The Hip Replacement Case Shows Why Doctors Often Remain Silent - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">The note sent by a doctor to several executives at Johnson & Johnson was blunt: an artificial hip sold by the company was so poorly designed that the company should slow its marketing until it understood why patients were getting hurt.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The doctor, who also worked as a consultant to Johnson & Johnson, wrote the note nearly two years before the company recalled the device in 2010. And it was far from the only early warning those executives got from doctors who were paid consultants. Still, the company's DePuy orthopedic unit plowed ahead, and those consultants never sounded a public alarm to other doctors, who kept implanting the device.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The memos have recently emerged during the trial of the first of more than 10,000 patient <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/business/hip-implants-risks-inadequately-assessed-depuy-report-found-in-2010.html" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">lawsuits brought against Johnson & Johnson</a> over the hip implant device, the Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R. The company has insisted that it acted responsibly in determining when to halt its sale. But plaintiffs' lawyers have offered a portrait of executives who put profits ahead of patients, even scuttling a plan to fix the implant because it cost too much.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It might not be surprising to find that executives acted to protect a company's bottom line. Still, the Johnson & Johnson episode is also illuminating a broader medical issue: while experts say that doctors have an ethical obligation to warn their peers about bad drugs or medical devices, they often do not do so.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Questioning the status quo in medicine is not easy," said <a href="http://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/people/harlan_krumholz.profile" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Dr. Harlan Krumholz</a>, a professor at Yale School of Medicine.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Physicians may remain silent for a variety of reasons, he and other experts said. They may fear that speaking out could get them sued or believe that a product problem was an anomaly or their fault.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Doctors also have an aversion to reporting. For instance, while the Food and Drug Administration relies on physicians to help monitor product safety by alerting the agency to adverse patient reactions, doctors usually do not make such filings, saying they are too busy for the paperwork.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"The standard in the medical community is not to report," said <a href="http://www.startribune.com/business/149299585.html?refer=y" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Dr. Robert Hauser</a>, a cardiologist who, along with a colleague, warned other doctors in 2005 about a defective heart implant.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">There is another reason doctors may choose to remain silent, experts say: their financial ties to a drug or device maker.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For years, such consulting payments have raised concerns about the impact of money on a doctor's decision about which drugs to prescribe or how to interpret research findings. Money can also shift a physician's sense of loyalty, said <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/people/faculty/george-loewenstein.html" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">George Loewenstein</a>, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who has studied medical conflict-of-interest policies. "If someone has been paying you or employing you, it is very difficult to blow the whistle," said Professor Loewenstein, who teaches economics and psychology. "It offends our sense of loyalty."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Dr. Krumholz said he also believed that such loyalties were between a doctor and a company's executives, rather than with a company or its brand. Over time, a physician may come to see his relationships with those officials in terms of friendship, while companies see an influential doctor as an asset who helps develop products and boost sales.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For a consultant, breaking those ties can carry a cost. For example, when Dr. Lawrence D. Dorr, an orthopedic specialist, warned fellow surgeons in an open letter in 2008 that a hip implant made by Zimmer Holdings was flawed, he became the subject of a whisper campaign that questioned his skills as a surgeon.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"The first thing that a company does is to put out a campaign that a surgeon does not know how to operate," said Dr. Dorr, who was a consultant to Zimmer when he wrote the letter. "It hurt my practice for a year."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">TRADITIONALLY, doctors have brought problems to the attention of colleagues by conducting research and publishing their findings in a medical journal. The advantage of that system helps ensure the credibility of study data and protects a researcher from random attack, said <a href="http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Bios/B/Blumenthal-David.aspx" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Dr. David Blumenthal</a>, the president of the Commonwealth Fund, a group that studies health policy issues.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">But getting a study published can take a year or two; some Johnson & Johnson consultants did publish studies about the hip's flaws, but they largely appeared after it had been recalled.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Dr. Blumenthal said there was probably a need for more immediate ways for doctors to share their concerns, like forums supported by professional medical organizations. Another approach would be to have companies hire doctors as consultants whose sole concern was product safety, Professor Loewenstein said.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The results of not speaking out are playing out in a Los Angeles courtroom, where the first Johnson & Johnson hip case is unfolding. In the years before the implant's recall, a British physician, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/business/17hip.html?pagewanted=all" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Dr. Antoni Nargol</a>, and a colleague were among those who tried to alert surgeons to the problem.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">But the silence of other doctors apparently gave company executives the upper hand; in meetings with Dr. Nargol, they said that he seemed to be the only doctor having trouble.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">He said recently, "They told me there were no other problems."</p></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/sunday-review/the-hip-replacement-case-shows-why-doctors-often-remain-silent.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/sunday-review/the-hip-replacement-case-shows-why-doctors-often-remain-silent.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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Division Dean, Library & Academic Support, Academic Affairs Division - Holyoke Community College (MA)

