is interesting they use the phrase ?selfless act? - while this is true for many, unfortunately increasingly some of the biggest donations feel more like sponsorship arrangements or mergers/acquisitions than donations.? Perhaps selfless acts should receive tax incentives and less selfless donations or arrangements should receive less incentives or none at all.?
One of the most famous pieces of investing advice is arguably ?buy what you know?. This phrase has been traced back to investing legend Peter Lynch, easily one of the most popular and well-known investors of all-time.
It is hard to deny that this technique worked very well for Lynch, as he beat the S&P 500 for 11 of 13 years, from 1977-1990, posting an average annual return of 29%. Clearly, when used correctly, this approach can lead to solid performance and allow investors to perform well in a variety of market environments.
Yet while it has undoubtedly been a winning strategy for Lynch, some people are more skeptical of its use among everyday investors. These buy what you know pessimists cite investors who buy stocks in companies they work at that soon crumble?such as an Enron or Countrywide-- or those who buy the local firm because they think they have an inside track on its businesses.
Recent research has also shown that investors often overweight stocks in their own industry of employment, generally feeling more confident about these securities. Furthermore, local proximity didn?t provide any advantage, at least according to the study.
While this may be true, it doesn?t really speak to general consumer knowledge about products and applying this to investment strategies. For example, an investor who was at the cusp of the tablet revolution with AAPL - Analyst Reportis likely quite pleased with their performance, while the same can be said for those who got in early on other hot companies that have managed to grow well over the past year or so, such as CMG - Analyst Reportor LULU - Snapshot Report.
In any of these instances, knowledge about the fundamentals certainly helped, but a true grasp of how these few were leading their respective markets by an incredible margin would have been good enough to lead to incredible gains?
What about you; do you believe in/ try to follow the ?buy what you know? philosophy? Does your brand loyalty?or your current occupation-- influence your investment decisions?
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Last night (October 25), Samsung held a release party for its latest smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note2 in Beverly Hills, California. While at the function, XXL caught up with the newly inaugurated posterboy for West Coast hip-hop, Kendrick Lamar, whose recent output good kid, m.A.A.d city has garnered both critical and commercial acclaim. Just before K-Dot gave fellow entertainers, executives, and fans a taste of his soon-to-be classic album?as well as heatrocks from Section.80 and (O)verly (D)edicated?XXL asked for his thoughts on receiving the prestigious XXL rating for his album, unity in West Coast hip-hop, and friendship with J. Cole. ?Mando Villasenor (@MandoUN)
XXL: Were you in the studio with the guests on the album?
Kendrick Lamar: Yes, I was in the studio [for] the features on the album. Anybody who knows me in the studio knows, I?m really hand on. I have a particular way I want things to sound, even when I bring a feature in, I already know how I want to hear it in my head. It worked out cool. Everybody was real humble and wanted to get the job done to make the best for this album.
How?d you develop the name ?Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter?s Daughter??
It?s just a play on words. You know, I?m talking about a specific girl, a promiscuous girl. Where I come from in the neighborhood they call it a hoodrat. Yeah, it?s that simple.
On ?The Heart Pt. 3 (Will Let It Die)? you stated, ?I never screamed out the New West, I didn?t believe,? can you elaborate on that?
There was a point in time when the media or a few artists were making it the New West versus the older cats. It was a division and I didn?t like that, so what I did was to separate myself from that. I chose to stay in the studio and plan on October 22nd?subconsciously, my team and I. What happens is when you make that division it brings everybody down at the same time. And that?s exactly what was happening. I didn?t want to be a part of that. I?ll always be West Coast to the heart but I didn?t like the way we were going about handling that situation. At the end of the day people are going to divide and conquer when they see we have our own self-destruction. Hopefully this album can branch new life from that.
What?s your favorite song from the album?
My favorite song on the album changes throughout the week. This week is ?Money Trees.? I?ve been in L.A. for a few days and I was able to see some sunny California after being on this tour. Just that vibe, that feel, that energy you know, being from California, that song really represents that.
You?ve had an in-store signing at the Best Buy in Compton, in which J.Cole showed up. How was that and can you expand on that relationship?
