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Search underway for man who jumped into Lake Washington
A U.S. Coast Guard boat pulls up alongside another powerboat on the scene as they they assist in the search for a 26-year-old man using divers and special side-scan radar during Seafair Saturday on Lake Washington. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
Authorities are searching for a man in his 20s who reportedly failed to resurface after falling off a boat into Lake Washington.
Seattle police said the man fell and hit his head on a boat before tumbling into the water at about 4:40 p.m. Saturday near the 5000 block of Lake Washington Blvd. South.?The police department?s Harbor Patrol unit and?U.S. Coast Guard were looking for the man.
It was the second local water-related search on the busy Seafair Saturday.
Earlier, a man was pulled from South Lake Union in critical condition after he jumped into the lake and failed to resurface. The unidentified 49-yera-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to a Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman.
A man hugs a distraught woman near the 5000 block of Lake Washington Boulevard South. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
Source: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/08/search-underway-for-man-who-jumped-into-lake-washington/
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Chinese Hackers Have Been Caught Hijacking a Decoy US Water Plant
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Chrysler, Ford, GM's July sales best since 2006
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In this Monday, July 29, 2013, photo, a Chrysler 300 sits on the lot of Midstate Motors in Berlin, Vt. Chrysler, Ford and GM all reported a big jump in auto sales in July.
Despite some signs the U.S. economy may be slowing down a bit, nothing seemed able to halt the resurgent auto industry last month, perhaps because the market?s heavy lifters, full-size pickups, were flying out of dealer showrooms.
While several major makers have yet to weigh in with their numbers, preliminary estimates suggest the month was the industry?s best since July 2006. Detroit makers ? all three of whom posted double-digit increases -- were particularly pleased by the monthly trends, demand for trucks apparently being driven by a housing market revival.
?We continue to see strong retail sales, particularly with our pickup trucks and SUVs, and that has helped to propel Chrysler Group to our 40th consecutive month of year-over-year sales growth,? said Reid Bigland, head of the maker?s Ram brand as well as its U.S. sales chief.
(Read more: Chrysler Earnings Surge 16%, Helps Bail Out Italian Partner Fiat)
General Motors, which has lagged the overall market revival for much of the last several years, posted a solid 16 percent surge for July, while Chrysler and Ford both reported 11 percent year-over-year gains. The latter maker?s F-Series pickups were up by 23 percent, however. But Ford saw even bigger gains at the other end of the model spectrum where its subcompact Fiesta model gained 89 percent.
?Our small cars and hybrids continue to attract new customers to Ford and away from our competitors,? said sales chief Ken Czubay. Ford last month reported that its gas-electric models, including the new C-Max ?people mover? have been running at record levels this year reflecting the growing focus on fuel economy among motorists in general.
While final numbers aren?t in, it appears few, if any, manufacturers will be in the negative category for July. That doesn?t mean some makers won?t have lost ground, at least from a market share perspective. After several years of solid growth, Volswagen sales have been slowing since early spring and the maker reported a modest 3.3 percent jump for July.
According to preliminary data crunching by J.D. Power and Associates and other analysts, the overall industry was expected to have gained as much as 15 percent last month ? roughly double the domestic market?s 7 percent increase for the first half of 2013. Industry sales are forecast to have totaled 1.3 million ? or an annualized rate of 15.8 million.
(Read more: Chevy Impala Named Top Sedan by Consumer Reports)?
Going into 2013, analysts had laid bets that sales would be well ahead of last year?s total of 14.5 million but many are now raising their numbers to 15.5 million and possibly even higher if momentum continues at this pace.
While Nissan may wind up lagging the overall torrid July market pace, with a 10.9 percent increase it nonetheless reported record sales for its namesake brand. The Nissan marque surged 16.8 percent but the highline Infiniti brand slid 33.2 percent, The maker cautioned that Infiniti was caught in a holding period while it waited for the launch of its new Q50 sedan replacing its old G model, the division?s best-seller.
The monthly numbers appear to suggest that consumers, rather than fleets, are driving much of the recovery ? with the exception, perhaps, of the pickup truck market. Notably, GM said its retail sales grew by 23 percent in July.
?For GM, July was the most well-balanced month of the year from a retail sales standpoint: trucks were hot, but so were small cars and family vehicles,? said Kurt McNeil, GM?s vice president of U.S. sales operations.
Ford saw similarly strong surges in retail demand, ?particularly in the coastal regions of the country,? noted sales chief Czubay,
(Read more: Gas up the Ford F-150 truck! That's gas, as in gas...)
There are any number of factors coming together to buoy the U.S. automotive market. Alec Gutierrez, senior market analyst at Kelley Blue Book, suggested, ?Consumer confidence has played a key role in the ongoing recovery and currently is at the highest level seen since January 2008.?
While consumers may be confident enough to return to showrooms, several recent reports have indicated that looser credit is letting them drive away with new vehicles, and consumers have been stretching purchases and leases out for longer periods.
"Elevated new vehicle transaction prices are being enabled by the availability of longer-term loans, affordable leases and strong used vehicle values, compounded by the availability of low- interest rates," wrote John Humphrey, senior vice president of the global automotive practice at J.D. Power.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Pair of stunts has networks thinking 'Sharknado'
NEW YORK (AP) ? Colliding stunts on Discovery and The Weather Channel next week feel like another "Sharknado."
Discovery is holding its 26th annual Shark Week of programming at the same time The Weather Channel is airing Hurricane Week.
The weather folks can't resist a joke about it, airing a promotional ad that depicts a giant shark flying away in a stiff wind that references both Shark Week and "Sharknado," the Syfy network movie that has become a campy classic this summer.
"If having a little fun with this very serious topic helps get a little more attention, we're all for it," said David Clark, Weather Channel president.
Shark Week is a mixture of fun and science, even including a shark talk show this summer. Discovery's embrace of the week's pop culture status was signaled with the Snuffy the Seal ad that has received more than 5.5 million views on YouTube and the Discovery website.
