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The Digital Imaging Business Unit of Jenoptik´s Optical Systems division will showcase some extracts from it´s product portfolio.
• ProgRes® Cameras –
Imaging solutions in micro- and macroscopy for applications in industry and science for image analysis, documentation and archiving
• Imaging Modules –
CCD and CMOS board-level cameras offer highest performance and best image
quality for integration into complete imaging solutions.
• Light Modulators –
Based on liquid crystals or integrated-optical waveguides our light modulators are utilized for modulation of amplitude, phase, polarization and spectrum as well as for pulse shaping, pulse rate reduction and fast switching of light from laser sources.
The Digital Imaging Business Unit develops, manufactures & supplies systems and components for life sciences as well as lighting & energy applications, system solutions and modules for digital image capture, improvement and processing for commercial, industrial and scientific applications as well as digital microscopy.

There are many people out there who are greatly troubled by the way the FCC “enforces” efforts against broadcast indecency — with some even questioning whether or not it’s even constitutional for the FCC to act as a public arbiter of indecency. It looks like the FCC has just hired one such person, in the form of Duke telco law professor Stuart Benjamin. Since I consider myself among those who question how indecency fines can fit with a First Amendment, this seems like a good thing — but the reporting on it, at the link above, only focuses on the complaints about this hire. But the complaint comes from the Parents Television Council, whose main claim to fame is flooding the FCC with bogus complaints about “indecent” programming from people who didn’t even see whatever it is they’re complaining about. So you can understand why they might complain. If they lose the ability to create moral panics, it’s harder to keep going.

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Heads up, SOCOM fans! SCEA has announced the the much awaited Cold Front expansion pack for SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation will be available tomorrow for download in North America on the PlayStation Network.

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Canadian fitness expert Brendan Brazier, author of Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimum Performance in Sports and Life, strives to fill his diet with foods for optimum fitness. Here, he fills us in on good carbohydrates that will boost your … Read more

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Strange things afoot with Freddie stock? :

Freddie and Fannie Bulls Are Back – By Dan Freed – … “When you have something that’s trading all of a sudden up to 34 million shares, as (Freddie Mac) did last Friday, that’s four or five times normal volume – sounds like something might be going on,” Najarian says … – TheStreet.com

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Optimistic Traders Add New In-the-Money Calls on Freddie Mac – Nick Perry – Call volume has ramped up to 16 times the norm today on Freddie Mac (FRE), after a Bloomberg report suggested that the mortgage lender’s regulator, … Roughly 5,231 call contracts have crossed the tape so far, and speculators are setting their sights on the stock’s in-the-money December 1 call.  So far, a total of 2,535 contracts have traded on FRE’s December 1 call, with 99% changing hands at the ask price. With only 1,326 contracts in open interest at this strike, it seems safe to say that traders are adding new bullish bets at the December 1 call today. … Schaefer’s Investment Research

 
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Strange things afoot at Citi? :

CITI’s Out of TARP!! – Not…. – Submitted by Bruce Krasting – … The dollar value of the “remaining equity stake” is $25 billion. There is no certainty that this amount can be paid back in the “6-12” months indicated in the prospectus.   Citi is not out of TARP. Those headlines were wrong. … – Zero Hedge

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Why? – U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup’s bailout repayment – By Binyamin Appelbaum – DEAL MADE TO RECOVER BAILOUT – Firms exempted from rule when U.S. sells its stake – Citigroup says it has built up $38 billion in losses. With the tax exemption, it will be able to shelter up to $38 billion in future profits. – The federal government quietly agreed to forgo billions of dollars in potential tax payments from Citigroup as part of the deal announced this week to wean the company from the massive taxpayer bailout that helped it survive the financial crisis. – Washington Post

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U.S. forfeiting billions in future taxes to let Citi repay TARP – by Edward Harrison – good commentary – Credit Writedowns

Banning flowers from hospital rooms has come up from time to time, for a variety of reasons. Some people don’t like them because of the strong scents that some flowers have; others don’t like the extra work of watering them or not having enough room to put down their work tools. Already, they are banned from many places like intensive care units, where space is at a premium. On the other hand, studies have been done that have promoted the value of plants and flowers for people who are in a hospital or rehabilitation facility. So – who is right?