I definitely felt that there was a need to go back to the city at the beginning steps of this album. Just so you can tell these kids that you?re a real person and not just somebody you see on TV. That?s how I looked at all of the people that I looked up to. After a while if you don?t see them then you feel like they?re not there anymore. I wanted to have the initial statement of saying, I come where you come from, I?m right here and you can touch me and believe it?s me and get inspired from it. That?s why I went to Best Buy in Compton, in my city. It did just that.
J. Cole popping up, that was just a plus. It surprised me too because nobody does that in the industry. Nobody?s going to come to a small city in Compton; you know, solo with no security, no nothing. Just to show love and support the music, and I give him the utmost respect. That?s my dog. Since day one, before the world even knew whom Kendrick Lamar was. He said I had the talent that represented not only him, but the culture and he wanted to build from that.
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1. Utilize compost as fertilizer whenever possible. Not only does this help recycle kitchen and yard squander, it helps ensure an organic growing experience within the garden greenhouse.
2. Discard cleaners and bleach in a very responsible manner. Dumping out your cleaning solutions and scrub buckets close to your green house garden can lead to chemicals and toxins draining into the soil.
3. Learn about energy conservation and utilize conservation practices in the greenhouse along with your home. Consider switching to solar power panels for electricity in the greenhouse, and utilize programmable thermostats to reduce energy usage in the green house.
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ST JOHN?S, Antigua ? Senators yesterday gave the stamp of approval to make driving without a licence an unlawful act once again ? 12 years after the offence was unintentionally removed from the law books.
But before police could resume slapping handcuffs on people for driving without a licence, the amendment must be endorsed by the governor general.
Once the approval is given, anyone caught in breach of the law under the Vehicle and Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2012 would again face a penalty of up to two years in jail and/or a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Efforts to correct the mistake come several months after Commissioner of Police Vere Browne brought it to the attention of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.
Senator and attorney Sylvia O?Marde expressed disappointment it went unnoticed for so long.
?As a lawyer I?m a little disheartened that something like this happened and not one of our lawyers, including myself, in Antigua noticed this grave matter. It is a serious matter ? luckily this has been caught and happily we are here to correct it,? O?Marde said.
Senator Lennox Weston expressed a similar view, adding that it is also unfortunate that the mistake escaped legislators, magistrates and police for over a decade.
But while the authorities are addressing the matter, there was no response to queries from Senator Arthur Nibbs, who asked what can be done with respect to individuals convicted during the 12-year period, when driving without a licence was not an offence.
Attorney Steadroy ?Cutie? Benjamin, had earlier suggested persons may be entitled to sue.
Ever since the police noted the error, they ceased charging individuals for driving without a licence, but continued to prosecute them for driving without insurance.
That is because an individual who drives without a licence is not covered by insurance.
It was on July 13, 2000 that authorities made amendments to the Act and accidentally repealed Section 30, Cap 460, that initially made it an offence to drive without a licence.
The amendment had also removed the penalties.
(More in today?s Daily OBSERVER)
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The most effective self defense is automatic, and you don?t have to think about it, because chances are, when you are attacked, especially if you don?t have any self defense training, your response will be to get away, ?flight,? instead of stay, ?fight.? This so called ?fight or flight? reaction occurs every time a person is in danger?
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All the moves are described in depth from beginning Yellow Belt to advanced Black Belt, yet they are easy to learn because one of Krav Maga's strengths is its simplicity. Based on the principle that it is best to move from defense to attack as quickly as possible, Complete Krav Maga offers fast-escape maneuvers from attacks and holds. It then follows them up with specific counterattacks, including punches, kicks and throws.
The authors show how anyone (big or small, man or woman) can practice self defense by using Krav Maga to protect weak spots, exploit an assailant's vulnerabilities and turn the attacker s force against him. Complete Krav Maga teaches the reader how to get in shape, gain confidence and feel safer and more secure every day.