The ad shows a fake newscast telling a heartwarming story of a seal being returned to his natural habitat. But as the seal is being lowered into the water, a giant shark jumps up and snatches the animal in its jaws. The news crew looks horrified as an announcer says, "It's a bad week to be a seal."
The shark in The Weather Channel ad has something black in its mouth ? could it be Snuffy? ? before being blown away.
A true "Sharknado" collision for the networks would actually come in the spring, when The Weather Channel holds Tornado Week. But it's hard to argue with the weather calendar, and August is about when hurricane season begins in earnest.
The Weather Channel skipped Hurricane Week last year, but the interest in Superstorm Sandy brought it back. Along with boosting viewership during a normally quiet period and reminding people where they should tune when a storm is menacing a coast, the channel hopes to deliver valuable tips on hurricane preparedness, Clark said.
"Sharks as a danger is something that captures the imagination, but hurricanes are a very real danger that affects millions of people every year," Clark said.
The dual stunt weeks didn't seem to thrill the folks at Discovery all that much, perhaps because it's better to have a clear path with less competition.
"We haven't talked to them at all," said Michael Sorensen, senior director of programming at Discovery. "It's interesting that they're putting a stunt week up against ours, especially since ours has a long track record. So we'll see how that goes."
People at Discovery have certainly talked about how the film "Sharknado" fits into Shark Week and have booked the movie's star, Tara Reid, onto its late-night talk show, Sorensen said.
He said he could see the movie influencing future "Shark Week" programming, perhaps with a look at shark horror movies or examining whether there is any science behind the science fiction in the movie.
To a certain degree, though, "Sharknado" is terrific promotion for Shark Week.
"It shows people the curiosity and the fascination that people have about sharks that that kind of thing can be buzzed about," he said.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Syfy announced the start of a "Sharknado" merchandising program, selling shirts, bags, posters and accessories tied to the movie.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pair-stunts-networks-thinking-sharknado-202036325.html
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Pentagon review protects weapons for now, but uncertainty abounds
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's rollout Wednesday of a long-awaited strategic budget review left big weapons programs unscathed for now, focusing more on cuts to Pentagon overhead, compensation packages and troop levels.
But the review did not resolve the budget uncertainties that have plagued U.S. weapons makers for nearly two years, and even cuts in the overall size of the military will result in fewer new equipment purchases in years to come, analysts said.
Hagel told reporters that coming up with $500 billion in budget cuts required by law over the next decade under the sequestration process - on top of $487 billion in cuts already begun - required tough trade-offs between the size of the military and weapons programs.
He said those decisions would be made in coming months as the Pentagon prepared its budget plan for fiscal 2015, with President Barack Obama having the final say.
Top U.S. weapons makers like Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co, Raytheon Co and others have been anxiously awaiting details of the Pentagon's four-month Strategic Choices and Management Review, worried that specific weapons programs might be scrapped to save money.
The companies posted higher earnings for the second quarter as a result of cost-cutting, but many forecast weaker revenues in 2014 and said backlogs were easing as mounting budget pressures began to take their toll.
Hagel warned that choosing size over capabilities would trigger a "decade-long modernization holiday" that could undermine the U.S. military's technological edge and could undermine the defense industrial base.
Preserving the military's ability to project power would entail less onerous cuts in ground forces, ships and aircraft, but would lead to cancellation or truncation of many weapons programs and efforts to beef up U.S. cyber defenses, Hagel said.
If the military chose high-end capabilities over size, it would protect certain programs, including Lockheed's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a new bomber and submarine cruise-missile upgrades, as well as cyber operations and special operations forces, Hagel said.
The result would be a smaller, technologically dominant force, that would be able to "go fewer places and do fewer things, especially if crises occurred at the same time in different regions of the world," he told reporters.
'NOT AS BAD AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN'
Byron Callan, analyst with Capital Alpha Partners, said Hagel appeared to lean toward the latter option, partly because of the damage that cutting modernization programs would do to the country's defense industrial base.
But even cutting the size of the military could undermine current plans for buying 2,443 Lockheed F-35s, he said.
"The capability option is a positive for slivers of industry, but force structure cuts will reduce the size of the F-35 buy and impact a wide range of other programs," he said in a note to investors.
Todd Harrison, defense analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, told Reuters that cutting size in favor of high-end capabilities was more in line with the department's current strategy, and better suited to responding to increasing threats around the world.
"If you focus on capabilities over capacity, that means you can develop the future capabilities that you need to operate in a more contested threat environment," he said.
Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute think tank, said the Pentagon did not attack weapons programs as hard during this review because it had already canceled numerous arms programs, including the Army's Future Combat System, or FCS, and an airborne laser, in recent years.
"The Obama administration spent the last four years killing unneeded weapons programs, so now it is left with the programs that are really essential," he said.
He said weapons makers still faced challenges, even if the administration opted to shrink the size of the military since that would result in fewer ships, aircraft and other equipment that needed to be maintained and upgraded.
"This news is not as bad as it might have been. However, if you're going to cut the size of the force and have fewer aircraft carriers or fewer bombers, then obviously companies are not going to be booking as much revenue," he said.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Peter Cooney)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-review-protects-weapons-now-uncertainty-abounds-013128317.html
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Allegiant adds eight routes in Southwest Florida
- Staff Tampa Bay Business Journal
Allegiant Airlines will almost double its service to Southwest Florida this fall, adding eight new routes to its existing 11 at the Charlotte County Airport.
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport Director Rick Piccolo sees the elevated competition for his embattled airport, but said there is a bright side.
He told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune the new routes bringing people to Southwest Florida only can help to enlighten people from new areas across the country to the region's charms.
By comparison, Allegiant serves six cities out of St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, according to the Herald-Tribune.
The Las Vegas-based airline?s beefed up service to Punta Gorda will bring thousands of new tourists to the region each year.