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style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want to pick some up for yourself to give them a try?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find them at a Whole Foods store near you!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or if you want to check them out first on the web you can reach them over at these social networking sites.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://kevita.com/">http://kevita.com/</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/KeVitaDrinks">https://twitter.com/KeVitaDrinks</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KeVitaDrinks">https://www.facebook.com/KeVitaDrinks</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://pinterest.com/KeVitaDrinks/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://pinterest.com/KeVitaDrinks/</span></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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Pregnancy and Weight Gain

I want to step back and talk about why I didn't ever want to have kids, since it largely has to do with the topic of TBW.  <br /><br />Now, we all know that having children means gaining weight.  Yes, there are those women who, days after giving birth, appear like they were never pregnant in the first place - I'm sure you know some of them too!  But, I'm assuming that most of my audience has struggled with their weight.  And for me, the idea of gaining weight terrified me, especially intentionally gaining weight.  That is actually one reason (of many!) why I didn't/don't take birth control - it makes me gain weight.  Still, even if I was able to reach my goal weight before having children, I don't believe my mindset would have changed on this matter, especially since I have other reasons besides weight gain as to why I didn't want kids.  <br /><br />Being pregnant when you are under 200 lbs is one thing.  But being pregnant at 235 lbs was not exactly what I would call ideal.  I was big to begin with, so now I'm going to get even bigger.  Not only that, I had a lot of embarrassment surrounding being a plus size pregnant lady.  For starters, how hard is it to find plus size maternity clothes?  Sure, Motherhood sells them, but they aren't cheap!  I had to drop a small fortune on a new wardrobe simply because I am a plus size pregnant lady.  If I were smaller, I could have at least gotten away with Target Maternity clothes or another cheaper brand, but this is not my reality.  So on the surface, another source of my pregnancy devastation was that I would be putting my body through a process that was not ideal for it at this weight.  I guess what I'm trying to say is I owe more to my child than to have it develop/grow in an overweight body.  If given the choice I would have rather been at goal.  <br /><br />Not only that, but because I'm already a bigger lady, is anyone ever even going to be able to tell I'm actually pregnant?  At this point, I'd still say the answer is no.  I know what my body looks like at 235, but now that I'm over 5 months pregnant I definitely can tell that my belly is a pregnant one.  But to the people who don't know me.... can they tell?  I doubt it.  I'm sure they think I'm just another overweight woman.  That does bother me, I have to be honest.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWI-mjjnNE-rXwe3rwdIgjGFhOu9Sw_2HYQ4hFOVWmamLV5WGeL9zkyLN4aM31xodv4BRnE58SVd39NHeYMvOxmqPcdqs8u9lxrN7bd2fvYAxf6bmm46rlXygnvXEWWqlBjbihtlAjyY/s1600/21+weeks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWI-mjjnNE-rXwe3rwdIgjGFhOu9Sw_2HYQ4hFOVWmamLV5WGeL9zkyLN4aM31xodv4BRnE58SVd39NHeYMvOxmqPcdqs8u9lxrN7bd2fvYAxf6bmm46rlXygnvXEWWqlBjbihtlAjyY/s400/21+weeks.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br />That is just how I feel about the process of being pregnant.  But, what happens after I have the baby?  How hard is it going to be then to lose the weight, not just the baby weight but the baby weight plus the initial weight I was trying to lose?  Living where I do, I always feel stressed/strapped for time with a long commute and a 9 hr work day.  I know it's going to be that much harder to make exercise and healthy eating a priority once the baby arrives.  Can I do it?  I hope so!  I want to be able to do it so I can be the best version of myself so that I can be around long enough to enjoy my child and my life with Joel.  Only time will tell.