Fight Like a Girl...and Win: Defense Decisions for WomenIt?s an unfortunate reality that women are susceptible to random acts of aggression, from sexual harassment and stalking to physical assaults, domestic violence, date rape and worse.? But women can learn how to protect and defend themselves?with this groundbreaking guidebook.? Let martial arts black belt and accomplished journalist Lori Hartman Gervasi walk you through easy-to-follow, everyday steps for taking charge of your personal safety, training your reflexes, and?if and when the time comes?using force.? Her program consists of 26 potentially life-saving decisions that every woman must make, including: ? DECIDE TO BELIEVE IN YOUR FIGHT ? Battles are waged from the inside out.? Your conscience, intelligence, and guts must be committed to the cause.? You and those you love are the things worth fighting for.? DECIDE TO DEVISE A STRATEGY ? Create a one-way ticket out of every imaginable circumstance, from back-door escape routes to getaways in public places.? Think ?what-if???, plan for the unexpected, and be ready for anything!? DECIDE TO RECOGNIZE THE THREAT OF THE INITIAL ATTACK ? When practicing awareness, you can detect danger before it happens.? The bad guy will take steps to get close to you.? Watch carefully and identify these for what they are?the preludes to an attack.? DECIDE TO MOVE ? If an attacker strikes, don?t freeze?get moving!? Break through your fear with instant mobility.? You have limitless options and any movement works as long as it leads to your safety.? DECIDE TO ACTON YOUR INSTINCTS ? Your intuition is your guide, but you must respond physically in order to be successful.? When something isn?t right, take action, change plans, redirect yourself, and control your destiny!? ? ?along with Defense Do?s And Don?ts, inspiring ?Power Points,? and other survival tactics that can help you to be prepared, stay strong, and ? ??????????????????????????????????? FIGHT LIKE A GIRL?AND WIN The SAS Self-Defense Handbook
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Nintendo may have left its Vitality Sensor by the wayside, but researchers at Boston Children's Hospital are using heart rate monitoring in a video game to teach children with anger issues how to temper their emotions. Dubbed RAGE (Regulate and Gain Emotional) Control, the game tasks players with blasting hostile spaceships while keeping their heart rate from exceeding a predefined limit. If a gamer's pulse rises above the ceiling, they'll lose the ability to shoot until they can ease their pulse back down. A group of 18 kids who received standard treatments and played the game for five, 15-minute-long sessions had better control of their heart rate and lower anger levels than a group that only used traditional treatments. Currently, a controlled clinical trial of RAGE Control is underway and there are plans to take the concept a step further with toys and games suited for younger children. Look out below for the full press release or tap the second source link for the team's paper in the Journal of Adolescent Psychiatry.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The biggest names in consumer technology, stung by a string of disappointing quarterly results this month, are suiting up for what's shaping to be the fiercest holiday battle in years.
Investors and consumers have already largely written off flaccid quarterly numbers from tech behemoths like Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon. What counts is the next 60 days, when the biggest names in technology do battle at a near-unprecedented scale and pace.
Just on Thursday, Amazon compared its Kindle Fire with Apple's new iPad mini, point by point, in its earnings release, an unusual forum to name rivals. Apple CEO Tim Cook compared Microsoft's Surface tablet to an over-engineered car that can fly and float. And Microsoft went for the iPad, saying its Surface boasted twice its storage.
All three tablets will vie for the shrinking consumer dollar these holidays. By tech standards, it's getting ugly.
"The tablet space is where the growth is. That's why they are all fighting over it. PC shipments are down and some tablet buyers may never buy another PC," said Michael Allenson, strategic consulting director in the Technology and Telecom Research Group at Maritz Research.
"Last holiday season, we saw a lot of buying of tablets in the $200 to $300 price range. This year, the iPad mini and Amazon's Kindle Fires are targeted as large gifts. They are trying to ride that wave and win as much as they can."
The impending clash is far from decided.
Odds-on favorite Apple has lost some of its aura of invincibility, with Google's Android and Samsung making inroads into its reign in smartphones, Microsoft's quickening marketing blitz, and Amazon's Kindle nipping at its heels as the No. 2 tablet in the United States market.
That competition has weighed on Apple's share price, which is at three-month lows after it reported a second straight quarter of disappointing results, sullying its reputation for blowing away Wall Street estimates.
Google is struggling to figure out the dollars and cents of the mobile market and Microsoft is facing witheringly unimpressed reviews for its new Windows 8 platform and Surface tablet.
Meanwhile, Amazon's outlook for the holiday season is being taken as a disappointment, and Best Buy warned late Wednesday that sales and margins are falling.
CLAWS COME OUT
Tech companies hope lackluster calendar third-quarter results mean consumers have held off from buying gadgets so they can save up for something new and shiny this Christmas -- from the lowest-end Fire at $159 to a Surface around $499 or the biggest, fastest, newest iPad at $829.