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Gildan profit jumps as cotton prices decline
(Reuters) - Canadian apparel maker Gildan Activewear Inc
Gildan now expects 2013 earnings to be $2.67-$2.70 per share, up from $2.65-$2.70 forecast earlier.
Analysts on average had expected earnings of $2.68 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The Montreal-based company reported a 47 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Thursday. Net income rose to $115.8 million, or 94 cents per share, helped by lower cotton prices and higher sales volume.
Margins improved as cotton prices fell 4 percent to 85.61 cents per pound between April and June.
Profit got a boost also from a favorable product mix for both printwear and branded apparel and better supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies, Gildan said.
The company supplies T-shirts and other basic clothing items to screenprinting companies and makes private-label and branded socks for mass-market retailers.
Gildan, however, has been shifting its focus to its own brands such as Gildan underwear and Gold Toe socks. The company began shipping Gildan underwear in the quarter.
Sales rose 2 percent to $614.3 million but came below the estimates of the company and analysts. Gildan said production constraints prevented it from capitalizing on peak demand season.
Analysts were expecting sales to be $630.3 million.
Revenue from the printwear business fell 4 percent to $433 million but branded apparel sales rose 20 percent to $181.4 million.
The company cut its full-year capital expenditure forecast to $175 million from $200 million due to the timing of delivery of new equipment.
(Reporting by Krithika Krishnamurthy in Bangalore; Editing by Kirti Pandey)
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Microsoft forced to rename SkyDrive following trademark case with broadcaster
A UK court recently ruled that Microsoft's SkyDrive name infringed on a trademark owned by British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB), and the software maker has agreed to change the name of its cloud-based service worldwide as a result. In a settlement issued on Wednesday, BSkyB notes that Microsoft will not appeal the court ruling and that the company will allow Microsoft to continue using the brand "for a reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transition to a new brand."
The agreement includes financial and other terms, but neither BSkyB or Microsoft will disclose the details as the agreement is confidential. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the name change in a statement to The Verge. "We're glad to have resolution of this naming dispute, and will continue to deliver the great service our hundreds of millions of customers expect, providing the best way to always have your files with you."
First Metro, now SkyDrive
The name change follows a similar European legal dispute where Microsoft agreed to stop using the term "Metro" for its Windows 8 user interface and applications. Although the case never made it to court, German company Metro AG took issue with Microsoft's use of the word Metro throughout its marketing and branding. BSkyB's complaint centers around the Sky services it provides primarily in the UK, with channels like Sky One, Sky Sports, and Sky Movies.
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SPORTS NOTEBOOK: July 31
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Plymouth South Jaguars car wash
A car wash to support the Plymouth South Jaguar cheerleaders will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Aug. 4, at the Moose Lodge in Manomet.
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Pan-Mass Challenge
Thousands of cyclists around the nation have visions of pedaling through heat and humidity, up steep hills and over the dunes of the Cape this summer. Registration for the 34th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge is open. The weekend event, set for Aug. 3-4, will raise money for adult and pediatric cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.
The PMC is the most successful athletic fundraising event in the nation, raising more money to charity than any other single event. The event contributes 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to the Jimmy Fund. It is Dana-Farber?s single largest non-governmental contributor. The PMC is a fully-supported bike-a-thon that takes cyclists through 46 cities and towns across the commonwealth. Cyclists come from 36 states and eight countries representing riders of various cycling experience levels, cancer survivors and current cancer patients, ages 13 to 88. The 34th annual event will offer 11 routes that range from 25 to 190 miles over one or two days. For more information about the PMC, or to register to ride, visit pmc.org.
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Summer Smash softball tourney
Halifax Girls Softball?s 9th annual ?Summer-Smash? Fundraising Tourney will be held in Halifax at the Elementary School, Vaughan Playground and Lingan Street fields Aug. 9-11. Again this year Halifax will play host to 36 teams from around the area, ages 9-14, including five Halifax Hurricanes All-Star teams. All are welcome to come down and check out the action. Any high school age student wanting to earn high school community service hours volunteering at the tourney, email Pete Barone at barone1077@aol.com.
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Cape Cod Chowder Cup
The Bourne Youth Girls Fastpitch softball tournament, the Cape Cod Chowder Cup, will be Aug. 9-11 at Bourne High School. Visit www.bourneyouthsoftball.org for details or call Erick Anderson at 508-292-7020.
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Run for Faith
The third annual Run for Faith 4Miler, which is a gold member in the Bayside Runner Racing Series, is set for 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at Plimoth Plantation. The entry fee is $25, which will go to scholarships for Plymouth high school students, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Plymouth Public Library and other Plymouth charities and nonprofits. Runners can register at www.runforfaithplymouth.org.
Water stations are plentiful and the event is professionally timed by Spitler Racing Systems. There is also be a Stroller Division, so runners can run with their young children. Prizes will go to top finishers, male and female, and awards will be given to top finishers for various age groups. Post-race ?light refreshments? will include bananas, oranges, bagels, muffins and scones. To amuse younger family members, a jumpy house will be available. A number of vendors will be on hand to sell their wares before and after the race.
The Run for Faith is organized by Run for Faith Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit organization created to commemorate the special life of Faith ?Marcy? Romboldi who gave so much of herself to both individuals and the community. Interested sponsors can contact Matthew Romboldi at 508-400-0751. For more information, email info@runforfaithplymouth.org. You can view the course online at www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/42074524.
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Y Mile Run
The Y Mile Run, the third annual Plymouth YMCA one-mile run/walk for families and kids, will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Stephens Field in Plymouth and will finish at Nelson Park. The entry fee is $15 for ages 18 and under and $20 for adults. Register online at www.coolrunning.com or call 508-888-2290. All proceeds support healthy YMCA activities in Plymouth.