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A SchoolNet free online course to be run during March 2013. Why not participate?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet started its short free online courses for SchoolNet premium membership at the end of 2011 and since that time we have held at least seven such courses. In 2013 we have quite an array lined up for you and we are making a start with a repeat course which will be run in March. Take a look. Why not consider signing up? </span><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Google for Professional Development short course</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a free online  three week course (a repeat course from 2012) and will be held from 4th March - 22nd March 2013</span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnMzsoX6jxxu5MK78wFJ_raNDDXkiU4nqzlccGbTPNnbDDCiPWksprJb0H6hMsRUkNJX3DFAjWBJn1zKCQgCEYXQifZSLDCyFZSrQVP9ezSHEYBUkrYgW2jQl37ikjj2Zc9zhnO327zE/s1600/Use+Google.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnMzsoX6jxxu5MK78wFJ_raNDDXkiU4nqzlccGbTPNnbDDCiPWksprJb0H6hMsRUkNJX3DFAjWBJn1zKCQgCEYXQifZSLDCyFZSrQVP9ezSHEYBUkrYgW2jQl37ikjj2Zc9zhnO327zE/s320/Use+Google.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Prepared and administered by Fiona Beal from SchoolNet</i></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In October 2012, I had the amazing experience of being selected to attend the Google Teacher Academy in New York - an experience<span style="font-size: small;">, I think, </span> every teacher should aim for! </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I came back feeling VERY excited about the potential of Google applications in our classrooms.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We ran this course at the end of 2012 and thought it would be great to start off our 2013  year running a repeat course. We have called it <b>USE GOOGLE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT</b>.  This will be a three week course for SchoolNet Premium Members offered during March centring on three aspects of Google that could be useful to you in your professional development and with your colleagues. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The suggested outline is</i>: <br /><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WEEK 1</span></b> <b>(4th March): Get familiar with Google Chrome<span style="font-size: small;">'s AMAZING</span> offer<span style="font-size: small;">ings</span></b><br /><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WEEK 2</span></b> (<b>11th March): Get to know Google+ </b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><b>WEEK 3</b></span> <b>(18th March):</b> <b>Get the hang of Google hangouts </b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The reason we are calling this a <i>Google For Professional Development</i> course is because Google+ is restricted to age 13 years and older, and Google hangouts are restricted to 18 years and older.  Both these products however have  great potential for connecting you to your colleagues. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This course is supported by optional 'how to' webinars and offers a Certificate of Completion from SchoolNet if certain requirements are met. Please fill in the form below if you would like to join us. You will then be sent an email directing you to the course platform. Your introductions from the sign-up form will be added to the course platform so that we can interact and get to know each other. This course will be fairly interactive in Weeks 2 and 3 as we will be joining a Google + circle and participating in a Google hangout. </span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sign up for the Google for Professional Development course <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/schoolnet.org.za/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFo4ZDlraTQwaS1ONmVEYzhweUVKa1E6MA" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>:</span></div></div></div>

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SchoolNet’s 2013 free webinar season is about to begin in March

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaW2Ca9h1LVHQVhIByzL4uScN7_lBORvHsMhX917Vgonei7GKn4qJqgWCTG9q2-DQavuZfqiv5Y8uAt5eUjsNRC2-BscRyHIabLJzJ7HfNkIjRS6ebD8oWQwifU29lG3tKeaCPR_kaRQ0/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztDhDfpzKMuXRVZC1wKr3G_vnA3EhWeDTCTmwpIAaGMKsMXfvmVWvulm4azRAd71OVJnFNFeFev8iHeoeutKuTAKFVSE4WGSluidi5GQjQ7EtEtOCIrmafCjO4fkjGMBU96o9IkP4jKI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="260" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet started incorporating weekly webinars into its programme 2012 and now its time for the 2013 season to begin. We are making a start with a series of interesting Microsoft webinars. Unfortunately we cannot give the actual webinar URLs yet as we are waiting to be sent our Lync license so that we can use for these webinars. Consequently we won’t paste the dates in yet either suffice to say they will most likely take place on a Wednesday evening from 6:00 – 6:30pm starting in March.  Take a look at the topics and as soon as everything is finalised we will post the actual progamme with all the essential information on our webinars blog <a href="http://schoolnetsa-webinars.blogspot.com/">http://schoolnetsa-webinars.blogspot.com/</a>. Other SchoolNet webinars will take place on a Tuesday evening from 6:00-6:30 and these will link to the free online courses that are being offered. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>Partners in Learning Network 1</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Microsoft’s Partners in Learning network is a great resource for every teacher. This webinar will show how to navigate the Partners in Learning Network – getting connected and finding material that will work for you </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>Partners in Learning Network 2</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This webinar concentrates on how to contribute to the Partners in Learning Network – tagging resources, setting up a discussion forum, joining communities etc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>PowerPoint Tips and Tricks 1</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PowerPoint has an amazing array of uses. This webinar will introduce some of the uses you may or may not know about.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>PowerPoint Tips and Tricks 2</b></u><br />This webinar shows you some of the uses of PowerPoint that you probably didn’t know about.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>Educational Gaming 1</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This webinar introduces you to gaming as a tool to engage and motivate learners </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>Educational Gaming 2</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gaming for beginners – Mouse Mischief, Kodu, Interactive pictures</span><br /><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></u><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Educational Gaming 3</b></u><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this webinar you will hear about amazing gaming projects created by teachers. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep watching our webinars blog for more specific details about these webinars every Wednesday evening from 6pm – 6:30pm</span></div></div>

webinars SchoolNet’s 2013 free webinar season is about to begin in March

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Even More Onion Like Headlines