The technology industry is grappling with a fundamental shift from deskbound computers or heavy laptops to sleek mobile devices like tablets, which are upending the traditional PC model and prompting companies like Google and Microsoft to invest deeply in hardware manufacturing.
Their entry however is raising the competitive stakes. Companies like Apple usually spend most of their time talking about how great their own products are, but with the competition more intense than ever, Apple CEO Cook spared a not-so-kind thought for Microsoft on Thursday.
"I haven't personally played with the Surface yet, but what we're reading about it, is that it's a fairly compromised, confusing product," he said, later adding "I suppose you could design a car that flies and floats, but I don't think it would do all of those things very well."
Cook may have been going for levity, but the Twitterati booed his joke, since after all most gadget-heads would be very content with a flying, floating car.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, for his part, was pretty impressed with the company's handiwork, notwithstanding reviews that used words like "disappointing" and "undercooked."
"We have a device that's uniquely good at being a tablet and a PC (with) no compromise on either one," Ballmer told Reuters Television ahead of the Windows 8 launch event in New York on Thursday. "Work. Play. Tablet. PC. Boom! One product."
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, in a talk this month, took a shot at Apple, which has faced a barrage of complaints about glitches in its mapping software since dumping Google's service from its iPhone.
"What Apple has learned is that maps are really hard. They really are hard," he said. "Apple should have kept with our maps."
Not to be outdone in the sniping, Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos took a subtle swipe at Apple's high prices in the Internet retailer's quarterly results statement Thursday, saying "our approach is to work hard to charge less."
Right below those comments, Amazon listed head-to-head comparisons between its $299 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD tablet, its $199 7-inch Kindle Fire HD device and Apple's iPad mini, which was unveiled on Tuesday.
Analysts were taken aback by how brazen Amazon was being in taking shots at peers.
"I have never seen them directly compare products in a results release like this, and in so much detail clearly calling out their competitors," said RJ Hottovy, an equity analyst at Morningstar. "This shows they are taking the tablet wars very seriously."
(Additional reporting by Bill Rigby in Seattle; Writing by Ben Berkowitz; editing by Edwin Chan and Raju Gopalakrishnan)
During August 2012 a simple thought dropped into my mind:
We have only one non-euphemistic word for dying (?dying?). Eskimos have lots of words for snow?wouldn?t it be useful for us if we had a set of new words for dying that accurately described the predominant patient-family experience in the various circumstances under which we die in our technological, denial-fueled age?
I called my friend and colleague Jennifer Ballentine, CEO of Denver?s Life Quality Institute and co-author of Colorado?s MOST legislation (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment, similar to other states? POST or POLST enactments). Jenn?s at the center of all things palliative in Colorado. I asked her if any ethicist or palliative/hospice folks had offered up other names for dying and/or had published on the subject. She said not to her knowledge.
So I decided to do it myself.
(Aside: The first thing I learned is that?the ?many Eskimo words for snow? story is a myth. It?s an error that got picked up and magnified. Apparently their language?s construction is similar to ours. English is not exactly bereft of words that differentiate one type of snow from another (we have snow, slush, sleet, blizzard, etc.). Eskimos, to the same reasonable extent that we do, use a range of words to differentiate snow.)
Here?s what got me going: the current (2012) nascent United States conversation around end of life matters (EOL), while overdue, welcome, and necessary, is shallow and alarming. (Disclaimer: I am aware that millions of Americans come to EOL matters in their own time, and have great difficulty in doing so. I?ve been hard at this since my parents hospitalized demises in 2004-05 so I may be further along the curve.)?Yes: filling out an advance directive and talking with family members and proxies are vitally important steps which we must do. BUT, when these two are the only steps suggested, with no other information or disclaimer, the unspoken message is ?do this and you?ll be good to to, will die in peace.? I?ve addressed why this isn?t so in earlier pieces (they alone are insufficient in our complex world). The upshot is that people may be set up for a ?double whammy? if a loved one?s demise is not peaceful, or error- or trouble-free, despite having taken the advised steps.
The point of the matrix is to have a set of neutral, accurate terms to describe dying in our day and time so that we can, with intention, better aim for the death we want and away from the death we don?t.