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Hometown Fallen Heroes motorcycle run
Sunday, Aug. 18, the American Legion Riders Post 40 will hold a motorcycle ride to raise funds for its Hometown Fallen Heroes scholarship. Sign up at 9:30 a.m. at the Park and Ride next to 61 Commerce Way in Plymouth (across from Colony Place). Kickstands go up at 11 a.m. The ride will end at the American Legion Post 40 at 199 Federal Furnace Road. The charge is $20 per rider, $10 per passenger and $10 per walk-in. There will be a barbecue and raffles and music by the Alley Rats. For details, call Toni at 508-272-3641.
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Frogs for Freedom Poker Run
The Frogs for Freedom Poker Run will be held Sunday, Aug. 25, from the VFW Post 1822, 22 Seven Hills Road, Plymouth. Registration is at 9:30 a.m., kickstands up 10:30 a.m. and cookout at 2 p.m. Registration is $20, which includes event T-shirt (while they last) and one poker hand. For cookout only, $20.
Plaques will be awarded to the largest group and the best and worst poker hands. There will be door prizes, 50/50 raffle and a live band. All are welcome; two-, three- and four-wheelers and hot rods. The ride is approximately 65 miles and will encompass several towns in the southern Plymouth County area. Sponsorships are available.
Frogs for Freedom Poker Run benefits the Navy SEAL Foundation, providing SEALs, their families and the entire Navy special warfare community to recover from and cope with combat and training-related situations. For information, email Ron Flockton at papafrog3@verizon.net.
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Canal Celebrity Golf Tournament
The Cape Cod Canal Centennial Committee announced that registration is open for the Canal Celebrity Golf Tournament, which will be held Monday, Sept. 16, at the private Ridge Club in Sandwich. This tournament is designed to support the Centennial Celebration of the Cape Cod Canal, with events taking place around the 100th year anniversary date of July 29, 2014.
Both Derek Sanderson and Luis Tiant will be attending the awards ceremony at the end of the tournament. Sanderson is a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Boston Bruins and was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL?s Rookie of the Year, an honor that Bobby Orr won the previous year, giving the Bruins their second consecutive Calder Memorial Trophy. Tiant, the left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, is one of the most beloved pitchers in Red Sox history and a great idol in Boston.
?Falmouth Toyota will be giving away a car for the hole-in-one contest and there are raffles and prizes to win throughout the day. Registration is open and can be found on the website at www.capecodcanalcentennial.org. There will be a shotgun start at noon. Registration can be done online or faxed to 508-362-8387. Sponsorships are available but are going fast and details can also be found on the website. Golfer registration is $175 per golfer and includes a boxed lunch as well as hors d?oeuvres at the awards ceremony. Tickets to the awards ceremony are available on the website for $50 per person for people who are unable to golf.
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Jimmy Fund Walk
The 25th annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, presented by Hyundai, is seeking walkers. Set for Sunday, Sept. 8, the one-day fundraising event to fight all cancers offers four routes: the 26.2-mile route starting from Hopkinton; the 13.1-mile route from Babson College in Wellesley; the 5-mile route from Boston College; and the 3-mile route from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. All routes end at the Copley Square finish line in Boston. Participants will walk to raise more than $7 million to support lifesaving adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber. The fundraising minimum is $300 for walkers age 13 and older and $100 for children 12 and younger. Participants enter the discount code BOSTON for $5 off the registration fee. To register for the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk on Sept. 8, or to support a walker, visit JimmyFundWalk.org or call 866-531-9255.
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Habitat golf tournament
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth invites you to participate in its 13th annual golf tournament. The tournament is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Southers Marsh Golf Club in Plymouth. Early birds can register for $85 until Aug. 31. After Aug. 31, registration is $100, due by Oct. 1. The tickets include green fees, golf cart, steak and chicken buffet, T-shirt for each golfer, group photo and a gift bag. Lunch-only tickets can be purchased for $25, also by Oct. 1. As with last year?s tournament, participants have the chance to win a car with a hole-in-one, sponsored by Tufankjian Hyundai of Plymouth. Prizes will be given for the winning team, longest drive and closest to the pin. There will also be a putting contest and raffle.
If golfing isn?t your game, you can sign up to be a tournament sponsor. A $1,000 sponsorship gets your company?s name or logo on all carts and participants? T-shirts, a listing on the Habitat of Greater Plymouth website, mention in all press releases and recognition at the tournament. For a $150 sponsorship, your company?s name or logo will be printed on the participants? T-shirts at the tournament, listed on the Habitat of Greater Plymouth website, and recognition at the tournament. A $50 sponsorship includes your company?s name or logo on a sign at a hole on the course and recognition at the tournament.
Tickets for the tournament may be purchased at the Habitat office, 72 N. Main St. in Carver, or on the website, www.hfhplymouth.org. For more information on how to become a sponsor, send email to hfhplymouth1@verizon.net. All proceeds from the tournament go toward furthering Habitat?s mission of providing simple, affordable housing in conjunction with a deserving family.
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Camp Clark swim lessons
Swim lessons at Camp Clark, 200 Hedges Pond Road, Plymouth, run in two-week sessions, with the session dates as follows: Session two July 13-26, Session three July 27-Aug. 9 and Session four Aug. 10-23. The lessons are operating on a three-time-per-week, for two-week basis, so that each class meets six times. The class schedule is as follows:
Skipper/Perch w/ parent, 6-36 months, 30 min., $50; Saturday 10-10:30 a.m.; Monday 4:30-5 p.m.; Thursday 4:30-5 p.m.
Pike w/ Parent, 3-5 years, 30 min., $50; Sunday 10-10:30 a.m.; Tuesday 4:30-5 p.m.; Friday 4:30-5 p.m.
Pike, 3-5 years, 30 min., $50; Sunday 10:35-11:05 a.m.; Monday 5:55-6:25 p.m.; Wednesday 4:30-5 p.m.