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola y’all! You know what time it is? Hell yes! It’s time again for more Onion-Like Headlines.<br /><br />- GOP tries to improve the party’s image by hiring Chris Brown as their new spokesperson.<br /><br />- Obama now just using live streaming surveillance video from Drones to watch Sasha’s soccer games from the comfort of the White House. <br /><br />- TNT Execs “Proud” of the job Reggie Miller is doing to ruin the NBA for every fan. Now ready to add him to the cast of Rizzoli & Isles to see if he can ruin that show too.<br /><br />- Republican Congressman upset that he forgot to compare Obama to Hilter during Fox & Friends interview, asks for a “do-over.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA33kxNa96rO04opDReKADbUKd5mFF93NskMuQJ_T_Jt-ZiaIy0Ysmu-E537kniBEwLGMLFemnCQ4ociLh4tDRhYXF8Qt5d7suV0D9IQqiMjcHnkbkwP9H_n-NTjeRHMWXbFyHANCbvTg/s1600/Alicia-Keys-NBA-All-Star-Game-Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA33kxNa96rO04opDReKADbUKd5mFF93NskMuQJ_T_Jt-ZiaIy0Ysmu-E537kniBEwLGMLFemnCQ4ociLh4tDRhYXF8Qt5d7suV0D9IQqiMjcHnkbkwP9H_n-NTjeRHMWXbFyHANCbvTg/s320/Alicia-Keys-NBA-All-Star-Game-Hot.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>- Even black people say they’ve had enough of Alicia Keys for a while.<br /><br />- Strippers looking to rest up and recover from wild NBA All Star weekend disappointed to find out that they’re staying at the same resort as Charlie Sheen.<br /><br />- President Obama likes to use his Nobel Peace Prize as a paperweight to keep his Kill List from blowing away when someone opens the doors to the patio.<br /><br />- Blogger and Speculative Comedian furious at the lack of recognition he received for his funny tweet that was “favorited” by five people.<br /><br />- Marco Rubio erupts in anger at waitress who asked if he needed any more water.<br /><br />- After seeing Katherine Webb on Inside Edition and then in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, America decides that Brent Musburger has shitty taste in “babes.”<br /><br />- Local Tea Party tries to hold up vote by Parks Committee concerning repainting of jungle gym until they get some answers on Benghazi.<br /><br />- NYC Ad Firm admits they’re on a quest to make the stupidest commercial of all time.<br /><br />- Only 147 years after the end of the Civil War Mississippi finishes ratifying the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. Governor Phil Bryant was quoted as saying “Since I haven’t heard anyone else talking about this, I guess we’re the first state to ratify the amendment, right?”<br /><br /><br />Hoo-Wee! That was another good time with Onion-Like Headlines wasn’t kids? I thought so.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><br /><br /><br /></div>

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28 in 28 #18: Everything All at Once