Matrix Formative Steps ?Since both disease and dying occur in phases I opened a spreadsheet table and made some basic column and row header entries that sketched dying?s phases and the forces that control our dying experience. I then tried identifying words that?d accurately and neutrally describe each intersection, or cell. I went through four models: practical, emotional, experiential, and existential. These models resulted in, almost induced the use of, subjective words. Finally I decided to use a descriptor?model, and realized that the result would not be a set of synonyms but rather prefix words to add before, and use in conjunction with, ?dying.?
Windrum?s Early Twenty-first Century New Dying Terms Matrix
Step 1 (below)? shows the matrix?s basics. I identified fifteen essential situations under which death occurs. By ?situation? I mean not circumstances (there are more of those than we can count), but rather essential conditions. I call them ?landings.? The fifteenth is outside the boundaries of the core fourteen for reasons that I?ll explain when we get to it. Step 1 shows the three common phases associated with dying once disease has progressed to its terminal phase. By?Onset, Progressed, and Endstage I mean ?very early afer terminal diagnosis,? some weeks in,? and finally the period of active dying when the body shuts down in the days just before death.
Step 2 (below)? accounts for the other basic aspects that affect dying?s essential conditions. First, it?s possible to die when not terminal, and that needs accounting for. Second, it?s possible never to die even when terminal, or for dying to take so long (as in years) as to feel like never dying in a patient-family?s experience. Third, and most importantly, something or one always controls how we die. This step lists those controls.
Step 3 (below)? acknowledges each control?s essential characteristic(s), and introduces a question regarding Medical and Machine Endstage dying that we?ll pose more deeply further in.
Step 4 (below)? introduces important notions of legality and ethicality. Aiming for what we want to experience and away from what we don?t want to experience will require that we navigate, both in our hearts and minds and in the day-to-day world, issues (minefields) where the law and ethics reign, or even intrude. The cells marked ?it depends? account for two things: (1) Suicide is generally legal today although largely considered unethical. And the issue of (total) palliative sedation under Medical and Machine controls rides the fine edge of, and sometimes moves over into, physician-assisted dying and euthanasia. Without attempting at all to quantify occurrences, this must be accounted for, especially in light of what this step so clearly points out: that of all the landings, the only ones that are illegal and generally considered unethical are those under our personal control (the matrix reflects predominant conditions in jurisdictions withOUT death with dignity statutes).
Step 5 (below)?Beginning to fill in the matrix, I refer to these 5 landings as ?outliers??not because they?re rare or inconsequential; far from it. Rather, because they represent unusual or extreme landings. Under World control,?Insleep Dying?is the holy grail; who wouldn?t want to ?go gently into that good night?? Next come landings where we either die when not terminal or never die when terminal. Under World control, Accidental Dying?will be due to either natural causes, machine causes, or human causes (storm, car crash, homicide). Under Personal control is, of course, Suicidal Dying. Vegetative Dying?occurs under Machine control on life support technology. SlowMo Dying?refers to cognitive deaths that may unfold over, literally, many years? time, resulting in grown elderly who can do less for themselves than newborns and families stretched thin in never-ending existential stress and crises.
Step 6 (below)?Here are the core landings in store for us. Proceeding in order from a terminal condition?s onset: under Medical control we will experience Early Dying, Midstream Dying, or Endstate Dying. These are generally our defaults and don?t require much explanation. Machine control refers primarily to life support technology used as ongoing treatment. Under Machine control, since we would die without it, dying at the onset equates to Delayed Dying. Indeterminate Dying?refers to Sharon Kaufman?s use of the word in her book, ?And a Time to Die: How American Hospitals Shape the End of Life, where during a terminal hospitalization typically lasting about three weeks,?she concludes that death has been brought into life and the dying exist in some indeterminate state, neither fully alive nor dead (note: I have direct experience with this landing; my mother Ruth Greenberg was intubated for three weeks in an ICU after sudden respiratory failure). Redundant Dying?acknowledges that, for those on life support for months, their dying has extended to long that, really, they are dying moment to moment and being resuscitated moment to moment. This refers to Ken Wilbur?s definition of eternity of a ?series of endless nows.? If we wanted to exercise Personal control and ended our lives, when terminal, early on, I call that Released Dying. If we opt to hang on and self-deliver some weeks to months in, that?s Dignified Dying, to reflect the naming and purpose of death with dignity statutes. If we wait to long to self-deliver, passed the point of being physically able, that?s Failed Dying, in my view a terrible existential state.