Eel, 3-5 years, 30 min., $50; Sunday 12-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday 5:55-6:25 p.m.; Thursday 5:55-6:25 p.m.
Starfish, 3-5 years, 45 min., $57; Saturday 10:35-11:20 a.m.; Monday 5:05-5:50 p.m.; Thursday 5:05-5:50 p.m.
Polliwog, 6+ years, 30 min, $50; Saturday 11:25-11:55 a.m.; Wednesday 5:05-5:35 p.m.; Friday 5:55-6:25 p.m.
Guppy, 6+ years, 45 min, $57; Sunday 11:10-11:55 a.m.; Tuesday 5:05-5:50 p.m.; Friday 5:05-5:50 p.m.
Also offered are private lessons that are scheduled based on availability; they can be scheduled in packages: Single session $20, 3-session package $55, 5-session package $90; 10-session package $175.
For details, contact Program Coordinator Michael McGrath at mmcgrath@oldcolonyymca.org or 508-888-2290.
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Summer camps at Kingston Sports Center
Spend your summer with Kingston Sports Center, 30 Independence Road, Kingston. All kinds of clinics for kids aged 4-18 years old, run by experienced staff. For fun, and serious athletes. For more information or to sign up, visit www.KingstonSportsCenter.com or call 781-582-3900.
Unity TRHS Volleyball Clinic run by Plymouth South coach Carolyn Finn; grades 6-plus, July 1 to Aug. 15.
KSC Basketball Skills and Shooting Clinic: July 29-Aug. 1.
Junior Hoop Clinic (3rd-5th grades): Aug. 5-8.
Coaches Basketball Camp (4th-8th and 9th-12th grades). The most popular camp. Camp features three of the most successful high school varsity hoop coaches on the South Shore: Bob Fisher, Pat Lamb and Matt Poirier. Learn from the best this summer. Session II: Aug. 12-15.
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Plymouth Girls Basketball League
PLYMOUTH ? Registration for the Plymouth Girls Basketball League?s 2013-2014 season is now open. The PGBL is Plymouth?s only all-girl basketball league with four divisions from grades 2 to 8. The instructional division is open to all first and second-grade girls with the focus on teaching the fundamentals of the game and basic basketball skills. Girls in the house divisions (grades 4 to 8) have one practice and one game each week. League play begins in December and registration includes a game shirt for each player. Registration forms are available on the PGBL website at www.plymouthgirlsbasketball.org.
The PGBL also sponsors four travel teams that play in the South Shore Girls Basketball League. Tryouts will be announced in September and are open to all interested girls in grades 5-8. Girls are not required to play in the house divisions.
The Plymouth Girls Basketball League Summer Skills Clinics schedule has been finalized. They start with sessions for grades 2 to 4 that will be held Tuesday nights starting July 9 through Aug. 13 and grades 5 to 8 clinics will be held Thursday nights starting July 11 through Aug. 15. All of the clinics will be held at PCIS from 6:30 to 8 and the cost is $5 per session or $25 for all six weeks. Call Diana Hamblin at 508-747-1358 with any questions.
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Girls lacrosse league
New on the South Shore this summer, a Girls High School Lacrosse League, Wednesday nights at Pottle Fields in Kingston. Seven games on a shortened field; 9v9 format. Open to all girls entering grades 9 through 12. No experience necessary. Teams wanted. Not a club league. Charge is $100 per player, 15 player teams. U.SS Lacrosse membership included. (Discount $25 for current U.S. Lacrosse members). Certified U.S. Lacrosse HS umpires. Athletic trainer/EMT on site for all games. From July 3 through Aug. 14. Contact Mike Massmann at 617-510-1008 or email xxmm3316@gmail.com for more information or to sign up. First eight teams signed up are in. Singles accepted and encouraged.
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Fencing lessons
?Not Zorro, but close? is the motto of the South Shore SaEF Fencing Clubs. Summer courses have begun in Kingston and Quincy. See www.Fencing-SaEF.com for details.
Kingston: Sundays at 222 Main St. (Route 106), Beal Hall of the U.U. Church.
1:30 to 3 p.m., subject and age group still open. Must advise you will attend. Call 508-866-1066 or email Fencing_SaEF@comcast.net one day before coming.
3 to 4:30 p.m., subject and age group still open. Must advise you will attend. Call 508-866-1066 or email Fencing_SaEF@comcast.net one day before coming.
5 to 7 p.m., advanced fencing including with electronic scoring, all ages. Advanced fencers welcome.
In Kingston, there is also the option of fencing midweek, upon request. Offered: ages 8-10 and adults SabreK; ages 8-11 and adults Foil 1; ages 11-13 Foil 1; teens/adults Foil, Sabre, Epee. Cost of classes: $230 for 10 hours of group lessons.
Quincy: Thursdays at 100 Brooks Ave., the Ward 4 Community Center.
4:30 to 5:30 p.m., subject and age group still open.
5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Foil 1, kids 9-11 and one adult per family.
6:30 to 8 p.m., advanced fencing, all ages.
8 to 9:30 p.m., private and semi-private lessons.
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Junior Olympic Archery Program
The Monument Beach Sportsman?s Club of Bourne offers a Junior Olympic Archery Program. JOAD is a program of USA Archery (a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee) that is designed to teach archery to young people, over a series of classes taught by a certified archery instructor or coach. JOAD offers both recurve and compound archers the opportunity to learn range safety and proper shooting technique in an environment that also fosters focus, increased self-confidence, and team building skills. JOAD is open to any youth archer aged 8 to 20 and is designed to grow with the youth archer.