<i>February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "<a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/search/label/28%20in%2028">28 in 28</a>" series features a different book every day of the month.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781616890780"><b><i>Everything All at Once: The Software, Videos, and Architecture of MOS</i></b></a> by Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample<br />Princeton Architectural Press, 2013<br />Paperback, 176 pages<br /><br /><img alt="28-28_MOS.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/28-28_MOS.jpg" title="Book cover" /><br /><br />A visit to the website of New York City's <a href="http://www.mos-office.net/">MOS</a> reveals six projects tagged <a href="http://www.mos-office.net/?tag=software">Software</a>, six as <a href="http://www.mos-office.net/?tag=video">Video</a>, six as <a href="http://www.mos-office.net/?tag=buildings">Buildings</a>, six as <a href="http://www.mos-office.net/?tag=installations">Installations</a>, and four as <a href="http://www.mos-office.net/?tag=pavillions">Pavilions</a>. These categories start to get at the process and output of the duo of Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample; they also hint at why their first monograph is called <i>Everything All at Once</i>. The title's double entendre describes the book's presentation, which color codes the software, videos, and architecture of MOS but overlaps and merges them together. More importantly it refers to their working process, in which the three parts of the subtitle are treated to an equal extent, such that the front flap's statement that they "exchange plans or sections for software and videos" seems slightly off target; instead of serving the architecture, the software and videos can actually become the end result.<br /><br />While MOS has realized buildings, and is doing more of them on an increasingly larger scale, the architecture they include in the book are temporary installations and pavilions. This adds an even stronger element of time to their constructions, furthering the overlap between the architecture and the software and videos. The short shelf life of projects like <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2009/01/ps1-afterparty.html">Afterparty</a> at MoMA PS1 means that experience and events are that much more important. In turn the videos imagine happenings within their architecture, both before and after construction. Unfortunately the captions that accompany the video images are sometimes illegible, partly from the fluorescent pink used for the videos (software is blue and architecture is purple) but mainly because the white font is smaller than small.<br /><br />While I'd question leaving out some of MOS's more well known projects (<a href="http://www.mos-office.net/?p=485">Puppet Theater</a>, <a href="http://www.mos-office.net/?p=415">Foreclosed</a>), the selection reinforces the linkage between the three realms and the duo's questioning of the norms of architectural production. They are definitely doing something that works, given how the appeal with academics, institutions, and (I'm guessing) a larger public that does not care about the intellectual nature or curatorial positions of their work. Their installations have an obvious appeal that is rooted equally in form and experience (talking form my own experience, <i>Afterparty</i> was especially rewarding). Therefore the influence of the software (enabling complex forms) and videos (a means of envisioning experience and event) is evident in their architecture, even as those pieces aren't grasped by everybody lucky enough to visit their installations and pavilions in the short times they exist.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616890789/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616890789&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1616890789/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616890789&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1616890789/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616890789&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

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Product Marketing Manager ( Pricing, Sales, Product marketing , Business Development )(#109109)

<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <div><b>Position</b>: Product Marketing Manager<br> <b>Location</b>: Milpitas, CA<br> <b>Duration</b>: Full time<br> </div> <div><b>Job Description: </b></div> <div>The Global Service Support Organization (GSS) team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Product Training, and Technical Support.  The GSS organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.</div> <div> </div> <div><b>Responsibilities:</b></div> <div>General Product Marketing Manager Responsibilities</div> <div>Direct the development of company market requirements for service marketing products, including product strategy definition, requirements analysis, and pricing. Leads new product definition and business plans with joint departments.  </div> <div> </div> <div><b>Specific Responsibilities: </b></div> <div>1. Develop the Service Product portfolio to maximize profitability after the sale of KLA-Tencor hardware products. Includes pricing, communication,  operational considerations, market validation, and strategy.</div> <div>2. Initiate and develop (in partnership with hardware product division marketing) new service strategies which drive top line growth for the combined service and hardware product P&L, increase overall customer satisfaction, and improve contract penetration.</div> <div>3. Act as the service division's product expert and liaison with  their product division counterpart for all service related initiatives</div> <div>4. Interface with all regions to ensure the success of service products and mine for additional product opportunities</div> <div>5. Work with other cross functional GSS groups to ensure consistency of communication and alignment of strategy.</div> <div>6.  Initiate and lead projects to improve the overall service delivery and management process</div> <div>7.  Work with field and service sales to design and analyze negotiation strategies for contract penetration.  Includes working directly with customers to develop the best approach.</div> <div> </div> <div><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></div> <div>1) Experience in developing products and roadmaps (4P's of Marketing)</div> <div>2) Experience influencing customers and executives</div> <div>3) Experience in leading negotiations and closing sales</div> <div>4) Experience with product life cycle processes.<br> 5) Knowledge of Semiconductor Equipment</div> <div>6) Knowledge of KLA-Tencor customers and the Semiconductor Equipment Market.</div> <div>7) Technical and Business Analytical Capabilities.</div> <div>8) Excellent Presentation and Communication skills.<br> <br> Self Starter</div> <div>Comfortable working within an environment of ambiguity</div> <div> </div> <div><b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div> <div>Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.</div> <div>OR</div> <div>Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.<br> </div> <div style="margin-top:0.75pt;margin-bottom:0.75pt;">Kindly send your resume to <a href="mailto:sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><font color="blue"><u>sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></font></a></div> <div style="margin-top:0.75pt;margin-bottom:0.75pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> </span></font>

Product Marketing Manager ( Pricing, Sales, Product marketing , Business Development )(#109109)

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The Good Bean Chickpea Snacks review