On the Nay side:

A couple of generations ago, flowers were removed from the patients’ bedsides every night because it was believed that the oxygen used by the plants would deprive the patients of much needed oxygen. Other earlier studies (in the 70s) claimed that bacteria in the vase water could be harmful. And then, there are bans just because someone decided to ban flowers or plants. There were no official reasons given, just a blanket ban.

On the Yea side:

According to a study published in the October 2008 issue of HortTechnology, confirmed “the beneficial effects of plants and flowers for patients recovering from abdominal surgery.”

the majority of patients who had plants in their rooms reported that the plants were the most positive qualities of their rooms (93%), whereas patients without plants in their rooms said that watching television was the most favorable aspect of their rooms (91%).

For sure, too many flowers can be difficult to manage. Nurses and other healthcare staff who are allergic to flowers may find it difficult to care for patients who have flowers in their room. For those patients who share rooms, the flowers may cause a problem for their fellow patient. As well, there is such a thing as too many flowers. Some rooms are just overwhelmed with them, making it difficult to move around.

This week’s issue of BMJ.com addresses the issue: Wards of the roses. So what do you think? Do flowers and plants have a place in hospitals? Or should they be left for when the patients go home?

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Hospital Flowers – Yea or Nay?

You’ve heard the announcement, and you’ve seen the debut trailer for the reboot version of Medal of Honor. Now get this, it’s not just gonna be another “reboot”. It’s gonna be bigger, better, and more mature.
 

> Gossip: the World Bank has just increased the recent green bonds issue by $50 million, because the Dec 4 release sold so quickly.

> Very strong statement put out this week in Copenhagen by "Action by Business on Climate", coalition of WWF, Cambridge Leaders Group, CERES, Climate Group etc, representing 1,000 big businesses. The statement denies that big business would prefer caution and the status quo – and instead advocating a strong Copenhagen deal; and asking if businesses can do it, then why can't world leaders?  They want a legally binding deal that reduces carbon pollution and accelerates clean energy innovation. They want a clear signal that allows businesses to make long term investment decisions in low carbon technologies; Provides incentives to invest heavily in low carbon R&D, and; Protects economies from dramatic impacts of climate change.
Timely contribution. Tell your friends!

> Coral prediction by Stockholm Environment Institute: they're Ok at present, with a 1°C temp rise. At 2° seaweed dominates corals (no good for snorkelling any more, apart from all the ecosystem problems). At 3° temp increases corals die.

> COP15 Trivia (thanks to RePower America)
– Countries represented: 192
– Heads of state that have announced they will attend next week: 110
– Accredited attendees: 23,000 before they stopped accepting people
– Size of Brazilian Govt delegation: 600 (what are they all doing?)
– Fraction of food served at COP15 that is organic: 66%

> "If we don't deal with climate change decisively, "what we're talking about then is extended world war." – Sir Nicholas Stern.

> The UK defence think tank the Royal United Services Institute recently reported that climate change threatens to spark conflicts of a similar magnitude of both World Wars – only this time they will be waged for centuries.

> 36% of people in CPH commute to work on a bicycle – in all weathers. And we're talking about some cold weather. A friend reminiscences about when Shanghai was bike-filled. Maybe when they become as rich as the Danish are they'll get back to bicycling?

Thanks for reading. Access to the conference has now been cut; I'm outta here, back to London!

Sean

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Dillon Forbes, a 6′ 1″ 233 lbs. linebacker with Harper College’s football team has signed a letter of intent with North Dakota State University.

“Dillon is a great kid,” says Harper’s Head Coach Eric Waldstein, “he is a very fast linebacker with great instincts. We will have some big shoes to fill next year at his position. Dillon has the opportunity to be very successful at NDSU and we wish him the best of luck.”

Dillon, from Homestead High School in Wisconsin, was Second Team N4C, Second team All-Region and Honorable Mention Midwest Football Conference for the 2009 season.