The club?s introductory JOAD classes teach the fundamentals of proper archery shooting form. As the young archer develops, they will learn more advanced techniques. Both recurve and compound bows are used in club activities and in tournaments. JOAD archers who use a compound bow can train to compete in local and regional tournaments, and can earn a seat on a youth world team to compete in other countries representing the United States on behalf of USA Archery. Recurve archers can compete likewise, with the added benefit of being able to use their recurve bow to try out for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Archery team, which is selected and managed by USA Archery. For more information about the Monument Beach Sportsman?s Club JOAD program or other youth programs offered by the Club, interested parents can visit the Club?s website www.monumentbeachsports.com or contact Garett Pennucci at mbscjoad@gmail.com.
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Kingfish Swimming
Kingfish Swimming, based in Kingston and Duxbury, started up the spring session of its recreational arm of the swim team in February.
After years of serving as a United States Swimming team, Kingfish Swimming has decided to expand its program offerings to account for the growing level of interest in swimming on the South Shore. Kingfish Head Coach Jay Craft has coached swimming on the South Shore for more than 20 years, and himself was an Olympic Trials qualifier and an NCAA All-American.
The new recreational team will be open to kids aged 6-17 of all ability levels, and based at the Percy Walker Pool in Duxbury. Participants will be able to swim anywhere from one to four times per week, with a focus on developing good stroke technique and improving general fitness.
The practices are Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons and Saturday and/or Sunday mornings. For more information, contact Jay Craft at 617-797-8653 or jcraft@kingfishswimming.com, or visit the website at www.kingfishswimming.com.
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Special Olympics
Plymouth Special Olympics is a year-round program of sports training and competition in a variety of sports for individuals with developmental disabilities. The program develops physical fitness, prepares participants for entry into, school and community programs, and develops friendships among Special Olympians, their families and the community. Members, volunteers, siblings and friends are invited to participate. For information, email Amy Reynolds at amy.rey@spm1.com.
Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/sports/x1592809419/SPORTS-NOTEBOOK-July-31?rssfeed=true
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Woman wanted for Chesapeake credit union robbery
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Posted on July 31, 2013 at 1:28 PM
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CHESAPEAKE - Chesapeake Police are looking for a woman who robbed a credit union Wednesday morning.
It happened around 10:30 a.m. at the Chartway Federal Credit Union on Portsmouth Blvd. near Chesapeake Square Mall.
A surveillance camera image shows the woman police say pulled a gun and demanded money. After getting cash, she walked out, police stated.
If you can help police identify her or know anything about the robbery, call Detective Ryder at (757)382-6251 or to call 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
Source: http://www.wvec.com/news/Woman-wanted-for-Chesapeake-credit-union-robbery--217782681.html
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Fathers, sons, and film - Stage - Baltimore City Paper
It?s the kind of statement only a 19-year-old artist with his entire career ahead of him could make.
?I need to control everything,? says Zach Greenbaum, a film major at the Maryland Institute College of Art. ?I hate making concessions . . . ?
No compromise! Total control!
And the kind of attitude?in a town like Baltimore, where dreamers are often blessed not to know what they don?t know?that it takes to make it in a field where many are called but the chosen are few.
?Film is the way I think,? says Greenbaum, who began fooling around with cameras in the third grade and has made 10 films, most of them school projects. ?It?s my way of crafting a response to the world around me.?
Zach spent the first half of his life on South Exeter Street in Little Italy with his father, a Baltimore artist. From about the age of 10, he?s lived in Pikesville with his mom, a schoolteacher named Barbara Gayle Askinosie from Long Island, N.Y.
A 2012 graduate of the Carver Center for the Arts and Technology in Towson, he is on scholarship at MICA in Bolton Hill and somewhat resembles a young?an impossibly young?Stanley Kubrick, a hero of his.
?I admire Kubrick and Herzog and Kurosawa,? says Greenbaum, running down an especially masculine hallway of the canon. ?I try to copy their intensity?they?ll stop at nothing.?
Zach?s own intensity exhibits itself in persistence (film is about all he does, constantly shooting and editing) and tends toward landscapes?running water, industrial sites, the odd piece of statuary?accompanied by the kind of spare, evocative music you might hear at a wellness center.
?My work is often a contemplation of ideas which, in typical filmmaking with a plot structure, would take a saga to articulate,? he says, speaking specifically of this year?s Chimera, an attempt to ?create a symbiotic relationship between images and sound . . . something that takes you on a shuttle of emotions in each scene.?
Which means it is almost impossible to say what the film?complete with jarring scenes of a rusted, rural sculpture of a cowboy holding a beer?is about unless you see it yourself and come to your own conclusions.
?The cowboy is a metaphor for our primordial fear and our innermost feelings of angst and unease,? says Greenbaum. ?He?s a gatekeeper for the unknown . . . our fear of the unknown.?
And then the film turns beautiful again?reservoirs and naked trees in winter; the viewer has made it to the other side.
Zach sits at a sidewalk cafe in Fells Point, trading stories of film and family with his father, the visual artist and actor Joseph Greenbaum, 56, a 1975 graduate of Milford Mill High School.
?My dad has never doubted me,? says Zach. ?If it were not for his skill as an actor and dedication to my craft?as well as a mutual understanding as two artists?I can?t say I?d be where I am today.?
Joseph is known in Native American circles by his Cherokee name, Joseph Stands With Many, his Indian heritage rooted in the farmland of Purvis, Miss., via his full-blooded mother, Sheila Reese.
Joseph?s father?Jerry Green?was a journeyman ?hoofer? who grew up several blocks north of the waterfront on South Ann Street. Joseph says his parents met in a New Orleans dance hall. When Joseph was a boy, his father would take him up the gangways of ships docked at the foot of Broadway and try to see if they could get a meal with the crew, not so much for free grub but for the adventure.
Also nearby, the Baltimore American Indian Center on Broadway, where Zach?s film The Tacit Tome is part of an exhibit called Stories in Form, along with works by Ashley Minner, Waylon Gary White Deer, and others, through Sept. 21.
Joseph appears in many of his son?s films. In several he is cast alongside his old friend and sometime combatant Keith Worz from the late ?70s and early ?80s downtown art and Marble Bar punk scene.