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgZDbO7kdFPJxJQxu918CaDrW8ysKFjONufJ3s-pAVJatKlSnKCVrwddLQdirfdJTbIjvZeBXwUw4FmzJ85556ILj6WX9UAIr6qPTeAysnYyY1VaW2S8QV4XIrwxYe9DeG2mE92qUDKY/s1600/good+bean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgZDbO7kdFPJxJQxu918CaDrW8ysKFjONufJ3s-pAVJatKlSnKCVrwddLQdirfdJTbIjvZeBXwUw4FmzJ85556ILj6WX9UAIr6qPTeAysnYyY1VaW2S8QV4XIrwxYe9DeG2mE92qUDKY/s320/good+bean.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a healthy and adventurous eater, I like to try new things.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Especially if it's healthy then I am all for it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Especially if it's a snack.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always like to have some kind of delicious snack in my purse whether I'm at work or going to be out most of the day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It helps me keep on track with eating right.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am delighted to be doing this review for chickpea snacks from a company called </span><a href="http://www.thegoodbean.com/shop/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Good Bean</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've tried chickpeas before in hummus but not like this at all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, they are outrageously good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Good Bean company uses a special kind of chickpea called the "Desi" chickpea, which has twice the amount of soluble fiber and a great source of plant protein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Has low glycemic index and perfect for diabetics.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did I mention they are perfect roasted?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They give a great flavor with an added crunch to them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Roasted chickpea snacks:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Cracked pepper:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRfrSoJkdh1GgbTICMLrw1P7L2yGAZkUvc0_Q3PeVngDmQK9FD22fwvu8qwc4p-feQ03QVj38hnfGjxXDTWQ-C4gVD7UJyWDVdWQdf6xzm4arL1OHwVermc66eC4q_yzLn6FgzvjPHgE/s1600/good+bean+cracked+pepper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRfrSoJkdh1GgbTICMLrw1P7L2yGAZkUvc0_Q3PeVngDmQK9FD22fwvu8qwc4p-feQ03QVj38hnfGjxXDTWQ-C4gVD7UJyWDVdWQdf6xzm4arL1OHwVermc66eC4q_yzLn6FgzvjPHgE/s320/good+bean+cracked+pepper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Sea Salt:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdLlHll7Y8FWl45i-EFMzrLjy1GUryeBAyvsS_3gmzrD2eP1wQ39w-YAzOdxubmZ_6yZaDlq4d1B2W1HoZ9XVSUU7zcQfVGociHw2UOvjaYyS3eWk9OqN3elFiDMWwUKLk8Xvjwf7WDc/s1600/good+bean+sea+salt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdLlHll7Y8FWl45i-EFMzrLjy1GUryeBAyvsS_3gmzrD2eP1wQ39w-YAzOdxubmZ_6yZaDlq4d1B2W1HoZ9XVSUU7zcQfVGociHw2UOvjaYyS3eWk9OqN3elFiDMWwUKLk8Xvjwf7WDc/s320/good+bean+sea+salt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Smoky Chili and lime:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3pikcIAAAyFF9_UZYa2HVFBfnjfSSNQplRQEpdv7TP4jdoZ7HJY54cp68gXUIUpsJUWvjSLVH4p0RiAK53FAa3cCG1OFMN3bg5xd5SGrpy45iZkZ1logDxP3r_c2smqfAFLZbOyd90U/s1600/good+bean+smoky+chili+and+lime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3pikcIAAAyFF9_UZYa2HVFBfnjfSSNQplRQEpdv7TP4jdoZ7HJY54cp68gXUIUpsJUWvjSLVH4p0RiAK53FAa3cCG1OFMN3bg5xd5SGrpy45iZkZ1logDxP3r_c2smqfAFLZbOyd90U/s320/good+bean+smoky+chili+and+lime.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>sweet cinnamon:</u></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewO8iReSRdIDOwoWXdaTYFfealhw_VJ894IZ54EM1iVwzWHg7dBLbSeLCx3AymXYHyBOxDhGDZFmyVK9jpWyjEc6cfV6erLzbjNQETbWxiHj_4vwX8p5eNV_5I2_Q0oXNN0JciRRDfQ4/s1600/sweet+cinnamon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewO8iReSRdIDOwoWXdaTYFfealhw_VJ894IZ54EM1iVwzWHg7dBLbSeLCx3AymXYHyBOxDhGDZFmyVK9jpWyjEc6cfV6erLzbjNQETbWxiHj_4vwX8p5eNV_5I2_Q0oXNN0JciRRDfQ4/s320/sweet+cinnamon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I stated above, I've tried chickpeas before but not like this at all. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never thought that they could taste great sweet as they do savory in hummus!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First bite you get the crunch and then the delicious cinnamon sweet taste!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also received their snack bars as well to review!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These bars are made with no nuts at all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">made from whole roasted chickpeas and pieces of fruit!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Facts:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All natural</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NON GMO</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hexane free (used to extract protein)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fair trade</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></u><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flavors:</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>chocolate berry-</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">decadent chocolate and berries makes the perfect tasty treat </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yOI7Up0xmvREusojE7gIP340y7Js-bZt01GsJeQgH00UHPFPsP0WbFJi2KZn5aqNL6b_GSFllRo69-XSwSB82gJubJOaWJjaFLQu2P6EaYVDkKoJOIV7N_LmdUK1gtIqRSEu9q78Keo/s1600/good+bean+chocolate+berry+bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yOI7Up0xmvREusojE7gIP340y7Js-bZt01GsJeQgH00UHPFPsP0WbFJi2KZn5aqNL6b_GSFllRo69-XSwSB82gJubJOaWJjaFLQu2P6EaYVDkKoJOIV7N_LmdUK1gtIqRSEu9q78Keo/s320/good+bean+chocolate+berry+bar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fruit and seeds trail mix- </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">oops didn't snap a photo before I ate it!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">roasted chickpeas, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds. they sweeten the cranberries with pineapple juice! Yum!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">apricot and coconut-</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQeYigsOfdmabMwdxGeRX61UX3ZpdNMHAHMnRXGw3g5goYRw_JANhDosKezD2t3ZpkIGruSEJTia7dWSN2qU-d7wWemqkB__iGwGeIdnE52DyFnznZzW2xWCf3K8vqa3F4zfiSz2GxE0/s1600/apricot+coconut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQeYigsOfdmabMwdxGeRX61UX3ZpdNMHAHMnRXGw3g5goYRw_JANhDosKezD2t3ZpkIGruSEJTia7dWSN2qU-d7wWemqkB__iGwGeIdnE52DyFnznZzW2xWCf3K8vqa3F4zfiSz2GxE0/s320/apricot+coconut.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh my god I am in love!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This bar was amazing!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's healthy, sweet and delicious!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">crispy chick peas then the fruity taste of apricots with the decadent smoothness of white chocolate!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yum!<br /><br />I am sad it's all gone,now I have to buy one!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are interested in their products check them out here online!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thegoodbean.com/shop/">http://www.thegoodbean.com/shop/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chickpea.snacks">https://www.facebook.com/chickpea.snacks</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/thegoodbean"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://twitter.com/thegoodbean</span></a></div>