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Quincy Compressor, an EnPro Industries company, makes and sells the highest quality air compressors and vacuum pumps. Our products are used around the world in manufacturing plants, hospitals, climate control systems and any application that requires reliable air assistance.

We know air technology and how to build quality air products because we’ve been involved in the industry since 1920. That’s the year three men presented an improved vacuum pump design to their company’s management and were met with indifference.

They reacted by launching a new company.

Although the word entrepreneur was not used as frequently in 1920 as it is today, it fits the men who founded Quincy Compressor. They embodied the entrepreneurial spirit so highly regarded in today’s world.

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Foilex series of monolayer blown film lines are available with outputs ranging from 30 kg/hr to 650 kg/hr and lay-flat widths ranging from 50 mm to 5000 mm for processing polymers as diverse as LD, LLD, HM / HDPE, EVA and Nylon. Applications include PE general purpose films, HDPE pick-up bags, LD / LLD / HD lamination films, HD twist wrap films, stretch and cling films, shrink films, anti-rust films and paper like films.

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We’ve discussed in the past how the class action lawsuit process if often abused mercilessly. While the concept of a class action lawsuit can make a lot of sense, as you look at the details of many of the lawsuits, they do little to nothing to benefit the “class,” but plenty to make the lawyers involved quite wealthy. Eric Turkewitz, a personal injury lawyer who actually does tend to like class action lawsuits, finds himself on the other end of one such class action lawsuit — involving charges of click fraud being allowed by Yahoo! — and is now objecting the settlement which pays the lawyers a ton, but offers absolutely nothing to many former Yahoo advertisers, like Turkewitz. In looking over the details of the settlement, he realized that the only companies that would be getting paid (and by getting “paid” it meant $20) were companies no longer in business (which, he notes, also means they’re not likely to file). Once again, we’re seeing a “class action settlement” where the lawyers all make out, but the “class” seems to get shafted.

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EA DICE’s upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company installment, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, has entered public beta last month exclusively for PS3 owners. With barely a week left until the beta closes, EA has decided to reveal some fun

Retail sales are negative – … Further, adjusted for inflation (now deflation), “real” discretionary retail sales declined 7.86% since November 2008. … – Paper Economy Blog
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Aftermath of Financial Crises – Plan B Economics
Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard University) and Carmen Reinhart (University of Maryland) recently prepared a paper examining the aftermath of financial crises.  They found three common characteristics:
1. Asset market collapses are deep and prolonged
2. Banking crises are followed by big declines in output and employment.
3. Government debt explodes by an average of 86%. – has details – Plan B Economics

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Eurosclerosis Is U.S. Diagnosis After Dodging Japan Stagnation – By Rich Miller and Michael McKee – The U.S. … end up with a dose of eurosclerosis: chronically high unemployment in a growing economy.  … Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in New York, forecasts that the jobless rate will rise to 10.75 percent by the middle of 2011 from 10 percent now. … – Bloomberg

Nations May Need to Cut Deficits Before Recovery, Moody’s Says – By Matthew Brown – … “It is very likely that most governments will not have the luxury to wait until 2012 to start cleaning up public finances,” Moody’s strategists led by Pierre Cailleteau in London wrote in the company’s sovereign-risk outlook for 2010, released today. The year “2010 will probably see the inflection point in highly accommodative polices,” he wrote, without singling out any specific country. … – Bloomberg 

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Video – WealthTrack: Niall Ferguson – Implications of America’s exploding debt – Posted by Prieur du Plessis – Investment Postcards from Cape Town 

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Nations’ mounting debts worry global investors – By Anthony Faiola – … With big banks returning to health, the financial woes of entire nations have emerged as the biggest threat to the global economy. Though vows of swift action in Athens eased turbulent bond markets on Friday, analysts continued to warn of concerns even in pillar nations such as Britain. … – Washington Post

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Why It May Take Almost Seven Years for Unemployment to Reach Five Percent – By Mark Thoma – CBS Moneywatch