In Zach?s short film Out to Lunch?seven minutes of black-and-white inspired by Jim Jarmusch?s 2003 pastiche Coffee & Cigarettes?Joseph sits tableside as Worz spins yarns about conning a fellow patient at Spring Grove State Hospital.
The teenage Greenbaum on Worz: ?I automatically knew this guy was fucking insane.?
Worz, 56, returns the compliment: ?This kid has a really good eye for the camera. His IQ is so high?super-intelligent?that [the ideas] go right onto film.?
The Tacit Tome is decidedly less absurd, a nearly hour-long, partial documentary focusing on Native American culture and the importance of storytelling beyond entertainment. Joseph Stands With Many narrates.
?American civilization trivializes stories,? explains Joseph in voiceover. ?There are stories for kids and adult stories.
?We have our religious stories and we save those for once a week. We don?t do that. It?s all one thing. Everything that we do is combined, a unity, a harmony . . . if you don?t have stories to tell, to share, to teach, to entertain [and] philosophize with, you don?t have anything.?
This year, on an early July vacation to Kentucky, where Joseph performed a traditional Cherokee wedding ceremony, Zach took time to film the skinning and butchering of a deer. Somewhere along the line, the footage will find its way into one of his experimental, avant-garde, pseudo-documentary productions.
He will wear every hat?cinematographer, writer, director, and editor?while choosing the music and figuring out a way to fund his own production company.
Total control, sans compromise.
?I have no choice [but to make films],? he says. ?I attribute it to the universe.?
Good luck, kid.
Stories in Form, including The Tacit tome, is on view at the Baltimore American Indian Center Heritage Museum.
>?Email Rafael Alvarez
Source: http://citypaper.com/arts/stage/fathers-sons-and-film-1.1528223
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Sensitive parenting can boost premature children's school performance
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Sensitive parenting helps protect against the negative effects of being born prematurely on children's school success, a new study has found.
Children born prematurely are at risk of a variety of neurological impairments which can mean they are more likely to need special educational support when they reach school age.
But a new study led by the University of Warwick shows that parents of very preterm and very low birthweight (VP/VLBW) children can increase their child's academic achievement through sensitive and cognitively stimulating parenting.
Researchers looked at parenting styles of parents of children aged 6 to see what effect they had on those children's school success when they reached the age of 13.
The study found that highly sensitive parenting at age 6 boosted the academic performance of VP/VLBW children when they reached 13 to levels similar to full-term children. A parallel increase was not seen for full-term children.
However, the results also showed that more cognitively stimulating early home environments benefit all children's long-term school success, regardless of whether they were premature or not.
Professor Dieter Wolke of University of Warwick said: "By sensitive parenting, we mean adapting one's parenting to the individual child's behaviour and responses, while clearly remaining the more competent partner and setting age appropriate limits."
"So for example providing gentle feedback and suggesting potential solutions rather than taking over and solving the tasks for the child.
"Cognitively stimulating parenting is where parents include activities designed to get children thinking such as reading to them or doing puzzles together.
"We found that both these styles of parenting have a positive effect in increasing school performance, with sensitive parenting particularly effective at closing the gap in achievement between preterm and low birth-weight children and their full-term counterparts."
The study, Effects of Sensitive Parenting on the Academic Resilience of Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Adolescents was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
The researchers sought to clear up uncertainty among the scientific community about whether parenting has an influence on academic achievement of preterm children.
They looked at two groups of German children 314 very preterm/very low birth weight children and a control group of 338 full-term children.
They were studied from birth to age 13, with the researchers analysing socioeconomic status, neurological and physical impairment at age 20 months and levels of parental sensitive and cognitive stimulation at age 6 years. School success was measured from six to 13 years of age.
The study defined very preterm as babies born at less than 32 weeks gestation or weighing less than 1500g (3lb 5 oz).
The researchers found that the 15 per cent of highly sensitive parents within the VP/VLBW group had children whose academic performance at 13 years was similar to the full-term children.
In contrast, parents of VP/VLBW children who showed low sensitivity had children who required more special educational help and had more schooling problems.
Maternal sensitivity made little difference to the grades or academic performance of full-term children, who were much less susceptible to parenting differences.
The research found that cognitively stimulating parenting raised academic performance across both groups of children.
Professor Wolke said: "The results suggest that sensitive parenting boosts children's self-control and attention regulation, which are important for school success.
"We would like to see increased investment in programmes that equip parents of VP/VLBW with the skills needed to provide appropriate and sensitive support to their children."
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Professor Dieter Wolke is available on D.Wolke@warwick.ac.uk
For further information please contact University of Warwick press officer Anna Blackaby ona.blackaby@warwick.ac.uk or 02476 575910
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Public release date: 31-Jul-2013[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Anna Blackaby
a.blackaby@warwick.ac.uk
44-024-761-51345
University of Warwick
Sensitive parenting helps protect against the negative effects of being born prematurely on children's school success, a new study has found.
Children born prematurely are at risk of a variety of neurological impairments which can mean they are more likely to need special educational support when they reach school age.
But a new study led by the University of Warwick shows that parents of very preterm and very low birthweight (VP/VLBW) children can increase their child's academic achievement through sensitive and cognitively stimulating parenting.
Researchers looked at parenting styles of parents of children aged 6 to see what effect they had on those children's school success when they reached the age of 13.
The study found that highly sensitive parenting at age 6 boosted the academic performance of VP/VLBW children when they reached 13 to levels similar to full-term children. A parallel increase was not seen for full-term children.
However, the results also showed that more cognitively stimulating early home environments benefit all children's long-term school success, regardless of whether they were premature or not.
Professor Dieter Wolke of University of Warwick said: "By sensitive parenting, we mean adapting one's parenting to the individual child's behaviour and responses, while clearly remaining the more competent partner and setting age appropriate limits."
"So for example providing gentle feedback and suggesting potential solutions rather than taking over and solving the tasks for the child.