Step 7?(below)?displays the entire Windrum?s New Dying Terms Matrix and accounts for an important fifth control and the fifteenth landing: Shared Intentional Dying. Palliative comfort treatment and hospice services, alone or together, when obtained proactively and utilized for more than just the few days of active dying, can go a long way toward helping patient-families die at peace (our emotional goal) by dying in?peace (our circumstances over time). For those both familiar and not familiar with these options, your familiarity and your unfamiliarity underscores their place in this matrix. Because they are most effective when utilized early and often I assign a single landing to this control. And, it?s important to note that Shared Intentional Dying differs from Personal Released and Personal Dignified dying: palliative and hospice will not go as far as individuals can under personal control since different ethics underly these choices.
Step 8?(below)?Lastly, an alternate, right-brained view of the the matrix?s fifteen landings, using a range of fonts to try to bring forth visually each landings? essence.
Windrum?s New Dying Terms Matrix and stills ?2012 Bart Windrum and Axiom Action LLC.
Many companies simply don't get the balance right between the raw material for sales and what you do with it.
I'm a supporter of a mid-table, average football team, and as all of our supporters have been aware for several seasons, there are two ingredients for success which both need to be in place: good players, and good management. It's no good having one without the other (and my team is certainly lacking in one of those at the moment). This is a relevant analogy for sales and marketing, because many companies simply don't get the balance right between the raw material for sales and what you do with it. They'll spend ?500,000 a year on paying and supporting half a dozen salesmen, but only ?50,000 on giving them sales enquiries to work with. Football fans will see this as the equivalent of getting in Sven-Goran Eriksson to manage Notts County. The result is that the sales team fight over a handful of second-rate, unqualified leads until they move on to another company where they hope they won't be as bored or frustrated.
Giving the sales team a decent opportunity requires investment in advertising and promotion, but only the most successful companies seem prepared to buy the quality raw material. Maybe now that advertising results are so much more measurable, more companies will feel confident enough to redress the balance.
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FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 file photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter shoots his machine gun towards Syrian Army positions in the Amriya district of Aleppo, Syria. Piece by piece, Syria's rebels are slowly starting to expand their arsenal and get their hands on more advanced weapons, something that has been their constant aim in the 19-month-old uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad. The process still appears to be haphazard and improvised: Far from a reliable, organized pipeline, it often remains a scramble by individual units in the highly fragmented rebel forces to obtain what they can. Most units still rely on their staple arsenal of automatic weapons, hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 file photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter shoots his machine gun towards Syrian Army positions in the Amriya district of Aleppo, Syria. Piece by piece, Syria's rebels are slowly starting to expand their arsenal and get their hands on more advanced weapons, something that has been their constant aim in the 19-month-old uprising against the regime of President Bashar Assad. The process still appears to be haphazard and improvised: Far from a reliable, organized pipeline, it often remains a scramble by individual units in the highly fragmented rebel forces to obtain what they can. Most units still rely on their staple arsenal of automatic weapons, hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo, File)
BEIRUT (AP) ? The leader of the main Syrian opposition group says chances are slim that a U.N.-proposed truce for a Muslim holiday this week can take hold in Syria, partly because the plan is too vague.
The U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has proposed that both sides lay down their arms during Eid al-Adha, a four day holiday that begins Friday.
However, neither Syrian President Bashar Assad nor rebels fighting to topple him have committed to a truce.
Abdelbaset Sieda, head the opposition Syrian National Council, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that rebel fighters are willing to halt fighting during the holiday, but will respond if attacked.
Sieda says he doubts the regime will honor the cease-fire and that Brahimi doesn't have "any mechanism to observe the situation."
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Last night (October 25), Samsung held a release party for its latest smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note2 in Beverly Hills, California. While at the function, XXL caught up with the newly inaugurated posterboy for West Coast hip-hop, Kendrick Lamar, whose recent output good kid, m.A.A.d city has garnered both critical and commercial acclaim. Just before K-Dot gave fellow entertainers, executives, and fans a taste of his soon-to-be classic album?as well as heatrocks from Section.80 and (O)verly (D)edicated?XXL asked for his thoughts on receiving the prestigious XXL rating for his album, unity in West Coast hip-hop, and friendship with J. Cole. ?Mando Villasenor (@MandoUN)
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