The Good Bean Chickpea Snacks review

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Staff Electrical Design Engineer (PCB, Analog, Digital) (#109036)

<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <div><b>Position</b>: Staff Electrical Design Engineer<br> <b>Location</b>: Milpitas, CA <br> <b>Duration</b>: Full time<br> <br> <b>Job Description</b>:<br> <b>Responsibilities:</b></div> <div>Metrology Product Development</div> <div>(1) Determine specifications for metrology equipment subsystems.</div> <div>(2) Design and develop subsystems including Mixed signal PC Boards, system interconnections, AC and DC power supply systems and power budgets, Electro-Optical detectors and components, electromechanicl controls, test fixtures and equipment. FPGA firmware capability is a plus.</div> <div>(3) Create documentation of systems, subsystems, interconnections, calibration methods, test methods, theories of operation for subsystems, error budgets</div> <div>(4) Prepare and document design reviews for all phases of subsystem development</div> <div>(5) Support the building, testing, validation, and fielding of new metrology systems for the semiconductor industry.</div> <div>(6) Manage projects or portions of projects involving some or all of the above activities.<b> <br> <br> Preferred Qualifications:</b></div> <div>Masters or PHD in Electronic Engineering, Engineering Physics, or Physics</div> <div>1 ) Several years experience and positive track record developing complex equipment involving measurement and automation sub-systems.</div> <div>2) Experience with mixed signal electronics, optical detectors, electro-optical components, optical measurement systems, electro-mechanical control systems,  data acquisition systems, computer systems, and integration of sub-systems into equipment.</div> <div>3) Ability to take technical ownership of and make  significant technical contributions to the development of key metrology product subsystems used to make precise optical measurements involving lasers, advanced light sources, electro-optical detectors, control of precise moving mechanisms, power distribution, and system interconnections.<br> <br> Excellent oral and written communication and an ability to work productively in a collaborative team environment are essential.<br> <br> <b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div> <div>Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.</div> <div>OR</div> <div>Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.</div> <div>OR</div> <div>Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.<br> <br> Kindly send your resumes to<font color="#1F497D"> </font><a href="mailto:sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><font color="blue"><u>sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></font></a></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> </span></font>

Staff Electrical Design Engineer (PCB, Analog, Digital) (#109036)

Position : Staff Electrical Design Engineer Location : Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description : Responsibil...