"Cognitively stimulating parenting is where parents include activities designed to get children thinking such as reading to them or doing puzzles together.
"We found that both these styles of parenting have a positive effect in increasing school performance, with sensitive parenting particularly effective at closing the gap in achievement between preterm and low birth-weight children and their full-term counterparts."
The study, Effects of Sensitive Parenting on the Academic Resilience of Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Adolescents was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
The researchers sought to clear up uncertainty among the scientific community about whether parenting has an influence on academic achievement of preterm children.
They looked at two groups of German children 314 very preterm/very low birth weight children and a control group of 338 full-term children.
They were studied from birth to age 13, with the researchers analysing socioeconomic status, neurological and physical impairment at age 20 months and levels of parental sensitive and cognitive stimulation at age 6 years. School success was measured from six to 13 years of age.
The study defined very preterm as babies born at less than 32 weeks gestation or weighing less than 1500g (3lb 5 oz).
The researchers found that the 15 per cent of highly sensitive parents within the VP/VLBW group had children whose academic performance at 13 years was similar to the full-term children.
In contrast, parents of VP/VLBW children who showed low sensitivity had children who required more special educational help and had more schooling problems.
Maternal sensitivity made little difference to the grades or academic performance of full-term children, who were much less susceptible to parenting differences.
The research found that cognitively stimulating parenting raised academic performance across both groups of children.
Professor Wolke said: "The results suggest that sensitive parenting boosts children's self-control and attention regulation, which are important for school success.
"We would like to see increased investment in programmes that equip parents of VP/VLBW with the skills needed to provide appropriate and sensitive support to their children."
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Professor Dieter Wolke is available on D.Wolke@warwick.ac.uk
For further information please contact University of Warwick press officer Anna Blackaby ona.blackaby@warwick.ac.uk or 02476 575910
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Cement converted into an electrical conductor
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Researchers have developed a cementitious material incorporating carbon nanofibers in its composition, turning cement into an excellent conductor of electricity capable of performing functions beyond its usual structural function.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Vancouver unveils Canada's first permanent rainbow crosswalk
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Rainbow crosswalk at Davie & Bute.
Photograph by: Ward Perrin , PNG
Vancouver unveiled Canada?s first permanent rainbow-coloured crosswalk Monday morning to kick off the city?s Pride Week celebrations in the heart its LGBTQ-friendly Davie Street Village.
Coun. Tim Stevenson, who was the first openly-gay provincial cabinet minister in Canada, announced the crosswalks at the intersection of Davie and Bute streets at 8:30 a.m. Monday. City crews painted on the rainbows late Sunday night.
Over its 35-year history, the Vancouver Pride Parade has grown to be the fifth largest in the world with over 650,000 people involved last year. More than 150 floats from every part of the community will cover three kilometres over three hours.
Spencer Chandra Herbert, NDP MLA for the West End, welcomed the new crosswalks to an area that has ?kind of been a cultural capital, so to speak, for LGBTQ folks across Canada.?
?This is where the Pride Parade started, it?s where the fight for marriage equality started, the right to adopt,? Herbert said. ?It makes sense to mark that history and a little colour is a good thing.?
He predicted the busy intersection will even be a more popular place for ?people to hang out and get their photos (taken).?
Events like these are held every summer in nearly every major city in the world both as a celebration of LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning) culture and to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City that brought the struggle for gay and lesbian rights into the public eye.
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Pfizer earnings beat forecasts as drugmaker plans split
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc
The company, which has been hit by falling sales of its now off-patent cholesterol fighter Lipitor, reaffirmed its financial outlook for the year.
For the second quarter, adjusted income fell 10 percent to $4.00 billion (2.6 billion pounds), or 56 cents a share, from $4.45 billion, or 59 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue fell 7 percent to $12.97 billion.
Analysts, on average, were expecting second-quarter income of 55 cents a share, on revenue of $13.01 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Pfizer, whose CEO Ian Read has been reviewing the group's structure after divesting its nutrition and animal health businesses, said on Monday it planned to separate its commercial operations into two units for branded products and a third for generics.
Read said Pfizer's new model would help revitalize its innovation-based core drugs business, while enhancing the value of consumer and off-patent established brands, and maximizing the use of capital.
Pfizer's generics business, which represents 17 percent of total sales, has far lower profit margins than its patent-protected drugs.
Many analysts have urged Pfizer to spin off its generics business so it can focus on its core branded pharmaceuticals, although such a move is unlikely before 2016.
Within the core drugs division, revenues from cancer medicines increased by 28 percent in the second quarter, helped by new products like Inlyta and Xalkori.
Read also said he expected business in emerging markets to accelerate in the second half of the year, led by China.
"From a total company view, we are tracking to our expectations for the full year and continue to capitalize on the investments we are making to better position Pfizer for long-term success," he added.
Pfizer reiterated that it expected full-year earnings of $2.10 to $2.20 per share.
LIPITOR AND PREVNAR HITS
The 7 percent fall in quarterly revenue reflected an operational decline of 4 percent and an unfavorable impact from foreign exchange of 3 percent.
Operationally, the biggest hit came from losses of exclusivity on Lipitor, while shifts in government purchasing patterns for bulk orders of Pfizer's Prevnar pneumococcal vaccine also took their toll.
The U.S. drugmaker's determination to reshape its business is part of a wider trend by pharmaceutical companies around the world to divest slower-growing and maturing operations.
Abbott Laboratories's decision to split off its innovative drugs into AbbVie , in particular, has fueled a wider rethink across the industry as to whether other companies or groups of investors may be better owners for certain assets.
In Europe, GlaxoSmithKline
Pfizer last November sold its nutrition business to Nestle SA
(Reporting by Ben Hirschler in London and Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore; Editing by Patrick Graham)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-earnings-beat-forecasts-drugmaker-plans-split-101542943.html
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