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Senior Electrical Design Engineer (PCB, Analog, Digital)(#109037)

<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <div><b>Position</b>: Senior Electrical Design Engineer<br> <b>Location</b>: Milpitas, CA <br> <b>Duration</b>: Full time<br> <br> <b>Job Description</b>:<br> <b>Responsibilities:</b></div> <div>1) Define specifications for PC Boards, power supplies, cables, system interconnections, detectors, precise mechanism controls, and other metrology system components.</div> <div>2) Develop designs for PC boards including circuit design, schematic capture, management of layout fabrication and assembly through outside resources, testing, debugging, and documentation of the design.</div> <div>3) Conduct design reviews for all aspects of subsystem (e.g PCBoard) development including reviews of requirements, concept, final design, layout, and documentation.</div> <div>4) Design and documentation of system cables and interconnections.</div> <div>5) Work in a collaborative team environment to develop, test, deploy, and support key components of advance optical metrology equipment utilizing light to make precise complex measurements of wafer properties according to project requirements.</div> <div> </div> <div><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></div> <div>Doctorate (Academic) OR Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience. OR Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience. </div> <div>1) Experience with all aspects of PC board design.</div> <div>2) Experience with specification of cables and interconnections.</div> <div>3) Experience with optical detectors and electro-optical components.</div> <div>4) Capability to read, write, and interpret programs for FPGA an CPLD chips is a plus.</div> <div>5) Ability to work productively in a collaborative team environment to develop key subsystems for complex equipment to exacting requirements on aggressive schedules.</div> <div>6) Clear written and oral communication  and a willingness to produce quality documentation of designs, and methods are essential.<br> <br> <b>Minimum Qualifications:<br> </b>Doctorate (Academic)<br> OR<br> Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience.<br> OR<br> Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.<br> <br> Kindly send your resumes to<font color="#1F497D"> </font><a href="mailto:sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><font color="blue"><u>sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></font></a></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> </span></font>

Senior Electrical Design Engineer (PCB, Analog, Digital)(#109037)

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SYRIA, LEBANON, BOSNIA AND KOSOVO

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width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SYRIAN ISLAMISTS MEET HIZBALLAH HEAD-ON – TAKE IN ARMS FROM BOSNIA, KOSOVO</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 183.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">                                  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SUNNIS VERSUS SHIITES</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hizballah allegedly has transferred 1,000 fighters to the SYRIAN district of Homs who are a red herring to distract attention from six new major developments in the SYRIAN civil conflict - revealed here by debkafile’s military and intelligence sources:</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />1. Contrary to reports of Hizballah attacks on villages in the Homs region, the thousand Hizballah militiamen have moved in to defend the predominantly Shiite villages of the area whose population is loyal to Bashar Assad. They are there to relieve the SYRIAN army of the burden of defending these Shiites against rebel attack.<br />Hizballah has also undertaken to guard Shiite holy shrines in SYRIA.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">2.  The Muslim factions of the SYRIAN revolt have received their first heavy weapons consignments, mostly Kornet and Fagot anti-tank missiles. Their improved armaments account for the new edge they display in battles with Bashar Assad’s army, although reports of their conquests are much exaggerated.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">3.  These arms are coming from two sources: radical Islamist organizations in BOSNIA and KOSOVO, some of them associated with al Qaeda – at least ideologically. It is hard to say who is organizing and bankrolling the new weapons sea route to SYRIA. According to one theory, it is the ALBANIAN mafia. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(See: </span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE AL QAEDA FACTOR IN ALBANIA, </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/the-balkans-organized-crime-radical.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/the-balkans-organized-crime-radical.html</a>)</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EjcAjqcI04I?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">4. For the first time, SYRIAN rebels are taking in arms unsupervised by any of the WESTERN or ARAB agencies involved in the SYRIAN revolt.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">5. Most of the incoming weapons are destined for the Islamist Jabhat al-Nusra, the rebel faction identified with al Qaeda.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">6. The Jabhat al-Nusra, newly armed with hardware from BOSNIA and KOSOVO, have pushed across the border into LEBANON, our sources reveal, and are harassing Hizballah in its home bases in the Beqaa Valley. Night after night in the last ten days, small bands of Islamist fighters, weighed down by heavy loads of rockets, are attacking Hizballah strongholds and isolated guard and watch posts and ambushing military vehicles.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Both are designated terrorist groups by the UNITED STATES government.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><br />The SYRIAN conflict has indeed spilled over the border into LEBANON. It is also turning more and more into a sectarian confrontation between extremist Sunnis and radical Shiites.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Via DEBKA<i>file</i> </span>

SYRIA, LEBANON, BOSNIA AND KOSOVO

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